what a sponge!

People always talk about that moment when they fell for their best friend. There never was a moment for me and mine. I've always loved him.

~Michelle Burns

So first things first, thank YOU to all those who have decided to follow me,.. I never ever expected to have a following, lol. This was sort of just going to be my creative outlet, but I'm so glad to have you guys :) Secondly, I've started making some edit's to my sidebar over there and made me a spiffy little blog header (Which im having a difficult time deciding which of the 3 I made to use, lol) via Shabby Blogs. What do ya'll think??

Today I am presenting sort of a nail fail/nail success... nail fail because it didn't turn out how I wanted it to, and I wanted to take it off ASAP before I added an element to it, and nail success because its the mani that made me comfy with sponging,.. it was only my second time, and I'm feeling more and more confident every time!

L-R: Sally Hansen - Lacey Lilac; Zoya - Yummy; Sally Hansen - Mellow Yellow

Click below to see the result!

Such magic.

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

I cannot seem to stop using CG Midtown Magic... it seems to always find its way into my mani's lately,.. I think I need to lock it away somewhere safe! However, Midtown Magic did not make it into the below bottle shot... and, you gotta love the random places I take pictures, lol... I don't have anything setup at the moment for my pictures, so I take them wherever I can! 

L-R: Sinful Colors - Sugar Sugar; Sinful Colors - Folly; Sinful Colors - Queen of Beauty

Give.

‎"if you want to get love, then give it. if you want to feel some forgiveness, then you gotta let go and do some forgiving of your own. if you want a friend, then be one. a little kindness, show some. you'll be surprised at how much finds it way back home. it don't matter what  it is. if you want it... give."

-LeAnn Rimes

In honor of a very special anniversary to me today, I present to you a very simple mani... 14 months ago today I met the one that would forever alter the course of where I thought my life was going. My best friend, my compass, and the apple of my eye. Never in my life did I dream I could love someone this much. Yellow is his favorite color. Honestly. I hate yellow. I rarely wear it and I rarely ever wear it on my nails. However, I am lemming for Pippa by Zoya,... anyway. I didn't really have time to do anything super elaborate, and lets face it guys, I'm still kinda learning... lol. But I did want to honor the occasion in a way that only we will notice... (:

The colors: Sinful Colors - All About You; Sally Hansen - Mellow Yellow; Sinful Colors - Lets Meet; Sinful Colors - Snow Me White.

oops!

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"

Today I have for you.... a nail fail. I have had several of them, but this is one that I actually documented. I'm not quite sure what my original thinking was or where I was going, but it turned out super ugly and messy. I think maybe I was just going for a diagonal, alternating rainbow affect.. but instead ended up with goopy sloppy lines! I wonder how it would've turned out had I thought to put black crackle over top of it... I'm not super steady with my hands anyway, my hands have shaken my whole entire life... some days are worse than others. SOOO, i'm going to blame this nail fail on shaky hands instead of lack of artistic ability... (:

So, these were the colors I chose... From L to R we have: Sinful Colors - Snow Me White; Sally Hansen - Mellow Yellow; Sally Hansen - Green with Envy; Sally Hansen - Lacey Lilac; Sinful Colors - Cream Pink and Zoya - Yummy.

And for the nail fail....

I think had my hand been steadier and been able to do semi-straight, not squiggly lines, it MIGHT have turned out okay. I was kinda bummed that I didn't try to use CG Black Mesh over top to see how it cracked. Sigh. Hindsight is always 20/20 vision! 

So ready for fall!

I was originally going to make my first "real" post be about my favorites... my favorite nail polish, my favorite movie, color, make-up... but THEN, I did this manicure today, and have absolutely fallen in love,... I feel that the more I paint my nails fall colors,.. the quicker the season will actually come! And welcome to those who have actually taken the time to start following such a newb as me! Having 3 followers right now gives me encouragement...

Keep in mind that I'm still kind of new to this whole blogosphere, and new to polish in general. So my nails are not going to be perfect works of art right off the bat, nor are my pictures going to be superb as I'm still getting in the swing of things. Honestly, I was never much of a nail polish person, til I met one of the most amazing girls in my life... Summer over at Groupie Glam helped inspire my nail polish obsession. Before her and her enlightenment on the wonderful world of polish, I had maybe.. 5 or 6 basic colors in my collection... Its now grown to almost 40 in a few short months... thats A LOT of polish for me... especially being someone that used to let my nails chip like crazy and not care about it... I could literally go WEEKS without a new manicure or painting my nails. Now, I can barely stand for one small nick or chip before I'm instantly removing the current polish and replacing it with something else fabulous.

I'm really already starting to think I need a nail polish intervention... but! On with my look for today... I've wanted Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails Xtream Wear in Pumpkin Spice since I first saw it swatched somewhere else... I can't remember where! I was at my local Walgreen's and found the last bottle.. so I snatched it up... Below is the result.

Forgive the lack of clean-up.... I tend to do my nails at work (so odd, I know) and I didn't really take the time to clean them up today... OR file them into proper shapes. This is 3 coats of Pumpkin Spice layered over 2 coats of Fingerpaints Where Art Renoir?

The not so great lighting at home.

Under a lamp.. I wish I had thought to take a picure in the sunlight... these pictures just DON'T do this Pumpkin Spice justice... I think it will probably be my go to glitter for fall... Have I mentioned that I LOVE glitter?