Day of the Purple Skull

Woohoo! A nailpolish post!!

My nails are SOOOO short. I've been playing my guitar a lot lately, and so I haven't been growing them out. I also haven't been wearing a ton of nailpolish...although when my nails are shorter, my polish lasts longer...so I should.

The other day I was skulking (seriously, I always get funny looks when digging for treasures there) around my Walgreen's clearance...endcap...dump piles...scary section...when I found a bunch of pretty polishes. As if I don't own enough purple already, I picked up Wet n Wild's Megalast Nail Color in Bite the Bullet. It's a fairly muted and dusky color...almost near that taupe and gray trend while still remaining purple.
I also decided to break out the stash of Halloween nail stickers I have in my kit and pop a little purple skully on! I try to stock up on nail stickers during that holiday because it's usually the only time I can find skulls. = /

Whatcha think?

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How do I love the...let me count the Glaze...

Those of you that know me, know what undying love I hold in my little black heart for China Glaze nail polish.

I change my polish every few days.
I buy new colors almost weekly.
I follow them on Twitter (@ChinaGlaze)...and yes I do respond.
It is, so far, my favorite in color selection and formula.

I have tried a few different brands, the ones most commonly compared with China Glaze being O.P.I and Orly...and I like them enough, but I crave bright...weird...and anything but normal colors. China Glaze delivers. I am partial to their glitters because I am by no means a good manicurist. I paint outside the lines and hope that my topcoat will help peel the excess bits off by my next shower. Glitter polish is so forgiving...I want to hug it.

As far as the formulation goes, most of the time it sits right in the middle of the two aforementioned brands. O.P.I tends to be very thick...more than one coat often leads to bubbling, although this may just be my impatience. Orly is the opposite...it tends to be very thin, and if more than two coats are involved, I usually mess it up. China Glaze is just right. Two coats max (unless we are talking about Yell-O-Neil) that dry quickly, so there's less time for me to forget that my nails are wet and smear them all over the place.

Since there are quite a few beauty bloggers that talk about nail polish exclusively, I won't go into too much more detail. I just feel that if you have strong opinions, in this case my undying love, you should back them up. And so I have. At the end of the post, I will link some of my very favorite nail blogs...please check them out! These ladies are amazing and whenever something new comes out...I scour their pages for hours drooling, listing, and deciding.

On to the collection: (colors are listed left to right with collection info if I know it)


For Audrey - lovely light turquoise cream
Shower Together - deep turquoise cream - ecollection
Rodeo Fanatic - dark blue green shimmer (notice a trend?) - Rodeo Diva collection
Blk-Bila-Bong - black with teal glitter (no, no trend or anything) - Surf collection


Ruby Pumps - red with TONS of red glitter
Yell-O-Neil - bright yellow with glassy flecks (very sheer) - Surf collection
Treehugger - light green with light turquoise shimmer - ecollection
Watermelon Rind - a king of teal/forest green with green glitter - Summer Days collection


Wagon Trail - black with dark gold glitter - Rodeo Diva collection
VIII - very dark eggplant purple cream (looks almost black on) - X collection
Strong Adhesion Base Coat
No-Chip Top Coat - these two together makes your polish last at least a week

And the two newest members of my polish family:


Cords - grayish taupe shimmer - Retro Diva collection
Stroll - burgundy with red glitter and glass flecks - Retro Diva collection

I was going to save the next two photos for NOTD posts...but I figured, since they are both China Glaze, I would include them here.

This first one is Yell-O-Neil. I really want to love this polish. The color is fantastic...it's the most gorgeous yellow I've ever seen. The glass flecks in it catch the light and are just so pretty. The only problem I have with it is that it's so very sheer. This is three coats...and as you can see, it doesn't cover completely. I was considering trying a very opaque white or cream color underneath to see if that would help.

This here is Stroll. I don't usually go for the more normal colors, reds, plums, pinks...but I picked this one up on three previous trips (to the ONLY place in my area that sells China Glaze), so I decided to get it. I love it! This one also has little glassy flecks in it. I see many days of distraction in my future.


See? Didn't I tell you that I suck at doing my nails? Maybe next time I should clean them up before photographing them! (Nah, too lazy.)

I took a small break in the middle of writing this...so what do I do? I order more nailpolish. Yes, I am aware that I am sad. (But you want to know what I got don't you??? *wickedsmile*)

Lubu Heels
Shocking Pink
Secret Peri-Wink-Le
In The Lime Light

In the same order I also got some Color Club and some Misa polishes, so I will review these as well. Sometime soon I should also be getting the Zoya polishes I "won" in the Zoya 5000 Twitter giveaway. I will post about all of them when I get them!

The end.

Ok, I lied. It's not the end. Here are some of my favorite nail bloggers. Show them love!

Scrangie
Vampy Varnish
All Lacquered Up (wins the awesome name award!)

My To Do Lists:

Perhaps if I write down all of the things I need to get done here...I will be motivated to do them. I have been VERY remiss in my duties lately, and I am hoping that the Almighty Internets will be the kick in the ass that I need.

(Hold please whilst I put the chicken on the grill...)

Today:

Finish monkey for delivery on Wednesday.


Tomorrow:

Foot doctor.
Clean house.
Finish seal headband.
Do associate performance reviews so my kids can get their raises.

*sigh*

Fun stuff ...

I'd been looking at this gray polish every time I went to Walmart. It was weird, and something I'd never seen before, but for some reason...I didn't buy it. I don't know why...it was $2...
Well, since I needed some flowers for Mother's Day (no, I'm not THAT cheap...she gets other stuff too...) I decided to grab it...just for S & G's (that's shits and giggles kids). And since the polish that I frankened the other day peeled like a mofo...I got my nails did.

I was very surprised at how PRETTY this was. It's not silver...it looks kind of shimmery in the photo...it's very flat. It actually stayed on pretty nicely too...I mean...I leave my dishes for a week so when it comes time to wash them, nothing keeps my polish on.

Next fun thing...(my eyelids were cooperating today...)
I recently ordered some stuff from Fyrinnae Cosmetics. Of course, I bought eyeshadow...but I picked a few from their professional color line...because I like that they stay a bit longer, and they had some great choices. I don't know (yet, because I will definitely be ordering from them again) if it's this way with all of their shadows, but the jars that they come in are PACKED! It's a regular sized 3 gram jar...for about $6 (pretty average)...but instead of them being just about half full...it is seriously coming out of the top. Messy, yes...but FABULOUS!

The following look was done with two of their colors...and some other stuff.


Two Faced Shadow Insurance (of course)
Kryolan's Mozart Pink Aquacolor (out of >this< palette)
Fyrinnae's Bite Me in the area above crease...and dragged towards inner corner
Rimmel eyeliner in Purple Shock under eye (for a base)
Fyrinnae's Illicit Passion in outer "v" area, into crease, and under eye
Rimmel soft kohl black eyeliner
Rimmel's Sexy Curves mascara

I'm lovin' this look so much...I'm going to wear it this weekend if I hang out with...ahhh, nevermind. *wink*
It kind of makes my eyes look a tad bluer than they usually are...which is cool. All of the kids in my family got such dramatically different eye colors, but I am kind of happy that I got the chameleon ones.

Ok, work time.

The end.

First off, let me say Happy Mother's Day to all the females that have passed aliens from their vaginas! I hope you all had a lovely day with your respective spawn.

Second, I had something meaningful and insightful to say in the beginning of this blog...but alas, my brains are of Swiss Cheese. Today has been...a pain in my butt to be honest. It was nice hanging out with my mom...and I got some really rad new gray nail polish (I know...sounds gross, but actually it's very pretty). But last night, or the night before last...something happened to my eyelids. I'm not quite sure what...but they itch and are kind of puffy. It's almost like having poison ivy all over them (I've had that happen to me...so I know whereof I speak). Now I am quite certain I didn't go around rubbing the "leaves of three" on my face (this time)...so I know it's not really poison ivy...but I did start using a couple of new products. One: Neutrogena's Oil Free Acne Wash Cream Cleanser (Jesus, that was a mouthful). I had a little surge of acne and I'm fairly certain that this is the offending item. It has Salicylic Acid in it. I have RETARDEDLY sensitive skin. Now when I was younger...I just thought the tingle meant it was working...well, now that I'm older, I HAVE BIG PUFFY EYELIDS!!! (fuck me.) There are other parts of my face that are pretty itchy and not so pleasant to look at right now...so that's why my suspicions are with the wash. It's either that or...
Two: Baby Butt Wipes. I bought some (unscented of course) to clean off my makeup before I washed my face. I thought it was a good idea because they are hypoalergenic and made for the most sensitive of sensitive areas...a baby's arse. (Not that I'm saying my face looks like a butt or anything...well...if my effing eyelids get any puffier, it might...) My friend thought that because it took a bit of a rub to get the makeup to actually come completely off, it might have irritated my skin. I've decided to stop using these altogether for that very reason.

But enough about my fucked up face. On to the completely vain and vapid part of our program.
I follow this blog called Dr. Frankenpolish because it's fun. This chick makes very cool nail polish colors out of two or more OTHER colors. I used to do that a bunch when I was in grade school, and I stopped, probably because I got yelled at for messing up the carpets. I digress...
Since I had all those jars of pigment from Coastal Scents, I decided to mix them up in a bottle of clear polish to see what I could get.


I mixed a little bit of the Antique Gold Mica Powder with some Interfine Red (a duochrome) and came up with this:


It's kind of hard to see in this crappy-ass picture...but the color is like a goldy/brown with a pink shimmer to it. I liked it a lot...because it's much more subdued than what I'm used to wearing...and I don't really have a lot of the more "normal" colors. The only problem I had with it, and I'm certain it's because I added too much actual pigment, is that it bubbled even though it was dry and it chipped like crazy even with my regularly scheduled China Glaze Amazing Duo.



And last, but not least...Crazy Makeup Corner! Since my eyelids were all janky today (but I couldn't DARE go out without makeup on) I decided to mess around a bit with just some liner. This doesn't go any higher than the lash line...but it looks like it does because of my balloon-lids. The turquoise is from my new Kryolan Aquacolor palette...with a bit of eyeshadow to set it. The black line Raven Gel Eyeliner from Heavenly Naturals...set with some of Glittersniffer's Toothache.


I'm not crazy about the look...and I'll probably never do anything as...loony...again. I mean, it looks KINDA pretty...but it's definitely not something I'd wear every day...and for me, that's saying a whole heck of a lot because...I mean...I based my eyeshadow off of a freakin' Pokemon for fuck's sake. Anyhow, that's all I've got. It's definitely time for bed. Perhaps after I shut down my computer and am comfortably snuggled in bed, I will remember what it was I was going to say that was so interesting.

The end.