Zoya Margo & Thea

Happy Friday! I'm so glad this week is over. I haven't been having the best week so I'm very ready to lay on the couch and watch Netflix.

I have a quick mani to share with you. I decided to pull out Zoya Margo, a gorgeously creamy red plum. This is definitely one of my favorite colors. I paired it with Zoya Thea, a beautiful amethyst holographic glitter. I also added those cute little studs from bornprettystore.

This was a short and sweet post, but I have a couple of in depth reviews and one or two Valentine's Day manicures coming up so get excited for that! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Stay warm!

xoxo,

   Brooke

January Favorites!

Hey everyone! Remember that time I completely forgot that we are now in February? Yeah, that happened. So I quickly threw together my January favorites!

For my food favorite I have to talk about my birthday dinner at Scarpetta. Everything we ate was fabulous but the standout dish was their famous spaghetti. I have dreams about this deliciousness.

Ughhhhhh get in my stomach now.

The next two favorites are beauty and skincare. I will be posting full reviews for these soon, so you can think of this as a little preview.

First is Julep Elixir Organic Moroccan Argan Oil. This is good stuff you guys. Detailed review coming soon! I wanted to give it a good test run before sharing my thoughts.

The beauty product is Rimmel Provocalips in 200 I'll Call You. I am obsessed with the formula of this lippie and will be picking up other shades very soon. Detailed review with swatches on the way!

My favorite purchase this month was my first (and sadly last, explained here) purchase from Cult Nails. These polishes are gorgeous and I wish I had gotten into them sooner! I'm happy to have added a few to my collection.

My last favorite is my favorite mani for the month of January, which also happens to be my birth month. I did a special manicure to celebrate using my namesake polish, Zoya Brooke.

How cute is that little cupcake?!

That does if for my January faves. I'm hoping we get through February super fast because this girl is ready for spring! See you soon.

xoxo,

   Brooke

L'Oreal Masked Affair

Happy Manicure Monday! Today's post is coming a little late because I didn't have time for a mani last night with all the Super Bowl excitement going on. I also wasn't expecting to have school today but we just had a delayed opening so unfortunately I had a pretty scary drive to work. The roads were awful but luckily I made it there in one piece.

Anyway, today I have L'Oreal Masked Affair to share with you. I went on a crazy search for this polish and eventually I ended up purchasing it from someone, which was worth it for me just to stop running around hunting for it. I am so happy to finally have this polish in my hands! I was a little worried that it wouldn't be worth it but I absolutely love it.

Masked Affair is a dusty pale lilac linear holo. The formula wasn't fantastic and tended to be a little patchy so I used three coats for full opacity and the end result came out pretty smooth. I think maybe next time I would do a "holo sandwich." (Base coat, holo, top coat, holo). My gold diamond decal came in a huge set from bornprettystore.

With flash. Gorgeous!

If you happen to see Masked Affair at the store grab it while you can! It is really beautiful for a drugstore brand polish. Believe it or not this is my first holo and now that I've experienced one I will definitely be purchasing some true holos from indie brands. I hope you all have a great week!

xoxo,
   Brooke

Cult Nails Iconic & Nevermore

Happy Friday! I had a nice easy week thanks to snow days and I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend filled with Netflix. And I suppose I'll watch the Superbowl, although I really only pay attention to the commercials and half time show.

I received my Cult Nails order earlier this week and knew that Iconic needed to be the next color on my nails. Iconic is a deep reddish purple with gold flakes. The flakes spread out easily and evenly and really give this polish some amazing depth and dimension. I used Cult Nails Nevermore on my ring finger and was seriously impressed. This is a true one coat super opaque black.

On my ring finger nail I used my new gold 3D nail art stickers ($4.96) from the Born Pretty Store. These were super easy to use! I used tweezers to peel them off the sheet and carefully placed them on my nail after the polish dried. I then used my thumb to gently press them down. Swipe on a top coat and that's it! I can't wait to use these stickers for upcoming manicures.

There are a TON of stickers in this set and I can't wait to use them!

A close up of the rose stickers I used for this mani.

I am seriously loving this mani and I'm excited to rock it this weekend. By the way, when you place an order with BPS make sure you use my discount code ASYW10 for 10% off! Have a great weekend everyone!

xoxo,
   Brooke

Disclaimer: The product in this post was provided for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

Cult Nails First Impressions

Hey everyone! Okay, just let me grumble for a second about how they predicted a crazy snow storm and then we literally did not get any snow. Grumble grumble. Alright, I got it out of my system. We still had a snow day so I can't complain that much.

For the longest time I wanted to place an order from Cult Nails, an indie brand that I've heard awesome things about. Then I saw that they were liquidating and closing down shop (get the full scoop here), so I jumped at the chance to grab a few polishes for my collection at a huge discount. These took a while to ship, totally understandable considering how many orders must have been placed, but I finally got them yesterday and I wanted to share the colors I got.

From left to right: Nevermore, Iconic, Wanna Be, & Love at First Sight

You will definitely be seeing these beauties on my nails in the upcoming weeks. Cult Nails will be doing a second round of liquidation soon, so keep an eye on their Facebook page for updates on when that will be happening.

xoxo,
   Brooke

Studded Leopard: Born Pretty Store Studs

Happy Manicure Monday! THE SNOW IS HERE! Am I too old to be this excited about snow days? Oh well. I don't care. I have off from school today and tomorrow. Any other teachers out there with snow days?

Anyway, I got some awesome studs from Born Pretty Store (BPS) that I couldn't wait to try out. BPS has every nail art product imaginable, all at affordable prices. I could spend hours looking at all of their goodies! The studs I used today are the silver 1.2mm round ball studs ($2.98). They also have 2mm and 3mm in gold or silver. These cuties come as a 100 piece set in a little bag. The 1.2mm are tiny, but I absolutely love the size for my nails and I think they look so delicate and pretty!

You have to be super careful not to lose these!

I did the stud placement a little differently on my right hand.

Here's one photo of my mani in natural light.

Later this week I'll be doing a mani with the other awesome nail art product I got from BPS, so stay tuned for that. When you place an order with BPS make sure you use my discount code ASYW10 for 10% off!

xoxo,

   Brooke

Disclaimer: The product in this post was provided for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

FrancesaCon Mani!

Hey everyone! TGIF for real I am so over this week. Is it bad that I'm kind of hoping for a snow storm soon? Teachers, you know that magical feeling of the snow day phone call.

Anyway, this weekend my brother and I are going to FrancesaCon in the city. Mike Francesa is a sports radio talk show host whose following is called Mongo Nation. They're kind of super intense but also hilarious. My brother got me into watching Mike so I guess I've become a Mongette (as opposed to a Mongo). I thought it would be fun to do a mani for this event and here's how it came out! I used Essie Urban Jungle as my base and Julep Taylor on my ring finger.

"Hello deah" is what Mike says to women who call in to the show. And that's him on my ring finger, inspired by the picture from this shirt.

I know this one was kind of silly but I had fun creating it :) See you on Monday!

xoxo,
   Brooke