CND Vinylux for Game Day. Are you ready for some football…manis that is?

Allow me to “kick off” with a little back story! When I was in high school…like eons ago, I was a loyal “WHS Husky”. Our school mascot was a fierce canine as was our football team, and our colors were black and orange. Yeah, can you hear me yawning? Don’t get me wrong. I adored my alma mater, our mascot, our fabulous campus and MOST of my teachers. 😉 But honestly, our school colors were the colors of Halloween! But, going to football and basketball games were always proud and memorable events. We donned our school colors, wrapped fuzzy black and orange angora thread around our steady boyfriend’s class ring and spent countless nights shouting “Go Huskies” ’till we were hoarse. By the way, I personally do not have a preference this year since my own home pro team didn’t qualify…again! 😉 Have I painted a proper picture for you?

Speaking of painting, it’s a great time to be a pro football fan and you’re going to want to paint your nails with your team’s colors or even attempt some nail art. Man, I wish we were more adventurous with our manis back then! We are literally just around the corner from the Big Game! Time to grab some polishes representing your favorite team, whether they’re from Seattle or New England.

Whether you’re rooting for New England (colors on the left are “Hollywood” and “Midnight Swim”) or Seattle (colors on the right are Lush Tropics and Indigo Frock) you’ll find the perfect combination of shades with CND Vinylux Weekly Polishes from Loxa Beauty. http://www.shoploxa.com

Score one for New England with a super simple mani!

Your New England inspired mani can be as simple as this one using striping and dots, and a little star. I used Hollywood and Midnight Swim. For the accent finger I used a shimmery pigskin brown topped laced with some white striping tape.

Seattle touches down at the goal post with a fun dotticure.

For my Seattle look I used Lush Tropics and Indigo Frock. I used a white striper polish for the goal post and the same brown shimmer for the tiny football!

Aren’t these colors fun? Let me digress a bit before sending you off to the big game. You know when you begin those last four years of secondary education, you rarely have a choice just because might have a distaste for the school’s colors. I’m just glad we got to wear black graduation robes instead of bright orange! Potential college recruits do have a little more variety in their futures. Whether your future grad gown is pomegranate or puce, you do tend to identify with your alliances by the colors they embrace. When you become a pro football fan, it’s no different. How you identify with your team may be even more intense. By this time you don’t care what your home team’s colors are. You might paint your face, wear frighteningly unattractive headgear, and now you find yourself freezing your buns off barbecuing from the back of your SUV in a parking lot! See? Now our allegiance has REALLY matured! LOL

As always, CND polishes are quick drying and easy to apply. Brushes are super nice. I used two coats of each shade. Here are the polishes from CND Vinylux that might score big in your playbook. Be sure to check the links below! Oh, here is another huge SCORE for you! Your DISCOUNT CODE is $5 off of $25 or more! Code: 8FU9JG

These shades would be great for New England

http://www.loxabeauty.com/nails/cnd-vinylux-hollywood
http://www.loxabeauty.com/nails/cnd-vinylux-midnight-swim

These shades would be great for Seattle

http://www.loxabeauty.com/nails/cnd-vinylux-indigo-frock
http://www.loxabeauty.com/nails/cnd-vinylux-lush-tropics

Don’t forget the Weekly Topcoat to set it and forget it!
http://www.loxabeauty.com/cnd-vinylux-weekly-top-coat

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*These products were sent to me for review. All opinions are my own.

Squarehue 12.14 Collection, Rovaniemi! Perfect December ensemble

Things are finally settling down around here! We’ve already had our family Christmas party and all the family has gone home. So now I’m back to swatching and posting! You already know I love Squarehue, but this particular collection gets straight As.

Rovaniemi 12.14 collection from is a great Collection. Well done Squarehue! From the left, Joulupukin Pajakyla, Sampokeskus and Revontuli.

This gorgeous shimmery red is Joulupukin Pajakyla from the Squarehue 12.14 Collection, Rovaniemi! The formula is perfect, two smooth buttery coats! Nail art on my ring finger was done using the two other shades from the collection, golden textured Sampokeskus and the evergreen shimmer matte is Revontuli.

Another mani from the Squarehue 12.14 Collection, Rovaniemi! This golden textured polish is easy to use, and it’s called Sampokeskus. The formula is perfect, two very opaque, quick drying coats! Nail art on my ring finger was done using the two other shades from the collection, golden textured Sampokeskus and the evergreen shimmer matte is Revontuli.

This matte green has a slight shimmer and it’s called Revontuli. The formula is again, perfect, one very opaque, quick drying coat!

I am over the moon happy with this collection. I can’t wait to see what’s coming our way in 2015 with the Decades Collections beginning in January.

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This collection was sent to me for review purposes and all opinions are my own.