Versatile Blogger Award

All I can say is...WOW!  I am shocked at being nominated for this award.  I am very new to blogging but I absolutely love it.  I was nominated by Mega Nailatude.  Thank you so much for the nomination!!  I truly am flabbergasted and appreciate it so much!  So I had to look up what this means or what I do next and here it is....

1.  Nominate 12 fellow bloggers that are relatively new to blogging.
2.  Let them know you have nominated them.
3.  Share 7 random facts about yourself.
4.  Thank the blogger(s) who nominated you by linking their blog.
5.  Add the Versatile Blogger Aware picture to your post.

The 12 bloggers that I nominate are...in no particular order.....

1.  Happiness is a Dry Nail

2.  Time On My Nails

3.  The Clockwise Nail Polish

4.  Lacquer Loving Lawyer

5.  Naked Without Polish

6.  i Heart Pretty Polish

7.  Mega Nailatude

8.  Take it With a Drop of Polish

9.  The Polish Hideout

10.  "I'm All Polished Off"

11.  No Naked Nails Allowed

12.  Polished Cousins

So now for the 7 random facts about myself!

1. I have two boys, a 4 year old and a 5 month old.

2.  I have two jobs..one full-time and one part-time on weekends.

3.  I love to play poker.

4.  I hope to be a nurse some day...goal is to go to school fall 2013.

5.  I have been married almost 10 years and have been with my husband since I was 15..(I am 31 now).

6.  I love to cook.

7.  I strive to always be positive and try to find the positive in all situations.  

Again, I am honored to be nominated for this award.  It isn't always easy for me to find time to blog between two jobs, two kids, etc. but I really love doing it.  That is all for now!

Amy

Neon

Hello there! When Walgreens had the recent sale on Sinful Colors I picked up several. A handful of them were neons. One thing that I learned....neons are a PITA to photograph! This actually photographed better with my iphone. This is Sinful Colors Dream On. I did put down some white "undies" as a base and then three coats of Dream On. This dries matte as neons do but I added Seche Vite as a top coat. If you read my last post I had given NYC Grand Central Sation a try as a top coat. Now I did bartend the next day but I noticed chipping before I even had my hands in water. Maybe I'll try it again during the week when I'm not bartending just to see, but so far I prefer my Seche Vite.

Enough rambling on, here are the pics of Dream On. It is still brighter in person but this is close. I do recommend this shade especially for the summer!

This color is so much better in person.  I recommend it!

Until next time, 

Amy

Butter London Slapper with Glitter Gradient

Hello again!!  I had picked up this Butter London polish recently and it's kind of been staring me in the face.  I finally decided to put it on today.  I then topped it with some glitter in a gradient type of fashion.

This is Butter London Slapper.  I then added Wet n Wild Coloricon Cost is no issue as a gradient.  I am trying out a new top coat.  I am usually a Seche Vite kind of girl but another blogger, who I cannot remember at the moment, had said she really liked NYC Grand Central Station.  I don't know that this is really meant to be a top coat, but I am giving it a shot.  It does dry fairly quick which is one of the characteristics I like about Seche Vite.  Onto the pictures!!!

Butter London Slapper.  Loved the application of this!

Topped with Wet N Wild Cost is No Issue

Thanks for stopping by!!

Amy

Quick NOTD Featuring Claire's Candy Shop

Hello there! I've been crazy busy lately so it's been hard for me to blog.  Today I have for you Claire's Candy Shop.  This is supposed to be a dupe to Deborah Lippmann Candy Shop.  I decided (for some reason) to layer this over China Glaze Fuchsia Fanatic.  I got to be honest, I don't love this combo.  I will try Candy Shop again by itself when I don't have this darn bruise underneath my middle finger.  I have many polishes that are on the more sheer side or jelly-like consistency that I really have been itching to wear but that bruise deters me.  Anyway, here are a couple of pictures.

This is without flash and the picture below is with flash.  

Have a good weekend everyone!  

Amy

NOTD: Essie Go Overboard with Essie Pure Pearlfection

Happy hump day!
So I got a bunch of polishes out last night wanting to do some swatching but I could not for the life of me get the colors to be accurate due to my lighting.  Unfortunately, when I have time it is almost always when I no longer have natural light available.  So I ended up deciding to build a light box.  I still need to get some lights that are more portable but I am impressed with how it helps.  I did a mani with Essie Go Overboard which is a polish I recently received in a swap.  I then topped it with Essie Pure Pearlfection.  I need to pull this one out more.  I really love what it does when layered.

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Here is Essie Go Overboard by itself.

Topped with Pure Pearlfection...I love this!!!

Thanks for stopping by!  

NOTD: China Glaze Electric Beat with Sinful Colors Hottie

Hi all!  Happy Sunday to you!  Just a quick nail of the day here.  I am trying to use my untrieds and I came up with this combination.  Enjoy!

I started with China Glaze Electric Beat from the Electropop collection.  This is not true to color.  It is more on the blue side in real life.  

After adding Sinful Colors Hottie.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Amy

NOTD: Julep Mandy and Spoiled Cougar Attack

I don't know what it is but I just love accent nails lately.  Maybe it's my way of utilizing more of my nail polish?!  This is the last of my three polishes I got in my Julep "It Girl" box that I tried.  It is Mandy and she is a bright coral.  I used Spoiled Cougar Attack on my thumb and ring finger for an accent.  Cougar Attack is a copper glitter in a brown jelly base. Wet n Wild had Cougar attack in their On the Prowl collection that was limited edition so if you missed out, check your CVS.  This is also said to be comparable to Deborah Lippmann's Superstar.   I do really like this!!  I also have a brush comparison for the Spoiled versus the Julep.  I am really not a fan of the brush on the Spoiled.  It is HUGE!  Onto the photos!

Here is a picture of the brushes.  The one on the Spoiled is a beast!!!

Have a good day everyone!  

Amy