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Backlogged Hauls

I haven’t posted in forever, and I have so much backlogged stuff to post! I figure I’ll do a haul post first since that’s the easiest. Also, I finally (I think) figured out how to make my new camera take good pictures in my light box, so yay!

First, my backordered Zoyas from the Green Friday [...]

ooooooooh…

My adorable bf got me the most awesome camera for Christmas! It is a Canon Rebel T1i, and OMG it is crazy. I love it already, but it is sooooo beyond my photo-taking capabilities at the moment to use the darn thing. It took a bit of time (and I had to consult the manual) [...]

Borghese - Belissima Rose

I had planned on doing some more Christmas manicures this week, but instead I’ve been lying around in bed with a cold that is sapping every ounce of my energy. And on my vacation, too, darnit! So here’s a super old post that I found in my Drafts – I was sure I’d posted this [...]

Christmas Manicure 2 - Misc. Designs

Wow, I haven’t done nail art in forever, and I’m rusty. I got some new stuff to work with, though, all of which I LOOOOOVE. First, acrylic paints are soooooo much easier to paint with than random polishes. I got this set at Transdesign a while ago, and it’s pretty awesome. The paint is much [...]

Blatant Ripoff Santa Nail Art

Occasionally I see fabulous nail art on other blogs. And I either think “DAMN, I was planning mistletoe Christmas nails, now I can’t post them because it’ll look like I ripped off the idea WHY AM I SO LAZY!” OR “OMG that is awesome, I wish I had thought of it first, but of courseĀ  [...]

Christmas Manicure 1 - Candy Cane Tips

This is a design that’s so subtly Christmassy that I wouldn’t feel like an idiot walking around with it on my nails, but I would know that it was Christmas-themed, and it would holiday my mood right up!

I used Love My Nails in Glazed Persimmon for the red, it’s got some subtle shimmer and is [...]

Barielle - Polished Princess

Polished Princess is sort of one of those “so ugly it’s pretty” polishes. Very shimmery, almost metallic…and swampy, froggy, moldy green! I quite like it.

I tried it with CND Copper Shimmer Effect, and it looked kinda awesome with this shade of green. It completely changed the look of the polish, but [...]

Sally Hansen - Romantic Rose

Romantic Rose is totally a lame name, but I really like this polish! It’s from my 10-years-ago stash, I think, when I was crazy for nudes and mauves. It has a verrrrrry subtle shimmer, and is just an all around good, flattering, “skintone +pink” color. I had lots of chips after wearing it [...]

Wet n Wild Craze - Shield

I have so got to stop taking pictures of my nails and just leaving them to languish on my camera card, because my memory is awful and I can’t remember what I thought of a polish 3 days after I wore it. And…the ones I have saved up are much older [...]

Essie - Mint Candy Apple

Mint Candy Apple is maybe a tad bit too stark for me, but it’s still a very pretty color. How to describe it…moldy White-Out? It’s not going on my top 10 or anything, but it’s a very nice polish and application wasn’t overly streaky or terrible. I wore this for several days, hence the enormous [...]