Each month, the Canadian Beauty Bloggers choose a theme for new posts in case the group needs some prompts or a theme for new posts. For May, we are posting about pastels. I tend to go bright over pastel for my nails, but one of my long time faves that I was so glad to […]
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The ABCs of China Glaze Nail Polish
In my quest to find a nail polish brand that could be used for the entire alphabet of nail polish challenge, I have unsuccessfully tried Zoya and Essie. This week, I am going through the China Glaze collection to see if there are enough polishes named with different letters to do the entire alphabet. At […]
Essence Don’t Be Shy Swatches + Nail Art
When I started the Alphabet Nails series a few weeks ago, I did not expect the letter D to be a difficult one. I figured I would have multiple polishes to choose from each week, at least until the more unusual letters at the end of the alphabet. I do have a few D polishes […]
Paris Ooh Lalaa! Mani Monday
I am not always the hugest fan of pale or pastel nail polishes, but I fell in love with the Hidden Stories collection by Essence the second I got my claws onto them. The base of this stamped Mani Monday design is Essence Where Did I Park My Unicorn? If I had unicorns, I think […]
The ABCs of Essie Nail Polish
Last week, I went through the Zoya collection to find out if I could do the alphabet nails challenge using only Zoya. Turns out I can’t so this week I am making an alphabetical list of all Essie polishes to see if it is possible with Essie. Where possible, I am going to stay away […]
Essie Coat Couture Swatches + Nailart
Continuing with the alphabet series, I have Essie’s Coat Couture from the Cashmere Matte collection which will always be a favourite of mine. It is a grey-purple matte with blue shimmer that looks amazing matte or with a shiny top coat. I love the dusty look of the purple because it makes Coat Couture so […]
The ABCs of Zoya Nail Polish
When I started the Alphabet of Nails, a few people mentioned that some letters would be hard to find. Now, not all of us will have every polish from a company – I certainly don’t but I was interested to see if it was possible within a single brand. So today, I have the ABCs […]
Essie Silk Watercolor Water Marble Nail Art
I hate watermarbling, hate it. I love the look but the time it takes, the polishes that do not spread, the unknown look you will get if you dunk your finger at a slightly different angle. But I was inspired by Simply Nailogical’s video. She knows that watermarbles are a pain and often don’t work […]
Steel City Reflections – Bits of Tim Swatches
Time for week two of the alphabet of nail polish and this week I have Steel City Reflections Bits of Tim. This polish is inspired by Hamilton’s own Tim Horton’s! It is a coffee brown jelly with square, red matte glitters. Personally, I find the jelly in it a little hard to work with since […]