Retro Red

True to my word I have stuck to wearing all pink and red polishes in honor of Valentine's Day for this entire month.

ELF Matte top coat... that unexpectedly turned crackle?

China Glaze Salsa: surpassing expectations.

I'm impressed! This mani lasted through a tough couple days with only minimal chips! By tough I mean a few hours of indoor rock climbing which is nothing but trouble for my nails, and then work at the restaurant on my college campus right after where I washed dishes! I expected my mani to be trashed after that but it held up very well!

Shown here is two coats of China Glaze Salsa with one coat of INM Out The Door Topcoat. Salsa is a gorgeous warm bright red creme that is a part of China Glaze's core line. I got my bottle at Sally Beauty for $4.99 with Beauty Club card.

Valentine's Day - Simple and soft

I've decided that in honor of Valentine's Day and all the varied choices I have regarding my manicure choices that this will be a month of pink and red manicures. :-) By the end of the month I'll probably be so sick of reds and pinks that I'll never wear them again. That's a risk I'm willing to take.

Tis the season... for nail polish giveaways!

I came across yet another polish giveaway for February that I wanted to share.. there must be romance in the air... or at least something that is prompting bloggers to be so generous! :D

The polishes in the picture will be split into two awesome prize packages that any polish fanatic would be lucky to win!

Click here to enter!

Edgy Valentine's Day Mani for under $10

I love a good drugstore polish, and lately there seem to be more and more coming out at Walgreens to tempt me. I know I can't be the only one wowed by how cool Sally Hansen's new Xtreme Wear color "Grey Area" is. That's not what I'm here for now though.

Sinful Colors never fails to surprise me. For being such an inexpensive brand at only $1.99 a bottle, they sure do have some awesome polishes out right now. Today I'm talking about one I picked up just yesterday and interrupted my evening plans to change my previous mani even though I'd just polished the day before.

Blogger shortwidenails is hosting a giveaway!

To celebrate her 300 followers she is giving away five gorgeous polishes from OPI and Color Club along with a nail art set complete with image plates, stamper and scraper.

                                                      Check out the fabulous prize below

If you haven't entered what are you waiting for?? Click Here to enter.

Kick off post - CG Bogie + LA Colors Gold striper.

I've been contemplating blogging about my adventures in nail polish for a while and today, whilst procrastinating studying for my exam feels like the right time... also because I created a pretty cute design while watching the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet :-)

For this mani I used:
China Glaze Bogie
Wet & Wild Precious Metals Collection Pink Sheen
LA Colors Striper Polish in Gold Glitter
INM Out The Door Topcoat

The prospect of launching my new blog excited me so much that I forgot to clean up my cuticles :-( Forgive me?

In one word, CG Bogie is awesome. I have a huge soft spot for purple polishes and this one nuzzles in there nicely. The dark, shimmery eggplant shade makes me smile and I love to look at it from different angles to catch the multicolored microshimmer. I purchased my bottle of Bogie last fall at Ulta for $6.50, but since it is part of a seasonal collection I'm not sure if it will still be widely available.

Pink Sheen is a color I got ages ago from a drugstore, long before I came to love polish as I do. It is a pale pink frosty shimmer and although I usually don't go crazy for pinks something about this one calls to me. Perhaps its the densely packed pink and silver microglitter. Love me some glitter. Unfortunately I bought Pink Sheen so long ago I'm not sure where from or for how much :-(

The Gold Striper Polish I used retails at the Dollar Tree for... $1! The brand is LA Colors and the shade is called Gold Glitter. This is the first striper polish I have used so I cannot compare how the brush handles vs. other brands but I found it pretty easy to use for my simple horizontal stripe. Once I perfect my striper brush dexterity I will attempt more complex designs.

That's all for now, I hope someone else will enjoy my first post as much as I have :-)