Mermaid Dreams (NOTD).

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Happy Monday everyone. I hope yours was good. I actually went in for Orientation today for Cosmetology school. Yay GO ME! I am going to add a picture of my makeup as well.

Today I decided to go blue. I am wearing Sinful Colors Savage and Revlon's Blue Mosaic. It added like a light blue/turquoise colored glitter to the green of Savage.

As for my makeup I am just wearing Urban Decays Sidecar with Smog in the crease. Black liquid eyeliner and mascara. 

Well I start school tomorrow so I am not sure how my schedule will pan out. My 100 Follower giveaway will be posted within the next two weeks. I am not sure I will be able to do another giveaway until 300 or 500 because I am completely broke. But good things happen to people all the time so we will see how things end up.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Pastel Rainbow. Tutorial

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Sorry I have been a little busy around here lately. 

Today I decided to actually do something different. I am wearing a mani that my friend did on her youtube. 

Step one cut a sponge it has to be really hole-y, kind of like a painters sponge. You can find them at WalMart in the craft section or in Michael's in the painting section.

Then paint lines of color on the sponge. You can choose what colors you do.

Next you want to lightly press the sponge on to a paper, just to get the excess off.

Then place the sponge on your nail and press lightly. You can probably get away doing this to two nails and then you'll have to go back to step 2. 

Repeat step 2 through 4 on each nail, just too make sure that it is on there well. 

I kind of blended the lines a little bit by painting a layer of China Glaze's Fairy Dust.

I find that if you start out with a white base for lighter colors and a similar color if you are going to do darker colors. I used Yum Gum by Color Club, Mint Sorbet by Sally Hansen, You Belong To Me by Essence, and Lav-ish by Ulta.

You can visit PlasmaSpeedo's Page on Facebook or her youtube! She is a really amazing person and has a really quirky personality.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

China Glaze First Mate

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I am wearing China Glaze's First Mate today so I figured I would write a little post about it.  

First Mate came out with the Anchors Away Collection for Spring 2011. I would say this is a really unique color because when looking at it in one light it almost looks black but looking at it in another light it is a bright blue color. It is a cream finish. This polish can very well be a one coater but I did two just in case. I haven't had issues with this staining my nail or my cuticle area, so we are good on that one. 

Overall I like this polish. If you hurry you may be able to get your hands on some at Ulta because it is on clearance. I got mine for $3.99, it was a gift but I was there when she purchased it for me.

If you haven't entered my giveaway make sure you do.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Holicure #6 Snowmen

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Another long day for me here. I was going to do a mix and match but I am going to opt out and just do this Holiday Manicure. Today I have Snowmen on my nails.... Well I have changed it for school purposes. I have Finger Paints Scenery Greenery with Finger Paints Flashy over it.

For the base I am using Essence Color and Go in You Belong To Me. Then I used white acrylic paint. to make the snowmen, ground, and snow, I also used black acrylic paint for the arms, buttons, and top hat.

Well that is it. I am going to be doing an important post on Tuesday and then  all of the promised posts.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Holicure #5 Christmas Trees

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Ohhhh so close to Christmas I have a feeling this year is going to be great for me. Today is about Christmas Trees. I actually don't like how the trees came out but I am keeping with it. I am going to change it for a MIX and MATCH later today.

I did a blue background China Glazes Secret Peri-Wink-Le and then I used white acrylic paint. For the trees I used OPI's Don't Mess With OPI and then for the highlights of the trees I used OPI's Uh-Oh Roll Down The Window. I was going to add little decorations but I thought that would be far too much.

Well that is it. I am glad to be sitting here and blogging to you right now :) Sorry for my nasty cuticles the winter is doing only but bad things for me today :(

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Holicure #2 Snowflakes

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Today is the second day for the Holiday Manicures. Today's is strictly acrylic paint. I have a thing for acrylic paint and nail art. It makes it easier for me to do nail art for some reason. Today I have Snowflakes on a blue and white background. 

I don't really have much to say today but look out for a haul post that I am going to do today!!! I spent entirely too much and I got a giveaway prize that I am sure anyone would enjoy. <3

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 19

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I changed my mind this is by far my favorite post out of this challenge. I have never tried Galaxy nails before today and I am going to tell you that I absolutely love it. I like how it just comes together. I actually got a lot of compliments today on my nails, people couldn't believe that I actually did this myself.

I used a CRAP ton of nail polishes for this.

Base color Downtown Diva by Ulta topped with Sally Hansens Pale Pink Opal which gave it a blue pink duochrome. 

Then I sponged You Belong To Me by Essence as my nebula, then on the edges I used Orly's Galaxy Girl. 

I used LA Colors Art Deco in white for the stars. Then for my shooting star I used Sally Hansen's Nail Prisms in Diamond which is holographic so it added something different to the table.

That's it. I hope you liked it if you did show your support by following me :)

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

31 Day Challenge Day 18

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I haven't ever done half moon's before today, I don't really like how mine came out but I am sure with a little bit of practice I could make mine look better. I should get some of those paper hole supports sticker things as a guide, I am sure I can find those at the dollar store.

I had Sally Hansen's Eel Skin still sitting out from when I did my tribal nails so I just used that as my base color this time. Then I went in with China Glaze's Skyscraper. Yeah a glitter which is a cool mix. I like how the glitter makes the grey look like it is in the background. I was actually going to do little crystals along the smile of the half moon so it looked a little cleaner but I didn't have a good color match for the glitter. I thought about light blue crystals.

I hope you like this, if you do show your support by following :)

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

31 Day Challenge Day 16

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I actually had to look at other people's Tribal Nails for today because I was seriously stumped on what to do. While I love the multiple primary color designs I also liked the duo color designs which is why mine only had three colors. 

I kind of just did a lot of symmetric shapes. Triangles and lines and dots. I used China Glaze's For Audrey and Sally Hansen's Eel Skin and black acrylic paint. I used an Artist Loft Brush in Round Watercolor 5/0.

I didn't do the same design on every finger because that would be a little boring in my eyes. My favorites would be my pinkie and my thumb.

I hope you liked it, if you did show your support by following me ;)

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

31 Day Challenge Day 14

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I do this design whenever I feel like I am in a mental block this time I added a lot more to it. It is a basic five petal FLOWER. Done with a dotting tool this will look great. 

I did two friendly little blue and purple flowers on each of my fingers besides my thumb finger, which I did a big two toned flower with a rhinestone in the middle. On top of that with a recent trip to Sephora (inside of JC Penny's) I added a matte top coat. So not only is it sparkly and girly it is edgy. 

For my base I used OPI Bling Dynasty.

For the blue flowers I used Bright Blue Chrome by Icings

For the purple flowers I used Berry Chrome by Icings

For the center of the flowers I used Lickety-Split Lime by Sally Hansen

I topped it with Seche Vite and then Sephora by OPI's Matte Top Coat

I hope you liked, if you did show your support by following me :)

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

31 Day Challenge Day 11

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

And hello polka dot day :) I really like polka dots but every time I do them on my nails it just looks weird to me. I am not sure why this is but it just does. 

I used the same pink color from yesterday which is GO GO Pink by China Glaze and then I used the end of my paint brush as a dotting tool. I dotted 5 dots on each nail with You Belong To Me by Essence. 

I really like how this came out, very pastel-y. Reminds me of Easter, which is like a long ways away. Oh well no one said I had to stay up with the trends :) and that is just fine with me.

Anyone else been playing Modern Warfare 3? OMG I am addicted to this game. Already a level 51 and I got the game yesterday.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

31 Day Challenge Day 9

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

This is probably the worst thing I have ever seen... I just said screw it and I took the picture of the work that I did. I worked for over two hours on today's nails which I HATE! 

It is a good design but it looks like hell. I did two colors on each of my nails, in sort of a color blocking style. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple (violet). 

All of the colors I used were LA Colors Art Deco, these things can be found at the dollar store. I would never spend more than $1 on them unless it was a color that I have never seen before, which there are colors that you can't get at the dollar store.

Now that I am a little bit frustrated with the design I am going to take this off and prep my nails for tomorrow. Ohh today is grooming day.

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

Halloween Challenge Sunday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

1 Day Left!!! Welcome to Superhero Sunday, full of fiver different superheros.

I used Essies Forever Young, Finger Paints Art Nouv-Yellow, and China Glaze Sexy In The City. Of course blue, black and white acrylic paint.

You have Spiderman, Batman, Superman, Captain America, and Fantastic 4.

I hope that you love this.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Thursday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Another fail in my book. TombStone Thursday, a basic graveyard look. I used a blue base and created black tombstones and crosses. I tried to write RIP on the tombstones but it just looks like little lines. 

I used Essence @Holographics in Blue Ray which isn't really holographic more of a multichrome. Then the tombstones are made out of black acrylic paint. 

Again sorry for there not being any light there  usually is but it is a really sick looking out today. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO
Pam <3

Revlon Glitters.

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Revlon released these in August and ever since they have become the in thing right now. There are three of these glitters and initially I was only going to buy two out of the three. There is 051 Starry Pink, 934 Blue Mosaic, and 940 Facets Of Fuchsia, now I am not 100% sure why they jump around in numbering but it is an interesting aspect. I was thinking that these may have been toned down since it is in the fall time that they released these but surprisingly they are bright with the exception of Facets of Fuchsia.

Starry Pink is a baby pink almost on the lilac side. It is very murky or dusty. The glitter is a silver glitter that is a mix between small circular glitter and larger hexagonal glitter. The only sad thing is with the murky base the glitters kind of get lost, it is hard to find them.

Blue Mosaic is clear base with different colored glitter. There is light blue, small, round glitters, Big hexagonal silver, baby blue, and green glitters. This one is very unique. Since it is in a clear base I recommend using it over something else. Although you can layer tons of coats to achieve opaqueness with this alone. It is my favorite out of the bunch.

Lastly Facets Of Fuchsia and the most widely talked about. This is a black based jelly with bright fuchsia glitter. The glitter is actually small round glitters and larger hexagonal glitters. This is a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Bad Romance which is based off of Lady Gaga's song. I would love to say this is my favorite because of it's diverseness but I find it to be kind of bland. LOL I am not sure how to describe it.

The best place to buy these would be at Target because the price tag is fairly cheaper there at $3.79. Also with Target you can always find coupons. I actually purchased mine at Ulta when they were having their buy two get one free deal going on, plus I had a $5 off of a $10 purchase together I purchased all of the glitters for $5. Got to be smart when shopping. 

Do you have these polishes, Do you plan on getting them, What is your favorite(s)?

Stay tuned for my up coming series for Halloween, it will be different and kind of a cute idea. :D

Sorry for my crummy pictures, I like to take them during the day when the sun is out but the sun really hasn't been out much were I live.

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 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

Nail Mail Round 2

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Today is a very exciting day for me. You see I entered Okay Now Joy!'s 50 Follower Giveaway and surprisingly won... My jaw dropped when I found out because I never imagined winning anything else after the Musings From Manhattan Giveaway and the Olivia  Frescura Giveaway. 

Joy was giving away four nail polishes, one that I was really surprised about.

-Orly's Galaxy Girl was the one I was most lemming after since I got Halley's Comet.

-Icings Chrome in Teal

-Icings Chrome in Light Blue

-Icings in Berry

I am happy to say that I love each and every single polish that she had sent me. I am one happy woman. Thank you Joy you made me very happy. :P 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3