Coming Back to my Blog

This was something I started last year in attempt to catalog and remember manicures I have done in the past. The funny thing is that a few years back I never painted my nails, it wasn't something i was into, not me in the least bit. I got easily bugged and pissed off at nail polish.
*It chipped...
*It took forever to dry, and the last thing I wanted to do was sit in front of the T.V for  a mindless hour while they dried...well, paranoia in me told me to wait that long.
*the color didn't always match my mood...which resulted in picking, a lot of picking. (Which gave it the chipped look..SEE?)
*I hated looking at ten fingers that were all the same color! (for some reason that bugged me, and the last thing I was going to do was paint each one a separate color like I was five..)
*Its not cheap...when you think about it it costs a lot for a bottle of nail polish. There are cheaper alternatives, like Dollar Store ones or just cheaper brands, but like everything else...you get what you pay for and the better quality is more money.

When I decided I needed a hobby I just looked around did a little 'YouTube-ing' as I like to say. I tell my sister that you can YouTube anything, and you can. Then I did something I thought I never would do, pulled out my tiny stash of polish and a few rhinestones I had from craft stuff, and my first mani was born. **The picture is posted as the first one I did.**
Since then my little collection of polish has grown, the things I have to do them has expanded and the once small container I used to hold it now has become a five drawer compartment on the side of my dresser and a few smaller bins.
The biggest thing I have learned in doing nail art, mostly mine, my nieces (I have a lovely older sister who lets me abuse the usage of them, I love them a lot though.), a close childhood bestie, a good friend I've had for a few years now, my sister's mother in-law and the occasional straggler that just asks....back to the point, as I was saying. The biggest thing I've learned is that its an investment, not just money, but time. It can take anywhere from a few minutes to hours. That and the right products make everything.

Coming up...
-A crud load of pictures of manicures
I figured since I take the pictures with intents of posting them here...and don't, I might just do a massive upload, site the ones that come from inspiration, and let you look.
-Post a list of my nail must haves for mani's.
-Talk about places I look for inspiration, and people I..okay, slightly obsess over. ONLY, slightly...

And just, I don't know, post pictures! Good, golly.

With much love, and super lateness...

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Winter...Thanksgiving Nails

So where I live we have had two huge snow storms come in in the last week. One earlier in the week and a Oblizzard that came two days before thanksgiving. So I did a mani inspired by the time of the year and the weather we were having where I live.

The color is Call Your Mother by Sephora OPI I used a white Strip Rite by it's So Easy along with chunky nail glitter in pearl also by the bran it's So Easy. the top coat was my HG it's OPI's top coat.

And when I say blizzard...it was a white out but they told us that to get people off the roads just in case someone broke down the temperature was below freezing and they wanted people home and safe, so I guess if you don't look at the few inches we had...(which were probably two to three inches) it was a good warning.

The ring finger is just Sephora OPI in Call Your Mother with the chunky glitter

Haul

I like haul posts to see new colors or colors of polishes purchased by others, so I thought I would share mine. I bought all of these in the last few weeks, I went a little crazy. Going to apologise first for the mess you see in the background I really didn't want to clean my vanity off so you get my makeup junk in the background...maybe I'll show you what it looks like when I'm done with the polishes...?

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These are my OPI polishes, there is the Sephora by OPI in Call your mother and OPI's Feelin' Hot-Hot-Hot!



 I just got the Sephora one, like today..so its not opened or used, but the other OPI one is a gorgeous hot pink that I love...close to but not exactly like Elephantastic Pink, which I adore.

My Sinful Colors in the shades Innocent, This Is It,Aphrodite, and Gogo Girl (from left to right)

They Have all been worn, the gold (This Is It) is really, really shear..my only complaint. Other than that for first time buys I love the brand.

Picked these up and the Dollar Tree when I grabbed a box of tissues(awful, and I do mean AWFUL allergies...in the freaking FALL!)  to try out, was shocked when I only needed one coat for the most part, and the colors are awesome. Pissed when I took the green blue off (Atomic) and it turned my whole finger blueish....not too happy about that.

Maybe I shouldn't admit to this...but I will, this polish is a week old and that's how much I have used,  its shear but I fell in LOVE with the color and have used it on my nails since I got it. to get the creamy ivory color (Wedding Belle) true to the bottle it takes about three to four coats, but I love it.

New China Glaze in Something Sweet, bought on clearance at Ulta. For some reason the pastels are in for me, not the right time of the year..ehhh who cares. I also got two glitter polishes by Wet n' Wild in Kaledoscope and Sparked.

Most used polish in my collection China Glazes Black Diamond.

So, I bid you good night, since its late where I am and I'm half asleep as it is.. I leave you with pictures of today's mess on my vanity... and my nasty retainer case, sorry.

Quick Pic's

Yes, those are chistmas inspired nails, were strting early in our house. The tree is already up.

Just looking at this makes me groan, it was soooo good, but I ate way too much.



Tryin' something NEW....say WHAT??!

My first post...not so long ago 'cause I suck at blogging, was about cuticles. After much review and looking into thing, since my nails look like crap, they broke, they peeled and just are plain kucky after removing acrylic nails.
Sadly in all this I stopped painting them to try to bring them back to life, and they did...a tiny bit. But they weren't growing fast enough. So I cheated a little, and may or may not have glued on some fakies....if you ask I might lie and say that they are real.
On to the topic, I am trying Sally Hansen's cuticle removing gel. I used it maybe once a week, or once every few. I usually push my cuticles back, but pushing them back was getting to be kinda gross. I could feel them if I rubbed oil on them, and that is just nasty.


Pic found on google images



Pic found on Google images



So far, I love. It doesn't burn or sting...unless you have a hang nail....that's just a bad time period. i just apply a thin layer, leave for three minutes and scrape it off with a stainless steel cuticle pusher (bought at Sally's for this reason), and wipe the goop off onto a cotton pad to dispose of when I'm all done

I have to help my sisters friend with her I-Pod, but as soon as I'm back I'll post a pick of my nails, since I did them...and possibly what we cooked for dinner, it was de-lish.  

So, So very sad

I'm a little on the sad side as of late about my nails. After the last post my nails took a hit. The glue from the fake one for the Frankin Nails, as I like to call them, ruined my nails on top of having removed acrylic ones a few weeks before. then at work I dropped a heavy wire shelf on my finger and bruised the nail, and cuticle area of my 'byrdie' finger on my right hand.
AND...with work, they have all broke, so the summer spent growing them out didn't last nearly as long as I would have liked, but that's okay, time to redo it all....well, not the parts that ruined my nails.
I'm going to post a haul and review on the things I have bought since starting this blog, as well as talking about what I like and don't like. I'm very picky about what I use... I'm stuck with these hands for life, have to make the most out of what I have.

So with love I say good night.
....look for up coming posts

Halloween Nails!

I love October for so, so many reasons. The scary movies are one, I'm a twist who likes to be freaked out. Then there is the haunted houses, candy, and dressing up.
But of course this is a blog about nails.. so lets start this. I have done Candy Corn nails inspired and very much like I Have a Cupcake, which can be found here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCnXlyq131c.
my latest, after removing acrylics and having a little over two weeks of plain boring, and ever so depressing to look at nails, I sucked it up and bought Kiss fake nails, so I could paint them and wear them for Halloween.

My laptop is the background, but I smile when I see those!