Category Archives: Beauty Products

Radiant Orchid–The Pantone Color of the Year!

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04 Feb

I love hearing what The Color Institute Pantone will announce as the color of the year…you can read what I wrote about last year’s color here:

Pantone 2013

This is how Pantone describes Radiant Orchid…”Radiant Orchid blooms with confidence and magical warmth that intrigues the eye and sparks the imagination. It is an expressive, creative and embracing purple—one that draws you in with its beguiling charm. A captivating harmony of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid emanates great joy, love and health.”

I mentioned earlier that my husband and I decided to …

New Nail Art and a Tutorial Video!

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15 Jan

I have a few new nail styles to show you guys that I think are pretty great! 🙂

And I put a video together on the black roses I drew on the Flip Flop Fantasy mani. These roses are so easy if you have the right tool, which looks like this

I love these pens for drawing free hand nail art!

I picked mine up at CosmoProf Beauty Supply but you can find them on Amazon as well.

Here’s the video for the tutorial and a pic to go along with it. …

Gwen Stefani for OPI Winter Collection

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12 Jan

I absolutely love Gwen Stefani. I think she is a wonderful role model and extremely talented. I love that OPI and Gwen teamed up to create some fun polishes! I cannot wait to get my hands on them!

Here’s a fun Polyvore set I put together in honor of the fabulous Gwen. 🙂 The shoes, bag, and shirt are from her L.A.M.B. Collection.

Gwen Stefani for OPI featuring L.A.M.B. by chicnailstyles featuring crossbody handbags

Click here to check out her L.A.M.B. website

www.OPI.com

Here are some links on Polyvore to buy her polishes …

Gwen Stefani for OPI Winter Collection

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03 Jan

I absolutely love Gwen Stefani. I think she is a wonderful role model and extremely talented. I love that OPI and Gwen teamed up to create some fun polishes! I cannot wait to get my hands on them!

Here’s a fun Polyvore set I put together in honor of the fabulous Gwen. 🙂 The shoes, bag, and shirt are from her L.A.M.B. Collection.

Gwen Stefani for OPI featuring L.A.M.B. by chicnailstyles featuring crossbody handbags

Click here to check out her L.A.M.B. website

www.OPI.com

Here are some links on Polyvore to buy her …

Las Vegas New Year’s “I want to go on a tropical vacation” Nails PLUS my third YouTube Video!

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27 Dec

We are going to Las Vegas soon so I couldn’t wait to get my Christmas tree down off my nails (check them out here) and put some FUN nails on that would be inspiring for a New Year and make me think of a white sandy beach and turquoise blue waters! I keep seeing pictures on Instagram of a few lucky souls who are going to Hawaii, the Caribbean, or even my dream vacation The Maldives like Aaron and Lauren Paul did for Christmas. They seem like such a cute …

“Arrow’s” Felicity Smoak Nails

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04 Dec

So my husband and son and I have a new addiction unfortunately for us. I hate addictions they bug me. However, I rarely watch TV and being that it’s so cold outside and my body is totally worn out by the end of the day, sitting on the couch watching a very entertaining show has been a lot of fun! We are obsessed with the new TV show “Arrow”. Have you seen it yet? The first season you can watch on Netflix and the second season is out now on …

Help For Dry Winter Skin

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13 Nov

I don’t know why I say dry “winter” skin…lately my skin has been dry YEAR ROUND! It’s mostly just in two spots too…the tops of my hands and my shins…so weird.

Actually the tops of my hands is understandeable. I fill my sink with the hottest water and dish soap and bleach every morning…and although my kitchen gloves are hanging RIGHT by the sink, do I put them on? Hardly ever…why do we do that?!? When I was working in the salon full time almost every single one of my clients …

OPI Holiday Collection 2013

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06 Nov

Here is a great link on Amazon to buy the polishes for around $6.00 each 🙂

I am so excited for the holidays and thought I would share OPI’s Mariah Holiday 2013 Collection with you to help get you in the spirit!

I love the rich, bold colors and will try to get some swatches out as soon as I can get my hands on these polishes 🙂

I am doing the Nail Art November Challenge on Instagram and the maroon colors would be perfect for day 7…I’m going to make a trip …

Hippie Chic Nails

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30 Sep

I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to do some dreamcatcher nails because every time I see them on Instagram I love them! Maybe because they scared me just a little…there is a lot of little tiny lines and circles involved which is always tedious…but I had a feeling my buddy Tennille would love to sport some fancy hippie chic nails and I was right! 🙂

We used Lincoln Park After Dark in OPI GelColor and OPI Did You ‘Ear About Van Gogh in GelColor on her ring finger. …

How to go from Platinum Blonde to “Bronde” Ombre

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23 Sep

You might be a little bit confused about why a nail tech is talking hair but my dear sissy Mandy is a hairstylist and I feel confident in giving you a little direction (with her help!) on this topic.

I used to have beautiful blonde platinum hair, which I loved…until after about two weeks of my hair appointment when my dirty dishwater blonde hair started peeking through. Even with a sister that’s a hairstylist, I would put off my regrowth hair appointment as long as possible, usually at least 8 weeks. …