Polish Me Pretty...

NOTD: Black yellow and pink edition!

2010-01-11T15:11:00.004-05:00

Okay so this week i decided to go with my black tips again, but there is a disclaimer about these designs, well technically 2 disclaimers

I can not find my flat head brush for french tips, so im stuck free handing it until i can either find it, or find one thats comparable to it because michaels doe not sell it anymore (i think?) so this is why my french tips look so crooked lol
I took these pictures 3 days after i did the design so one of the rhinestones fell off and the polish is a little chipped, sorry Peeps!

Anyways im out of my black polish im in love with (Walmarts Pure Ice) s i had to use this crappy one i have shown below, which takes like multiple coats. Then i used this Art Deco nail art brush i got from forever 21, and lastly I used yellow craft paint for the dots, UGHHH i love me so craft paint lol! Its cheaper than nail polish and you can mix them easier than nail polish to find the perfect color...

Sidenote: Im a victim of seche vite, when it gets to low its useless.. But i found a way around it and i will do a quick blog soon to show you had to add some uses out of that Seche bottle the becomes worthless!! And as always click the picture to see a better photo of the nails

QuickPic - Mint Candy Apple

2010-01-06T00:47:00.004-05:00

SO i attempted a quick zebra design with essie's mint candy apple. I didnt have time to take and official photo of the nails so i just to a quickpic from my Blackberry of the design I did. This color was given to me from a coworker in who i did a nail polish christmas trade with and one other person (whose color i will show tomorrow). Well i told her i would wear it today so i whipped up a quick design to do. At first i thought this color was a little to light for my skin to, but it turns out i really like this color. So here ya go - a quickpic design and a recommendation for you to buy essies- mint candy apple!

Sidenote: I completely dont like this design and i probably wore it just for my work shift and thats it! But i just really wanted to show the color even though their just quick blackberry pics...

Fireworks-esk Nails!

2010-01-02T00:26:00.005-05:00

Okay so this is my attempt at a firework look, i thought i acheived it until my coworker told me it didnt look a thing like fireworks lol. So we are going to call it Firework-esk! But this was my first real nail art in a while so excuse it if it looks a little funky :)... but i didnt use any fancy polish so no need to list them, i just used a bunch of Kiss Art polishes to make wavy lines. As always click on the pictures for better views..

What i used for the look:

Updation Celebration lol (I'm cheesy)

2010-01-01T21:42:00.006-05:00

Hello all my pretty people and happy new years to all.. let me start by saying a simple two week hiatus turned into like three months, so i am sorry about that! A lot has been going on mostly good and some bad, but busyness and unmotivated has definitely played a role in my lack of posting. Just some quick updates:

I got a new job! so no longer i have been making skinny vanilla lattes and caramel machiattos, i work in a office setting which is right up my alley and has been a savior to my nails!..I currently work at capital one and have been since the end of october so yay for that...
I meant to update my layout, but Laziness played a huge role in that lol, so your stuck with this one for a little while longer...
my nails are much shorter now because they all broke like 3 weeks ago and they are growing back pretty fast so hopefully they will be at my normal length at the end of this month. (that reminds me to do a post on how i get my nails to grow)
Lastly, i will be answering emails back tonight, so sorry about the delay.. usually im really quick at responding but the holiday season has been hectic! I haven't even read anyone else's blog since the beginning of november, so Danielle, Kai, Princess, and everyone else im so excited to see what i have missed! And also thanks everyone again for being patient with me and sending me emails concerning if im okay, I really appreciated it!

So i have been doing my nails all throughout my hiatus but i haven't really taken pictures of what i have designed. I did however get a couple of quick pics from my phone so here they are, a real post should be coming super SOON!

Random Designs: The Turquoise Tales

2009-10-12T04:50:00.003-04:00

So today i was in a random state of mood, and usually when im feeling random i decide to do random designs... well this time i used Acrylic Paint brand Craft Smart Turquoise, Ocean Breeze and lime green. Usually when i do these types of design random people i see are like this look so hard, and im seriously like its knowing where to put random lines and accents like dots and glitter., oh and it takes patience also! Anywho, i was too lazy to do designs all all the fingers, so i just did them on two and the rest i did french tips with silver glitter and turquoise lines. So as always click on the pictures for a better and bigger view and hopefully you like..

Sidenote: Thanks so much for following me, i reached my 50th visitor yesterday, and i know thats not much compared to other peoples blog, but to me 50 is an AMAZING number of people who somewhat care about what i post and have to say and do. So thanks and honestly i appreciate everyone of you and keep on following yall! The more the merrier

NOTD: Pinstripes with a twist..

2009-10-07T17:05:00.003-04:00

So my nail of the day is completely inspired by cynthia @ cynfulnails, except hers is absolutely amazing and mine is a under par rendition of her amazing work. Anywho this look was harder than i thought it was, because its hard to make multiple straight lines. Nonetheless i was okay with the look and left it on for a day, mostly because i chewed the polish of during my crazy hard calculus exam lol.. but i used China Glaze Pink Underground for the pink and art club black for the black lines and of course i used Kiss Arts silver glitter to give it a glitz look. So here is what resulted of my attempt at a pinstripe-esk look.

Sidenote: That starbucks cup had some good ole sweetness in it, Caramel White Mocha mmmmmm yummy! oh and as always click on the picture for a better look at the nails..

Tagged: 7 things Red

2009-10-04T06:53:00.004-04:00

So the nicest nail blogger i know... Danielle at The Divas Polish tagged me to list 7 things in the color Red.... Im usually skeptic to do these type of things but i had a ball of fun doing this so here we go...

So from left to right i have:

My favorite Coach messenger bag, that i use when im mostly on vacation
Dark Red Mac Lipglass which is sooooo amazing
Patent Leather Red Charlotte Ruesse pumps that hurts my feet so bad
Red Sunglasses that i got at a Vintage Store
My Aerosmith guitar hero guitar for the Wii
China Glaze Ruby Pumps which is one of my favorite polishes ever
Red/White scarf that i got on vacation while in Honduras..

I actually thought it would be hard to find red since i like more girly colors but it was quite easy. So now i want to see if these bloggers found it as easy as I did, your color is Hot Pink! so good luck and i cant wait to see what you find..

-Princess @ http://theprincessofpolish.blogspot.com/

-GildedAngel @ http://gildedangel-naivenails.blogspot.com/

-Kitty @ http://kittyluvscolor.blogspot.com/

-Velvet @ http://bringonthebling.blogspot.com/

-Pinkginger @ http://pinkginger-athingofbeauty.blogspot.com/

Have a great sunday everyone!

NOTD: Lines and Rhinestones of 3

2009-10-03T04:07:00.004-04:00

So today i needed to do something real quick because i chipped my nail polish prior to this one. I decided to do a basic french tip with three basic black and hot pink lines, with three rhinestones on the three middle fingers, on october the 3rd. lol do you notice i was going for a theme! Theres no point of going into detail about this because i used no fancy brands or no fancy colors. but if you would like to know

Seche Top and Base Coat (the base coat is ESSENTIAL for a good white tip
Nail Basix - White Fever (its only a dollar and the best white by far for me, yeah better the OPI, China Glaze, Essie.. seriously dont waste your money, buy the cheap WHITE!)
LA Color - Hot Pink (i bought it from forever 21, random i know)
Art Club - Black
Silver Rhinestone's from my trusty Rhinestone wheel

Sidenote: This look was only on for a day because i glopped the seche top coat on too thick so the polished peeled off. So FYI put the seche on in THIN LAYERS! lol...

and: Ive been getting some really sweet emails lately, and i responded to them but publicly i just really want to say thank you because it really does make my DAY! :)

Aqua Dots!

2009-10-01T01:58:00.005-04:00

Hello everyone... I hope all is going well! So i told you in the previous blog that i just got into acrylic paints, and the more i use them the more i LOVE them... I saw this beautiful sky blue polish on Kae's page and i dont have that exact color in the polish for but i did have something close to it in acrylic paints. SO that was a cool cheap alternative to a color i so desperately wanted to use on this black french tip. Oh goodness but i tell you this, i have never had as many comments on my nails from random people then i did with these nails. Seriously everyplace i went it was like your nails are cute.. and im like thanks i did them myself... and theyre like NO WAY LOL.. So i caught my self giving little impromptu tutorials on how to do this look. I think Michaels should cut me a commission because i sent like 10 people there to pick up acrylic paint for dotting and designs. But in this look i used the best black ever which is Walmart's Pure Ice, I loooove this black its so smooth and it goes on really well. For the dots I used Craft Smart Turquoise, and a basic white polish. And of course i use my kiss art silver for my handy dandy line.

What I used to complete the look:

Sidenote: When you enlarge the pictures you will notice that i didnt clean around the nails from when i did the black tip, so i do apologize because in person you cant notice, but on camera it looks horrific lol.

Flower-ish look with Acrylic Paint...

2009-09-27T02:49:00.006-04:00

Helllllooooo everyone, sorry for the week with no post, i actually have done my nails all week i just didnt like the way the photo'd therefore i didnt post them. Also the "big" sale sucked but i did buy some stuff that i will show whenever i feel the urge. Anywho i did a nail design inspired by this picture i saw online at some nail forum. I CAN NOT remember the site where i got it, and i feel horrible because its her design and i dont want to take credit for it since it inspired me to do it. So if you see something that looks better than what i did but similar please let me know so I can so link the website! Anyways so with this look i did a french tip first then use lime green art brush to do lines and then i used a darker green acrylic paint for details and dark purple acrylic paint for the dots. SO okay i own alot of acrylic paint because i do random drawings and i just realized how fabulous they work on nails. So look forward to me using more of them.. anywho here is the look which by the way disregard the index finger because its messed up and i did NOT feel like redoing it..

What I used for the look (minus the purple acrylic paint):

Sidenote: this look was super easy, since im not a proffesional or no where near a professional it was easy because its just a bunch of small lines and dots.. just the basics!

Tiger/Zebra look...

2009-09-15T21:11:00.003-04:00

So today i decided to do a zebra look but every one tells me its more of a tiger look lol. The way i did this look was a little unorthodox but hey it worked for me. First i used american manicure as a base to give the base to give the bottom of the nail a peachy look. Then i use OPI's Red Hot Gift as the red tip, to me the red was way to shiny so i decided to put essie's matte about you on top and it achieved the muted red color i was going for. Then i free handed the black and added glitter and a black line and then i topped it off with seche vite top coat (which i know your not suppose to top coat a matte polish but it turned out fabulous..) then wallah you have the look. I must admit doing the stripes was easier than i thought. I always looked at zebra stripes and said it was so complicated to do but then i just went for it and it came to be easy.

What I used to complete the look:

Shopping for the Necessities...

2009-09-15T05:42:00.004-04:00

Well the other day i went shopping for nail supplies.. I was hoping to get some new polish colors, but when I went to my local nail supply shop the lady informed me that there going to have a HUGE sidewalk sell on the 19th. She said that some OPI and Essie will be like 60 percent off and an array of hair and nail supply will be considerably marked down. So i decided just to pick up the Essie Matte About You i ordered and a couple of Orly hologlitters that were on sale for 99 cent each. Then I went to my other nail place that sells to wholesalers and professional nail shops and bought my economy size acetone lol.. I go through acetone so quick that i decided to buy it in bulk size, and i end up paying like 3.50 for the bottle and get like 20 ounces more than if i was to go to Walgreens or CVS. Also i decided to re-up my nail art polishes and buy the basic colors(other than the neon orange), 2 seche vite top coats (because i use it so much, and then i decided to try out China Glazes Fast Forward Top Coat (when i use it i will blog about the best top coats out there in my opinion)! But in all this was my shopping trip, it wasnt to exciting because there are no pretty colors to look out, but they are true necessities for me to my nails on a every other day bases.. (and disregard the stuff in the background, it is mostly all my make up)

So this American Manicure, i left off my list up top because i wanted to talk about it separately. If you go to a nail salon and get a french tip, this is more than likely the bottom coat they put under it. It fives your nails a pinkinsh sheer tone and i absolutely love it. This is especially good for people who might have pale nail buds.

I love art brushes... Some say it will be cheaper just to get then brushes and dip them into paint i already own, but im so particular and i have to buy the individuals. I will probably do a quick blog in the future about nail brushes.

Sidenote: All these supplies cost me under 40 bucks, so not to shabby for the necessities, now if it was polish it would be muuuuuch cheaper!

NO MATTER WHAT: Code Orange Edition

2009-09-09T20:59:00.005-04:00

Well hello everyone... early this morning i was wide awake and decided to do something real quick on my nails. I could not decide on what color i was going to use today so what i did was i stuck my hand in my polish box and said what I pick is what i will use NO MATTER WHAT! So then i picked in my nail art brush box and i came out with Silver Glitter and in my polish box i randomly picked Code Orange. Now i am pissed because i was hoping for a pink and I got a tangerine orange lol, but in the spirit of the game i tried to make it work. I decided to do a diagonal look, with like 3 coats of the code orange. After looking at the pictures I soooo wish i would have done more with this look, but hey this is only installment 1 of NO MATTER WHAT!

But anywho here is the look..

Okay so the writing on my hands is from a band that i heard and fell in love with at work...Which by the way i totally get away with y nail polish at work! And the customers especially love it, especially when i have the polka dots on!

What I used to complete the look:

Sidenote: Unless OPI's top coat is fresh, it takes forever to dry.. I can wait to get my new bottle of seche tomorrow in my big nail store splurge i will be doing

Random Hiatus and Random Designs!

2009-09-08T02:57:00.005-04:00

Hello Hello Hello!

Hmmmm.. first and foremost i would like to apologize for the random hiatus i took! I only planned it to be a week, but when i came back I was at a creative block so i decided to take a smidge more time, which in actuality i was going to return the 31st of August but eh i was like why not come back after labor day right? lol! Secondly, thanks for the concerns and support people sent me online and to my email, i checked them, I saw them, and i loved them! Thanks again, and i am A-Okay... I just needed to be a lazy ass for a few weeks lol! Lastly i can not wait to catch up and read everyones blog that i missed for the last month. I mean i havent even as much glanced at a nail blog and im craving to do so lol so look out for my comments on your month old posts lol....Lastly I got the new blackberry tour (so i will be on blogger all the freaking time)!! YaY

But anyways for the people (like me) who just like the pictures... I did a bunch of random designs on my nails the day before ALL OF MY NAILS started to break, Yes all of my nails are broken as of now lol! So these picture is the last picture of my nails long... Im not going to go in details of what i used and what not because this pic is out of date and was meant to be posted the 3 weeks ago.

What I used for the look:

Watermelon-esk Mani!

2009-08-06T01:59:00.003-04:00

Well hello Ladies and Gents, i have been so busy working before school starts, so i can have enough money to shop and live comfortably. But in between work days i managed to whip up a quick nail design for a day because as you know i could never wear this to work.. WHICH let me go on a tangent real quick..

So i go to work with my clear top coat/nail hardener because we cant wear nail polish or acrylics... and i am looking around and there is 3 other employees wear acrylic french tips (which may i add, one of the girls needed a serious fill-in) anywho, im like WTF? so tonight i slapped on white tips because thats not fair to me! And if someone says something to me im going KAH-RAY-ZEE because one of the acrylic tips belong to a manager. .. O well that was my tyrate for the week lol...

Okay back to the nails, well i have seen many versions of the "watermelon" nails, and here is my interpretation of it. I wanted to do something a little less obvious of it being a watermelon, just something you can be like "oh those kind look like little watermelons"...Anywho here are my watermelon-esk nails...

Sidenote: I have no idea the name of the colors but i will post an update with them when I get a chance. As always click on the picture to get a better look at the nails.

New Nails! Thats Berry Daring...

2009-08-01T17:49:00.005-04:00

So i finally did it... I cut my nails and SQUARED them.. I was procrastinating this move because I finally grew my nails out from being an obsessive nail biter just a year ago. The longer nails were keeping me from holding a pen write and texting and i was constantly getting them caught on things. Well the other night i went to open up my favorite (Snickers Ice Cream) and I broke my nail on the box! This is how it looked..

Okay there is some rules i have for myself while blogging, one of those being o never show my natural nail because there not cute at all. But i thought you needed to see how bad the break was. (sidenote: these pic is before i did any type of cream or treatment to my nails.) But now that i have cut them they look so much more healthier in the buff lol.. So here are the new nails..

(This is under a halogen lamp)

Sidenote: This are not acrylics! everyone who looks at my nails ask me that... oh and the polished used was OPI's That's Berry Daring! (2 coats)

Let the Revolution Begin! (The Swatch Version)

2009-07-31T00:08:00.007-04:00

Okay so I had to wait for real housewives to go off to swatch the new collection i bought today.. After I finished swatching i decided to give this collection a C+, all these colors I can live without, but there was a couple that i didnt mind having in my collection... but i will let you judge so here you go pretty ladies...

*Golden Opportunity*

(it looks a little mustardy lol, and NEEDS 2 coats)

*Agent Lavender*

(it's a nice clor.. but nothing to rave about)

*Secret Peri-Winkle*

(it looks darker in the picture than it really is)

*Pink Underground*

(Its nice and creamy, definitely could use this for a tip color)

*Code Orange*

(it is a cute tangerine color, and NEEDS 2 coats)

*Revolution*

(its a really nice red, i will definitely wear this one more often that the others)

Sorry the pictures are dark, but the lighting in my room sucks and it is night time so i could let natural light in. But i will definitely incorporate this into designs in the future so hopefully you will get a better look..

Sidenote: I will never swatch 6 polishes at a time! lol... I think i used half a bottle of acetone lol!! and if anyone saw real housewives tonight, let me know what you thought of it...

Let the Revolution Begin!

2009-07-30T20:59:00.005-04:00

Whoa sorry for the delay in post but I have been busy.. But afterwork I decided to go by my local nail supply wholesaler, and the lady informed me that they had this

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for 10 bucks... Of course i told her im not buying anymore polish for a while, and then she was like its 10 bucks you cant bet that "its a steal". So of corse i bought it! China Glaze's Operation Colour collection has been out for a while now, and it has a total of 6 colors which are: Agent Lavender, Secret Peri-Winkle, Pink Underground, Revolution, Code Orange, and Golden Opportunity. Just let me say now that I adore the names, but im not too fond of the colors. In fact i think i mostly bought it for the artwork and the stand lol. My favorite is probably the yellow (I love yellows), and the least is probably the Pink Underground (baby pink doesn't look good on me) Anywho I will be swatching these colors in the next blog so you can be the judge :)

Sidenote: I dont know how these people with jobs do it, Its hard to update frequently when you work lol.. Kudos to y'all (sorry im southern lol)

Recycle Nails and a Crappy Job

2009-07-24T23:45:00.004-04:00

Okay, sorry for the long time no post but I got a job and have been in orientation all freaking week. So im back now and I have quite a few things to catch you up on, such as the fact that I finally found a job. Its definately not glamorous and its definately not the hilton, but i need some type of income until I can find a better job. Well this job came with the biggest flaw ever that I almost quit on the spot about and the only way I can tell you what it is, is to tell you the way i was told...

So it goes

Boss: Wow your nails are really cute!
Me: Thanks I do them my self and they are all my real nails
Boss: Oh okay good because I would have felt bad if you just paid t get them done..
Me: Why?
Boss: Because you are not to allowed to wear nail polish on duty!
Me: Picking my jaw off the floor :(

Can you believe that, Im like its Starbucks not the Army.. SO i attend to find a new job real soon, one that lets me express myself in the form of my polish. But anyways if anyone flies into Tampa Airport come visit me and my boring nails lol..

SO part two of my news, Im officialy cutting my nails, I never wear my nails long and now that they are, it is so acquired. I mean I cant hold a pen right, i cant type right, its just a mess! So i think im going to go to a nail salon and have them cut and square them because im too nervous to do it.

So before I show the nails i wore that dreadful day, i want to explain the color. I wanted to use a polish I havent used before so i closed my eyes and stuck my hand into the box and picked out China Glaze's Recycle. I personally think it is a hideous color but to each its own, so I knew it would make a ugly tip color so i painted the whole nail this chalky gray. In order to distract from the color i did designs on every other nail. Anyways here was my nail for the day:

Sidenote: Sorry for the rambling post, forgive me its late and i had a loooooong day. I will be back sunday back and better than ever lol. Once again forgive my poor exhausted post and click on the pictures to get a better view.

Rainbow-ish Weekend Nails

2009-07-19T23:38:00.006-04:00

Okay sorry for the delay in posting but this weekend has been hectic, any who I decided to do something a little more daring for my nails for the weekend. I have seen many rainbow tips being done but i decided to do an all opi rainbow-ish look, or what my cousin calls them gay pride nails. For the rainbow-ish effect I used OPI's That's Berry Daring, Atomic Orange, Need Sunglasses?, Gargantuan Green Grape, and Purple With A Purpose. So quick notes about these polishes: Need Sunglasses? and Purple With A Purpose definitely needs two to three coats to get to bottle color.

But anywho here is my nails for the weekend...

What I used to Complete the Look:

Sidenote: I was going to address to the comments of last post on the comment page but i decided to attach t to the post, because there is something I wanted to address...

Cee Frizzle, thank you sooo much for the sweet comment, but there are so many nal blogs that inspired me to do my own blog.. There is a list on the side of the page with blogs i adore, and most of the people who comment are fellow bloggers so click on there profile. You will be amazed trust me, much love to you!
And thanks to Danielle, Inbaluly, Mary and Lucy... comment like yours keep me motivated to keep blogging, i love all the followers and i think of you every time i swipe my card to buy some new polish :)

Stay Pretty Everyone,

Tiffany!

So Im Back...With my La Paz-Itively Hot

2009-07-17T23:59:00.005-04:00

Well once again thanks to all who left me well wishes on my finals.. They went great and Im one step closer to be the Civil Engineer with blingy nails lol... But Im exhausted so I am just posting up my Nails I did before my finals... I used OPI's La Paz-tively Hot on the tip (You need two coats for a true hot pink look), For the glitter I used China Glaze's Fairy Dust (Also needs two coats) and for the line I used Art Color Clubs Solid Silver. Anywho enjoy my lovelies!

What I used to complete the look:

PS: I took the pics in a rush before my test and swim class, so sorry it didn't catch the true essence of the bling lol.. Please forgive me :)

OMG! Brief Hiatus..

2009-07-15T23:29:00.002-04:00

OMG! Im sorry for the long no post, but I have two finals this week! And as much as I love doing my nails, it doesn't pay the bills lol... but my engineering degree will :) !!! But I will be back friday blogging and babbling about nail garb! So be on the look out...

-Stay Pretty!

Pink Patchwork NOTD

2009-07-11T10:57:00.006-04:00

So today I was in a "artsy" type mood and decided to do a patchwork type nail. I apologize ahead of time that is a little sloppy, but i am in a rush this morning to head to my little cousins basketball game all the way cross town. In this look i used OPI's That's Berry Daring, Pure Ice's Love, and Sally Hansen's White On, and for the gold line I used Kiss's Glitter Gold. This polish will probably be on just for today because tomorrow I plan to be a polish swatching fool. But anywho I have to go so here is the NOTD!

What I Used To Complete The Look:

Side Note: Clicking on the pictures to enlarge them gives you better details on how the nail looks, and i find out officially on monday if i got the job so remember Red I didnt, and Green I did lol

Thanks Liv!

2009-07-11T10:41:00.004-04:00

The sweetest lady on the blog circuit Olivia(http://livylulu.blogspot.com/) nominated me for this award. Thank you Doll! I appreciate it very very much.

Interview Nails

2009-07-09T02:53:00.003-04:00

So today I had an interview at the hilton (which went REALLY great) and I thought it would be inappropriate to show up with purple polka dot nails. So I had to change my nails to white french tip in which i am still just cringing thinking about it. White tips are probably my least favorite thing to do because they are just BLAH boring, but to spice it up a bit i put a gold line under it. But even though i hate white tips I actually loved how these turned out and will probably rock them for another day. Anywho here are two quick snippets of the nails before my interview, ill let you know if I got the job tomorrow. Red nails will mean no, and green nails will mean yes! lol

The Brown Bag Chronicles....

2009-07-07T00:33:00.007-04:00

The Brown Bag Chronicles

***She Has a Brown Bag****What's in the Brown Bag***

Opi's Brights!

So today I went to my local nail supply store, because my lady on the inside told me the Brights collection would be discounted today.. Well she was right they WERE! So all though I know the collection has been out for awhile, im frugal and was not going to pay for colors that i would primarily use for the summer. Anyways my collection of nail polish's have been lacking a true orange, so I have had my eye on the Brights Atomic Orange ever since they came out. I also had my eye on the limish green (which photo more of a sea green) Gargantuan Green Grape. Its so soft and pastel so it doesn't look to bright

on my dark complexion. I also bought Need Sunglasses? because come on who doesnt like a Yellow! Lastly I bought Purple with a Purpose, it kind of has a irridecent shimmer to it, which makes it look like you have little plums on your fingers. All in All I LOOOOOOOOOVE my purchases I made today and look forward to showing them off. Until Later

-Stay Pretty!

Side Note: I will be swatching them real soon! After I swatch the China Glaze from last weeks haul.

My Spontaneous NOTD!

2009-07-05T10:14:00.005-04:00

So I was feeling in a real dotty mood lol so i decided to do purple and white polka dots. I suggest NOT watching a funny show while doing the dots because I laughed so hard I messed up my pinky nail (Damn you the Nanny!). Anywho I used China Glaze's Spontaneous as the purple base, Wet N' Wild Montana for the white dots and Kiss's silver glitter for the line. I ran into a problem with my silver glitter being clumpy so I used my Beauty Secrets Thinner which isAMAZING to smooth it out. But with out further ado here is my nail of the day :)

What I used to Complete the Look:

Sidenote: So do we notice that the pics are getting just a little better lol.. Im going to get it down perfect.. I am soooo determined!

4th of July Oh My!

2009-07-05T07:13:00.003-04:00

Ohhh if i was a nail polish namer i would so call a polish 4th of July Oh My! But anyways so my 4th was pretty amazing, you know fireworks, bar-b-que, the whole nine yards. But my day did have a bad part to it, and unfortunately it was my nails :( .... it didnt come out even close to hw i imagine... everything kept going wrong and i was just utterly dissapointed at the results. I wasnt originally going to take a picture of it, but i decided why not... you all should see the good bad and UGLY LOL! Well anywys here it is...

The middle finger was suppose to be a flag (blah) and the other fingers were suppose to be reminiscent of fireworks (yuck) But I used Sally Hansen Cherry Red, and LA Colors Red and Blue Glitter.

And for a personal exciting side-note: I finally figured out my stupid camera and how to get pictures that look accurate to the nail colors and nail style... My camera is 10.3 Megapixels, and when it is set that high it gets a little to detailed on up-close pictures and distorts the image. So i set the settings down to 5.0 Megapixel and it did wonders!!! So thanks for being patient while I got it together :)

Swim Class Blues...

2009-07-04T00:44:00.005-04:00

So for my swim class I usually do a very BLINGY nail style because the older ladies in the class just adore it... Well today i did a gradient or fading effect whit blues and glitters. I didnt have a very pale blue to put on the bottom of the nail so this look didnt come out the way I hoped. But the two colors i used to set a base for the glitter is China Glaze's Sexy in the City and Frostbit. Then i topped it with Nail Basix Blue Glitter to get a "Blingy" effect. I added a white flower on the middle fingers to give it Pizzaz with a lime green rhinestone in the middle. Which you cant see well because of my crappy camera, which means im going back to my old camera because this one officially sucks for close up shots (any suggestion on a good setting for close up shots) lol...

What I used to Complete the Look:

The OPI's of The Shopping Trip...

2009-07-03T01:06:00.003-04:00

Okay so here is the OPI swatches from my shopping trip earlier today. I will probably use all this in a nail of the day real soon so ou can really see them in all there TRUE glory... If you didnt know I am a absolute Hot Pink/Red fan so thats why there are way more pink polish than any other...

*This Picture is probably more color accurate*

From Left to Right: Lapaz-Itively Hot, That's Berry Daring, Cara Mia Crimson, Pretty & Privileged, The Grape Lakes, Yoga-Ta Get This Blue, Dawn

Oh and sidenote: Pretty and Privileged is a absolute gorgeous color that didnt photo well, which led me to do some investigating with my camera.. Well I found out that I had it in a wrong setting, so Photos should be looking muuuucccchhhh better in the upcoming blogs :)

A simple Shopping Trip turned into a big Haul...

2009-07-02T16:35:00.001-04:00

Okay so i went shopping today, and to say the least i went a tad bit overboard with buying nail polish lol.. They had so many deals going that I would have been a fool to resist (shopaholics plea)... Anyways I will let you guess how much I paid for this and I will let you know if your right..But I bought 6 China Glaze, 6 OPI's (2 from the India Collection and 1 from the 90210 Collection), 1 Zoya, 3 China Glaze Minis and 4 Nail Basix.. I also got some rhinestones because I am obsessed :).... Anyways I have to go to a swim class in a hour so i wont be able to swatch them today... But I will be swatching each group by the end of the week hopefully because I am anxious to see how some of these colors that are out of my comfort zone will turn out.

4th of July Nails Trial 1

2009-07-02T05:42:00.000-04:00

Okay so I LOVVVE doing theme nails, and the 4th of July is no acceptance to my rule, I usually plan the nails im going to do a few day in advance so this in trial number one... For this I used Sally Hansen's Cherry Red and White On.. And For the Blue I used on of my nail art stripe polish in Miss Envy Blue (I am pretty sure i got it from a hair supply store)... But since my nails are already painted, i am using LuLu my practice finger.. Oh and sorry in advance about the picture quality.

Okay so this is Nail 1 of Trial 1:

Im actually going to put Red and Blue Rhinestones where the colors meet, I just didnt want to waste all those pretty rhinestones on a trial finger

This is Nail 2 of Trial 1:

Here i used red and blue glitter lines to add some PIZZAZ to the design (sorry you cant se the glitter lines well).

And Finally Nail 3 of Trial 1:

This one has a glitter lines and a single rhinestone in the middle... But for some reason this one reminds me of Texas.. WEIRD because i hate Texas lol...

What I Used To Complete The Look:

Oh and sidenote: I got my first follower today lol (Im a Nerd)

With White Out Comes, a Red Hot Gift

2009-07-02T04:52:00.000-04:00

Okay so I looove doing crosswords... and I typically do them in pen, well long story short I needed some white out to fix an error i made and it exploded all over my flower manicure :(... It sucked because i wanted to rock my flowers for another day or two.. but Oh well when life throws you lemons make lemonade i guess? For the new manicure I did, I used OPI's "Red Hot Gift" and Art Club's "Solid Silver" to complete the look... This should be on for a day or two because my PATRIOTIC NAILS are coming on for the 4th of July...

This is the evil white out that destroyed my pretty purple flowery manicure...

What I Used To Complete The Look:

Oh and I forgot to put up a picture of the dotting tool and the top coat (Seche) I used to complete the look.. WhOOps

Digging in the Database

2009-06-28T17:55:00.000-04:00

Well I was cleaning out some pictures out of my computer and i ran over these... These shots were taking early in the year when my nails were much shorter and my skill level was lower... So i ask you ahead of time to please forgive the quality of the photos, these were taken way before i knew i would blog and way before i knew what i was doing... But anyways without further ado here are the vintage-esk snapshots...

These are when i broke my two left nails on my car door :(

I did these nails specifically for St. Patty Days

Lookie at what I found...

2009-06-28T04:38:00.000-04:00

So yesterday I walked into CVS to buy a Smart Water after my workout, and like usual I go to see nail polish on my way to the cashier, and I looked and saw Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear being clearance out (hopefully there just bringing in some new colors). But ended up grabbing the four that I didn't own that were left. 3 of the 4 are pretty sheer and needs multiple coats, while brick wall pretty much needed the one and still came out to the bottle color. Anyways i ended up paying $4.30 for all of it which is a steal!

Okay so I have a small problem naming things, In this case I introduce you to my good friend Chloe the Wheel (there are many more characters in my nail box.. "TRUST ME")!...Anyways I usually use the wheel when I buy a few nail polish at a time and want to do a quick swatch.

Im feeling SPONTANEOUS...

2009-06-28T02:59:00.001-04:00

For my nail of the Nail of the Day, i chose to use China Glaze's Spontaneous. Its a cream nail polish which i found a little difficult to use, but if you have a good top coat it will help smooth out any little ridges. So onto the design... I did all the fingers except for the two middle ones with a french tip and use Kiss's Silver Glitter as a accent line. In the middle i "attempted" to do a flower and a half, which i am really RUSTY on working with flowers. I put a lime green rhinestone in the middle of the flowers for a little pizzaz!

What I used to complete the look:

P.s. I am oddly obsessed with rhinestone wheels

Ruby Pumps Tips

2009-06-26T00:52:00.000-04:00

I usually do more to pizzaz my french tips, but I was in a rush to finish that I just left as is... But I used my favorite china glaze polish, Ruby Pumps and I used my favorite top coat Seche to complete this look..
Disclaimer: My pictures will start looking better, im just starting out and getting into my groove...

All i used to do this was ruby pumps, acetone, flat brush, and seche top/base coat...

Welcome..

2009-06-23T21:24:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone if you are reading this i thank you for looking at a peice of my addiction.. NAIL POLISH, MAC, and ACCESORIES (but mostly polish) ! I always get comments on people liking my nails, and i love looking at other peoples blog so i figured why not blog myself. I consider my self the french tip diva! I love french tips with color and adding a little pizzazz to them. So I ask you to bare with me as im just starting and hopefully we will get this blog up and running in NO TIME :)

Frequently Asked Questions..

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Do you where Acrylic Nails?

No, I'm all Natural... I don't like my nails to get real long so i file them bi-weekly

Why Blog about Nail Polish?

I loooove doing my own nails, and i look at some peoples blog and I'm like, I CAN DO THAT!... so I do it because I want to share my lust for nail art

How much Nail Polish do you own?

I use to think it was a lot until I saw some other peoples collections, but I own about 125ish i think, but its growing!

Nail Polish can get Expensive, Do you know where to buy it cheap, or Do you pay full price?

Well... I do pay full price for a lot of my polishes, but i do have a couple of secret places where i can get china glaze for a lower price, and discontinued OPI for half off. Other than that my grandma gives me gift cards to JC Penny's and i get OPI from there, or I can go to some dollar store and find some cheap nail polish. Also I really keep my eyes on sales being offered in places such as (CVS, Sally's, and Walgreen's)

Where is this "Secret Place"?

Well if i told you, it wouldn't be secret now would it lol? But we have a place in town that ships nail products and they have limited excess stock, so the more people i tell the less stock for me :)

What is your least and favorite nail color?

I am in love with hot pinks, but my favorite lacquer is probably OPI's- Pompeii Purple, and my least favorites are probably dark burgundys...

Email Me if you have any questions that you want me to answer!!

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