Arrianne's Blog

Blood Spatter

2011-08-11T03:29:00.001-05:00

Hey ladies! I'm still not back to regular posting yet, but I wanted to share with you some crappy, blurry iPhone photos of one of my recent manis. I was too excited about it not to. ;)

The right hand photo isn't that bad, but I for the life of me could not get a non-blurry photo of my left. I liked this mani and got compliments on it. From guys of course.

What do you think?

-Arrianne

I haz a question for the tenth time

2011-02-19T21:02:00.000-06:00

Hey ladies!

For anyone there who even remembers they follow my blog...yeah, I'm not gonna give excuses again. If you care, you know the story. And if you don't know it then you probably don't care!

My question is about the Tronica collection from China Glaze. I know it was limited edition, but I don't even remember seeing it on e-tailers and never heard any other word about it from the bloggers I follow. I couldn't find anything about it being sold out when I searched (which admittedly wasn't that hard) Google, just that it was to be released in February. I have seen some swatches and I know February isn't over, but no word, don't know...is it sold out already? 'Cause if it is, I'm gonna be a sad lady.

-Arrianne

Taggage

2010-11-14T15:31:00.002-06:00

Hey girls! More tags today from Sarah, haha.

I don't really know which rules go with which tag, so I'll just put all my answers *says in slow deep voice* beeloow. ;)

1. Why did you create a blog?
Well, I had been reading nail blogs for quite some time and thought, hey! Why don't I add yet another crappy blog that no one would want to read! Actually I just thought it would be a fun creative hobby since I had been buying lots of polish and taking pictures of my nails.

2. What kind of blogs do you follow?
Nail polish, makeup and I guess I follow one fashion blog.

3. Do you have a favourite make-up brand?
Nope, I wear whatever looks good.

4. And a favourite clothing brand?
Na, I just buy what I like and what doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

5. What make-up products is essential for you?
Eyeliner!

6. What’s your favourite colour?
I love red forever.

7. What’s your favourite perfume?
Agh, I don't have one! I'm failing to provide intersting answers here...

8. What’s the film you liked the most?
I watch way too many to even remember which one I liked most.

9. What countries/places would you like to go?
Nowhere really in my home land, but I'd love to go to Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Russia and some countries in South America.

Now the second one.

Blog Author - Get to Know You Questionnaire

1. Innie or outie?
I have an innie, so innie.

2. Unlimited wealth or unlimited health?
I don't like the idea of living to be 100, but I think I'd rather be healthy and earn my money the hard way.

3. What is your favorite book?
I read way too many to have a favorite.

4. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live and why?
I'd stay right here in the good ol' US of A.

5. What is your security blanket?
Umm, sandwich?

6. What is your mode of transportation?
Bike, bus or dad driving me.

7. What is your signature scent?
I don't own but one perfume from France my SO brought me. I hardly wear perfume though.

8. If you were at Hogwarts, what house would you belong to?
Oh, Harry Potter...I never got into it.

9. If you could be any Disney princess who would you be and why?
I never really identified with princesses, haha!

10. What is one of your bad habits?
Worrying.

-Arrianne

The Versatile Blogger. Who, me?

2010-11-11T23:02:00.001-06:00

Hey ladies! Anyone still out there? I'm so behind on this tag, but I'm still gonna post it. I was tagged by the sweetie Sarah.

The rules are to tell 7 things about yourself and to tag 6 people. I'm sure everyone has been tagged already, so if you haven't, I tag you.

Onto me. Hmm, I'm not that interesting.

1. I have two different colored eyes. One green and one blue with a little brown in each.
2. My hair is really long, longest part is right above my a**.
3. I love learning about medicine, anatomy/physiology, and drugs (prescription or illegal). It's so fascinating to me.
4. I don't really like today's society very much.
5. I love music. Metal, Spanish, Classical, Rock.
6. I love languages, and would learn them all if I could.
7. I never finished High School.

Phew! That was hard.

-Arrianne

Weekly Poll

2010-10-08T19:03:00.001-05:00

1.How has your week been?
Boring.

2.What are you wearing on your nails today?
Nothing at the moment. Hope to paint them tonight. I can't even show you either. =(

3.Any fun weekend plans?
Aww, no.

4.Do you like candy corn?
It's okay, it gets sickening pretty quick though.

5.What’s the last book you read?
No Second Chance by Harlan Coben

6.Do you like pumpkin pie?
Not really.

7.What is your go to lipstick/lip gloss color?
I'm too poor to have one right now. =D

8.What was your worst ever experience with a cosmetic product?
Nothing comes to mind.

9.Would you rather be able to fly or be invisible?
Invisible, definitely.

10.Mixed drink/beer/straight-up drink/wine/champagne/teetotaler?
Any, but if I could choose, it'd be wine.

Models Own 'Car Key' Collection

2010-10-04T16:22:00.001-05:00

Photo Source

So here's the new Model's Own collection. I haven't seen anyone post it, so I thought I would. They're supposed to be a cheaper version of the awesome Chanel Collection 'Les Khakis de Chanel.' Obviously they're not dupes, which sucks, but I'm excited for these! I was sooo bummed that I couldn't get the Chanel collection. I've never wanted a Chanel polish as much as Khaki Vert. Actually, I've never really wanted any Chanel polish that much.

Here's what they say about it:

"Models Own launch a collection of ultra-covetable Autumn/Winter colours that once again provide a chic and affordable alternative to those by Chanel. The seasonal shades bear a striking resemblance to Chanel’s Khaki collection, so much so that in homage, we’ve named this military-esq trio The Car Key Collection."

"Launching in Boots from October 2010, the collection consists of three brand new shades – Grace Green, a mossy pastel green; Becca’s Brown, a dusky beige hue and Purple Ash, a vintage dusky rose. Designed to complement the colours of the season, our latest collection offers surprising and intriguing combinations that are all ultra-wearable and bang on trend."

You can get these for £5 each from Boots and River Island, which are both stores in the UK (duh) starting October 6, 2010 or online at modelsownit.com starting October 13, 2010.

=D What do you think?

Award that I forgot the name of

2010-08-31T11:53:00.001-05:00

I was tagged by sweet krex for this award. You're supposed to say what you like about your blog...can I say what I don't like about it? Kidding. Let's see, I like that I can be as much of an idiot as I want here and that I don't have to take myself so seriously. I like the wide aray of posts I do. (kidding again) I like that my sarcasm can run free here. My pictures are pretty nice when my camera isn't dying on me. Lastly, I like the interaction with other junkies that I get from it.

I tag:
1. Look at Them Pretty Colors!
2. Hangi Oje Yakismaz Ki Bana Woah, I remember that!
3. Alizarine Claws
4. Nihrida's Blog
5. Wild Card. Anyone.

Ulta Black Lace

2010-08-27T13:18:00.002-05:00

Is anyone still out there? I'm having issues with my camera. I think it's time for a new one. I wouldn't post these pictures normally, but I want to show you guys that I'm not backing out of blogging, just that I can't take good pictures to even post. You also get to see my uneven right hand that I STILL haven't evened out since I lost my ring fingernail in Corpus.

Somethings wrong with the something or other, I don't remember. But I think it's on its last legs.

Okay, for all of you that were wondering where I was, I was visiting with my aunts and little cousin for a few days, then we went to Corpus for a couple days. I wasn't able to post my NYX Jungle or ChG Emerald Fitzgerald manis because I didn't have time to take photos. Then when they left I got all sad and depressed blah blah, and didn't feel like doing my nails or blogging. I'm back now though, one follower less and a few nail casualties, but I'm good! My nails held up amazingly, I thought they'd all be gone since they were naked the entire week or so, but they stood up to the abuse of water and other things.

Last but not least, I wanna say thanks to all the wonderful ladies that read and comment on my blog. It makes me happy to be able to share my obsession with others!

101 Award

2010-08-24T14:37:00.004-05:00

Sweet Sarah of Look at Them Pretty Colors! tagged me for this award.

1. Post who gave you this award.
2. State 10 things you like.
3. Give this award to 10 other bloggers.

10 things I like are:

1. Music
2. My cats
3. My family
4. My friends
5. Nail polish
6. My SO
7. Makeup
8. Reading
9. Shopping
10. Traveling

I tag::

1. Crystaliciousss
2. Dulce Candy
3. Hangi Oje Yakismaz Ki Bana
4. krex
5. Little Music Boxes
6. My Simple Little Pleasures
7. painted lady fingers
8. You've Got Nail
9. Stupid Nail Polish Names
10. Sawan

Hello God, it's me, Arrianne

2010-08-21T14:06:00.000-05:00

I'm alive! I'll be back and I'll have details then.

Zoya Anaka

2010-08-11T18:32:00.000-05:00

Really pretty jewel toned magenta. Nothing much left to say about it!

Bad Romance or Across The Universe?

2010-08-10T19:00:00.001-05:00

Okay, I know I haven't posted in what seems like forever, but has only been a week, but I'll be back with something. I've just been kinda pissed off at my middle nail, and with my nails in general. I know I should file away the creepiness...but...I can't!

Anyway, enough about that. The real reason I'm here is I wanna know which Deborah Lippmann polish I should get or if I should even blow 18 smackaroos on one. You should know by now I like to ask you good people the hard questions that plague me. I'm kinda scared to though, $18 bucks is a lot. It's funny, I think Nfu Oh is a perfectly reasonable price to pay for what you get, but DL is not. I guess it's because you get the awesome bottle and the awesome colors that Nfu does. I'm rambling now.

So tell me, Bad Romance or Across The Universe?

Haz click it here to see the colors.

Zoya Charla

2010-08-05T13:10:00.000-05:00

Please don't slap me, but I'm gonna show you yet more photos of Charla. A lot of these are unfocused because it looked better that way in photos.

My ring and pointer nails looks so creepy. I swear they don't look that creepy in real life. It's all because of that weirdo curving that long nails seem to get. I don't know why, but it pisses me off. Man, can I ever stop complaining and being negative? Probably not.

Later! =)

LA Girl Rock Star Addict

2010-08-01T16:26:00.000-05:00

How's everyone doing? Today I did my nails with LA Girl Rock Star Addict. This color has to be in my top (insert number) reds, up there with Ruby Pumps. I have ChG Stroll too, which I think is a dupe to this. So that needs to be up there too. But back to Addict. It has such beautiful gold and red flake glitter in a maroon jelly base. Sometimes it looks like the dark red color and sometimes it looks like a burnt brown red, almost completely brown. I loves it.

Gah, my middle nail is taking forever! I know I keep filing it to shape it, but damn it, I'm impacient!

Close up *drools*

Shade

Haz click it!

Orly Royal Navy

2010-07-27T13:38:00.000-05:00

Royal Navy. What more is there to say about it that hasn't already been said? It's beautiful. Oh wait, that's already been said. This is 3 coats. I didn't have VNL like it shows in the photo. Which is weird cause it's supposedly not a jelly and jellies always seem to show up like that on camera on my long nails. I should probably just stop trying to describe colors and finishes and leave that to the polish queens. I'm just a lowly peasant. In fact, you should probably leave here since my photos of this suck and there are much better ones out there.

I'll shut up and stop boring you with my negativity, but first, how about a picture of the kitten?

I just wanna bite that little belly!

That's better. I did some white konad spiders over it after a couple days, though I don't have photos of that. Once again excuse the broken nubbin.

Now these next ones are really bad, but they show the shimmah!

Sorry for the glare.

Konad and VNS

2010-07-23T20:57:00.001-05:00

VNS
Click for hugeness.

Riveter Rouge, Foxy and First Class Ticket

Emerald Fitzgerald, Goin' My Way? and Swing Baby

Ingrid, Frostbite, Royal Navy and Wild at Heart

WowSoCool

An early birthday gift from my what shall I call him, SO. =D He was too excited to wait. Awww. Sounds familiar though. Oh, back to Konad.

I didn't leave that plate all dirty like that. It was my thief of a sister.

My favorite image is the unicorn...NOT!

China Glaze Visit Me In Prism

2010-07-20T14:50:00.001-05:00

I know I've already posted this before, but that was bad quality photos. I love holos and I don't know if it's just me, but they seem to accentuate my nails (not because they draw attention) and make them look so nice. I only have two holos. I need more holos in my life. Like now. I just wanna dive into that rainbow soup. Oh where was I? This is three coats without top coat.

Holy schnapps, f-ed up nail!

It's weird how my nails look so long in pictures. They don't look so long to me in real life.

Sparklez...

Which do you like best, the OMG or Kaleidoscope holos?

Claire's Fabulous/Funky

2010-07-16T10:10:00.001-05:00

I get such a kick out of these Mood Polishes. I want the new ones! The pinks probably my least favorite though, just cause the funky french effect isn't as obvious as it is on the others.

Now you're probably wondering why I have a smiley face, or in this case a sad face, on my middle finger. (I'm a paint expert.) It's that that's the nail that tore and I had to glue back. Well, it decided to be an a*shole, so I just tore it off all the way. It's like nonexistent major nubbin nail and I don't want you all to see!

*Something to keep in mind: The warm color is a really bright neon pink, so imagine this pink but super bright.

You can see the funky french look better in this photo.

So, do the faces bother you? If so, I guess I'll try to do two or maybe three finger swatches. Or maybe wait til it grows out. I'd use my right hand, but the middle finger also broke a while ago on that hand. I guess my middle fingers have been used a lot...

Zoya Nidhi

2010-07-13T11:21:00.000-05:00

Okay, let me start off first with these pictures suck because 1. It wouldn't stop raining and 2. I had no acetone which means no cleanup. My middle finger nail was also glued on, so it looks pretty weird. Which is sad because this is a pretty color. I just wish the gold sparkle would show up more.

You can see the sparkle in these two photos.

These are both wrong color-wise, but they show the pretty red and gold shimmer/sparkle/glitter/whatever.

MOAR NAIL POLISH, MOAR!!

2010-07-11T03:39:00.000-05:00

Some of my recent purchases. I must be stopped. The sales, the sales! I hope you guys like bottle pics as much as me. God, I feel so weird trying to type with my broken off nail finger. Anyway on to the pretties! Please click to make these bigger, they look awesome!

ZOYA

Nidhi, Jade, Posh and Savita

Mimi, Charla and Ivanka

EBAY

Banana Puddin'!

CHERRY CULTURE

Punk, Addict and Groupie

Jungle, Graffiti (not the one I wanted, but oh well) and Titanic

Blurry to show the pretty sparklies.

Charmed, Magical and Fairy Tale

Enchantment and Totally Cool (Let the record show that it is indeed Totally Cool)

Woman, Algae and Ink Heart

Sour Lime and Luscious Green, my favorites!

Now we're onto July, which will predictably be filled with even more pretties.

Austin Fireworks at Auditorium Shores

2010-07-05T23:47:00.000-05:00

I went here on the fourth and thought I'd share a video of some of the cool fireworks. Not very good quality, but... Also that is the Austin Symphony you hear in the background. =)

OPI You Make Me Vroom

2010-07-02T19:56:00.000-05:00

I needed to go back to my first love. Red. I haven't worn it in ages, especially since I've gotten side tracked by all these fantastic greens I've gotten lately. Might I also add that every time I want to wear red the p*nche rain has to be there to ruin my pictures! It's darker than this, imagine OPI's Vodka & Caviar. Actually they're probably dupes.

I didn't add that sticker. Apparently all the ones from whatever collection this came from have one.

Please go easy on me, I had to use regular polish remover to do clean up, which floods like crazy.

*tries to bend pinky to stay in line*

Horribly inaccurate picture of the color, but I like it anyway. =D

2 creamy coats. Smooth, creamy, red perfection. I kinda feel like a hooker in this though, with my long nails. Oh, and this isn't B3F.

Purple Pizzazz and Daddy's Girl Comparison

2010-06-30T16:12:00.000-05:00

I thought maybe I had a dupe for Purple Pizzazz. Apparently not. I had no acetone so no clean up this time and this photo is color corrected. Rain + no sun = bad pictures.

Both of these are at 3 coats.

Daddy's Girl, Purple Pizzazz, Daddy's Girl, Purple Pizzazz

Outdoors they look very different, but indoors they look very close. Purple Pizzazz takes 3 or 4 coats, has an annoying brush and average application. Not very sparkly. Daddy's Girl takes 2 or 3 coats, has a normal brush and better application. Lots of sparkles. It looks lighter but somehow darker to me. Weird.

The verdict: Daddy's Girl has better application and is cheaper. It also has no VNL and actually sparkles, wow! Now, I'm being kinda hard on Purple Pizzazz and although it looks flat and boring in these pictures, it's really not. It's purty too.

Something else I noticed is, but that's off-topic is that Orly has apparently asked the e-tailers to raise their price cause now they cost $3.75. If I'm correct they used to be $3.18 or $3.50. I hope China Glaze doesn't get all big headed over this OPI sh*t now too and raise their prices. These brands like Orly and China Glaze need to realize that without the e-tailers and the women who blog about them and give these sites most of their traffic, they wouldn't make near as much money as they do. (run on?) I never knew either of these brands until I started my addiction and I guarantee I never would have. Which is a shame cause CG is probably my favorite brand and Orly is really nice too. /end rant

Sally Hansen X-treme Wear Purple Pizzazz

2010-06-28T16:49:00.000-05:00

I haven't been feeling very nail-y lately. Kinda uninspired. So here's something I just slapped on to keep my nails protected. This was sheer and needed 3 coats and would probably look even better with a fourth. I really hate these long and skinny brushes. It's hard to clean the polish off the stem and then a big drop comes while you're painting and ruins what you just did. Also when you stick the brush back in if you even scrape it against the rim the polish on the stem just spills over the sides. Anyway...

In the sun

Indoors under fluorescent. There's no VNL indoors like it looks here.

All in all it's a really pretty color. I have a dupe in mind and I'll be doing a comparison of those two here soon.

And just to make this post more positive here's a picture of a sleeping kitten.

I gots another question.

2010-06-22T20:38:00.000-05:00

Can you even see my background? It shouldn't be completely black. For some reason it's telling me that's how it's showing up.

ULTA Professional Tainted Love

2010-06-22T14:44:00.000-05:00

Tainted Love, oooh oh oooh. This is a really pretty green with gold shimmer. I like it a lot. Oh, and basically these photos suck huge amounts of pene. They're showing more blue than it really is. I don't even want to post this, but I guess I have to.

Bottle shot.

Beast (Jade) decided to join me for the photo shoot, as she often does.

What's that you say? Leave the nature shots to the pros? Okay.

Failed posts > Good posts

Mutter!

2010-06-18T14:15:00.000-05:00

Because I felt like being a sick little follower, I decided to do this thing too.

*If someone says ''is this okay'' you say?

World Coming Down - Type O Negative

*What do you like in a girl/guy?

Nocturnal Hymns - Graveworm

*How do you feel today?

Don't Do Me Like That - Tommy Petty and The Heartbreakers

*What is your life's purpose?

Demoniality - Arch Enemy

*What is your motto?

Fear the Voices - Alice In Chains

*What do your friends think of you?

Am I Going Crazy? - Korn Hahaha.

*What do your parents think of you?

When the Music's Over - The Doors

*What do you think about very often?

Wicked Garden - Stone Temple Pilots

*What do you think of the person you like?

How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths

*What is your life story?

Together - Ted Nugent

*What do you want to be when you grow up?

Cthulhu Dawn - Cradle of Filth

*What do you think when you see the person you like?

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

*What will you dance to at your wedding?

I'm Falling - The Babys

*What will they play at your funeral?

Awaken - Disturbed

*What is your hobby/interest?

Into the Void - Black Sabbath

*What is your biggest fear?

Piece of Pie - Stone Temple Pilots

*What is your biggest secret?

Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

*What do you think of your friends?

Lovers - Deftones

*What will you post this as?

Mutter - Rammstein

OPI Damone Roberts 1968

2010-06-17T22:13:00.000-05:00

You've all seen it before and here it is again. 3 coats. I don't know what it is, but I want to buy every mint green that comes out. Anyone else feel this way?

Furry Surprise

2010-06-15T16:25:00.000-05:00

When I got up this morning Penelope had a sweet little surprise for me. A new kitten. I figured she was pregnant because her nipples were getting larger, but she was still so tiny! No wonder if there was only one baby in there.

He's so good so far, he doesn't meow when I hold him which I like.

Damn it hold still little fur baby!

I just wanna take your picture!

Mama and baby. He looks just like her.

Sorry for the bad lighting, it's in my bathroom. I need to get Photoshop.

At Your Quebec & Call + Nubar 2010

2010-06-13T01:02:00.000-05:00

I wanted to do this yesterday, but I had food poisoning and was too busy vomiting on myself. Damn Chinese food! Notorious for uncleanliness. Wait, I know someone will complain about me saying that so I must say I wish not to offend anyone.

A reader Sandi wanted to see this with Hidden Treasure over it, but I don't have that. Instead I have Nubar 2010, which is identical to better than HT.

Of course, 16,000 photos! Oh, and sorry for the humongous gap, I had this on for a long time so it started coming away at the cuticle.

No I'm not copying off you-know-who with these angles!

And here it is matte:

I couldn't stop thinking how much this reminded me of a polish that already exists. I couldn't think of which one until a few minutes ago. Shimmery Chic! You know, the puke color with orange-y flakies released last year in OPI's Winter Wishes collection or whatever it was called. I don't know...I really like this.

OPI At Your Quebec & Call

2010-06-08T21:11:00.001-05:00

After all these pretty little soft colors I've been wearing I needed something ugly. Pretty color and another I used to despise. How soon we grow up. This is 3 coats. Seems like I've been wearing 3+ coaters forever. I'm more of a 2 coat kinda gal.

Err, bad picture.

Bonus, nature pictures! Mmmmm, bananas.

Not really the kinda nature you expected?

OPI Rumple's Wiggin'

2010-06-04T14:34:00.000-05:00

Pastel purple. Less white and stark than ChG Light As Air. I still haven't worn my Light As Air (shame!), but I like this one better I think. Kind of a pain to apply. 3 coats.

Shh, that's not polish on my skin.

Nail line is not visible in real life.

I'm such a bad blogger... Can you guess what I'm gonna say? Yes of course these photos are too blue. Some of them don't even look purple at all. Well my camera couldn't get a color accurate photo, and I don't have the time or patience to tweak all of these photos in Photo Shop.

China Glaze Dripping Wet

2010-05-31T17:18:00.000-05:00

Sorry for my absence, if any of you noticed. :p Umm, let's just avoid the elephant in the room, okay? Though I'd love to talk about it and maybe offend a few people.

I got this from Mary of Body and Soul. She has a little shop, which I linked to, where she sells mainly Massini to people like me who don't live in the Midwest. So if you've lusted after this polish like me, or Slamming Red or Purple Medallion, you can get it there.

It's black label China Glaze, so it's not B3F. It's a HTF too, I believe. This was 4 effortless coats, definitely worth it for the color to me. Glossy and perfect, though you need to be careful with bald spots. My SO described this as, "Either evil or some really dark grapes." Can't beat those color description skillz can ya?

Kinda ugly full on sun. The jelliness and cuticle balding is really obvious in th sun.

I'm sad. My thumb nail had a tear and I slammed it into the door when my legs were being attacked by a running cat. It snapped right off and now my thumb looks all stubby and ugly. =(

OPI Fiercely Fiona

2010-05-23T16:11:00.000-05:00

Haven't posted a mani since I've been letting my nails breathe for longer than usual between manis. This is Fiercely Fiona 3 coats.

OPI Damone Roberts 1968...

2010-05-22T19:07:00.001-05:00

...is on sale here for all the people who had trouble calling. Internet is so much easier. ~~It's not international either, of course you know that.~~ It IS international so if you want it international girls, you better go grab it.

VNS Haul

2010-05-19T16:00:00.001-05:00

I'm baaack! I said I had another haul and I do, this time from Victoria's Nail Supply.

Shade

Sun. They're washed out in this photo, especially the red and peach. The red's much more cherry and more like the above photo.

You Make Me Vroom. I probably have 16 dupes for this, but it's red and discontinued so it's special.

At Your Quebec & Call

Apricotcha Cheating. I lemmed this one forever.

Trans Design Haul

2010-05-19T13:25:00.001-05:00

I must be stopped! No, this was a justified haul cause OPI's going away. I got these 6 and a boring white and some nail glue.

Rumple's Wiggin', Fiercely Fiona, Who the Shrek Are You?

What's With the Cattitude?, Sun Worshipper, Flip Flop Fantasy

I finally got my ring that I ordered from ebay for $1. I saw this on Sasha's blog and I had to have it!

I have another haul of some old and discontinued OPIs coming today...again it's justified. *rolls eyes*

Diamond Cosmetics Coffee, Tea or Me?

2010-05-17T14:01:00.001-05:00

This was 3 coats. Just a chocolate brown creme. I banged this one up all to hell while it was drying last night. You can see the dings on my thumb and the smears and smudges on my other nails...ugh. Also this dries darker on the nail.

Lotion on on this one above...that's what's down on my cuticle area and the nail.

Shade

How often do you haul?

2010-05-14T17:10:00.002-05:00

I have a question for all of you. I want to know how often you haul and buy nail polish.

Nubar Night Sparkle

2010-05-13T17:09:00.001-05:00

Pretty, but hell. I see hellish removal and smurf fingers in my future. This is 2 coats with 2 coats of Seche. Sorry for the messy fingers, I don't do clean up, so... I blew the application. This is so much more pretty in real life. These pictures suck, they don't do it justice.

Blurred to show the glitter.

Color is more accurate in this photo.

Nubar Haul

2010-05-11T17:23:00.000-05:00

I got my first Nubars today from the Mother's Day sale. I thought, nine bucks off, why not since Nubar's so expensive and has overpriced shipping. It's funny though I'll go buy Nfu Ohs, but Nubar oh no, that's too expensive. Now the Nubars outnumber Nfu Ohs by one. Anyway, here's what I got: (Oh yeah, that is an original monitor from '92.)

Greener, Fire Sparkle, Marble Tower, Nubar 2010, Night Sparkle, Swiss Chocolate

In the sun with flash, cause there's no sun.

Close up of Nubar 2010. Better than SH HT I think.

China Glaze Grape Pop + Nfu Oh 51

2010-05-10T16:48:00.000-05:00

I got bored of Grape Pop so I put 51 over it. Behold!

Sorry they're kinda shitty, there was no sun when I was able to swatch these so this is by my window.

China Glaze Grape Pop

2010-05-08T16:35:00.000-05:00

I feel like I'm not posting enough and like I let my few followers down. You probably just skip over my new posts in your blogger anyway though. =P

This is Grape Pop for Up & Away collection. For some reason this reminds me of the grape flavor of the gum that came in a roll that was supposed to be like tape. Bubble Tape or something like that. This shows up waaay blue in the photos I snapped of it. I tried to get this to show up the real color, but I could not get it to. It doesn't help that there was hardly any sun today.

That's a cat related injury on my cuticle, not a disgusting, huge dry spot.

Imagine this lighter and that's the color. A lot like RBL Mismas, I think they're even dupes. It's not like you haven't seen this one before either.

Claire's Happy/Earthy

2010-05-03T17:31:00.001-05:00

How I pined for thee, oh Claire's Mood Change polish. I can finally haz you. You could've made more awesome colors, like a red to orange or black to white, but you're still oh so pleasing.

Now if I remember correctly some girls got away with two coats. Uhh na guey, that ain't happening for me. It took me four coats, but it's worth it for the awesomeness that is color change polish. I had so much fun with this. These dry to a satin finish, so you're gonna need some top coat. They weren't especially annoying to apply for me, other than necessitating four coats.

Another thing, I haven't seen these on nails as long as mine, so it looks even cooler on long nails. Like you have a funky french on. I need to spank my pinky to make it stay in line!

Mood ring! It even turns your finger green!

Now the great debate is, should I buy back ups?

Claire's Mood Change Polishes

2010-04-30T18:36:00.000-05:00

=D I finally got 'em. This is how they came: hot from the Texas weather.

China Glaze High Hopes

2010-04-29T14:34:00.000-05:00

Here's to trying to make myself feel better! This is a nice happy color, right? It tells me I should have high hopes about life. It's bright and pretty. Wait, why isn't it working?! =) Just kidding.

This is a really bright color. I didn't expect it to be that bright in real life, even though I've seen it that way in photos. The application sucks like a lot of the Up & Away polishes. Three annoying stringy but thick coats. Some bald spots are left after two so I think it really needs three. I should've thinned it before instead of after. 5 drops of Seche Restore did the trick.

Also, I've seen Zoya say their polishes are B3F and also camphor free. I never knew camphor was in polish because I never smelled it in there, but this baby smelled like Campho-Phenique so strongly. You know, the stuff used to numb cold sores and canker sores. I think Carmex has it in it too, which doesn't make sense if it's supposed to moisturize your lips. Camphor dries things out. That must be a way for them to keep your lips chapped so you keep buying it. But I digress.

2010-04-29T05:33:00.002-05:00

OPI you're a bunch of dumb f***s. That's all I have to say.

Orly Viva Collection

2010-04-28T00:44:00.000-05:00

Pictures Courtesy of: Temptalia.com

I found out from Sally's that Orly has a new Summer 2010 collection called Viva, which has a Spanish theme. I haven't heard much about it, so I thought I'd post it up. The colors are: (and note, I never was good at describing colors...)

Bailamos - the teal with shimmer
Fiesta - the pink with shimmer
La Playa - the dark blue creme
Olé - the orange

I like Olé and La Playa. What do you think? Have you heard about this collection?

Orly Rage

2010-04-27T02:04:00.002-05:00

This was 2 coats of perfection! Buttah!

Shhh, I didn't do clean up, I haven't been feeling well so pretend you don't see the polish on my skin.

I've also been disappearing and popping up randomly. Sorry, again, not feeling well. It'll probably be like that for a while.

Shade

With flash

Even though I know you're not gonna click it to make it bigger, DO IT. You can see it in all its glory. Just look at all that shimmer! It's some blue and green and red and orange and yellow! GAWGEOUS! These last ones are in the sun, obviously.

China Glaze Rainbow of Hope

2010-04-22T05:56:00.000-05:00

I haven't heard of this collection from anyone else, so although there are no new colors, I thought I'd post it for what it's for. Here's what they say about it.

Rainbow of Hope Collection extends the uplifting power of color to those impacted by a cancer diagnosis, including their families, friends, and co-workers.
China Glaze commits 18% of Rainbow of Hope display sales to cancer research organizations hand picked by members of the China Glaze brand family.

I love that this is for cancer, because my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 and died in 2008. She was the most precious thing in life to me. Enough blabbing about me, here's the colors.

PINK - Sexy Lady
BLACK - Liquid Leather
GRAY - Recycle
WHITE - White on White
EMERALD - Outtabounds
KELLY GREEN - 4 Leaf Clover
TEAL - Custom Kicks
PEARL - Platinum Pearl
BROWN - Unplugged
BURGUNDY - Long Kiss
PURPLE - Coconut Kiss
ORCHID / VIOLET - Spontaneous
LIGHT BLUE - Bahamian Escape
PERIWINKLE BLUE - Secret Peri-wink-le
BLUE - Rainstorm
ROYAL BLUE - Frostbite
YELLOW - Happy go Lucky
PEACH - Peachy Keen
ORANGE - Breakin’
RED - Paint the Town Red

At least Rain Storm will get more attention. I still wonder when Vintage Vixen is coming out. Fall I'm assuming. I can't wait! Oh, and these are coming out sometime in May.

Nfu Oh 66

2010-04-21T20:07:00.002-05:00

God I hate not feeling good and it's almost all the time.

Anyway, this is one of three Nfu Ohs that I got from the sale at Fabulous Street. It's the most awesome holo-y polish I've seen. It's a celadon green holo that looks really silver indoors to me. I don't even remember how many coats this was. 4, 5? I don't know I lost count after I dropped my brush and in a frenzied attempt to catch it, smeared 4 nails and had to do it ALL OVER AGAIN. I was hot boxing in my bathroom with those Nfu Oh fumes. I thought I was gonna pass out. And there's still some bald spots. The most annoying thing is that you can't go over an already painted spot or it pulls off the polish that was there. Oh well, it's worth it for holo goodness.

I also have my Canon working again, so say bye bye to crappy photos! Woop woop! It's still being stupid though so the pictures are still unsatisfactory. Excuse the stupid looking pointer finger it broke along with my middle and I can't bear to file it down.

There was no sun out, actually I missed the sun, so the outdoor pics are less than thrilling. I can take some tomorrow if it doesn't chip by then.

Blurred cause it looks cool.

Indoors

I have top coat on my left ring finger only. I think it messed with the holo, but I'm probably just crazy.

Outdoors

And a little something for Peter, since I couldn't do my mani.

I said the beast inside of me is gonna get ya, get ya, yeah...

I promise I'm not orange, it's just the stupid camera. I'm still screwing around with it. I'll get it right eventually.

Color Club Vintage Couture

2010-04-20T00:54:00.000-05:00

I'm waiting on my stupid camera...so another crappy photo.

This is such a pretty stark pink pastel, but I was cringing while applying this. I did 3 coats on my left and 4 on my right. It just wasn't evening out and I still had bald spots. I recommend starting with a thin coat, then doing thick coats after that. Maybe the reason it was so thick and annoying was because it's been sitting with it's neglected, unused siblings for 6 months.

I was gonna do a comparison with Something Sweet, but they kept showing up white on my camera. So...I failed again?

Peter Steele

2010-04-19T00:21:00.001-05:00

No more deep voice, no more latin speaking. No more awesome music. We'll all miss you like hell Peter...

Hey at least he has his Playgirl photo shoot as his legacy, right? I'm kidding. Kinda.

Weekly Poll

2010-04-15T23:18:00.000-05:00

1. How has your week been so far?
Meh.

2.Do you consider yourself to be technically savvy?
Yes, grew up with it because of my dad's job.

3. What’s on your nails?
OPI Jade Is The New Black.

4. Oreo Double Stuff cookies, love ‘em or hate ‘em?
Love 'em.

5. What is your current favorite lip balm?
Carmex and Blistex Herbal Answer.

6. Do you have any “spring rituals”?
Not really.

7. What’s your favorite wild animal?
Felines. =)

8. How many cities have you lived in?
2.

9. If you have a cat, do you collect cat whiskers that fall out?
I do, but I always lose them when I mean to keep them.

10. What’s your least favorite song?
Shit that's on the radio these days.

China Glaze Wagon Trail

2010-04-09T16:16:00.000-05:00

I can't believe I used to despise this color, and now I have it. It's dirty and awesome.

There was hardly any sun, I had to play tag with it again. It was hard for me to get the shimmer to show up. I tried.

On an unrelated note, I was browsing on ebay and decided to see how much Clarins 230 was running for. $81!! The bids keep rising and rising. I can't believe that, it's the highest price I've seen for a discontinued polish. I though Rainforest and Creme de Menthe were high, damn!

Weekly Poll

2010-04-07T21:45:00.003-05:00

1. How has your week been so far?
Pretty shitastic.

2. What is something a lot of people might not know about you?
That I'm a bossy, angry bitch?

3. What’s on your nails?
Just removed Ruby Pumps.

4. What kind of earrings are your favorite (dangly, studs, etc.)?
Dangly and hoop earrings. I hardly ever wear studs.

5. What is your favorite type of nail polish finish?
I'm gonna have to go with the kind. Creme.

6. If you could quit your job/school right now and do what you loved for a living, what would you be doing?
I'm a Professional Lazy Ass, what could be better than that?

7. Milkshakes: Vanilla, chocolate or strawberry?
Vanilla.

8. Who are your favorite YouTube makeup people?
I like to see Dulce Candy ramble on, uhhh I like Fafette or whatever her name is.

9. When you want to scream and pull your hair out, but it’s not appropriate, what’s your method of calming down?
Smashing my head through the wall. Very effective.

10. Do you watch the series Breaking Bad on AMC?
Yes! It's really good.

China Glaze Ruby Pumps

2010-04-07T02:35:00.000-05:00

Good lord, why did I wait so long to get this beauty. Red's my favorite color and it's one of my favorite polish colors. I'm also a glitter ho, so this is perfection in a bottle. Holy hell is this ever perfection. I only used two coats and I see some bald spots, so definitely should've done three. This is absolutely GORGEOUS. Backup worthy, just like it's sister Emerald Sparkle. I know you've seen this 16 million times, but this is my take on it. Oh, and don't worry I'm not a zombie, these types of reds always make me look as white as a corpse on camera.

I failed to take a color accurate picture. There was no sun out so it's much more red than this. It was a funny sight, I was running around chasing the little patches of sun that would show up for 2 seconds, holding my hand with the bottle in it up to the sky. I'm sure my neighbors think I'm even more deranged now.

Easter Marble Mani

2010-04-05T01:25:00.000-05:00

I did this over my previous mani Shausha. Sometimes when I'm about to take my polish off, I play around with some nail art that way if I f*** it up, it's okay cause it's coming off anyway. So I decided to be all cliché and make a marble mani with pastels from the Up & Away collection. Excuse the lack of clean up and orange skin. These were taken indoors in my bedroom and utility room lighting, which tends to do that to my skin.

Of course millions of photos, cause you know, that's what I do.

I like how they came out. I did different colors on each, because like I said, I was just playing around with some marbling. I really like the way my pointer, middle and ring finger turned out.

Anyway, this was my half-assed Easter mani. Enjoy!

*Note to self: Stop cussing so much, you're probably offending all the good wholesome people that read this.

Victoria's Nail Supply Haul

2010-04-03T02:28:00.003-05:00

First haul from Victoria's Nail Supply. I must be stopped. I have to stop hauling!

I wanted to show this photo of Jackie Oh! and Wham! Pow! by Color Club. This has to be the most neon photo I've seen of them. LOVE! Wham! Pow! is like a radioactive traffic cone orange.

Now, onto the haulage.

High Hopes, Ruby Pumps

Rage, Jade Is The New Black

Wagon Trail, Emerald Sparkle 2009

Wham! Pow!, Jackie Oh!, Pucci-licious, Van D'Go

Sinful Colors Shausha

2010-04-02T16:08:00.000-05:00

Here's one from my recent haul from Cherry Culture. I love colors like these. Pink or purple with a gold flash, they remind me of a sunset. I can't think of one I don't like. Wait, yes I can. Señorita Rose-alita, sent to me by Transdesign. I didn't order it I ordered Glove You So Much. Maybe that's why I hate it. Anyway, this is 3 kinda thick coats, though for people who don't mind VNL you can get away with 2 coats. It's a little screwed up cause I didn't wait long enough after the second coat. Oh well. Outdoors and Indoors.

A little friend joined me when I was taking photos. Arachnophobes look away!!

I saved his life. He was being beaten down by one of my cats, Paloma.

Weekly Poll

2010-03-31T18:56:00.000-05:00

1. How has your week been so far?
Lame and dull.

2. What’s your favorite mindless distraction?
Reading blogs, tv, texting.

3. What’s on the nails?
Están desnudas.

4. Have you ever seen a UFO?
Probably have.

5. Do you eat seafood?
I fucking hate seafood! It smells like goobs. It also makes your goob smell like seafood.

6. Ever taken a photography class?
Pornography class?

7. What was your least favorite subject in school?
I liked all subjects. Why? Cause there was always a boy to flirt back at.

8. What was your favorite subject in school?
Read above.

9. Do you wear scarves?
No I think they're kinda emo. Metro men wear them. Which makes me want to gag.

10. Have you ever used LUSH Lemony Flutter? Was it good?
No, but I want to! It's just a little expensive for me right now, but I'll get over it.

China Glaze Cowgirl Up

2010-03-28T18:30:00.000-05:00

Purples are notoriously hard to capture on camera, so it was a bitch for me to get this to show up color correct on camera, but I think I got it pretty good on one of them. Just imagine it a lot more pink purple (red?) than blue purple. Warm purple, not a cool purple. Magenta. It's not like you haven't seen this one before anyway.

Although I can't say the application was the best. Not due to the polish, but due to the fact that a May Fly kept assaulting my face while I was applying it.

This next one is the most color accurate, I think. The others are real close though.

Sinful Colors Green Ocean over Liquid Leather Matte

2010-03-25T18:11:00.001-05:00

My latest mani mattiefied. It's weird how blue the flakies and glitter in Green Ocean turn when you put it over black. I'm sure they turn blue with Green Ocean by itself too. Pretty nice wear outta this for almost the third day. I usually have some major chips by then.

Weekly Poll

2010-03-25T02:50:00.002-05:00

1. How has your week been so far?
Not that great.

2. If you had to only wear one brand of nail polish for the rest of your life, which brand would it be and why?
I hope that never ever happens! I guess I'd have to go with China Glaze.

3. What are you wearing on your nails?
China Glaze Liquid Leather with Sinful Colors Green Ocean over it.

4. What is your favorite flower?
Don't have one.

5. Do you have any tattoos?
Nope.

6. If you had a chance to go to the moon for free, would you?
I'm not sure.

7. What decade is your favorite in terms of fashion and the way people/objects looked?
Between 80's and 90's. I like any decades that have bold eye brows and red lips.

8. What word do you loathe?
Tasty.

9. When is the last time you got a manicure in a shop?
Never had one.

10. If you could only use 5 beauty products the rest of your life, what would they be?
Can't really think at the moment.

What the fack?

2010-03-25T02:39:00.002-05:00

I heard about this product on TV and wow...how desperate and pathetic are women nowadays? I mean first it was the restoring your hymen surgery and now this. Dye for your labia so it can be a youthful pink. Give me a friggin' break. Lame. As. Hell. Someone needs to come out with the ball lift surgery. Men ain't perfect either. They come in the colors Marilyn, Bettie, Ginger and Audry all varying shades of pink. Cool, cuz my p**** isn't the same color as that ginger's over there. I wonder how lame and shallow our society will be when I'm 30 and 40 and so on.

Sinful Colors Green Ocean over Liquid Leather

2010-03-23T18:52:00.006-05:00

As soon as I saw Siobhan do this, I went out and got Green Ocean. It looks so gorgeous, it reminds me of China Glaze Meteor Shower. This was 2 coats of Liquid Leather and 1 1/2 coats of Green Ocean.

LOVE!

Diamond Cosmetics So Berry Sweet

2010-03-20T17:00:00.002-05:00

Feast your eyes...

HO MA GAWD!! Look at the flawless application! Right...

This one is one of those jelly polishes that never fills in so you have darker and lighter spots. I only did 2 coats, but this could've used 3 or 4. I didn't care to do more than 2. This also looks more red than it does berry (think Moxie) in some lights.

On an unrelated note, CND Stickey and Seche Vite, that shit makes polish last forever on me, son!

Guess I offended some people

2010-03-20T15:56:00.003-05:00

I guess I'm also going to get burned like The Manicured Manatee.

Joke people, joke... I've heard worse jokes about white/mexican/asian/etc. people so you aren't the only race. Doesn't make me racist, sorry you have to pull that card. You could've at least let me in on it and let me know that you were offended so I could remove the offensive material.

Sinful Haul and Cherry Culture

2010-03-18T16:30:00.002-05:00

I got another haul today this time from Cherry Culture. I got all Sinfuls and a Nyx lipstick that I already posted about. Here's all of them together.

This is the most color accurate photo of them all I think.

Rich in Heart, Lying Nails, Tapping Nails

San Francisco, Green Ocean, What's Your Name?

Kismet Elated, Shausha, Eros

Well this is the first time I've ordered from Cherry Culture and I can say that they delivered pretty slowly for only being from California to Texas.

Also 3 of the 8 polishes had polish caked around the neck and a significant amount of my Tapping Nails is missing. This is the one with the most polish around the neck. It's like it leaked out and they just wiped the outside and closed it back up and said this is good enough quality to ship. I'm not too pleased about that. I know, it's two bucks, but I care. I've heard some shady things about them, so I'm not too surprised about it.

I think I might save these for something like my Diamond nail polishes. Sinful Sunday or something.

Nyx Eros

2010-03-18T15:47:00.003-05:00

Another Nyx Lipstick. Eros. I really thought this was gonna be a gorgeous red, but I don't know...Harmonica is looking pretty good right now.

Here's the packaging.

Here it is on my lips.

I think this makes me look like a clown. Then I like it, then I hate it. When I first saw it on me this is what I thought of.

It's like the same clown red that Robert Smith (The Cure) wears.

Weekly Poll

2010-03-18T02:03:00.002-05:00

1. How has your week been so far?
Not good.
2. Do you have seasonal allergies?
Nope.
3. What’s on your nails for St. Patrick’s Day?
Nothing actually. *hangs head in shame*
4. Have you seen the new line of Tokidoki and Tarina Tarantino makeup at Sephora?
Noooope.
5. What blow dryer do you use?
Vidal Sassoon Ionic. I like it a lot, I'll probably get it again. It's lasted me shit 3, 4 years already. That's a long time for me.
6. Are you a fan of corned beef & cabbage?
Are you a fan of chicken?
7. What’s for lunch?
I don't eat lunch.
8. Do you have a favorite hand lotion?
I never use the same one twice. I haven't fallen in love with one yet.
9. Are you related to anyone famous?
Oh yeah, I'm related to Hitler. And Jesus himself.
10. What’s your favorite kitchen gadget?
A knife, cause I can use it for other purposes.

China Glaze Vintage Vixen

2010-03-18T01:03:00.003-05:00

Here comes another one from the delivery room. This time it's China Glaze Vintage Vixen. This is coming out in July and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited. These all look like glitters to me, but who knows, some could be shimmers.

This is such a cool ad by the way.

Failed marble mani

2010-03-15T12:03:00.003-05:00

Go easy on me, this is the first time I've ever done water marbling. Kinda. I was just screwing around with my Blue Moon mani since it was already chipping on the second day. Stupid Wet n Wild. I just put some black and dark red marbling on it. It turned out really well on my pinky and ring finger though you can't see in the photo. The pointer looked really cool too. The thumb and middle...that's another story.

I love cleanup after a marble mani!

Wet n Wild Blue Moon

2010-03-14T01:30:00.006-06:00

I can never apply these Wet n Wilds perfectly. I always end up screwing it up especially my right hand. I even painted that one first. Maybe it's cause I was under pressure to get done because someone was so anxious for me to clean. *looks at you-know-who-you-are*

I got this baby fo a dolla like Night Prowl. It's a really pretty shimmery dark blue. You can see the shimmer indoors too which I like, although my camera really didn't pick it up.

Inside

Sunlight

Shade outdoors

*shudders at messy application*

Woah!

2010-03-13T19:23:00.003-06:00

Awesome giveaway being done by nailjunkie.com! You only have til March 20 to enter so get over there and enter!

Look at all those goodies!

Orly Enchanted Forest

2010-03-10T17:30:00.000-06:00

Come visit my enchanted forest and take a trip into my wicked garden... It's filled with thrills and delight. Sorry, that's what it made me think of. I'm a perv, I know.

It's funny what joy can be brought from painting one's nails with a pretty color. Painting my nails always makes me feel better. Well, except sometimes, but I'll get to that later. Indoors and outdoors.

I don't know this looks kinda dull...maybe it's cause my SV is reaching the end of its lifespan. It's all polluted. This is such a pretty green, though. Ilakit a lot.

Google Translate

2010-03-04T01:44:00.006-06:00

Why am I posting about this? Well I decided to get the Google Translate widget for all my nonexistent foreign readers. Also so I could laugh and make fun of the translator's attempts at translating my blog into Spanish. Incorrectly sometimes. Oh, haha some of those translations really made me laugh. Clavo instead of uña...thanks Google.

I love insomnia.

China Glaze Calypso Blue

2010-03-03T09:16:00.005-06:00

This is my horrible drunken attempt at painting my nails. Some are good at it, I just haven't quite mastered it. Which is a shame, cause this color went on so smooth and dreamy and it's such a gorgeous dark blue. Too bad.

Tip: Don't apply nail polish when drunk!

Diamond Haul

2010-03-03T09:00:00.000-06:00

My first haul from Diamond Cosmetics. I haven't worn any yet, but the formula looks good and the colors are so great for the price! The names are great too. (My name is mud...m-m-m-m-m-mud...) I got 11 and I'll definitely be getting at least that much more.

Cherry Tobacco, The Naughty Intern, Rubies and Diamonds, So Berry Sweet, Don't Teal My Heart Away

Crushed Velvet, Coffee, Tea or Me?, Mudd, Chainmail Charm, Starry Night

Never So Evergreen (Machine has no heart to give...)

I have more bottle photos, but I'm not sure I want to post these on the nail just yet. I have evil plans for them.

Coffee, Tea or Me?

Chainmail Charm. Ooooh, holo.

Cherry Tobacco

So Berry Sweet

Rubies and Diamonds

Mudd

Don't Teal My Heart Away

Crushed Velvet

The Naughty Intern

Starry Night

Zoya Happi

2010-02-28T01:00:00.000-06:00

As you know (cause I know you read my last post) I could not take an accurate photo of this polish. Apparently my camera can't handle the awesomeness that is duochrome. So these are as good as I could get. However, this polish is so awesome. I love it to pieces. This was 3 coats to even it all out.

You can see the duochrome really well in the bottle.

The color is more like this photo, although even more...rich...of a color. Basically what I'm saying is pay no attention to these. D:

Finally Zoya

2010-02-26T02:34:00.000-06:00

Por fin, I got my damn Zoya order. This was when they were having their little deal for 2 free polishes. I only buy Zoya when it's on sale, so of course I had to break my no buy and get some.

This is as good as a photo as I could get with the sun that was given today, so sorry they suck. I had an even worse time trying to take a photo of Happi, my current mani. I could not get the damn duochrome to come out indoors, so maybe tomorrow I will have some sun to use.

Drugs...

2010-02-24T23:31:00.002-06:00

I'm a drug addict.

Weekly Poll

2010-02-24T17:23:00.002-06:00

1. How has your week been so far?
Shitty. Well, they always are.

2. Would you rather be stuck with -10 degree weather and snow the rest of your life or sun and 95 degrees?
Sun and 95 degrees, even though I hate that too.

3. What’s on your nails?
Nada.

4. How far do you commute to get to work/school?
Uhhh, I plead the fifth.

5. What kind of bag do you carry on a daily basis (purse, large tote, backpack, etc.)?
Purse.

6. Are you crafty? What kinds of crafts do you do?
Noo.

7. What is the best thing you can cook?
Everything.

8. Are you good at math?
If I know how to do it I am.

9. Do you take risks when it comes to your haircut or color?
Uhhh, no.

10. Ever heard of Sugarpill cosmetics?
Yes, from Phyrra.

Are you laying down again Matt(e)?

2010-02-23T16:42:00.004-06:00

I have today, because I can, Visit Me In Prism matte. It looks like I thought it would, like an OPI Suede or something.

Sorry for my pinky, it's physically impossible for it to be straight when holding a book like this.

Giveaway by Lacquerized

2010-02-22T15:18:00.003-06:00

Michele at Lacquerized is having a giveaway for reaching 250 followers!!

Here's the rules: (my blog of course means her blog)
1 - You have to be a follower of my blog
2 - Please enter your e-mail address along with your preference for set 1 (the 4 shades) or set 2 (the 3 semi holos).
3 - It doesn't matter where you live, entering is open for everyone!
4 - You can earn extra entries by:
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Guest appearance: Mi hermana

2010-02-21T23:54:00.002-06:00

An appearance by my one and only sister! She's wearing Color Club Blue Light with China Glaze Solar Flare over it.

Sparkly things always make my camera freak out, so that's why they're all blurred and smeared. D:<

Purdy, purdy!

China Glaze Visit Me In Prism

2010-02-20T19:50:00.001-06:00

You can really tell in some of these photos how longer nails make your fingers look more slender and long.

This was three coats and it applied like butter of course. No top coat either, as I've found that it scatters the holo even more.

Indoors under fluorescent light

Outside

Indoors under low incandescent light

This has many faces. The holo shows most in the indoor fluorescent lighting. It probably would in the sun too, but there wasn't any sun today. Then it looks a lot more scattered and like a glittery holo in low incandescent lighting. It's really cool. I wish I hadn't missed out on the rest of this collection.

Nyx Harmonica

2010-02-18T14:09:00.005-06:00

Ahhh, Nyx Harmonica. This is actually not mine, but my sister's. This is what I would call a slut color. No offense to all you sluts. You know what I mean? That light pink that all the tan bleach blonde/dark brown bimbos wear. Yeah, that one. I mean it's a nice color, but I can't help but feel like I'm about to go turn a trick or something. Good thing I'm pale, or this would look a lot worse.

This is actually in the sun, even though it doesn't really look like it.

She got this when we went to HEB. I saw Nyx and almost squealed out loud. I didn't know they were sold at HEB. It must be a new thing cause everything was all reorganized and in a new layout. I sure haven't seen them before.

Almost forgot to add, this lipstick smells like roses a la funeral home.

Weekly Poll

2010-02-17T14:51:00.003-06:00

1. How has your week been so far?
Same old, same old.

2. Have you ever gone through an entire bottle of nail polish and bought a second of the same color?
Never, ever. Well, maybe when I was younger, a black.

3. What’s on your nails?
Wet n Wild Night Prowl.

4. What are you reading right now?
A Rage To Kill by Ann Rule.

5. Do you do pedicures in the winter?
Usually, but I tend to go longer without them in the winter.

6. Where do you paint your nails?
Anywhere I happen to be at the time.

7. What’s the last thing you bought?
Wet n Wild nail polish.

8. Do you love it when we “spring forward” and it’s light out until 8:00-9:00 pm?
Not really, cause I lose an hour of sleep.

9. What is your favorite print or pattern (can be for clothing, furniture, or whatever)?
I don't really have one.

10. What are your two fav color combination’s?
Red and black.

Wet n Wild Night Prowl

2010-02-17T14:09:00.008-06:00

First off I love the name of this one. The color is just a simple black with purple glitter. I love it none the less. For a dolla you can't go wrong. Had pretty nice application too.

Lots of pictures here! Sorry for the weirdo finger placement.

Bottle

Sun

Shade

Inside

I like it a lot. Also, it's not as blue as it appears in some photos. Just a purple glitter in black.

Haul-ish

2010-02-16T20:57:00.008-06:00

I scored today at HEB and got two new Wet n Wilds. Morbid and Night Prowl. :D They were on sale for $2 and $1 so I had to dive in. I was going to get Blue Moon I think is what it was, but I chickened out. Damn me.

I suffered another damn nail break. Curse you rolling Dr. Pepper. I slammed it against the cart or the conveyor belt, I don't know it was all a blur.

Anyway, I'll have one of those for you all tomorrow, hopefully.

Things

2010-02-15T15:18:00.004-06:00

I don't have a mani on today, since I'm taking a little break. My nails are so dry. I wanted to post something today though, so here's a cool picture of Thunderbird and Branding Iron on my nail wheel.

Also, I can't believe I've made it this far with my no buy. I think I might actually make it, or at least half way. ;) I'm seriously obsessed with beauty products it's not even funny.

And...

Let's have a moment of silence for my dearly departed pinky nail.

*tear rolls down cheek*

OPI Keys To My Karma

2010-02-12T16:50:00.000-06:00

Gah, why do I always want to spell "karma" like "kharma"? Here's another red in my collection of reds. I counted them today after I put them all on a nail wheel and I have a total of 15. Not really a lot in my eyes, but it's funny to think I probably have 3 times the amount of most girls' entire collection. Only in all reds. Haha.

Nail porn!!

It reminds me a lot of Lolipop by Essie. Pretty, pretty red! I guess this will end up being my Valentine's mani. Hey, at least it's red.

Stupid ass mailman

2010-02-11T14:34:00.004-06:00

My mailman is a fucking idiot. You know why? I've been expecting a package from H2t beauty today and I knew something was in the parcel locker because it's locked. Well, I had a feeling it was my package so I didn't pry it open to get a peek and see if it was...it was. And he didn't put the key in my mailbox. So now I can't get it til the person who he gave the key to in their mailbox either nicely brings it to my door or steals it from me.

On a happier note, I was watching Keeping up with the Kardashians the other day and Kim went to a nail salon and asked if they had My Private Jet. :D Just a random nail encounter. It makes me even happier when a normal person shows some interest in polish and has some cool glittery or uncommonly worn color on. I know, I'm a nerd.

Weekly Poll

2010-02-10T12:20:00.003-06:00

1. How has your week been so far?
Same old same old.

2. Have you ever been in a large natural disaster?
Nope.

3. What’s on your nails?
Nada.

4. If you could pick someone could play you in a big Hollywood movie, who would it be and why?
I don't know.

5. When was the last time you watched a sunrise?
Hell if I know.

6. What’s your favorite fruit?
Mmm pineapple.

7. What is the last song you listened to?
Probably something by Type O Negative.

8. What color are your living room walls painted?
White. I have no control over that.

9. Who is your TV “boyfriend”?
I can't think of one off the top of my head. Most of them are ugly that I can think of.

10. Are you doing anything special for Valentine’s Day or do you think it’s all a Hallmark scam?
Valentine's Day is pretty much a waste of a holiday. Poor excuse for a holiday, why do we need a day to celebrate love?

China Glaze Thunderbird

2010-02-09T23:15:00.000-06:00

You know I have a sweet spot for red (Right? You've been reading my blog since the beginning??) and this red is no exception. It's one of those lit from within colors, like it's on FIUH! Smoke she is a-rising, FIUH! It was so hard to get a true representation of this polish with my camera, so I have some weird posed swatches for this one.

Ohhh, ahh! It's so pretty.

Evil Shades Samples

2010-02-09T12:03:00.013-06:00

I received two samples of eyeshadow when I ordered Rainbow in the Dark by Evil Shades. I'll have that swatched up here sometime this week.

The names are Banshee (blue) and Sinister (green). Outdoors and Indoors. As you can see there's a good amount of product in there.

Now here they are, quick and dirty swatches. A quick swipe with my finger. Sorry for the really crappy blue swatch. I smeared it. Outside, inside, outside.

Inside and kind of outside-ish.

These were really nice and smooth. That's about as articulate as I can get with my reviews, heh.

I think I like Sinister more.

Now just cause I feel bad, I'm gonna do another swatch of these on my hand.

Sun, indoors, shade, sun. Just look at that pretty sparkle! I like these a lot! Great job, Andrea!

Haha, and I just realized I have the blue on my blue eye and the green on my green eye.

Hahahaha!

2010-02-08T18:38:00.004-06:00

Please, watch this video. It is hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqv8UJc72SU

China Glaze Lemon Fizz

2010-02-07T14:57:00.009-06:00

Jesus H. Christ this little one was a pain in the ass to apply. Okay, it wasn't that bad, but I can definitely see what all the bitching is about with yellows and application. I also smeared two fingers and one of them looks like a chunky mess now. I'm so anal with how my nail polish looks, I almost removed it after I swatched, but ehh whatever.

This is the first time I've worn yellow. I like it and it looks pretty nice on my skin.

Pretty cool looking picture of it when my camera freaked out on me.

Indoors

Outdoors

On a side note, my Seche is polluted with little red and green specks which were then transfered onto my nails. I can never seem to prevent that from happening, it's so frustrating.

Oh! I almost forgot. Shame on me. Today is the anniversary of my mom's death. Love ya mama!

Look what I found!

2010-02-04T15:18:00.005-06:00

When I was sleeping in the bushes last night I felt something hard under my ribs. Low and behold there was the old little nail polish I threw out in the bushes when I was I don't know how old.

¡Warning! I'm about to go on a tangent, so please scroll past.

See, I've loved nail polish as long as I can remember. Before this time, but I remember the first time I wore nail polish to school. I was embarrassed that I was the only one with pretty Sally Hansen Chrome pinkish color nail polish, so I hid my nails. History was made. Ever since then I loved to do people's nails and loved when my mom would let me get some new nail polish.

I remember when I got this at Target. I actually got 4 of them. Bon Bons is the brand. I was 8 or 9 and I remember Mom and the cashier talking about how little they were you'd only be able to paint your big toe with them.

Here it is, dirty and clean. This shit is chunksville inside, unsalvageable. Funk brush. I'll use the bottle for a franken.

Do they even make these anymore?