Fireball and Julep Julia

Hello Lovelies!!  Happy 2013!  Today I have a super simple drink and a gorgeous Julep polish for you.  I know I’m trying to step up the nail art, but I did my New Year’s Mani which was kinda nail art-sih earlier this week.  On to the drank!!

To make a Fireball & Coke….can anyone guess???

You’ll Need:

Coke

Fireball Whiskey

Ice

Make It!

Cup.  Ice.  Fireball…glug glug…  Coke.

If you haven’t tried this stuff yet, you’re nuts!  Anyone I tell about it turns their nose up, but once they try it, they can’t get enough!

Julep Julia from December’s American Beauty Maven Box

Two coats Julep Julia
(outdoor light)

Oooh shiny!  I don’t know if I should call this duochrome, color shift, jelly, or what. Julia as Julep describes is a “purple orchid with golden micro-glitter metallic”.  But there’s so much more to it than that!  It has a sheer jelly orchid colored (I’ll agree with that) base that would be fully opaque with three coats.  In the bottle, the polish looks gold with a hint of purple, but on the nail the purple really shows through.  Depending on the angle and light it can look mostly purple, or mostly gold.  I did two coats, no undies.

One coat Julep Julia (ring finger) vs. two on all others
(outdoor light)

Two coats Julep Julia
(indoor light) 

Two coats Julep Julia
(indoor light)

Two coats Julep Julia
(indoor light) 

If you want to be a Julep Maven and receive awesome polish and goodies every month for just about $20, click here, find out what style is and enter the referral code "4993142".  They had some pretty awesome neons in January's boxes :)

Okay loves.  See you back on Swatch Tuesday!  (I’m seriously so happy to be going back to three posts a week! I don’t know how people who do it every day can keep up!  lol)

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Marshmallow Coke and L'OREAL "Now You Sea Me"

When I'm not on my random Bloody Mary kicks, I ONLY drink sweet things.  This is one of those verrrry sweet ones.  Marshmallow Coke guys!  Three letters: Y - U - M!!! I always knocked the stuff because I don't even like marshmallows, but they were giving away free samples so I couldn't pass it up.  And look at me now - I'm in love!  The brand is called "Poppin'" and the flavor is Marshmallow Puff.  I've seen other brands like Smirnoff and Pinnacle (spelling? I'm not sure...you know what I'm talking about), but this was the cheapest and I knew I liked it.  I had no idea what to mix it with at first.  The man at Total Wine (my heaven - ALLLL types of liquor everywhere!) told me to try it with Root Beer or Coke.  I tried both and Coke was my favorite.  I didn't think I could taste the marshmallow enough in the Root Beer.

You'll Need:

• Marshmallow Vodka
• Coke 
• Ice

Make It!

Come on, do you really need directions??  My only tip: I'd start out adding the vodka slowly because if you overdo it, it gets way too sweet!

You can most definitely drink this plain as a shot.  Be careful though, it sneaks up on ya! ;)

L'OREAL Now You Sea Me

First off, I'll say my Seche Clear hypothesis is correct!  I did not use it as a base coat again and I had no unusual chipping.  I'll reserve it for when I use glitters.  

No fancy designs or anything special this week, just the pretty color.  I got a lot of compliments on it.  Its a gorgeous teal color, kind of similar to Essie Turquoise and Caicos.  I drove around to four stores to find it.  Totally worth the gas!

This is my first time trying L'OREAL nail polish and I like it a lot! Okay, I actually LOVE it!  It went on in two coats perfectly.  I didn't get around to putting a top coat on and I had no chipping at all.  I painted them last Friday - its now Sunday and they look great - except where my nails are growing out, obvs! ;)  I will definitely be purchasing more of their polishes!

Two coats L'OREAL Now You Sea Me

Have a great week lovelies! :)