A Red Hot Valentine's Manicure!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I hope all of your days are going well, I have been having the oddest morning. Do you ever have those days where it feels like everyone is looking at you as you walk down the street? When everyone you glance at is already looking in your direction? At first I thought that I might have something on my face or in my hair, but nope, no clue!

Anyways, back to business! Today I'm wearing Ciaté's Dangerous Affair on all of my nails, which as I have been running around this week, I noticed is quite a color changer. Dangerous Affair is a red cream/jelly, which is why I believe it has these peculiar properties. These images were taken in direct sunlight, and the polish shows as a bright red, but indoors and with cloudy lighting, the polish is a deep blood red. Either way, this polish is a beautiful, rich color, perfect for Valentines! This is three coats for opaque coverage. Consistency was streaky, but the second and third coats evened it out very well.

On my ring finger, I added a coat of Enchanted Rose to add a little glam to the mani. Enchanted Rose features two sizes of glitter, small, and very fine glitters. It's so shimmery and the different sizes give a really nice depth to the look. I had no problem with consistency at all, it was very smooth. 

Overall I really like both of these polishes I think that they're a fun combination! Have you guys been painting your nails for Valentine's? What colors did you choose?

An Early Christmas Present & Ciaté: Cupcake Queen Review

Good evening everyone! For all of you college students, let's celebrate the end of a fantastic semester! If you've been following my site for a while, you know that I've been a little MIA lately, business school will do that to you! Now I'm back home with my family for the next couple of weeks to relax and prepare for another intense few months of school. I'm hoping to switch up some of the upcoming posts, I hope you guys will like them!

Yesterday I was surprised with an amazing early Christmas present from my boyfriend, who I won't be able to see until New Years Eve. We both exchanged gifts early so that we could celebrate some holiday cheer together. I was so excited to see something that I was sad I had missed out on as I unwrapped his present... the Ciaté Mini Mani Month Advent Calendar.

The advent calendar features 21 mini Ciaté nail colors as well as three bottles of micro beads for a total of 24 days of polish. I opened up all but the 24th color, and there's an impressive variety of colors and types. I just think this is such a cool idea, seriously, one nail polish a day? You can sign me up for that anytime. I'm a big sucker for packaging, and Ciaté has excelled in this department with a beautiful box and adorable bows on each bottle. I decided to wear the first nail polish Cupcake Queen, a hot pink with subtle blue shimmer, on my nails today. It looks like I have candy on my nails! 

Consistency was great, I was able to get full opacity with two thin coats. Very even and easy to work with. One thing I do think could be improved is the shape of these tiny bottles. They're quite skinny and easily knocked over. I'm not familiar with the full sized bottle, so this may just be a problem for these minis.

two coats accompanied by Seche Vite top coat

Overall, I think a nail polish advent calendar is a fantastic idea and a wonderful gift. This is my first experience with any of Ciaté's products and I'm impressed so far! I hope more of these show up next holiday season. I hope every one's holiday is going splendidly!