Wednesday, February 26, 2014
OPI Press Release
OPI Launches NEW Color Tinted Top Coats
“A touch of color can change everything!”
Friday, February 14, 2014
Muppet's Most Wanted
Show-Stopping Shades!
OPI Celebrates the Muppets with Limited Edition Nail Lacquers
Inspired by Disney’s New Film Muppets Most Wanted
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I hope everyone has great plans for this evening. Writing this post I got to thinking who is St. Valentine and why is it today that we celebrate a day that also marks a day in American history where a literal massacre occurred under the command of Al Capone in Chicago. I didn’t think there was much we could do about the massacre happening that day since it was planned that way by Capone but I was curious to find out who St. Valentine was. So, I did a little research and found that there are many St. Valentines so the Roman Catholic Church just designated this day to celebrate all of them. They picked this day because the first St. Valentine died in Rome in the Middle Ages. So, they talk about some other ones but there was one who secretly married couples so husbands would not have to go to war. There were many not a lot of them had anything to do with love and romance. So, it must be true this is a holiday created by the floral, chocolate and greeting card industries. Anyway, it comes around every year and I think we as women put a lot more stock into it than men. Oh, I just think of all the catastrophes and candy coated stories I have heard of through the years from girlfriends and some guys. But I think for us who are in fashion it is kind of of a time where it starts to be okay to pull out those fuchsia dresses and start making that transition into spring. So, I have two different manicures. I know which one I am going to wear but you guess.
Here is the first one. I kind of call this the sophisticated lady. I used Pseudo Silk Kimono and Red Boxer Shorts from Deborah Lippmann. Both are that soft matte finish which is really pretty but in white really streaky. I had to use three coats of the white. You can really dress this up with some rhinestones but I like it plain.
The next one is the cool chick manicure. I do like it because it is kind of a yin yang creation. I don’t know if Christy from KB Shimmer was thinking about this when she created it but it has pink hearts and black ones. I feel the black ones represent lost love. Sometimes I think we need to remember our lost loves. I don’t know if any of you have loves that have died but I have and that is who I think about. The pink ones representing todays love because without the lost loves in our lives we would not have todays loves. Getting mushy. Ok, manicure. U Rock My Heart Glitter polish from KB Shimmer and OPI’s Emotions (total coincidence but makes this manicure even more emotional) on accent and thumb.
So can you guess which one I wore. That’s right the second one. It just brought out so much emotion. You can purchase KB Shimmer Polish at their website. I think this one might be around for a while but never know. So, if you want a bottle check out their website.
Ciao,
Patty
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Health Info For Women
Ciao,
Patty
Monday, February 3, 2014
Girly Bits
A couple of posts ago I said I would write a review on Girly Bits Dick in a Box. So, here it is. I also said I was going to revamp my blog a little with more nail art and recycles. I have so many pictures that I forgot this is one of the first recycles. So, I am excited to show you this because it is something I do all the time I just don’t always photograph both. I haven’t been painting my nails as often due mainly to a really bad sleep cycle that I am going to need to go see a sleep specialist for. So, I have relied more on recycles.
So, here is Girly Bits Dick in a Box. Ok, just the name is enough to catch your eye. Why the name? Well according to the description it is based on Saturday Night Live. It was also the most popular polish of the company for 2013 and I agree. I loved this polish. The holo that looks like a greenish-grey. It is just gorgeous. I got mine at Llarowe but if you are in Canada you can get it right from their website. I had to wait for this one because it was so popular so if you like it put yourself on some type of waiting list. That is how I got mine. There were no problems with this formula. It was perfect in one coat but of course I used two and a topcoat of seche vite.
The Recycle
For the recycle I used a Winstonia stamping plate (I don’t know what plate but I know it is from the Wintonia 2nd generation collection. It really doesn’t matter because you can use abstract image you want) I stamped with Konad Black and used Sephora Explosives on the middle finger and thumb. Then I wore this a couple of days.
This was a good recycle because of the length of time I was actually able to wear it. I love painting my nails but right now with so many health problems I do find myself relying more on recycles.
Ciao,
Patty