Happy Birthday, Daphne

One year ago, Pretty Serious opened their doors for business and since then they have been creating beautiful polishes for women all over the world to wear.  This creation is a tribute to Daphne the line’s icon.

This gorgeous glitter polish has all the colors of the rainbow.  You could compare it to Deborah Lippmann’s Happy Birthday except in my opinion it is much more vibrant and a little easier to work with plus there is a big difference in price.  So, let’s wish Daphne a happy birthday and take a look at this beautiful polish.

Happy Birthday, Daphne and many, many more,

Ciao,

Patty

Oops, I Did It Again

As you have noticed I have not written a single post this week.  That is is not normal for me.  I didn’t even write on my other blog.  Well, all I can say is that life happens and sometimes there is nothing you can do.  One word can change your whole life and that what happened.  That one word was uttered and it changed my life.

So, since Mother’s Day is this weekend and none of my children can be here it just made me so sad.  Mother’s who still have your children at home enjoy them everyday every second because before you know it they are gone and you are left at Macy’s way to close to the Chanel counter and go wild and spend $27.00 on a bottle of polish hoping it will fill the hole in your heart.  It doesn’t but you get over it and then you’ve got this gorgeous polish.  That flashes from teal to gold with a formula that is like butter.  Was it a mistake to buy this?  No, not right now.  Not ever.  Chanel is the ultimate.  My favorite perfume is Chanel No.5.  It is a classic and will never go out of style I think this is going to be the new Periodot.  Everyone is going to end up buying it.  It will be a fashion must.  So, if you get it be happy especially if your kids give it to you and if you get it post it on Monday and let’s see how many bottles were sold I am just kind of curious.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No recycle on this.  Can you guess the word I was talking about? First three to guess the word, I’ll send you a bottle of Essence nail polish for Mother’s Day.

Ciao for now,

Patty

Purity

Here is a polish that did not seem to get much recognition but it is so pretty and perfect for a summer day.  It is light peach and a great everyday polish.  I've only worn it once and it just stayed so shiny all day.  Minute gold flecks would capture the sunlight every know and then.  This isn't your WOW polish but it's simplicity is what makes it beautiful.  I got this polish from Sephora the only place in the USA I have been able to find it.

Ciao for now,
Patty

Here is a recycle of this manicure.  I used probably the most popular plate Konad M57 and used Maybelline Bold Gold (the best gold to stamp with).

 

 

Ciao bellas,

Patty

April favorites

 April was a month of a lot of polish and not much nail art.  I ordered a lot of polish.  Probably because it was my birthday and I kept justifying each bottle as a little present to myself.

 

So, the first polish I want to recognize is of course Claris the beautiful dream pink by Pretty Serious Cosmetics.

 And of course we can't get through April without mentioning Rikki.  My favorite of the shimmers.  Which I ended up buying all of those.  Only bought two pixie dust and am conducting an experiment.  I will report next week on my findings.  But I have nothing like Rikki and I look forward to wearing it often.

 

 

 The galaxy manicure was vindication for the two other ones I did and looked horrid.  I finally got it down and I think it looks pretty good.

Butter London's Sunbaker just reminds me of our summer vacation and how I can't wait to get a little sun and listen to some reggae music.

 

I added Bobby Dazzler not so much because I am in love with the polish but I like the way this picture looks.  I can't wait to wear this.

 

 This of course is my favorite polish but is it Taboo to spend $27.00 on nail polish?

 

So, these are my favorites did you see something that you liked during April that I did not add.  Let me know.  I love comments.

 

Ciao for now,

Patty

Now, This is What I Want

Now, this is a wow polish because I didn’t even have any problem picking up the duochrome on this one.  It is just gorgeous.  It is called So Cute by Hits.  I am loving this one.  It is pink, purple and blue.  Formula is great.  But the bottle is small.  I am definitely buying another bottle because it is just so pretty.  I got this from Llarowe for $8.00 and it is well worth every penny.   I really don’t have much more to say.  The pictures speak for themselves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ciao for now,

Patty

Chroma Chameleon

Revlon has come out with a line of duochromes.  This is their first try.  Have you ever heard that you should never buy a 1st year model car because it always has gliches.  Well, that is how I kind of feel about this polish. It isn’t completely terrible but they will probably be able to create a better formula.  Yes, that is the first thing they need to work on.  It was so streaky I must have done this manicure at least three times and tweaked the polish with first some clear polish and it was still a little thick then some thinner.   Then I had to shake it and wait overnight to put it on.  Then there is the duochrome which is barely noticeable but it is there.  So, I bet the next time they release this polish they will say it is new and improved and it will be and then it will be fine to buy that is why I did not go crazy buying a whole bunch of them.  They were a little on the expensive side. 8.99 at Walgreens.  I just don’t expect to pay that much for this polish I know polishes less expensive with great duochromes.  LIke the color clubs, hits and jade, the china glaze holos are 8.99 at Sally’s, so this is just not a good buy right now.  LIke I  said wait for the new improved formula.

Pretty color and polish but no duochrome.

Ciao,

Patty

Hits Mari Moon So Unique

Hits has added four new colors to the Mari Moon line and they are much more a duo chrome than the others except for this one but it is the same thing with the red version of the red one I have it I believe it is called Unconventional.  They are very similar as a matter of fact Unconventional might have more of a duo chrome.  I might try mixing the two to see what happens.  The formula is fine I was just not too happy that there wasn’t enough duo chrome compared to the others.  Pretty but should not be called a duo chrome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, I just could not get any duo chrome out of this one but the other ones are wild.

 

Ciao,

Patty

What Is Your Blog About?

I was asked that question and said nail polish but I do more just maybe don't share.  So, I am coming out.  I recycle so many of my manicures it isn't funny.  So, I am going to start to share because at the beginning of the year I started post titled, "How to Get Everything You Want in 2013" but never finished it.  What prompted me to do this was looking at my life and realizing I pretty much had everything I needed and wanted.  Now, there are things that of course I can't give you tips on getting like a mansion or a Bentley but I think I can help with advise on how to buy a car, clothing, furniture, lots of things.  So, I am going to throw in some tips.  My grandfather told me money is a state of mind.  You can either be poor or broke and there is a big difference.  I don't know how but I always have money.  It amazes me.  This did not come about overnight.  I have lived both ends of the spectrum where we lived in the nicest house on the neighborhood to a small cramped apartment during my first marriage.  I lived on my own for a while after moving to Houston when the relationship collapsed, I swore I was going to make it on my own and I did for almost 2 years.  That really empowered me and I learned a lot.  So, I am going to start to show you recycle of manicures.  Be more informative of sales which I kind of do already.  And difficult recycles I am going to put in tutorials.  I feel like my blog is still a baby and just starting to sit up.  I did start another blog dealing with depression so there won't be too much about that her.  But please feel free to email me if you have a question.  I am still a licensed social worker and able to guide you in a direction to get help.  I welcome helping.  So, that is my blog a blog about money saving tips on beauty products and teaching how to make the most of your beauty products.   So, in the next couple of days you will see my picture and that statement.

Ciao for now,
Patty

KImber's Challenge Letter Q

I was a little worried about Q as I began to go through my polishes and then I found Queen Vic.  Then I found an Old Nerd Lacquer.  Quantim Bluniverse and really meant to show that one but when I would think about this challenge I could not remember what I was going to use.  The first polish that always came to mind was Queen Vic.  So, that just stayed in my mind.  My mind is just totally obsessed with the Jodie Arias trial.  I am so excited tomorrow they have closing arguments but it is bittersweet also because I had just been accepted into law school and then that accident that changed my life.  To top things off they are talking all about psychological statistics which were my favorite psych classes.  Well, at least I know exactly what they are talking about.  Plus it shows my long term memory is strong now if I could just get my short term memory to work then you would be seeing Quantim bluniverse instead of Queen Vic.  A very nice polish,  What can I say it is a butter London so the quality is there.  I'll just save Quantim bluniverse for the next challenge.

 

 

So this is Queen Vic do your like it?

 

 

Ciao for now,

 Patty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martian Sea by Pretty Serious

 Ahh, Martin Sea really don't see the correlation between this color and a Martian Sea.  But this sure is a pretty polish.  It  doesn't really have a duo chrome but it goes have tiny gold flecks which of course is difficult to capture on a rainy day.  The formula on this polish is great.  Two coats and top coat.  You could even get by with one coat but I think that we are just programmed to do two coats.  I remember several years ago someone put out a one coat nail polish.  It didn't sell.  Even mascara two coats.  They came out with a one coat, I bought it and you did need just one coat but it seemed unnatural and I ran back to my regular mascara.    So, this polish is probably on my top ten for summer.  So, I will be needing another bottle.  Oh, news I read on Pretty Serious blog.  They are celebrating their anniversary with a polish called Daphne's Happy Birthday.  The polish went on sale last week and they are having a contest.  The prize: the whole line of polishes plus anything new that comes out that year.  Pretty sweet.  If you want to know more Here is the link.  I got my bottle tonight I will have swatches by Thursday.  You can check out their website at Pretty Serious Cosmetics.  Enjoy the swatches and of course the cool ring I chose for this mani.

Ciao, for now,
Patty

Nails INC feathers

  Hi, I hope everyone had a good weekend.  So, since my birthday is this month, I got a lot of offers for big savings and discounts from several of my favorite stores.  Like sephora gave me 15% off any thing online or in the store.  Now, my husband and I have come up with a little "scheme".  If you live where there are Kroger's the have a fuel reward point system.  They give you one point for every dollar you spend but if you buy gift cards it doubles and every other month they actually quadruple it.  So, one $25.00 gift card gives you 100 points.  Now for every 100  points you get 10 cents off a gallon of gas.  So, we always have gift cards .  One month, when it was quadruple points we earned 3000 points.  We paid 1.34 a gallon of gas.  So, I  usually buy Nordstrom, Sephora, eBay, and Amazon.  It just depends.  So this month, I had 3  $25  gift cards so, I decided to sock up om makeup and mascara.  I had some money left and reluctantly bought this.  I read one bad review but curiosity got the best of me.

This is what I found, i used a light green polish then two coats of the polish which dries pretty fast.  Then I used a regular coat of top coat Seche vite.  Then one coat of a polymer top coat I got from Julep.  It was smooth and gave me no trouble.  I really liked it.  It remained me somewhat of floam.  It is very pretty.  It comes in threes other colors, blue and white, (I might go get that one)orange and blue, and orange and white.  The trick her is the color you use, for example for the blue and white you can use a pale blue or whit and then proceed to put the " feathers" on.  The feathers are nothing more than a matte bar glitter.  It is a really nice casual look for weekends.  This is not something you would wear to something dressy.  So one bad review did not scare me off and I am glad I took the chance with this polish.  It retails or $9.50 at Sephora.