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Did you know that I’m on Instagram? Well now you do!

Following my feed (kellyvampyvarnish) might be fun if:

1. You like seeing sneak peeks of collections coming up (sometimes even swatch sneak peeks!)
2. You like cats, cats and more cats
3. You like seeing nail polish photos
4. You like to drool over food pics
5. You like random photos of other things like things I buy, things around the SF/Bay Area and MORE CATS!

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-Kelly

Today I’ve got five ways for you to do a fairly fast manicure.

We all have those times when we really want (or need) our nail polish to dry SUPERFAST, right? For instance when you are just finishing a 5-hour Friday Night Lights marathon and it’s 1:00 am, but you just can’t go nekkid.

Or when you have an important day the next day but you just spent 7 hours straight pinning things on Pinterest and are exhausted from working so much.

Or even maybe when you JUST painted your nails but suddenly you have to pee worse than you ever have in your life and you need those nails DRY, darnit!

There are ways around this luckily!

Metallic Polish

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Note: Cruelty free

When spring and summer roll around we see a plethora of bold pink, orange, and red lip products. From colored lip balms to lipsticks to glosses to fat pencils, I love them ALL!

I think one reason I tend to love a bold lip is because it’s the one thing (aside from nail polish) where I feel totally confident in my application skills and the way it looks on me. I love eyeliner and eyeshadow as much, but I don’t love the way it looks on me sometimes since most of the time the shadow is hidden by my hooded lids. And winged liner? Forget it.

But lips, LIPS are the one area where I can slap on nearly anything and feel good in it. A bold lip is the perfect thing to accompany a very simple eye and fresh glowing skin. Especially in the months where it’s hotter and you don’t feel like dealing with melting eyeliner!

Here are some of my favorite bright lip shades. All of these are available now online or in stores.

An interesting note about my blush in these photos (the new Estee Lauder Mad Men shade). I never change it or change positions but notice how much stronger the blush looks with the dark red shades than the other ones. I look nearly feverish!

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One of the Two Faced goodies for summer 2013 is the Sweetheart Beads Radiant Glow Face Powder. Five shades within, all in the shape of hearts. So cute!

Full photos and swatches coming soon!

-Kelly

Here are three vivid makeup memories I probably won’t ever forget.

• I had this vivid lavender shade of lipstick from Cover Girl (I think) when I was maybe 15. I absolutely loved it and would put it on at home in my bedroom, but never had the courage to wear it outside. I would totally wear a shade like that now.

• The first time I wore foundation I was 16. I think it was from Lancome. It was my mom’s foundation, and about 2-3 shades too dark for my skin tone. I remember putting on this huge fluffy creme-colored sweater I got for Christmas, and it rubbed off all over the neck of the sweater. So not attractive.

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