Haul Time!

There is no Monkey See Monkey Do Monday Mani today. Instead you a look at my latest haul and probably last haul for a awhile. I'm trying to be good and I also joined a Halloween Swap so I want to make sure an leave something for them to get me! :)

This is my final swap package from my one swap group. This is from Amber and I love it! Look at all that yummy candy and polish! Oh and that little mustache? He talks! "Well, hello there" Hahahaha! The polishes I got are Saturday Morning Cartoons by Whimsical Nail Polish by Pam and a Francesca's polish called Confetti. I love them both and can't wait to use them!

This here is my first Hare Polish, Asteroid Turf. Really excited for this one! And then this lovely L'Oreal is Britt Invasion. Gorgeous!

 

Macro bottle shot of Hare Polish Asteroid Turf. Love the colors!

 

Next up is a lovely little collection I found at Ross. A whole collection of green polishes from KleanColor! (L-R) Starry Meteor, Mystic Grass, Jazz Olive, Green Grass, TLC, and Melon Green. I bought this and then the next day saw this post from Gnarly Gnails where she states she loves Melon Green! I'm excited! :)

So I read about this wonderful and amazing top coat HK Girl, reviewed by Caitlin at Caitlin's Creative Corner. And I knew I had to try it out. Well I found out that not only does Jill sell it through her awesome store: Glisten & Glow, but sometimes you can find for sale by her on Copious! (which is where I got it!) I can't wait to try this. Like Seche Vite without the goopy! Woot!

And my last bit of haulage that cost me nothing! Essie Penny Talk! Free because I had enough Klout Perks! Don't have Klout? Sign up and get awesome perks! :)

Teal Tuesdays - CopyCat Mani

So this week we decided to make our tealicures a recreation of someone else's mani. I had a bit of a time trying to come up with some ideas, because this week has been kind of a crazy one (I've been spending as much time as I can with my new nephew) so I did my mani and it turned out alright in person but in photos it didn't end up like I wanted it to. But I still do like the main aspect of the mani. So I thought I would still use it!

 

 This is suppose to be a straw splatter mani. Hahahahaha! The straws were not working for me today. And have you ever tried doing a straw splatter mani using teal! Big big mistake! Stains everywhere!!! Hahahaha!
I could use this as a when manis go horribly wrong! Haha! :) Can you tell I don't take my self so seriously! Every once in awhile we are allowed a less than perfect mani, right? ;)

So I used p2 Groovy as my base and "splattered" using KleanColor Metallic Aqua, Essence Bella, China Glaze Atlantis, and Joe Fresh Teal (he is the culprit to covering the other polishes!). I used OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede for my Tokidoki symbol.

Here are the polishes I used: OPI Suzy Skis in the Pyrenees Suede, Joe Fresh Teal, China Glaze Atlantis, Essence Bella, KleanColor Metallic Aqua, and p2 Groovy.

So my mani wasn't perfect but it was still fun and it was fun to create. I was also glad to learn a new trick creating the Tokidoki symbol. And I do love my Tokidoki symbol that I recreated! Have you guessed who's mani I chose?

Gnarly Gnails Tokidoki Tutorial! I love how her's turned out! And I love the Tokidoki symbol! :)

Here is a what p2 Groovy looked like before it got covered up (especially by Joe Fresh Teal!)

Teal Tuesdays was started because teal is unloved and needed its own day of celebration!
Teal is a medium to dark bluish green color of low saturation; a dark cyan.
Open to interpretation, anything green with a hint of blue or blue with a hint of green is welcome here!
Aqua, Turquoise,Tiffany Blue, etc etc...all are welcome - we do not discriminate!

Click the Teal Tuesdays logo on this post or in my sidebar to be taken to the facebook page!

Some of the other blogs participating are:
Caitlin's Creative Corner
Cherries Sweets
Colorsplash Nails
Elyssian Beauty
Fancy Phalanges 
The Frenzied Polisher
Gaga for Nails
Gnarly Gnails
Geeky Owl
The Lacquered Libra
Mandy's Polish
Nails Beautiqued
Nail Polish Lane
No Holos!
Once Upon a Polish
Persistently Glittery
Polished Art
Simple-and-Beautiful
Subtletyisoverrated

Love Yourself Mani: For the Love of Owls!

Today's mani, is purely for me! :) I have been waiting to do this mani since Bundle Monster showed this plate as a sneek peek! I used Essence Romeo for my base. I really love this grey. Great coverage in one coat! Then I used BM-309 (the owl plate!) using Konad black (stains like a mother!) and KleanColor Metallic Fuschia. I LOVE this mani! And what better way to break in a new set of plates then to use one featuring your favorite animal! Win! :)

Flipped this image so that you can see it. Isn't it spectacular!? :)

Here is Bundle Monster's picture of the plate I used. Click on the image to be sent to their site to order the newest set of plates! You won't be sorry. You can also get them on Amazon.

I know, I know, you've seen me swatch this polish a bazillion times. But I love this polish and it works great as a base for stamping and for glitters! This is Essence Romeo, part of the Nail Art Twins.

I really liked this mani and wanted to do something for me, that I enjoyed. This is part of the Love Yourself manis. For more information click on this picture or the one in my sidebar to be taken to the facebook group!

Teal Tuesdays - Feathers

This week's Tealicure is Feathers! So I decided to try and re-do my peacock mani from a few months ago. My base is GOSH Ocean, which looks way more teal in the bottle than on the nail. But I still liked it so I decided to continue with it. The feather stamp is from Chez Delaney, plate H6. I used KleanColor in Metallic Green and Metallic Purple. The green didn't quite show up as defined as I wanted but I love the bright tropical feel of this mani! :)  (And yes, I did file my nails down a bit which shows off my fatter ring finger! hahaha!)

Here is GOSH Ocean on it's own. Note my middle finger and the ugliness of the application of the polish. This formula wasn't the greatest and left brush strokes. But the feather stamp covered it up just nicely! :)

GOSH Ocean is a duochrome of a sort and here it is a brighter paler blue in this picture. Even though this polish gave me some problems I still think it is a gorgeous bright happy color! :)

Teal Tuesdays was started because teal is unloved and needed its own day of celebration!
Teal is a medium to dark bluish green color of low saturation; a dark cyan.
Open to interpretation, anything green with a hint of blue or blue with a hint of green is welcome here!
Aqua, Turquoise,Tiffany Blue, etc etc...all are welcome - we do not discriminate!

Click the Teal Tuesdays logo on this post or in my sidebar to be taken to the facebook page!

Some of the other blogs participating are:
Cherries Sweets
Colorsplash Nails
Gaga for Nails
Fancy Phalanges 
Gnarly Gnails
Geeky Owl
Mandy's Polish
Nails Beautiqued
No Holos!
Persistently Glittery
Simple-and-Beautiful

Adventures in Stamping: The Sky's the Limit

This week the challenges was the sky is the limit, which meant anything you would find in the sky. I immediately thought of my Konad plate Q1. And so that is what I used. All of these images are from the Q1 plate. My base is Essence You Belong to Me. The polishes I used to stamp with are: Konad Special White, Konad Special Black, KleanColor Metallic Yellow, Metallic Fuschia, and Metallic Green.

Here is Essence You Belong to Me on it's own. Isn't it the perfect sky blue!? This is two coats with one coat of Seche Vite.

Weekend Vacation Haul!

PICTURE HEAVY! :)

I went to Palm Springs, California for the weekend and on the way home I decided to hit up some stores! :)
This picture above is from Ross. I have a Ross where I live but I wanted to see if there were any KleanColors. And yep! There were!
First the top polish is Essie Coat Azure. It is a lovely dusty blue with silver shimmer.

In the first KleanColor box (l-r): Sheer Pastel Pink, Sheer Peach, Sheer Pastel Nude, Sheer Red, Top Coat, White. I got this box because since I have done one jelly sammich I thought I could use these to do more!

The second KleanColor box (l-r): Peacock-A-Boo, Lake Mist, Kawaii Stuff, Shining Sea, Blue Pearl, Cobalt. I don't have a lot of blues, but now I do! :)

Stopped at Claire's and found these pretties! (l-r): Drops of Jupiter and Blast Off

Macro bottle shot of Claire's Drops of Jupiter. Can you see the purple along the edges! Pretty!

Macro bottle shot of Claire's Blast Off. Such a bright fun happy color with a bit of teal along the edges!

Then I got to go to Rite Aid! Wow! You ladies who have one near you are lucky! There were so many colors that I wanted but could only choose 10. These are the first 3 (l-r): Jesse's Girl Confetti, Jesse's Girl Glee, Jesse's Girl Firefly.

Macro bottle shot of Jesse's Girl Confetti. Look at the pretty purple along the edges!

Macro bottle shot of Jesse's Girl Glee. Perfect name! Blue, green, and gold! Yummy!

Macro bottle shot of Jesse's Girl Firefly. Just a pretty glow of a top coat! :)

I was able to find Sinful Colors Pearl Harbor! And there were so many CQ polishes to choose from but I just got Silver Taupe. And then I saw the Hedy's Ma.nish.ma polishes and couldn't pass up Bolts of Blue. It is a Matte polish too! :)

Macro bottle shot of Sinful Colors Pearl Harbor! A fun sparkly top coat! :)

Macro bottle shot of CQ Silver Taupe. The name accurately describes the polish. It is a taupe with a silver shimmer!

Macro bottle shot of Hedy's Ma.nish.ma Bolts of Blue. Such a bright neon! Love!

These are the last 4 of the polishes I bought at Rite Aid. (l-r): Petites Figi, Petites Vintage Gray, Petites Wizard, and Petites Wicked!

Macro bottle shot of Petites Wizard. A lovely brown shimmer! Also couldn't pass up the polish because of the name! :)

Macro bottle shot of Petites Wicked! Purple glitter in a black base. Pretty! I may have a dupe for this, but oh well! :)

Any one else have a good polish haul recently? 

Adventures in Stamping: Unnatural Animals

This week for our Sunday Stamping Challenge in Adventures in Stamping the theme of unnatural animals was chosen. And I promise that the image I chose is an animal print. It's a cheetah but an unnaturally! It just isn't as clear over my base polish. But I think it looks awesome! :)

Here is a little clearer image. The base polish is OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede. Love this polish! I then used Kleancolors Metallic Aqua and Metallic Fuschia to stamp with. I used Cheeky plates image CH2.

I love how subtle but then not that this mani turned out to be! So much fun!

Here is a picture of my base color on its own: OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede. Isn't she loverly!? :)

LOSTathon: Season 5

Day 5 = Season 5 LOSTicure

Here is my representation of season 5 of LOST:

Thumb: represents the remains (foot with four toes) of the statue of Taweret where Jacob lives. This is also where Jacob dies.

Pointer: RIP Jacob.

Middle: represents Sawyer's name, James "Jim" LaFleur that he takes in 1974-77 when working for the Dharma Initiative.

Ring: represents the Ajira Airways plane that the Oceanic 6 took to get back to the island.

Pinkie: the chain represents the chain that pulls Juliet down the Swan's metal shaft, she falls down the shaft and trapped, hits the bomb with a rock until it explodes. Her death (which occurs a bit later) was really sad because I liked her and Sawyer together and I was sad for Sawyer.

Here are the technicals for the mani:

Thumb: Finger Paints Go van Gogh!, Sally Hansen Deep Blue Sea, China Glaze Ingrid, OPI Skull & Glossbones, and Sally Hansen Silver Sweep.

Pointer: Mayer Disney Villains Ursula 39 and Wet n' Wild Black Creme.

Middle: Essence You Belong to Me, Cheeky image plate CH 14, KleanColor Metallic Sapphire, and Wet n' Wild Black Creme.

Ring: Zoya Sooki and American Crafts Travel Rub-ons.

Pinkie: OPI Sparrow Me the Drama and Sally Hansen Silver Sweep.

What did I love about this season?

-that Jin isn't dead like you thought in the previous season!

-Daniel's and Charlotte's relationship and the story she tells him before she dies about meeting him when she was a child.

-finding out that the smoke monster resides under the temple

-a lot more scenes with Richard

-finding out that Locke isn't really dead....or is he....da da daaaaaaa! :)

-learning more about Jacob

What did I hate about this season?

-I didn't really like the off island scenes.

-Daniel getting shot by his own mother when she was younger! (mind trip!)

-the whole scene with Juliet being pulled down the shaft (poor Sawyer!)

-Ben killing Jacob 

And don't forget to visit the other ladies in the LOSTathon event who are posting at special LOST times for their timezones:

Bee at Bee Polished

Debbie at The Crumpet

Kirsten (me) at Geeky Owl

Emma at Manicurity

Kerrie at Pish Posh and Polish

Sarah at Spellbinding Nails

 

Here is a recap of LOST season 5 (everyone loves using this song!):

 

 

 

Here is a really good recap of The Incident:

 

 

LOSTathon: Season 1

Where were you on September 22, 2004? Me? I was sitting in front of the TV excited for the new JJ Abrams show to start. Who knew it would be such a worldwide phenomenon! From the moment it began with it's soon to be trademark title screen then an opening shot of an eye then to the cries and screams of Shannon and the eerie sound of the plane's engine, you were sucked into the drama that was...is one of the most talked about shows. What show am I describing? Well, LOST of course!

Welcome to the 6 day blog event with 6 other ladies and 6 manicures that make up LOSTathon! I'm sure there's some hidden message in the symbolism of the numbers ;)

 

So begins Day 1 of the LOSTicures (LOST manicures). Day 1 = Season 1.

Here is my representation of season 1 of LOST:

Thumb: represents Oceanic flight 815, this is the fated flight call number of the plane that crashed onto the mysterious island.

Pointer: is the mysterious hatch that Locke and Boone found. The yellow light represents the light coming from the hatch and the end of season 1.

Middle: represents the island itself.

Ring: It's a turnip, because one of my favorite things in this season was Charlie calling Claire's baby Aaron, turniphead because Aaron's head was the shape of a turnip!

Pinkie: represents smoke for the mysterious smoke monster that plagues the crash victims of flight 815.

Here are the technicals for the mani:

Thumb: Color Club French Tip, Ulta Blue For You, Essence Let's Get Lost, and Essie First Date.
Pointer: Joe Fresh Moss, China Glaze Concrete Catwalk, and Finger Paints Art Nouv-Yellow.
Middle: Essie Borrowed & Blue, Sally Hansen Deep Blue Sea, China Glaze Trendsetter, Essence The Dawn is Broken (over Trendsetter), Sally Hansen Coco A-Go-Go, Kleancolors Metallic Green, and Salon Express plate SE18.
Ring: OPI Wooden Shoe Like to Know?, OPI Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh?, OPI Planks A Lot, and Joe Fresh Moss.
Pinkie: China Glaze Smoke and Ashes.

What did I love about this season?

-I loved that one of the pilots was a staple JJ Abrams actor: Greg Grunberg.

-I loved the scene of Charlie and Claire "eating" peanut butter.

-I loved the mystery and the what the crap just happenedness of the whole concept of this show (dude? a polar bear?).

What did I hate about this season?

-Rousseau, she's crazy!

-Ethan for hurting Charlie (and I can't say the name Charlie without hearing Claire say it!)

-That nothing was ever solved (this might be a common thing about this show), it was a wrinkle show. This means that when I watch the show my forehead wrinkles and I go huh? Such an interesting concept for a show, with you flashbacks (soon to be flash forwards and even flash sidways!)

Locke belongs in neither category. For as much as I love Locke (and his orange peel smile) there were just some moments in this season (and all seasons) that I wanted to punch him! :)

The season made me wanting more from this show and I was excited for season 2! As I hope you are too! Tune in tomorrow for the next season!

And don't forget to visit the other amazing ladies in the LOSTathon (if you don't follow them now, you should!) event who will be posting at different but significant times of the day for their timezones (see what time my post posted at):

Bee at Bee Polished

Debbie at The Crumpet

Kirsten (me) at Geeky Owl

Emma at Manicurity

Kerrie at Pish Posh and Polish

Sarah at Spellbinding Nails

Here is a recap video of season 1 of LOST