Breakfast at Tiffany's.

"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls." ~Joseph Campbell

Today I've decided to feature my go to color; my favorite in the entire world (at the moment); For Audrey by China Glaze! For Audrey is absolutely my go to color. When I have zero inspiration for what color I want to wear that day, its always this one. I wear it on my toes constantly! I must give credit where credit is due, however, and say that if Summer over at Groupie Glam, one of my dear dear friends, hadn't told me to look at swatches of it... I NEVER would've purchased it. I just never would've thought it was appealing... But, how clever of CG to also make For Audrey into a Crackle and call it Crushed Candy. But, crushed candy, has been in my crackle/shatter collection for awhile, and I've yet to use it.. maybe thats my next mission...

SEE! they are exactly the same! Was I the only one that didn't notice this until I had both For Audrey and Crushed Candy in my stash?

Here it is all by itself,... sigh. I just absolutely love this color. Maybe because I have fancy dreams of maybe getting a Tiffany ring from my prince charming someday?!

and this, my friends, is one of my absolute favorite ways to wear this polish... with OPI Silver Shatter on top! I came up with this idea one day when I was staring down at my stash of polish and knew I wanted to wear For Audrey but wanted to spice it up a bit... the affect was amazing and I got SEVERAL compliments on this mani. I actually wore it for days.

With flash. Absolutely beautiful to me! So basically, this was just base coat of Gelous, 2 coats of For Audrey, one coat of OPI Silver Shatter, and no top coat. 

So,... what do you think? Hit or Miss?

The Life I Know.

‎"she wakes up in the morning with a smile on her face knowing that yesterday when she needed him.. he was there,.. and today when she looks for him... he'll be in the same place."

Today I have for you my current manicure featuring some polishes from my most recent mini haul. I have to admit it; I am a glitter addict. I go completely crazy anytime I see ANY glitter polish, especially if it looks pretty to me. I was a little unsure of what I wanted to do, so I just kind of went with it. The result was 3 coats of CG in the City and sponged tips with Midtown Magic... both from the Metro Collection. I have to say, I am kind of impressed with the result even if no one else is, only because this was my first time EVER using a makeup sponge to sponge on polish,... and I actually LOVE the affect. So we'll see what else I can come up with. 

Gotta love the claw pictures. This was the best picture I could get, considering it was night time when I did this. I absolutely LOVE both these polishes. CG in the City got surprisingly opaque with only 3 coats, but I kinda wish I'd used a base coat. Midtown Magic is just... amazing. Its so pretty in the bottle... I can't wait to do a full manicure with it! Again its kind of reminiscent of both Sloane and Rich in Heart, but I think there are some major differences. Whats with me buying the same color family?

Holding both the new precious additions to my collection. Forgive the lack of clean up. Its late. I want to go to bed. Lol.

Ah, so in love! 

Edited this post with a flash pic to show all the glittery goodness! I'm IN LOVE.

What do you guys think? Was this a hit or miss? I THINK it would've looked better with Minka from Zoya underneath CG in the City, but I'm not entirely sure that it would have the same affect. I'm still learning! :)

  

You're all I've got.

"We are joined by the bonds of love. And you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds. And you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords."

~The Princess Bride

SOOOO. I know I said I was going to try to have a no buy September or October,... well. That all COMPLETELY went down the drain. However, I'm justifying by saying.. I will only buy polish if a) I have a coupon for Sallys b) if Walgreens has amazing sales on Sinful Colors/Wet N Wild and c) if I find a goooood deal. With that being said, I've made a couple "mini" hauls the last few days. The first was Friday morning on my way to work, and the second... Today at Sally's. Gotta love the 15% off coupons in the mail.

My first haul was Walgreens + OPI Absolutely Alice which I had been lusting after for the longest time:

L to R we have: Sugar Sugar - Sinful Colors; Ebony Hates Chris - Wet n Wild; How I Met Your Magenta - Wet n Wild; Rich in Heart - Sinful Colors. ANDDDD the star of this set is, OPI Absolutely Alice. Which a friend of mine ordered from a friend of hers.. and now.. it is my new favorite in my collection :D

My second haul was today,... I got my 15% off coupon in the mail from Sallys, so of course... I can't turn that down:

L to R we have: California Mango cuticle remover; CG in the City - China Glaze (from the Metro Collection);  Midtown Magic - China Glaze (from the Metro Collection); Dorothy Who? - China Glaze (from the Wizard of Ooh Ahz collection); California Mango cuticle oil; and just a little blinged out nail file I got for .69 cents.

I'm still not exactly QUITE sure why I got Dorothy Who, other than I want to see for myself if it is anything like Absolutely Alice from OPI,... man I'm so in love with Absolutely Alice.. but it is the WORST polish in the world I've ever had to take off! For now, I'll bid you adieu and hope that you are having a fantastic weekend... :)

Rich in Heart

First of all, major apologies for not posting lately.. I'm such a bad blogger! I'm attempting this "blog from the iPhone" thing to see how it turns out.. It may be easier for me to blog this way, since I'm not always near my PC.

Today is just a quick post to show you the color I'm rockin' today in anticipation of fall weather! It's called Rich in Heart by Sinful Colors,... It reminds me a lot of Zoya Sloane... Comparison post soon?

Without further ado... Rich in Heart! Minus cleanup and amazing cuticles! And minus a bottle picture.. I haven't mastered those yet.

Zoya

So sorry that I have not been blogging. Its actually my birthday weekend, and I've had some plans and have been away from my computer. Today, I decided to blog about my most recent Zoya haul. I'm attempting to have a no buy September and October, because I've literally spent SO MUCH money on nail polish in the last 3 months, lol. I have some that I haven't even used yet, so I'm going to let those curb my addiction for awhile. Not to mention Summer over at Groupie Glam bought me some nail polish for my birthday... along with this FABULOUS beautiful pink picture frame... she knows me so well!

I did the last Zoya promotion (not the free shipping one going on right now), and wound up buying 4 polishes... I have definitely become a big Zoya fan, I love their polishes... not to mention that all their polishes have first names.. I really wish they'd make a Desiree. That would make my year SO amazing! haha.

From the top and going left  we have: Yummy, Mimi, Tallulah, and Sloane

A closer view; I know my pictures aren't great.. these were all taken before I had the mindset to blog!

REALLY bad swatches and only one coat. Index is Sloane, middle is Tallulah, ring is Yummy, and pinkie is Mimi!

The star of my haul?

Sloane!! I love her so much! But I'm more of a vampy kind of girl when it comes to polish in the fall. Sloane is absolutely going to be the star of my nails this season. 

And last but not least, I don't know if there is a universal rule about not posting pictures of ourselves on our blogs, but I had such an incredible time at my early birthday dinner last night with friends, that I wanted to post my favorite picture from the evening. 

We have me in front (from the left), then Spen'sar who is the mommy to my niece who is due to be born in December (we are not real sisters, more like... surrogate sisters. We are extremely close.) Then my Summer sky!

And this.. is my personality at its finest! I'm sure ya'll really wanted to see this! 

Again, if there is some rule to not posting personal pictures on a nail/whatever blog, please let me know. I don't want to break any rules! Haha, but I'm still new to all of this! Hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend... less than 14 hours til my birthday! I'll be halfway to 30... sighhh.