Gaga for Flowers

Inspiration:  April 2014 INN Box

Products: Essie Style Hunter and Hide n Go Chic, China Glaze Gaga for Green

Thoughts: I always do the Surprise Me option for the INN Box (Inzuri Nail Nation), and this month I got the Petal Power set. (I also got some Burt's Bees cleansing creams and a set of the Revlon Marchessa nail wraps!)  Even though I had some problems receiving my March box (should be on its way finally!), I highly suggest you check it out as this is my favorite nail subscription box as the curated sets of different brands always work so well together. I've been wanting to try flowers with my dotting tool, so that is what I did with this month's Essie colors.  The China Glaze ended up being my favorite as I love the bright pop of this spring green.

Cherry on Top

Inspiration:  Feburary 2014 INN Box

Products:  OPI Black Cherry Chutney, Essie Jamaica Me Crazy, China Glaze Your Present Required

Thoughts:I always do the Surprise Me option for the INN Box (Inzuri Nail Nation), and this month I got the Love Hurts set. No bonus beauty items this month - BOO! - but that's probably because the INN Box is going through some changes.  They are going to a three-tier subscription model where you can choose to receive two or three polishes.  I highly suggest you check it out as this is my favorite nail subscription box as the curated sets of different brands always work so well together.  I always reflect on the three I get until inspiration strikes in a way to use all three together.  This month, the name of the OPI one made me think of ice cream sundaes, so I did an accent nail that is reflective of that.

Encounter

Inspiration:  January 2014 INN Box

Products: OPI Liquid Sand It's Frosty Outside, Essie Lux Effect Jazzy Jubilant, Orly Risque Encounter

Thoughts:I always do the Surprise Me option for the INN Box (Inzuri Nail Nation), and this month I got the Resolution Rebel set.  I also got the Kashmir shampoo and hair mask, which are wonderful!  Anyway, with the polishes, I decided to try some freehand nail art for the first time, and discovered I am not very good at using a fine-tip nail brush to paint with either finger (lines I can do, round objects, no so much).  Since I am hanging out with my nerd group most of the weekend, I decided to go with a UFO, but it kinda looks like a cloud and rain.  Oh well, the nail polish is nice!

Princess Moon

Inspiration:  December Inzuri The INN Box

Products: Sprout Princess Pink, Duchess Pink, and Purple Reign

Thoughts: Inzuri's The INN Box always contains 3 mid-range nail polishes, but it also always contains bonus items, and sometimes those items are indie nail polishes.  My December box came with these three non-toxic polished from Sprout.  Because of the non-toxic formula, they have to be applied thin so they don't crack, but that is really the only difference I can see.  Duchess Pink (the moon on my accent nail and the main color on my other nails) is definitely my favorite of the three.

PS.  Not sure if this polish is supposed to do this, or if it was some weird reaction with my nail treatment or topcoat, but it pealed off!  I was having the hardest time trying to remove it with my regular nail polish remover and then I noticed I had gotten an edge up on one nail, so I decided to try peeling it, and it worked.  Most of my nails even came off in one piece.