cnd solar oil

well...i found out what my cuticle issue was the last 2 weeks.  i threw my solar oil in the wrong drawer and forgot about it.  after putting it on last night and letting it soak in my cuticles have already started looking better.  never will i misplace you again.

i buy my cnd items from http://www.bebeautiful.com.  i have used solar oil for months...like since december when i first started really taking care of my nails.  i can't believe no using it for 2 weeks would make them look this bad.  i also have cnd's almond hydrating lotion.  it's got to be the best hand lotion ever.  it absorbs really quickly, smells amazing and lasts.  i have a bottle at work and at home.

elixir lacquers

picked this up today from my parent's...elixir lacquer's site is at http://www.elixirlacquers.com.  i'm starting to get sucked into the whole indie polish thing now  >.<  gotta say the few orders i've gotten from independent sellers have been amazing.  the colors have been pretty unique.  the customer  service has been great and shipping has also been fast.

for whatever reason i couldn't get the bottom of these bottles to stay in focus...

with a k, dakota, tricky, supa sugar bee

manipulative colorblind

this was done with colorblind by dandy nails and manipulative by cult nails.  totally loved these 2 together.  this was with 2 coats of each polish.  i'm thinking 1 coat of colorblind will be plenty next time i wear it.  it was not fun trying to get off ;)


excuse the angry cuticles :(  they've been so dry the last few weeks no matter what i do with them.

happy meowface

...that's my boy.

mail mail mail

i should have some new posts this week.  i got my order from dandy nails, picked it up from my parent's today. i finally gave in to etsy.  i'm attempting to be good and not even look on that site, because if i did i'd be broke about now.  i did give one of the dandy nails polishes to my sister to use as toenail polish.   it's the least i can do...the poor kid screwed up her back today and if some orange polish made her day after being at the hospital most of the morning, drugged up and on morphine i'm not going to tell her no.

i also have more stuff on the way from harlow & co. as well as some enchanted polishes from llarowe.  i also have an order on the way from elixir lacquers and some cult nails goodies since they just had their $5.00 sale.  it's been a busy month already >.<  i probably won't be buying anything new for a while and will start doing swatches, pictures, and posts here more often.

ozotic 515

bright, bright bright.   the picture totally doesn't capture this one.

Cross stitch projects

A neighbor taught me how to cross stitch when I was a kid.  I started out making little bookmarks and cutsey little pictures  then moved onto  my first huge project pictured below.  The peacock I completed years ago as a gift for my mother.  It took over 2 years to finish.  I did this at work when I worked for American Express. I kinda miss being able to work on projects like that at work, but I hated being on the phone constantly.

Along with it being huge...almost poster size, there was a lot of beadwork on the border.  It is gorgeous in person.  The camera on my phone doesn't pick up the glittery filament thread in it's tail.

I still have other half finished projects packed up from when I moved out of mom and dad's.  Those won't see the light of day until I get a house and get everything unpacked again.

The red one I'm working on now will eventuality be a monogram with a pretty, ornate baroque border. I love the color of floss I picked out for this one.  It should only take a few months to finish, I've been slacking and only working on it like once a week.  If I'd work on it on my days off it would be done in a few weeks.  I get distracted though :(