Beetle

Inspiration:  Nail It! Nailtini Nail Art Contest #2

Products: Color Club La Petite Mint-seur, Rainbow Honey Tessellate, and Art Club Nail Art Duo Black

Thoughts: To celebrate their partnership with Nailtini this month, Nail It! Magazine is running three Instagram contests based on the mood boards for each of their three polishes.  This last contest is based on fiery beetles and iridescent fashion.  I decided to do a beetle as an accent nail.

Digging for Diamonds

Inspiration: Libertine: Digging for Diamonds on page 32 of the July/August 2014 issue of Nail It!

Products: Julep Tin Man, mystery color, Camille, and Max

Thoughts: I love the sparkle of these nails (I mean, I did use four glitters after all)!  I didn't do the last step of applying craft glitter diamonds because I thought that would be just a tad too much.  The black and gold glitter does not have a name, but it came in the Julep New Years Eve 2012 mystery box.

Modern Love

Inspiration:  August 2014 Rainbow Honey Mini Mystery Box

Products: Rainbow Honey 488nm, Modern Hearts, and Royal Fruits Scented Top Coat (not pictured)

Thoughts: Would I normally have layered hot pink chunky glitter over a blue creme?  Probably not, but since those were the two color's in this month's Rainbow Honey Mini Mystery Box, I figured what the heck...and it turned out awesome!  The blue background really makes the white hearts and pink, purple, and orange hexes pop.  Also, the glitter coat darkened the blue just a little, which I love!  The top coat is also awesome. It dried fast, no sheet marks the next morning, and I can still smell it 24 hours later.

In the Box: Limited Edition Birchbox for CEW Prestige

Last year's LE CEW boxes were amazing, so I was so excited I saw this year's on Birchbox (clicking will take you through my referral link) again! The Mass Market box, I think, was better than the Prestige box, but the Prestige box was the only one with nail polish this year.  I received a bottle of 100% Pure Creamy Nail Polish in Velouria.  It is a rather boring nude, but the formula is nice.

What other goodies did I get?  COOLA Environmental Repair Plus Radical Recovery After-Sun Lotion, Fekkai Brillant Glossing Creme, Josie Maran Cosmetics, Philosophy Miracle Worker Overnight, a pocket mirror, and toe separators.

Golden Arch

Inspiration:  Nail It! Nailtini Nail Art Contest #2

Products: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Rosy Outlook, Julep Monaco, and foil in Gold

Thoughts: To celebrate their partnership with Nailtini this month, Nail It! Magazine is running three Instagram contests based on the mood boards for each of their three polishes.  The second contest focuses on Blue Magic and is all about Moroccan architecture and the artwork of Lauren Clay.  One of the artwork pics features a pink triangle, so I combined that with the gold and blue arches found in Moroccan architecture.

Purple Dots

Inspiration:  August 2014 Julep Maven (clicking will take you through my referral link)

Products:  Julep Avni and Katie

Thoughts:  Normally I choose Modern Beauty, but as the second product for the Modern Beauty box this month was the Sweep Eyeshadow Palette in Neutral, which everyone received towards the end of last year, I switched for the first time ever.  I love Chromes and Metallics, so I was totally in love with this month's Wanderlust collection.  I chose Classic with a Twist so I could get these two gorgeous purpley colors and chose Plum for my Gel Eye Glider.  Avni is beautiful, but was a pain to apply.  It was really thick but would run off the brush.  Katie applied was closer to their normal formula.  I chose the design that was close to what Julep showed when the announced the colors.

Frozen

Inspiration:  Nail It! Nailtini Nail Art Contest #1

Products: Color Club Aquamarine Azulino, Indie Polish Joni, and Rainbow Honey Waves

Thoughts: To celebrate their partnership with Nailtini this month, Nail It! Magazine is running three Instagram contests based on the mood boards for each of their three polishes.  The first contest focuses on Ritz Fizz and is all about glaciers and iridescent clothing.  I tried to combine these two elements an came up with a spiky gradient that reminds me of Frozen.

Chevron

Inspiration: Maria's Chevron Mani on page 46 of the July/August 2014 issue of Nail It!

Products: Color Club Status Update, Art Club Nail Art Duo Black, Orly Masked Ceremony

Thoughts: I love grey manis!  This one is so simple yet elegant.  My chevrons aren't perfect, but they still turned out great.