A long time between posts

I know, I know, I haven't been posting regularly.

Well, I just want to say that I'm a senior in high school now (WUT?) and am pretty busy. If I don't check in for a bit, that's why.

Pure Ice sent me some awesome polishes right after Fourth of July and I got them way later (wohooo, vacation), but I'm posting them all now. I think they're still available at Walmart for a pretty cheap price.

There's silver glitter called Beware which I really liked. It was opaque to the eye in three coats, though macro disagrees (should've done a fourth, I suppose).

French Kiss is this incredible blue creme that took two coats. LOVE this one.

Draped in Satin is a frosty white. Yes, it is frosty, but it felt so elegant on. I surprisingly liked this a lot.

Show Stopper is a red crackle. I'm not super in love with crackle anymore, but playing with it was fun.

Speaking of playing, I threw the last nail look together in less than a half hour. Yup, patriotic nails can be *that* easy. No special brushes or anything, just the polish and the brush that is already with it.

Stained Glass Nails

I liked these. 

Things that make me laugh

Seven visitors to my blog have been led here by the search "that awkward moment when nobody cares". I'm so happy to have all this apathy?

Yeah, that made me giggle.

Anyway, here's a water-marble. It's not great looking, I rather unfortunately double marbled and smudged, when I should have a) left it alone and b) been patient, but it looked alright when not under a macro lens. 

Some people tell me they don't have nice nails because they can only buy cheap nail polish. Well, this look costs a total of $2 (if you want to get fancy and buy topcoat, that's available for an additional $1), and that's when it's not on sale. With our Rite Aid card and general sales I think this might've been $1.50 worth of products.  Wet n Wild French White Creme and whatever they call their black. And then a plastic cup, toothpick, bit of tape, and water from a tap.

So, yeah, you don't need to buy pricey indie polishes to have pretty nails (though it'd be lovely if you bought mine). 

A bit more daring and wearing

Yes, I found the pictures of those two Dare to Wear polishes that I had lost. And some nail art using said polishes. I liked this mani, but, then again, I like most floral manis.
Anyway, here's Our Secret Eden (not the name I would've guessed for this polish but that's okay, it's crazy gorgeous) and Moon River, which is more subdued in real life than in this photo.

You have me in stitches

Bows and stitching and navy blue (China Glaze First Mate), oh my!
Love this, so cute and fun. I had some issues with the bows on my right hand, but that was to be expected.
Idea is stolen from this tumblr

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Painting the roses red

I love me some floral nail art. This isn't my usual floral+rhinestones+glitter, but it's still super pretty. Super-duper pretty. Base color was OPI A Grape Fit and the swirling colors were ChG Ruby Deer and Milani White Canvas nail art.

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Some items in this post were sent to me for review.

Modern Animal

I loved this. The pictures just don't do it justice, it was so shiny and SO pretty. All freehanded, obviously I need more practice. Still, love it!

Sweaters for my nails!

It snowed! It snowed here and it so rarely does, so I made little sweaters for my nails :D
I didn't take pictures like normal because... well... this is more fun. Yeah, let's go with that.
I used Wet n' Wild's French White Creme and Red Red and then an itty-bitty brush. A little messy, but they looked good enough, I thought. I like the moose the best :D
(Inspired by NeverTooMuchGlitter)

I'm working on getting the give-away stuff together. It'll be soon, I promise. Thanks for helping me hit 500, everyone! Remember, I'm rather partial to people who are with me PRE give-away, rather than post. There might be an opportunity for an extra entry if you've been active on my blog before I announce what you can win ;)

Two quick photos

Attached to the SinfulColors holiday collections (see it here) were these two nail art polishes. A silver glitter in a clear base, Fashionista, which I found sparse, and a gold shimmer, Flower Girl, which I adore. The latter is a very, very yellow gold. A bit gaudy, and entirely perfect. They're shown here over AA Imperial Purple in a variety of designs (otherwise known as me goofing off). I have animal print and scroll-work in Flower Girl and a full coat of Fashionista as well as some stripes.


Now this is a fun one. American Apparel Neon Green with Dare to Wear Celestial Blue on top. Isn't it lovely?! So fun and summery. Celestial Blue is from DtW's Crack-m-Up line. It cracks nicely and is shockingly pigminted. I have one last Dare to Wear to show off (another crackle :D), but that can wait.



Some of these polishes were sent to me for review. I still gave an honest and fair opinion of them

Uber belated Halloween mani (China Glaze Let's Groove and Milani nail art in White), Sinful Colors Show Me the Way, and Sally Hansen Coco a-go-go.
All very pretty.
Again, I'm sorry for being gone so much. And these aren't watermarked. That's because my computer now hates Photoshop and it was either this or no post at all. Please don't steal my pictures.

Would y'all mind if I put some ads up? I'm trying to save up for a trip to Israel this summer, so I need to earn $500 in not much time, and I thought this would be a good way to get some cash.

Seeing spots

So, I saw Color Club's scented polishes, turned up my nose, and then forgot about them. They all like like CC neons I already own, and the gimmick of scent is actually a turn off for me (what if it makes me smell noxious?). But then, then Yum Gum happened. And it's so darn pretty. I wore it alone for 3 days, added the leopard print tonight, and will wear it until tomorrow night. It's walks that fine line between a true neon and a polish that's wearable for non-polish freaks. It's BRIGHT, but not retina-searing. It's actually perfect. Though, it's rather photo-shy, only reveling that pretty pepto-color in the worst of lighting. Please forgive me and my awful pictures (at least they're color accurate!).

3 coats.

Crazy nails

Wore this to school today. Got my index finger's nail stuck in a door (don't ask) right before heading out, so it has a quick polish repairing job, with a short nail. Since this photo, I've filed down all my nails to match.

A funky french manicure with freehanded leopard print. Crazy? Yes. But I liked it. Inspired by Wahnails.com

Garden nails

You know that calendar I posted for the nail looks I was going to do? You know, my last post? Well... Uh..... I can't post any more during the week as I have school and studying and I like going for BIG, high impact nail-arty looks now. So. Uh. I'll try and swatch and catch up to that this weekend, okay?



I was going to replicate my gnome nails from ages ago, but after drawing the grass I felt rather lazy and just did flowers. These got SO much attention, it was insane. Everyone had to take a look.

If y'all want, I'll do a tutorial.

Flowers

Bad lighting, I know, but none of the other pictures turned out. Just my standard quick floral manicure.
The glitter is Milani, one of the One Coat Glitters. Then OPI No Room For the Blues and some Sinful Colors white (Snow White?)

What'll be on my nails for the 4th?

A red, white, and blue Ruffian, of course! Lovely.
I also took A LOT of length off my nails, thoughts?

A touch of silver

These looked SO cool.

Just for fun

Some images from a photo-shoot I was a part of. I did the nails (the floral ones already shown). I'm the model. The pics were taken by Hunter Brown.

Floral Nails

I LOVE THESE.
I think there's just something with me and floral nails. Like, right now my nails have daffodils on them (pics later). These are just so dainty and pretty.

Rainbow French!

Cute, eh?
I wish the smile lines were neater, but it looked fine in person. (Excuse the green stained middle finger, please)

OMFG GUYS, I HAVE PENGUINS ON MY NAILS

As always with nail art, ask if you'd like to know colors.
My poor middle finger smudged even further after the pic was snapped, I'm in the process of redoing it.

SO FREAKING CUTE