I'm Gassy

Or Gas MASKY at least. :-D Chris, the 'lovely dude' (<--he liked being called that the other day on the blog) who I speak of on occasion here on the blog, turns a whopping 40 years old today. Seriously ancient. (just him, this doesn't apply to any other 40+ year olds) In honor of his getting older, I decided to paint the logo that he paints on EVERYYYYYTHING, his gas mask. :-D

I used OPI Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow as a base, with L.A Colors Striper in White (I didn't use the brush, just the polish). Topped everything off with Essie Matte About You.

On another note, my silicone nub finally fell off my f key, so now I have to press really hard. lol

The Rachel Zoe Project gets a Zoya Smile

The Rachel Zoe Project makes the Zoya Polish Fairies SMILE so much.We are super excited to see what happens tonight at 10pm EST on Bravo!

Last episode they discovered that there could be no white gowns! But that doesn't mean there can't be any white nail polish, Zoya Nail Polish in Purity would have looked stunning on Cameron Diaz.

*The Rachel Zoe Project and it's stars are not affiliated with Zoya. This is not an attempt to imply their endorsement of Zoya. Image for entertainment purposes only.

Zoya Nail Polish is Happi in Finland!!

 

 Finland's magazine, Olivia, is all about sweet pinks and what pink is sweeter than Zoya Nail Polish in Happi? Get Happi with Zoya Nail Polish!!

TRO Against Rival Nail Polish Company in Sally Hansen

Sally Hansen aka COTY has won a temporary restraining order against MBA Beauty Inc. the two creators of Confetti and "10" nail polish. Which explains why they are vanishing from CVS' and not being restocked.

I suggest you go Right now at your local CVS and get the polishes you want!  Read the article here

                            Confetti

                            PNL 10

Until next time please have a great nail polish day.
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Orly - Space Cadet

I'm starting off with one of my favourite polishes of this moment: Space Cadet from Orly's Cosmic FX-collection. Ahh, I love this one!

The application was ok. For complete coverage I needed four coats though, but hey, I'm a perfectionist. ;-)

Thanks for watching!

Welcome

Hi dear visitor!

Yes, I did it. I started a nail blog. Welcome!

I have a special place in my heart for nail polish and I love to visit other nail blogs. So I thought: 'Why shouldn't I share my nail pictures and my thoughts about it with you?'

Well, here it is: my very own nail blog. Enjoy!

Making a Splash

Since yesterday's nails were so, well...GREY, I thought today I'd make some colorful ones!! I tried a technique of using a crumpled paper towel to apply the colors other than the base color. I I think (if you squint) it looks sort of like the shadow on the bottom of a pool of the ripples on the surface of the water. Perfect for a day like today, which was absolutely gorgeous. (uncharacteristic for a Vegas summer- it never even hit 90°!)

I used Essie Turquoise & Caicos as a base, with Essie Mint Candy Apple, Essie Bone Chilling White, and Orly Bailamos sponged over it. I also used Orly Bailamos for the 'moon', then edged it with aqua colored crystals. Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Tonight was the last night of bowling league *sad face*, but here is a picture of my team- we took 10th place (out of 18). GO TEAM (Our name was 'I Can't Believe It's Not Gutter') Gotta love that not just one, but TWO of my other bowling buddies chose ME to give bunny ears. What kind of crap is that?! :-P

Team 'I Can't Believe It's Not Gutter' (Alicia, Bill, Joanna, and Me)

Zoya Nail Polish and the Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion

Last week we posted the sneak peek of the Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion with Andy Cohen and it got us so excited to see what will happen tonight when it airs on Bravo at 10pm EST!

We have no idea how intense tonight's Part 1 Reunion Show will be, but we know Teresa pushes Andy and throws a pillow at Danielle! We have a feeling this going to be more of a throw down than a reunion and remember ladies Zoya Nail Polishes strong lasting power can get you through anything, even a New Jersey Housewife battle!!

Salon Spotlight: Beachy Toes

Today we have a California salon that brings a whole new meaning to having the perfect beach manicure, Beachy Toes!

This salon is filled with beach inspired things - from surf boards to beachy towel stripes and they even carry the perfect nail polish, Zoya Nail Polish!!!

Their top Zoya color is Zoya Nail Polish in Robyn! They say "....blue has been by far the most popular color for toes and as far the ultimate beachy look..." They also have been doing a fun look with Zoya Robyn as the base color and then they use Zoya Nail Polish in Pippa as polka dots!

Beachy Toes is located on the Pacific Coast Highway 101 in northern San Diego, so go check it out and tell us how it was!

 p.s. That is their salon manager who is just as cute as the salon!!

Blue Monday, Covergirl Boundless Color Blue You And A Haul...

                                               Blue Monday by Annie Lee

Good Morning to you on this Blue Monday,  I hauled alot of polish this weekend.  Went to Ulta and found the LE SH xtreme wears got several of them.  I found Mystic Lilac...yay, it was the last one.  You should have seen me hugging that bottle. Lol! Also picked up from the Nicole"Gossip Girl Collection-Nicole Spotted.  Borghese's (3 of them).  Then I went to Target and found the Revlon Matte collection, picked up the whole collection (4). Emerald City-green is just gorgeous.  Powder Puff-White should be interesting it shows a flash of blue in the bottle.  The bottle says these are Matte Suede.  Last but not least I picked up 3 of the Sonia Kashuk's Collection-Rock Star, Tauped and Taunting Teal.

                                  Nicole from Ulta

Borghese from Ulta

                                                      Revlon Matte from Target

What I have for you today is CG Boundless Color-Blue You.  It's a pretty mid-tone frosty blue.  Not too fond of frosty polishes.  I picked  up  a bunch of these colors when Walgreen's was clearing them out.  No problems with the application used  2 coats.

                                             Blue You

 So there you have it.  What did you haul from this weekend?

Oh, Zoya has something new in the works...somethng about spooning.  They won't tell us until Sept 1st.  see video here   I wonder what it is (rubbing hands together)  Ha Ha!

Until next time please have a great nail polish day.
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Grey Matters

Recently, I was putting polishes away in my Helmer cabinets, and noticed how many greys I have. I don't know, there is something about greys that I really love, and today, I thought that I'd do a monochromatic nail design utilizing a few of them.

I used butter LONDON Billy No Mates as a base, with Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud for the white stripe, Orly Mirror, Mirror for the miedium grey stripe, Essence Pointbreak for the darker grey stripe, and American Apparel Hassid for the thin black stripe. I topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

I was recently asked if I ever use a base coat, and the answer to that is YES! I always have. I guess I just never list it because it changes between a few. I have used Nubar, Essie, Seche, Seche Ridge-filling, Seche Natural, Barielle, and I think that might be it. Since I don't wear polish long enough to worry about chipping and tip wear, I don't feel right recommending a basecoat that might or might not be good, because I don't fully test their limits. I feel OK with mentioning the Seche Vite top coat because it makes my project possible, if I didn't have it, I would 99% of the time post pictures of lumpy smudged and dented nails. :-D Hope this answers any questions or concerns. :) If not, let me know, I'd be happy to answer you!

And the cross-stitch project I was working on a couple of weeks ago, I finally got back around to finishing the stitching. :) I got the pattern from Skull-a-Day–Day 258, it was designed by Noah Scalin.

Are you concern? Dangerous toxins found in some nail polishes...

I thought I should share this with those that are concern about these chemicals.  I'm not concern I don't eat nail polish so it doesn't bother me.  Old formula nail polish not B3F.  I don't have any skin food brand polishes...wanna swap?

Traces of harmful chemicals such as benzene & toluene was found in Skin food polishes. Benzene is a known human carcinogen You can read about that here as for toluene it is known to cause severe neurological harm read about it here

Here are the 2 articles where you can read all about it.

http://www.cdeclips.com/en/hongkong/Dangerous_toxi and http://www.freeezinearticles.com/2010/08/19/skin-f


Until next time please have a great nail polish day.

Oh, How Fon-dant!

Today was my friend Gelly's baby shower, and somehow, yet again, I managed to get everything done on time. I think that I thrive on last minute pressure, since it seems to be the only time I can really focus on a project and get things done. As I mentioned yesterday, I made the cake for the shower, and also my gift for her, which I finished at 1:07 p.m. today. (I had to be to the party at 3, which was 45 min away, in North Vegas, and I still hadn't gotten ready yet!) The cake was a hit, as was the gift (a hand-crocheted baby afghan in the colors she wanted for her nursery), plus I had fun eating and hanging out with the girls. Plus, as it happens, I am a master of baby shower games, which I find funny, since I know nothing of babies. (They come from the stork, right?) Today's nail design was based on the cake that I did for the shower, incorporating the multi-colored dots of the bottom tier, and the graphic flowers of the top tier.

The inspiration:

The nails:

I used Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud as a base, with OPI Parlez Vous OPI? for the purple, Sally Hansen Insta-Dry Spring Green for the green, and Milani Teddy Bare for the brown. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

The afghan that I made as a gift:

Completely off-topic, but I need a new laptop (mine is 7 years old), or at the very least, a new keyboard for mine, as mine is missing the 'f' key, which makes it difficult to type, since there is just the silicone nub that goes under the key for me to press. One day. :-D

I'm off to clean up Hurricane Buttercream/Fondant in my kitchen, and Tropical Storm Yarn in my living room. Perhaps tomorrow I'll get to the sewing table/area.

Barielle Sale

Buy any 2 colors get one free Sale Sale Sale Sale here
See the STYLE IN ARGYLE’ POLISH COLLECTION here

Until next time please have a great nail polish day.

Surfer Stripe

Today has been craaaaaazy. I've spent the entire day trying to finish my gift for my friend Gelly's baby shower tomorrow. (I've been working on the darn thing for 2 weeks), I'll post the picture tomorrow just in case she reads this post, I don't want to ruin the surprise! I've also been baking the cake for the shower tomorrow, and after I post this, I'm off to make some buttercream, and get the decoration party started. :-D I'm SO exhausted, I was up 'til 5 am working on the gift last night, and I've been goin' all day! lol I need a nap! Anyway, to the nails. A while back, I told you all about a brand called Island Girl, and did a post with their color changing polishes. Well, today I decided to use some of their regular polishes to make a design.

I used Essence The World's Coolest from the Surferama collection as a base, with Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud on the tip end. Over Essence The World's Coolest, I used Island Girl Island Volcano (a glitter polish with iridescent glitter, and iridescent mylar flakes suspended in a sheer aqua base), and then I used Island Girl Hawaiian Magic to paint the stripes. Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Zoya Spooning Confessions - 1

Not sure where this is coming from...

Zoya cuties can't keep their paws off the nail polish

Manicurist Jackie Saulsbery just sent us the cutest pic from an event she did in Malibu, CA
Look at the perfect little Zoya Nail Polish puppies!!! They can't keep their cute little paws off of the good stuff.
Get your paws on your favorite color at www.zoya.com
Photo: Jackie Saulsbery

Barielle Style In Argyle Fall 2010 Nail Collection

Good Morning,  Friday is here y'all.  I have been going to bed pretty late every night this week. But, I still won't be sleeping in Saturday morning just too much to do (*-*)

Barielle's new Fall Collection.  At first I thought Ugh! just a bunch of browns.  I'm really loving nudes. I'm kinda curious about this collection.  Why is this collection so much different then other Fall Collections that are coming out?  Are you curious now?  


BARIELLE SHADES LAUNCHES AUTUMN STYLE IN ARGYLE’ POLISH COLLECTION



Indulge yourself with Cashmere or Loose Me – a soft brown with copper pearl; cosy up with Tight Knit – a purple brown crème; keep your hands as pretty as the fallen leaves with Aura Angora – a royal gold crème; get tied up with Unraveled Red – a burnt rust crème; engage yourself with Wool you Marry Me?- a plum brown crème. and at the moon with Cowl of the Wild – a mushroom taupe crème.

I think Aura Angora is the most interesting one.  Check out this mani...isn't it gorgeous?

So, What are you thinking...want this collection now?  Thoughts?

Have a Great Weekend!  Until next time please have a great nail polish day *_*
 

Concentric Centric

Today's nail design is simpler than the last two days of designs, but I still really like it. The other day, I used my ULTA rewards to get Essie Sew Psyched and Essie Little Brown Dress, and I really wanted to use them. I also picked up Essence The World's Coolest from the Surfer Babe collection, and wanted to use THAT too, and thought it was an interesting combination with the sage and the brown, so I went with it.

I used Essie Sew Psyched as a base for all fingers except the ring finger, where I used essence The World's Coolest. For the design, I used Essie Little Brown Dress, then topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Project Runway and Zoya Nail Polish are a match made in Heaven!

Tonight is the night that Valerie will win a Project Runway Challenge!!! Hopefully. We can't predict the future but we do know we will be watching Project Runway tonight at 9pm EST on Lifetime and that this episode is probably going to filled with DRAMA because they are working in teams.

 *Heidi Klum  Project Runway, Project Runway Contestants and Bravo TV are not affiliated with Zoya. This is not an attempt to imply their endorsement of Zoya. Image for entertainment purposes only.

Move over Purple/Grey Polish

Beauty and The Dirt is a UK based beauty blog and after seeing the Zoya Wonderful Collection for Fall 2010 they don't think the predicted trend of purple/grey is correct instead they believe Zoya Nail Polish in Shawn is where it is at!

"Zoya is just the latest brand to introduce a khaki shade (Shawn) in their autumn/winter colour collection, Wonderful."





We have a hard time picking one of the colors that is our favorite.....they are all just so beautiful!