Friday, January 25, 2013

Nailed It! Friday - Featuring A Most Special Guest!

Happy Friday, ladies!! Am I ever glad it's here!! I am so tired from a stressful week!! Work just couldn't end soon enough each day.  Today, I have a special guest featured on my blog..so read on!

Today, I chose to use my Revlon Expressionist Nail Art that I received from my Revlon Selects.  I wanted to be able to do a proper review of the product, considering it was sent to me for that purpose! This particular line of Revlon polishes is two sided.  One side (the purple) is a regular nail polish brush and the other side (the gold) has a fine nail art brush so you can do things like draw lines, paint dots or create designs.  This particular colour is 360 Vincent Van Gold.  Clever, no!

The purple polish is 3 coats.  I was a bit heavy handed with it and I did get a bit of bubbling on my middle finger.  HINT: Don't try to rush your nails ten minutes before you want to be in bed!  I found that this formula definitely needs a minimum of two coats.  It doesn't go on as beautifully as the Moon Candy line polish.  The colour does look more blue, it was hard to photograph.  It is indeed a royal purple colour. It's absolutely beautiful.  Then again, I'm a bit of a sucker for purple polishes!  As you can see it has a bit of a sheen.  The sheen is blue in tone which is probably why the polish wants to photograph more of a bluey purple.

I used the gold colour to create some polka dots on my nail.  It also has a bit of a sheen...an extremely fine glitter.  I used the end of the brush to drip some nail polish on a scrap paper and just dipped my dotting tool into it to create the polka dots.  The gold was perfect.  Both colours dried really fast.  Would I purchase these sets...likely!  I do prefer the moon candy ones, even though the glitter on those was frustrating to work with.

NOW...on to my featured guest.  This is my gorgeous daughter Kara! She is 9 years old and in 4th grade. Kara wanted to participate in nail Friday.  So she chose this purple Color Club nail polish she received for Christmas.  She painted her nails herself! She was quite proud of it.  She has quite the polish collection for a beginner polisher! ;)

This is the purple Color Club.  It doesn't have a name on it.  We picked up in a 6 or 7 pack at Winners.  It's kind of a shame and a bit frustrating! This is her right hand and she is right handed...not bad!!!

And, another look!  :)  Leave some comments for Kara as well and I will make sure to let her have a look, I know she will be tickled!

Hope you all have a great weekend! I'm hosting a Tocara jewelry party tomorrow and really looking forward to that! 

XO
~A

16 comments:

  1. I love dots!!! Hi Kara, you picked the perfect colour to paint your nails!! Purple is also my favourite! also to paint your right hand with your left, it's a good job. it took me a while to do a decent job! Looking forward to your other nail fridays! :)

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  2. Adorable and I really love that color =)

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  3. I don't think I have ever left a comment on one of these blogs before :P
    Kara I think your nails look fantastic for being a beginner. Practice makes perfect
    and you are on your way. Keep it up :)
    (it's Kathleen not Anonymous lol not sure how this works)

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  4. These look great, Aleks, i love the dotted access nails...and Kara, your nails look so pretty!! You did an amazing job! :)

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  5. That purple color is gorgeous and so is Kara! I love all of the nails in this post

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  6. Well done Kara! Keep up the great work and you'll be a pro in no time.

    Aleks - your daughter is gorgeous!

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  7. Love the colour Kara! Great job :D

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  8. Beutiful Nails Kara, you picked a beautiful colour. I see you like sparkles just like your mom! Can't wait to see what you put on your nails next Friday :)

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  9. Like your choice A, but LOVE Kara's! And a gorgeous face to go with those gorgeous nails! I look forward to more manicures of BOTH of yours!

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  10. Your daughter is adorable! :) And I love that she participated in nail Friday. How cute! Great job on your nails, too. Thanks for sharing!

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  11. Kara - awesome nails!!!! And you have such a lovely name as well. Go Nail Friday girls :)

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  12. Thought I commented, I guess not :( Aleksandra you should have this as a permanent feature! Would be nice to see what Kara comes up with next week! You have a beautiful daughter, thank you for sharing this with us :D

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  13. Kara does a better job painting her dominant hand than I do!!

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  14. I love getting nail polish at Winners! Especially when China Glaze and OPI go on sale :D

    xLaMaria.blogspot.ca

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