SpaRitual Optical Illusion, Mattified!

Hey guys!

I have a fun treat today! Jenna from I'm Still Thinking... offered a $20 gift card to me that Apothica was offering her for one of her readers (got all that? LOL) ANYWAY, I said "yes, please, thank you!" because I have been dying to try some stuff from Apothica but have been trying to be good and not buy lots of stuff.

The Apothica website is super easy to navigate and checkout was a breeze. My items shipped quickly and they also included samples for 3 items (I don't really use samples ever so I tossed them in my sample box for swaps/trades). Also, the gentleman who contacted me regarding my gift card was very pleasant and quick to reply to my emails. I love good customer service :-) 

Anywho, I knew immediately what I wanted to order! I ordered SpaRitual Optical Illusion and Essie Matte About You, because not one single store I have ever been to carries this freaking matte top coat! Grrr.

Optical Illusion is a swampy, mossy green polish. I would call it a jelly. This was 3 coats, with a matte top coat in the last 3 pictures. This was an incredibly easy application with literally no cleanup... it pretty much applied itself! I will definitely be purchasing more SpaRitual's soon. Loved it!

What do you guys think? I like it. It's a little swampy and dirty looking, but kinda cool, right?

I only paid for shipping on this purchase, since I picked two things that were $10 each.... two polishes for $5.95 is a good deal to me :-)

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Girl On Fire Nails!

Hey guys!


Today I'm showing you my attempt at Hunger Games inspired nails. In the book, Katniss gets made over by her prep team and they paint little flames on her nails. This is my attempt at those nails.

Now, I can't say that I came up with this idea myself; I stole borrowed the idea from Ryan's guest post at Nails Made Simple.

I started with a coat of Wet n Wild Black Creme. Then I mattified it! I finally ordered Essie's Matte About You top coat and I was stoked to use it. I didn't photograph this part of the manicure. I'm sure you've all seen Wet n Wild Black Creme somewhere, lol.

Then, using Electrify from China Glaze's Colours From The Capitol, I free hand drew little flames onto my nails with a small art brush.

I dabbed some INM Out The Door on the nails to get rid of some of the grittiness and voila! It's certainly not the best flame manicure I've ever seen but I freaking LOVED these nails. I kinda don't want to take them off, even though I promised Ryan I would attempt a splatter mani today, heehee.

What do you guys think? Have you seen The Hunger Games? I'm planning a post to discuss it that will be full of spoilers. I can't stop thinking about the movie!

Anyway, hope you have a great Saturday!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda