Polish Pet Peeves

It's a PPP post! Haha anyways today I was feeling the urge to post for you guys, and this is what I came up with. Now I really don't mean to offend anyone who partakes/ suffers from these things- some of them are uncontrollable. But others? C'mon. But still. Don't take this to mean I hate you or your personality if these apply to you. I just hate your nail habits. Ok, hate is too strong a word.














I strongly dislike your nail habits.
(but only if these apply to you)

By the way, absolutely none of these pictures belong to me. And I fully admit that. I just sorta googled the stuff I was going to post about and put in pictures. If you do see one of your pictures and want to claim it, send me an e-mail and I'll include your info in the post. So. Now that I have covered all the ways-to-piss-off-random-people bases, enjoy my nail rant ;D

PPP #1: Bad acrylics.

This is an example of the acrylic nails I accept: well done, uniform shape, and, above all, natural looking. they look like they grew out of a normal human's hand.

This is an example of what I don't like. The flared-out, 3 inch wide/tall french tip. And honestly, it's pretty much the manicurist's fault.... but still. While I've never gotten acrylics (nor do I ever intend to) I wouldn't be happy with these. Let just look gross and artificial to me.

PPP #2: Stained nails

I mostly hate this because it happens to me. And it sucks. Because most often, it happens with blue nail polish.... which is mah favorite. You see the perfect shade, put it on, and what happens?

This. Dear polish companies: Why you do this to us??? Seriously! We love ya, but you gotta be nail friendly here! Now I'm mainly talking about polishes that stain through basecoat- which I've encountered. I always wear basecoat, so for something to stain my nails has to be pretty powerfully pigmented (see what I did there? Another PPP ;D )

PPP #3: Overly long nails.

I love my nails long. I'll be the first to admit it. But there's a limit to that: I haaaate what I like to call the "5 Fingered Dragon Claw". Seriously, there's a limit that shouldn't be crossed.

When your nails start to curl under, it's time for a trim.

PPP #5: Different shaped/ length nails on one hand

I've fallen prey to this a few times: a nail breaks, and all of a sudden you have a nubbin. But what I do is go home and file the rest down accordingly. Cuz I'm OCD like that. And sorry, Google din't have any good pictures. But I think y'all get the gist.


So there we have it! Some of my Polish Pet Peeves. Again, sorry if this offended you I guess... I was in a ranty and silly mood. Take it with a grain o salt lovies!

Luv y'all!



PS like I said before. I don't own any of these pics. So yaa

Nail Art of the Random Kind

So. I wore a blue creme polish. Yes, I wore a polish without glitter. How? I have no idea. But, as expected, i got bored. Soooooo I did this :D

 Okey. So for products used:
Base: Sally Hansen "Pacific Blue"
Glitter: Sinful Colors "Smoking Hot" <-- new obsession
Details: black and gold acrylic paints

 I'm actually really happy with this- I had my blood taken and the lady there really liked them apparently.... Haha don't you love when random people comment on your nails? I sure do ;D

I don't quite know what I was focusing on in this pic.... my pinky??? Who knows......

I seee jooo :)

Haha odd post guys.... Sorry, or You're Welcome, depending on how you look at it ;)

Luv y'all!

Easter Mani!

Why yes, this is much later than it's supposed to be. Ah well.... Any how here's what I wore for Easter: just something simple and cute :)

Just one pic of this, it's a pretty simple one. I just did Frenches with some pastel colors, and white polka-spots with white. (and yes, it is absolutely polka- spots) Oh, and it's all finished with some matte top coat :) (I thiiink I used my Warpaint Beauty here. Don't quote me on that.)

Luv y'all! (ohh and happy belated Easter!)

Post-a-thon!

Guys. I iz so sowie. I may/ may not have slacked a little with blogging. urghskeojfk dsngdfskjla;geioar!

Anyways, today i plan on posting about many things: the first of those is the nail art I'm currently wearing:

 Ok. A lot going on here. Just so you guys know, I hate that freakin ring finger. It looks so stupid... I wish I'd just gone with the flake glitters like the rest of my nails. *sigh*..... Can't win 'em all I suppose. Any whos, the base of all this is Essie "Dive Bar", which is a deep, dark teal blue with a slight purple to green duo-chrome. I likes it :) then I sponged Jessie's Girl "Glee" on the tips in a beveled French mani. Over that, I did Wet 'n Wild "Kaleidoscope" (yuusssss I spelt that right on my first try >.> ) Finally, I placed these cool little shard- style silver glitters. I really love these- you get to kinda make a mosaic out of them.

 Blurriness to show the holo-ness ;D

And the obligatory awkward- thumb shot. Ahhhh he is an awkward beast eh?

Well that's all on this manicure.... onto the next post!

Luv y'all!

Franken #2 District 12

So I made frankens themed like the 12 districts in The Hunger Games. Yes I am obsessed.

In any case, here is District 12: (AKA My coalminerKatnissPeetaCinnathingamajiggeydoo)

So. I like him :D He is a black jelly with holo and yellow fine gliters, and larger orange and red glitters. I LOVE THIS! I wish I had better pictures for you! It really reminds me of embers in coal or ashes. I really like this for District 12. 

So what do you think?

Luv y'all!

Deborah Lippmann Lady Sings the Blues

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guys. Guys. I own a Deborah Lippmann! I've wanted Deborah's polishes since I saw Happy Birthday, and I was so excited to get this polish! My parents went to Vegas recently, and Mom brought me back this beauty. I died a lil inside.

"Lady Sings the Blues" is a deep, rich navy blue jelly base with a good amount of large white hexes and tiny silver glitters. When you apply it though, the blue base goes over those glitters and makes them a light blue, different textured somethingspecial. I love this because it's glittery without being overly blingy- it's a really subtle glitter polish, which adds something really special.

Application on this was smooth, you just had to try to place those large hex glitters so they didn't clump to one area.

So I have a lot of other posts to do, stay tuned!

Luv y'all!

Eyeshadow (Is it Still Called a Franken?)

.... I mean I mixed it, but is that the right term? Any whos, I made this eyeshadow for a very special blogger and I really liked it... so I made some more to show you guys! (and yes, for once I was a good blogger and remembered to write down the recipe!)

pigment in indirect light

pigment under direct artificial light

 Ain't he purty? I really like this. It's sort of a silvery mousey-ish brown/ taupe with INSANE blue, violet, and green reflects. Oh, and a lil duochrome for good measure. 'Tis very sparkly.

These are the swatches: wet, over primer, and by itself.

direct artificial light

indirect light

It's really thick and rich when used wet! But it's at its most blingiest and sparkliest when it's dry, sans primer, so I'll probably put down a layer wet then do a dusting over.

I have two main probelms with this: I can't figure out a good look to do with this. That's a main concern with duochromes and stuff that has so many dimensions- they are impossible to pair with stuff. The other problem is that the pigment gets everywhere- lotsa fallout with such a sparkly color.

Here's a recipe for ya! These are all from TKB, and the measurements are using their metal measuring spoons, so no, I am not using some convoluted system ;D
1 pinch of Travel to Venus
1 dash of Violet Sparkle
1 tad of Nosy Be Chameleon
2 tads of Chamoisee

pinch= small scoop
dash= medium scoop
tad= large scoop


So there ya go! I did make a franken polish out of this, but it didn't turn out the way I wanted so I won't show you :p

Luv y'all!!