Topshop Chase

I can see myself wearing this little stunner with a sundress, floppy hat, sunglasses and blasting music during... you guessed it, the sThe first of what I hope to be many more Top Shop nail polishes, I chose Chase. It caught my eye right next to a gorgeous little blue number, although the display was all a little jumbled up in a big bin (hop on that, Nordstrom!) A plethora of beauty bloggers from across the sea (that'd be those precious Brits) rave about the Top Shop beauty section and so I decided it was time to give it a whirl.

Bought on a whim at the counter, $10 isn't too bad for the time it lasts. The wear time on this beauty was four or five days longer than Essie ($8) which last on average up to two-three days on me. I really like this color but I'm excited to try out some others. A little birdy told me that perhaps the full beauty selection will be at Nordstrom counters soon... A girl can hope, can't she?

Valentine's Day Nail Picks

from left to right:

Essie Watermelon

Essie Lilacism

Essie Muchi Muchi

Essie Vanity Fairest

NARS Anardana

Top Shop Chase

I just want to put this out there that I am a HUGE fan of Valentine's Day. Pink is my favorite color, I love everything about love, plus I'm a real sucker for a bouquet and a sugar high. That's not to say that I'll necessarily have a Valentine on this day, but I always get a card from my nan, plus some specials from my mom and step dad. Among other things, I also have a major love for nail polish and this is where the two loves collide to create something.... beautiful.

These are essentially classic colours that I love during spring as well. Light, pastel, girly. I'm a huge fan of Essie because of their accessibility and range of unique colours that most often, you can't find elsewhere. NARS did some great nail colours last spring/summer collection with tons of brights. Chase is the only Top Shop shade that I own (since a Top Shop just came into my area in the last six months) and I caved for this babe. I'm dying to try some others. Two hot pinks, two baby pinks, and two light purples and we've got all the options I thought of for this Thursday, which essentially, is just another day in my world. But filled with candy. Yum.

How are you celebrating this year? Treating yourself (like me) or going out with a significant other? Leave a comment below.

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Essie Mini-Haul

over the edge - butler please - stroke of brilliance

If there's one brand I'm always on the fence about, it's Essie. They have without a doubt the most accessibility and variety, but on average have very poor formula. With a good base and top coat though, I figure that most of the time I can battle the poor formula for the gorgeous color. I got the inspiration for this post from Essie (of essiebutton) and her favorite nail varnishes post. I realized after watching her video of her favorites that a. I was in love with this bright blue and b. I had none in my rather large nail varnish collection. SO when I stepped into Target, this was the first thing I beelined for, after basking in the already holiday decorated card section. Butler Please is described as an "indulgent bright blue" and I completely agree. The one thing I stray away from with this nail polish is that the formula was very hard to work with which I found a bit surprising. The color seemed easy to work with from the bottle. It took a while to dry, needed two coats, and a third would have worked even better. It was necessary to have a drying fast top coat or my nails would have been ruined.

Over the Edge is a true dark gray with white shimmers running throughout it. The color is truly unique and reminds me of Urban Decay's Gunmetal eyeshadow. It is described as a "dramatic metallic midnight silver." This will be perfect for the holiday season, especially with a nice red dress or LBD. Stroke of Brilliance is a glittery blue top coat, perfect on it's own or over the top of another. I think it'd look fab over both Butler Please and Over the Edge. I have such a love/hate relationship with glitter nail polishes but I think my obsession might have been sparked again... I hate the taking off process, but love the long wear time and the look.

Essie has a reasonable price at about $8 a bottle, though I don't exactly think it's always worth it. I'd really like to try some more of their new collection!

What are your favorite drugstore polishes? Do you bother with high end nail care?

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Halloween Nails

Essie 'Grow Faster'

Essie 'Head Mistress'

Revlon 'Quick Dry Top Coat'

Thought I'd pop a post up before I head to Seattle for yet another concert. This time it's Two Door Cinema Club, which I'm rather excited about but also excited for the sunday after because that means I will have so much more free time. This month has been both really exciting and exhausting. Nearly no time to myself, getting sick, trying to continue school work and the blog has amounted to a very exhausted Blair. But no worries, everything will alas be back on track soon.

I felt very excited for Halloween has it's coming up quick, so I threw on some nails inspired by it. It's quite a simple step by step process. Start with a base coat, follow up with a stripe of red at the end of the nail and then gloop on a few blood like looking stripes down to the bottom. End with a top coat and let it dry. This took me all in all probably 15 or less minutes to do. Super simple.

Do you love Halloween? Hate it? Let me know in the comments below.

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