February Untrieds!

Hey everyone, first of mine and Amanda's February untrieds and this month's challenge is cremes/shimmers/NON-GLITTERS. It'll be the hardest challenge yet though I have some tricks up my sleeve ;) Today I am starting with Illamasqua Lament, which is a beautiful pink-coral creme that I swapped for not too long ago. This applied perfectly in two coats but I probably could have even gotten away with one.

Then because I'm a sneaky dickens I added a glitter. I know, I know... it's supposed to be creme month! But I showed you a creme and it's also Valentine's Day month, so I needed to include my Valentine's (HEART!!!!) glitters too. <3 So I added Candy Lacquer Love Rocks on top:

I think it's a lovely combination :) (Come for the nails, stay for the puns.)

xoxo,
Amanda

PS Today is the last day to add entries to my mom's tribute post - please let me know if you have a photo I can add even if you didn't do a blog post!

Kitchen Sink Saturday!

Hey all, it's #kitchensinksaturday! I'm kind of behind on posts but give me a break because I'm sick. With what? Some mystery illness wherein I have a fever, soreness, sensitivity to touch, exhaustion, restlessness, a bunch of stomach issues... but not all at once. Just cycling through. My going theory is I am fighting a series of illnesses from my clients and whatever my body struggles to fight for that moment comes through but it's really not enjoyable.

ANYWAY I'm doing a Kitchen Sink Mani today which is a term Nicole came up with for a mani where each nail is different but they go together in theme. We decided to do a weekly KS mani for the month of January each Saturday and if you want to join, feel free! Here's my first one:

My mani had a sub-theme and that was "Polishes I Received for Christmas", and so ALL these polishes were gifts (I admit, one was a gift from me to me, but don't judge!). From left to right:

• Index: Nails Inc Westminster from Hannah with white dots
• Middle: W7 Salt n Pepper (2 coats), also from Hannah
• Ring: 2true #54 from Hannah as a base, then I did Illamasqua Jo'Mina on top of a tape mani which was from Wes
• Pinky and thumb: Pretty and Polished Tart from myself to myself ;)

There you have it... I guess my theme is loosely "purple" but I put blue and black and white in there... not to mention multicolored glitter... so I don't know. IT'S A KITCHEN SINK.

xoxo,
Amanda