Nail Inspirations: Disney's Maleficent

Trailer and Nail design

This nail look is inspired by the Disney movie Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie in theaters today.  I’m going to see it on Saturday with my Mom, I can’t wait.  Until then I’m posting a preview followed by the nail design.  Enjoy!

Nail Design

OPI: Love Music Angel Baby and 4 In The Morning with custom glitter on top.
Ring finger are her horns and the thumb is M for Maleficent of course.

Found this at Toys R Us and was inspired.

Beauty by Mail

Subscription Boxes

Hello ladies,

I wanted to talk about subscription boxes. Mainly Birchbox, Ipsy, Beauty box 5, Nailette and Curlkit since those are the ones I'm subscribed to.  The cost of these boxes range between $10 and $20 per month.  The beauty boxes consist of samples, the nail box is 2 mini polishes, and Curlkit gives you 2 full size as well as deluxe samples of mainly hair products.

If you spend any time on youtube then you know all about subscription boxes since there are a ton of reviews and unboxing videos out there. What I wanted to know is if some of these mainstream boxes that claim to tailor your box to you really apply to us chocolate sistas.  I'm going to call this series Beauty by Mail, so when you see it as a blog title you know exactly what it's going to be about.  Are any of you ladies subscribed to box of the month clubs?  What do you think of them?  Have a suggestion that falls within my price points?  Leave a comment below and I'll check it out.

Todays Nail look:

China Glaze Gelaze in turned up turquios and Gelish Trends in Are you feeling it?

What's The 411?

What’s The 411? 

My latest buzz kit: Coppertone Clearly Sheer Sunscreen

 Ah the dog days of summer are almost upon us,  don't know about you ladies but when I was young I loved summer it was my favorite season.  Staying outside all day and soaking up the vitamin D was and still is one of my favorite past times. That is until I hit my thirties and gray hairs and crows feet started making an appearance.  Dark spots and discoloration soon followed and I realized I needed to make a change.  Since I’m an avid gardener I knew I couldn't leave the sun hence my relationship with sunscreen was born. 
 I say relationship because it always starts out good, I go to the store pick up a family friendly bottle and use it on my kids consistently however on myself not so much.  It leaves that white residue that makes me look ashy, and ain't nobody got time for that. So when I got the opportunity from buzz agent to try out a new sunscreen I jumped at the chance ,cause lets face it that stuff ain't cheap. 
 My buzz kit arrived last week and inside were 3 small travel size lotions, 2 travel size sprays and a full size bottle of lotion. I thought how perfect because, how many of us always remember the sunscreen once we are in the car?  I know I do, all the time so first I put one of the small lotions in the car, one of the sprays went in my purse and one stayed home with the big lotion.  The other two I will give away.

    After spending a couple of hours in my garden on Friday I did notice a slight tan, however by Saturday morning it was a little less noticeable.  I used the lotion on all exposed skin and on my face I used the spray.  I would like to note that I was in my garden for over 80 mins and reapplied the spray all over once my skin felt hot (who is really going to put a timer on sunscreen).   

Pros:  I love the different  sizes and the convenience of having the spray and the lotion.
I also love not turning into a crispy critter after one morning of gardening, trust me it has happened.

Cons: I tanned, however not by much. I would like to add that no sunscreen is a set it and forget it type of thing. You have to reapply as needed per the instructions on the bottle, that is why I really liked the spray it made it easy to protect my skin from harmful rays.

The next test will be on my two younger kids while in the pool. 2 kids 2 dogs and 1 small kiddie pool on the back patio sounds like blog tittle to me.

Until next time...

Belle Trailer 2013 Gugu, Tom Felton, Amma Asante 2014 Movie - Official [HD]

Came across this on YouTube and just fell in love with the story so I thought I would share.  She definitely falls into the beautiful and chocolate category.

About This Blog

Hello and welcome to my blog Chocolate Nails and Beauty Tales.  

I was surfing the web the other day from Pinterest to Youtube and blogs for chocolate ladies who love polish like me. Surprisingly I  found very few, so I decided to start my own blog and that is how Chocolate Nails and Beauty Tales came to be.  I thought it would be nice to see swatches and color combos for women of a darker skin tone.  So If you think so as well then please re-post, tweet, pin, leave comments and join me on this journey of all things Polish, Beautiful and of course Chocolate!

China Glaze Gelaze in For Audrey in natural light.