31 Day Challenge Day 27

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I actually do my own artwork but I think that would be cheating if I were to do my own artwork for today. I did Ed Hardy artwork inspired nails for today. I hate how it came out. I was going for the roses that Ed Hardy is so famous for.

I used Sally Girl Curfew and then I actually used a rub on tattoo for the design. But what really sucked is that you can barely see it here. The roses actually blended in with the background because it was almost the identical color. 

I am sorry that it sucks so badly. Oh well what can I do?

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

32 Day Challenge Day 26

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I am nearing the end of this challenge. I know I did animal print earlier in this but I seriously love zebra print. This one is different because of the way I did it. I left the polish matte like it is. I don't really need it to last since this was only one day.

I used a really small brush and drew tiny "zebra" stripes with black acrylic paint. I used  China Glaze's Turned Up Turquoise. I did a blog post earlier this year you can find it here. 

I hope you like this. I know I like it better than the actual animal print post that I did in the first place.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

31 Day Challenge Day 23

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I am such a nerd, today is inspired by a book. I have no creativity today. I went with Harry Potter. I am sure a lot of people have gone with Potter nails for today but I don't really care. 

I kind of went off each of the four houses, if you haven't read or watched the movies you should. I actually forgot what nail polishes I used. I know that you need a red, gold, blue, yellow, green, silver, and black. It is really simple just make boxes on each of your nails. 

Sorry for the lack of creativity, if you like it then we cool.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

31 Day Challenge Day 21

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Ten days to go!! I can't wait for it to be over, is that bad? I think I am going to take a nail art (challenge) break until Christmas, I probably will do two weeks then. Of course I will finish this one but my posts after this challenge will be more sparatic then they have been lately. Then after that it will be New Years for a day or two and then Valentines Day and my birthday which is 3 days later. Am I missing anything?

Today I just did something easy. It is supposed to be inspired by color. I didn't get this one very well, so I just went with green. Green and yellow have taken the stage in my life for some reason. I kind of sponged three different green polishes.

I used OPI Don't Mess With OPI, Finger Paints Scenery Greenery, and OPI Uh-Oh Roll Down The Windows. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

31 Day Challenge Day 20

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Phew today in particular I had problems with nail art... Anyone ever have fail days? I seriously redid like 12 nails, haha no seriously. I hated how some of them came out. Water Marbling is such a pain to do sometimes, even when you know how to do it right and everything. The colors can get muddled together, you can totally miss the design, and sometimes you just get something that turns out looking like crap. I think everyone has those types of days, well today was mine.

I used Finger Paints Lavender Highlight, China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-Le, and Color Club Who Are You Wearing? I topped it with China Glazes Fairy Dust, does anyone else have a problem with CHG FD getting too thick? I know I have to use like 10 drops of thinner to get the polish back to its original smoothness. 

I hope you enjoyed, I know I liked the final look of it. Very fall-esk.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

31 Day Challenge Day 7

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

First week down and 3 days until I am into the designs. Today is black and white nails.

I did a very simple design on this remember I am saving up for the big designs in the patterns days. I am wearing Wet N' Wild's French Creme White and LA Colors Art Deco In Black. I did dots on every other finger and stripes on the other fingers. On my thumb I did a mix of both. I am not sure why the white is coming off as a grey color, I swear it isn't. In one of the last posts I told you that I am testing out different settings on my camera.

Tomorrow is metallic day and I have the perfect idea in mind.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

31 Day Challenge Day 5

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Today is blue nails, this one should be easier for me since I own a lot of blue nail polishes. It was harder though because most of the colors I own are for summer time or spring which would have been really funny to see for this day.

So far, 4 out of the 5 days I have worn two nail polishes. Today I am wearing two, who would have guessed? I am wearing Essence's @ Holographics Blue Ray and over that I am wearing LA Splash's Psych'd crackle. I topped it all with a shaken INM Northern Lights.

I am edging closer to the fun of this challenge I hope it goes well for me. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

31 Day Challenge Day 4

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Welcome to day 4 which is green day. I really like this green for today I am not sure what it is about it but it is love. I have told you before that I am not too keen on darker nail polishes on my nails, it could be that my nails are very small in size compared to others nails. Or it could just my skin tone, I am not sure what it is but darker colors aren't my friend.

Today I am boring, one color. I am wearing Finger Paints Scenery Greenery. I like this color so much. I think the reason I like it so much is because it's almost a jelly finish. I love the squishiness to jelly nail polish, their shine as well. This is without a top coat. 

Please don't mind the camera picture I am trying to mess with my camera to get better quality. I hope it is a little better, this picture was taken inside under a lamp.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

A Closing To The 30 Untrieds!

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

As some of you know, but if you don't feel free to check out my earlier posts, I did these Untrieds with an aspiration to use some of the colors in my collection, which I may add is at 199. I have either forgotten that I have these stored away or they were just not in season, whatever it is or was they weren't being used. Now don't get me wrong I still have plenty that haven't been used but I think I am down 40 or so. I am not sure if I am going to stop buying polish and just stashing it away, but I fear that I am not the only one out there. 

Doing these 30 Untrieds has been very fun yet difficult for me. 

1.) Finding a certain polish I want to wear on a certain day... For me if it is sunny I am going to want to wear something bright and colorful and vice versa. 

2.) Time! Some days I was later than others, for me I really like to be punctual, time is Key! I would have loved to have all of my posts be at the same time everyday or at least close in time. Now I could have scheduled them but I feel as if that is cheating, Someone looking at my blog could see that I haven't posted yet and then look again and it says there is a post that wasn't there before. That feels wrong to me. I will pre schedule posts if I am on vacation, sick, or anything else that happens to come up. 

3.) Laziness. HAHA! I am a victim too.  Some days I just didn't want to post, not that I don't love posting, I just was worn down those days. I know that I had slept all day once because of a flu that I had, yes I get sick far too often, but at the end of the day I picked myself up and made myself blog. My boyfriend told me on numerous occasions that I should take it easy but I promised you all 30 Untrieds on their rightful days. This means no giving up, no skipping days, and no slacking.

4.) Family. My family means a lot to me. Now most of the time I am surrounded by my boyfriends family after all we live with his mom temporarily, until I find a job. I am not around my family as much and when I am I love to make time to be with them. The situations at home really effect how I am going to post because I will have numerous interruptions, this is why I loved waking up at 4 or even 8. No interruptions then. 

I am glad I put my mind to this because it showed me that I CAN do something that I set my mind to.

Here are the polishes that I haven't tried yet and I plan on very soon, I put my mind to it. 

Sinful Colors What's Your Name

Sinful Colors Secret Admirer

Essie Forever Young

Wet N' Wild Behind Closed Doors

Wet N' Wild Sage in the City

Color Club (dark grey un-named)

ELF Purple Pleasure

ELF Roxy Raisin

Hard Candy Envy

I am sure there are more but I am can't quite remember the names. 

I would love to thank you all for standing by my side while I did this. It means a lot to me. For all of my followers, new and old. I hope my site continues to grow. I love doing this and I don't see an end anytime soon. I am glad I found this world, full of polish, nails, and accessories. However my wallet hates me LOL.  

I will continue to fill your life with posts of me blabbering about nails!!!

Thank you all!

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 30!!!!

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I am glad to say it is over and that I can give my nails a break for a day or so. Most likely won't, haha. I want to say thank you for sticking with me while I did this because I really needed to. I wanted to do a closing post and I may still do that but I am not sure yet. If I do I will be sure to add polishes that I still need to try out. Thank you to everyone who has and will comment on my posts it means everything. Now on to today's polish. 

Orly's Galaxy Girl is a purple with bright blue glitters. Very similar to Halley's Comet. This is from the Cosmic FX collection which you can still find at Ulta or at least mine and mine is fairly new. This polish goes for $10 but if you took a $3.50 coupon into Ulta you could get it for $6.50 which is pretty good. You can also find it online. I actually won mine <3.

LA Splash Crackle'D in Broken Heart'd is very bright cream pink crackle. Very similar to China Glaze's Crackle in Broken Hearted. Haha same name. This polish was purchased from my Fred Meyer for around $5. I am sure you can still find it somewhere but my Fred Meyer is sold out. I only added this to my tips to show the true beauty of Galaxy Girl. 

I plan on getting more crackles but I am not sure if I like them. It will be like in the 90's were they stopped selling after awhile. Maybe my Fred Meyer will have them on sale because I still see a couple of different brands of crackle. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 29

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I found some feathers around the house today and figured I would incorporate something into nail art. Sadly it didn't come out the way I planned. My coats I think were a little too thick. I am not sure. They all can't be winners.

For the base I used Sinful Colors's Queen of Beauty which is a silver glitter. Very chunky glitter. It's going to be a five letter word to get off tomorrow morning.

Very affordable at $1.99 at Walgreens and other drugstores. 

Then I just went in with some feathers. I actually don't mind how they came out I just wish the nail polishes weren't so thick.

It gooped up and when I was doing laundry, Oh how I love my laundry days! I got my fingers all messed up.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 28 Pink Wednesday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I want to thank you all for sticking with me the whole entire 30 Untrieds. It has been a weird cycle. Today I figured it was my last Pink Wednesday in the series why not do something fun.

I haven't water marbled in a long time. I am not sure why I haven't but it has been around a month or so since I last attempted it.

I did it with three colors today, 2 I haven't tried and 1 I have... Is that cheating? I don't think so.

OPI I Eat Mainly Lobster is a bright coral almost red. Well I guess you could say red but more of a pink, it has a pink sheen to it along with golden sparkle to it. Very unique  because it isn't red but it isn't pink. RENK? 

OPI My Address is Hollywood falls along the same shimmer and sheen. This is a bright  but muted pink... Does that make sense? I have no idea. I like it.

I am not sure the point behind pinks and renks for fall but I mean I am not going to judge, I used to wear bright yellow around this time of year. 

Lastly the pink that I use the crap out of. I am totally going to be sad when it is all gone. Orly's Pink Whisper which is a light pink almost white, with a light shimmer. Very opaque. I wish I would have put a base coat of this down because you can totally see my nail line. 

Two more days WHOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!! I can't wait to be done. I may take a couple of days break, just to do something makeup related.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 27

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I truly cannot believe how long I have done this for. I am really sure that there will be a day where I will see that I need to do this again. I will continue to buy nail polish because that is just how I am. I am planning on buying a Melmer within the next few weeks. My shoe box storage has become overbearingly to small. I am having to put polish in an over flow box which has almost over flown itself. I have 194 polishes right now. WHOOOPS!!! If my boyfriend knew how much I had he would cut me off. I have tried about 150 of them. I have 10 in the mail that I am counting in that 194. I need more swatch wheels. I've gone through the 10 I have bought.

Today I have three more nail polishes all by the same brand. I am not sure how much these go for since they were a contest prize. You can find them at Icings, I wouldn't think that they would be more than $5. There is .65 fl. oz. in each of the polishes. 

Chrome Light Blue is my Base color, It is a metallic bright blue. If it was a matte or cream it would be a medium blue. It is a purple-ly blue. 

Chrome Berry is the middle sponged on color. It is a pink-y purple color with silver veining and is metallic like the other one. I really like it very professional looking in my eyes.

Chrome Teal is the last color which is also sponged on.  It is a green-y blue. Also metallic with the silver veining. 

I love this trio. Thanks to Joy for sending me these polishes. I love them to death!!!

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 26

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Today was a 3 polish type of day... We will see if I get through all of my untrieds.  If not I will post a list of polish I haven't tried yet on my closing of 30 Untrieds which I plan on posting on the 30th of this month... 4 more days.

OPI's A-Taupe The Space Needle is a brown grey-ish color. Goes on opaque, at least for me. It also has those veins that the other OPI's that I have recently been sent. I don't know if it is because they are directly from the company or if their formula is different compared to the other polishes I have. It doesn't effect how the nail polish goes on just looks odd.

OPI Honk If You Love OPI is an almost eggplant purple. I had to apply two coats on my ring finger. I chose this color because it is in the same family as ATSN.  Again same as the other one.

You can find those two nail polishes in various locations that sells OPI, for around $8.50 but can some times be found on sale.

Lastly is Wet N' Wild's Tangled in My Web which is a black glitter. Very sparse I may say, you really have to layer it on to get the glitter on. Or just pat the side of the brush on your nail. This polish is apart of their On The Prowl Collection which is out for Halloween. Can be found at multiple drugstores for around $2. 

Sorry for being so late tonight.... I hate posting later. I have been napping all day because I think I am coming down with a cold.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 25

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I woke up to a lovely surprise this morning which I will share with you very soon, next post I promise. 

Today I did a jelly sandwich with 3 nail polishes. I like it!!!

First was a base of Color Club's Gimme A Grape Big Kiss which is a neon purple. Cream finish, very sheer like the rest of the Wicked Sweet Collection ( I need three more and the collection is complete). Scented like Grapes... Yummy. It is opaque in three coats which is great considering the other Lemon and Lime are sheer and are opaque in four or five. It has a jelly look to it once dried.

Next I applied a coat of Wet N' Wild's Correction Tape from the On The Prowl Collection. This is similar to Party Of Five Glitters only it is pink, blue, silver, and black multi shaped glitter. The glitter is kind of sparse. I would like it if there was more glitter that stayed on your finger after each swipe.

Finally I finished it with a coat of Color Club's Raspberry Rush which is a reddened pink.  It is like Gimme A Grape Big Kiss in the sense of opaqueness and finishes. It is scented to be Raspberry. I love these scented nail polishes from Color Club... I had so much trouble finding inspiration for nail art, I took these on and off all day. I smelt it all day... I love them to death <3

I bought the two Color Clubs for $1.59 each and the Wet N' Wild for $1.50 at my Fred Meyer. Clearance bins are my best friend <3.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 24

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

6 More days... And 10 or so more nail polishes that could be tried. For the rest of the week I think I am going to double my polishes. Like I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous said on my post about the new polishes that I got a day ago, I will have more polishes to add to my Untrieds.

This is one of the polishes I got yesterday... 

Cougar Attack from Wet N' Wild's On The Prowl, it is a brown based nail polish with pumpkin-y colored glitter. It needs two coats to be completely 100% opaque.  I really like this color it is very unique... Like nothing I have at least. I think Pumpkin Spice from Sally Hansen might be close.

I haven't been feeling too hot today, my stomach hurts really bad. I am not sure what has been going on. All I know is that I missed out on a party because of my stomach pains. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 23

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Notice anything different today? I have shorter nails. I am not sure I like it, I miss my long nails. I cut about half of the nail growth off. I am still not sure if I like them this short. But they are just nails and they will grow back.

French Quarter for Your Thoughts is also from OPI's Touring America collection. FQFYT is a creamy grey color. Again my bottle is different than what you will find in the stores. It has weird veining and the sticker is different. This is two coats of the polish, let me tell you something it is lighter in the bottle and once on it is a little darker.  I am not too keen on the veining that happens in these bottles. 

Normally I wouldn't do two colors from the same brand within two days but this collection is is so gorgeous. I love them all so much. 

OPI can be found at various stores and is usually around $8.50 but it can be found on sale sometimes. I look in the recycle bin at Fred Meyers because I have found 6 nail polishes if not more for under $4 which is half of the regular price. 

While shopping for food today I found the new On The Prowl collection by Wet N' Wild and I caved and got 4 of the glitters. They were buy one get one 50% off. So $3 for 2  nail polishes is very good. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO 

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 22

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

With my recent nail mail I figured why not add a few shades that were sent to me into the mix. I am truly grateful for the nail polish that has been sent to me. I won a contest and got sent 6 OPI nail polishes from the new Touring America Collection. 

Uh-Oh Roll Down the Window is a murky green, similar to army green only a grey color. It is a cream finish, my favorite. My bottle looks so weird. I know it isn't from the store that is for sure, I think it was supposed to be PR or sent from the company. For one the tag on the bottom is black, the letters are bigger, and there is no peel here. I for one like that! Inside the bottle is veining like it isn't mixed up, I made sure to roll it around and try to mix it up. On the brush the color comes out great so it is just the bottle which I am perfectly fine with. 

What is up with the name? I don't get it... It could either mean one of two things, Both of which are disgusting. Who knows what was going on with OPI this time. I guess it makes sense, after all it is a Touring America LOL.

This is two coats without a top coat. I feel like an old record but with these 30 Untrieds I feel like I don't need a top coat. The polish dries within a few minutes which I love about OPI. That and their brushes are amazing, I love the flatness, it fits my nails so well. 

OPI can be found at Salon Supply stores, Trade Secrets, Ulta, and online. The price for these retail for $8.50 but you can sometimes find them on sale, if you do I suggest buying them cheaper. I also would check clearance bins because I have found OPI for $3-$5 which is a steal. If you have a Fred Meyer near you look there, that is where I get mine.

This polish was sent to me by Danielle from Musings From Manhattan. 

Enjoy yourself 

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 21 Pink Wednesday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

If you put your mind to do something, do it. You will never be more proud of yourself. I made a pact with myself that I would continue with the Pink Wednesday and for that matter, the 30 Untrieds. If you asked me a few years ago if I would be blogging about nails I would have told you no and I wouldn't have been very pretty about it. See all my life I have been the tom boy, I had nothing to do with girly stuff. I am not sure what changed my mind but one day I stopped biting my nails, started wearing makeup, and putting girly clothes on. It has made a big difference in my life. Am I upset about my past... No because without that I wouldn't be the girl sitting here blogging about her nail polish, her passion. 

As for today I thought that this would be a fitting match since the summer is turning to fall. Oh I can't wait. I dread Winter, Love Spring and Fall, and have a love hate relationship with Summer.

Sally Hansen Pink Boa is a very bright frosty pink with a blue sheen to it. It is opaque in two coats. You can see the nail line just a tiny bit in the sun which I don't mind because it is only in the sun.  These polishes can be found anywhere for around $1.75-$2.50. 

Revlon Facets Of Fuchsia is a black based polish with bright pink glitters. Small round glitter and larger hexagonal glitter. I would say for the black to be 100% opaque I would do 2 coats. I found this polish at Target for $3.74 I wanted to get its sisters as well, maybe I will go back before the end of the fall and get the other two. I have a $1 off coupon that I can use. Maybe I will be able to find it at WalMart. I put this at the tips of my nails and sponged it up to about 35% of my nail and then I started picking the hex glitters out of the polish and randomly placed them everywhere. 

Sally Hansen Pink-y Ring was apart of the spring/summer collection. It is a clear based nail polish with the same little round, bright pink glitters that are found in Revlon's Facets Of Fuchsia. If I ever want more glitter to FOF I will add this over the top. This time it is just to blend all of the polishes together. Same as above these polishes are found most places and the same price as stated before. 

Phew that is a lot of talking, thanks for reading.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 20

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

This is Sinful Colors Savage. Savage is an almost teal green color. This is a cream color but it dries similar to China Glaze's Turned Up Turquoise only I wouldn't say it is matte but not a satin either. I think it is in between a satin and a gloss, LOL I feel like a painter, it is a Semi Gloss. I like the finish personally it adds some depth to my nails. 

On my ring finger I decided to have something because otherwise this would be very boring like some of the other posts I have done lately. I thought two Chevrons would be a great little addition. I just used classic white and black for the Chevrons. I didn't use regular nail polish just regular acrylic paint. 

I am super tired lately ever since I went to my boyfriends sisters house. We stayed up far too late, Now I am up  until 6 or 7 am everyday. I go to sleep and wake up around 3 pm or later in today's case. I told you all that my sleeping patterns change drastically. I hate when I stay up all night but I can't do anything about it. I even take Melatonin but it doesn't do anything. I think once I get a job I will get on track. 

I should really start searching for a job soon. I will be 21 in 5 months. I can't believe how old I am already.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3