Nicole by OPI Me + Blue - Justin Bieber Collection

  Yes, that is a broken nail polish bottle. This is the second time that this happens to me, the first time it was with China Glaze IDK! I think it has to do with how I store my nail polish. I keep them in plastic shoe boxes and stack them one on top of the other. When I need to get to a certain box it takes quite a bit of rearranging and usually I'm really careful when moving them. However, today I was in a hurry to get out of the house, and well this is what happened. The good thing about it was that only the top broke and most of the nail polish was able to be saved! It's sad to admit, but if it weren't for this tragic accident, I might have never worn this color.

I cleaned out one of my gloopy Seche Vite bottles, which was hard work, but it was worth it to save this color!

Sun picture.

A closeup of this awesome color.

 I used three coats to achieve bottle color and one coat of Diamond Dry topcoat. I really love this color. It's a beautiful hue of blue and the holographic glitter just makes it POP! My husband even said it was a "badass color". Lol.

Matte Barbie

 I had so many manicures planned for last week and this week, but as you all know... life happens. The first thing that happened was that last week our AC went out and we thought it was a simple fix, but it turned out to be the compressor! My house has been over 90 degrees, and because it was so hot we had been staying at my parent's house. To top it off I couldn't blog at my parent's house, since they don't have internet and I was limited to the manicures I did on myself because I was busy doing everyone else's nails. Lol I admit I love painting other people's nails, but I really wanted to get some swatching done, at least.

 So that was that, but then our puppy, Mickey, passed away. We have no idea what happened, but when we awoke Thursday he was already dead. I was so sad because he was such a good puppy, but my husband took it even worse. He was the primary one who looked after him and played with him.

 Even though, that was a sad day for us, the next day, unbeknownst to me, was our six year wedding anniversary! Usually, it's the other way around, but with all the stuff going on, it totally slipped my mind. Oops! He later admitted at our dinner that he had also forgotten, and because he didn't have time he wasn't able to get me much or anything too special. However, it was so awesome when he pulled out two nail polishes at dinner and he told me that he went into Ulta to pick them out. I think the most awesome part of all was that he actually went into Ulta, he has only been into that store once with me because he says it's a "girl" store.

 On to some oh so pretty nail polish!! I did this combination once before when I first received them, and I was anxious to wear them both. The first time I did it, I really loved it, but the next day I had a parent teacher meeting so I changed my manicure to a more "mom" look. This time, however, I was able to enjoy it a wee bit longer. I don't know why, but this combo totally reminds me of Barbie, hence the title.

This is in the shade with three coats. Pink is Lolly and blue is Phoebe. Phoebe is matte blue shimmer, Lolly is a straight up matte polish. They are both so beautiful though.

Sun picture.

Shade picture with top coat. So glossy!

Sun picture with top coat.

 I need more practice with matte polishes. I had a difficult time getting it to even out, but I attribute that to my poor skills with the matte finishes. Anyways! Good news is that our AC is now up and running and I am once again able to blog! I almost forgot, we got a new puppy this week!! I know it's a little soon, but I couldn't stand seeing my husband so sad. I didn't know what else to do to make him feel better. So, our newest member of the family is a German Shepherd and his name is Dexter. I'll post a pic tomorrow of him. He's soooo adorable!

Nina Ulta Pro Blu Blaze

 Since trying out Color Club's Otherwordly, I have been on the hunt for that exact same color, but without the glitter. I have bought a few polishes that I thought might be it. This is one of them. In the bottle it's a bright blue neon, but sadly it doesn't stay like that once dry. 

Here is a sun picture. I used two coats but there was a tiny bit of visible nail line, so I would reccommend three coats to ensure it's opaque. As you can see, the color in real life comes really close to the bottle color when it's in the sun.

This picture was taken in the shadows cast by my carport. It actually looks a bit brighter here.

Here is what it looks  like in real life with no sun.

Another picture of this lacquer's true color. There's part of my kids chalk drawings in the background, they were drawing robots.

 Although this is not the color that I was expecting to get, I have to say I was in love with this color while wearing it. I literally could not stop staring at it. I even used this color for my toes, and it looked so gorgeous! There was actually one time when I thought no one was around, in the breakroom at my workplace, so I just stopped to stare at my toes. I have no idea how long I was staring, but when I looked up there was a man looking at me like I was the craziest person in the world. I just laughed and proceeded to walk hurriedly away into the safety of my cubicle. That's it for today. I hope you enjoyed!