French Manicure with OPI's So Many Clowns... So Little Time

So here is my first attempt in a french manicure in YEARS.  I still have a lot of improving to do (though one of my students today asked if I got my nails done yesterday because they looked so 'good'.  Sweet right?).  I used OPI's Alpine Snow for the tips and then for the 2 coats on top, I used OPI's So Many Clowns...  So Little Time.  Kind of a weird name, and I don't really get it, but oh well.

I found that this is the perfect sheer pink nude color to do a french manicure with.  It is sheer, but it is also rather cloudy.  It covers nicely and leaves for a great finish.  You can see that I messed up slightly on my pointer finger on the tip and my middle finger has some bubbles in the tip.  Practice makes perfect.

Should I try doing some fun colors with a french manicure?

-polish. impress. repeat.

Zoya - Shay

This is Shay.  She's a delicate shimmery nude pink.  It reminds me of the color my ballet shoes used to be when I was in dance classes.  I have had a few interviews this week and wanted to wear something a little more subtle.  I got this in one of my Birchboxes a while back, but I really like it and have worn it quite a few times.  It isn't fully nude, it is more on the pink side, but it is more of a 'peachy pink'.  It has some shimmer in it too, so it isn't so boring.

The formula is great and it had incredible wear time (as do all Zoya polishes).

 

The next two pictures are taken in the shade with natural lighting.

What is your 'go to' natural color?

-polish. impress. repeat.

OPI - Hoplessly In Love

Here's a color by OPI that is gorgeous!  It's called Hopelessly In Love and that's exactly what I am with this polish.  It is literally the perfect pink.  The coloring changes in lighting as you will see from the photos.  It is a creamy peachy pink color.  It is a bit sheer though.  I am wearing 3 coats. 

Here it looks more pink than peachy.  :)

For my accent nail, I used two different glitter polishes from Sally's Beauty Supply.  They have little mini "Sally Girl" nail polishes that are only $0.99!  These work great and I used Glitzy (silver) and In Love (pink).  I love these because they have different sizes of glitter in them.  Some of the glitter is small and others are chunky which gives a different look from normal 'glitter polishes'.

If you girls want a girly pink nail polish, I suggest this one.  OPI sells at Ulta and this is part of their permanent collection, so you should be able to find it pretty easily.  They usually sell for $8.50.  OPI.com is a great website where you can virtually try on the different nail polishes.  Pretty neat!  Let me know what you think or what you want to see next!

-polish. impress. repeat.

butter LONDON - Yummy Mummy

First off, I want to apologize for the ways my nails look in this post.  As you can see from my last post, I just took off black nail polish to paint my nails with this color.  I am going to a job fair tomorrow and figured black nails wasn't super professional, so I quickly took off my polish and changed it out for this one which is one of my favorite go-to polishes.  In the pictures, you can still see some of the black nail polish in my cuticles.  I noticed it after I had already painted one hand and didn't want to start over...  so I hope you guys can deal with it.  :)

Back to business:  butter LONDON has become one of my favorite brands.  I have four of their colors.  They are a "3 Free" brand which means their nail polish does not have Formaldahyde, Toluene, or DBP which are all carcinogens and are found in many brands polishes.  Not butter LONDON!  You can buy butter LONDON polishes at Ulta, Nordstrom, and their website.  This polish is on the pricey side ($14 a bottle), but it is worth every cent.  This nail polish has incredible wear time, 2 coats is just perfect, it looks amazing, and they have some gorgeous color choices.  Plus, don't you love the bottle?!  The black rectangular part pops off to reveal a smaller brush handle.

 Yummy Mummy is a practical color.  It is a very light tan/nude color.  Each time I wear this, I have people asking what nail polish I'm wearing.  It is classy and beautiful.  It has a little sheen/shimmer almost pearl-escent look to it as well.  On my ring finger, I added a gold sparkly top-coat instead of the normal clear top-coat I used for the rest of my nail.  Can't go without an accent nail.  :)

I have a list of butter LONDON polishes I want to try.  Has anyone tried any of their polishes before?  What do you think?

-polish. impress. repeat.