Nail of the Day: Minted + Black Crackle

I am beginning to accept that I suck at painting my nails lol. My paint job is so sloppy and I am too impatient to wait for my nails to dry . I had to redo like half of my nails twice lol, hopefully I get better with practice.I got this idea from Mouldy Fruit . I really like Minted and didnt want to do all my nails with the crackle so I just did one finger on each hand!

I used: 

Revlon Quick Dry Base Coat

Revlon Minted

Sally Hanson Crackle in Black Ink

Revlon Extra Life No Chip Top Coat

Nail Polish Haul! (Crackle, Minted, and Craving Coral swatches!)

I have been neglecting my nails for a while , so I finally decided I would start building my nail polish collection. I have been interested in the crackle nail polishes for the past couple of months but could not find them anywhere and did not want them enough to order online. Today while in CVS I spotted Sally Hansen's Crackle! I only picked up white and black for now, but there are a lot of different colors (gold, silver, purple, blue, etc). The black seemed easier for me to use than the white. I also got Minted by Revlon! I am really excited about this because I have been looking for this color since I saw it on another blog a while ago. I almost ordered it off eBay last night, so glad I didn't!  I really love this color, but it seems to apply a little streaky. I also got Craving Coral by Revlon. This is a beautiful coral and is similar to the nail polish in my last post it is just brighter and applies much better than Minted! I also picked up Revlon Quick Dry Base Coat and Revlon Extra Life No Chip Top Coat. I will review these once I use them.

I did these swatches quick just to show the colors so they aren't very neat.I like the crackles over Minted, don't think I like them over Craving Coral too much.

I will post pictures when I use these colors on my whole hand.

Out of Punch: Nail of the Day!

This is the first time I have painting my nails in forever! I work with children and I am constantly washing my hands so it is not even worth it. I need to file my nails and shape them but I just rushed and painted them last night. It is a little sloppy but I like the color a lot. I purchased the nail polish from DSW, this is the first time I used this brand. The color is called Out of Punch. I got this ring from Forever 21 not to long ago, I love it! Hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday!

What is you favorite nail polish color?!

My Skin Care Regimen: How I treat my acne (before and after pics!)

This picture was taken today with nothing but moisturizer, ignore the swollen eyes, allegies suckk

(and there are tons of close ups of my skin all over the blog)

I have been thinking about posting this for a while but I hateeee these pictures so much. I also wanted to post because I have been getting a lot of compliments on my skin and it isn't naturally like this lol. I have been struggling with my skin for the past 3-4 years. I tried everything! Proactive made me horribly swollen and itchy, Retin A did very little, Minocyclin and Differin gel together worked great initially but did nothing after a year,all over the counter products failed, the Clairsonic Mia did nothing, and oil washing made it way worse. I really hated my skin and didn't even want to wear my makeup because i felt like it didn't look good and foundation can't hide acne or bumps.

       After doing some research I stumbled across Acne.org and I am so glad I did. If you have skin issues and have tried everything definately give this a try! It is so simple I really thought it wouldnt work, the 2.5% Bp is also way gentler on your skin than the 10% stuff in Proactive and most other acne products. I also like that you can use drug store products to follow the regimen. The website contains a list of products you can use, he sell products also.

Products I use:

Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser

Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion

Acne.Org 2.5% Benzoyl Peroxide Treament



** There are reviews for all of his products on makeupalley, the ratings are all great, esp for the BP!

The website is really detailed and it is important you follow the instructions so I will just post important links:

The Regimen

What to expect

Product Guide

Acne.org Products

I didn't have a camera at the time and I was having issues with my phone so I didnt take pictures after I started. I did notice improvement a few days after I started and was pretty much clear in 2-3 weeks (It is different for everyone).Here are the pictures of my skin right before I started in October. I still get a break out or two occasionally but nothing like before. These pictures are poor quality because I used my phone my skin actually looked a lot worse. I am not even sure why I took these because I did'nt have a blog at the time lol.

I was wearing makeup in this picture and it did nothing, I also adjusted the contrast some so you could see the acne better :(