Baby-BOOM!!

I have been holding off on my snow post for fear it may depress me but I think I am stable enough to handle it. Maybe...ugh! Maybe NOT!! I am cringing already so I'll just throw something out there..expect lots of babies in 9 months!

If you don't know the DMV was pounded by an obscence amount of snow in the last 2 weeks. Schools were closed, heck everything was closed for a few days if not longer. Lots of people were off work, with out power. Hmmm... what's to do in times like these? You guessed it. With that being said expect a massive baby boom come the November, Decemberish time frame.

Trust when I say it won't be me cuz I ain't having no more babies but I am interested in checking out some statistics come the new year on babies born in the DMV.

That's all I have to say about that.

TMI

I am not one to share TMI but this I will share. China Glaze presented this polish with it's OMG collection. Each polish has a cute name based on today's text speak. When I got my hands on the TMI I also picked up FYI and OMG. All of these polishes are very shimmery and sparkly. I don't have all the polish lingo down but reading on several other blogs this is consider "holographic." I like holographic!!!

Here are the photos, on the left I used a flash and on the right, no flash.

This is 3 coats of polish. I probably could have gotten away with 2 but as if I see a tinge of white from my nail then I do a 3rd coat. This polish was very easy to apply. It seemed smidge thinner than the few other China Glaze polish I have used but it goes on with no issue. Each coat was nice and smooth with no need for touchups because of streaks or unevenness.

TMI is not in my I LOVE THIS COLOR pile but for sure in the hate it pile either. Next time I use it will probably be to stamp a Konad print instead of using with a base.

What do you think of this color? Love it, hate it?

My V-Day Gift To You..New Blog Pages!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!! Just thought I would throw that out there since today is Valentine's Day. Hope you are spending it however you want to.

I am slowly trying to add more to this blog and today I added 2 fun new pages.

The first new page will be a photo gallery of the pictures posted on this blog and since I don't always post all the pictures you may get some additional eye candy as well.

The second page is dedicated solely to GIVEAWAYS!!! Now these are giveaways that other bloggers and websites are hosting. It will contain photos of some of the prizes as well as links to the site.

So check the link bar at the top and check these two new pages out.

Hopefully you are enjoying the blog so far, please leave comments, it makes my day to read the feedback.

Better Late Than Never..Transdesign Haul

This arrived at my doorstep on February 1st. YOU: "Today is the 12th, what have you been waiting for?" ME: "I know, I know, I am a slacker!!"

Anyway, better late than never especially when it comes to sharing goodies. This was my first order ever from Transdesign. I have heard good and bad reviews pretty much split 50/50 so at that point you just have to see for yourself. Most of the negative gripes were about shipping costs more so than customer service so I went ahead and ordered from them.

WOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Don't you just love The Nail Towel? My daughter had me write that since that is where we do our nails and I just keep that towel on the table to protect the surface. I think the towel is one that I accidentaly walked out of the gym with anyway because I don't buy white towels. You can see all of my nail polish messes on there..LOL.

On to the goodies:
Seche Vite Top Coat- this box had some cute little heart decals in it for Valentine's Day
All the rest is China Glaze so from left to right:
OMG
FYI
TMI
Watermelon Rind
Pink Underground
Emotion
Side-Saddle
Fly
Adore
C-C Courage

I haven't used them all yet but the ones I have used are ...fabulous!!!

Will I Ever Get This Water Marbling Right

This is my third attempt to water marble my nails. The first try went pretty good (see here), but then the second attempt I just ditched all together. It just would not work. Here I wanted to do something Valentine-sie so I started with red white and pink. For whatever reason the red I was using was drying to fast on the water so I went with to shades of pink. Here is the result.

Could be better, much better, but it is a learning process. I will reiterate a few things I said in my previous blog post. Water temperature matters, you may have to test it a little to see what works best for the polish you will be using. Use Vaseline around your nails and on your fingers for easier cleanup. This time around I found that 2-3 drops of polish instead of 1 buys you a little more time to swirl the polish around before it becomes a film on the surface. And last but not least work quickly. Oh, and 1 more that I don't remember if I mentioned before or not, don't do this on your bare nails. In trying to do it I have found that having a colored base makes all of your other colors stand out much more giving a more vibrant and distinct design on each nail.

For the record the colors used for this were China Glaze Fly, China Glaze Pink Underground, and Revlon White on White.

Thanks for looking :-)