Patina by Love & Beauty

I adore this color. It's definitely in one of my all time favorites. It amazes me that such cheap nail polish from Forever 21 can look so good. This is two thin coats and it looks amazing. I just couldn't even bear to put nail art on it.. it looks great just the way it is! Hope you guys like it too!

The weird (and annoying) thing about Forever 21's nail polish is that they don't have a name on their cap.. SO! I typed in the product number into their website and it came up with nothing. "Patina" was next to the barcode under the description though so I typed that into their search bar too, and it came up with "Fairy Tale Blue," but that had a different product number. It also highly resembles "Shimmering Ocean" from their website (but again, they don't have the same product number). So sorry, I can't get you the exact name ): But here are the links to both colors.. Enjoy!

Fairy Tale Blue: http://www.forever21.com/Product/Product.aspx?category=Beauty&ProductID=1011202863&utm_source=google&utm_medium=base&utm_campaign=product_feed

Shimmering Ocean: http://www.forever21.com/Product/Product.aspx?category=Beauty&ProductID=1015036132&utm_source=google&utm_medium=base&utm_campaign=product_feed

More pictures:

Turquoise Gradient Sparkle!

Okay.. I LOVE this manicure! But I'm not gonna lie, I don't love the nail polish I used. The color is great, and in the end it looks good. But applying it is such a hassle. It seems super thin, but then it clumps up if I use more than one layer. UGH! Anyways, it looks good huh?!

So the turquoise-y color I used is called "Blue for You" by Savina. It really does look great for the end product haha (: Then as usual, I used a Forever 21 turquoise sparkle for the top coat. I made a gradient for the first time in my manicure history and I think it turned out pretty well! I was pleasantly surprised (: Their nail polishes are so cute and they're so cheap!

The only problem with this manicure is that because of the gradient, I had a ton of players of polish on the tips of my nails.. and then I decided to bake cupcakes. Not such a good idea, it smudged within the first five minutes. But you know what that means?! I'll have a brand new manicure for you guys tomorrow (:

Worth it? (:

Fun French Manicure!

This mani took me awhile, because I went back and forth between putting the sparkles on all of the nails or just the ring finger and thumb. Obviously, I went with the first option, but only after wearing it on just the two fingers for a couple days.

Anyways! I started with a base coat and then put two layers of "Where's the Jack?" by OPI. Then I put on the OPI matt top coat which I'm currently obsessed with... Anyways! Then I took the turquoise sparkles by Love & Beauty from Forever 21. I put it on using tape to control the lines. And viola! Here they are, sparkley and all (: