Nail A College Drop Out: September 2012

Pink & Gold Half Moon Tutorial

Thursday, September 27, 2012nail a college drop out

Ahh yes, I finally have some time to do my nails AND blog about them. If only I could marry Justin Timberlake and never have to work again.

Anyway, enough of my excuses, here's what you'll need.

Reinforcement labels, Sally Hansen X-treme Wear Coral Reef, QRS Nail Lacquer 24KT, and Dazzle Dry Top Coat

Step 1: (After you apply your base coat of course!) Apply two coats of QRS Nail Lacquer 24KT

Step 2: Apply one coat of Dazzle Dry Top Coat and let dry. You could simply wait until your polish dries completely, but why wait that long if you don't have to. Right?

Step 3: Place Reinforcement labels at the base of your nails.

Step 4: Apply Sally Hansen X-treme Wear Coral Reef like so...

Yes, it looks messy. Trust me this is perfectly fine!

Step 5: Remove labels and apply another layer of Dazzle Dry Top Coat.

*some products provided for review*

Voila! Magic!

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Press Release The New Black The New Black Digital Underground

What's New from The New Black?

Monday, September 24, 2012nail a college drop out

Yes, new stuff from The New Black! The same people who put ombre nails in neatly packaged sets and colors inspired the runway are bringing us the ability to have amazingly swagged out nails this fall with The Digital Underground Kits! Can you feel my excitement pouring from your screen? Unless my ability to convey a message with passion has failed me, you definitely should! Alrightly folks, enough of my endless blabber! On to the pictures!

The Digital Underground kits retail for $24 each and are available in Sephora and Sephora.com.

Visit The new Black on...

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The New Black Innovations In Color
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31 Day Challenge Blue butter LONDON

So Many Manis. So Little Time.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012nail a college drop out

I'm going to try and keep this post a short as possible, although I realize that probably won't happen because I'm putting three manicures worth of photos and info into one post.

I'll start with Day 5: Blue Nails

I used Urban Outfitters Smush as the base color

(Smush really is the same color photed above, but under all the blue brush strokes it appears to be, well, more blue.)

Did some random stroke with a nail art brush using L.A. Colors Color Craze Sea Foam, Aquatic, and In A Flash.

I felt there wasn't enough blue so I added more random brush strokes with Ruby Kisses Blue My Mind

Then, I finished it all off with New York Color matte me Crazy Mattifying Top Coat

Next is Day 12: Stripes

I started with a white base color and then made stripes (well duh) with New York Color Taxi Yellow Creme, Wet n' Wild Wild Shine Blazed, China Glaze Flying Dragon, and butter LONDON Slapper.

Then I made a series of borders (one just as random as the next) with Wet n' Wild Wild Shine Black Creme.

And last I have Day 16: Tribal Nails

First off allow me to say that I started to a tribal design based on the color scheme and middle finger of this mani. I strayed from it and I ended up being really happy with the outcome. (Even if this mani isn't tribal like.)

I used Orly Luxe, the two blue shades from The New Black Runway Set, Sally Hansen X-treme Wear Celeb City, and Wet n' Wild Black Creme.

*The New Black products provided for review*

Brace yourself for a few more posts in this format my friends.

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31 Day Challenge Dupe Finger Paints

A Little Bit of Glitter

Monday, September 17, 2012nail a college drop out

Yes, yes, yes, I know I've missed an entire week of posts for the 31 Day Challenge. I've said this before, but my job keeps me far busier--and far more tired--than a gal in her twenties should be.
To make up for lost time I'll more than likely make a couple of posts combining the days I've missed until I've fully caught up.

But for now let's stick with Day 17: Glitter

For this theme I decided to do some swatches. Can't go wrong with swatches... right?

Icing Industrial Chic

Application wasn't challenging, but it wasn't butter either. I painted the first coat and then kinda blobbed on the second coat.

Icing Love It

Number of coats and application are the same as Industrial Chic.

Next, I have two polishes from Forever 21

Crystal/Multi

This was two coats blobbed around (you know, I'm not even sure if "blobbed around" is a proper term; but hey, it floats my boat).

DUPE ALERT: This is a dead on dupe for Finger Paints Gourd Or Bad

Crystal/Pink

A soft metallic pink shredded glitter? Yes!

This is two coats. I'm pretty impressed with this polish. Simply because I've had a lot of disappointments from other Love & Beauty polish.

What's your favorite from the bunch?

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China Glaze Magnetic Press Release

Get Charged Up: Introducing China Glaze Magnetix II

Monday, September 10, 2012nail a college drop out

THE ATTRACTION CANNOT BE DENIED

China Glaze Introduces Second Collection of Magnetic Nail Lacquers

Los Angeles, CA - (September2012):Magnetic nail art took the beauty world by storm earlier this year, creating a nail art force that was hard for anyone to resist. Following the phenomenal success of its first-generation Magnetix collection, China Glaze® introduces Magnetix II, anexpanded second collection of magneticnail lacquers.

As with the first Magnetix line, Magnetix IIby China Glaze® is infused with iron powders that shift when exposed to the China Glaze® Magnetix II Magnet. The China Glaze® MagnetixII collection features six dramaticmetallic shades:

· Gold Fusion – Rich gold

· Positively In Love– Gorgeous magenta

· Bond-Tastic – Soft rust

· Get Charged – Dark lavender

· Sparks Will Fly – Chic cobalt blue

· Con-Fused? – Livelygreen

Along with the new shade line up, China Glaze® has created a second, specially designed magnet featuring three additional unique designs – a swirling circle, vertical lines and an intricate lattice. The separate magnet allows more design options, especially when coupled with the original China Glaze® Magnetix Magnet. Alternate designs, rotate the magnet, play with the positioning on the nail – the art creations are endless!

To create your own unique China Glaze®Magnetix II manicure:

1. Select desired magnet design. Choose from circles, vertical lines or lattice effects.

2. Apply one coat of China Glaze® Strong Adhesion Base Coat to clean nails; allow to dry completely.

3. Designing one nail at a time for best results, apply one coat of Magnetix II nail lacquer. Immediately hold the China Glaze®MagnetixII Magnet over damp nail for 5-10 seconds, positioning so the built-in finger rest holds it steady. (If you happen to touch the magnet to damp polish, simply wipe clean with nail polish remover – it won’t damage the magnet.)

4. Once the design is fully developed and nails are dry, seal with China Glaze® Fast Forward Top Coat.

Sparks Will Fly

Positively In Love

Gold Fusion

Get Charged

Bond-Tastic

Con-fused

China Glaze® has also released a step-by-step video for the Magnetix II collection which can be viewed on China Glaze®’s official YouTube Channel.

China Glaze®Magnetix IIis available now at salons and beauty supply stores nationwide with polishes and magnet sold separately.The collection will be available in a 12-piece counter display and as open stock colors and magnet.

China Glaze® is free of DBP, toluene, and added formaldehyde. For more information, visit www.chinaglaze.com, follow China Glaze® on Facebook (@ChinaGlazeOfficial) and Twitter (@ChinaGlaze).

China Glaze® is a division of American International Industries.

About American International Industries

For nearly 40 years, AII has been the leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of innovative, quality beauty and skin care products for men and women. Our product lines include Ardell, Andrea, Body Drench, Bye Bye Blemish, Checi, China Glaze, Clean + Easy, Clubman/Pinaud, Duo, European Secrets, EzFlow, Fright Night, Gena, GiGi, Gypsy Lash, IBD, Jeris-Lustray, Nail Tek, No Tweeze/Micro Tweeze, 'N Rage, Prolinc, RAW, Seche, SuperNail, Surgi-Care, Waterworks, Winning Nails, Woltra, Woody’s, and Youthair. For more information, visit our website: www.aiibeauty.com.

I, personally, won't be buying these. (If you been reading my blog for a short while you'll know why.) But I will put my personal problems with this company aside and provide you with this info.

31 Day Challenge Gradient Green

A Very Green Gradient

Monday, September 10, 2012nail a college drop out

It's day 10 of the 31 Day Challenge and the theme is gradient!

Recently, a friend and I went shopping—more specifically, polish shopping— and I had to go to Icing. I picked up a few of their newer shades, but today I'll be showing you one of the new ones and one I picked up this time last year.

Icing Pretty as a Peacock & Mr. Right Now

I started with a white base color and sponged Pretty as a Peacock at the base and then Mr. Right Now at the tips.

Pretty simple right?

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Pink & Gold Half Moon Tutorial

What's New from The New Black?

So Many Manis. So Little Time.

A Little Bit of Glitter

Get Charged Up: Introducing China Glaze Magnetix II

A Very Green Gradient

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