I Heart the Daily Nail

So recently Melissa |aka. The Daily Nail| posted paint swatch inspired manicure called On The Dot
I thought it was so fun and summery I had to recreate it!

Here's my version of her cute mani!

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OPI & China Glaze Swatches... finally

Hello!

So quite some time ago after a disastrous hair cut i purchased some nail polish and posted a haul.  with that post i had promised swatches... eventually.  and with a reminder from a reader i have posted those aforementioned swatches... finally!  :)

This post is PIC HEAVY!  :D

Rainbow Zebra Stripes using KONAD

It's been a while since i've posted one of my youtube tutorials on here....
so here's one from a few weeks ago :)

enjoy!
and, as always, for more, check out my YouTube Channel

Nail Fails vs. My Nails v4

Dear Bloggers,

It's been a while.  I've been busy and pseudo lazy.
Still on the job hunt.  I've been putting up videos on YouTube relatively regularly though, and I've got a giveaway for my Youtube subscribers happening now too!  It's part a a series to thank my subbies for reaching over 1000!  It's giveaway #2 right now (out of 3 or 4.. still haven't decided)
So if you follow/find my blog and have a youtube account too, check out my channel, and if you like what you see, subscribe and enter my giveaway :)

So, back to the point of this post.
Here are some of the nails i've designed lately!

For this simple French tip with a twist, I used OPI's Wing It, and 

Art Deco's striper polishes in White and Silver Glitter.

Retail Therapy

So I happened to buy two bottles of OPI just on a whim, and then a couple days later (post haircut trauma) I ended up getting another three bottles of polish - two OPI and one China Glaze.

I'm in LOVE!

CANADIANS!!! GO TO YOUR LOCAL CHATTERS FOR AN OPI SALE

Hello Blog world,

For those Canadians who follow/find me.  I was recently at a couple of my local Chatters and they're having a sale on OPI polishes.  2 for $14.95.  (Regular price: $9.95 each)
I have no idea how long this sale will last.

find your local chatters salon here: Chatters Store Locator

and yes, i went to two separate stores and got a total of 5 polishes (one china glaze) plus mini packs for my next youtube giveaway/contest.

I will do a haul post in a bit.
And if you want in on some of the goodies that I'm not keeping for myself, make sure you subscribe to my channel on youtube: Miss80Million

Oh yeah.  and I got a hair cute.  yikes.  what an experience.  I wonder if i'll ever like getting my hair cut???  Vlog probably coming soon on my youtube channel about that too.  yeesh!

Happy Father's Day everyone!!

Nail Fails vs. My Nails v3

So I was feeling a bit bland (probably because it was raining all last week) so I painted my nails black and topped it off with Matte About You by Essie.  But then suddenly the sun came out and so did my nail design cheer!

I was still feeling simple and was pressed for time.  so I did a simple polka dot nail.  by the time i had added the polka dots, the matte finish was wearing off a bit so it photographed as more of a suede or satin finish on the black.

Its unoriginal.  it's been done.  yeah i know.

but I'VE never done it.  

so like a used car... it's new to me :D

dang my hands look old when they're dry!

eech.  note to self:  apply cuticle oil before taking photo!

Fails vs Nails: 3-2

Konad Nail Stamping Art Tutorial: Spring Konad M66+ Red Black Lace M57

Just in case non-Youtubers are finding this.


Here are a couple of my recent nail tutorials.
They're both using the Konad Stamping system. (check out my yt channel for my konad playlist for more info)

Nail Fails vs. My Nails v2

So this is a nail design that I did a while back.  It was supposed to be for  lololicious69's prom nail art contest.

I didn't submit it because I lost half the footage of the end part of the tutorial.  Also, even though it looks much nicer and prettier in person, it simply didn't photograph well.  Even in these photos, it looks pretty clear, but it still just looks like a big black and pink mess.

Fails vs. Nails score: 3-1

First Personal Encounter with Deborah Lippmann Polishes

Last week my sister took me out to diner as a thanks for helping her out with a grant application she was working on.  We went to Linda (a fabulous Thai restaurant somewhere far away from her place)  --for those of you that don't know Linda -- You Should!  the more affordable version of Linda is The Salad King, tentatively still located by Ryerson University on Gould street.  Unfortunately the building that The Salad King was in had encountered some unfortunate brick work failure on the building facade.  So temporarily, The Salad King is closed until further engineering inspection and evaluation for structural stability.

So, since the Salad King was out of order, we drove out to Linda to satisfy our curry cravings.  

the food was Great!  My sister says it's the same as at the Salad King, but the prices are twice as high.  :(  but it was a nice place.   Dinner was great.  (even though they mixed up our levels of spicyness.  they fixed it within literally 5 minutes!  And when my sister asked for "every last drop" of her curry to be boxed up, so she could take it for lunch the next day, the server even brought the place it was on to show it truly was "every last drop"  :D  we all had a chuckle.

After dinner we drove out to an outdoor mall type of complex just because we were in the area.  We went into a cosmetics store called Murale.   They're Sephora-like, but not exactly the same.  They pretty much only carry higher quality cosmetics.  

Naturally I wandered towards the nail polish sections of each brand.  At the back of the store was two shelves full of SpaRitual polishes as well as Deborah Lippmann.  (still currently called Lippmann Collection)

I was first drawn to the SpaRitual Believe Collection polishes until I saw the Lippmann glitter polishes, which I must say are TRULY UNIQUE.

When I went into the store I was already wearing OPI Ink!  

Applied on top of it is Lippmann Collection's Happy birthday.  Whoa man!  Check out that glitter.  Multi-colored and multi-shaped in a clear polish.

I also ended up wearing this for about a week WITHOUT top coat.  it did have a texture (naturally) but in 7 days i lost maybe 3 pieces of glitter!  AMAZING!  [but, i gotta say, it was hell getting it off.  especially on my ring finger where i had clearly put on too much glitter]

This is Ruby Red Slippers ontop of OPI Ink.

Whoa man!

I just got Lubu Heels by China Glaze, and it doesn't even compare to this!

Both Lubu Heels and Ruby Red Slippers have red glitters in a sheer black polish.  but RRS has large square glitters PLUS Hex glitters!  LH only has small red glitters.  

I wish I could go back and get this but since I already have LUBU heels (for $6.95) i can't justify getting RRS which is similar (albeit so much better) for $20.

yup.  in Canada Lippmann polishes cost $20.  (I believe you can get them for about $16 in the US depending on where you get it)

Oh Deborah.  I wish your polishes were more affordable.  :(

I guess i'll still have to wait a bit longer to own my own Lippmann Polish.

Do any of you have Lippmann polishes?  What colors?  And do you think it's worth the extra money?

Oh yeah. and I'm gonna count this as a "My Nails" post too.  So the Fails vs. Nails count is now 2-1

M80M