color me happy

Spring 2012 

 must have nail polish shades

and I'm sort of obsessed.

{Images via pinterest}

miracle workers

I keep it pretty simple when it comes to doing my make up. Nothing over the top and flashy. Crazy thing is I seem to collect all sorts of eye shadows, lip glosses, eye liners, and other fun goodies, yet never use half of them more than {1} or {2} times. Pictures below are my magic goods that help make me look and feel somewhat presentable on my low key days, which seems to be about 50% of the time lol :))

1. M.A.C studio fix powder ... NC35

2. M.A.C bronzing powder... BRONZE 

3. NARS blush... AMOUR 

4. Dior mascara.... blackout 

5. Chapstick.... bag balm... OBSESSED is an understatement 

what are some of your daily must haves??

glitter nail tutorial

I know "love" gets over used on my blog, but I really do love this look on nails. 

You can play around with polish shades and different glitters. I saw this trend over at cupcakes and cashmere and had to try it out.

My cousin was a fantastic model for me to practice on, and we loved how it turned out.

Here is what you need...

- Start with your basic manicure.

- Next use a base coat and then apply 1st coat of your favorite polish to all your nails. 

- Here is the trick to getting the glitter to stick... 

After you apply the 2nd coat of polish to a nail, dab the q-tip in glitter, and tap the glitter onto the nail. Be sure to do ONE nail at at time. Reason for doing one nail at a time is so your polish doesn't dry before the glitter can stick.

 Start at the tip and gradually fade glitter to nail bed. You can add a small amount or go crazy and add tons. 

Since this was my first attempt I stayed on the safe side and did a minimal amount. However, next time I am going glitter crazy and adding more at the tip :)

- Once you have done above step to every nail you can apply your top coat. 

- final step is to let your glitterfied nails dry and enjoy!

fyi... The finished photo went through instagram, so the color looks different than what it does in person.

Polish- essie mint candy apple

Base coat/top coat- essie 3 in 1 glaze

glitter- Martha Stewart glitter

1st EVER GIVEAWAY TODAY!!!

Update 1/12- Congrats to Mica for winning the essie polishes :)

because it's Monday...

because I love Essie nail polish...

&

because I am thankful for all my followers... 

I am giving away two of my favorite essie polishes.

1. Wicked is a dark, deep creamy red.

2. Power Clutch is a deep gray-green. With 2 coats it appears more gray than green. The bottle above is misleading because in person it looks gray.  

Love them both for Winter!

Here's how to enter:

1. Like daydream believers on facebook by clicking here 

2. Be a follower of daydream believer 

3. Be sure to leave a comment so I know you have done both 

Giveaway closes Wednesday night and winner will be announced Thursday :))

Good Luck!!!!