March Haul!!! :)

This is my haul this month, I wasn't supposed to get colored polish. I am low on top coats and base coats and I told myself over and over again on my way to the store what to buy, but did I listen?! Nooooo! I took the top coat out of my cart just so I could afford another polish. At least I stuck to the budget even if I didn't get what was on my list. Some of the colors were on sale, so thats how I'm rationalizing this. I also needed something spring, and plus I haven't posted enough this week so these will give me something new to swatch. Ok that's good enough, I've convinced myself I did the right thing. :)

Top row 
Studio M*-Thunderbolt, Studio M-Sweet Dreams, SH Insta-Dry-Mint Sprint, Studio M- Sexy Siren, Studio M- Tru Passion

Bottom row 
Studio M-French Tip (so excited to see if this works with my Konad), Studio M- Frenzy, SH Insta-Dry-Sonic Boom, Studio M- Neon Greenlight, Studio M-Whose that girl, Studio M-Honey Love, Studio M- Gold glitter


I normally like a big brush but not with the Sally Hensen Insta-Dry its just TOO BIG!


*Studio M is Massini from Mejier its their newer label but the same company and product quality.

Go Buckeyes! O-H......I-O!

Did this mani during the game on Sunday, while the Buckeyes killed Minnesota. I looked up the exact colors, Pantone 429 and Pantone 200 and matched them to polish. I giggled the whole time, I love how hardcore we are around here. It's a trip, people will correct you and say "It's THE Ohio State University don't forget the, THE." And you gotta love the Brutus The Buckeye FULL SIZE statues (yep, over 30 of 'em, bigger than people!) scattered through out the city, dressed as a variety of things, my favorite is Super Brutus but The Tin Man is cute too! There are so many more, at Brutus On Parade, and it raises money for one of THE OSU Libraries. I didn't realize the quirky things I had missed about the mid-west, until I moved back home.

 

I used my new Konad plate, AGAIN. I'm like a dog with a new bone and my other plates are jealous.
Sally Hensen Xtreme Wear- Cement Gray and Massini- Special Effects with plate M63.

I also ordered some Fauxnad plates off Ebay it the wee hours of the morning, so let the count down begin. I forget which country they are coming from but it will be at least seven business days. Plenty of time to tell you all about them, but so far they sent me a personal response to my email and that is a good sign. :)

The best giveaway I have ever seen!!

8 count em, 8 konad plates! :)

Painted Lady fingers is giving this set away the contest ends March 19th so go over to her blog and sign up. So far my favorite plate is M77 it not my style really, but for some reason those feathers just give me ideas. 

I hope I win! I hope I win! I hope I win! I hope I win! I hope I win! I hope I win! I hope I win!

Morning manicure

I woke up and was just not feeling the orange, I'm glad you get 50 applications in a bottle because I used this stuff like lotion. This blue is so vampy I love it and it dries super fast. That's the main reason I used it, the speed, this is only 1 very thick coat. I apologize because its another Massini- Ballroom Blue and I know that's not available to everyone but the flowers are Sally Hensen's Xtreme Wear- The Real Teal with konad plate m57. I might put flowers over every nail but not right now. I have to go the the post office to mail some things to some great ladies over at longhaircareforums.com . I have a idea tropical konad idea brewing that I might try later I'll keep ya posted.

This close up picture kinda freaks me out but I did it so the flowers would show.

100 days till Summer!

Oh how I miss the sun. The warmth. The flowers.......
So I painted my nails my brightest color this is Orange Sunset by Massini. It's Day Glow Orange in person but on camera it turns a Coral color and I have no idea why. Now this baby is a neon, a new camera is on my wish list. I want to do a design over it but I am just looking at my polishes thinking what color could possibly go with this? What do you think? All I can come up with is with is white but that just seems to boring for a color this bright. I guess I'll sleep on it and maybe my new plate will arrive with the mail.
So excited for the M63 konad plate I ordered but its on back order (curse you back order! *fist-shake*).
I love hounds-tooth and the full plate images are just way too much fun. :)
Perhaps I should just let this color be, when ever I have a new toy I go a little overboard. Right now I want to put konad designs on everything and then cover it with my new bottle of China Glaze matte magic

I am going to try to retake this photo when the sun comes out maybe it will look orange in natural light.

Hurry up spring!

This is my NOTD from yesterday and I loved it but then I used my Poshe quick dry and it turned the flowers YELLOW. All the time it took for me to find a cheapy white to replace my konad white and now this. Poshe you FAIL! I have to find another quick dry I like, because Poshe has failed me before. Anyway enough rambling, this is China Glaze flyin high with Sally Hensen 1 natural white as the konad polish. I used the flowers from plate M57.

This is the best white I have found so far it comes in a kit for French manicures. Each kit is called Sheerly "something" this one came out of the Sheerly Mauve set. You have to paint the whole image with excess paint for it to stamp well, but its soooo cheap I've even seen it at the dollar store.

My first post

Today has been a stellar day!!

All the things started by my hands are turning out well. The seeds I started inside have finally sprouted and I got a compliment on my NOTD at the bank, I should be a konad sales person.

I have decided to start blogging my manicures. I am a polish addict and most recently I have been obsessed with konad.... Obsessed!!!

These are my nails from today. Plate m60 I used Massini*-Catwalk as the konad polish and its done over China Glaze-Spontaneous.

*(massini is the house brand for Meijer a mid-west grocery chain)