Colors of the week: Nailpolish #2

I've been on vacation for the last month. (For those who don't know, I was teaching in Ecuador for 5 months & now I'm back home in California waiting to go off to South Korea in a few weeks to teach.) So I've had some time on my hands (some days I even stay in my pajamas literally ALL day- I'm sure we've all had days like that).

On Instagram I follow @Nailartclub and was inspired by one of their nail art designs, so I decided to give it a shot & try and replicate it the best I could with what I had.

First you need a dark base coat. I used 2 coats of dark purple. Then you need a toothpick- the ones with one end pointy & the other end flat. The flat end is a perfect little circle. Choose some bright/light colors for your dots, dab some nailpolish on a piece of paper, dip your toothpick in the colors and stamp away on your fingernails making sure you wipe the toothpick completely off when you change colors. Make sure they're completely dry before putting a top coat or else you'll smear your dots! I put gold glitter on an accent nail to give my nails a funky little twist.

And presto! You got cute nails! Simple, but a little time consuming (took me about 2 hours because I wanted to make sure everything was completely dry before I moved on to the next step).

Here are the results:

Colors of the week: black & brown

Someone once told me that black and brown don't look good together. I disagree. When paired correctly, the duo can be quite cute together. And by correctly I mean using these two colors as a base and wearing them with non-clashing colors.

My favorite thing to do with these two colors is to wear black tights with brown boots. And I wear a top with colors that go well with brown and black.

Now I'm no fashionista by any means. I'm just a normal girl whose fashion sense is pretty average (it's hard to be so fashionable being a traveling woman when I have my whole life stuffed in one backpack). But I try the best I can.

Here's what I wore today [tights: Target / sweater: Old Navy / undershirt: Charlette Rousse / blouse: Forever21 / boots: thrift store]

Colors of the week: Nailpolish

I was at the pharmacy today (I went to the doctor's & he said I have bronchitis- not fun- so I was dropping off a prescription). I like going to the pharmacy because I like the cosmetics section- especially the nailpolish section. There's always sales and stuff on clearance. (and believe me- I only buy the cheap stuff. If it's over $3, count me out!!)

Today I picked up some new nailpolish.

Last week, my nails were Avon's Nailwear Pro in "Aqua Fantasy" and their Mosaic Effects top coat in white (their version of that crackle nailpolish):

This week it's Wet n' Wild's Megalast in "Club Havana" (on clearance for 99cents) and their Wild Shine in "Sparked" (also 99cents) from CVS:

I don't know why, but I'm in a total glitter mood right now.