Current Nails: Manicurist of Seville by OPI

Hello there!

You already know what time it is, it's nail time! Yes, I did my nails over because they started chipping really early and I've been itching to do this color, so I caved. I am still working on my fall/winter lip faves, but I just started my new job (look forward to reviews of products from there very soon) and getting over being sick, so I haven't had time to sit and take all the pictures of the tube and the swatch and so on and so forth, but I will be doing it very soon! However, I didn't want to go on another hiatus, so I just did what I do best, a nail post! So, let's get into it!

So this is a color I mentioned in my Fall Nail Faves post. The color is called Manicurist of Seville by OPI. It is the perfect cranberry color for this time of year. It's also not too dark of a cranberry, it's like the perfect shade so you can tell that it is cranberry. I love this color, and obviously it is great polish because it is OPI. Check out my pictures below!

I hope you guys enjoyed the post! Definitely check out this color if you like it, you won't be disappointed! Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more exciting posts coming soon! Talk to you in my next post!

XO,

Kandace

Current Nails: Purple Pleaser

Hey guys & happy Sunday!


I am back! It's been a crazy few weeks between school and looking for a job, which I found just in time for the holidays btw, being sick, and the stresses of senior year and deciding to pursue a career that is not what I've studied my collegiate career, the free time I did have I really wasn't trying to look at a computer, haha. My apologies!! However, I'm back with my favorite current nails post to share what color I just did my nails! I've barely been doing my nails, meaning they've been looking so busted. I also have a fall/winter lip favorites post coming soon so stay tuned! 

Anyways, I did a color that I shared in my Fall Nail Faves post. It is by E.L.F. and is called Purple Pleaser. It's one of my favorites, obviously and very cheap! Check out my pictures below!

I hope y'all enjoyed the post! Thanks for reading and stay tuned!

XO,

Kandace

Makeup of the Day!

Hey & happy Friday y'all!

I know one thing, I'm so glad it's Friday. I was trying to do this post yesterday but my email where I sent the pictures was acting weird so I couldn't. This is a bit of a different post, one that I've never done before. I decided to do a post on my makeup of the day. There is nothing really special about it, but I did use the NYX blush that I posted about a few days ago, and in that post I said I would follow up with how I liked it after I wore it. I figured I would just turn it into a makeup of the day...well technically yesterday post/review of the blush, so here goes!

This is everything that contributed to my makeup yesterday. This is nothing out of the ordinary for me honestly, the only thing that was new was the NYX blush. I typically wear bronzer instead. This is my usual makeup routine and though it looks like a lot, it isn't and it gives a very natural makeup look which I like. Sometimes I wear lipstick or a different lip color, but this is the pretty standard of what I wear everyday. It takes me no more than 15 minutes if that, and to some that is a long time, but I guess it's just apart of my daily getting ready routine. I don't wear highlighter everyday, but yesterday I was in the mood for it. The products I have here are eyeshadow, concealer, blush, eyeliner, mascara and lipgloss. Nothing special or complex. 

Moving on to the blush, I really liked it! It was a bit brighter than I expected, but still subtle and natural looking. I guess with a name like Mocha, I was expecting a little darker. It lasted all day, it didn't wear off, but it really looked nice, I thought. Anyway, here are my few pictures of my makeup yesterday.

I like makeup that is very natural looking, I don't believe in caking it on. I think that everyone can get a natural but still noticeable look with simple makeup. I hope y'all enjoyed this post and I will do more makeup of the day posts. Until next time!

XO,

Kandace

Previous posts that other products are mentioned in:

New Beauty Grab: NYX Blush: Mocha

New Cheap Buys

What's In My Makeup Bag/Updated Daily Makeup Routine Products

Weekend Beauty Grabs

Current Nails: Gray Suede by Revlon

Hello there & happy Tuesday! 

As you all know I can't seem to keep my nails the same color for a long time, so my nails are already a new color. This color is rather subtle, but I love it. It's called Gray Suede by Revlon. It's a nude color, and we all know I love nude beauty products, so you know I love it. Revlon polish is about $5-6 in drugstores. Sometimes it can even be around $8 depending on where you get it from. Anyway, hope you like the color, let me know what you think in the comments!

I hope you enjoyed the post! If you missed it, check out my last nail post here! Until next time!

XO,

Kandace

New Beauty Grab: NYX Blush: Mocha

Happy Sunday everyone! Well...actually, Monday since it's really early Monday morning. I hope everyone had a great weekend! It was my school's homecoming weekend and needless to say I partied very hard. I had fun. Though some of the homecoming events did not go as planned, I still had fun though I feel it could have been better. I spent today recuperating and such, but still found time for a post! So, I've been on the hunt for the NYX blush in the Mocha shade ever since I saw one of my favorite beauty vloggers with it on. I could not find it for the life of me, but the other day one of my friends and roomies came back from running errands and had it for me! Nice surprise right? She gave it to me under the condition that she can use it sometimes and obviously I had no problems with that. I haven't worn it out yet but I plan to this week, probably not tomorrow but before the week is over. I did try it on and I loved it, but I wanted to wait to show it when I was fully made up. However, check out my pictures of it below! 

The color is really pretty on my cheeks. I typically only wear bronzer but I will definitely be using this. NYX blush can be found for about $6- $7 in Target, other drugstores and beauty supply stores. It is typically more expensive in beauty supply stores. I know this was a quick post, but I have a homecoming recap post coming up very soon! Along with some new nails of course, and a fave fall lip post, so stay tuned! Until next time!

XO,

Kandace

Current Nails: Wine by Love & Beauty by Forever 21

Hey everyone, happy hump day! I hope y'all are having a great day! I am back as promised with a good ole nail post! My favorites to do if you haven't noticed. My nails have been looking so busted because I've been so busy these last couple of weeks that they've been chipped (ick) most of the time! I did my nails before class this morning while I was studying for an exam, multitasking at it's finest, and they came out nice, surprisingly. I did them a color I featured in my Fall Nail Faves post. It's called Wine by Love & Beauty by Forever 21. I am not sure if they make this particular color anymore but I am sure they make something like it. This polish is about two years old now and it still works great! This is one of my favorite nail colors to rock during the fall and winter. I know it looks a lot like We'll Always Have Paris by OPI, but in person you can see the difference, maybe not in pictures. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the post and check out pictures of the color below! 

Thanks so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed the post! Stay tuned for some very cool posts coming soon! Until next time folks.

XO,

Kandace

Fall Nail Faves!

Happy Thursday everyone!

I hope everyone had a great weekend and a great start to their week! School is kicking my butt, but I finally have a second to chill, even though that's kind of a lie because I have so much other things I could be doing, but maintaining this blog is indeed a priority, so here I am! I kind of failed this past week with my two posts a week, but I'm trying, bear with me guys! 

I'm back with a fall nail favorites post because I love fall and I love nail polish so of course I had to do this post! So let me stop yapping, and get into it!

I picked 10 colors, mostly all that I don't wear until the fall season, and these are my favorites out of all that I wear. 

Manicurist of Seville by OPI: $9 at drugstores. The perrrrrfect cranberry color!

Purple Pleaser by ELF: This one came in a set which was about $4 at Target if I remember correctly. I love this color and I am currently wearing it! Stay tuned for a post on it very soon!

Love & Beauty by Forever 21: If I knew the color I would gladly share, but it rubbed off and I unfortunately don't remember it. I've had it for years and it is still good! Perfect dark nude color. It was $2.80 at Forever 21.

Not a Gold Bigger by Nicole by OPI: My favorite gold ever! This came in a set with a dark purple color that I got as a gift one year. This brand typically runs about $7 or $8.

Midnight in Moscow by OPI: This is like a deep shimmery purple which is perfect for fall. One of my favorite nail colors to this day.

Galaxy Girl by Orly: Another shimmery purple, although this one is more iridescent. I found this at TJ Maxx last year for about $4, although Orly runs for about $9 or $10. Love this color. 

Suzi Skies in the Pyrenees by OPI: This is a deep, deep gray color, kind of charcoal-y. I love how smoky it is. Great for the season.

Wine by Love & Beauty by Forever 21: I have had this color for years, and have literally worn it for three weeks straight before. Favorite deep purple ever. I am going to be so sad when I run out because I don't think Forever 21 makes this particular color anymore (although they have one like it). 

Black on Black by Sinful Colors: What is fall without a black nail polish? Black is one of my favorite colors to do my nails this time of year. Sinful Colors has great polish and can be found for $2 or $3 a bottle at drugstores.

I hope you all enjoyed the post and enjoyed seeing my favorite nail colors of the season! I will be back very soon with a post, and will not go on a hiatus for that long again! Thank you so much for reading, and stay tuned for more exciting posts! Until next time, everyone!

XO,

Kandace

Current Nails: We'll Always Have Paris by OPI

Happy Tuesday everyone!

I am SO sorry I haven't posted in a week! School is getting crazy, and this weekend I was going to post, but I went home for the weekend to rejuvenate, so I didn't get a chance to. Since school is getting so crazy, and my internship is picking back up, I'm going to attempt to post a minimum of twice a week. Some weeks it may only be once, but I really am going to try to keep it at twice. I have some exciting fall posts coming up, so be on the lookout for that! I also am planning on starting up a new blog soon focusing on entertainment, lifestyle, relationships and fashion, so I'll probably post more about that when that happens. It probably will not be until closer to the end of this year/ very early next year. Just another thing I have up my sleeve :) I am definitely going to keep this blog up and running though because I love this blog, and I want to sincerely thank those of you who read it, and keep up with me. I appreciate it! <3

Okay, moving on, I am back first with a nail post! Yay! This color is called We'll Always Have Paris by OPI, and fun fact, it's not even mine! It's my BFF/roomie's and I have been eyeballing it for a while, so she let me use it. I loveeee it, and it has made the list of nail colors that I want to buy. I wanted something dark for the start of fall, and I love deep purple nails. I have a color very similar to this, but it is old, and probably too clunky for wear. (I've also probably overdone it with the nail polish remover trick for clunky polish) Anywho, this is a great polish to kick off the season with, and I love dark nails. Probably more than bright colors. Dark nails are so trendy, and you can never go wrong. (Only for a job interview or something along those lines!) OPI is typically about $9 a bottle, but we all know how amazing OPI polish is. It took me about two coats to get the color of the bottle. Enough of me talking, check out my pictures below!

Thank you so much for reading! Stay tuned for exciting posts coming very soon!

XO,

Kandace

Today I went to Drybar...

Happy Sunday everyone!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! My weekend was good, just not enough time! I'm already over school and it's only going into the fourth week. Anyway, on a happier subject, I spent this gorgeous Sunday trying out the Drybar! If you don't know what Drybar is, it's a blow out bar where they only do blowouts. The blowouts are $40, and they even have a menu of the type of blowouts. I got the Straight Up, which is straight with a little bit of body. I have never heard of Drybar until recently, when one of my parents' friend told me about it. We were supposed to go, but it never worked out, so instead she got me a gift certificate for a free blowout for my birthday, and I finally got around to using it. I Truthfully I was a little nervous to go because I was scared that they would not have any stylists that would be able to do my hair. I was pleasantly surprised to see such a diverse group of stylists that could do all hair. I requested a certain stylist because of the Yelp reviews I saw, and I was so excited that she was able to do my hair. Turns out we went to the same high school and are from the same area. She also paid very good attention to my needs hair wise, and how I like my hair to look. Needless to say, I'm very pleased with my hair, and it turned out better than I imagined. The staff was super friendly. I will definitely be back because $40 to get my hair done is about the normal amount I spend anyway, so I will definitely be back! Anyway, check out my pictures below!

It's set up SO cute in there right?! I wish I got more pictures, but I felt like a tourist snapping away at everything. Plus I wasn't waiting for long before I got called back. That's another plus, my appointment was at 2:15, and they called me back right then. Not a second sooner, not a second later. The whole trip was about an hour and fifteen. 

I literally couldn't even wait until I got home to take a picture of it. I went to their bathroom just to take my selfie. Pressed. 

My Drybar experience gets five stars no questions asked. My hair is so light and fluffy and very straight. I'm very big on the roots being straight because that's what makes my hair lay properly. Especially because I'm past due for a touch up so I needed the roots very straight. That was another thing my stylist paid careful attention to which I appreciated. But like I said, I will definitely be back, and my experience gets five stars. Check out Drybar's website here! Thank you so much for reading!

XO,

Kandace

Black Girls Who Blog

Happy Friday everyone!

I hope you all had a great week, and have an exciting weekend planned! I wanted to do this post yesterday, but I came down with an awful migraine that I'm still sort of recovering from, and then the Steelers came on, so that thwarted my plans. However, I've been really excited to do this post ever since I found out this brand. For those of you who don't know, for us African American female bloggers, there is a t-shirt brand called Black Girls Who Blog, and they sell customized tees with your blog name on them! Cute, right? I ordered the shirt right before I went back to school, and like an idiot, got it ordered to my house even though I was moving out the next week. My parents were nice enough to bring it to me and I finally wore it yesterday! I got a lot of compliments on it. Check out my pictures below!

I was going to style it with a skirt, but I was doing tons of walking and running around all day, so I sort of changed my plans and wore it more simple. I love the shirt though! Check out Black Girls Who Blog here! Tees are $35 and my shipping was $5. It came really fast. The shirts are available in white, and black, and I believe they just released crewnecks as well! 

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more exciting posts!

Until next time! 

XO,

Kandace