Twinsie Tuesday: Favorite Sports Team

This week's Twinsie Tuesday theme is right up my ally! Favorite Sports Team! If you have been following me for anytime, and especially on Twitter or Instagram, I'm sure you can guess my favorite sports team, the Pittsburgh Pirates!

I've done a lot of Pittsburgh themed manicures in the past, you can check them out here and also a really fun Pirates look from the Home Opener, seen here. So today I decided to just do a look inspired by the colors, Black & Gold.

Polishes Used:
-Rica - Whiteout
-KB Shimmer - Eclipse
-Zoya - Pippa
-China Glaze - I'm Not Lion

I LOVE that this look has a team colors feel without being in your face baseball nails. Only 4.5 months to go until baseball season is back, although my Netflix queue has been loving that I'm free in the evenings now...

I can't wait to see what teams inspired the other ladies!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace
Anna at Going to the Showing
Bridget at A Painted Nail

Casey at CaseyLane Loves Polish

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Stephanie at A Little Polish

Tiffany at Polished To Precision​

 

 

Pittsburgh Love

Hey Loves; I am out of commission this weekend for a friends wedding but I didn't want to leave you hanging! Check out what some of my fellow Pittsburgh Nail Bloggers are up to this weekend :)

First up, Brigitte of Color Me So Crazy. Brigitte is my neighbor and super sweet; I'm pretty sure that her husband may blame me for her polish addiction.
You can find Brigitte of Color Me So Crazy at the following spots:
- Website
- Facebook
- Instagram

Next up, Nicole of Doctor Crafty. I recently had the opportunity to meet Nicole and she couldn't have been nicer; plus, she brought goodies!
You can find Nicole of Doctor Crafty at the following spots:
- Website
- Facebook
- Instagram

How about Ashley of Plump and Polished! I also just met Ashley in person; I love her makeup and style, and you gotta love that she's a fellow dog lover!
You can find Ashley of Plump and Polished at the following spots:
- Website
- Facebook
- Instagram

Next up, Katee of A Girl and Her Polish. Katee's blog was one of the first that I started following; and part of the reason that I didn't give up on stamping! If you're looking for an expert at stamping; look no further.
- Website
- Facebook
- Instagram

Last but not least, Melissa of Lacquer by Lissa. Melissa just started making some awesome nail decals in addition to her polish and she's currently having a sale; buy 3 decals and get a free mystery grab bag! Who doesn't love free goodies!
- Etsy Shop
- Facebook
- Instagram

I hope you liked getting in touch with some of my Pittsburgh friends! I'll be back soon!

Twinsie Tuesday: Inspired by your Hometown

This Tuesday's theme for the Twinsies is Inspired by your Hometown. If you have followed my blog for any amount of time, you know that I live in Pittsburgh, PA and that it's pretty much the best town there is :) I do Pittsburgh themed mani's all the time so I had no trouble pulling out some black and yellow and doing another.

Polishes Used:
-Zoya - Pippa
-MASH - Black
-Kiss - Silver Glitter
-Bundle Monster - BM-212

The Pittsburgh colors are black and yellow so I decided to run with that. I originally wanted to do something with a silhouette of a bridge against a yellow background, but by the time I got around to doing these on Sunday, I had already spend the day outside doing yard work and was sort of tired so I ended up going with stamping instead of trying to freehand a bridge. As you know, Pippa is the pretty much the best Pittsburgh yellow, so I had to use that for my base.

You can take a look at some of my other Pittsburgh themed looks HERE.

Make sure to see the other Twinsie's hometown looks and learn a little more about them while you're at it.

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Casey at CaseyLane Loves Polish

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Rachel at Top Coat It

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Stephanie at A Little Polish

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Traci at DrinkCitra

 

 

Twinsie Tuesday: Favorite Glitter Topper

It's time for Twinsie Tuesday again; and this week's theme is Favorite Glitter Topper. It took me a while to pick a polish for this prompt because lately I have not been interested in glitter toppers, my heart currently belongs to creams, but finally the perfect topper came to mind.

My favorite glitter topper is Lacquer by Lissa - Yinzer.

Polishes Used:
-Sinful Colors - Unicorn
-Zoya - Pippa
-China Glaze - Solar Power
-Lacquer by Lissa - Yinzer

I think you can see why this is my favorite glitter topper, it's a Pittsburgh polish!!! I love that Lacquer by Lissa is a hometown indie maker, but also in Pittsburgh, Black & Yellow are seasonal all year long! Also, as I have mentioned in the past, Yinzer has nice application and good coverage in just one coat. (The above pictures only show one coat of glitter)

So what do you think? Do you like my choice for my Favorite Glitter Topper?

Don't forget to check out what the other ladies chose for their favorite glitter below:

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Casey at CaseyLane Loves Polish

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

Heather at Peace, Love, & Polish

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Rachel at Top Coat It

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Stephanie at A Little Polish

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Traci at DrinkCitra

 

 

Pittsburgh Pirates Nails!

Today is the Pittsburgh Pirates home opener! I have pretty much been waiting for this day since baseball season ended last year. Last year was an amazing year for the Pirates, they were probably the most notable baseball story of 2013; and I am hoping they have that same kind of season in 2014 as well!

Unfortunately my husband was not able to take off of work today so I am going with one of my girlfriends who also likes baseball, so should be a fun girls day at the game.

Obviously I HAD to do a mani for the game, and I have to say that this is much bolder than I would normally go for a baseball game but it's a special one, the home opener is pretty much a big tailgate all day until the game so I could go a little crazier than normal.

Polishes Used:
-OPI - Alpine Snow
-Zoya - Pippa
-KB Shimmer - Eclipse
-Cover Band Lacquers - Sticks 'n Stones
-Acrylic Paints

This is pretty much the definition of a skittle mani; lol, which is perfect when you can't decide exactly what to do. Obviously I had to do the obligatory "baseball" nail, threw in the team logo and then did misc nails with the team colors black and yellow! My right hand is even skittled up as well. It is exactly the same as this hand with the exception of my middle finger which is black with a white zig-zag on it (no way I was going to be able to freehand the "P" with my non-dominant hand!)

Overall, I think this look is super fun for the home opener and I anticipate to get a handful of comments throughout the day.

Incase you're interested the game will be airing on ESPN and has a 1:05pm EST start time.

P.S. Non-nail related but, here are some pictures from last season

The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Summer - Week 2

Happy Wednesday! Today I am back on track with my NCC posts! I had to miss last week with Valentine's Mani's; and I was really longing for summer (the cold and dreary weather has been getting me down)

So here is my second "Summer" look!

Polishes Used:
-OPI - Alpine Snow
-Lacquer by Lissa - Yinzer
-Konad - Yellow
-Cheeky Jumbo Plate 2 - Tropical Holiday

Unfortunately, I through I did a better job of clean up with the yellow than I did, but I couldn't see it IRL, only in the pictures. Also, you're stuck with my middle nub that I told you about yesterday.

This look was inspired by my summer activities in Pittsburgh. If you have been following my blog for a while you know one of my favorite summer activities is going to Pittsburgh Pirates baseball games. My husband and I have season tickets so we are always going to games. So for this look I did some bright yellow shades with a glittery accent nail. (For those who don't know, the Pittsburgh colors are black and yellow).

Speaking of Pittsburgh, Lacquer by Lissa is based out of Pittsburgh and Yinzer is definitely a hometown polish. (See wiki definition of a "Yinzer" here)

Don't forget to check out the other ladies fun summer manis!

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Black and Gold Stripes - Pittsburgh Themed Nails

Today is the 3rd game in the NLDS and the Pirates are battling the Cards at home. Since the series is currently tied 1-1, and I am pretty much still down and out with this flu (Saturday literally all I did was run to Target to get medicine and slept all day) we ended up selling our tickets to today's game. We will be attending tomorrow's game and hopefully it will be the last of the series with the Pirates winning and moving on to the NLCS; we shall see.

Anyway, I wore these nails last Thursday and got lots of compliments on them. It was a Pirates and  Penguins day so these were multi-purpose.

For this look I simply used OPI Alpine Snow as a base and then added black and gold stripes with my striping polishes! It was super easy to create, although the more I thought about it it probably would have been easier to just use a gold glittery base and only have to add the black stripes. Oh well.

Since I wore this mani to the Pen's game, here is a photo of my friend Amanda and I before the game started. It was their home opener and we made it onto the big-screen!!

Pittsburgh Sports Themed Nails

Oh my goodness; I don't know if any of my lovely readers are baseball fans, but I know that some of you are Pittsburgh fans. If you have been following my blog, you know that my husband and I are Pittsburgh Pirates season ticket holders, yep, all 81 games. This season has been especially exciting and for the first time in 21 years, my team is in the #Postseason (#buctober, #absobucnlutely, #rtjr)

Anyway, you will be seeing more Pittsburgh themed nails from me in the next couple of weeks, with the Pirates beating the Reds on Tuesday night, we officially are in the first series and I will be rocking black and yellow nails for it! Also, if you like hockey, the Pittsburgh Penguins home opener is tonight and yep, I'm going to be there.

Here are the nails that I was going to wear on Tuesday's wildcard game (although I ended up taking them off and wearing black, since they were calling for a blackout)

Of course I put all my polishes away before I wrote down what I used (if you really want to know the colors, let me know and I will dig them out; sorry, bad blogger). As with the nail art I showed you earlier in the week, these were also inspired by a MrCandiipants youtube tutorial.

Do you like this look? Let me know!

PS. Here is a bonus shot of me at the game :)

Lacquer by Lissa - Polish Review; Yinzer and Here We Go

*Products in this post were provided by the manufacturer for my honest review*

TGIF!! I have had a long and stressful work week so I am glad that it is finally the weekend. Today I am lucky enough to share with you two polishes from Lacquer by Lissa, a local Pittsburgh Indie polish maker.

Before I get to the shades, here is what Melissa, of Lacquer by Lissa, had to say about her brand. "I founded Lacquer by Lissa in June 2013. I have always loved nail polish and I discovered indie polish in one of the Facebook groups I was in. I was completely amazed by all of the different colors and glitters and one day I decided I wanted to do it myself. I use a 3-free base as well as the best solvent resistant glitters I can find. All of the polish is mixed in small batches and poured to order by me. All of my polish is $8.25 each and I also offer an option to pick 3 colors for $22.00 or Mystery Grab Bags for $20.00. I am located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania so I like to do a lot of colors inspired by my city. So far I have Iceberg (Stephanie's comment: you can see my swatch of Iceberg here), Yinzer and Here We Go that are all Pittsburgh inspired."

So anyway, onto the polishes!

Yinzer:

Melissa describes this polish as, "This polish is a clear base with a mix of different shaped and sized black, yellow and white glitter suspended inside. Among the glitter you will find bars, hexes and rectangles." I am wearing ONE coat of Yinzer with Sinful Colors - Slate as my base. This a glitter bomb and I was surprised how much glitter I got out in just one coat!

Here We Go:

Melissa describes this polish as, "This polish is a black jelly base with matte red, yellow and blue squares suspended inside. You can build this polish up with 3 coats, or just use a black base coat and use one coat of Here We Go. This was inspired by the Steelers emblem which is red, yellow and blue diamonds". I chose to use 3 coats to build this up and I love the dimension that this gives!! I have topped Here We Go with one coat of Out The Door.

Lacquer by Lissa also threw in a Conditioning Cuticle Balm. These are not yet currently being sold in her shop but she will be launching them with her Halloween Collection, and the first scent she plans to sell is Pumpkin Pie! Perfect! She sent me Fairytale which reminds me of a nice fresh melon scent. She is also currently running a promotion that each order will be getting a complimentary Peppermint Cuticle Balm while supplies last.

The Cuticle Balm comes in a nice chap-stick type container which is very nice for ease of application. The balm is made of Beeswax, Sweet Almond Oil, Shea Butter and Fragrance.

You can find these and other polishes and check out Lacquer by Lissa here:
-ETSY SHOP
-FACEBOOK

*Products in this post were provided by the manufacturer for my honest review*