Monday, January 31, 2011

Animals - by Josiah Lemming :)


The nails that I chose for my first post on groupie glam are basically my signature nail, they are SO easy and every time I paint them like this I get TONS! of great feedback. I first got the inspiration for these after looking at my friends shoulder bag. It was zebra of course, and I had just picked up this great nail art polish for a dollar on sale at sally's. Nail art polishes typically have a very thin brush and make precision lines a lot easier. Anyway, I rushed home from being at work and decided I HAD to try to make my vision a reality haha :)

First things first, choose your 'main color.' I chose my main color. In this case it was a great color I had picked up at Hot Topic a few weeks before that had some sparkle in it. *I'm such a sucker for glitter* The price for the polishes at Hot Topic is usually somewhere around $2.99, which you can't beat.
  • Paint your entire nail the 'main color' that you chose on both hands and let dry completely.

After your nails have dried completely (make sure they aren't still tacky or sticky) then we can begin the next step. The black nail art polish that I used was purchased from sally's. It was on sale, but they always have it. Sometimes they even have glittery ones :)
  • Take the nail art brush and from the sides of your nail make three small lines. I usually try not to make the lines straight because, afterall no zebra has straight stripes.

Repeat on all of your nails, and let dry. Top them with a clear coat for extra shine, and VOILA!


*** Obviously the song chosen to title this post was because its called animals :)

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Hey everyone! Welcome to our new blog - Groupie Glam! 

My name is Alexis! I'm 19 years old and I am a college student. I am studying Communications, Public Relations, and Journalism. I hope to work in the music industry when I graduate from college. I am a musician, but my ultimate goal is to open my own record label.

If you want to get a sense of who I am as a person, then there's one word to associate with me...MUSIC! I love listening to music, writing music, and playing music. My favorite thing to do is go to concerts. I have been to way too many to count! My absolute favorite band is Hanson. I've been a fan since 1997! I was five years old when I first heard "Mmmbop" that summer. They are the first music I fell in love with. I also adore David Archuleta. I am a big American Idol fan and he is definitely my favorite Idol! He has so much talent and he is the nicest person you will ever meet! I love artists who inspire me! Other artists I adore are Michael Jackson, Katy Perry, Josiah Leming, Maroon 5, Kris Allen, John Mayer, Dave Barnes, Marc Broussard....too many to name! I love all types of music :)

Not only do I adore music, I love makeup. I first started wearing makeup when I was 13 years old. My mom took me to an in-store event at the MAC Counter at Belk. They did my makeup for me and I was hooked from that moment on. I've branched out from MAC since then, but it is still my favorite makeup brand to this day. I love doing my makeup. I love doing other people's makeup. I just love makeup in general! Its another way to express myself, besides music :) 

In this blog, I'm going to review makeup and any other fashion trends that catch my eye! I love experimenting with my makeup and I love buying new things. I'm always giving away tips, tricks, reviews to my friends. So, I may as well blog it all here.

I love to write, as you can tell! So, I think I will end it here. I'm excited to start this blog with Summer. We both love Hanson and concerts. We both love fashion and makeup. This blog is going to be really fun and I hope you all have fun reading it as much as we will have fun posting!

Have a beautiful day! Xo

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Hiiiiiii y'all!

I just wanted to go ahead and get my first post on this new (and amazing) blog over with. In my opinion, introductions are always awkward, so here it goes....


First of all - I wanted to let everyone know what I hope to bring to the blog, which is nails, nails, and nails... Oh and ill help Alexis review make up as well, but she is pretty rad at that all by herself :) Anyway, I love this whole nail art thing, its super fun and *usually* really easy and pretty nails always make me fee pretty lol

Next I just wanted to give you all an idea of who I am as a person. So here are a few things everyone should know about me:

A. Gossip Girl is pretty much my life, I hope to be Blair Waldorf when I grow up and that includes marrying Chuck Bass.
B. Hanson is my favorite band, since '97. If you're a fan you know that means I'm dedicated
C. I was a spanish major in college and love foriegn culture.
D. I am probably one of the girliest girls you have, or will ever meet.
E. Puppys = life :)

I will have an email available soon for any of our current, or future followers to send tips/ideas for nails designs. If I like it and it turns out good ill feature it in one of my posts, with credit given of course.

******* I'll leave you with an *interesting* picture of myself :) **********