2013's Color of the Year is... Emerald Green!

Pantone has announced that 2013's Color of the Year will be Emerald Green, if you couldn't tell from the title of the post.

"Lively. Radiant. Lush... A color of elegance and beauty that enhances our sense of well-being, balance, and harmony."

And that, folks, was just an excerpt from the website. I'm rather glad that next year emerald will be the color, as opposed to tangerine that was all the rage this year. It's a lot easier for me to work with, and it's perfect for the upcoming holidays!

If you haven't noticed, 2013 is just around the corner, so get on the train!

Do we need inspiration? I think yes.

Jayma Mays 

Read on for more inspiration!

OPI My Very First Knockwurst: Swatch and Review

Hello lovelies, how are you? I'm doing fine, thanks for wondering if you did. It's FRIDAY! TGIF! I'm actually a loser so I'm just going to be making posters for my Relay for Life team* and watching movies with the fam tonight instead of that thing regular teenagers do.. what is it? Par-taying? Sounds boring. ;)

I was excited when I found this nail polish, because I really liked the nudes in this collection. The OPI Germany collection (here) has a wide variety of darks and lights, but I always love the names of the polishes! Some of them are actually really creative, like Don't Talk Bach to Me. That one always cracks me up because I'm kind of an orcha-dork.

P.S. I apologize for the green stains on my fingers, I just finished painting and the paint refused to come off of  my fingers.

Read on for the review and more swatches!

31 Day Nail Challenge Day 4: Green

Hello, lovelies. Today's nail challenge is GREEN. Nail challenge here. Personally, I think today's design was a little holiday-ish. But I really adore the hunter green that adorns my nails. Take a look for yourself~

New Blog Title... What??

Yes, it's true. I have a new blog title. And URL. And it's pretty great. I'm sorry for all of you faithful readers that have read my blog, but I'm thinking of making my blog a little more fancy-schmancy, if you know what I mean. I'm sorry it was kind of a last minute thing, but I think it's for the better. ;)

Your rambling beauty addict,

Mai

Pinterest Picks of the Month: Chianti EVERYTHING.

Fall is officially here, and so I wanted to celebrate with a few Pinterest picks! (: Last time, my other PPotM was actually pretty popular, so we'll see how this series spins out.

The theme of this month is chianti, oxblood, burgundy, whatever you want to call it! That was the IT color of the season, and I wanted to showcase its loveliness. It's really a gorgeous color you can pair with black or brown. Or really any other color actually. Anyway, keep on reading through my rambles!

Source: blog.globalstreetsnap.com via Preethi on Pinterest

The above picture is one of my favorites that I've managed to find on Pinterest. Oxblood is so versatile, and it can be used casually or at a formal event. Either way, it looks gorgeous.

31 Day Nail Challenge Day 3: Yellow

Hello, lovlies! Don't my nails inspire sunshine into your lives? If not... They make my happy, okay? Just.. deal. 

For today's challenge, I did a kind of gradient/glitter/flowery look. I just wanted to do something happy with yellow. (: Because yellow always kind of reminds me of pee. -_-

For the full challenge, look no further than here. It's fun stuff, you should keep following my progress if you're interested. 

Anyway, keep reading for more pictures and info, if you want no more, click away on the rest of my blog. ;)

31 Day Nail Challenge Day 2: Orange



Hello, lovelies. It's an icky day in Washington State today. I wish we had summer sun still. But that's kinda a huge feat for the clouds that hang over WA.

Anyhoo, I've finally got up to painting my nails! And let me warn you, they aren't a pure shade of orange and that is for a few reasons:
1. I didn't really have many oranges to choose from, I mean come on!
2. Girrl, would you put pure orange/pumpkin barf on your nails? I don't think so.

So I kinda stretched the rules a bit and went with a dominantly orangey-coral. And a few more pops of orange. Oh, and if you have no flippin' IDEA what I'm talking about, then mozey on over here! Then life shall be simpler. For more pictures read on!

Yeah, I got impatient with the scotch tape..

I didn't actually particularly like this day, just because orange is a hard color to work with. I'm really excited for Day 3, which is orange! (:

Thanks for reading, read some more while you're here, alrighty?

Your rambling beauty addict,

Mai