Oh heyyy!! Long time no see!

So so so sorry that it's been so long. School has been crazy, my nails are splitting and peeling all over the place, and my personal life is in a shambles. My nails are finally at a semi respectable length, and green is my favorite color, so I decided some St. Patty's Day nails to cheer myself up! I used:
- Revlon Posh (my new favorite green, great 2 coat coverage, really easy to work with.)
- LA Glitter Addict in Purge
- China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat
- Bundle Monster Plate BM03
- Konad Special Polish in White

 It's so festive!! I have a big party to go to this weekend, I need to find some green clothes to match my mani!

Winter Blues!

I found this lovely blue polish at Sally's, and I have to be honest, I was a little skeptical. Blues are not usually my thing, but this is AMAZING. I think it will be the base for my NYE manicure. Perhapppssssss.   

Three coats of China Glaze Dorothy Who?. Gorgeous blue jelly base with dark blue and silver glitter. In LOVE. Great formula.

My First Wall Rack!

As I look back on 2011, my nail polish collection is the biggest change in my habits that I can see. I went from having 3 polishes, all the same color (sheer pink), to having enough to almost fill the polish rack my sister got me for Christmas!

I have discovered that I LOVE glitter. Lots and lots of glitter. All over. But especially on my nails. I can't wait to see how my collection grows in 2012! I have decided that I will reward myself for weight loss with a polish that I love!!

Welllll That Didn't Last Long...

So last week was final exam week. It killed my brain, my skin, and my nails. Sleep and water have gotten my brain and skin almost back to normal.... but my nails are TRASHED. It's awful. Some of them I have picked and bitten so short that they hurt. It's embarrassing. So, today I have a picture of  a fall mani that I did when I got my first crackle polish. 


China Glaze Ginger (my favorite polish EVER, obvs) and my fourth or fifth attempt at crackle polish using China Glaze Black Crackle. My first few trys were so ugly I had to remove them immediately. 


In other news, I bought an elliptical machine. More on that later. But it is Awesome. AWESOME. Notice the enthusiasm I am expressing through capital letters : )

Bobbing for Baubles and Snow Globe

Please excuse my absolutely terrible cuticles, I'm working on them!! I also need to figure out how to do effective cuticle cleanup. But until then, ugliness ensues. Oh Well!! These are two polishes I got in my ebay haul the other day, they shipped lightning fast.


Essie's Bobbing for Baubles is a gorgeous navy creme from the winter collection. I mistakenly called it the cocktail bling collection the other day, I must have been over excited. Essie's website says its a deep sapphire. I disagree. Girlfriend is NAVY, straight up. Or I have color identification issues. Either way, its gorgeous and I'm just glad it doesn't look black like all of my other beautiful dark navys. Two coats, but it could maybe have been only a one coater if I was more careful. Seriously one of the best formulas I've used. I can guarantee this will be a favorite of mine. It's beautiful on it's own, but it's begging me for some stamping.


China Glaze Snow Globe was so pretty in the bottle. I just realized I didn't take pictures of the bottles. I will do so after my exam tonight. Snow Globe was.... weird. Don't get me wrong, I really like it, it's like a disco ball. Clear-ish base with extra small light blue, royal blue, orange, purple, green and silver glitter, and the occasional slightly larger hexagonal glitter. It's SUPER colorful on my nails, but in the bottle it definitely looks more one noted. I was really expecting a more snowflake sparkly finish, so it ended up not quite as winter-y looking as I hoped for. But I still really like it. Snow Globe is in the running for being part of my new year's eve manicure.

Whoops I Did It Again...

So my Shellac manicure lasted me exactly 4 days. FAIL. I decided that the bathroom needed a very serious scrubbing last night, and the chemicals I used just dissolved the polish. I will never be able to explain why I didn't just put on a pair of gloves. They're right next to all the cleaning stuff, it would have been so simple! On the plus side, my nails are already WAY harder. The ends arent bending like they usually do. I'm halfway through a Christmas themed mani right now, pics will be up later. Also, I just scored an AWESOME haul on ebay. 2 Essie Luxeffects (Shine of the Times and whatever the pearlescent (sp) one is), Bobbing for Baubles from the Cocktail Bling collection, and China Glaze Snow Globe. All for the price of 2 Essie polishes. ebay, sometimes you are my friend. I will post the haul and swatches when they arrive! What's the best beauty deal you've scored lately?