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Throwback Tuesday!

Sorry for the pic quality, but these are super old pics...almost a year old.

I had trouble remembering which Essie I used until I realized that I could kind of read the name on the bottle cap. Fail.

I used Essie Miami Nice on all my nails except my middle and thumb, which I polished with Wet n Wild How I Met Your Magenta. Ummm...I think that's all to say, since I have no idea how many coats I used, so enjoy....I guess. :)

Yeah, not a fan of the Essie, just because I don't like these kinds of colors. Time to purge!

The rest of the pics were even more sucktastic, so that's it for today. I really need to get up and do some swatching, but I'm already procrastinating on my studies by watching Transformers 3. 

Happy Polishing,

Janelle

You guys are amazing!

Seriously, I passed 10,000 pageviews? You guys give me so much love and I don't do enough. I was gonna post this on Monday, but since it was such a crappy polish, I figured I'd start tomorrow with a better polish and show you this one today. I present Julie G (or is it JulieG?) 9 to 5. I wanted to love this color so much, but the streaktastic, thick, balding formula combined with the terrible wear time and the skin of death it gave me made me hate it. I suppose I could try thinning it, but nah, I'll send it on to a new home. I paid $3.99 for it at Rite Aid, and I was hoping it would somehow kill my lemming for Essie A Crewed Interest, but I think it's a little to bright for that. And this is the first color I'm trying from this brand, but I have 2 other polishes to try out and I'll let you know how they perform.

Super heavily edited photo. It doesn't look as bad as I thought!

This looks blurry in comparison. Pretty color, though!

Umm...yeah. A plastic bag touched my middle finger after I applied topcoat, and I was
too fed up to fix it, so I left it alone. This is 3 coats of 9 To 5.

And you thought it looked ok. This polish chipped less than 18 hours after application. No bueno.
And it was the peeling kind of chips, where your polish comes off in sheets.

In the shade. This is the closest to it's real color. It's a pastel, but still bright. I wanted to love it so much.

So, now that I've scarred your eyes with a terrible application and chips, you deserve to see pretty polishes. So I'm showing you some nail mail I got in the last month!

FLOAM! How awesome is the effect on this photo? I mean, the polish is great too! 

OPI DS Couture. Very lovely! I wore it already, but I didn't take pics because my nails looked horrendous.

Now that you've seen the good and the bad, I bid you Adieu!

Happy Polishing,

Janelle

Giveaway winner!

Sorry that it took me 12000 years to post the winner (ok, just 6 days) but I've been under the weather lately, and finals are coming up next week. It's been crazy, to say the least. No more excuses, I've chosen a winner (or rather, Rafflecopter has) and the winner is Cathy Malmat! I've already sent her an email, and she has 48 hours to respond, or I will choose again.

In other news, a follower contacted me and wanted me to let you know about her giveaway! There's a holographic KOH polish to be won, so head over to her blog and enter here!

My nails are almost back to full force, and finals will be over in a week, so I should be back to a regular posting schedule soon! I have so much nail art that I want to try!

Happy Polishing,

J

Nail Mail

Because of the current state of my nails, I've had to stop painting my nails and put all kinds of treatments on them. My middle fingernails on both hands keep chipping and tearing so I keep filing them down, but they just repeat the cycle. Also my nails have gotten really soft and flexible all of a sudden, despite the fact that I take Biotin pills daily. Oh well, at least I have pretty nail mail to show you guys. I really wanted the OPI Shrek collection, and I found a seller with the entire collection for a decent price, so I bought it. Then, a bottle broke in transit, and I know how hard it is to find this collection so I almost didn't ask the seller to replace it. But I did, and she was so nice about it, and she has super fast shipping too, so I love it! Here are bottle pics!

That's it for now, I got some more nail mail that I haven't opened yet, so I'll post up pics of those later, just so there's something pretty to look at on my blog. Don't forget, my giveaway closes in a week, so go enter!

Happy Polishing,

J

UP Colors Verde 360

Just a warning: my pictures of this color show it exactly how I see it under most lighting. Ok, today's color I purchased from Llarowe, and I thought it would be more holo. It was disappointing in that way. It did surprise me because it wore ridiculously well without topcoat, being a holo and all. I used two medium thick coats, because I didn't want any balding issues. I painted on the first coat, let it dry, then I did the second coat. Easy application, no cleanup. I didn't actually mean to wear it as a full manicure, but I did and was pleasantly surprised at how well it wore, although my base coat (Zoya Anchor) may have had something to do with that. What am I doing rambling? Onto the pictures!

This is about as holo as it gets on my ring and pinky fingers.

Yes, it's a pretty color, but don't rush out and get it if your want super-holo effect. I say, save your money and get a Layla Hologram Effect polish! I still have yet to wear/swatch the six that I own. Shame....

Happy Polishing and Hump Day,

J

No post today...

Sorry guys, this Tuesday is exceptionally busy, but I should have a post up tomorrow morning! Hope you enjoyed reading a ton of other nail blogs!

Reminds Me of Apple Pie

Good morning all! I'm still in bed, lamenting my choice to eat cheese on my chicken tacos last night. But that doesn't really concern you guys, so I'll move on to the NOTD. I really wanted to wear my one and only dark brown polish, OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys, so I started with that. Then I spotted my bottle of LA Girls Sparkling Peach from their Fruity scented collection, so I layered that on top. I wasn't really a fan, but I had a little cleanup to do on my fingers because OPI doesn't know how to make a normal-sized brush, so I did that. Then I effed up my middle finger because my brush wasn't wet enough, so I drew a criss-cross lattices design with a white striper. Voila! I got compliments on this mani, even though I wasn't really a fan of it, so I thought I'd show you guys.

At least the flecks are pretty. But I think I prefer dark brown cremes left alone on me.

Happy Polishing (and Monday),

J

Apologetic Rainbow

So I really wasn't planning on posting today, but since I made a boo-boo this morning, I figured I'd oblige you guys with a post. Just be aware, these are really terrible pictures from last summer, taken under indoor light, and I have some chips. Ok, here we go:

I don't really remember what polishes I used, but I know the yellow is by Diamond Cosmetics, the peach is Barielle Blossom, the pink is by OPI, the red is Wet n Wild Red Red, the blue is from the LA Girl Color Addict Line (possibly Idol?), the green is Zoya Apple, and the holo glitter is Covergirl City Lights. I have no idea what brand or color purple I used. Hope you enjoyed!

Happy Polishing,

J

Giveaway Update: Please Read

Hey ladies, I don't usually post on Saturdays, but I did something awful today. I went to publish comments by the last 6 ladies to enter my giveaway and I accidentally clicked delete. I went to see the last 6 people who left a comment using the Rafflecopter app, but if I accidentally deleted your comment, I would really love if you could leave your comment again. I'm so sorry again! I might do an apology giveaway after this one to make up for my fumble. :)

Love you ladies!

J