Showing posts with label Courteney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Courteney. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Nail of the Week 11/3 & 11/10

Greetings, friends!

It's time for my Nail of the Week! And yes, it's a little too summery for the weather we've been having there. Let me explain:

I'm hugely compulsive about my nail polish. I legitimately have a list of my untried nail polishes in order (for the most part) of when I acquired them. I wear them in that order unless there's a special occasion or I need to move the order for the next point. I also alternate so I'm making sure I'm not wearing two warm, two cold, or two neutral colors back to back.

Over the summer, I got totally off track, so I'm a little behind on my summer colors, and I'm just now getting to this color. Next week I'll get to my fall colors. I don't have nearly as many of those, so by Christmas I will be into winter colors.

Yes, I realize this makes me crazy. I don't care!



For last week's NOTW I'm wearing Julep's Courteney which I believe I got in my October Maven Box. I accented a little with Kiss Nail Art stickers. I actually love the girly simplicity of this look. I feel like I need to start embellishing a little. I'm getting bored with one color looks.



This week I'm wearing Julep's Nan which is a really nice dusty red (and hey! It matches my bed!) I generally shy away from having RED nails, but I like that this is faded enough that I feel comfortable. Plus, it's great for fall! Excuse my short nails, I got a little excited with the clippers. I am really impressed by this color. I feel like sometimes Julep polishes are hit and miss formula-wise, but this one is amazing. It could be a one coater (though I'm wearing two) and it just goes on so smoothly. My nails tend to be very ridged and bumpy from years of biting them (especially my thumbnail on my left hand) and you can't even see it under this polish! I wish I had more nail to show off this beautiful color. Definitely a thumbs up from me!


Friday, October 4, 2013

Julep Haul

I don't know how, but all of a sudden I ended up with a BUNCH of new Julep polishes! Not that I'm complaining, but I should probably cool it before I get so ahead of myself that I can't wear all my new polish...or I go bankrupt. Whichever comes first.

Regardless, I'm really excited about all the new colors! I'm working on expanding my fall and winter colors, so they're all heading toward that.

The first two I got as my starter Maven box.

Marion: A smoky blue with silver shimmer

Courteney: Key-lime green creme

The next two I bought with a half off coupon, so two polishes only cost me $9.

Char: Nautical navy blue creme

Olivia: Rich and graceful, dark chocolate truffle creme

And the last three were from the "It Girl" Maven box this month.

Ciara: Vampy magenta with teal microglitter

Missy: Titanium metallic

Kendra: Army green frost
I'm not usually a shimmer kind of girl, but Ciara was too good to pass up. Plus, I'd been looking for a good army green, and Kendra looks really pretty. I'm definitely most excited about those two, but I'm pretty psyched about all of them.

To finish up the Julep madness, I'm wearing Taylor on my nails this week covered with Revlon's Whimsical.


I like this color. It looks bluer in the picture than in person. The Revlon makes it a little milkier, so it ends up a really pretty blurple. And the Whimsical also adds just the right touch of interesting without being like WHOA GLITTER.

Are you a Julep Maven? Which box did you pick this month? Are you loving it?