Category: nail polish

I haven’t done a Mani Monday post in a while.  I guess I haven’t been inspired much by my nails for a few weeks.  But this week’s look was fun, and I got a lot of compliments on it.  People asked me if I was wearing Jamberry wraps.  Nope.  All me. The design actually came to…

What’s on my nails today is nothing.  Well, not completely nothing.  I have on a couple coats of Nailtiques Nail Protein Formula 2 Plus.  I started using this regularly a few months ago, and it has helped my nails tremendously.  I use it alone once in a while, but usually it’s the base coat under whatever…

This week’s mani is Zoya Rue.  I saw this color online and thought I needed it.  Then when it came in the mail, I kind of thought, “Rue? Ew.”  I thought it would be a pinkish nude, but it looked more purpley greige in the bottle.  I went ahead and tried it, and I actually…

This week I decided to try to Essie Gel-setter top coat with an OPI polish and see if it worked as well (or better) at creating that gel-like finish and staying power.  I actually found that this week’s manicure lasted even longer than last week’s!  That may be due to the fact that I spent…

For this week’s manicure, I tried another new product, Essie Gel-setter top coat.  I found this at Target and got a good deal on the top coat in a package with an Essie polish (about $15), but you can also buy it by itself (for about $9).  It says you’ll get the effects of a…

I just had a brilliant idea that I should do a “Mani Monday” feature, because I usually paint my nails on Sunday night.  I thought I came up with this brilliant idea all on my own, until I did a quick Google search and found a ton of other posts with this label.  Apparently other…