Thursday, August 16, 2012

My Favorite Things Nail Art Challenge: Day Two- Favorite Nail Polish

For this post, I was 99% certain I would do OPI Teal the Cows Come Home. I got it a few weeks ago, and I completely love it.  Then I was looking through my nail polish and I saw it.  Miss Independent is GORGEOUS! I wore it all the time before I got into blogging.  I love this color so much!  




This is OPI Natural Nails basecoat, two coats of Nicole by OPI in Miss Independent, and OPI Top Coat.



Wednesday, August 15, 2012

More Awards!





I recently got nominated for two different awards by three different bloggers.  I'm finally getting around to posting, but better late than never right?  I got the versatile blogger from Suzi at http://nevermindsuzi.blogspot.co.uk and Sam at http://polishedart.blogspot.co.uk.  I got the Liebster award from Sam and http://euzefelus27-nailart.blogspot.com/.  If I had done all individual facts, I would have to post 36, and I don't know if I can come up with that.  So I'll do 11, which is for Liebster and more than the 7 for the versatile blogger.  


Here are my facts:


1. I recently got a new phone, the Samsung Galaxy Epic Touch, which I am in love with.

2. I start college in less than two weeks! 

3.  I love the show big brother, and I'm completely obsessed with it.

4.  The last movie I watched was Gnomeo and Juliet, which was AMAZING.  It was such a good movie.

5. I recently "franked" some of my own polish! (I will have a post about that soon.)

6.  I got the olay face brush a few weeks ago, and I completely adore it!

7.  Right now I'm listening to Something I Said by Safetysuit, which is a great song.

8.  I have super-curly hair.

9.  I'm wearing a coca-cola shirt, even though I don't like the taste, I love the shirt! 

10. I love sprite and drink it almost everyday I work.  

11.  I'm currently trying to be healthier and exercise more.  I got an app on my phone that's really cool and I like it a lot. 

The Versatile Blogger Award


Here are the rules for this award:

1. Nominate 15 fellow bloggers who are relatively new to blogging.
2. Let them know that you have nominated them.
3. Share 7 random facts about yourself.
4. Thank the bloggers who have nominated you.
5. Add the Versatile Blogger Award picture to your post.


The Liebster Award

Here’s the rules for this award:

1.      Post 11 facts about yourself.
2.      Answer the questions the tagger as asked you and then create 11 questions for the bloggers you nominate.
3.      Choose 11 people with less than 200 followers to give this award to and link to them.
4.      Go to their pages and tell them.
5.      Remember...no tag backs!
First up, the questions from Sam.
1.       Why did you start your blog?
I  was following blogs for awhile, and decided Hey, I want to do that.
2.       How did you get into nail art?
I was in love with the OPI Katy Perry collection, and then unlocked the world of nail art when I was looking up things online.
3.       What’s your go to manicure when you’re feeling uninspired?
A bright, fun color.
4.       What nail polish are you lusting after at the moment?
 I really want color club fashion addict.
5.       Which is your favourite brand of nail polish?
I really like both essie and OPI.
6.       Are you a fan of indie polishes and why?
I have yet to try any indie polishes.
7.       Which sports do you enjoy watching in the Olympics?
Gymnastics is my favorite, and swimming.  Ryan Lochte is gorgeous!

8.      Where in the world would you most like to visit?
II've always wanted to go to Europe.
9.       What other hobbies do you have?
I dance.
10.   Do you have any strange fears?
I am very afraid of fish, they really creep me out. 
11.   And for a classic...if you were an animal, what would you be and why?
I would want to be a Yorkshire Terrier, they are so cute!
Next, the questions from Nail and Vanities.
1. what inspires you to do nail art?
Other nail blogs inspire me.
2. your fave nail art pattern?
I love polka dots and stripes.
3. fave unusual nail polish?
A green sally hansen polish.
4. aside from doing nails, what other things are you addicted of?
Reality TV.
5. any collection? 
OPI Katy Perry
6. if you would have 1 polish to describe you, what would it be and why?
OPI Teal the Cows Come Home because it's amazing, fun and very bold and it is very close to my eye color.
7. most dislike polish?
I honestly can't think of one.
8. any place you want to go back?
I want to go to Disney World, it's amazing.
9. dream job?
Working at a Pediatrician's office.
10. fave nail polish brand
OPI/Essie
11. the most craziest thing you've ever did?
Hmm, I convinced my sister to dye part of her hair pink.  I'm not a crazy person.
 Now for the nominating/question part.  I recently saw a similar post at Horcrux Nails.  She had a great idea that I'm going to copy.  If you would like the award, comment your blog and people can find your blog through there. I switched to align center because blogger was being weird and I couldn't figure out how to get them to align right.  Please bear with me.

Thanks for reading! And of course, thank you to the lovely bloggers who nominated me for these awards.


Tuesday, August 14, 2012

My Favorite Things Nail Art Challenge: Day One- Favorite Color



My favorite color is orange, and my favorite orange polish has got to be China Glaze Riveting from the Hunger Games collection.  It's a gorgeous polish, and has great shimmer! The pictures are old, I'm SO glad my nails are longer now. 





This is two coats of Riveting, with seche vite as a top coat and OPI natural nails for a basecoat.



Sunday, August 12, 2012

Team USA Nails!

For the olympics, I wanted to do some cool nail art.  My schedule was so crazy that I only had time to do a quick stripe manicure.  This was very simple, but the results were very cool. 




I used OPI natural nails for a base coat, two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, and used orly instant artist striper polishes in red and blue, and OPI top coat.

Friday, August 10, 2012

OPI Not Like The Movies

Hey! I'm back! I've been busy, working and I went on vacation to New Hampshire!  Now I'm back and have FINALLY uploaded new pictures to my camera.  I feel like I haven't posted in forever, but now I should be back to a fairly regular schedule.  I have quite a few manis, and I'm participating in a new challenge.  It's called "My Favorite Things", and I'm very excited.  You can check it out here.

As you may know, I'm a huge Katy Perry fan.  One of my favorite songs, and nail polish has got to be Not Like The Movies.  It's a great song, and a very cool nail polish. You can barely tell in the pictures, but it has a marvelous shift from grey to purple to green.  It really is a great polish. 









 I used OPI natural nails base coat, two coats of Not Like the Movies, and OPI top coat.