You can't win them all.

Happy Tuesday! Today is the first off two consecutive days off! Woo! That never happens. My boss took an impromptu mini vacation. Normally I'd be annoyed at the lack of hours, but I don't have the slightest care in the world. I worked over twelve hours yesterday, so it'll be nice to throw on a sundress and relax today! :) I'm actually getting ready to go see my boy right now.. he just got back from a long weekend at the beach and I'm excited to see him! Running late as usual (I had to paint my nails...), so I decided to put up a post while my new manicure dries!

This is what I just took off of my nails-

Pictured is two coats of each: China Glaze Splish Splash and on my accent nail China Glaze Flying Dragon. I thought these would play really nicely together because there's this really cool blue glitter in Flying Dragon. Unfortunately it just doesn't transfer on to the nail like it looks in the bottle. Splish Splash is really gorgeous. Unfortunately, this manicure chipped the same day I put it on.. not cool. Any polish that chips that instantly is immediately removed from my stash. I need long weartime, not chips once I put it on. 

This did me well for a few hours, but it's not something I'd wear again. What do you think?

I've got a tennis ball on my nail!

this post was scheduled ahead of time! enjoy!
-> i'm busy TRYING to pack for my vacation.. i leave tonight at 1am! heading to washington, dc first!

I don't talk about things other than nails on here so as not to bore all of you, but today I'll give you a glimpse into the ever-exciting life of Emily. As some of you have have seen on my Instagram, I went to a tennis match on Sunday! I used to go to school and live in Newport, Rhode Island but some stuff went down and I moved back home. Every year, I go back for the Campbell's Hall of Fame Classic tournament that takes place each July. I bought tickets to the final months and months ago, hoping to see my FAVORITE player, John Isner. He didn't disappoint; he made it to the final and won, too! It was a great day spent with my best friend. We spent the morning walking around downtown Newport and shopping, and spent the afternoon watching some quality tennis.

The final was John Isner vs. Lleyton Hewitt. Hewitt is a former world #1 so it was amazing to see this match-up. If you're a tennis fan, too, you'll share my excitement over the next few pictures!!

John Isner is 6'7": he towers over everybody.

Ok, ok; I'll spare you the rest and show you my nails now ;-) 

Colors Used: China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise, OPI Alpine Snow, Sinful Colors White Nail Striping Polish, Nina Ultra Pro Solar Flare

I like how this came out! Nice and simple, just the way I like it. I used Alpine Snow under the neon yellow to make it opaque and bright which was a good idea. Without the white, vnl shows even with like, 100 coats. Yuck. Although I like the shade of Turned Up Turquoise, I hated the formula. Eh. Just too streaky to use and too hard to make look good. I like polishes that look good on their own, you don't have to try your hardest to get it to look good on the nail. But hey, that's just me.

I want to think of more tennis-inspired nail art to try... it's definitely one of the lesser appreciated sports and I'd like to feature it more on my blog. :-)

China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy

This is my first neon/full matte manicure. I like the color! It's so bright and glow-in-the-dark-y. Clean up and application was annoying.. it took three coats to get it looking not streaky. I topped it with Essie Matte About You. I've never had matte nails before and I'm not sure what to think of them! I love the look but I don't know how it looks on me! This color looks different at every angle, I swear.