Beach Nails

Although I love bright colors in makeup and nail polish, I never quite have the guts to wear them, I just like to look. Last month I went clubbing in NYC for my friends 21st birthday and had one of my girls do my nails to match my dress, grey base with black leopard spots colored in with silver and teal to match my dress. I bought this neon teal Milani nail polish from CVS and it was a gorgeous color, however I never considered wearing it by itself. I don't mind incorporating bright eyeshadows into my looks, but nails never.

 I got bored with my pinks, reds, and grey and was playing with the teal and really liked the way it looked all over my nail, so I kept my fingers grey and toes teal. I went to the beach and got mad compliments about how pretty my toes looked, thus beginning my new love for teals and blues.

This is the teal I talked about above, Milani Neon's 504 Fresh Teal from CVS or any drug store that sells Milani. I think this was around $5 so it's pretty inexpensive, and great color pay off, you really only need 1 coat although I used 2 above. 

Teals and deeper aqua blues look amazing on tan skin. I mean I always though teal/blue and brown looked pretty on clothes, jewelry, and shoes but never thought of applying that concept to my nails and makeup. I'm so glad I did!

I was at a discount beauty store in the mall I work at and needed one more item to make their clearance sale, buy 3 items and get 50% off of your entire purchase so I walked over to the OPI counter and this blue caught my eye...

This color is a little less bright however it still looks so nice on my sun-kissed skin! It's called Suzi Says Feng Shui and probably runs around $5-$9 dollars depending on where you get a hold of it and has a great color pay off however you do need 2 coats!

If you aren't a bright colors person, but want a break from "normal" reds, pinks, and neutrals and have tanned skin like me I highly suggest trying out blues and teals for this summer!