My Most Worn Nail Polish- Summer 2011

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I know I should have put this post in the beginning of summer but I wasn't blogging then. I would like to show you the polishes that I wore the most this summer. There are only 5 surprisingly. 

On my thumb I have Sally's Girl Surf's Up (812047), Surf's Up is a green blue color  so a  teal/ turquoise. It is a cream finish very shiny when dry. These polishes can be found at Sally's Beauty Supplies and are only $.99 for a .15 fl oz. I don't like the price for the size, maybe if they made a polish .5fl. oz. for $3 I would buy it. I definitely am going to be repurchasing this color sometime soon.

On my index finger I have China Glaze's Secret Peri-Wink-Le, Secret Peri-Wink-Le is a purple blue color so a periwinkle, how clever is that? This polish is also a cream finish. I have found this polish at Sally's, Ulta, and online for around $3-$8 for a .5 fl. oz.  I am going to buy a backup but not right now, maybe when the bottle gets to half way. Has anyone else noticed that when China Glaze's settle the bottles look really weird even after being mixed up?

On my middle finger I have China Glaze's For Audrey, For Audrey is a minty green blue color which is supposed to represent the Tiffany's box. Again it is a cream finish and it does the settling thing that I don't like. This was my second bottle of China Glaze, my first was Sexy in the City and rarely wear it, maybe in the winter I will. I am going to be repurchasing for a long time.

On my ring finger I have Essence Lime Up!, Lime Up! is a yellow based lime green. It is also a cream finish. This polish can be found for $.99 at Ultas, or if you live in the UK wherever you can find them. You get .16 fl. oz. which is a tad bit better than the Sally's Girl polish, I really like both though. 

Finally on my pinkie I have Sinful Colors Unicorn, Unicorn is a bright pastel yellow. I didn't take this into account that all of my choices were a cream finish, this one is as well. It also settles and makes weird lines on the bottle. This polish can be found at a lot of drugstores/ grocery stores for around $1.99 but can be found at Walgreens on sale for $.99 a lot of the time, or my Fred Meyer is doing a buy one at $1.99 and get on for $.99. This polish is a .5 fl. oz. like most nail polishes, I don't know if I will repurchase because of the application. This polish can actually be substituted with Finger Paints Art Nouv-Yellow.

Well that is about it I wish I would have worn more of my own fingernail polish this summer but with being at my sisters and all it was kind of difficult. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 9

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Sorry this is a little later in the day. I usually like to get this up sooner but it takes me about 2 hours to get ready in the morning which includes eating, painting my nails, waiting for them to dry, taking pictures, editing the pictures, and then writing the blog about the nails. With taking the pictures I have to make sure the sun is out because I take all of my pictures (now at least) in the light of the sun, I will snap two pictures one in the shade and one in the direct sunlight. I feel that the sun best represents the color. Also my camera doesn't like artificial lights for some weird reason. 

I bought this color about a week or two ago and I was eager to try it because it was similar to its sister also from the same collection. This polish and its sister have the most gorgeous scattered holographic micro glitter. I fell in love with the other one so why wouldn't I fall for this one? 

Wet N' Wild Blue Wants to Be A Millionaire is a gorgeous medium blue. It is a sheer color so layering is most likely a must unless you are like me who rather capture the true color. This is a glitter polish and the glitters are holographic. When dried this polish has a slight gritty finish which I enjoy so I just leave the polish as is. As for the wear of this polish I am not sure but its sister (Hannah Pinktana) did hold up for a week.

Sorry for the nasty gap between the cuticle and the color I didn't realize how big it looks. Icky.

I think the names for the Wet N' Wild Fast Dry nail polishes are so cute, I bet they aren't the first one to come up with names like these but they sure are cute. I have a few of them, some are good and others are just okay and some really suck like FuchsiaRama.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 8

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I love this combination so far. Little stars is just what I needed today, lol. I feel kind of like I have a cold or something. Maybe this will show through my mani today or maybe no one will know how crummy I feel.

Today I tried something that I have tried before but didn't successfully have it work, a scotch tap mani. I have always used plastic tape and what I found works better is medical tape or painters tap. I only have one hole puncher which is a star shape. I used to use it to make jewelry hangers for my mom because she makes jewelry, I did for a little too but I stopped. I may start again, It was a good way to make money.

Sally Hansen Eel Skin came out with the Spring collection with Barracuda and many other colors, (I was about to get Barracuda but I had recently bought a sky blue color from Essence. If you know if Barracuda and Essence's You Belong To Me are dupes please tell me.) Eel Skin is a light grey, lighter than Pure Ice's Kiss Me Here. The brush is really fat which I love because it fits my nails just perfectly, I wish all nail polishes were made with this flat styled brush, Essie and China Glaze You hear me??? This polish was going for $6-$8 but I got mine on sale for $5. This polish is going to be great for fall. 

Color Club no name silver :(. I wish I knew the names of this set that I got at Ross. It came with a Silver, A Grey with purple sparkles, a light pink, and a light purple. The set was $3. I wish Color Club would give the names of the colors that are in a set. Oh well this is a very pretty silver. 

I did stars on 4 out of 5 of my fingers, on my pinkie I just left it silver. I think it added something interesting to the manicure, I was thinking about doing a black crackle over the silver to see how it would look. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 7 Pink Wednesday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

You get what you pay for, in some cases this is very true and in others you get lucky enough to find a gem. I have only tried one other ELF nail polish and thought to myself that I would give another one a try because the other one was sort of old. I am glad that I didn't pay for this one, someone sent it to me. I am sad to say this one was such a bust because it was opaque in one coat. 

Now the pictures make it look like this polish is great but everything went wrong after I photographed the beauty of the polish. The nail polish literally slid off my nail on my left thumb, it left the most disgusting sticky feeling on my nail. I had re-did my thumb and went on taking more pictures. It did it again. Now I am one to wait and take my time on painting my nails because A.) I hate bubbles B.) I don't have much of anything to do with my day. Now it has been an hour, my nails are looking great besides that one that I planned on fixing later. I touched them and they weren't dry even after I used INM Northern Lights (shaken up), this top coat has always dried within five minutes for me. Next thing I know my nails are all smudged and nasty looking kind of like stringy and blehhh.

I am not too happy with it not one bit. 

ELF's Coral is a bright medium pink with a golden shimmer to it. I loved the application because in one coat it was opaque. Just to be sure I did two coats. Drying time was crap I hate polishes that take longer than 10 minutes to dry. 

You can find ELF polishes at Target, some KMarts, and Eyeslipsface.com for around $1 or in sets for $3-$5. I know I have seen them at Big Lots and the Dollar Store for Cheaper. 

Haha on my part, yesterday I forgot to name my post. I am trying to get used to this new interface of blogger. Anyone else kind of confused about it.

Also guess what this lucky lady just picked up today at 8am? Revlons Facets of Fuchsia and Sally Hansen Pink-y Ring. I need to get the blue one too, I almost did today but money is a little low for the polish fund so I passed it up. However I am going to layer these two and see what I get. Total glitterbomb!!!

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 6

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I woke up just a little later than normal I am usually up at 5am, polishing my nails by 6am and taking pictures at 6:30am, for now it is going to start getting darker and darker as winter approaches. I edit the pictures and write the post and am usually done by 8am. It is already 9:20am. I'm late, I'm late for a very important date. -Alice and Wonderland. I love that movie. We will see how well this situation works out, my sleeping schedule can get very messy at times. Sometimes I will sleep at day and other times I will sleep at night. Either way I will stick to posting one or more things a day.

Today I decided that it would a two polish type of day. These two surprisingly go well together, I thought the lighter blue wouldn't show up over the darker blue. It did just fine and I am kind of glad I did these two because the sheer blue shatter/crackle/whatever showed the darker blue through it before it was cracked, I can only imagine if I would have put it over a different color. I will test this though, soon.

Sinful Colors Gorgeous is a beauty frosty blue and green duochrome. Since it is a frost you can see the streaks from the brush in the polish, hence why I put the crackle over it. I don't really like frosts as much.  It also bubbles a little, I only saw one bubble on my right thumb and my left ring finger.  It takes about 2 to 3 coats for the polish to be opaque. Sinful Colors can be found at Walgreens, Target, Fred Meyers, and online at SinfulColors.com. I know they are really popular at Walgreens where you can find them for $1.99 and sometimes on sale for $.99, they actually do those sales quiet frequently.

LA Splash Crackle'd in Psych'd is a baby blue crackle with a cream finish. Very similar to Crushed Candy by China Glaze and For Audrey by China Glaze. This crackle is surprisingly thinner than the other crackles that I have dealt with China Glaze and OPI. I don't see this drying out anytime soon, my first OPI Black Shatter did within the first 5 months of having it. I found this at my Fred Meyer for $4.99 but they might mark them down like they do with most things that don't sell too well. I got another one too it is Broken Heart'd which is a neon pink.  *Note I have tried this Crackle before I just thought I would spruce the manicure up a little.

I suggest a thicker top coat for crackles, the thickness will go into the cracks and make for an even manicure. I don't like using a thinner top coat for crackles because I can feel the ridges that they give through the top coat. What I do is I use Beauty Secrets Hardener High Gloss Top Coat which dries super slow, then I will apply a thin coat of INM Northern Lights (non shaken) over the other top coat, this will allow the top coat under to dry faster. It is a long process but the outcome is amazing. Shiny too.

I won some 2012 Crackles so I will be getting those in the mail soon. Once I do I will do a post about them. The colors are supposed to be completely random so I won't know what colors I will be getting until they are here.

Can you please vote for me here http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=253724134650362&set=a.253722937983815.62546.249198138436295&type=1&theater  I entered a contest using this photo. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 5

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Are any of you like me? I do my nails all cute and then I never go anywhere or do anything. I don't have a job and I can't drive... yet! Is this sad because I am 20? What is even worse is that I do my nails really cute just to take them off the next day.

I think for this 30 Untrieds I am thinking that it would be best if I just kept the design simple or no design at all. After all it is a lot of work.

Today I have another neon color, lets hope it is as warm here as it was yesterday. This neon is a vibrant cream lime. It reminds me of the Slime from Nickelodeon. It is a very thin polish that needs more than 2 coats. This could be prevented by a white base coat first, sadly I don't actually own a pure white mine is really thick and I forgot to buy another one.

Color Club's The Lime Starts Here is from the Wicked Sweet Collection, along with Get Your Lem-On which I did a post about on the first day of my Untrieds. All the polishes in the collection have their own "unique" scents, this one is lime. Since I do not have a white polish under this I had to do 3 or 4 coats.

I decided that I have done too many simple designs so I added a black splatter effect. Most people would do this with a regular polish but I did this with acrylic paint because I was having troubles with my polish not splattering, which is totally noticeable on my left hand. I may or may not show you the left hand. 

Just a note, Cuticle Removing Gel eats nail polish. I was cleaning my cuticles after I did this and I usually have a gap between my cuticle and the polish. While trying to clean my cuticle up I noticed that the polish was coming off too. It was weird. Now I have a bigger gap in between the two. I wish there was a way to get rid of cuticles all together and never have them come back. For those of you who barely have them or don't have them, YOU are lucky. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 4

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Happy Sunday all, I hope all is good. I woke up far too early this morning and will probably be taking a nap or sleeping all day ( this is normal for me). I am actually that I have been awake this early for the last week.

Today we have something really easy and kind of cute. Simple and cute, that is how I like em'. 

This polish that was picked for today is a very light dusty lilac color. It is a very light color. It is a cream which is my favorite type of polish followed by holographic, duochrome, multichrome, and then glitter. 

Sadly this color from Color Club doesn't have a name and my facebook is blocking me today for some reason it is telling me that the site is undergoing site problems but my friend is able to get on hers just fine. I will figure it out soon. 

Sorry for the messy application, I was in a hurry this morning and I had to add like 3 coats for it to be completely opaque.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 3

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I absolutely hated yesterdays untried. It was watery and too much of a jelly for my taste. I started chipping it off because I hated it so much (this is not normal and NOT advised). I am kind of sad I bought it but hey it was only $.99 at Walgreens and I still think they are doing the deal.

Today I have a color that a lot of people have known about for some time. I am surprised I didn't get this color sooner. I think I am going to do a comparison of mint colors here soon but I only really have 3 or 4. I may need to get more before I actually do it. 

This is more of a true mint color like something you would find in an Ande's Mint or mint icecream. While I love cream polishes this one has a slight shimmer to it, like silver and maybe the lightest hint of teal. I am loving this polish, like to death.

Sinful Colors Mint Apple is a really universal color, I can see myself wearing this throughout the seasons. This polish was opaque in two coats, which is nice since usually I only do two coats. Of course unless it needs more. This polish goes for $1.99 at Walgreens, Target, Rite Aid and many more, if the website was up I would totally say go look if any stores near you sell Sinful Colors.

I added three little heart rhinestones to my ring finger because the last two days have just been flat out color. Now don't get me wrong I love plain polish but I need so spark every once in awhile.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 2

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Day two of my untrieds, yipe. Before I talk about the polish I am wearing today, I want to share with you that the polish from yesterday smelt just as good taking it off as it did when I was taking it off. It gave the remover the scent of lemon dish soap. 

Today I am wearing yet another color that I just recently picked up. Now I am going to tell you something about this polish, I don't like it. It is a jelly, but is even worse than a jelly more of a tint you could say. I can see through it really well so I tried layering another coat on it and waited for them to dry and added another, so there is 3 coats, yes 3. I had to add 2 more just to get it as you see in the photo. In real life I can still see through the polish and now it is more of a jelly. It also makes the nail line very visible through the polish but it gives it a black line when I know my nails are clean. I'm not whining I mean after all it was only a dollar.

Now for layering this polish this would be great or even frankening! I think I may Jelly Sandwich out of this polish.

Wet N' Wild's FuchsiaRama was the choice for the day because it is a brighter color in the bottle, however on the nails this could pass as a fall color. It is a jelly dark red/ pink toned purple so a magenta or fuchsia. This is apart of their Fast Dry collection and is named after Futurama which is one of my favorite shows. This is a fast drying nail polish but once it is dry it bubbles. I absolutely hate bubbles. 

I guess you can't beat the price for normally $1.99 and on sale for $.99. I got mine for $.99 on sale at Walgreens, The sale is still going on and will be for a little longer.

Well that is it for today I am happy about this 30 Untrieds for September. If you would like to do it please feel free to do it too.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

30 Untrieds Day 1

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Today is day one of my 30 Days of Untrieds. I am excited for this whole month because I am going to be wearing polishes that I have never even worn, some new, old, and gifts.

Today I have a brand new polish that I haven't even done a haul on. This is a vibrant yellow, more like a highlighter. I decided to wear this color now because I would feel a little awkward wearing a bright yellow polish further into September. 

Today's color is Get Your Lem-On by Color Club. I actually got this nail polish Tuesday at my local Fred Meyer for around $2 which is a steal for Color Club.

Get Your Lem-On is from the Wicked Sweet Collection, all of the colors from the collection are actually scented and are a vibrant neon color. The color is a vibrant yellow color with a green flash. The shimmer makes the color look lime green in the sunlight. When I first bought this color I said neon, shimmer, and scented?!?! I hit the jackpot. The scent to this is lemony but it is really different, I am not sure how to describe it. I love it though.Even with a top caot the smell still lingers. I don't really get the point of scented polish unless you have your fingers up your nose. 

This is 2 coats over a white-ish base (Pink Whisper by Orly) and even still it could have used one more coat. I should have used a white rather than an off white. I can tell you one thing right now, this polish really doesn't like my camera. I had the biggest troubles photographing this polish. Neons and cameras don't mesh well.

Well that about sums it up for the first day of my 30 Days of Untrieds. I may add some shatter to this. I think it would look pretty cool.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

An Intro to 30 Days of Untrieds in September.

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

A realization came to mind in mid-August when I was re-organizing my collection by brand and color, I haven't tried over 25% of the nail polishes I have bought. Some colors it is understandable because A.) the color is out of season (too dark) B.) I had just forgotten it's true beauty. I have also been trying to let the more "expensive" brands shine while they are on the market still. Please don't get me wrong I am not a complete label whore.

 So I counted at least 30 polishes out that I haven't tried, yes I still have more but this will narrow it down some, maybe I will even do an extra polish as like a bling finger or something. 30 days 30 polishes and 2 hands with 10 finger nails, I am totally in for this challenge.

I may even do the 31 day challenge that everyone else keeps posting about. Maybe next month. Who knows it is just a thought. 

Enjoy yourself
XOXO

Pam <3

Vote for me Please!

I hate to self promote but I am doing it just this once.

http://lacqueredme.blogspot.com/2011/09/time-to-vote-lacquered-me-contest.html I entered Lacquered Me's giveaway and I would love if you all would vote for me <3 I am number 28. Thank you all so very much. If you do this then I may return the favor and do my own little giveaway *Wink Wink*

Anyway thanks again and I look forward to talking to you all later today. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

August 2011 Favorites.

Hello Lacquered Lovelies and Makeup Fanatics,

Wow this past year has really flown by and the months seem to be only 2 weeks. I have almost 5 months until I am the big 21, I am so excited. I am also very excited for the up coming holidays.

This month has been really confusing. Two birthdays and me working for the last time of the summer. I have been back and forth all summer long.

This month I have really tried to do nails, makeup and other things but I guess it was kind of put on the back burner. I still did my nails but it wasn't every day like it normally is.

NAILS
Beauty Secrets Base Coat
INM Northern Lights (I like it unshaken more than shaken)
China Glaze For Audrey
China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-Le.
Finger Paints Art Nouv-Yellow
Sally's Girl Surfs Up!
Sally Hansen's Gel Cuticle Remover
J.R. Watkins Lavender Hand and Cuticle Salve

MAKEUP
Since I really have only posted one other favorites I am going to tell you that I will always include three things L'Oreal True Match in W2/W1, Maybelline Dream Matte Powder or Maybelline Fit Me! Powder in 115, and Urban Decay's Naked Palette.
Face
-Elf Blush and Bronzing Duo

Eyes
Urban Decay Primer Potion
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk
Jordana Eyeliner in Black
Maybelline The Falsies

Lips
-EOS LipBalm in Lemon Drop
-Revlon ColorBurst Lipstick in 35 Blush
-Liplicious Lipgloss in Sangria (Yummmmmy)


Extra
It's a 10 Miracle Leave In Product
Bath and Body Works Bali Mango Body Spray
Bath and Body Works Brown Sugar and Fig Body Spray
Bath and Body Works I love Boys PocketBac
Biotin
Slatkin and CO Candle in Lemon Gelato
Pointed Q-Tips.
Sigma F40 Large Angled Contour
Sigma E25 Blending

You're Plastic...Cold, shiny, hard plastic!!!

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I can't believe I have done this for my third time this week, SQUEEE that makes me super happy. Now lets see if I can do 30 Untireds in September. I absolutely love Pink Wednesday's!!!

Today I am wearing a pink base color with little blue and white acrylic flowers painted on my nails, along with some dots. This style of manicure is and will continue to be a favorite on my fingers.

What I Did

I painted my nails with a medium sort of muted pink color with a dotting tool (tooth pick in my case) I added 5 little dots to represent flowers, I repeated this a couple of times on each nail. In the middle of each flower I mixed blue and white and got a baby blue color and went back in and dotted these a little closer to the centers. Next I applied one single dot of white in the middles of all of the flowers. On the middle of the nail there was just too much pink showing through so I put some dots getting smaller and bigger. 

What I Used

One coat of Beauty Secrets Base Coat

Two coats of Finger Paints Rose Patina

Blue and white Acrylic

One coat of INM Out the Door

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Listening to Runaway Baby- Bruno Mars.

Jelly Sandwich Thing

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I have seen many do what is called a Jelly Sandwich, this is where you take a very sheer nail polish and apply a coat of it and then add a coat of glitter and then put the sheer coat over it again. The glitter is actually sandwiched in the center of the sheer polish. I have seen this done several times with different colors and different polishes.

I decided to give it a go. It came out really well. I like that you can barely see the true colors of the glitter it is all tinted to this red color. 

What I did

I applied three coats of my sheer "jelly" polish to my fingers, Then I added one coat of the glitter. Finally I used one more coat of the "jelly" polish to my nails.

What I used

Beauty Secrets Base Coat

OPI Big Hair...Big Nails

Wet N' Wild Party Of Five Glitters

INM Northern Lights (not shaken)

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3