New Year's Eve Nails

Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a fun and safe New Year's Eve last night!

I haven't done much with my nails since I've been home. As you can see from my Christmas outfit post, I've just been keeping them bare. However, for the new year, I thought I ought to do something a little festive.  I'm not a big fan of glitter nail polish, but seeing as it was New Year's Eve, I decided to make an exception. 

For my base, I used Sally Hansen's Double Duty Strengthening Base and Top Coat. Once dry, I painted on two coats of Zoya's - Neve, a gorgeous shimmery sapphire blue color. Then I carefully applied one coat of Cirque's XX, an amazing clear-base glitter polish that is a mix of over 20 types of holographic glitters, to create a "confetti" look. While I might not be a glitter fan, if you are, I *highly* recommend this polish. The formula is fantastic and it looks beautiful. To top it all off, I used Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat.

I love how it turned out!

How was your New Year's Eve?

2012 New Year's Resolutions/Goals

I wonder how many of these I'll keep by the end of the year...

What are your resolutions for the new year?

New Year, New Name

Hello, all!! Happy New Year!! What happened to XOXO, Amanda? Well, with the new year, I decided to go with a new name (again). I'm sorry I'm doing this again, but I want a name that gives readers an idea of who I am and what they might be reading about on my blog...which after a lot of thought, led me to the name Geeky Fashionista. While fashion is certainly a huge part of life and something I love, my biggest passion has always been my geeky interests. Being named after Mr. Spock's mother, I guess it was just inevitable that I would join my father as a hardcore Trekkie and then branch off to discover the awesomeness that is Star Wars, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Supernatural, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Joss Whedon, anime, comic books, video games, etc. Growing up, I didn't know too many girls who shared my geeky passions, but I'm happy to see that being "geeky" or "nerdy" is now becoming more popular and mainstream. While what I write about will still be relatively the same as before, look out for more pop culture posts this year (with an emphasis on The Hunger Games, The Avengers, and The Amazing Spider-man) as I try to incorporate some geekiness with fashion talk :) Thanks for reading!

2011 New Year's Eve

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all are as excited for 2012 as I am! Between graduating, possibly two internships, my roommate's wedding, Comic Con, and the release of several of my most highly-anticipated movies, this year is looking pretty freaking fantastic.

So how did I say adios to 2011? With the people I love most: my dad and sister. The highlight of our night consisted of 82 sparklers and a camera with time lapse. For about two hours, leading up to midnight where we watched the ball drop, we experimented with the camera and sparklers, creating shapes and designs, writing our names and "Happy New Year's, and even trying to recreate a Harry Potter wand battle. What started off as something silly turned out to be a night of memories I'll never forget with my family. Here are just a few out of the 200+ pictures we took that night.

What did you do for New Year's Eve?