Sew Psyched

This was the very first Essie I bought and the only one I own.  Well if you don't count the matte top coat.  This is two coats and I love the colour, it's right up my alley.  Ha, I just noticed it matches my blog colour LOL!  As soon as I put it on I knew exactly what to do with it:

I stamped with plate BM21 in Pure Ice's First Time, a pale green chrome polish.  I liked it a lot...if only it hadn't chipped the next day :(

I liked the Essie formula well enough, but I don't think it's necessarily worth the $10 here in Canada.  Essie's colours don't thrill me either.  The ones with the hidden shimmer are awesome, but you really need to look closely to see it.  So I think Essie will be bargain bin buys only for me.

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I have no willpower

So last week on my lunch hour one day I ran over to the mall to grab a couple of cd's and I managed to stay away from the section of the mall that has Trade Secrets.  So far so good right?  Wrong.  I walked by one of the salons on my way out and noticed a basket on the counter full of OPI's that said 30% off.  And I kept on walking right past yay!  But then I stopped for a second and thought 'hey wait I think I saw some silver caps in that basket' and I turned right back around and found myself rummaging through the basket...ugh.

They actually had about 4 or 5 of the DS polishes but I ended up with these: DS Mystery and DS Opulence.  I used DS Mystery in a ring and it looks amazing but it's not quite finished so I haven't taken any photos yet.

So here's a polish I haven't used yet: Confetti Happy Birthday.

This is 2 coats and it's one of the polishes I picked up in the US in Feb.  I really like it, dark but not too dark.  I will definitely try out some more of this brand in the future.

I don't know exactly what I was going for here but I sponged the tips with Hard Candy's Date Night and stamped with Konad Pink and plate m11.  I didn't like it so I threw on a coat of Wet and Wild's Hannah Pinktana.

I think my nails will be short for awhile now.  The next couple of weeks will be spring cleaning/gardening so I doubt they will withstand all that.  But the good news is that my sis will be here for May two-four (cdn holiday) so she's bringing me all the goodies I've ordered online: the bogo Zoyas, the new Bundle Monster plates and a bunch of Golden Rose holos :)

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A haul, a mani and some thoughts

I try to check out Winners at least twice a month because even though they never have much stock on beauty items you can usually find a couple of gems.  Like this one I found last week:

This was $15 and although I'm not really into the light pastel colours I thought this was too cute too pass up and figured some would be good for stamping.  Here are the colours that came in it:

I do actually like all the colours except for the orange and pink so I'll get some use out of them.  The blue and orange ones stamped really nicely too.

Anyways, my nails are peeling and chipping pretty badly so I had to trim them again.  This mani only confirmed that I really should stick to the dark colours.

2 coats of OPI's Russian Navy Matte.  Love love love it!  I'm all for mixing things up sometimes, but every time I slap a deep dark colour on my nails I feel good.

So I stamped it with Konad plate m31 using my 3 China Glaze Tronicas: Hologram, High-Def and Laser Lime.  The stamping looked murky over the matte polish so I threw a topcoat on and still wasn't happy with it.  But I'm definitely sticking with the dark colours for awhile.

I wanted to add something else here that I've been thinking about for a bit lately...

This blog was originally intended for my sister and I to share nail art and ideas not only with each other but also for anyone who was interested.  I appreciate the few followers I have and love to read your comments.  Honestly, I don't ever want this blog to become a monster with hundreds of followers for several reasons I won't get into.  I also love many of your blogs and find that a lot of you are genuinely nice girls with great ideas to share.

However lately I've noticed that I really dislike some of the things I've seen on other blogs and message boards...mostly relating to snotty comments or people ganging up on others when it's not really called for.  I'm not calling anyone out here, I promise.  Truth be told, I stopped reading the actual posts of those offenders long ago but I still subscribe and look at their photos because hey, I love nail polish!  But I guess I'm just struggling with whether or not to unsubscribe because of their vile attitudes.  Have you guys come across this at all?  And what did you do?

And what is it with this shit anyways?  I thought all this media attention on cyber-bullying was helping to make things better...ugh, rant over.

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My First Sinful

On my first polish hunting trip in the US late last fall I went straight for the Sinful Colors display at Meijer.  This polish stood out immediately...Let's Talk.  There is not a single photo I've found on the web that captures this colour accurately but every single one who's taken a photo has agreed that this colour absolutely glows.  It glows like a freakin neon sign...that's how amazing it is!  I can't believe it took me this long to slap it on my nails.  It's two coats.

I took dozens of photos but none were really accurate...this polish tends to photograph blue, but it's the most amazing purple that I own.  Anyways, I stamped it in Pure Ice Silver Mercedes and for some reason I can't figure out what friggen plate I used.  I thought it was the Konad demo plate but I can't see the image on there anywhere!  Hmm, I will have to figure it out and edit later, sorry.  The stamping sucks anyways, I just wanted to show you what an amazing polish this is!

I found it - m35.

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Poo Manicure

Translation: I let my sister do my nails :)

Sorry the lighting is crappy at my mom's house and I didn't bring remover for clean up.  So the Princess of Poo painted 3 coats of Color Club's Give Me A Hint which is almost a dupe for China Glaze's Below Deck.

She used Konad polishes in white and dark purple with Konad plate m9.  Well....I give her credit for trying anyways.

And here is how I did her nails:

3 coats of Color Club's Get A Clue and stamped with Konad Wine(?) Red and plate m29.  She didn't wait long enough to put topcoat on it...ugh, sisters.  While it's fun to paint nails with her, I would just once love to see a fantastic mani come out of it!

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