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August 12, 2012

Manicure Mondays – Outline Border Nails

Outline Border Nails

I wish I could remember where I saw outline nails for the first time. I feel like it was in an ad or on the runway, but I can’t seem to find it for the life of me.

I was so excited to try the outline nails trend and went for it with another neon and neutral manicure {more neon and neutrals at my ombre nails}. As I did for my Chanel nail art, I put down the outline color first, the neon pink nail polish, and then filled in with the neutral leaving a small gap of pink around the cuticle and sides. I used OPI’s Did You’ear About Van Gogh? because it has a wide brush, and fewer strokes means cleaner lines.

I took the neutral all the way across my tips, allowed that to dry well, and then came back and connected the outline by free-handing the tips with more pink. I was shocked at how easy it was to free-hand a straight line at my tips with a few short strokes. To prevent smearing, allow the mani to dry fairly well before topping with a quick dry top coat.

Outline Border Nails

I’d love to hear from you all. Is this outline border manicure something you would try?

August 9, 2012

Purple Playsuit

Purple Jumper Playsuit, Orange Clutch, Jewelmint Tribal Bracelets, Chain Wedges

I posted a new Twitter profile pic about a month ago and so many of my Twitter buds were shocked to see that I’m a blond now. I have had this blond with bangs and a ponytail do for months now, which made me realize I haven’t done an outfit post in FOREVER! In fact, the only outfits at this blog were moved over from my TheLooksForLess.com days. I hope you like my purple tribal playsuit as my first outfit post at Fab Fatale.

Purple Jumper Playsuit, Orange Clutch, Jewelmint Tribal Bracelets

{purple playsuit – forever 21, mumbai and zuni tribal bracelets – c/o jewelmint, cage bracelet – c/o shop lately, linea pelle brown and gold studded leather wrap bracelet – c/o little black bag, orange matt and nat zipper clutch – c/o little black bag, chain ankle wrap wedges – c/o sole society, original wayfarer ray bans – c/o beyond the rack, zoya dove light gray cream nail polish – c/o zoya}

Hope you all have an amazing Thursday!

August 8, 2012

Nail Polish Storage

Nail Polish Storage Cubes

I had four requirements when shopping for nail polish storage that I thought would be easy to find, but my search went on for weeks. I was looking for the following:

Clear, almost acrylic storage so I could see all of my polish
Drawers for easy access
Stackable storage to make use of vertical space
Height not much taller than my tallest nail polish bottles {my Stripe Rites} so that I don’t waste space.

What I found was large crystal clear shoe drawers at an affordable price of only $13.99 each. Each drawer fits about 60 polishes and they all stack nicely into my armoire. Whenever I want to do a mani, I open the door to my armoire, find the drawer that contains the color I’m looking for, and the drawers slide out for easy access.

Nail Polish Storage Cubes

In addition to meeting all of my expectations, these drawers have slots for optional dividers so that I could easily sort all of my drawers by color. One customizable divider set can separate a drawer once vertically and/or twice horizontally for up to 6 spaces per drawer. I buy one divider set per two drawers so that I can mix-and-match the pieces.

Nail Polish Storage Cubes

Is your nail polish collection as out of control as mine lol? If so, how do you store your nail polish? I hope you’ll share your storage tips.

August 8, 2012

Best Day Of My Life

Beach Wedding Rings

To the love of my life, Happy Anniversary. May we be blessed with many more amazing years together. We’ll never have to wonder if we missed out on each other! I’m a lucky girl.

Beach Wedding Sunset