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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
I bought a helmer! (and its already full and I need another one)
Most bloggers who I have read who have helmer's organize theirs by color/type. I decided to keep mine organized by brand and if the polishes have a special effect. So, clears/treatments are kept the same, and nail art/special nail polishes are kept the same. Otherwise, polishes are kept within a brand grouping. Enjoyy my messy pics!
I believe its safe to say I am back on game with doing my nails and making fun nail art. This post is mainly about my aztec nails. You see, during the long hours of my fabulous summer job, I am often at lack of things to do when I can't interact with the girls. You see, them being so damn old means they have to do everything by themselves for the most part, so while they do their homework and make cards and cupcakes and whatever, I am drawing ancient hieroglyphics on my nails. I know, I know, its a case of an Irish woman trying to tap into that native american scholarship that the government lies to us about.
In anycase, here are my aztec nails, I used the same American Apparel nail polishes as my last post. I thought this design was better, I liked the idea of having multiple colors between the black designs, reminds me of a totem poll or a five year old's scribblings. Enjoy ;0
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
IT'S BEEN SO LONG!
I have no excuses. Okay, maybe working seven days a week so I can have a mediocre job with health insurance(yeah not worth it-you), never sleeping, overworking, over-drinking, under-sleeping and NEVER doing my nails. Yeah, can you imagine? I got a Masters(finally!), a job at the DOE(fuck..yes), made lots of money(okay thats a lie), my husband is going back to school to finally move forward- and I never did my nails. It was a rough few months, and then I needed a month to drink sleep it off, then I started working with the girls for 12 hours a day(not to mention my weekend job)/going on crazy interviews for September. Overall, I am not exaggerating when I tell you I have worked like a slave.
Anyway, this blog has been itching and dancing in the back of my head for these past few summer weeks. I've spent them with the two girls I babysit, on several job interviews and job fairs, and of course at NYC karaoke bars and two in the afternoon singing "I wanna dance with somebody". Okay, you didn't need to know that last part.
I want to tell you that this is my I'm-sorry-I-haven't-posted post. Or my I'ma-promise-to-post-my-shitty-nails-now. Or my I'm-sorry-I-never-post-about-nail-polish-and-only-my-two-cats post. But your not stupid, or drunk. Okay scratch that last part, you need to get some help, its about time we talked about this.
Enough with the blog experimenting, the point of this post is to assure you that I will post at least once a day, but probably for the next few weeks I shall post all the pictures of the times that I DID do my nails and took pictures, which was quite often the past few months.
As I am sure all of you lovely ladies and two dudes know, magnetic nail polish is soaring and international and a big hit. Its in every CVS and Walgreens, comes in a variety of brands and I couldn't be happier. But alas, I am not going to blog about magnetic nail polish today, my last five thousand posts six years ago were, so I will give you something FRESH like Jamie Oliver.
Since I am taking a new job in september, I will no longer be working odd babysitting jobs or language lab jobs or teaching jobs, but rather I will have one job, benefits and weekends off. WEEEKENDS OFF means boozey brunch and shakey manicures, which means more posts. But it also means I will no longer be with my two favorite youngsters, the girls I babysit. SO I am letting them do whatever they want (as if you had any discipline with them-their mother). This includes drawing designs on my nails. And I have to say, even though I did the left hand, the 12 year old did a better job (figures.. ugh) than I did. She should start her own blog... at least she'd post every day after working 16 hours.. eep
Okay, This Manicure comes after one of my trips to American Apparel (Ugh I know I have a problem.. why do I support sex crazed hipster maniac companies.. oh yeah your right) I loved these colors together, Crescent Heights (the green neonish color) and Angeline(this is a favorite amongst many bloggers) but since I was at work I couldn't really use any tools to combine them on my nails/I was lazy whatever don't judge. The girls have these cute nail pens, so we decided to alternate nail colors and draw random "tibetan/aztec" designs. At least thats what I told them they were. HAH kids will believe anything(okay they didn't believe me either). Enjoy ;0
Anyway, this blog has been itching and dancing in the back of my head for these past few summer weeks. I've spent them with the two girls I babysit, on several job interviews and job fairs, and of course at NYC karaoke bars and two in the afternoon singing "I wanna dance with somebody". Okay, you didn't need to know that last part.I want to tell you that this is my I'm-sorry-I-haven't-posted post. Or my I'ma-promise-to-post-my-shitty-nails-now. Or my I'm-sorry-I-never-post-about-nail-polish-and-only-my-two-cats post. But your not stupid, or drunk. Okay scratch that last part, you need to get some help, its about time we talked about this.
Enough with the blog experimenting, the point of this post is to assure you that I will post at least once a day, but probably for the next few weeks I shall post all the pictures of the times that I DID do my nails and took pictures, which was quite often the past few months.
As I am sure all of you lovely ladies and two dudes know, magnetic nail polish is soaring and international and a big hit. Its in every CVS and Walgreens, comes in a variety of brands and I couldn't be happier. But alas, I am not going to blog about magnetic nail polish today, my last five thousand posts six years ago were, so I will give you something FRESH like Jamie Oliver.
Since I am taking a new job in september, I will no longer be working odd babysitting jobs or language lab jobs or teaching jobs, but rather I will have one job, benefits and weekends off. WEEEKENDS OFF means boozey brunch and shakey manicures, which means more posts. But it also means I will no longer be with my two favorite youngsters, the girls I babysit. SO I am letting them do whatever they want (as if you had any discipline with them-their mother). This includes drawing designs on my nails. And I have to say, even though I did the left hand, the 12 year old did a better job (figures.. ugh) than I did. She should start her own blog... at least she'd post every day after working 16 hours.. eepOkay, This Manicure comes after one of my trips to American Apparel (Ugh I know I have a problem.. why do I support sex crazed hipster maniac companies.. oh yeah your right) I loved these colors together, Crescent Heights (the green neonish color) and Angeline(this is a favorite amongst many bloggers) but since I was at work I couldn't really use any tools to combine them on my nails/I was lazy whatever don't judge. The girls have these cute nail pens, so we decided to alternate nail colors and draw random "tibetan/aztec" designs. At least thats what I told them they were. HAH kids will believe anything(okay they didn't believe me either). Enjoy ;0
Monday, January 2, 2012
More Magnetic swatches- LCN
Here I have a couple more pics of the LCN swatches, I had a ton more, but as i mentioned earlier i'm pretty sure my old iphone went for a swim- so I lost tons of photos and have to use my ancient 3GS. Good news about this? At least I have a phone, Bad news? its slow as molasses, can't access chase app or anything. FML
Anyway, here are pics of the grey, lilac and red from the LCN magnetic collection, they are named Magnetic moments (silvery grey) Amazing Mauve(lilac) and Copper seduction (red) which I wore for xmas and it was fab!
More magnetic swatches-Nails Inc
Every single day since I got my magnetic nail polish pack I have been trying all the colors, and they really are fabulous. Here I have a picture of the Nails Inc trio, which still should be available at some Sephora locations. The bottles when sold individually come with a magnet each, and cost 16$, but the trio comes with three polishes and one magnet for $30. I went for the trio obviously. I also have included a shot of the turquoise which is called Whitehall. I'm sorry for the poor image quality, I may have woken up after a night of debauchery to see that it fell in the kitty's water bowl. FML. Can't wait for that Suri upgrade!
New Year, new nail polish addiction-MAGNETIC
Okay, so believe it or not this idea has been around for a while and really never picked up. Since I have seen it on the internets, I requested magnetic nail polish for my holiday present- and santa did not disappoint! I have the LCN entire collection LCNUSA.com and the Nails Inc Magnetic trio, available at Sephora.
For this post I will show you photos of the entire LCN collection, which comes with a star and stripes magnet to make the different designs. I am also showing you a swatch of my favorite color in the collection, they don't have names on the bottles- but according to the website its called Fuchsia attraction. Anyway it is an awesome purple pink loveliness that people stopped me at a party to oogle over. I love the whole set, but its definitely my favorite color.
In case you don't know what this magnetic nail polish is- well its my new obsession, thats number one- but its a nail polish with magnetic particles inside that, when used with magnets shaped to a design, can create cool designs on your nails. All of the polishes have a shimmery affect, and so far you can make a star design, stripes design (using LCN magnets) or a wavy stripes design (using Nails Inc).
First, you put your base coat and let dry, then you put your 1st coast of nail polish and either let dry, or put the magnet just above your nail to show the design. You are supposed to use two coats and let the first dry without using the magnet, but I always end up trying on the first coat because I change my polish so much and because I use so many base coats to keep my nails from peeling.
I find that this is a tricky skill, I often put the magnet too far down and mess up the whole deal, you must be careful and move quickly. The nail polish dries fast, but not too fast- so you must hold the magnet on top of your nail for a whole minute at least in order to keep the design looking crisp. I found that when I move too quickly, the lines tend to get fuzzy.
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