Wednesday, November 30, 2011

30 Day Untried Challenge...

Okay, I kind of failed at the challenge, with the holiday and the busy weekend I failed.  But honestly I don't entirely consider it a failure since pretty much everything I posted before I was doing it and the majority of which I intend to post soon are all untrieds.  So I'd been doing an untried challenge for months lol

So I have posts I intend to do soon, more swatches/mani's and hauls.  I need to post some nail mail too.  And I bought and order stuff on Black Friday and Cyber Monday so I already have things to post, and things coming to post.

I'll probably have upcoming eBay finds to post too when I get them.  I've been doing a lot of my Christmas shopping on eBay.  And admittedly getting a few things for myself too, I can't help it, some things are just too cute.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 24 - Rococo A-Go-Go + Black Pearl.

- These are my Black Friday nails (no clean up).

I used Orly Rococo A-Go-Go and Wet N Wild Fantasy Makers in Black Pearl for the accent with L.A. Colors Art Deco striper in Silver Glitter.

- When I told my gay husband Aaron I was doing Black Friday nails he told me I should glue little razor blades under my nails lol love him.

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. And if you're shopping tomorrow, be safe.




Other bloggers doing the challenge:
Alyssa
Always Polished
Amber
The Polished Momma
Andrea
Addicted to the Allure of Beauty
Ashley
Follow the Yellow Polish Road
Caitlin
Something Creative
Carly
Lacquered Lover
Caroline
Good Lack, Nail!
Jacki
Adventures in Acetone
Jamie
Nails Adored
Nory
Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel
Cherry Glam Girl
Sarah
Lucky Lacquers
Shaina
Haute Lacquer
Taylor
Nailed to the T
Thalie
Glazed Talons

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 23 - Lincoln Square Lavender + Mega Watt.

- This is NYC Lincoln Square Lavender and the accent is LA Colors Mega Watt.

I really love the Lincoln Square Lavender but I'm not sure it was perfect with my skin tone, thoughts?


I thought I had real pictures of this but apparently I didn't take any, fail, at least I did get some even if it was just with my camera phone...
- And I'd been wanting one of the hats with the flaps for the ears. You'd think I'd own one I'm a Minnesotan but alas I did not. And I found a cute one at the dollar store, yay. Although I still want one of the cute hat/scarf combo things at Target...













Other bloggers doing the challenge:
Alyssa
Always Polished
Amber
The Polished Momma
Andrea
Addicted to the Allure of Beauty
Ashley
Follow the Yellow Polish Road
Caitlin
Something Creative
Carly
Lacquered Lover
Caroline
Good Lack, Nail!
Jacki
Adventures in Acetone
Jamie
Nails Adored
Nory
Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel
Cherry Glam Girl
Sarah
Lucky Lacquers
Shaina
Haute Lacquer
Taylor
Nailed to the T
Thalie
Glazed Talons

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Versatile Blogger Award!

I want to thank Sonia for nominating me for a Versatile Blogger award on her blog, she's such a sweetheart.



1. Lists 7 Things about yourself.
2. Pass this on to 15 other bloggers.

About me:

1. I have two melmers full of polish, a drawers full of eyeshadow and train cases full of lipgloss, (with other things mixed in a smaller train case such as mascaras and eyeliners.) I'm a bit obsessive.
2. I show my love for people by buying them things because that's the way I was taught.
3. I have two cats which are truly my children. I love my Milo and Leo.
4. I have 6 tattoos and want at least 6 more (or 17 more lol)
5. I also have a large collection of DVDs, books, pens, jewelry, clothes, etc.
6. I've kept a journal since I was 15, but sadly within the last year haven't been able to keep it - but I have almost 100 filled journals in a large trunk.
7. I'm a Minneapolis girl born and raised, but I did live in Montana on and off for two years and I did spend a few months in Texas.

Drum Roll!!
And the Awesome 15 are!!!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 22 - Revlon Violet.

- I am in love with this purple. I had a couple dollar off coupons for Revlon, one was a Target coupon, the other a manufacturer one, and I used them together and got this for a couple dollars (then they printed me out another 2 dollar coupon which is what I used when I got Revlon First Class, I love coupons). And I'm really glad I did.

- This is a great purple, is you love purples like I do I suggest picking this one up.

 And please ignore the random bits of blue glitter on my fingers, I did a layering combo with glitter after these photos, which I'm not sure if I'll share yet or not.



Other bloggers doing the challenge:
Alyssa
Always Polished
Amber
The Polished Momma
Andrea
Addicted to the Allure of Beauty
Ashley
Follow the Yellow Polish Road
Caitlin
Something Creative
Carly
Lacquered Lover
Caroline
Good Lack, Nail!
Jacki
Adventures in Acetone
Jamie
Nails Adored
Nory
Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel
Cherry Glam Girl
Sarah
Lucky Lacquers
Shaina
Haute Lacquer
Taylor
Nailed to the T
Thalie
Glazed Talons

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 21 - Jesse's Girl Mermaid Lagoon.

- This is another polish I got from Sonia.

It's Jesse's Girl Mermaid Lagoon. I love it. It's a teal with gold shimmer. Gorgeous.

In the first two photos the accent nail is Love & Beauty Champagne Toast, but this mani was too similar to another I've done so I changed it.
- So pretty.
- The accent nail here is China Glaze Concrete Catwalk.











Other bloggers doing the challenge:
Alyssa
Always Polished
Amber
The Polished Momma
Andrea
Addicted to the Allure of Beauty
Ashley
Follow the Yellow Polish Road
Caitlin
Something Creative
Carly
Lacquered Lover
Caroline
Good Lack, Nail!
Jacki
Adventures in Acetone
Jamie
Nails Adored
Nory
Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel
Cherry Glam Girl
Sarah
Lucky Lacquers
Shaina
Haute Lacquer
Taylor
Nailed to the T
Thalie
Glazed Talons

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 20 - Funky Fingers Curacao

- I did a trade with a lovely girl named Stacy and she was kind enough to send me a Funky Fingers polish because I don't have any access to them here.

This is Funky Fingers Curacao, which is suppose to be a dupe for Color Club Wicked Sweet I think.

And I'm sorry if the photo is sideways I keep trying to fix it and it won't fix, bad photo bad.
- I'm also wearing a polish on my accent nail I got from Sonia it's a Jesse's Girl polish in Blue Moon (No, no Jesse's Girl people it should be Purple Moon.), it had a really weird finish when it dried, like plastic kind of, and it dried so fast I actually pulled polish off my nail by the time I got to the other half of my nail. But yes it dried with a weird finish and I thought "Oh, idk about this but it has all this pretty shimmer/glitter in the bottle I bet it'll pop when I do a top coat. But it still fell a little flat. But the other Jesse's Girl polishes I got to try weren't like that and I heart them.


Other bloggers doing the challenge:
Alyssa
Always Polished
Amber
The Polished Momma
Andrea
Addicted to the Allure of Beauty
Ashley
Follow the Yellow Polish Road
Caitlin
Something Creative
Carly
Lacquered Lover
Caroline
Good Lack, Nail!
Jacki
Adventures in Acetone
Jamie
Nails Adored
Nory
Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel
Cherry Glam Girl
Sarah
Lucky Lacquers
Shaina
Haute Lacquer
Taylor
Nailed to the T
Thalie
Glazed Talons

Sunday, November 20, 2011

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 19 - Orly Stone Cold.

- This is Orly Stone Cold.

- Stone Cold seems fitting since as you can see we got our first real snow here, although actually idk how real it is, it'll melt this week.

- And for fun, kitty paws!

Friday, November 18, 2011

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 18 - Color Club Santa's Cinnamon.

- This is Color Club's Santa's Cinnamon.

It makes your nails smell like you rubbed Big Red on them.   Which I really loved.
- I used Joe's book as my backdrop in these first two.


Again ignore those damn strings...
- There's something about the camera phone shots that make the sparkles almost seem like a flakie.
- Also I've hit 90 followers!!  Thank you everyone.  When I get to 100 I intend to try and do a giveaway (although if I hit 100 before next month the giveaway may not start til next month.) but feel free to pass along my blog URL to anyone you'd think might enjoy it!















Other bloggers doing the challenge:
Alyssa
Always Polished
Amber
The Polished Momma
Andrea
Addicted to the Allure of Beauty
Ashley
Follow the Yellow Polish Road
Caitlin
Something Creative
Carly
Lacquered Lover
Caroline
Good Lack, Nail!
Jacki
Adventures in Acetone
Jamie
Nails Adored
Nory
Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel
Cherry Glam Girl
Sarah
Lucky Lacquers
Shaina
Haute Lacquer
Taylor
Nailed to the T
Thalie
Glazed Talons

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