Monday, September 26, 2011

It's ALIVE, bah ha ha ha!

 I know it is early but I was just feeling the spirit of Halloween today. Hope you enjoy this fun mani! I used:

Green, OPI who the shrek are you?
White, sally hansen nail art pen in white
Black, color club where's the soiree
Top coat, seche vite






 Hope you guys enjoy, my Frankenstein is ALIVE! Lol!


Friday, September 23, 2011

Color Club Back to Boho Collection at Ross

I was browsing my local Ross this past Saturday and I noticed on the shelf some color club nail polsih sets. They had half of the Back to Boho collection and the Starry Temptress collection. Guess how much it was? $7.99, CRAZY price for 7 nail polishes. I just picked up the Back to Boho collection, the Starty Temptress did not interest me much. So check out your local Ross to see if they have this, so worth it.






Nail Polish Storage

Well since I live in a small apartment I don't have much room. I picked up one of these plastic rolley cart things at Staples for like $8, they go on sale quite often.



First drawer: Nail supplies such as nail files, konad plates, konad stamper, nail polish wipes, orange sticks, nail stickers, nail jems, jewels and pearls, scotch tape, swabs.


Second drawer: Top coats, base coats, nail strengthners, nail art polishes (most are from the dollar store and I do have a couple of sally hansen nail polish pens, they are good for stamping). This is also where I keep my silver, nudes, golds, and brown nail polishes. I am slacking in that color department.



At first I had all my nail polished categorized by brand and they looked so neat and tidy but when I went to get a color I wanted to wear, it was a bit frustrating going through the brands looking for a specific color. So I decided to categorize them by color instead of brand, not so tidy but it works for me. These are blues, green, reds, blacks, and glitter polishes.


Last drawer: Pinks, purples, whites, oranges, yellows and corals. All my crackle and shatter nail polishes are in here also.

 I just weeded out all the stuff I don't wear and gave most of it away. I currently have around 214 nail polishes. This is not all of them I have about 15 more that need to put away. Seriously I think I have a problem, maybe I need to challenge myself not to buy polish for a month.

Boring, Yawn, natural nails!

Well I figured every nail blog out there has shown their natural nails at least in one blog so it is my turn. These are my natural nails but I do have OPI Envy on top to try to keep my nails from breaking if I accidently hit something. Well here they are, ta dah!



I am holding Sinful Starfish from the Adventure Islands Collection. I actually just found this collection at my local Bed Bath and Beyond yesterday and I only grabbed this one. Then when I got home I jumped on my computer to see the swatches of the others and needless to say I knew I should have picked up all 8 of them. They were priced at $1.89 at my store and I am heading there after work to pick up the rest of them. I hope they are still there.

And Another Pic... I am falling asleep, are you?

Sunday, September 18, 2011

It's Sunday! Uh Oh Roll down the Window!

 Today I am wearing Uh Oh Roll Down the Window by OPI. It's a new color from their Touring America Collection released a few weeks back.


 I opted to get this one instead of China Glaze Westside Warrior from their new Metro collection. I feel this one is a tad bit lighter than Westside Warrior. The application was smooth but with creams I always have problems painting them on my nails, sometimes I just can't get it even. I need more practice and more practice, lol!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Planks A-Lot Tuesday




 Here is my mani for Tuesday. I am wearing Planks A-Lot from the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean Collection. I used Zoya Jem for the zig zag tips, and to get these sharp lines just use scotch tape. Cut a piece of tape into two sections and use the sharp corners of the triangles and tape them on your nails to the desired look. I added China glaze fairy dust and topped it with Seche Vite.

Hope you guys like it, Happy TUESDAY!

Monday, September 12, 2011

China glaze weekend Haul

 Over the weekend I spotted the new China glaze Metro collection at Sally's Beauty Supply, I wasn't too impressed by this collection but I picked up the ones I thought were most authentic. Midtown Magic, Skyscraper and Trendsetter. I then headed to Ulta and spotted the new Halloween collection out for China glaze, I just picked up one, It's alive.



Midtown Magic seems to be a thicker polish than most other China glaze nail polishes I own. It was hard for me to paint my nails perfect, as you can see in this picture I messed up big time on my thumb nail, I think I must have hit it on something. Jeez, lol!
Midtown Magic, very hard to capture the sparkles in the polish on camera in dull lighting. It is darker on my nails than I thought it would be compared to some of the swatches I have seen online. I am not totally in love with it but maybe it will grow on me. I like dark colors but I think this one is a tad bit too dark for my taste.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Neeka isn't she beauttifullll!

I just wanted to post this quick picture of Neeka from the new Zoya collection, Smoke and Mirrors. This is a definitely needed purple in your collection. I stamped an accent finger from the Konad plate M57.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Wonder woman inspired!




I love wonder woman and what better way to show it through your nails. I was inspired by the wonder woman collection from the Mac makeup line they released awhile back. I hope you guys like it.

I used China glaze, Dorthy who? as the base
Essie Too Too Hot for the red lightning bolt tips
China glaze Midnight Kiss (gold)
Topped it off with Seche Vite top coat