nails etc. - summertime blue

Bouncer, it's me! by Essie (neons 2013):

While I always think of August as the height of the summer, it is really the time when summer winds down. Recently it has been a bit cooler here in Boston than the past few weeks, and with the cool breeze I've come to embrace a color palate full of blues and grays. I am particularly loving this royal blue nail polish, Bouncer, it's me! by Essie. It is a deep blue, but it has a brightness to it that keeps it summery. I'm excited to try some of the other polishes from Essie's neon 2013 collection. (The green reminds me of this post I wrote about color early in the summer!)

anna's nails - summer purple

I am so excited to head to Block Island next week for a little vacation. In preparation, I decided to paint my nails a fun summer color. I went with Essie's Full Steam Ahead, part of its summer 2013 collection.

It reminds me of this beautiful picture of pastel tulips I saw on the tumblr In the City with Crystalin:

I usually go darker with my nails (see me here in red and green with sparkles), but I'm digging this lighter hue. Now I just need a summer tan to compliment my new nails!

nails etc. - spring colors

Last week I wrote about green being one of my favorite spring colors. But when it comes to my nails, I have been at a loss to find an on-trend color for the season. Most magazine articles I've read have said that nude nails are the way to go this spring. (Read more about that in Harper's Bazaar here and Vogue here.) I've tried pale nails, but since I don't have any sort of tan yet, I felt it left my hands looking flat.

Perhaps I'll try neutral polish again, once I have more of a tan, or in the fall. Recently though I'm sticking with brightly colored nails. My favorite shade of the moment is the orangey-red, My Paprika is Hotter than Yours by OPI.

Do you have a favorite spring nail polish color?

anna's nalis - revlon moon candy

Today I'm reviewing Revlon's new Moon Candy nail polish. I bought mine at CVS.

It is a cool concept: one half of the bottle is a sold color polish, while the other half is a glittery top coat.

I painted two coats of the dark green (I used the color Meteor), with one coat of the glitter. I expected it to be hard to get the glitter flakes to come out of the bottle, but it was pretty easy. 

Overall, I'm happy with the result, and would definitely try one of the other colors. Polishes usually go bad before I have time to use them up, so this smaller size of two types is actually perfect for me!

Do you have any new nail polishes you're loving?

nails, etc.

This weekend was particularly gorgeous in Boston. It was 75F and sunny all weekend long, which made it a great chance to sport new summer styles. While I've always enjoyed painting my toe nails, I've recently starting painting my finger nails as well. It is a fast and easy way to add color to an outfit.

Today I wanted to share my newest nail polish experiment. I was inspired by this picture on instagram from Meredith (author of the blog one sheepish girl) of @sheepishknitcrochet.

   

I happend to have a bottle of OPI (sparkle-icious) glitter nail polish I stole from my sister (sorry Jackie!), as well as a new coral, pinky color from Essie (e-nuf is e-nuf) I got on sale at CVS.  

I layered the two, because the OPI glitter polish is more like a top coat with specs of glitter. You would need to do many coats to get a full glitter look. 

I'm calling this duo Birthday Cake Nails, because the mix of the rainbow glitter on the pinky-red reminds me of a birthday cake. Perfect for summer!

Pink Vanilla Bean Birthday Cake by Smells Like Home on Flickr