Afraid - The Neighbourhood

Hey guys! Hope you all had a spooooky Halloween! Summer and I teamed up to show y'all our Halloween looks. We have a sweet Minnie Mouse look and a dramatic vampire look! Both ends of the spectrum are covered :)

Hurricane - Parachute

Hey guys!! I have a quick update from my time in Indiana last month.
I saw several people in concert, ate smores by a campfire, shopped more than I should have, and most importantly I spent lots of time with my best friends.

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Little Talks - Of Monsters & Men

Hey guys! It's me, Summer. I know, I know. I haven't updated in a while. I'TS FINE. I've been busy with Christmas and such.

I recently went on a trip with some of my friends (big surprise) and we met Ed Sheeran again. Oh, and Conor Maynard. Both are such cuties. Anyway, while I was on this trip my friend surprised me with a nail polish! It is an Essie polish called, "Da Bush," which i thought was hilarious because her favorite president is George Dubya Bush.

I decided to use it one day while I was working, I paired it with "Jade is the New Black" by OPI (one of my fave polishes ever).

"Da Bush" had a really good texture and was opaque in 2 coats which is better than my experience with most Essie polishes. Overall, I loved it. Definitely want to use this again in Fall.

Over and out, Summer.

Philadelphia - Parachute

Hey guys, its Summer!

I am back from yet ANOTHER concert. This time me and my friends went to Charlottesville, Virginia to see a band called Parachute. They played straight through both of their albums, one on each night. It was seriously an incredible experience. I had always loved this band, and had seen them live.. but after seeing them perform in their hometown to a sold out show.. they have become my fave. SO GOOD.

My nails for this trip were simple. I chose to do a glitter sammich with an accent nail. most of you guys probably recognize the green as Jade is the new black by OPI. still one of my favorite polishes for fall. The glitter sammich is Party of Five Glitters layered between (an unknown) Color Club (that i got on clearance at ross.)

These are some live shots i took at the concert.. sorry for the quality but I used my phone. We also made a video while we were there.. we are ridiculous. Watch if you will!

--Summer

As Long As You Love Me - Justin Bieber ft Big Sean

hey guys! its me, Summer. I know, I know. I havent posted in a couple of weeks, but I have a Justin Bieber post for youuu!!! My friends and I bought justin tickets a while ago and finally got to go see him in Louisville, KY. It was BY FAR the biggest concert that I have ever been to. even bigger than the One Direction concerts that I went to this summer. More about the mani after the cut.

Halloween Collection Post: Thriller - Phillip Phillips (Cover)

Happy Halloween, everyone! As promised, here is the Halloween collection post part 2! A big thank you to everyone who sent in pictures. Be sure to visit everyone's links and comment your praises. :)



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Beauty And The Beat - Justin Bieber

welllll hello guys! I dont have much of a post for you all today.. but its better than nothing. This past week has been pretty busy, and this one coming up is going to be EXTREMELY busy, but really fun! I actually just got back from Nashville, seeing Ed Sheeran with a couple of friends, and tomorrow i leave for Oklahoma and from there we are going to Texas to see One Direction in concert. YES.

Anyway, onto the nails. I did these a few weeks ago and never posted them because honestly, i just dont love them. Ive done much better glitter gradients. The Gold polish is blonde bombshell by china glaze. I REALLY wanted to love this polish, and I do.. just not here. I actually got several compliments on these nails and  i will never know why haha.

I will have a big post coming soon, and im sure Alexis will have a HUGE post when she gets back from Europe. Keep your eyes peeled and your nails painted! hahah

xoxo - Summer

Want U Back - Cher Lloyd

hi guys!!!

Sorry i havent posted in OVER a week. im horrible, right? its okay though. i have a bunch of pictures of a mint green/ leopard mani i did a few days ago.

I had bought this Essie polish a few weeks ago and had never had the chance to use it, but i had been thinking of doing another animal print mani for a while and thought that a mint accent nail would be soooo cute. i really love the colors together.

I used only dotting tools to make the leopard design, they arent the best ive done but they still look good enough. hehe All of the colors used for the leopard are color club.

The picture below is with no flash, you can really see how mint the essie polish is. LOVE.

anyway, i have something exciting to tell you.... yesterday i got to meet CHER LLOYD. yes, i love her. she is the cutest little brit girl and she is going to be HUGE. her music is just fun. ill post the picture whenever the radio station posts it. she covered OMG by user and it was perfect! so fun.

xoxo - Summer

Chasing The Sun - The Wanted

Hi guys! Its me again, I have another post from Tulsa! This time its the other Taylor haha

I started out by doing her makeup, we used sin from the urban decay naked palette and crystal from urban I blended the sin from the inside corner out to the middle of the lid and then added crystal on the outer part of the lid as well as in the crease. I used oil slick eye liner. I felt like it really brought out her eyes. I also did a really dark eye shadow look later in the week but forgot to take pictures. Ugh!

next I did her nails. I didn't take much polish so we were sort of limited on what we could do. Somehow we ended up with 4 of the same color polishes haha. We did a skittles  mani. If you need to know the name of any of the polishes just ask. Its toooooo many to name haha

im hoping to do a dark and glittery eye shadow look for the Adam Lambert concert in July in her haha!

Like it?

xx summer

Be With You - Michael Castro

Guys, guys, guys.

Its me, Summer. I haven't posted in a few days... What's wrong with me? But have no fear, I am back! Haha

I have a few exciting things to mention before we get to the pictures.. our blog is going to be reviewing some polishes and hopefully Brooke and Alexis will be helping with that and also I hope to be hosting a giveaway of said product! YAYAY!!!! Also I have a few big posts planned including some 'no sleep for banditos' nails (Hanson) and ONE DIRECTION NAILS!!!!! So you will def want to stay tuned.

Anyway. Onto the swatches. This is Fever by Deborah Lippmann. Her polishes are always a great formula and even though this is one of the first polishes I bought of hers its still just like I bought it yesterday. I love the gold shimmer! After I had painted my nails I realized that the polish matched the hibiscus flower

On my Callender from the metropolitan museum of art! Love.

Do you guys have any lippmanns? What are your favorites?

xx Summer.

 

 

 

Safe & Sound - Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars

You love me. Real or not real?

Ahhhh im so in love with Peeta that it hurts lol.

Sorry, I just had to start with that lol... Of choose these are my hunger games nails.. They aren't as awesome as I had hoped because I was too busy obsessing over finishing all the books before I went to see the movie..

Everyone knows Katniss is the girl on fire so I decided to attempt some flames.. not my best work but they could have been worse. I'm actually happy with them mattified. I had originally planned to do a much more complicated mani with much more detail.. But this worked.

Did you see the movie? How did u like it?

xx Summer

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Fix A Heart - Demi Lovato

Hope everyone is having a great week! I have a few days left of spring break - so I thought I would upload a picture of my mani!

I haven't posted in awhile and I apologize. I lost my camera cord so I had no way of connecting my camera to my laptop. It is still missing...but I found a temporary one that works (very slowly).

I did this on Monday, so I had two days to enjoy it before I went to the car dealership and got a new one. Yep, I said that correctly. At my car dealership - free manicures are offered while you wait for your car to be serviced. How awesome, right!?

Swagger Jagger - Cher Lloyd

Hey guys! 9 days until I leave for my trip!! I'm so super excited I can barely stand it! Its the biggest trip I've ever taken. I haven't mentioned it much...bbecause it hasn't even seemed real... but it is! Ill be going to the finale night of fashion week in knoxville, then flying to disney for a few days, then roadtripping to nashville for a concert (omg one direction) and then going to washington dc and nyc! Eeeeeeek. Seriously gonna be crazy.

Anyway! Onto the polish... I recently received a package from my friend jewli in PAA. She sent me more TWINS! Haha I love them. I decided I would use troy and gabriella first. I mattified gabriella with matte about you, and free handed a sparkly tip with troy. I actually liked this mani and normally I loathe any french tip.

I think I'm gonna try and do a series of all of my essence twins. Who do u want to see next? Edward/bella romeo/julia or chuck/blair??

xoxo -s

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Get Over It - Ok Go!

Rainnnnny Sunday. Ahhhh...

Well, this mani features 2 of my favorite colors ever. Lucky duck by orly and skull and glossbones by opi! I did this mani a few weeks ago when my nail polish group did a 'retro' theme.... I had planned for this mani to look like old school wall paper... but I don't think I hit the nail on the head... I still like it!

I used a striping brush to make the lines and a mini dotting tool for the small dots. This was a quick paint job haha. I thought about doing something like this only a little more intricate. Would u guys be interested in that? Let me know!

Also, I want to start doing tutorials... what should my first one be? I did an easter bunny tutorial when we first started the blog, as well as a zebra stripe tutorial but I haven't done any lately. Leave me suggestions!!

xoxo - Summer

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Domino - Jesse J

Hey guys! So as we announced on the first.. we recently decided that we would be doing 'music video Mondays!'

This week we chose the song domino by jesse j. its a catchy song and there was plenty of inspiration to choose from.. I love the winged eye liner that alexis did... so pretty!

I just did a simple mani inspired by her nails outfit. Admittedly this isn't my best mani... I had the flu...butitried! Heheh! Next week I promise will be better!

Pumpkin Soup - Kate Nash

Hi everyone! I'm so excited to be sharing my nail polish addiction with all of you! I have been an avid nail blog reader for months now. I must admit that reading this wonderful blog & seeing all of the amazing things that Summer and Alexis come up with is how I got the nail polish bug! They are two very talented ladies! I am so honored that they asked me to contribute.

Since it is February & Valentine's is right around the corner, I thought I would do something centered around that theme for this week and next week.

This week's theme is Sweet Hearts. I got the inspiration from those heart shaped candy with the messages that taste like chalky antacids! (The SweetTart kind are my favorite.) I wanted to mix it up and do something different on each nail. I thought my hearts & poka dots came out pretty good. I have to say that it was my first time doing lines free handed & they got a little wobbly. Practice makes perfect though! I also, of course, had to have some glitter!

I used quite a few different polishes for this mani. I recently bought 3 colors from China Glaze's Electropop Collection: Gothic Lolita, Sweet Hook, & Dance Baby. I used 2 Orly colors: Basket Case & White Out. Then 2 colors by Essie: Marshmallow & Turquoise & Caicos. Finally the glitter one is from the Katy Perry O.P.I. Collection: Teenage Dream.

I realize that my post title does not sound like a song for Valentine's but if you listen to it, you'll hear that it has nothing to do with pumpkins or soup. :)

P.S. Be sure to keep reading all February! Lots of great posts coming next week from Alexis and Summer!

One year anniversary!

Today is a very special day for us. It's our one year anniversary! One year ago today we got together to make our very own beauty blog. It has been a great year for us. Thanks so much to everyone who has followed us and viewed our posts. We never imagined the amount of support we would get in just one year! We are extremely excited for what is to come in 2012.

• In honor of our celebration month, Brooke will be our weekly guest poster! Welcome to the team, Brooke! She will be posting every Friday for the month of February.
• We will start having Music Video Monday posts where we will copy a look from a music video or post a look inspired by a music video. Please, if you have a favorite music video at the moment, leave us a comment!
• We will have other surprises and special guest posts to post throughout the month which we are not quite ready to announce yet. We can't wait!
• We have a new logo! The layout will be evolving throughout the month.

Thanks for all of the support. We love you all!

Xo, Summer and Alexis

 

 For this special post we decided to do looks in our blog's color: purple!

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A Team - Ed Sheeran

Hey guys! I really cannot believe it is almost Feb. Does that even seem real? I feel like 2 days ago it was thanksgiving. Anyway... I'm really excited for the things that are coming up next month. Its our one year blog anniversary, so its gonna be a special month. I'm taking the whole month to refocus my life and purge un needed things/people. I think I just need change. Which probably stems from the fact that I'm finally over my breakup. Does anyone else do that? I feel like I have to rid myself of any negative energy! Haha Which reminds me; I completely redid my bathroom. Its ADORBS, y'all. Its super girly and shabby chic, since my old bathroom was so dark, I went with alllllll light colors. Love it. Welllll, today was mani Monday in the PAA group, and the theme was crackle. I alternated black and silver base colors and then did opposite alternating shatter polishes on top. I like it, and evidently so did a lot of other people. I got a lot of compliments. Yayyy haha Anyway... keep an eye out for the awesome posts next month! And like us on facebook for even more info! xox - Summer

Holiday Collection Post

Hello loves,

For those who celebrated, I hope you all had a great Christmas. I enjoyed the holiday this year! I'm in the process of taking pictures of all of the makeup goodies I received for Christmas. Look out for that post coming up before New Year's Eve. 

Once again - It's time for a collection post! I want to continue to do these because Summer and I are both SO thankful to every single person who follows our blog! I love seeing what everyone comes up with. These submissions are so AWESOME. Very very talented! 

Enjoy the pictures and please be sure to check out all of these blogs! Please leave comments on this post and show them some love :)

Thank you to everyone who sent in pictures on such short notice!

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Musical Ride - Hanson (make over post!)