Quick NOTD

Had to wear a very boring nude color to a business meeting last week.  I used my perfect nude Color Club's Nature's Way, which usually I love, but this time I started with a white as the base to save me some coats, but the white made my perfect nude super peachy, and peach is just not one of my favorite colors.  It was so ugly, I didn't even take a picture.  As soon as I got home from the meeting, I wanted to change that color as soon as possible, so I threw on my favorite crackle: China Glaze Cracked Concrete, and it turned my boring peach nails into a really cute manicure!  I think peach and gray are a super trendy combo.

What do you guys think?  While I was in the city for my meeting, I found this HUGE beauty store, and I just had to stop!  Turns out it was more a store for African American hair, but there was still a few nail displays to check out.

Here's what I came home with:

A Nail Repair kit, just in case of any breakies, some Acetone since it was a good price and I go through it so quick over here, some polish thinner because I didn't have any, OPI Stranger Tides (a huge lemming of mine ever since this collection came out), L.A. Colors Treasure Island, NYX Dreamy Glitter, and some loose glitter (I see this all the time in Robin Moses tutorials, and I can't wait to try it for myself)

So, that's a little adventure I went on this week.  I need a bumper sticker that says "Will Brake for Nail Polish" :D

Birthday Haul

So, as you may know, my birthday was a couple of weeks ago, and it was a pretty good one!  Most exciting present was tickets to see Britney and Niki Minaj in July!!! I CANNOT WAIT!  I love me some Britney Spears! 

Second most exciting present(s) were the explosion of my nail stamping collection!  I got the new Bundle Monster plates from my brother and my future sister-in-law, Bev.  Plus, this HUGE plate my dad won on eBay for me!  Bev got the other big plate for her birthday, which is 10 days after mine. 

I'm so excited about all these images!  I don't know where to start!  I think you will see lots of stamping combos from me soon just so that I can try as many images as possible! 

If you are interested in getting a big plate like this check out http://myworld.ebay.com/rainbownailart/?_trksid=p4340.l2559 The one I have is Big Plate B.  These are exact replicas of the Chez Delaney big plates.  They stamp very well.  The price is phenomenal!  I found all the images on this plate on a Konad plate that retails for about $200, and you can get this one for only $40!

I can't wait to try all these out and share the resulting manicures with you all!  I got one more nail related gift, but you'll have to wait until Friday to find out about that one!  Have you scored any great image plates lately?  Any designs you see that you want me to try, or want to see more of?  Let me know in the comments!

Also, I redesigned my blog a bit today, AND got a facebook page, so please check it out and let me know what you think!  And like me on Facebook through the link in the right sidebar!  THANKS!

Flower Power!

 Hoping that spring was here to stay I decided to do a fun flower power konadicure last week.  Check it out:

 With Flash

 

Without Flash.

I started with Zoya Raven as my black base.  Then I stamped the two flowers from konad plate M60 in Zoya Robyn, Sally Hansen Lickety Split Lime, Konad Special pink polish and special white polish, and special yellow polish.  In the colored flowers, I used my dotting tool to add the white centers and in the white flowers, I added blue and pink rhinestones :)

Guess what came in the mail last week? My haul from Forever 21!  In case you missed it, a couple of Fridays ago, Forever 21 decided to donate all proceeds from sales, so I took advantage of a good cause to pick up a cute new outfit, and these four beauties.  Their names aren't very exciting: Orange, Aqua, Dusty Lavender and Charcoal, but I definitely can't wait to wear them!

SO much polish, so little time!

You guys!  Lately, I have been out of control with the new polish buying!  It's crazy!  I'm feeling overwhelmed by all the polishes I haven't worn yet!  In the past two weeks I've gotten the entire Zoya Intimate collection in the mail, plus my winnings from Let Them Have Polish's giveaway:

Plus, I'm having a spa night over here for my girlfriends this weekend, which means I HAD to go to Sally's and Target to stock up on supplies!  I got some paraffin so we could dip our hands in wax, plus some pedicure soaks, scrubs and lotions.  I also got a new face mask to try, and of course POLISH!

From left to right we have: Revlon Sugar Plum, Sally Hansen Silver Sweep (heard this was great for stamping), Sally Hansen HD DVD, China Glaze Shower 2gether, China Glaze For Audrey, China Glaze Dorothy Who?, and China Glaze Fairy Dust.

Since I have it out for the spa party, here's a general look at my stash:

I keep it in a drawer organizer in my bathroom closet so that everyone is on display and not hidden away.  Plus, I keep them color coordinated.  Its almost all Zoya because I just love how smooth their formula is and all the promotions they do, and that it is eco-friendly no big 3 brand.

I've already tried my new CG Shower 2gether on my toes, but I wasn't really impressed.  It took FOREVER to dry and I ended up smudging it and had to fix it later! :(  I let it dry while I did my nails.  I was able to do two coats of Zoya Caitlin on my nails plus stamping and my toes still weren't dry!  RIDICULOUS!  Check out my Caitlin manicure tomorrow!  I guess I'm working through Zoya's Intimate collection first.  :)

On top of ALL these new polishes, I totally caved in on the Zoya promotion this week!  I have a weakness!  I got Apple, Zara, Hayden, Kieko, Areej, Phoebe, Sooki, Jancyn, Faye, Breezi, and Lolly!  whew!

Just remembered I also got colors from Forever 21 since they were having an all proceeds go to Japan thing last week.  Dude, I am totally cut off!  NO MORE POLISH!!!!!

Whenever I get new polish, I want to wear it immediately, so having all this at once is torturing me!

Target Polish Haul

Hit up Target for some goodies last Thursday, and here's what I got:

From left to right is Milani Neon: 503 Totally 80's, Sinful Colors Frenzy, Sinful Colors Let's Talk, and Milani 3D Holo 514 Hi-Res.

Was really feeling the Milani Neon because I also have Milani Neon 504 Fresh Teal that would match it *perfectly* so look out for a fully neon manicure soon!