Oh, to be walking along the beach in this beauty rn.
4.30.2020
4.27.2020
NOTD: Ciaté London Mini Paint Pot in Red Hot Chili
Y'all, red will never be my go-to nail color; but this shade is fire!
Red Hot Chilli is the hue for summa-summa-summatime. Babes, I am obsessed with this shade! The color is bright and brilliant and oh-so necessary for your next tropical vacay! Formula is a dream. Two swipes and you are good. to. go. Even better? It's fast-dry and reaches opacity lickety-split. Grab it girls!
What nail color are you rocking for #ManicureMonday?
4.25.2020
4.23.2020
4.21.2020
BOOK REVIEW: LEGEND by Marie Lu
There is only one word to describe this book: unputdownable. I’m sorry, is that even a word? We can pretend, m’kay?
Y’all, I haven’t read a dystopian in a few years now; but I used to devour them like Doritos. The Hunger Games, Divergent, Matched, The Selection…you name it, I read it. Then there was my dystopian dry spell; and then…there was LEGEND.
I. absolutely. love. this. book. As Marie Lu’s debut, LEGEND is in a class of its own, telling the story of a world set 100 years in the future, where the United States is now divided into two separate peoples: the Colonies and the Republic. As you may have guessed, the Republic (armed with biological warfare, arrogance, and corruption) calls the shots; and the Colonies are riddled with various strains of a plague resulting in a rapidly diminishing population, and an angrier-than-thou lower-class fighting for survival.
Within the pages of LEGEND we meet two characters: Day (aka Daniel Altan Wing), and June Iparis, who share their POV in alternate chapters. The former, a criminal on the run with a home-base in the Colonies; the latter, a recent graduate from the Republic academy with a mission to capture the elusive Day, and a desire to prove herself to her heartless Commander.
Aside from Rachel Cohn and David Levithan’s Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares, I don’t think I have ever enjoyed two different POV’s as much as I adored Day and June’s. These are two characters whom. you. love. And they’re surrounded by other characters whom you kinda can’t get enough of. Tess {btw... if anything happens to Tess, I will never forgive Lu}, John…heck, even Kaede. While I never felt connected to characters such as Tris in Divergent or Peeta of The Hunger Games, Lu’s characters are people whom I was emotionally vested in, and that makes this debut all the more amazing.
Book 2 is in my shopping cart as. we. speak.
xx
4.18.2020
4.16.2020
4.13.2020
NOTD: Ciaté London Mini Paint Pot in Fly Away
...Spread your wings and prepare to fly for you have become a butterfly... Idk, the name of this beauty just makes me think of that MC song. #judgeme.
Babes, Fly Away is a spring necessity. The purple shade is ideal for that winter-to-spring transition - being both pastel but bright at the very same time. Formula here is dreamy - you can reach almost complete opacity in one coat; but I used two to deepen the color. Highly recommended!
What nail color are you rocking for #ManicureMonday?
4.09.2020
night after night
Feeling the sparkly stud detailing.
4.06.2020
NOTD: Morgan Taylor Rocketman Professional Nail Lacquer Collection in Bedazzle Me
Le sigh...I am so loving how smoky yet sparkly this bad boy is - it gives it a hint of edginess.
Bedazzle Me is a glamorous hue that can be layered over a bold shade as a top coat, or worn on its own {as I have here}. The formula is v simple to work with, and builds fast. My only qualm: I don't love the hexagonal glitter. I definitely would have preferred the microglitter on its own; but I'm still a fan. Necessary if you dig sparkle.
What nail color are you rocking for #ManicureMonday?
4.04.2020
4.02.2020
match maker
The obsession is real.
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