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Monday, October 3, 2011

Nail Partayyy

The girls in my bible study and I had a nail party this weekend.  It was super fun, and I got to try out some new polishes.  I kept my nails pretty simple.


The only flash pic.  The rest are sunlight.
On my nails I'm wearing OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue with Funky Fingers Baby Baby Baby on my ring as an accent nail.  YGTB is a really gorgeous dark blue with indigo/brighter blue shimmer.  I'm wearing 3 coats, but 2 coats would have been sufficient.  The formula was also great.  The only minus to this polish is that it does stain your nails, so a base coat is a must.  It also has the tendency to stain your fingers blue during removal, so you have to be careful not to rub the polish into your cuticles.  Otherwise, it's a great blue worth owning in my opinion.  I've been wanting Sephora by OPI Opening Night since two summers ago (I don't know why I still didn't get it), so I was pleasantly surprised to know YGTB is a dupe!  I'll definitely pick up YGTB instead, since I get to save a dollar. :P

On my ring is the blindingly blingy Funky Fingers Baby Baby Baby.  By the way, both of these polishes were jkfaceee's.  (Please go check her out if you haven't!)  I was surprised to see Funky Finger's in her collection and found out that there IS a Five Below near my hometown.  I've never seen one around, so I think I automatically assumed there weren't any in my state.  I was wrong!  Now I know where I'll be dropping by during my winter break.

For BBB, I used 3 coats, but I noticed it becomes pretty opaque in two with a base color.  I recommend using a blue base as it will bring out the light blue in BBB.  My pictures make it look like it's not completely opaque, but in person I couldn't tell because it was SO sparkly.  It also looks gritty, but it wasn't that bad with 2 coats of Seche Vite.


And here's a pic of all our nails together. :)
I did some florals for two of the girls, including jkfaceee.  She's the one wearing a ring in the picture. ^^

In other news, I ripped my right thumb nail while pulling hefting my elephantine Shakespeare textbook out of my backpack.  It slipped out of my hands and then...ouch.  >.<  I'm not a fan of nail patches, so I just cut and filed it to a nub.  Now I'm patiently waiting for it to grow back.  What do you do when you break a nail?

And...this weekend went by too fast. T_T  Happy....Monday...


Liz

17 comments:

  1. That glitter is so pretty! Funky Fingers isnt sold in Aus though :( When I break a nail, I chop them all off! Can't bear to have mismatched nail lengths hehe

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  2. Yeeah! How many beautiful fingers are here!:D I love you ring finger with glitters!:)

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  3. They both look awesome! I like the Funky Fingers glitter, so pretty! The other girls manis are great too! Usually if I break a nail I will file it down unless it close to the quick, then I will patch it until it grows out a bit. It hurts my fingers if my nails are too short.

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  4. wow i love the blue and of course the glitter! great manicure, I love it!

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  5. This is a perfect combination! I have always loved Yoga-ta Get This Blue, and that Funky Fingers is perfect for an accent nail.
    Ouch! I've never had much luck with patching, so I just file them down and let them grow back out also.

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  6. Aw, I wish I could do international swaps. I'd send them to you. And I don't like having mismatched nail lengths either. lol But I really like the length of my nails right now and they're pretty short, so I filed them all to lessen the difference. :P

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  7. Thanks! I've actually never tried a patch, but I've seen other people use it and didn't really like the idea of it. But I can see how it could come in handy when the break is close to the nail bed. I'm kinda like that too, where I can't cut my nails too short since my nail bed rises a tiny bit past my finger.

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  8. Aw thanks for the comment Nicole! :)

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  9. When I break a nail very badly I generally "cut my losses" and file it right down, same as you. There is generally a day or two of whining about the loss, as well.
    Your nails look great, though!

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  10. Thanks! Haha, that's pretty much what I do as well, including the whining part. :P

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  11. Funky Fingers Baby Baby Baby is stunning! It looks like diamonds! Adding it to my wish list!

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  12. Love this combo! Baby baby baby is so blingy. :) haha and ouchie about your nail. :( I just cut them down and wait for them to grow.

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  13. liz your nails look GREAT!
    hahahahah that was a fun day :) you should def check out five below... they have a lot of other good stuff too like phone accessories and such. thanks again for doing my nails and for giving me a shout out ;) i shall see you soon!

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  14. LOVE the glitter! perfect for an accent nail!

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  15. I love yours! It's so pretty :)

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