Ouch! Damn salad spinner! And Lacquer Convention!

I'm going to start this post with a picture....

Yup... that's my pinky on my left hand...the salad spinner got away from me and ripped off my nail way past the point they are suppose to be! Its very painful... and what's worse...it happened right before a nail art challenge is scheduled to begin! 

So I figured why not turn this situation from a negative to a positive.  Rather than being bummed out about  all the nail art I am no longer able to do, why not just swatch some polishes that have been burning a hole in the proverbial nail polish pocket (or to you fellow nail polish junkies... the helmer!)

This is Pop Tart from Lacquer Convention...

Pop Tart is a light white jelly with multi-colored, multi-sized round and hex glitter. It truly looks the top of a strawberry pop tart! 

Look at my poor pinky! :(

I love this polish... its a great "palate cleanser" after numerous nail art manicures... I like to think of if as a taupe/natural with a little bit of bling.

You can find Lacquer Convention on etsy by clicking HERE  Right now they are closed for some re-vamping, but keep an eye out for when they re-open... its a must have!!

Please send positive thoughts for my poor poor pinky...I am hopeful it will grow out in time for Erica's nails and more's challenge. 

How many nail art challenges are you taking part in right now?  Feel free to include pics!

High School Reunion Mani!!

Wow... where did that weekend go???  And it was a long weekend yet!

I had my 20th year high school reunion this weekend and it was definitely something to remember!  There wasn't an overwhelming turn out, but in terms of quality not quantity-it was a home run!  So in honor of our school colors-black and gold-here was the manicure I was sporting for the occasion!  (See what I did there! :))

I used the following polishes (in no particular order) Essie-as gold as it gets, Julep-Daisy, Pretty & Polished-Valentino, Cult Nails-Nevermore

Again, I didn't have a lot of time to take a lot of photos and by the end of the night I had some chipping on my nails... yup, it was that kind of reunion.  I can't remember the last time I had a tequila shooter!

 As always... click here to sign up to be a Julep maven and receive gorgeous nail lacquers delivered right to your door!  Use the code  COLOR2012 at check out and get your first intro box for one penny!

Also click here to purchase Cult Nails polishes and officially join the cult!  If you are looking for a one coat true black, then Nevermore is for you!  Also, click here to visit Pretty & Polished on etsy! The shop is closed at the moment but is scheduled to re-open on Sept 5th.

Hope you all had a great Labour Day long weekend!

Julep Daphne and Mila

Howdy fellow Polish Junkies!

This is just a quick post to share one of my top 5 Julep shades thus far.  Daphne is an amazing shade of blue.  When I first saw the polish bottle shots of the July It Girl Maven boxes I was over the moon about the sea foam green of Daphne.  However, when other It Girl's received their boxes there was a huge controversy about how muddy and more grey of a blue it was.  I was a little bummed out... until I received it!!  The pictures will speak for themselves...

This is Daphne with an accent nail of Julep's Mila... also from the July It Girl box.

 

Excuse the mess, this pic was taken prior to clean up.... I was running late for work, as usual... but I wanted to get some pics just in case I ruined my mani throughout the day.

Just like all Julep polishes, the formula is amazing and is almost opaque in one coat, but I always do 2, and then topped off with SV!

If you would like to join the Julep party and become a maven click HERE and use the code
COLOR2012 at check out and get your first intro box for one penny! Yup... 0.01 dollars!!  It truly will be the best decision you ever made!

Finally... a Manicure Post!!!

Morning fellow nail junkies!!

What better way to shake off the Monday Blah's than with a polish that brings back memories of riding your bike to the store with your friends, a dollar burning a hole in your pocket, just knowing all the candy you will be able to purchase with that buck!  I think I just totally aged myself .... but who cares...I'm old! There I said it :)

Now onto the nail mail I received a couple weeks ago which will help explain what I just described.....

 I have become a Indie polish stalker.  I wait on facebook for announcements of restocks and then I pounce!  When Chelsea from Pretty and Polished restocked her shop on etsy (you can shop for her goodies HERE) I just knew these 3 beauties would be mine....

The one I am referring to today is Jawbreaker!  It truly looks like those delicious jawbreakers we ate as kids!  Do they even still sell them?

This is one coat over Julep's Kate.   I think Jawbreaker would be opaque on its own after 3 coats, but I wanted to conserve as much as I could!

I forgot to take a pic of the second coat the day of the manicure, but I remembered before I removed the manicure.  So this is what it looks like with 2 coats.. excuse the wear on the tips...

Putting the second coat on masked some of the brighter glitters and gave it more of a muted chalky look which contributed to the jawbreaker feel of this polish.

I can't wait to try the other polishes!

If you haven't had a chance to check out Pretty & Polished yet, do so!  She does not have Jawbreaker in stock at the moment, but you can also follow her on facebook for updates on when she will be doing her next shop restock, click HERE for her FB page. Plus she is coming out with a pretty amazing Halloween line!

I really need to start using my actual camera rather than my iPhone... these pics are definitely not the greatest!

Enjoy your day!

Julep Haul!!

Good afternoon fellow polish junkies!

What a great start to the weekend! Well, in spite of having to clean the house and working!  I knew I was in for a treat when the Canada Post truck pulled up!  Look at what was delivered to me!!!

First up... the "It Girl" August Maven Box which includes Sienna, Harley and Melanie. For those of you who aren't yet a Julep Maven... the It Girl box comes with polish only, other beauty profiles will have 2 polishes and a beauty type product such as creams, mascara, polish remover etc etc.

You can also "add on" 2 additional colors from other profiles so I chose Kim, a Gunmetal grey metallic.

Now for the best deal of the century!  My August It Girl Mystery Box!  Hold on to your hat ... All this for $19.99!

The top row is base coat, fast dry top coat, and nail therapy base coat!
The bottom row is Hayden, Sasha, Sandra, Rachel, Jessica, Megan, Daphne, Leah, Diane, Mila and Oscar!

Sasha, Daphne, Leah and Mila are all dupes (duplicates) for me but there is a Facebook page called Julep Swap that allows you to swap your dupes with fellow Mavens for other shades you don't have already.

I was originally going to include individual pics of all the polishes but then realized it would be one lonnnnggg post!  If you would like to see a close up of any of the polishes let me know and I will add it.

If you are not a Julep Maven and would like to become one click on the link blow:

 http://julep.com/?r=21880223
 

I know I said my next post would include a mani... but I was just too excited not to share this Julep Nail Mail with you.  There will definitely be a manicure post tomorrow from some Nail Mail I received a couple days ago.

Until then... have a good day :)

PS. I just heard the mail carrier so I checked the mail box and there is a package from Cult Nails waiting for me! I will share those goodies at a later date.