Favorite Fridays: Oxygen Bonding Base Coat

I sure haven't done a Favorite Friday in forever! I think my last one was when I was pregnant! YIKES!!!

Well, I will try to keep this short and sweet. There's a product out there that is instantly my new favorite, Julep's oxygen bonding base coat!


Photo courtesty of julep.com

I'm a member of the Julep Maven Box. There are lots of beauty boxes around, but by far this is my favorite. For $19 I get a box with 2-3 full size Julep polishes plus a FULL size beauty product. Julep polishes retail for $14 for JUST one at Sephora, Ulta, etc so this is a GREAT deal. Anyway, I got the oxygen smoothing base coat with my box. I felt dismissive of it, because I haven't had any luck with any top or base coat. I have tried most name brands (Essie, OPI) to regular brands (Sally Hansen, etc) and nothing helps my polish from chipping after a day, sometimes it chips within the day! I decided to use it and boy, I am SO happy I got it. It dries extremely quickly, and creates a nice matte finish to your nails. However, the ICING on the cake is that after day 6 (did my nails on Sunday), my nails STILL HAVE NOT completely chipped off! I have the tiniest chip on one nail, but the fact that I have about 99% of my  nail polish on is truly incredible!! Here are my nails:

After day 6....not that bad!!!

 

Guys, can't rave ENOUGH about this product. It costs about $18 at your local Sephora. It may feel like a bit of sting, but if it keeps your mani on for a week, it's well worth it. I am so happy! Go ahead and get yours.

 

Happy Friday!

Nail Polish DIY: MIND BLOWN

Hello to my faithful 3 readers....

I am a lover of pinterest and my mind was truly blown when I found a pin to create your own nail polish. LOVE.

Do you have tons of eyeshadow that you don't use anymore? I do, I unfortunately have a lot of them.

This pin is probably the easiest, no brainer pin in the world. Here we go...

1. First, I picked up 3 bottles of clear nail polish (one isn't shown). I bought Sally Hansen's. 

    



                   This is one of my old eyeshadows, Benefit's Lust Duster in Moon doggie. Not a bad color, but I hardly wear it...

                                       
                                         2. Then, make a funnel out of paper....

              3. Next, scoop or pour your nail polish into the funnel. I had to scoop mine out...

                                        
            For whatever reason, I didn't take a pic of the benefit color, but here is a pic of another color I used. Next, stir (well) your eyeshadow in the polish. It will start chunky but it will smooth out after some stirring. You could also put some BBs and that could help mix it too.

4. Lastly, keep stirring and/or add more color if you want. Keep stirring. After awhile, you are done! Here is my finished product. I love it!

Hands down the easiest pin in the world! Have fun!