Hibiscus Nail art

I recently bought a sarong dress at the beach and it had such a pretty print with a bunch of beautiful hibiscus that I just had to do my nails to match. So I remember I had tried flowers like that after seeing a post on Ash-Lilly's blog and it was one stroke art using acrylic paint. I Youtube it to get a refresher on what exactly I was doing. I watched this video (yes its in French)



I got started I used Wet N Wild white cream as the base for my ring finger and thumb for the rest of my nails I used Zoya Robin. Its not perfect but I love how it came out!

I like it so much that I had to do the matching pedicure! I said I would never post pics of my toes here but they came out better then my finger nails. I took these picture while I was out on a canoe with my kids at work so there is already some chips. IWARNING TOES PICTURES!

Have you ladies done nail art designs using acrylic paint? if not you need to go to your closest art store and pick up some paints because it is so much it come out so beautiful and it super easy to make any design!

Haul

So my hauls are usually pretty big and my hubby as taken notice and bet me that I couldn't go a month without buying a bottle of nail polish so I took on the challenge. Ive been doing pretty good and Ive been relying on swaps to get new polishes.

I recently received a swap from Jen from The Exotic lacquer which took a day to get since we live in the same state she was very nervous about it but I of course loved everything she picked out a bunch on blue since it is my fav. color. There was also some yummy candy that I already ate before I was able to take the picture.

This weekend was Tax free weekend in Massachusetts so I of course took advantage of that to finally buy a new camera. I hadn't bought a new camera in years! I was working with a Casio Exilim 7.2 megapixel camera and I upgraded to a Sony Cybershot 16.1 megapixel camera.

Old Camera

New Camera

While shopping I found another Sally's in my area and couldn't help but to go in and I was so sad that I couldn't buy any polish but then I was looking to see what was on sale and found an Acrylic set on sale which was perfect because Ive been trying to teach myself how to do acrylics and this is just what I needed. So I bought the set which came with 12 colors and acrylic liquid I also picked up a rose pink acrylic.

And finally some random things I picked up while enjoying the tax free weekend I finally found Hello Kitty duct tape and I saw this big diamond paper weight and I bought it to take pictures of my nails with.

That's really all Ive gotten so majority of my hauls for the rest of the month is going to swaps and nail accessories since I cant buy polish. Have you ladies ever done a no buy? 

Essence Whoom Boooom collection

I love Essence collections and one of the collections I fell in love with was their Whoom Boooom collection all the colors are very bright and perfect for summer. I got this collection from a recent swap since alot of the collections you cant get in the US since Ulta doesn't carry the limited edition collections. On to the swatches!

There is 4 colors in the collection all with some interesting name lol...

Chacalaca- its a dark but vibrant blurple it was smooth in 2 coat. (my fav)

Roy's Red- a red/pink and in some lights look even coral its a very unique color. It was smooth in 2 coats

Andy you're a star- A bright/pastel orange in the sun it look really bright and indoor look more creamy. Smooth in 2 coats. 

You've got the Art- A pastel greenish yellow depending on light. This was my least favorite the application wasn't the best needed 3 coats just to even out the horrible first 2. 

I really like this collection all the color worked well together, They were easy to apply and unique. I give this collection a thumb up lol..My love for Essence continues to grow. Have you ladies tried Essence polishes? 

Im Back with hauls and swaps!

I'm back sorry for the abandonment of my blog but my summers are super busy from my 50 hours a week at work and  then trying to fit a life into that kind of schedule so it doesn't leave much time for blogging. I starting to manage my time a little better and I will hopefully have 3 post a week well at least that is my goals. So for today I'm going to show you all the swaps and haul Ive done since I blogged last.

Swaps:

A whole lot of Essence polishes/supplies and some Catrice polishes Thanks to Tammy from Gettin' Girlie! This has been my biggest swap ever!

This lovely package came from the wonderful Rebecca from Rebecca likes nails we had done a swap a while back and she loved the package so much that she felt she had to get me back lol..

This swap (minus the nail envy) was done with a lovely lady on MUA, I finally got my hands on some Golden Rose scale effects and some more Essence twins.

This swap was with Kesha from Nail Polish Obsession and we had arranged this swap a while ago and when it arrived I had already received Tammy's Swap which included a majority of theses polishes. I wanted the Essence twin so bad that now I have 2 or 3 of them.

I did one more swap with the lovely Sara from  Sara ♥'s Pretty Little Things which was awesome I now have a bunch f UK polishes!

Hauls

Gaby from Pretty Edgy Nail  found some OPI pink me I'm good in her near by CVS so I sent her the money to buy me 2 and she sent me some surprises! Thanks Gaby don't you just love her hand writing!

Dollar tree and Sallys Haul.

Got some LA Colors after seeing a post from Rebecca about some being Jelly.

Then stopped in at Sally's and they had the new Orly (Happy go lucky) and China Glaze (Molten Metals)collections and I got 2 of each and received a free top coat. I stumbled upon some remover cloths that are pre soaked in remover and are made of felt!! Ive already gotten back to get more!

Barrielle was having another sale so I snatch up 2 more from their new collection Do onto others and Buda-ful. I also purchased some Spectraflair on ebay which I still haven't used lol..

I finally cracked and got the 3D acrylic mold kit that Ive wanted to get as well as a Nail drill and some water decal from Born Pretty Store.

Stop in at Sephora and could help myself and picked up Sephora by OPI Spark-tacular, retractable nail file and Tokidoki rollerball fragrance.

These are a product of 2 Dusty hunters on a Facebook group I'm in called Face and Friends

The first 4 are from Chelsea from Pretty & Polished and the last one is from Traci from The Traceface philes.

This past 2 month Ive gotten alot of first. My hubby bought me my first Chanel polish! and I bought my first BB couture polish. Finally got some Seche vite restore and what I'm most excited about is OPI pair'em and scare'em duo I'm ready for Halloween!

I tried going dusty hunting and found some goodies OPI rent, Blue moon lagoon and Whats dune?

then found the Miss universe collection so I got crown me already and some China glazes.

Some new Sally Hansen Xtreme wears

Some OPI's Absolutely Alice and I lily love you

I saved the best and most excited one for last!!! as some of you know the wonderful Lynnderella has finally decided to sell her beautiful creations. So when I seen them I knew I must have some no matter the price I sent in my order and got a reply that they were out of stock. I was very sad! then some weeks later I got an email from her saying that they came back in stock and if I still wanted them I of course said YES!!! and sent her the money right way! There had been a problem with my order but the Wonderful Lynnderella made it all better and sent me the complete set. Thank you sooooo much Lynnderella I greatly appreciate it and all your hard work to make these beauties! 

(New Favorite glitters!) Currently stalking her blog to order more and her Halloween collection!

That is all I have for now still awaiting on another swap with my new Polish Friend Jen from The Exotic Lacquer which will be here soon since we live in the same state lol.. I should get back to Regular posting soon since summer is almost over. I know I didn't give the names to all the polishes because it was just too much to name but please feel free to ask about a specific polish. Be back soon! 

Essence Nail art twins

I finally got my hands on the beautiful Essence Nail Art twins Thanks to Tammy from Gettin' Girlie so I couldn't wait to swatch them! The Essence Nail Art twin have the best names they are names of couples one is a creme polish and the other is a glitter topper to match. I love everything about these the glitter toppers you dont have to dig for the glitter and the creme polish go on smooth.

Chuck (1 coat)

Bella (1 coat)

Gabriella (2 coats)

Chuck & Blair (1 coat of Blair)

Bella & Edward (1 coat of Edward)

Gabriella & Troy (1 coat of Troy)

Julia w/o her Romeo

I absolutely love all of these's beauties! Thanks so much to Tammy for getting these for me. I am still tracking down the older Nail art twins like Julia. I just wish that all Ultas would get all the Essence Collections! Does your near by Ulta store carry Essence polishes?

Im back!! with swatches of my Barry M's

I am back! Sorry for being such a bad blogger but life got in the way. I recently moved so it was pretty crazy around here and moving 2 Helmers full of polish was not fun. In this crazy move I broke pretty much all my nails so Im back to rocking nubbins. I have recently completed most of my international swaps just have 2 left and I now have a bunch of new Euro polishes. Rebecca from rebecca likes nails was interested in getting some Barry M so here is my collection of Barry Ms.

Peach Melba 2 coats 

Grey 2 coats 

Blue Moon 3 coats

Mint green 2 coats edit the color to get the accurate color)

Now for some glitter

Holograms 1 coats 

Pink Iridescent 2 coats

Last but not least Barry M crackles:

That is all my Barry M which I got from swaps from Ash-lilly and Irishenchantment. Barry M polishes can actually be purchased online and they do ship to the US. I love the color I got and I will be ordering some soon. Have you ladies tried Barry M polishes?