Addicted To The Allure Of Beauty...

A Great Mail Day!

2012-01-31T07:30:00.001-06:00

- First off, I met a lovely girl in a community on LJ and out of the goodness of her heart she sent me these, I'm so appreciative. And I love getting and trying new brands, specially from foreign soil.

I got 257, 278, and 261.

- And then I got my Secret Cupid (From Jebba, check out her blog!) package!!!! I wasn't expecting it yet at all, and I certainly didn't expect it to come from overseas, I was so excited!

Here's what I got:

Kleancolors: Metallic Pink, Metallic Red, Metallic Sapphire, Metallica Fuchsia, Blue Eyed Girl and Sea Ice.
Color Club: Wild At Heart
Ultra3: Pacific Fever and Pink Supreme - First for this brand, yay!

I also got a pretty ring, nice card, candy, nail art stuff, fimo sticks, nail stickers, and a LA Colors eyeshadow quad. I almost bought a quad like this yesterday because I was curious about the baked shadows, so yay, I get to try them now, awesome.

Great Giveaway!

2012-01-31T00:05:00.002-06:00

Head on over to Glam Polish, she's having an amazing giveaway for some Hunger Games polishes: CLICK.

Fatty's Got More Blood...

2012-01-30T19:30:00.000-06:00

- I tried my first Manglaze polish, I got it as a present for Christmas (as well as Mink Mittens by them), this is Fatty's Got More Blood. And I LOVE it. Gorgeous.

The first two photos are without flash.

- Pretty.

- The only thing I didn't get to do was put on a top coat yet, but all of their polishes I've seen from swatches all look amazing with a top coat as well.

- So lovely.

I'm Below Deck On The Pacific Blue...

2012-01-26T00:44:00.000-06:00

- A lovely girl (Thanks Hailee!) I met in one of my nail polish groups I'm in, and she offered to pick me up a Barielle polish when she placed an order she knew I wanted, which was so sweet of her. But she also sent me two other polishes, we surprised each other with a few extras, she got me Sally Hansen Pacific Blue (which she must have been stalking me in the group to know I wanted that and I'm very thankful for her stalking abilities.) and China Glaze Below Deck. I paired those latter two here.

I am so in love with the Pacific Blue, the whole time I wore it all I could do was stare at it and think "Best blue ever". So amazing. And I really love Below Deck too.

Also side note, it is very rare my right hand makes an appearance on my blog, but here it is lol

Current Eyes...

2012-01-24T19:37:00.000-06:00

- Ok, I may do a second post with more photos tomorrow, haha, I took a lot of photos, but I really liked it.

- I used:
Elf eyeshadow primer

MAC Fuschia

MAC Bronze

Almay One Coat Dial Up mascara

Avon Glazewear lip gloss in Brown Sugar (Wasn't what I originally wore but for the second set of photos the first gloss had worn off and I just put this on for them.)

January MyGlam...

2012-01-24T05:06:00.000-06:00

- This is Milo with MyGlam package for January. It was my first month getting it. I was so excited for this, specially after seeing their December package (Their first as a company), it looked amazing. This didn't quite live up to the hype, I liked it, don't get me wrong. But the first bag (December) was all pretty much make up which is what I wanted but this month's wasn't.

MyGlam has had a lot of issues this month, there was some kind of a shipping error and they sent about half the bags out wrong, so a lot of girls got two bags instead of one and they could send the packages back to be sent along to the girls who had no package, but they didn't have to send them back since it wasn't their fault they got them. A lot of girls (although they say it only affecting 1% of their customers) were informed they were getting a refund because there was now no bag to send them, although to me it looks like a lot more than 1% with how many unhappy people I see on their facebook currently. I got an email saying my bag was delayed but I would still get one, I was so happy. Although when I finally got it, it looked like it'd been opened and resealed, which didn't sit well with me, because you never know what could have been tampered with. Other girls packages seem to have been opened as well, and shadows were swatched I have read (MyGlam denies this and in around about way almost seem to call one girl a liar, which I didn't like.), I also could see the other girl's name and address under my own on the package, which hmm, that doesn't seem good either, seems to be wandering into privacy territory.

Anyway.

I was happy to get my package, I intend to stay for next month to see how that one is, it's suppose to be Valentine's Day themed, which is exciting.

In this package I got:
Wen Cleansing Conditioner in Sweet Almond Mint. 2 oz sample.

Sheer Cover Dup Concealer in Light/Medium. Full Size.

Freeman Cucumber Facial Peel-Off Mask. Full Size.

Then you could either get a nail polish from TheBalm or an eyeshadow. I got the nail polish in "The Missing Pink", it's a full sized polish. Although it wasn't a color I'm going to use, and I really wanted the eyeshadow in Shameless Shana and I found someone who was up for a trade, which is what I'm doing. I already sent my half of the trade.

I also got the cosmetic bag, which is super cute and I adore that they switch every month. How awesome.

It's definitely worth the ten dollars you spend. Specially getting three full sized products, yes, please.

- This is an outtake photo. Milo enjoyed ruining many a photo (they're doing a giveaway if you posted photos so the first picture was my entry), specially when he realized the polish and concealer would roll nicely. So he kept purposefully knocking them over.

I love my demon.

Quick Haul...

2012-01-23T16:52:00.001-06:00

Ulta:

I got a Essence eyeliner brush because I don't know where mine went and I'd been wanted to try the Essence one.

China Glaze Blue Iguana. Clearanced for 3.99.

Dollar Store:
Almay mascara (no packaging because I tried it in the car.)

CVS:
Milani lip gloss in First Class. (Clearanced 75% off).

Milani nail polish in Raspberry Fusion. (Clearanced 75% off).

Wet N Wild Lipstick in 541B (wish they had names.)

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polish in The Real Teal. (Clearanced 75% off (I don't think there was suppose to be clearanced but it had a sticker so they gave me the clearanced price.)).

Spoiled polish in 2 Weeks Sober.

Eye Look Love.

2012-01-22T14:48:00.000-06:00

- This is the eye look I did yesterday, it's reminisint of the one I did for New Years Eve, but this time I tried to kind of foil it, it did work I thought and look really nice.

Now please ignore the fallout, I DID clean it up, but I notice if I blink really fast after doing this I had fall out just fall out. Not good, but it didn't do that for too long, just long enough to mess with my photos. Also wayward eyelash it wayward.

- I used:
Elf Primer

MAC Fuchsia

MAC I can't recall which purple I used.

MAC Freshwater

Loreal Voluminous False Fiber Lashes (I actually won this on their Facebook giveaway, yay!)

I wasn't wearing anything but EOS on my lips and probably should have.

Also I felt I should do eyeliner but I was worried I'd totally mess up and then be sad because I liked the shadow so much.

- Then these photos are from my camera phone.

- haha it was entirely unintentional that my eyeshadow match my scarf but it seemed to lol

SOPA.

2012-01-18T15:26:00.003-06:00

I don't normally stray to far from beauty things on my blog, but today I kind of am.

Today many sites and some bloggers are protesting SOPA. I was reading a blogger's facebook who had taken down her entire blog in protest today, which mega props to her. So mega props to Vintage Or Tacky and if you don't know what SOPA is if you click her page right now you'll certainly find out.

But in her comments on her Facebook someone had mentioned beauty companies supporting SOPA, then I was like wait, what? So I googled a list of what companies support SOPA, if you'd like to see it click here but upon that list (are way too many companies first off) are Revlon, L'Oreal and Estée Lauder Companies (which includes MAC I believe).

I don't see what they even get out of supporting SOPA, money probably.

So I went off to their Facebook and left them all comments like this one:

- You may need to click it and make it bigger to read it.

Tsk tsk all you companies for supporting this, tsk tsk.

This just makes me sad. *Sigh*

And all part of my brain can think of is this quote from "Young Frankenstein":

Inspector Kemp: A riot is an ungly thing... undt, I tink, that it is chust about time ve had vun.

Except maybe the word riot is now replaced with boycott.

EDIT:
I'm attaching a link with another blogger's listing of companies that are supporting and ones that are closely related I guess would be the way to say it. Oh please don't let all those companies support it, I may cry.

The Nailaholic.

Zoya Tru and Maisie, BFF's.

2012-01-16T09:17:00.000-06:00

- This is Zoya Tru with Maisie on top. Sadly the sun really wasn't out when I was wearing this but I tried to get some good photos of it anyway. I really loved the flakie, so gorgeous. It was one layer of the flakie as well so it covers well. Always a plus. I'm not big on a sparse flakie myself.

- (Sorry if this photo is flipped, Blogger is being weird).

You can buy Tru here.

And you can see my other swatches of it here.

You can buy Maisie here.

Zoya Skylar...

2012-01-15T11:56:00.000-06:00

- This is Zoya Skylar.

It's like the perfect dusky blue with shimmer.

I love it.

- You can buy it here.

New Shadows.

2012-01-14T20:49:00.000-06:00

- Okay I have no idea why Blogger is flipping my photos sideways, I'm not sure how to fix it, so I'm hoping it straightens out, since it's done it before. Sorry for it though.

I'm wearing:

Elf Eyeshadow Primer

Mac Chrome Yellow

Mac Bronze

Revlon Double Twist Mascara

And I should have lipgloss but I wasn't, fail.

- Also whoever cursed me with my one psychotic eyebrow, I curse you. But um, does anyone see the snowflake on my eyebrow, it's the oddest looking thing. I double check the original photo to be sure I hadn't somehow done it, wow.

- The bronze doesn't look very bronze here, although it's a fairly dark bronze to start with.

Oh how I appreciate you non psychotic eyebrow.

- Again random sideways photo.

Mail.

2012-01-12T20:26:00.000-06:00

- This was a package from Emma, (you should check out her blog) she hunted down for me the last two Sinful's I needed to complete my Adventure Island set - she got me Seaweed and Adventure Island. And she sent me one of my lemmings China Glaze Traffic Jam. And a C.O. Bigelow lipshine in Strawberries And Cream. Awesome!

- Then I got some stuff I'd ordered. I took advantage of Zoya's promo, two free polishes, just pay shipping. I got Jana and Gemma (I wanted Kristen but there was a mix up, Zoya snuck an old cart in on me and as I was deleting Jana it got rid of Kristen and kept Jana. Oh well. My dearest Aaron also opt'd to take advantage of the promo and got it for me.).

Then I ordered "Warm And Fozzie" by OPI from Amazon, got it for 5 even which was nice.

And then a random pretty eyeshadow I ordered off ebay.

I do have more Zoya swatches to post, just haven't yet. But I will.

Valentine Kisses Mega Giveaway.

2012-01-10T11:54:00.000-06:00

Valentine Kisses Mega Giveaway.

Vote For Me!!!

2012-01-10T11:28:00.000-06:00

I'm a finalist on the Adoptapolish.org on two different polishes!!!

Please vote for me:
http://www.adoptapolish.org/crush/

Here's what I had to say for Crush On You:

“It doesn’t matter to me that Katy Perry didn’t endorse you, I don’t own any of the polishes she did endorse, but I want to have you come live with me.
I will take good care of you, you can sit on the very top shelf with my other crackle loved children, so you’ll have plenty of friends and a great view of the whole living room – where there is a TV and XBox 360 (although you may have to team up with the other crackles to hit all the buttons…), so please come live with me and I will love you.”

http://www.adoptapolish.org/essie-charleston/

And here's what I had to say for Charleston:

“I would love Charleston Essie if I were chosen to adopt him. He would never be banished to a bin, he would have a nice home with a few other Essie polishes (two actually a lone mother and daughter – so you never know what could happen, sparks could fly and they could live happily ever after.) in a nice drawer. The drawer would be opened daily so he could have fresh air and sunlight, and there are other polishes to play with and be friends with.
I’d also wear him on my nails lovingly so that everyone I came in contact with could pause to admire him for his true beauty that I know is there and see, because you can always see a good heart. And I know Charleston Essie has a remarkable one.”

So pretty please please please vote for me!

With a cherry on top.

Or maybe just a cherry color nail polish on nails?

Liebster Award...

2012-01-08T20:18:00.000-06:00

"Liebster is a German word, meaning dearest or beloved, but it can also mean favorite. The idea behind the Liebster Blog Award is that it is given to bloggers who have less than 200 followers in order to create new connections and bring attention to these wonderful blogs!"

The Rules are:
1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
2. Reveal the five blogs you have chosen and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
3. Copy and paste the award onto your blog.
4. Request that people you have sent the award to forward it on to their favorite bloggers.

I want to thank PrnessNails for passing this onto me.

My 5 picks:

Nails Designs

Glitter Is My Crack...

Rebecca Likes Nails

I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous

I Drink Nail Polish

Zoya Tru.

2012-01-08T19:23:00.000-06:00

- Sadly there was no sun to take good photos with but this was taken outside.

- I took this where I normally had been taking photos. And I apologize my nails are different lengths I just had a break and was just too excited to use this polish, I had already started when I realized I should have evened them lol

- Sooo pretty, I love love love this color.

- This was with the flash I wasn't entirely feeling the above did it justice, although this is too bright (and blurry but ignore that.) I feel it's somewhere between these shades maybe but probably much closer to the darker.

Next photos will be this with one of the flakies on top.

I believe you can preorder colors from this collection now, otherwise they're available the 13th I believe.

*These were sent to me for my honest review.*

Zoya True Collection Spring 2012 and Zoya Fleck Effect Collection Spring 2012.

2012-01-06T11:36:00.000-06:00

- OMGOMGOMG Zoya sent me samples!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I squee'd and ran all over the place and then hugged them for a long time.

I'MSOHAPPY.

This may be the best day (or well it was yesterday) I've had in a long time.

Thank you Zoya. I've already done my nails with one of the purples which I will probably post tomorrow although I don't know if I can bring myself to take it off tonight to try another yet, I may just try the flakies on top and see how that looks and then post that as well.

New Year's Eve...Or Shall I Say Eye...

2012-01-01T23:28:00.000-06:00

Please ignore the fall out, I swear after I did my make up I went over my undereye with make up remover and got rid of it but somehow some reappeared in photos.

This was my New Year's Eve eye make up.

I was trying a new eyeshadow brush I got off ebay, it looked nice but it broke mid use, but I think I can just reglue it and it'll be as good as new.

- I'm not on center here taking the photo but I loved the way it turned out.

More Sally's And Ulta.

2011-12-30T13:15:00.000-06:00

So no one stopped me from going back to Ulta and Sally's. And I went to Target. I didn't take pictures of the Target stuff, but I got a ton of little extras for upcoming packages. And not everything above is for me, some are for swaps and such.

And I had a 15% off coupon to Sally's and I totally forgot to use it! I was so mad at myself, but in reality it would have only saved me 1.80 but I'm like well that would have covered the lotions and the hair conditioner, oy. I need to let it go lol

I forgot to take the eyeshadow I got at Sally's out of my purse and put it in the picture too, oops.

I'm really excited to try that lip gloss, it's kind of Beetle (think the polish) esque in the tube, but who knows how it'll translate on top my lips.

Blue Sparkly Nails...

2011-12-29T14:43:00.000-06:00

- This is Zoya Phoebe and then Finger Paints Drummer Boy on top, it's pretty.

Just a quick post today, I have a funeral to go to now.

Sally's and Ulta Haul Post.

2011-12-28T21:12:00.000-06:00

- This is my Sally's and Ulta haul. I used one of the Sally's coupon's, and my total was maybe 30 dollars if that. There was more I wanted (and want) but I ran out of money, story of my life lol

I wish there'd been more of the scented Color Club's left, although there was really only one more I wanted. I also wanted the Finger Paints set, but I may go back and see if they still have any when I have money, I can hope right?

I think I might be most proud of the Orly set with gloves, they probably aren't my favorite polishes there but I think I'm most proud of it cause it was such a good deal and I got the last one. I paid 4 dollars for it, and I mean how much are Orly's? Depends where you go I know but let's say they're 7 dollars, so the polish alone are 21 dollars and then maybe 9 dollars for the gloves (let's just say), so they'd be an estimated value of 30 dollars, for 4 dollars, awesome!

Also Idk if you can see them that well, you may have to click to enlarge but in the photo on the bottom left there is a tweezers and file that match, they were each like 39 cents at Sally's, so cute.

I'm wearing the matte velvet Zoya, Phoebe. Although I'm not sure I'm loving it. I may liven it up and put the blue glittery Finger Paints above on top tonight.

And can I also just say I've been reading a lot about mean Sally's girl's, as in mean associates working there. I love my Sally's, the owner knows me on sight now and is always so nice to me, she got me some of the Finger Paints flakies early out of the back and she's held things for me. If you're Sally's girls are mean girls and you're ever in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, go to the Sally's in the Midway of St. Paul (on University), and if you see Tracy tell her Hi, and that Andrea (the girl with over 800 polishes) sent you. And don't worry, she's nice.

My Eyes On Christmas Eve.

2011-12-26T15:30:00.000-06:00

- These pictures were taken at the very end of the night. Photos were taken with flash because it was too dark to get them otherwise.

It was a really subtle look which I don't do a lot, so I had to resist the urge to layer on more and have it be more noticeable or extreme.

- I used:
Elf Eyeshadow Primer

Mac Hepcat

Mac Humid

(blend blend blend)

And a white shadow from a Revlon palette I have for my highlight.

Revlon Mascara Double Twist mascara (not my favorite)

I really should have rocked some liner but I didn't.

And for a mini update on my computer situation.

Still a paperweight, we haven't got to have it fixed yet, sadly.

Fuchsia Chrome...

2011-12-21T21:59:00.000-06:00

- I had to take off that Celtic Sun, so I did this quickly before I had to leave earlier. This is Sally Hansen Color Quick Pen in Fuchsia Chrome. It's only one coat and I probably could have done with two.

I'd say it's more pink than fuchsia. I do really love it though.

If you like the Sally Hansen Quick Pen's, they have almost all of the chrome colors at the Dollar Tree atm. I now have all of them I think. If I'm missing any it's the gold one.

I also hear (but cannot attest to since I fail at stamping) that these are marvelous to stamp with.

- Any good finds at your dollar stores lately?

Celtic Sun...

2011-12-21T11:44:00.000-06:00

- Okay, first off, I know this is a bad polish job, I did it in very low light which was unhelpful.

I bought this polish (China Glaze Celtic Sun) from a friend because I thought I'd love it, but not so much.

I knew it'd be sheer so I did a white base (although I used Revlon Powder Puff which is a matte suede and idk what effect that had on it if any.) to try and help it be more opaque which it isn't entirely. I still very much have VNL.

I'm probably going to change this here shortly. I'll probably try it again but with a better white for a base maybe and see how that goes, or really I could use a really light yellow for a base and then put this on top? That'd be worth a try surely. Or maybe I'll pick up a different neon yellow sometime.

Darn Scrangie she tricked me into thinking it'd be so awesome again, and not so much.

But I <3 you anyway Scrangie.

Starstruck by Bubble Gum...

2011-12-16T20:17:00.000-06:00

- These were my nails today (the opposite hand which I didn't get a shot of was the opposite with blue nails and a pink accent.).

The pink is Revlon Bubble Gum - which I can be iffy on scented polishes, and this one smelled good.

The blue is 10 - Starstruck, which was a really gorgeous blue.

The 10 polishes are all like a dollar at CVS right now with the clearance sale also.

- Then I was amused that the pink was really close to the color of my current Nook Color case (just ordered a new one of those actually, really needed one that snaps shut.), I think the colors were closer in person than in the picture.

Me Today.

2011-12-16T20:09:00.000-06:00

- So this was just me today. Joe did my make up for me, it's been awhile since we'd done that.

We used:
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion in Sin

Wet N Wild's palette Blue Had Me At Hello

She used a liner she adores and bought off ebay.
Maybelline Falsies mascara

I really should have thrown on some lip gloss, oops.

Julep Is Removing Bloggers Watermarks From Photos!

2011-12-12T21:58:00.000-06:00

So I was on Facebook and I see Julep do a post which I almost always ignore cause we don't see eye to eye anymore, but I clicked: you should click too.

Now if they haven't removed this, you'll see it, but if they did well guess what I screen cap'd it just in case:

When I saw that first photo, I thought....wait a minute...that's Chloe's Nails. But hmmm, none of these photos have watermarks and there's no kind of credit given in their blog post, but I KNEW it was Erika. I'd know those nails just about anywhere, she's one of my favorite bloggers. And I started talking about this post in some of the nail groups I'm in on Facebook and everyone agreed, those are Erika's nails, and one girl hunted down the original post: Back To Basics... although there seems to be a VERY BIG difference, Erika watermarks her photos.

OMG JULEP IS REMOVING WATERMARKS AND HIJACKING BLOGGERS PHOTOS!

Then another girl found where the 3rd photo came from: Talon-tastic Thursday: Sophisticated bling

Seriously? They removed another girl's watermark.

Who's betting they did it to the second photo as well?

I am really upset about this, like really upset. This is the epitome of wrong.

I care deeply for all my fellow bloggers and I know how much work goes into running a blog. And for someone to have their photos stolen like that, and not by some random person, but by a company, a company that I would think would want to be respected. But judging from their actions I do not think they wish to be respected. I think they don't care about bloggers, and that they'd like to lose business.

I mean seriously did they think bloggers wouldn't notice that those photos were taken and not being credited? Do they think we're stupid?

Sighs.

Shakes head.

If this upsets you too, pass along the word (to friends, to fellow nail polish lovers, to Julep, to anyone who will listen) of these inexcusable actions. Let other polish lovers know to steer clear, and let Julep know what you think of their actions.

Still Sorry.

2011-12-12T12:29:00.000-06:00

So, I got my charger in the mail. It worked, yay! Then literally the next day I had a virus that wiped out my computer. And Andrew can't fix it, so a call was placed to someone who may be able to (I hope I hope I hope), but it won't be til idk when. I hope soon. So I'm still scarce. And I apologize for that.

It's been a really bad two weeks. I also had to rush one of my cats/children into the vet right about that same time (as the above happened) because he was bleeding everywhere from his nose, it was just pouring out and I got so scared, we (vet and I) think it was probably a sinus infection gone horribly wrong (not that it can go good.). Because while he was bleeding he was sneezing blood. It was awful. I'm giving him an antibiotic now.

And a whole bunch of other drama and stuff is going on, but I won't get into it, I just wanted to try and explain what's going on, why I'm not posting atm, why I'm not commenting atm.

Here are a few other photos of stuff I got on the CVS sale/clearance, it's still going on. Anybody go and get anything? If so what did you get?

The only thing over two dollars in the photo is the eye shadows, pretty much everything else was one something, with the exception of the Confetti polish which was 49 cents and the Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear which was 75 cents. If you haven't gone to CVS yet, I still advise you to go before there's nothing left.

I'm Sorry - And Check Your CVS!

2011-12-06T13:12:00.000-06:00

I'm sorry I haven't been posting. My laptop charger died entirely and I've ordered another one but it isn't here yet, maybe in the next few days it will be.

I'm having to use Andrew's computer until and so I'm a bit scarce in all of my normal online hangouts.

If any of you have a CVS you should check their Sally Hansen polishes, they aren't marked but seem to be on sale/clearanced. You just have to scan them at the machine to find out. I got the above pictured polishes for 8.88 total. The Xtreme Wear are 75 cents each! And the Diamond Strength are 1.25. I might head back over because after checking my stash list I notice there are two I don't have that they have although I'm not sure if they were on sale or not, one way to find out.

Plus if you're doing that "Every 50 dollars you spend on beauty in 2011 you get 5 Extra Bucks Back" this is good way to help chip away at the 50 dollars. I don't think I'm going to make it with that, there isn't enough 2011 left.

Back Friday!

2011-12-01T17:39:00.000-06:00

- Wet N Wild mini fast dry set. Super cute bottles. I have most of these (except two so I'll keep those two) so most will be broken apart to be gifts. This was 2.82 (or 2.88) and then had the CVS 2 bucks back for a future purchase.

- These were 2.99 each, one of these little polishes I already have so I'm sending it off to someone else. Then I got Essence in a name I can't remember but it was gorgeous lol and Ulta's "For Bitten" these were both full price (although Essence at full price is only 99 cents lol) the Ulta is 7.50.

- Fringe Season 2 for 10 dollars. Sucker Punch for 5 dollars. And the video game was also a impulse buy (Because she looks hot lol) for 10 dollars.

- Medium on DVD the last season, got it 40% off at Half Price so it was 11 dollars. The gloves were totally an impulse purchase but they feel so thick and nice and warm. They were 7 dollars. A DVD that we also got at Half Price for 6 dollars not pictured because we were watching it is the second season of MASH.

And I was watching ANTM haha.

30 Day Untried Challenge...

2011-11-30T00:07:00.000-06:00

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.

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

2011-11-24T22:53:00.000-06:00

- 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	http://www.always-polished.blogspot.com
Amber	The Polished Momma	http://monkeybuttsmomma.blogspot.com
Andrea	Addicted to the Allure of Beauty	http://addictedtotheallureofbeauty.blogspot.com
Ashley	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com
Caitlin	Something Creative	http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Carly	Lacquered Lover	http://www.lacqueredlover.com
Caroline	Good Lack, Nail!	http://goodlacknail.wordpress.com
Jacki	Adventures in Acetone	http://adventuresinacetone.blogspot.com
Jamie	Nails Adored	http://www.nailsadored.com
Nory	Fierce Makeup and Nails	http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com
Rachel	Cherry Glam Girl	http://cherryglamgirl-rachel.blogspot.com
Sarah	Lucky Lacquers	http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLacquers
Shaina	Haute Lacquer	http://hautelacquer.blogspot.com
Taylor	Nailed to the T	http://nailedtothet.blogspot.com
Thalie	Glazed Talons	http://glazedtalons.blogspot.com

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

2011-11-24T22:49:00.000-06:00

- 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	http://www.always-polished.blogspot.com
Amber	The Polished Momma	http://monkeybuttsmomma.blogspot.com
Andrea	Addicted to the Allure of Beauty	http://addictedtotheallureofbeauty.blogspot.com
Ashley	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com
Caitlin	Something Creative	http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Carly	Lacquered Lover	http://www.lacqueredlover.com
Caroline	Good Lack, Nail!	http://goodlacknail.wordpress.com
Jacki	Adventures in Acetone	http://adventuresinacetone.blogspot.com
Jamie	Nails Adored	http://www.nailsadored.com
Nory	Fierce Makeup and Nails	http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com
Rachel	Cherry Glam Girl	http://cherryglamgirl-rachel.blogspot.com
Sarah	Lucky Lacquers	http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLacquers
Shaina	Haute Lacquer	http://hautelacquer.blogspot.com
Taylor	Nailed to the T	http://nailedtothet.blogspot.com
Thalie	Glazed Talons	http://glazedtalons.blogspot.com

Versatile Blogger Award!

2011-11-23T09:00:00.000-06:00

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!!!

I'M FEELING NAIL-VENTUROUS

Glitter is my crack...

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 22 - Revlon Violet.

2011-11-22T18:09:00.002-06:00

- 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	http://www.always-polished.blogspot.com
Amber	The Polished Momma	http://monkeybuttsmomma.blogspot.com
Andrea	Addicted to the Allure of Beauty	http://addictedtotheallureofbeauty.blogspot.com
Ashley	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com
Caitlin	Something Creative	http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Carly	Lacquered Lover	http://www.lacqueredlover.com
Caroline	Good Lack, Nail!	http://goodlacknail.wordpress.com
Jacki	Adventures in Acetone	http://adventuresinacetone.blogspot.com
Jamie	Nails Adored	http://www.nailsadored.com
Nory	Fierce Makeup and Nails	http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com
Rachel	Cherry Glam Girl	http://cherryglamgirl-rachel.blogspot.com
Sarah	Lucky Lacquers	http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLacquers
Shaina	Haute Lacquer	http://hautelacquer.blogspot.com
Taylor	Nailed to the T	http://nailedtothet.blogspot.com
Thalie	Glazed Talons	http://glazedtalons.blogspot.com

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

2011-11-22T13:09:00.000-06:00

- 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	http://www.always-polished.blogspot.com
Amber	The Polished Momma	http://monkeybuttsmomma.blogspot.com
Andrea	Addicted to the Allure of Beauty	http://addictedtotheallureofbeauty.blogspot.com
Ashley	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com
Caitlin	Something Creative	http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Carly	Lacquered Lover	http://www.lacqueredlover.com
Caroline	Good Lack, Nail!	http://goodlacknail.wordpress.com
Jacki	Adventures in Acetone	http://adventuresinacetone.blogspot.com
Jamie	Nails Adored	http://www.nailsadored.com
Nory	Fierce Makeup and Nails	http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com
Rachel	Cherry Glam Girl	http://cherryglamgirl-rachel.blogspot.com
Sarah	Lucky Lacquers	http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLacquers
Shaina	Haute Lacquer	http://hautelacquer.blogspot.com
Taylor	Nailed to the T	http://nailedtothet.blogspot.com
Thalie	Glazed Talons	http://glazedtalons.blogspot.com

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 20 - Funky Fingers Curacao

2011-11-22T13:03:00.000-06:00

- 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	http://www.always-polished.blogspot.com
Amber	The Polished Momma	http://monkeybuttsmomma.blogspot.com
Andrea	Addicted to the Allure of Beauty	http://addictedtotheallureofbeauty.blogspot.com
Ashley	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com
Caitlin	Something Creative	http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Carly	Lacquered Lover	http://www.lacqueredlover.com
Caroline	Good Lack, Nail!	http://goodlacknail.wordpress.com
Jacki	Adventures in Acetone	http://adventuresinacetone.blogspot.com
Jamie	Nails Adored	http://www.nailsadored.com
Nory	Fierce Makeup and Nails	http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com
Rachel	Cherry Glam Girl	http://cherryglamgirl-rachel.blogspot.com
Sarah	Lucky Lacquers	http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLacquers
Shaina	Haute Lacquer	http://hautelacquer.blogspot.com
Taylor	Nailed to the T	http://nailedtothet.blogspot.com
Thalie	Glazed Talons	http://glazedtalons.blogspot.com

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

2011-11-20T16:24:00.000-06:00

- 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!

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

2011-11-18T23:47:00.001-06:00

- 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	http://www.always-polished.blogspot.com
Amber	The Polished Momma	http://monkeybuttsmomma.blogspot.com
Andrea	Addicted to the Allure of Beauty	http://addictedtotheallureofbeauty.blogspot.com
Ashley	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com
Caitlin	Something Creative	http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Carly	Lacquered Lover	http://www.lacqueredlover.com
Caroline	Good Lack, Nail!	http://goodlacknail.wordpress.com
Jacki	Adventures in Acetone	http://adventuresinacetone.blogspot.com
Jamie	Nails Adored	http://www.nailsadored.com
Nory	Fierce Makeup and Nails	http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com
Rachel	Cherry Glam Girl	http://cherryglamgirl-rachel.blogspot.com
Sarah	Lucky Lacquers	http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLacquers
Shaina	Haute Lacquer	http://hautelacquer.blogspot.com
Taylor	Nailed to the T	http://nailedtothet.blogspot.com
Thalie	Glazed Talons	http://glazedtalons.blogspot.com

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 17 - Color Club Jingle Jangle.

2011-11-18T23:43:00.000-06:00

- This is Color Club Jingle Jangle layered over Revlon First Class.

Please ignore the strings on my gloves, I need to trim them off but didn't have a scissors in the car.

- I loved this polish.

It's another one of the one's Amy sent me.

And that's my new phone.

Other bloggers doing the challenge:

Alyssa	Always Polished	http://www.always-polished.blogspot.com
Amber	The Polished Momma	http://monkeybuttsmomma.blogspot.com
Andrea	Addicted to the Allure of Beauty	http://addictedtotheallureofbeauty.blogspot.com
Ashley	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com
Caitlin	Something Creative	http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Carly	Lacquered Lover	http://www.lacqueredlover.com
Caroline	Good Lack, Nail!	http://goodlacknail.wordpress.com
Jacki	Adventures in Acetone	http://adventuresinacetone.blogspot.com
Jamie	Nails Adored	http://www.nailsadored.com
Nory	Fierce Makeup and Nails	http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com
Rachel	Cherry Glam Girl	http://cherryglamgirl-rachel.blogspot.com
Sarah	Lucky Lacquers	http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLacquers
Shaina	Haute Lacquer	http://hautelacquer.blogspot.com
Taylor	Nailed to the T	http://nailedtothet.blogspot.com
Thalie	Glazed Talons	http://glazedtalons.blogspot.com

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 16 - Revlon First Class.

2011-11-16T11:45:00.001-06:00

- More camera phone shots, I couldn't be buggered to go get my camera with wet nails out of my purse. And this was the base color before I layered another untried on. Which is also why they're messy because eh I was layering.

- This is Revlon's First Class. Does anyone else have this? It's an exclusive for Target and I had a 2 dollar off coupon yay.

Other bloggers doing the challenge:

Alyssa	Always Polished	http://www.always-polished.blogspot.com
Amber	The Polished Momma	http://monkeybuttsmomma.blogspot.com
Andrea	Addicted to the Allure of Beauty	http://addictedtotheallureofbeauty.blogspot.com
Ashley	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com
Caitlin	Something Creative	http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Carly	Lacquered Lover	http://www.lacqueredlover.com
Caroline	Good Lack, Nail!	http://goodlacknail.wordpress.com
Jacki	Adventures in Acetone	http://adventuresinacetone.blogspot.com
Jamie	Nails Adored	http://www.nailsadored.com
Nory	Fierce Makeup and Nails	http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com
Rachel	Cherry Glam Girl	http://cherryglamgirl-rachel.blogspot.com
Sarah	Lucky Lacquers	http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLacquers
Shaina	Haute Lacquer	http://hautelacquer.blogspot.com
Taylor	Nailed to the T	http://nailedtothet.blogspot.com
Thalie	Glazed Talons	http://glazedtalons.blogspot.com

Facebook Page!

2011-11-15T12:47:00.002-06:00

I started a facebook for my blog, please like it.

November Amy Package!

2011-11-15T08:36:00.001-06:00

- This was my package from Amy, she sent me the Color Club Beyond The Mistletoe set which I have been loving hardcore.

- This shot is blurry to show that lovely amazing sparkle...

- She also sent me a little Color Concept set and two polishes from The Color Workshop that she suggested I try over black, ooo la la.

I love my monthly Amy packages.

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 15 - Finger Paints Get Real-ism! + Sonia Kashuk Blank Slate.

2011-11-15T07:38:00.004-06:00

- I had a hard time photographing this one, and I should have cleaned them up first.

This is Finger Paints Get Real-ism! and Sonia Kashuk Blank Slate. This was my first Sonia Kashuk and I wasn't entirely pleased with the way it went on. But idk if that was just that one, my bottle or the whole line.

- I'm a bit head over heels for this purple, it's kind of a dusky purple with pink shimmer, it's so lovely. Finger Paints are on sale right now at Sally's so you all should check this one out, and if you saw my last haul post you know that when you buy three Finger Paints you get a cute free wallet. So win win there.

I really need to bring my camera with me in hopes of catching some sunlight with these, holding my nails under the light doesn't quite work. I really need to make a light box for these winter days we're going into where I'll be losing more and more light opportunities.

Other bloggers doing the challenge:

Alyssa	Always Polished	http://www.always-polished.blogspot.com
Amber	The Polished Momma	http://monkeybuttsmomma.blogspot.com
Andrea	Addicted to the Allure of Beauty	http://addictedtotheallureofbeauty.blogspot.com
Ashley	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com
Caitlin	Something Creative	http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Carly	Lacquered Lover	http://www.lacqueredlover.com
Caroline	Good Lack, Nail!	http://goodlacknail.wordpress.com
Jacki	Adventures in Acetone	http://adventuresinacetone.blogspot.com
Jamie	Nails Adored	http://www.nailsadored.com
Nory	Fierce Makeup and Nails	http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com
Rachel	Cherry Glam Girl	http://cherryglamgirl-rachel.blogspot.com
Sarah	Lucky Lacquers	http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLacquers
Shaina	Haute Lacquer	http://hautelacquer.blogspot.com
Taylor	Nailed to the T	http://nailedtothet.blogspot.com
Thalie	Glazed Talons	http://glazedtalons.blogspot.com

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 14 - Beauty Concept Purple + WnW Back Alley Deals.

2011-11-14T19:30:00.000-06:00

- This is Beauty Concept Purple, admittedly it's layered over the black, but I figured the purple would have been basically the same shade even if I hadn't, it was fairly opaque. I really like the purple, very pretty. The accent nail is Beauty Concept Black with Wet N Wild Back Alley Deals over it, please ignore the tip wear, grr.

Other bloggers doing the challenge:

Alyssa	Always Polished	http://www.always-polished.blogspot.com
Amber	The Polished Momma	http://monkeybuttsmomma.blogspot.com
Andrea	Addicted to the Allure of Beauty	http://addictedtotheallureofbeauty.blogspot.com
Ashley	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com
Caitlin	Something Creative	http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Carly	Lacquered Lover	http://www.lacqueredlover.com
Caroline	Good Lack, Nail!	http://goodlacknail.wordpress.com
Jacki	Adventures in Acetone	http://adventuresinacetone.blogspot.com
Jamie	Nails Adored	http://www.nailsadored.com
Nory	Fierce Makeup and Nails	http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com
Rachel	Cherry Glam Girl	http://cherryglamgirl-rachel.blogspot.com
Sarah	Lucky Lacquers	http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLacquers
Shaina	Haute Lacquer	http://hautelacquer.blogspot.com
Taylor	Nailed to the T	http://nailedtothet.blogspot.com
Thalie	Glazed Talons	http://glazedtalons.blogspot.com

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 13 - Beauty Concepts Black.

2011-11-14T19:23:00.001-06:00

- This is Beauty Concept Black, it's more of a steel black, gray? Sorry this picture is kind of out of focus, I didn't realize that til I uploaded them now, boo.

Other bloggers doing the challenge:

Alyssa	Always Polished	http://www.always-polished.blogspot.com
Amber	The Polished Momma	http://monkeybuttsmomma.blogspot.com
Andrea	Addicted to the Allure of Beauty	http://addictedtotheallureofbeauty.blogspot.com
Ashley	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com
Caitlin	Something Creative	http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Carly	Lacquered Lover	http://www.lacqueredlover.com
Caroline	Good Lack, Nail!	http://goodlacknail.wordpress.com
Jacki	Adventures in Acetone	http://adventuresinacetone.blogspot.com
Jamie	Nails Adored	http://www.nailsadored.com
Nory	Fierce Makeup and Nails	http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com
Rachel	Cherry Glam Girl	http://cherryglamgirl-rachel.blogspot.com
Sarah	Lucky Lacquers	http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLacquers
Shaina	Haute Lacquer	http://hautelacquer.blogspot.com
Taylor	Nailed to the T	http://nailedtothet.blogspot.com
Thalie	Glazed Talons	http://glazedtalons.blogspot.com

Yay A Good Freecycle Pick Up.

2011-11-13T09:09:00.001-06:00

I went and picked up a Freecycle again.

For those of you who don't know what Freecycle is, it's like Craigslist but it's all free. You can sign up and join a group in your area and then do a post saying you're looking for nail polish and then see what treasures (or not so treasures sometimes) await.

I was really excited with this one, I got good stuff yay.

Revlon - No Shrinking Violet

Revlon - Icy Violet

Victoria's Secret Pink polish (the second Pink is the same color).

Rimmel Underground Fastplay in Art Of Noise

Rimmel Underground Fastplay in Night Before

Hauls.

2011-11-12T15:00:00.002-06:00

- I had a bunch of coupons to use at Target so off I went (as well as the dollar store.). I saved like 6 dollars. I know Oooo Ahhh right. Anyway. I got Maybelline eyeshadow in Blue Blazes. Sally Hansen "Pink Sapphire" I don't think I'd ever seen a Hard As Nails in that packaging before. Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in Lilac Chantilly (these are clearancing at Walgreens for 2.79 atm). Revlon Violet. Sonia Kashuk (My first) in Blank Slate. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Blizzard Blue. Fantasy Makers in Black Pearl (which I'm now thinking of POTC). Color Club Santa's Cinnamon. Sally Hansen Hard As Wraps, found this at the dollar store, I was thinking of using it as a base coat for awhile maybe it'll help my nails out and I can always use more base coat.

Buy three Finger Paints get a free wallet at Sally's atm. She had the Finger Paints on sale for 2.99 too, so everything in this picture was less than ten dollars. I'm using the wallet now. The polishes are Winter Sky, Be A Pal-ette, and Get Real-ism!

WnW Believe Me, It's Real (I finally decided to get some of these since Walgreens has the dollar off coupons in the holiday coupon book.), some of the Beauty Concept polishes I've been showing.

- Revlon Pedicure set (it was at the dollar store, yay good find.), Sally's baked shadow, and loose glitter. Eyeshadow palette from CVS too, I really like the colors in it, I hope they live up to their beauty.

- EOS set because I love love love EOS. WnW Back Alley Deals, Cost Is No Issue, and It's All In The Cut. And two more Beauty Concepts, since I loved the way the pink went on and the bottles I got the last two I didn't have at the Dollar Store.

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 12 - Beauty Concepts Blue...

2011-11-12T09:00:00.004-06:00

- This manicure went terribly awry, it was a bit messy from the start, I was in a hurry - again - I never seem to stop running (not always by choice lol) and then a few nails got smudged and whacked. Fail.

But um yea, isn't that a cute sleeve? We can pay attention to the sleeve instead...

Other bloggers doing the challenge:

Alyssa	Always Polished	http://www.always-polished.blogspot.com
Amber	The Polished Momma	http://monkeybuttsmomma.blogspot.com
Andrea	Addicted to the Allure of Beauty	http://addictedtotheallureofbeauty.blogspot.com
Ashley	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com
Caitlin	Something Creative	http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Carly	Lacquered Lover	http://www.lacqueredlover.com
Caroline	Good Lack, Nail!	http://goodlacknail.wordpress.com
Jacki	Adventures in Acetone	http://adventuresinacetone.blogspot.com
Jamie	Nails Adored	http://www.nailsadored.com
Nory	Fierce Makeup and Nails	http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com
Rachel	Cherry Glam Girl	http://cherryglamgirl-rachel.blogspot.com
Sarah	Lucky Lacquers	http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLacquers
Shaina	Haute Lacquer	http://hautelacquer.blogspot.com
Taylor	Nailed to the T	http://nailedtothet.blogspot.com
Thalie	Glazed Talons	http://glazedtalons.blogspot.com

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 11 - Color Club Candy Cane...

2011-11-11T09:00:00.006-06:00

- I'm not sure if this is considered a cheat post or not for the challenge. This is obvisiously Beauty Concepts Pink which I showed you for yesterday but I put Color Club Candy Cane on my ring finger (I thought about putting it on all of them but I figured I'd do an accent and see.), this is another lovely polish from Amy.

- Pretty pretty.

Other bloggers doing the challenge:

Alyssa	Always Polished	http://www.always-polished.blogspot.com
Amber	The Polished Momma	http://monkeybuttsmomma.blogspot.com
Andrea	Addicted to the Allure of Beauty	http://addictedtotheallureofbeauty.blogspot.com
Ashley	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com
Caitlin	Something Creative	http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Carly	Lacquered Lover	http://www.lacqueredlover.com
Caroline	Good Lack, Nail!	http://goodlacknail.wordpress.com
Jacki	Adventures in Acetone	http://adventuresinacetone.blogspot.com
Jamie	Nails Adored	http://www.nailsadored.com
Nory	Fierce Makeup and Nails	http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com
Rachel	Cherry Glam Girl	http://cherryglamgirl-rachel.blogspot.com
Sarah	Lucky Lacquers	http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLacquers
Shaina	Haute Lacquer	http://hautelacquer.blogspot.com
Taylor	Nailed to the T	http://nailedtothet.blogspot.com
Thalie	Glazed Talons	http://glazedtalons.blogspot.com

30 Day Untried Challenge - Day 10 - Beauty Concepts Pink...

2011-11-11T00:21:00.000-06:00

- This is a polish I bought today at the dollar store, it's a brand called Beauty Concepts, and I am seriously in love with the bottle. This polish went on nicely, the brush was nice, and it dried insanely fast which was awesome since then I could get back to killing those hordes of zombies...

- Sorry if this photo is sideways, I fix them and I fix them and then they're still sideways fail. I blame Photobucket and Blogger. But yes, pretty bottle.

- Also no top coat on these since I hadn't decided yet if I wanted to do anything else with them.

Other bloggers doing the challenge:

Alyssa	Always Polished	http://www.always-polished.blogspot.com
Amber	The Polished Momma	http://monkeybuttsmomma.blogspot.com
Andrea	Addicted to the Allure of Beauty	http://addictedtotheallureofbeauty.blogspot.com
Ashley	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com
Caitlin	Something Creative	http://caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Carly	Lacquered Lover	http://www.lacqueredlover.com
Caroline	Good Lack, Nail!	http://goodlacknail.wordpress.com
Jacki	Adventures in Acetone	http://adventuresinacetone.blogspot.com
Jamie	Nails Adored	http://www.nailsadored.com
Nory	Fierce Makeup and Nails	http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com
Rachel	Cherry Glam Girl	http://cherryglamgirl-rachel.blogspot.com
Sarah	Lucky Lacquers	http://www.facebook.com/LuckyLacquers
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Adopt A Polish!

2011-11-09T21:30:00.000-06:00

This is amazing.
I've been known to foster, love, and care for unwanted polishes (Um hello Freecycle!), and I did put in a written request on a couple of these, even if I don't get them I hope they will go to a loving home.

I strongly believe in this cause. I think a lot of you share my sentiments. So please read below to find out more.

For immediate release:

WORLD’S FIRST NAIL POLISH ADOPTION AGENCY: PARENTS NEEDED

Adoptapolish.org announces the world’s first adoption drive for in need nail polish, available for
U.S. and Canadian applicants.

Every day, thousands of nail polishes are abandoned or abused. They are not sticky or old, they
are fine new polishes, stuck on a shelf because they are forgotten or out of season. All they
desire is to be used, and maybe taken for a night on the town in return.

“We have so many polishes who need a good family to take them in” said AdoptAPolish.org
executive director Nikki Smith. “All it takes is filling out an application form describing how you
can provide a better life for one of our in need nail polishes. We select the best application and
take care of all the expenses, delivering your newly adopted polish directly to your door.”

One current nail polish, Charleston, held back tears well describing his life, “I spent two years of
my life stacked in a dark room crammed together with thousands of others just like me,
hundreds pressing down on my shoulders at any given time. I’m a shimmer and I have never
seen sunlight in my life. Oh and don’t get me started on CND Shellac, I just can’t keep going as
long, why would any women want me” he continued.

Please don’t let the agony go on any longer than it has to. The first round of adoptions closes
December 31st. Apply to Adopt a Polish at http://www.adoptapolish.org/category/current-
adoptions/

About Adopt a Polish

Adoptapolish.org is a not-for-profit organization funded by the people at Nail Polish Canada. We
are grateful they’ve spent the time and money to set us up, but we know they only did it to look
like charitable people. They are jerks! All they care about is selling you things. This entire
organization was set-up by them to manipulate you.

Don’t worry about us being influenced by them, we cash their cheque, move on with our lives,
and get back to saving lives. We would never compromise out ethics by telling you to shop now
at http://www.NailPolishCanada.com and take advantage of free shipping over $29.