Blogging Hiatus (I'm baaaaack!)

Hello hello! Thank you to my followers who have stayed with me during my long hiatus! I am back from a long break, and not just from blogging. I took a total break from nail polish and haven't purchased a bottle of nail polish in over six months. I am currently obsessed with all things beauty and will no longer limit my blog to just nail polishes...(uh-oh!)
with that said, i am here to tell you about my newest venture! I finally overcame my shyness and extreme anxiety and put myself on YOUTUBE! That's right, YouTube! I posted my first video just this afternoon. I did a Haul Video on some amazing deals that I got over Black Friday.

Please check me out on YouTube and be nice! Thank you for your support.

YouTube Haul Video!

My first Christmas Mani!

Good morning! Today I have my first Christmas manicure! I have to say that I am left handed, therefore I was only able to do pretty nail art on my right hand. I avoided my left hand all together and painted it the pretty sparkley red color. For the red, I used 2 coats of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri polish in Whirlwind White. This polish was amazingly easy to apply and was fully opaque in 2 even coats. It dried very quickly (just as the name says it does) and I got this polish for for $1.37 from CVS on clearance...I'm in love! Then I used 1 thin coat of Nicole by OPI in Orna-Ment for Eachother. When that was dry I applied two more thin coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Red Carpet. Red Carpet was easy to apply, particularly for a glitter. I had no issues. For the Christmas tree, I used my Orly nail dotter with Revlon Emerald City and Ulta salon formula polish in Brownette for the ornament at the top. I used Sally Hansen  Red Carpet for my candy cane and dotted it on carefully with my Orly dotter tool...I love that thing!

Bloom Social Beauty Store

Good morning, Lovelies! This morning I will show you my order from Bloom.com. Bloom is a social beauty site that I discovered through another blog when they had a Living Social deal for a gift voucher. I love that I can read other reviews and ratings and see other women's beauty cabinets (their favorite products) before making a purchase. My order came in a gorgeous black box with pink tissue and a hand written thank-you. I'm such a sucker for good customer service. It really made me feel like they appreciated my order.
 I used my gift voucher to purchase nail polish (of course) that I normally wouldn't buy because of the cost. I decided to try 3 different brands. I got Pop Beauty's nail glam in Aquatic Glitz; I was drawn to this color because of it's light bluish green color and holographic glitter bomb-ness! Megan Miller Collection polish in Latte...the perfect nude and quite possibly the prettiest bottle of nail polish my eyes have ever seen. I also got a Priti Polish in Voodoo Pelargonium, a deep wine berry red. I also decided to try a new nail polish remover, so I purchased Babor Nail Color Remover in the 100ml bottle.

CVS Beauty Sale-Haul

Good morning! I visited the CVS Beauty Clearance event and .... got a few polishes...ahem.. got 21 new polishes! I plan on giving quite a few as gifts for Christmas however. I had them out on the table after I got home from shopping and my boyfriend didn't even notice that they were all new (that's when you know you have a problem). The amazing part about the clearance was that everything was 75% off, and I used $5.00 in Extra Bucks and a $4.00 off coupon CVS sent me on my transaction. I spent $18 for 21 polishes! I think I got a pretty amazing deal. Here's pictures...and I will try to get swatching just as soon as I can! Any requests? Please let me know.

Finger Paints Special Effects

I just got this in my inbox...cannot wait to get these! It looks like they will be available in January from Sally Beauty Supply stores.

Nicole By OPI Orna-ment for Eachother

Good afternoon! today i slept in and then went out for breakfast and kind of lazily wandered around enjoying the gorgeous weather. then went home and changed for the beach. my boyfriend and i went for a long walk and drank up the sunshine! anyways, i did a Christmas manicure! my first one this year! Nicole By OPI in Orna-Ment for each other...a dark primary red glitter with sparse gold glitter. i have to say that the formula was a little less than perfect. it took 3 coats to get opaque and was very difficult to spread evenly.

black Friday haul!

okay, okay. i know you're probably sick of seeing black friday hauls by now...but this is the haul that ended my No-Buy November, so i feel compelled to post.
i worked with my mom on Black Friday from 9PM on Thanksgiving to 5AM Black Friday! I had a blast. On my way home i thought i'd stop at Ulta and see what kind of deals they had. i was in a line of about 50 people total waiting for Ulta to open at 6! I got a new OPI DS polish, Mystery; and an Ulta Exclusive OPI Mini Set! Also in the haul...(from CVS) 2 New Sally Hansen Gem Crush polishes and (from Walgreens) 3 new Wet N Wild Color Icon polishes!!
Hope you had a great holiday, and stuffed your faces! XO

OPI DS Desire...yeah you want it!

happy tuesday! hopefully i will be baking delicious pies this evening if all goes according to plan. what are your Thanksgiving plans? my boyfriend and i will be going to my parents house for a Thanksgiving breakfast and then later in the afternoon we are going to my aunt's house for traditional Thanksgiving dinner. I'm baking the pies for my aunt's and I'm also baking a brie en croute (puff pastry enveloping a baked brie wheel with candied walnuts...mmmm) for my parents. What are your Thanksgiving plans?
TO THE NAIL POLISH!

I'm fairly certain that this is the manicure i'll be wearing for Thanksgiving. It is perfectly brown/green/gold with the right amount of HOLOGRAPHIC! it's OPI Designer Series in Desire. I found this particular bottle whilst dusty hunting at a nearby salon. The owners of that salon just don't know what kind of treasures they're harboring.

pre-thanksgiving!

good evening! i don't remember if i posted about my "No-Buy November" yet....so here we go! the first 24 days of November have been my no-buy days for Starbucks and for nail polish. i only have a few more days to go and i think i'm going to make it! success!
today was one of my first days off that i've had to myself in several months. i slept in until 11 (that's about 4-5 hours later than i usually sleep), then went to work (but just for an hour and a half!) and then met one of my best friend who i haven't seen in months! we decided we were both long overdue for professional pedicures....and i feel a bit guilty about getting one...but i do work 60-80 hours a week on my feet...(so maybe i deserve it?!) my feet feel amazing now! i am refreshed, renewed, and ready for a Thanksgiving feast on Thursday.
so i won't post a picture of my feet (ew)...but i will say that i got OPI's Merry Midnight painted on them! s
....and because i've been so inconsistent with posting, i promise to post tomorrow, and i'll even give you a hint! holo!

Finger Paints Merry & Bright Holiday Collection

good morning! this morning is the start of a very loong work week, but i'll survive it...hehe! i have another  Finger Paints press release for you this morning. i must say, i'm pretty excited for November to be over so that my nail-polish-no-buy ends. then i can get my polished paws on some fabulous holiday polishes!

finger paints holiday sparkle PR

good afternoon! today I have a lovely Finger Paints press release for you...this looks very similar to Deborah Lipmann Happy Birthday (and the many other supposed dupes)...but gorgeous nonetheless!

stash shots!

good morning! over the weekend i worked on organizing my growing nail polish collection. i had been harboring them in an oversized shoe box...but they were starting to pour out. my boyfriend helped me pick out a few rubbermaid drawer units, and now i've got an organized collection! i thought i'd take a few pictures to share!

this is the whole sha-bang! my nail tools and base and top coats are in the box next to the drawers.

top shelf- my OPI's, NOPI's and Color Club Sets!

lower shelf- Essie's, Sally Hansen, Zoya's, Cult Nails, Barielle's etc.


that's my stash- hope you like it! what do you keep your polishes in!?

intensely Enigmatic

today's mani is inspired by the new Cult Nails limited edition Unicorn Puke...i did buy Unicorn Puke when it was on pre-sale last week (thank goodness because it sold out only an hour after i reserved my bottle)...i was so excited about it that it inspired me to use my current favorite Cult Nails polish...Enigmatic. i used 2 thin coats of Enigmatic and then decided i needed to spice it up a bit. so i then applied 1 thin coat of Mystery by OPI Designer Series. Mystery is one of the original Designer Series polishes so it can be a bit hard to find. (but well worth the hunt )

long time no post!

hi everyone! it's been so long since my last post...poor neglected blog! well i'm back...hehehe. i've been working full time so i haven't had as much time to write..but that doesn't mean i haven't been swatching away!

today i have a very yellow mani. this is 2 coats OPI Lemonade Stand By Your Man and 2 coats Revlon Pineapple Fizz. the OPI i got in a duo pack from TJMaxx for $6.99...i just couldn't resist. the Revlon polish is stunning...yellow jelly with gold flecks and gold glitter. enjoy!

Rock the World

good morning! today i have my favorite polish from Orly's new collection, Rock the World. this is a stunning shade for fall, with some magenta purple hues and tons of gold glitter specks. it's just the right amount of muted glam for me! i got this polish at Sally Beauty Supply for $7.99 and i think it's most certainly worth it. without any further ado- here's the swatches!

i used 2 coats Orly Rock the World for these pictures, no top coat needed! the polish dried in minutes with a smooth, glossy finish, despite the glitter! when i did use a top coat, it did not eat the polish as i expected.

that's all for now! xo!

Hypnotic Week

good morning! today is the last day of my Hypnotic Week post series :( i used Hypnotize Me over 2 coats of In a Trance for this manicure. i don't know if it was just my bottle, but Hypnotize Me was gooey and super hard to apply. i was pretty disappointed with this polish, because it is so amazing looking. oh well!