Liquid Lacquer - Grape Soda

TGIF!!! Whoohoo!

I am so glad it's Friday; this week has been stressful, I was out on a business trip then had some day-long meetings so it's been a pain trying to get caught up again. Oh well, like I said, I am so glad it's Friday.

So today I have a big treat for you! It's another Liquid Lacquer! Grape Soda is one of Melissa's new polishes that you can currently PRE-ORDER on Etsy here. Additionally, Melissa will throw in a free full-size "mystery polish" with the pre-order :)

Polishes Used:

-OPI - Nail Envy

-Liquid Lacquer - Grape Soda

-Gelous

-OTD

I am wearing 3 coats of Grape Soda in the pictures and the look of this is so fun! It would also look cool over a plain polish as well; I am thinking I may try it over black next time since there is a slight fuchsia shimmer that will probably look awesome :)

As always, you can check out Liquid Lacquer below:

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Liquid Lacquer - Dino

Happy Wednesday, I am back from my business trip!

When I got the lovely holo's from Melissa at Liquid Lacquer, I also received Dino. Dino is a really unique polish and there is something about it that I was instantly drawn to. I would describe this polish as a milky nude/peach polish with micro and small navy hex as well as yellow and blue small hex too!

Polishes Used:

-OPI - Nail Envy

-Liquid Lacquer - Dino

-Gelous

-OTD

I really haven't seen a glitter polish like this before. I don't think that I have seen any other indies making polish with a nude/peach jelly/creme base. I seriously can't stop looking at it; it's just so unique  It's like I am wearing a "nude" polish but with some pizzazz. 

What do you think about this polish? Unique? Love it? Hate it? (I love it)

Don't forget that you can check out Liquid Lacquers here:

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-Etsy

My Nails - Then and Now

Back when I was in high school and college, and even when I started this blog, I NEVER thought that my nails would grow. I can't believe that I now have nails that grow and are on their way to being back to healthy.  I remember previously if one of my nails broke it was the WORST thing EVER and I would always keep going back to acrylics. Now if one of my nails breaks, I am upset, but I think, OK, in one or two weeks it'll be back to a good nail.

So for all you ladies who may just be starting out in nail blogging, or getting into nails/nail art and are upset with your nails, have no fear. Here is what my nails looked like in my FIRST blog post, in January 2012.

Look at those sad little nubbins, and back cleanup, and bad camera. LOL. 

Here are my nails in April 2012; as you can see, back in April, I provided my comments on these naked nails.

Getting a little better with the pictures and nail shaping but you can see that my nails are really bad with ridges. 

And here are my nails in October 2012. 

I only have one a clear coat in this picture, but you can see that my nails look a lot healthier. They still aren't perfect but they are getting there. I just need to work on getting them stronger.

So what did I do?

• I use Non-acetone nail polish remover, in the "strengthening" variety. I don't buy any special name brand, just the target/walgreens/etc brand
• I switch between a combo of Nailtiquies Formula 2 Plus and OPI Nail Envy; NF2 really seems to help when my nails are super weak to give them strength and when my nails are stronger, I just use the  Nail Envy

What do you use to keep your nails strong and healthy?

Hope you liked this post, and if you have short brittle nails, there is hope!

P.S. I am currently out of the office on a business trip so posts may be a little sparse this week. 

Liquid Lacquer - Holographic Polishes! (Pic Heavy)

Hello Ladies & Gentlemen!

I recently had the opportunity to try out some of Liquid Lacquer's (formerly 2Chix Lacquer) new holographic polishes and today I am going to share them with you!

I have 4 polishes to show you, Mint, Sky, Holo-Barney and Royal Holo-ness. I took indoor and outdoor pictures to capture the awesomeness of the polish! All photos are shown with 3 coats of color.

First Up is "Mint":

"Sky":

"Holo-Barney":

"Royal Holo-ness":

Aren't these polishes lovely!!! My favorite is definitely Royal Holo-ness. The blue with the holo just looks amazing to me!

Melissa from Liquid Lacquer is a great indie seller; she has great communication, provides good quality photos of her polish, and most importantly, her polishes are awesome! 

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Adventures in Stamping - OMG! Invasion of the _____!

I wasn't able to participate in the AIS challenge last week due to the wedding, but this week I am back in action. This week's theme is "OMG! Invasion of the _____!" You get to choose what sort of invasion you're going to do. I was telling the hubby about this theme and we both thought immediately of the same thing; STINKBUGS! (gross, I know!)

If you live in the Northeast, US; chances are, you know what I am talking about. Over the last couple years stink bugs have been coming out of the woodwork and invading homes, cars, etc.

I don't have any stink bug stamps (and I don't think that I would like one either) but they can be so overpowering I just used a stamp with a bunch of oval dots in all shapes and sizes which is pretty much how stink bugs can be.

Polishes Used:

-OPI - Nail Envy

-Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

-American Apparel - Racoon

-Avon - Touch of Taupe

-BM-211

-OTD

Even thinking is Stink Bugs grosses me out. But this mani is pretty cute and if I wasn't going out of town on a business trip tomorrow I would have kept it on for another day.

Here is a picture of stink bugs that I found online. This is about how many we get at our house, but some of my co-workers and friends get 10x this many!!!

Do you ever have any stink bug invasions? If not, you're lucky!!!