I finally got my hands on some of these flat-backed pearls via eBay along with some rhinestone wheels. Here is my first manicure using them with OPI What's with the Cattitude? as a base. These were held on with nail glue, just sticking them in top coat never seems to work. I find they remove pretty easy this way and hold really well! This photo was taken after a massive cleaning/scrubbing session and I didn't lose any bling! I don't normally but I did photoshop this picture a little. While the gems held on I did break the corner of my middle finger pretty bad :( And something discolored my middle finger also, turned my polish yellow! I've never had that happen before, it must have been one of the cleaners I used (although I try to keep to natural cleaning products).

And guess who just took pictures for her next big ol' giveaway? ;)

Look at that split in my thumb nail :( It was on both sides and this was after it was patched. Yeah, I had to cut it down after these pictures but I couldn't care to cut them all so low so I just trimmed them a little. My poor poor thumb nail :(

Now this is more like it: China Glaze Channelesque. My bottle came a little bit wonky and had spilled down the side :( Poor thing! I'm not really sure how to describe this color...kinda a taupe brown but also kinda purple? I asked several people and they couldn't decide either. It is pretty though, I quite like it! On my pointer I have my first try at using fimo sticks- a starfish. I can't wait to use these more (although they are hard to slice thin). This is 3 coats.

I regretted not picking this up when it was originally out and I finally managed to swap for it! Yay! This is a little more gray than it would picture but just a lil bit. This is gorgeous stormy baby blue shimmer/frost. This is 3 coats. Since this is from the 2009 summer collection pictures from a day at the lake are appropriate I think :) Also, these are taken in fantastic beautiful sunlight for once! Go me ;)

Might as well use my waterproof camera I figure! Look at how gross the lake water looks- it's actually really really clear for a lake!
And here is a look I did to go out one night. I don't really wear warm neutrals very well, they wash me out pretty bad but I've been trying to find some that work for me and I think I have finally :)

Sorry there haven't been any posts the last few days. I've had a couple pretty horrible days and I'm not going to go into details but I will say I lost a lot of cropped down and ready to post photos and due to reformatting the laptop I have no editing program right now so nothing to show you.

I will also add that I lost half my income, which means I'm basically on a no-choices-no-buy. If anyone is interested I put a 15 bottle lot of HTF retired OPI on ebay.

I will say tonight I am working on getting all my giveaway items together and just might give you a sneak peek tomorrow :)

Hope all of you are well! To make up for no nails here is a picture of my G-l-a-m-o-r-o-u-s pup Apollo...


If you look close she has some polish on her nails still! That kinda counts, right?

3 coats. This is from the french manicure collection. No application problems. This was such a pretty baby pink color.

Another great glitter from Hard Candy! I haven't tried anything other than their glitters from this line but I think I have to, these are all so great. If you haven't seen them: Lava, Mr. Wrong and Sweet P are all gorgeous glitters with the best application of their kind and if you like glitter you NEED them. Here is 3 coats of Sweet Pea:


And I've had these for awhile, some Flip Flop Fantasy fun...this is topped with Cover Girl City Lights, 2 coats:
Stamped with China Glaze Millennium- I loved this mani!-
Polka dot and disco balls go well together, don't ya think?

I know I've seen this done a couple times before but I couldn't resist! I love kissy prints so much I even have a (extremely badly done and embarrassing) tattoo of one on my inner wrist. In real life these lips were more subtle, stamped with Candy Apple Red from Wet N . The French is Sally Hansen Insta- Dri Whirlwind White and Essie Sugar Daddy.

Starshine is my favorite of them, I like my gloss pretty light in color (for reasons stated below) and this goes on nearly clear.

Love the gold glitter in Stylish!
This was the first one I found and it is my 2nd favorite, it is a warm version of Starshine.
I debated whether to get In Vogue and ended up deciding to...not sure I made the right decision. This embodies the reason I dislike colored gloss: bleeding. This just is messy from the moment it goes on and I can't image wearing it out because I would feel like a clown (and that is saying something;)

Rimmel Red Alert is a Moisture Renew Lipcolor. I don't truthfully find these to feel much different from the older formula but maybe that is just me. This is a classic true red. Please ignore my sloppy application, this was the last swatch and I was ready to be done with it! Hehe, but that aside...I like the color but it has been done many times before. In fact- NYC Retro Red is the same exact color and a slightly less glossy finish for 99 cents.
Pink Chic is another Moisture Renew and is one of those semi-sheer creams if you know what I mean. I always have trouble with these and leaving tell-tale lines in the top lip when I put my lips together. I will mention these swatches aren't blotted and that might help it out. Once again though, I feel like I already own colors exactly like this.
Coral Shimmer...I can't decide if I like this on me or not. What do you think? My lips are pretty pigmented which is a problem with sheer-er colors. I think this may be a little too warm for me but it's pretttty! I always try to pull off corals even though it rarely works out. I do love colors like this though because when I don't want to wear lipgloss this is just enough shimmer and color.
Pink Blush. Look familiar? Yeah. Pink Blush is just a single shade darker than Pink Chic. If it were a little bit more brown (just the teeniest bit) it would be a dupe for MAC Snob, even so it is very passable.
Crush is a weird color. I have a love of weird lipstick shades so from the back of the lipstick I was expecting it to be more orange. This is a weird brown-orange-tan. Kinda reminds me of the 90's. Either way, to frosty for my taste.
This is one of my favorite reds ever- this swatch doesn't do this dark red shimmery masterpiece justice. If you like red lipstick I would recommend picking this baby up.
Celeb is a pretty basic pink in my opinion, a little bit more berry toned and just kinda blah for me.

Blue Aluminum-
Purple Aluminum-
Lime Aluminum-

Violet Storm-
Sally Hansen...gonna have to look up the name! Will update later
Maybelline Planet Pluto over Sally Hansen...look at this one closer, it's a pretty awesome glitter

LA Colors Magnetic Force...why is there no labels on these? Annoying. This was my first LA colors polish.