st. patrick's day

i haven't been posting at all recently, have been feeling really depressed and haven't felt like taking pictures or posting anything.  i'm going to try to kick in again and post more often, i just unfortunately haven't felt it the last few weeks.

anyhow, this is what i did on thursday for st. patrick's day.  planned waaay ahead for that day ;)  this was the only green i had on for the day, heh.

surprisingly, i still have this on.  i'm thinking it's nail nation's base coat keeping it on so well.  it still looks the same as what it does in these pictures. 

also...finally no cuticle issues at all.  i've been using the oil i threw together from the recipe found here.  she posted her recipe because she believes in the product and doesn't feel the need to hide ingredients.  unfortunately i couldn't justify the price when i can gather most of the ingredients used and make a huge batch for around the same price.  i was running low on solar oil and thought i'd give it a try.  i'm never going to use anything else ever again.   i put it on 1-2 times a day....usually just 1 time a day before bed on work days, a few times a day when i'm not at work and have time to let it soak in. 

here's a list for the recipe if you don't feel like reading through the whole post.

• 4 oz Jojoba Oil
• 4 oz Grape Seed Oil
• 4 oz Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 3 drops Tea Tree Oil
• 2 mL Vitamin E Oil
• 2 mL Vitamin A Oil
• 2 to 4 mL Essential Oil (depending on the strength of the essential oil.) - i used eucalyptus and it smelled amazing to me.

i was able to purchase everything from drugstore.com.   the only thing that i couldn't find was liquid vitamin a oil, so i just bought the capsules and punctured them.  my friend allison found liquid vitamin a at vitacost.  next time i throw together a batch i'm sure i'll just buy it from there.  big thanks to her for the tip.  it's going to be a while before i need to buy any though, the batch this made is a good size, plus i still have like half a bottle of the vitamin a capsules left.  anyhow, i'd suggest anyone to try this, either by purchasing it or making your own.  my mom loves it and i know she'll also keep using it for as long as i have it on hand.   

anyhow, this was supposed to be about my manicure, not the oil, but i got kinda sidetracked.  oh well. 

here are some shiny pictures.

this was 2 coats of mean mr. mustard and 1 coat of beetle juice.  1 coat of poshe.  both of these were purchased from llarowe ages ago.

enchanted polish - bruised nutcracker beetle juice

first off, wally says hi.

what a sleepy sweetheart.

i started this manicure with 2 coats of enchanted polish - bruised nutcracker.  this was from the ho ho holodays collection.  i did this last night before i went to bed.  used poshe as my topcoat and fell asleep.  i think i'm liking it more than seche vite.  there's no shrinking and it seems more glassy.

i came home from work today  and wanted to add to this manicure, so i grabbed beetle juice, which was my favorite from the falloween collection.  this is 1 coat of beetle juice followed by a coat of gelous and a coat of poshe.  i'm pretty sure this isn't being removed until it starts to chip.  i love beetle juice so much.

both were purchased from llarowe.

enchanted polish - beetle juice

extremely fast post today...i do want to sit down when i have time this next week and start cropping photos at the suggestion of another blogger, looks like i should be able to do that through flickr, so that should hopefully help with making my pictures look better...but i wanted to just get these up today :)  i haven't done a cleanup on it, but it's good enough for a quick post :)

this is the last of the falloween polishes, it's a gorgeous glitter.

this is 2 coats of fingerpaints - plum startled,  1 coat of beetle juice...it's crazy the amount i got out of 1 coat, a coat of gelous and a coat of seche vite.

plum startled was picked up at sally's.  beetle juice was purchased from llarowe.   i love llarowe's new site by the way.  she just launched a new version of it and it looks really professional.

also, i wanted to thank you guys for joining recently.  this is just a small blog, but i do appreciate having followers.

anyhow...this one may be my favorite out of the falloweens.

enchanted polish - falloween collection

i can't even begin to choose a favorite from this collection.  i've already done a manicure with dexter...i still have it on.  it will probably be on all weekend.   i already know the next manicure i want to do will be with practice safe hex.

these are colors that i would wear all year long.  i love pretty much everything i've seen enchanted polish put out.

these are available from llarowe.  i was somehow fast enough when she first put them on the site to grab all 7.  these sold out within minutes of being available.  a restock should be happening soon.