Polish Change: At First Sight

Let me preface this new color with a little mani-anecdote. Before spring break, I needed a manicure. Poor time management didn't allow me to get one in before I left, so I packed a few colors with me and a good shiny top coat and figured I could do it myself, covering the old color. I covered a light pink with red. It was not a good idea. I LOVE red nails (my Mom, not so much...which she reminded me...) and I love red nails especially in hot weather. My nails were just TOO long for red and by the time break was over, I felt VERY Ronald McDonald-y.

I decided on OPI's "At First Sight" after taking too long to choose at the salon. I needed something neutral to match my Cup dress and I was SO sick of the very vivacious red that I needed a break. By the time that the manicurist took off all the red, it looked like we BOTH committed murder. 

I am a HUGE fan of this color, and I'm definitely going to look into finding my own bottle of it. It's actually glittery too but you can't tell when there are multiple coats on your nails. Mine currently have two coats. I wanted them to look opaque once they were dry, and two coats did the trick!

xxKatie

Polish Change: Strawberry Margarita!

It comes as no surprise to me that OPI's Strawberry Margarita is one of their best selling, most popular colors!

After the football game, I chipped my old self-manicure, so it looked heinous by the time that the game was over. I also realized that my nails had gotten a little too long, so I cut them really short and painted them last night after the game!

A little post-game self pampering was great!

I also recently purchased this Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat! I hadn't gotten a chance to use it yet, so this was the perfect opportunity. It worked great and it really does dry all the layers, not just the top. You know how sometimes you put a "fast dry" topcoat and it only dries the top, so things still imprint? This doesn't! I did mess it up a little when I was blow-drying my hair, I rolled the base of the brush over one of my nails, but they seriously look the most professional in a manicure that I've given myself!

This top coat is VERY thick so don't be surprised--I didn't know that but I really liked the way it dried and the sheen it had! I am definitely a fan and would recommend it if you're in the market for a new product!

xxKatie

Big Apple Red

I LOVE red nails.

Some people love red lips, but for me, red nails are where it's at! I think they are very classic looking and I think of red as a nail neutral. I currently am wearing OPI's Big Apple Red and have a very high gloss top coat on top of it! I am off to the beach and I know that Big Apple Red will stand up to the sand and seas.

Red nails are good for summer, fall, winter OR spring, which makes them perfect for transition times too! I love the way they look paired with almost anything. Big Apple Red is one of the best "true reds" that I have, but y'all know I love Essie's Geranium too! That's a ton more orange though, so I stick with Big Apple Red when I want real red!

What's your current color? Fill me in!

xxKatie

Pinking of Summer

Summer is all about pink!

...Well actually, for me, and most of my fellow prepsicles out there, every season is about pink!

Here are some of my favorite pinks for summer:

Elephantastic Pink

My current nail color!

Mod Squad

It's a Girl?

Fiesta

Strawberry Margarita

Off the Shoulder

I've seen this polish from the new collection and have picked it up at THREE different stores THREE different times. Y'all I think that means I need it!

Pink Flamenco

Chastity

What are you must-have summer colors? What's on your nails now?

xxKatie

Passion ( + Cool News)

Since I did a post yesterday on my rings, I figured I'd do a post on my nail color today! My nails were very grown out, and I definitely was in need of a new color. It might sound crazy, but since I work in such a colorful store and always wear pretty colorful outfits, I decided I'd go with a neutral for a little while. Y'all know how often I do hot pinks, fuschias, reds and corals, and even glitter now and then! I have 3 coats of OPI's "Passion" on my nails and I really really like it.

"Passion" would make a perfect wedding/bridal color. It looks like a perfect natural, polished, manicure color. I am sure I will go back and get this color again when I'm in search of a good neutral. I recommend "Passion" if you're in the market for a really nice looking professional base.

On the good news front, I got a really cool email last night that I posted on facebook so you might have seen it:

I've watched Fashion Police on E! more times than I'd like to admit, so I was pretty pumped to see them following little old LBP on twitter! TOO COOL! Cue goofy cartoon starstuck eyes...

I hope everyone's weeks are going by well! I feel like my week has gone by SO slowly...I think because it was very backloaded with two big assignments due today. Yikes! Glad to see them turned in and DONE!

xxKatie

Hands 101

This is my new color, OPI's "I Don't Know...Beets Me!" and I LOVE IT! For the first time in awhile, I'm thinking for the first time since before Thanksgiving, I picked my color AT the nail salon earlier this week! Shocking, I know! 

It reminds me a lot of one of my previous colors, Essie's "Fruit Sangria" but it's a very wearable pink. I think that pinks like this one are very clean looking. I know a lot of people disagree and only ever wear light pinks, and neutrals, but I'm a pink fan. It's perfect for this Valentine's Day season too! 

It also compliments my birthday gift! I'm not sure if y'all remember what my 21st birthday gift was, but I got a gold signet ring with my full monogram! It arrived home about a month ago, but unfortunately I wasn't home to meet! My sneaky Mom (see video above...that's how I greeted her on the phone afterwards) snuck the ring into one of my Valentine's Day care package bags! I had no idea! 

The shape of mine looks VERY similar to this one. It's traditional, a circle (I specifically wanted that) and sports my cRa monogram! I can't stop looking at it!! It was the best gift I've ever gotten and I'm so thankful for it!! Once this week is over, I'll be sure to post a picture of MY real thing! Our jeweler who made the ring for us, has a very distinct script font that is in another bracelet that I have and is different than most scripts!

What's your current color? Fill me in (manicure joke!)!!!

xxKatie

FavoREDs

I've always been a big red fan, but having a shade of red has made my collection expand a good bit! Here are a few of my favoREDs:

My red Longchamp from our New York trip!

Red Starbursts! I do love pink too, so it's a tie, but I figured it would make a fun feautre!

The song AND the cups!

Helly Hansen, obviously!

OPI's Big Apple Red

Are you a red fan? What's your favorite red item?

xxKatie

Holiday Nails!

About two and a half weeks ago, I got my nails done in Essie's "Geranium" and it was SUCH a great holiday color! It's red and fun and definitely not as coral as it looks in the bottle. I LOVE it and highly recommend this shade to anyone looking for a very festive red. It held up great and didn't look dingy when I got my nails redone. 

Just two days ago, I had them redone (is two weeks a normal time for y'all?) and chose OPI's "Strawberry Margarita" for my Christmas color. I'm sure y'all are thinking why didn't she flip flop them or just keep the red? Something about pink at the holidays is very me. It's just close enough to red to be festive but I think that pink nails are almost always appropriate. I actually thought that "Strawberry Margarita" would be an AWESOME color on my wedding day (depending on the flowers and bridesmaids dresses of course!) because it's bright and a great shade. A few of my Twitter followers said it's their go-to summer color, but I really think it's a good all year round color. I may have to go out and buy it soon!

I think my next nail color will be Essie's "Bachelorette Bash" for my birthday color! And to go with my dress, I'll either match my toes with this same shade or go VERY BOLD and do:

Essie's "Turquoise & Caicos" since my dress has so many shades of blue/Lilly's Lagoon Green!

Have any good holiday colors? Do share!!

xxKatie