Monthly SUMMARY - February!
Welcome to the Monthly Summary!! This is a new monthly wrap up of some favorites, suggestions, random things, products and more! And this month we’ve got alottt going on.
SUMMARY stands for:
Something New
Useful Tip
Manicure Of the Month
Mood Board
Amusement
Recommendation
You Need This
Get it?! Ok let’s go!
🔆 S: Something New
Nail Thoughts Celebration Collection! This collection is literally a party in polish form to celebrate the 100th color gel in the Nail Thoughts line. There are 12 new color gels - 7 glitters and 5 opaques. I challenged myself to use all 12 in one manicure and I just think these are so much fun together! See my swatches here:
The glitters are perfect for layering and the opaques are so rich and easy to apply. I think my top 3 colors are Matsuri (pinky sparkly one), Dancing Shoes (tennis ball green sparkly one) and Candy Coated (the key lime pie green opaque one), but really they’re all sooo fun it’s hard to choose!
These colors are on sale now and you can save 10% with my code KARA10! Also - if you get the entire collection, you get 12 colors for the price of 10 (plus you can use my discount on top of it), a rainbow Nail Thoughts hair clip (it’s sooo cute!), and also the Nail Thoughts polish organizer drawer set!! I’m actually shocked at this deal, I love the drawers soo much for storing my polishes and they also stack!
🛠️ U: Useful Tip Or Product
Kokoist Fixee Gel!!! Toward the end of my manicure’s life, I noticed that my hair was getting stuck in one of the nails… I’m sure some of you know what I mean - it’s the worst. It’s also a sign that either the nail is broken or the gel is lifting.
So when I removed most of the gel this week on my ring finger, I noticed a small chunk of my nail near my stress area was broken and just not there. I’m guessing it happened because either my builder gel wasn’t brought all the way out to my sidewalls or/and I just had my nails on for so long that my overlay wasn’t strong enough for the new length.
Enter: fixee gel! Here’s a tutorial for how I fixed the nail, and the gel is a natural looking color so it blends in with my nail so well and you can hardly tell it’s there!
💅 M: Manicure Of The Month
I just got this new collection of magnet gels from Rozyhips called Rose & Rozy via Sweetie Nail Supply! It’s 15 jelly clear magnet gels and each one either has a pearly, champagne gold or pinky magnetic sheen!
My friend came over for a manicure the other day and picked this gorgeous glowy pinky golden one and I’m so obsessed with the final nails!! She has had a bunch of lifting issues in the past, so I made a video tutorial about what we did to hopefully make the manicure last better this time! And here’s a link to all of the products we used on her too.
ALSO - There’s a tutorial for how I have been doing magnet gel recently so it doesn’t look streaky and looks extra glowy! Be sure to check it out below.
🔮 M: Mood Board
A mix of late winter & early spring colors, with a hint of sparkle! I’m dying to try those sequins flowers soon!
🧘🏻♀️ A: Amusement
This month really flew by and I feel like all I did was work and watch the Olympics 😂 every Olympic season I find myself hyper fixating on a sport and getting super invested and this winter it was Cross Country Skiing and also Ice Dancing. If you’re missing the olympics, I recommend watching Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing on Netflix. It’s a documentary about Ice Dancing that was so interesting and added so much context to the competition and rivalry between the teams! I also highly recommend rewatching the XC skiing races on peacock if you have time ;)
💖 R: Recommendation
I’ve been trying to revamp my wardrobe so I actually have things I want to wear 😬 and my current focus is jeans! I’ve found a few pairs that I tried and really liked:
Left to right:
QUINCE - Bella Wide Leg - so stretchy and high quality for the price
Uniqlo/JW Anderson Collab - Baggy Jeans - free alterations and I love this wash!
Gap factory - High Rise Wide Leg Pull On Jeans - these are so comfy and I love the stripe for spring!
💋 Y: You Need This
Little stars & heart sequins!! I have always wanted little tiny micro stars and hearts for easy nail art, and I finally found some on Amazon! I ordered 3 different types and they’re all sooo tiny and cute! I can’t wait to wear them!
I hope you had a great month!! Thanks so much for reading 💋