Roses and Pearls

Hey all!  Sorry about the lack of posts these days.  I really thought things would slow down during the second week of school, but I am still as busy as ever. T_T  However, I will try to post more regularly.

Today I have a nail art I did for my back-to-school mani.  For my base I used my franken, Susie's Cup of Tea, and layered a coat of China Glaze Sea Spray over it.  Then I added white dots (pearls) and hand painted the red roses.  This was my first attempt at drawing roses.  I think it's okay, but I could definitely use some more practice.  Once I perfect my method, I will post a tutorial for those who would like one. :)  Also, please be sure to click 'read more' to see more pics of this mani and read my latest updates and reminders. ^^

Friday Food and Nails (FFAN) #4

Sorry it's a bit late, but I really hope you enjoy these!  Don't forget to visit these bloggers and give them some love! :)  If you'd like to participate in next week's FFAN post, you can find more info *here*.  Also, as you can tell, I am still pretty busy with school and clubs.  I'll get things up as soon as possible!  Thanks for being patient! :)

Nails Made Simple!

"caramel is my "comfort" food. i add it to milk. to toast,ice cream..pretty much anything! so why not wear nails that remind me of caramel :D"

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Musings of a Fashionista

"Watermelon toes:  This is freehand nail art.  The colors I used are Essie Pretty Edgy, Sally Hansen Racey Rouge, Art Deco black (with super small brush) and OPI Start to Finish top/base coat.  My nails are posed with a watermelon.  Watermelon is so fresh and tasty for summer, so I thought that would be a good concept for nail art."

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Good Lack, Nail!

"I'm wearing Zoya Malia, a beautiful summery purple, which clashes wonderfully with the Mango I'm holding. In the background is my blackbord where I note down the shopping that needs to be done - luckily, I still have a mango to eat before I need to go to the supermarket again!"
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OPI Muppets Collection!

This holiday season, OPI pays homage to America’s favorite Muppet friends as they hit the big screen in Disney’s The Muppets.  With an all-star cast including Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Kermit, Miss Piggy and the entire Muppet crew, the family comedy opens in theaters nationwide on November 23, 2011. 

Inspired by the film’s namesake lively and colorful characters, OPI launches twelve limited-edition Nail Lacquers for Holiday 2011. “OPI is so excited to work with Disney to celebrate this long-awaited movie release,” said Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director.  “Not only do The Muppets characters inspire fun, bright and joyful colors, the fashionable Miss Piggy lends her name to three high-shine pink-based hues, ranging from bold red flecked with silver to a multi-dimensional strawberry shade.”

This line features six shimmery reds and neutrals, as well as six glitter-packed shades, including:

Care for a cup of tea? Or maybe some franken polish...

Hey all!  A few days ago I was at Ikea when I spotted something that made me do this.

My Recent Haul

 Left to right: Sally Hansen Lavender Cloud, Milani Totally Cool, Milani Jewel Fx Gold, LA Colors Sparkling Diamonds, LA Colors Sassy Sparkle, LA Colors Jewel Tone, LA Colors Treasure Island, Art Deco Silver

Left to right: From the OPI Serena William's Glam Slam duo Pros and Bronze, Love is a Racket, OPI I Eat Mainely Lobster, Sephora by OPI What's Your Poison?, China Glaze White Cap, China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat, Seche Vite Fast Drying Top Coat

I'm also on a no buy until December after my fall semester ends!  My only regret is not having the polishes I wanted from China Glaze's Metro collection and Orly Fowl Play.  Hopefully, if I played my cards right, I'll get polishes from the Metro collection without buying them.  As for Fowl Play, it was sold out every where- at both my Ulta and my Sally's!  I hope one of the two will still have it in December...since my Sally's just got the Fx collection.  They should've ordered two Bird's of a Feather displays instead!  I also wanted Finger Paints Cordur-Orange, but that was the only one sold out at Sally's as well.

Ah well, I need to save money for all the amazing upcoming winter collections anyway.  I seriously want to buy them up by collections!  I also have one swap in progress right now, so I'll have those polishes to show sometime next month I'm guessing.

And I'm moving into dorms this weekend!  I've been thinking of only bringing my newest polishes, as well as the ones I use the most with me, but now I feel like I should just haul the entire thing down to campus. -_- My stash is actually pretty small in comparison to other polish bloggers because I started collecting this spring.  I think I have around 110-120 polishes, although I'm not sure.  I stopped counting after I reached 100.  What do you guys think I should do?


Liz

Friday Food and Nails (FFAN) #3

Yay, the third installment of FFAN!  Check out all the great submissions sent in this week.  Don't forget to visit all these wonderful blogs! :)  If you would like to be featured in next week's post, you can find more information here: FFAN entry guidelines.

Khuuphoria

"My favourite drink of all time, Assam Milk Tea from my local asian grocery store! I'm wearing China Glaze's Nova and Ulta3's Snazzle with stuck on rhinestones. Absolute shine factor!"

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Gotham Polish

"Last Saturday at Summer Streets in NYC, I was given the most random free sample ever - Go Go Squeez Applesauce! It was really tasty. I'm wearing American Apparel Neon Coral on my nails :)"
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Talon-ted but tawdry

"These are homegrown green beans and a mani I did with Essence I'm a Berliner, Konad special polishes in white and different shades of green, and stamping plates BM224 and m20. I also added some green micro pearls and NfuOh Ultra Shine topcoat. I'm not completely sure if these count as food, because you don't eat the beans as they are, but boil them and toss in some butter. I'd rather hold them in my hand for the pic raw, than dripping with hot butter, though :)"

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Nail Newbie

"For FFAN this week I took a picture of my nails sporting a splatter manicure with some iridescent glitter over the top with some tomatoes that I'm growing in my garden :) They are delicious, but I'm not getting to eat many as my son keeps eating them straight from the plant!"
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Musings of a Fashionista

"I used: Austin-tacious turquoise (index), Essie Smokin' Hot (grey), and OPI Turquoise shatter.  They are posed with home made banana bread."

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Olivia Frescura

"This week I decided to try out my first Glitter Sandwich, or how I like to call it, a Glitter and Jelly Sandwich. I used OPI's Coney Island Cotton Candy and Wet n Wild Party of 5 Glitters. I'm wearing this for my birthday which is on Friday, the 19th! And I am turning 19 :) I am surprised I liked this manicure because I normally like lots of color, and this has a subdued gorgeousness to it that I really love."
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The Lacquer Room

"I'm wearing Ulta The Jungle Look and I'm holding a Pillsbury Funfetti cookie that I baked. It's apparent that I need some baking lessons. -_-"
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Liquid Jelly

"I decided to participate in this week's post!  I'm wearing Dr.'s Remedy Lovely Lavender with a floral accent, and I'm holding roasted almonds.  They're so addicting!"

Zoya Reva

Zoya Reva is described as a "cool-toned strawberry red with glowing golden metallic sparkle," which I think describes it pretty accurately. :)  It's opaque in 2 coats, but I did 3 for pictures.