Turn It Up - Holiday Parade

Happy Independence Day everyone!! I've been super busy lately as I'm sure the other girls have been as well but I wanted to post a quick mani that I did for the July 4th holiday!

I used Essence Hard To Resist and OPI Alpine Snow as the base. The stripes are OPI An Affair In Red Square with the stars being Zoya Trixie. The glitter is a mix of OPI Getting' Miss Piggy With It and Essie Set In Stone. Hope you like it!

Oh My Goodness - Olly Murrs

Okay, okay. I think I am setting a record for the least amount of posts that ive done..ever haha. it is mainly because ive been so busy doing awesome things! Can't be mad at that..

so after going to Nashville twice in one week for two different concerts, I also went on a road trip with my friends to see our guilty pleasure (one directi haha. It was so intense mainly because I was in eight different states in a matter of eight days. I wouldn't have done it any differently, even if we did spend an entire 48 hours in the car.

I wanted something that wouldn't chip or end up looking crazy with my outfit choices so I used zoya robin (one of my all time favorites) and paired with a color club top coat. I didn't have any chips at all until the last day. I was pleased.

The first picture isn't really color accurate, so I used a candid photo I took at work really quickly.

while we were there, my friends boyfriend actually took a few photos of us. hes reallly good! this is just one that we took! they all turned out well even though we were in 100 degree weather!

What have u done this Summer?

xx

Everybody Talks - Neon Trees

I have been slacking majorly lately so I figured that I'd do a huge picture spam of all my recent manis that I have done but haven't had time to blog about. So onto the pics!

The New Black Wave 5 color set.

Color Club Factory Girl & Warhol

Color Club Age Of Aquarius & Zoya Shelby with Bundle Monster Plate 223

OPI DS Coronation, Zoya Raven, & China Glaze Purple Panic 

 Same Mani (Right Hand) China Glaze Blue Sparrow

All photos are from my personal instagram screen name BrookieyMonster.

Coming Back For More - Hanson

Hello Everyone! I wanted to do a quick post today & show you my birthday nails!

Heavy - Lauri Ylönen

"It's heavy 
but you are not the only one 
who's tired of giving 
afraid of the oblivion 
Could it be that your curse is a bliss? 
But the weight of the world never felt this heavy "

I am so still loving this song even after listening to it A LOT over the past year. The lyrics, the music & Lauri's voice are just amazing. If you've ever seen Lauri, you'll know why I chose one of his songs as the title for this feather mani. He's a bird! LOL :)

Anyway, On to the nails! 

This week I decided to do feather nails! I haven't done these in a while & the first time I did them I followed Summer's tutorial!! They turned out fabulous!  (Of Course!)

I found some pink & turquoise feathers at Hobby Lobby a while back. I didn't just want to put them on a nude background so I used Fly by O.P.I. from their Nicki Minaj Collection & a pink from the Color Club All About Color Collection. (I have looked everywhere & I can't find the name of any of these colors). I of course followed that with Sally Hansen's Hard As Nails top coat & a coat of Seche Vite Rapid Dry Top Coat.

 I did this mani on Sunday & I just took it off tonight. They held up really well even after all the abuse I put them through this week! I hope you all had a great week!! :)

Brand New Day - Joshua Radin

Hey there! 

Last weekend, for new year's eve, I went to Knoxville and met up with Summer! Reunited at last :)

We had a really fun time that night and it was great getting ready together and hanging out. Summer was so sweet and gave me a nail polish gift set! So, I thought I would take some quick pictures. (I'm still in love with my camera and I'm basically taking pictures of every thing in my kit. Haha.)

ZOYA PROMO = RECEIVED!!!

I know, I know. You are TOTALLLLLY jealy of these polishes aren't you? It's ok. I would be tooooo.

Like most of you, I took advantage of the latest Zoya Promo (which was probably the best) and ordered one polish and got TWOOO free polishes of my choice. As you can see I got Robyn, Pippa, and Savita.

Robyn is a creamy bright blue color.. also one of my all time favorite colors in the world. I dont really have a whole lot of yellow polish so I thought.. why not.. ill get Pippa.. haha but she seems to be a really intense creamy yellow! Savita.... oh Savita.. how I lusted for you. Savita is a rick purple matte.. SO MUCH YES. I cant even explain.
I just wanna like.. carry the bottles in my purse and take them out and look at them when i need to be happy. -- that sounds totally unhealthy. but I cant help it. I just LOVE Zoya's.

you understand... right? :)

xoxo - Summer

How To Love - Lil Wayne

CONCERT SEASON IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!

you all have no idea how excited i am about this. It has been since MAY that i have been to a concert. IM DYING! SOOO when i heard that Stars Go Dim was coming to town.. i knew i had to go. I totally plan on doing SGD nails for the concert.. but until then.. this is what i came up with.

I used Revlon - blue lagoon and an art deco blue glitter. I actually kinda wish that i had this blue glitter in a full size bottle.. i sort of love it. Yall know of anything that might be a dupe???!!! LMK! I just started with a base of blue lagoon and added some random lines with the art deco.. super easy.. but i love the bluesssss

This picture is without flash.. and u can see that i was totally doing laundry in the back ground. oh wellllllll.

I really wish that I had more time to do nail art lately because i have gotten so many great polishes.. but honestly.. i started a new job.. and i have been TRAINING like crazy.. sort of intense. ok, not really.. but it keeps me too busy to do my nails. :( WAHHHHH

OH BEETEEDUBBS --- i found my long lost daughter. i mean.. shes sooo freakin PRESH! i saw her video on LaqueredME and spent the next hour going through and watching EVERY SINGLE VIDEO. ohmygod, i want my unborn child to be just like her.

how could u not just die for her???

xoxo - Summer

Day Old Hate - City and Colour (puppy spam!!!)

HELLLLEWWWWWWW!!!!

Sending you guys something simple for this weekend - I ran out of polish remover (sinful, i know!) so I didnt do anything super fancy. Howeverrrrr... this color is great. I used Sinful Colors in Paradise and the 2nd polish is Pure Ice named In The Mood - hilariously enough my boyfriend actually bought this for me.

You Can see how short my middle finger nail is in this picture. I know I should file them all down since I broke the one so they are all the same length.. but I really dont have the heart to yet :/ HAHA!! PUPPPPYYYY SPAMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These are my wittle babies!!! the dachshund is named Sunnie and she is about a hundred years old! haha and the Beagle's name is Butters (yes, like the kid from south park) and hes almost 3! Theyre my babies and spoiled beyond belief. Now everyone saw AWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

hugs and hi-5's!

Summer

E.T. - Katy Perry

Hi there! its me, Summer.

As you all know, ive been practicing my sponging technique - trying to get better at it. so while i was surfing the net the other day at work, i came across the 'galaxy nails' concept - and im basically in love. i mean.. my inner nerd was SCREAMING for me to do these. i was completely in love with the way they turned out.

I used about 4 different colors. Started with a base and layered the other colors on top with a sponge. I love the way that none of the colors looked like the original after i was finished!

I used my dotting tool to add a few 'orbs' and blended the harsh white by dabbing on some of claires venomous polish....
so tell me...................... do yall like it? and im sure you can guess why i chose this song :p

wellllllllllllllllllll - i guess im off to eat mexican with my bestttttesttttttt!!!!

'Blue Sky' MY FIRST FRANKEN!!!

Hellllowwww my lovelies!!!!!!!!!! Y'all have a good weekend??

Soooo on my weekly shopping trip I decided to pick up a few cheap polishes and try my hand at making a franken... I reallllly love the way that it turned out.

I used half a bottle of sally hansen hard as nails in clear.. and 1/3 of a bottle of WnW glitter - i dont remember the name :/ and i used WnW in french white creme and a no name navy 'bon bon' polish.

I was going for a Glitter in the Air sort of polish - like deborah lippmanns.. i dont think i hit the nail on the head.. but i SERIOUSLY love the way it turned out.

I decided to name this bottle 'Blue Sky' because of the Hanson Song.... I think since they are my favveee band that its cute to name all of my frankens after one of their songs.. maybe its lame.. but it makes me happy!!!!!

let me know what yall think!!! oh! and here is the song that the polish is named after!!

ANNNNNNNNDDDDDDDD.... in case you forgot.. enter for our giveaway here it ends on july 1st!!!!

May Haul!!!!

Well, I think I did well this month. I didnt go TOOOO crazy, but I got some great staples for my collection.

My boyfriend always asks me HOW I can spend so much time/money/effort into nail polish of all things. I justify it as a hobby. Some people do toy trains, some collect knick knacks, and I... well I buy nail polish. I essplained it to him in man terms - I said you buy fishing poles and tackle - I buy nail polish and dotting tools! hahahha his reply was HIGH-larious... all he said was 'I understand' which obviously means... I give up. LOL anyyyway - this is what I got - plus a few of the colors i always try to keep.. but u dont need to see those :p

Great Divide - Hanson

Loooooky! Its Toms flag nails!!!

I got my first pair of toms back in 2007. They make my feet smell and fall apart easily, but who can't resist helping kids in africa? They're becoming more popular, I mean they're on basically every corner of every college campus ever. So I thought it would be fun to do this design!

I chose this song because of the partnership hanson had with toms, and it reminds me of all the walks we did in support of helping the people in africa.

You likey????????? :)

oh, and dont forget to enter the GIVEAWAY---> CLICK!