American Apparel X Beauty School Dropouts

My set up

Last Saturday, I spent the afternoon at American Apparel in the Rideau Centre doing fun manicures all day. I had access to all of AA's nail polishes (amazing colours) and the manicures were free! 

The spread

I genuinely love working with AA polishes - they have amazing colours that go on very opaque (an important quality in a polish), have bold and awesome glitters, and perfect neons. The possibilities were endless! I had such an amazing time painting everyone's nails and making your nail-art ideas happen! Check out some manicures below with the corresponding AA polishes.

For this leopard print manicure, I used Gold Flash for the base, Cocoa for the spots, and Hassid for the accents. 

For this blue rose manicure, I used Summer Peach for the base, American Denim and Mount Royal for the rose, Crescent Heights for the leaves, and Hassid for the accents. 

For this adorable fairy nails manicure, I used Coney Island for the base, Light Year glitter on the tips, and T-Shirt for the tiny bow on the ring fingers. 

For this girly bow manicure, I used Angeline as the base and Hassid for the bows.

This lovely girl was headed to the Carivibe Festival and wanted to represent Jamaica on her nails - this is what I came up with! I love these nails. I used Hasid, Neon Green, and Sunshine State. 

For these rose nails, I used Mount Royal as the base, Poppy and Rouge for the rose, Crescent Heights for the leaves and Coney Island for the accents.

Love the twist on the classic French Manicure here...I used Dance as the base and Gold Flash as the tips.

I absolutely love this version of the Lana del Rey manicure! This manicure is universally flattering and has an uber-cool factor thanks to the lady who first wore it. I used Dance as the base, Passport Blue on the tips, and Gold Flash for the accents. 

What a great day! Plus, being surrounded by AA clothes was not so horrible either...other than the fact that I was tempted to spend my entire life savings on summer clothes ;)

Can't wait to do this again! Thanks to all the ladies who came out and the superb AA employees who helped make my day awesome.

Thanks for having me!

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American Apparel X Beauty School Dropouts

Hey guys! We will be doing pop-up manicures tomorrow, Saturday June 16th from 1:00pm-5:00pm at American Apparel in the Rideau Centre.

We are so excited to have access to all of their ah-mah-zing nail polish colours! Come on out and get a FREE manicure - first-come-first-served!


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FREE Pop-Up Manicures - Friday at Magpie!

Hi everyone! We have amazing news for tomorrow! I will be setting up shop at Magpie Jewellery's Rideau Centre location. As part of their hosting of a Designer Showcase featuring Alexis Bittar jewellery, we will be offering FREE manicures. We cannot wait. We absolutely love Magpie and all of the jewellery they carry...I am sure I will be drooling over all the great pieces on display.

I will be there from 4:00pm-7:00pm so make sure to stop by. First come first served, ladies, so show up early! I will bring an inspiration board of nail-art ideas and be sure to check out the blog for ideas if you are stumped! Also, I love a challenge and will jump on any nail design idea you can come up with.


See you there!
-Emilie

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Back on CTV!

Hi everyone! Tomorrow (Wednesday) we will be stopping by CTV Ottawa Morning Live again! Tune in at 9:15am Wednesday, May 30th to see some great & easy summer manicure how-to's. We will be showcasing 3 great manicure ideas....here's a little hint:

See you then :)

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Manis & Martinis

We love being part of parties and events - adore it! So, when Anna asked us to participate in her manicure and martini birthday party, we were thrilled! The ladies had such fun manicure requests and the energy in the air was fantastic. It was great to be part of their preparations for a night out on the town. Martinis, manicures, and then dancing...who could ask for a better birthday party? Check out the manicures we did!

This one is awesome - gold nails with black French tips and a sugar skull accent nail. Cool!

Peach with gold diagonals and a hot pink kiss accent! So cute.

The birthday girl opted for the tuxedo mani to match her birthday dress! Adorable.

The sparkly blizzard mani...there was still snow then!

Fairy nails...love the combination of the dark base with the multicoloured glitter!

And, last but not least, tiger stripes on gold! So neat.

And here are all the gorgeous ladies showing off their nailart and ready to hit the town! 

Such a fun night!

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