Vlog: Keep Me Out of CVS!!!

I made a little video of the polishes I bought today at CVS, because they're having a 75% off and I have no will power to say no.

Front Left-Right: Sally Hansen Thinking of Blue, Fairy Teal, Black Platinum, NYC French Manicure, Luxury Lime Creme, Sally Hansen Purple Pulse, Navy Baby, Sinful Colors San Francisco, 10 Professional Chocolate Kiss, From Paris with Love, Signed-Sealed-and-Delivered

Now I have to figure out how to add these to all the other polishes I'm transporting in the car, for our long-distance move.

Why do I do this to myself?!?



Is there any interest in seeing what I'm using to transport all my polishes? Should I make another video of that?

Let me know what you think...

Dots And Pearls for Christmas

Hello everyone! It's been awhile since I posted a blog post. I'm in the middle of packing to move. And even though I started out packing a little bit back in September, we're in the thick of it now, and I'm going crazy! When I get a break, I scroll through twitter. This is the first I've been on my computer in ages. I'm only on it to pay bills, and I thought I'd post something so you all won't forget me. I'm sorry I haven't been able to comment on blogs. But when I see one pop up on twitter, and I'm there, I try to retweet and make a comment. That's probably lame, but it's the best I can do for now. If you want to contact me, catch me on twitter.


Back in the summer, I created this mani and decided to share it at Christmas-time. (Which is a good thing because I have no time to do any nails. And moving does tremendous damage to my cuticles right now!)

I used Kiss Active Oval Full Cover Nails for this.

Polishes

 

I used the largest dotter in my kit.

And different colors and sizes of pearls from this wheel

 

 

Painted each nail light pink, then sideswipe with Lavender Cloud by Sally Hansen

 Painted the middle grey with silver glitter, the light pink with light pink glitter, and the ruby with the purple glitter.

The dots were made with Revlon Emerald City

Well, that's it for now. Hope your holiday season is going good!

Take care and hope to see you again soon!

Sugar Nails

I didn't know what to name this. 

I thought they looked like sugary nails.

These are the nails I used.

L-R:LA Colors white glitter, Borghese Patina Pearl, Sally Hansen Lavender Cloud, Kiss Nail Art Paint Pink Glitter & Gold Glitter, CG Boundless Color Ruby Dust

•  One coat of Lavender Cloud over the white tips.
• Three coats of Patina Pearl over Lavender Cloud tips.
• LA Colors white glitter from tip to mid-tip.
• CG Ruby Dust over nail bed to mid-tip (meeting edge of white glitter).
• Kiss Nail Art paint pink glitter at bottom of white tip.
• Kiss Nail Art paint gold glitter swipes on white tip.

• I used fimo slices of butterflies, ladybugs, dragonflies, and a few leaves.
• And added different colored rhinestones.

I got this hand-made bead ring from the balloon fiesta last month.

I like how they turned out. And they're fun for me to look at. :D

Hope you all have a good weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kay's Diner 1930

Welcome to Kay's 1930's Diner!

Today's Blue Plate Special* of Meat & Three:

Sausage and eggs

Tomatoes

Corn

Cucumbers

Orange Slices

We are a Penny Restaurant** and proudly serve our meals for just 5¢ a plate!

Each blue plate is served on cheery red checked tablecloths.

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Polishes:

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Gunmetal, Essie Red Nouveau, Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen White

Red Checkered Tablecloths:

• 2 coats Red Nouveau. Let Dry
• Vertical and Horizontal lines with White Nail Art Pen. Let Dry.
• Fill in every other square with White Nail Art Pen. Let Dry.
•  Dab Tokyo Pearl over White Squares. Let Dry.
•  Clear Top coat.

O.P.I. What's With The Cattitude?, Ogre The Top Blue

Blue Plates:

• With medium size dotting tool, make dots with Ogre The Top Blue. Start in the center of nail with first dot, then apply dots all around to make a full, round shape. Let Dry.
•  With White nail pen, and Gunmetal, (using a small dotting tool) make shading and open circles in plates to mimic depth.
• Use What's With The Cattitude, Gunmetal, and dotting tool to make 5¢ on nails.

It's really hard to make something look 3-D when it's curved around a nail, and I'm not artistic.

The Fimo Slices that spurred this nail art. Sausages and Eggs Fimo Slices.

Fimo Slices:

• Once everything is dry, apply clear top coat. 
• Dab clear top coat on area for fimo slice. 
• Dip dotter into dab on nail, then tap dotter onto fimo slice.
• Place fimo slice on nail. Cover with clear top coat.
• If Fimo curls, add more clear top coat and hold down with dotter or finger.

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Nails: Nailene Full Cover Nails Short Square

We hope you enjoyed your visit to Kay's Diner 1930, and return again soon!

Happy Halloween!

*Blue Plate Special~

• A specially low-priced meal.
• Menu usually changing daily.
• typically consists of a "meat and three" (three vegetables)
• Served on single plate (often a divided plate)
• Term was very common from the 1920s through the 1950s (source Wikipedia)

**Penny Restaurant~ During 1930's

•  were subsidized by social service organizations
• For 5¢ it was possible to obtain a filling lunch (source  Food timeline. org)

Limoncello & Marino

It's almost time for me to remove my Kiss nails. I wanted to do something with them though before that. 

I went from this...

To this...

 Polishes:

Borghese Rapido Marino and Limoncello, Kiss Nail Art Paint Silver, Milani Charmed, Sally Hansen XD In The Spotlight

• Two coats of the Borghese Rapidos
• Another coat of Milani Charmed
• Limoncello over the pearls. (I used my dotter to cover the pearls)
• One coat In the Spotlight over the Borghese Rapidos
• Lined middle with Kiss Silver nail art paint

 I had put so much clear top coat over the stickers to keep them on the nails, they felt pretty smooth and I believed I could paint over them.

I really love the Limoncello and Marino. They really do dry quickly and cover completely in two coats. In the Spotlight is such a cool glitter.  Do you have these polishes? What do yo think of them?

Great Polish Great Bargains-September Haul

Here's a video of the polishes I succumbed to buying this month.

• Milani Charmed & Ruby Jewels
• Essie Sew Psyched
• Butter London The Old Bill & HRH
• Sally Hansen XD In The Spotlight & Going Green
• Borghese Marino, Limoncello, Patina Pearl
• Confetti Papa-Razzi

Did you get on the Butter London deal at Ulta today? What did you pick up? Did you have a large selection?

Sally Hansen Hard As Nails-Merlot

Front cover of journal

This brush is so thin. It's makes applying the polish awkward.

Merlot is a deep berry/burgundy color.  2 coats for full opaqueness. 

I do like the formula and the color though.

Ha! My writing bump on my middle finger is back! I started writing/journaling daily while on vacation, and have continued here at home. This is a page waiting for some writing in my new journal. That "Dream" is a rub-on from a booklet I found at Marshalls on vacation.

I have Sally Hansen Continuous Growth and esssie Ridge Filler under the Merlot.

What do you think of this color? Do you have it or something similar?

Do you have a writing bump too?

My Very First French Tip Mani

Never in my wildest dreams did I think this could happen.

I actually have grown out enough of my nails to attempt a french tip manicure.

My pinkies are still too nubbie to attempt a french so I painted them as my accent nails.

Polishes:

On my bare nails I used Sally Hansen Continuous Growth and then Essie Ridge Filler. The polishes I used:

1. Confetti Tazmanian Devil
2. Sally Hansen Lavender Cloud
3. Sinful Colors Ciao Bella
4. Sally Hansen HD Lite

I basically patted the Lavender Cloud onto the tips. The right hand was kind of tricky. I didn't need the white tips to be perfect because I would be painting over them and adding the glitter at the end.

Using the white tips as a guide I painted two coats of Ciao Bella, and 1 coat of Lite on my pinkies.

 After everything dried, I dabbed on Tazmanian Devil on the blue tips, and just a little below the line.

Love that Tazmanian Devil glitter!

We're in the midst of sorting, and packing so I can't glue on nails right now. 

But I really wanted to do something nice on my nails.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!