Rachel the TEST DUMMY

I convinced my sister to let me paint her nails! I never get practice on anyone except myself and Zoey (whose baby fingers don't exactly count as polish practice!) So, because I bought her a bracelet for her birthday, I told her she had to have nice nails to wear the bracelet. My trick worked! She wanted a polish that was blue or green... so, green it was! We used Sinful Colors Innocent and Sinful Colors Call You Later as a glitter top coat. These polishes worked well together... will be great for Saint Patty's Day! I would like to complete this look with some larger glitter, but for now... this is what we've got!

Sinful Sale!

So, Sinful Colors Nail Polish was on sale last week at Walgreen's! I wasn't too happy with Sinful Colors because of the drama lately regarding the use of pictures that did not belong to them, but I just couldn't resist the sale! I have 11 new shades, and I will soon test them out and share! Now I own 40 of the Sinful Colors Polishes. I know, I know, that is nothing compared to a lot of the Nail bloggers that I follow, but I'm just getting started! Here are my new shades:

#323 Feeling Great, #852 GoGo Girl, #839 Sugar Sugar

 #921 All About You, #932 Call You Later, #1102 Kissy

 #282 Love Nails, #989 Ciao Bella, #961 Fig

 #1055 Slate and #933 Secret Admirer

I'm excited to try these out! I'll keep you posted! Oh yes, and a special thanks to my beautiful sister Rachel, who helped me take these pictures. She' s also going to test out these colors with me!  :) ~H~

White && White

 So, last night I spent several hours trying to polish my nails. I was having some issues, I guess we could compare it to writer's block, or just a plain ol' brain fart! I tried so many different styles, and hated them all! I ended up going out with bare nails (Which, might be good for my nails, but is a no-no!). So, today I tried again, having the same issues!! I hated everything I tried! I decided to test out a couple of polishes. White! For me, white polish never seems to cooperate! It's always either too thin or way too thick and it is CRAZY-streaky! Does everyone have that polish problem?! Today I used Avon Nailwear Pro #N603 French Tip White AND N.Y.C. Long Wearing Nail Enamel #134 French Tip White. I wasn't happy with the results of either of these polishes, however, there were some pros and cons to each. Avon took fewer coats ( I used 3) to get to a more opaque finish, but it took a lot longer to dry. N.Y.C. took about 6 coats, but dried rather quickly. So which one to use? If I were using it as a base that you could see at the end, I'd pick Avon. If I were to cover it up (with a neon shade, perhaps) I'd choose N.Y.C. I'm going to do some research to find a good quality, fast drying, white polish. Any suggestions?  I took pics of both, to compare.

To the right is N.Y.C. French Tip White, to the left, Avon. Both pictures show one coat of each.









 This is 3 coats of each. N.Y.C. is to the right, Avon to the left.






 So, after all of this, my Zoey and I finally decided on some neon colors. Actually, she chose the colors, I just did what she asked. Now, we have matching nails! (Pictures later!) ~H~

Fuzzy Dice!

Yesterday I polished my nails with a fun pink color, Fuzzy Dice! It's a Spoiled by Wet N Wild color, so, not the best, but with a good top coat it worked out just fine! I did just 2 coats of the polish, and the color showed nicely, it was nice and shiny! I'm about to start with a different color every day, so I have a picture for each of my polishes. I'm also thinking about creating one of those month long challenges, with a different polish every day. It will be good practice! Any suggestions? ~H~

Elephant Ears!

Last time I went to a fair, I didn't get a chance to eat a Funnel Cake (Elephant Ear), so I decided to try and make my own! They turned out to be really good! Nothing is as good as the real thing, but this comes in a close second place. Here is the recipe I found (thanks, Pinterest). It was really easy, and the entire process only took about 15 minutes. I had a lot of fun with these. And yum! We covered them in melted butter, cinnamon sugar and powdered sugar. I will definitely be making these again soon! Thanks to Suzanne McMinn at Chickens In The Road for sharing the story and recipe.
Here's what you need to remember: If the oil is too hot, they burn really quickly. Also, as the recipe states, you need at least an inch of oil in the pan. I tried it with less, and they stuck to the bottom of the pan and burned. Yuck! So, the more oil you have in the pan, the better. Other than that, if you follow the steps, they should turn out quite nicely! Enjoy! ~H

New Blog! New Polish! Yay!

So, I've decided to make a blog. I've been wanting to do this for awhile. So, here's where I'm going to post about my ever-growing obsession with nail polishes and pretty things. This should be fun! I've already got something to share! Last night I opened up my newest bottles of polish, 3 of them, to be exact, and combined them on my nails, to get a fabulous mix! Sinful Colors: Savage & Nail Junkie and Spoiled: Pet My Peacock! I found that the Savage (teal base color) dries to a very matte finish, but with the two glitter shades over the top, it turned out just how I wanted it! Nail Junkie is a teal shimmer polish, with small specks of glitter. The top polish, Pet My Peacock, is where those pretty hexagons come from, in gold, silver, blue, green and purple. I love it!