Woohoo! Happy Day!

Woohoo!  Happy Day!

The awesome Jennifer sent me a bottle of Revlon's Secluded Beach.  She found one in her nick of the woods.  In return, I sent her some roaches.  😃

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Nails I did late last night.

Nails I did late last night.  I'm gonna be honest - my original plan was something totally different, but after trying about 3 different times to make that work and HATING IT I gave up and did this instead.  It was easy, and it's fun and bright.  I really like the way glitters look, but they are such a pain to get off that I don't like using them often.  So, I generally reserve them for accents when I do use them.

This is a purple I use a lot - it's kind of my fall-back purple, so after I got frustrated I picked it up and thought "Whatever I do to this will be awesome because I like this color so much.  I just can't go wrong when I use it."  Then I saw my new glitter (by Finger Paints, bought recently at Sally's on clearance) and that thought it would go great.  Then I stamped my purples and I was happy.  😃

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I don't know what the little dude on my ring finger is supposed to be, but...

I don't know what the little dude on my ring finger is supposed to be, but I thought he was cute! He didn't transfer too well... must be all of the thin lines. I still like him anyway! 😃

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Crappy photo of a kind of crappy manicure.

Crappy photo of a kind of crappy manicure.  I guess it's not bad, but it's really not doing it for me.  I THOUGHT I was in the mood for dragonflies, but maybe not.

Not to mention that I did this last night and if you look at my middle finger, you can see where I broke that nail a couple of hours ago and glued it back together.  Also, on my pointer finger I have chipped and broken it, as well.  I do believe it is time to go and shorten my damn nails.  LOL

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So last night after work Shaun took me to Walgreen's.

So last night after work Shaun took me to Walgreen's.  I just sometimes like to go there because they have a lot of types of nail polish that other places don't carry.  So a little back story before I tell you what I'm going to tell you...

Revlon released a limited edition summer collection called Haute Tropics.  There was a color in that collection that I REALLY REALLY wanted called Secluded Beach.  I haven't been able to find any of that collection around here and I've been looking for months.  I assumed that it didn't come out around here and had pretty well given up on ever getting it.  I can't even find it online!

So I went in to Walgreen's and I saw - stashed by the cosmetics register in a small clear plastic tub - the Haute Tropics collection of nail polish by Revlon.  They had every single one of them EXCEPT Secluded Beach!  That was a such a huge bummer.  I got all excited, and then I got all bummed.  It was like, "Seriously?  Just, for real, that just happened?"

I'm not upset now.  I got over that pretty quick, since a week or two ago I decided that it was a useless search and that I shouldn't waste my time worrying about it.  But it does kind of make me want to hit every store in the area JUST IN CASE.  Maybe I have plans today.  LOL

I was so exhausted last night that this was the best I could do.

I was so exhausted last night that this was the best I could do.  I did not have time for something that required actual work.

Wal-Mart has a bunch of new nail stuff.  That is where these decals came from.

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Ready for Repticon! Woohoo!

Ready for Repticon! Woohoo! This is one of the reptile patterns that I have. I think I have around 4 more. They are all a little different.

So... a general rule of stamping is to use a flat color and either a metallic or something shiny - not both. It's totally fine to do two flat colors because they'll show up, but when you get two shinys going, it usually makes your patterns hard to see, but in this case I wanted something kind of subtle so I went for it.

So my base is a beige-y color with gold glitter flecks and I stamped with a pretty gold / green / purple color flipping polish, so sometimes my pattern really jumps out, and sometimes it blends in. These are really nice in person. I can't ever just leave it well enough alone, so I pierced a nail and glued some studs on the thumb. Ahh, that's better. 😃

The last paint job I did was a total rush and I didn't even post it because my son was like, "Those are boring." LOL It was just a flat color with some decals from Wal-Mart. I was short on time the night I did those. Anyway, I guess there is just a level of craziness that everyone has come to expect from my nails. I have STANDARDS, damn it! 😃

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My boring-ass nails from this weekend.

My boring-ass nails from this weekend.  I must really be in a nail funk.  LOL  I thought that since it was sunny I'd wear a holographic polish, but it's not playing nice with the sun.  It weirdly shows it's holo effect more indoors, which is pretty unusual.

Janet picked out my design for me.  I was just tired and not in the right frame of mind to be creative.  I had to have some help.  I already know what I'm wearing this weekend, but if I change my nails before then I'm gonna have to dig through my nails "to do" folder for inspiration.  This kind of sucks.  😕

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Janet's nails from this weekend.

Janet's nails from this weekend.  She did the painting and clean-up and I did the stamping.  I really like her choice of color and stamps.  Mine were MUCH less creative.  I should have let her design my whole manicure.  She did pick out my stamp for me.  I was just having a brain-fart moment.  LOL

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