Simple Dots

If you follow me on instagram you may have seen the color palette that is the inspiration for this mani! (I included the photo below just in case you are not!) 

These colors used in this mani are one coat of Kiko 380 for the base, and OPI Dating a Royal and Fiercely Fiona for the dots(applied with a dotting tool). I also applied Butter London's Matte Topcoat on top of this mani to make it matte.

Here is my color inspiration for this mani, I was mixing colors with my waterbrush and cleaning them in the palette, and these colors were what was left when I was finished at the end of the night! This color palette inspired this mani, and i am quite happy with it!

XOX Caitlin

Happy Little Clouds

I have a quick post for you today, some Clouds! These clouds are inspired by Nailside, who does the most amazing clouds.

The base color is China Glaze Concrete Catwalk, The green is China Glaze Electric Pineapple, and the Pink is China Glaze Traffic Jam. The white dots are with Sinful Colors Snow me White.

Just saying happy little clouds reminded me of Bob Ross. lol.

(Image from google)

Who doesn't love Bob Ross?!? ;)

XOX Caitlin

Stamping Sunday: Green

Ok, so as most of you can tell from my most recent posts, I am addicted to stamping.  and some of the lovely ladies on PAA created another group dedicated to just stamping! And similar to the Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenges, these challenges are every sunday, and have random themes for example: with a certain color or the last number of the plate ending in a 5.

This week's challenge is Green!  Because I have not returned home to my beloved stash The only green I had with me at home was one I gave to my sister. lol.  So I used this Essence Color and Go polish called Lime Up!

I used a Color Club Cold Metal from the Foiled Collection to stamp with, and it looks fabulous!  :)

Oh and this is Red Angel plate RA114.

XOX Caitlin

Comparison! Chartreuse

So for this comparison I decided to show you guys one of my all time favorite colors.  which is why I have so many of this color to show you.  I am always on the hunt for a perfect version of this shade.

Meet Chartreuse.  I just love that name. And the color. It is just so unique. :)

It is a lovely green/yellow that I think is really cool. Yes the photo is blurry and pixelated, but I think it captured my point pretty well regarding the colors and other properties.

The first one-which is on the index and pinky- is OPI Fiercely Fiona.  This one is more yellow than the other two, and It is decent.  In the photo the index has 3 coats of FF and the pinky has 2 coats.  I found that this was too sheer for my liking but I still use it as a layering color.

The next one was China Glaze Electric Pineapple.  this was 3 coats and it is perfectly opaque(I could have did 2 coats and got by, but I i wanted to compare it to what was next to it).  This one is definitely my favorite, because I hate sheer polishes.  I even have a backup bottle when it was on clearance. lol

The final polish I have here is Milani Totally 80's which is from their neon collection.  I absolutely hate this polish.  It was one of my first greens, and shown here is 4 coats.  YES  I said 4 COATS. It is still streaky and you can obviously see the visible nail line.  this polish is terrible and I haven't bought any Milani since, but I think I am going to cave and get those holos soon. ;)


What do you think?  Do you own any of these colors?

XOX Caitlin

A few of my Favorites!

Right now I am rocking my favorite color - Chartreuse!  And my current favorite glitter- a Pumpkin Polish I bought at Rite Aid! The green polish is 3 coats of China Glaze Electric Pineapple and then  a top layer of Glitter!  Its the same glitter that I used earlier with China Glaze For Audrey, but this time its over another pretty color!  This is just a basic mani that I love to wear to school when I want something easy. :)

Let me just say..... I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS.  The green is amazing. And the black and silver are like amazing polkadots!   You can actually see my scar on my thumb... how weird.  I didnt notice it until i opened this pic. lol. Lets just say that I had an accident with a plastic butter knife.. and I almost passed out.. lol

Heres a close up and a low light shot.

Another pic of the AMAZING color.

And a cute bottle shot. :)

I hope im not boring you guys with this glitter.  I just think its amazeballs!! you can see how much I've already used up... I guess I need to get another bottle before it goes away!

I'm super excited about my OPI win!! I can't wait to get it in the mail so i can swatch it for you guys! :)

XOX, Caitlin