Milani Hot Pink Frenzy, Nail Stamping and a photobomb

So I picked up Milani's Hot Pink Frenzy right before christmas and haven't had a chance to try it out til now. Boy have I been missing out! 

In addition to being a fast dry polish, it is extremely pigmented and held true to being 'one coat formula'... one easy coat provided full coverage and was completely dry in five minutes. Yes it says 60 seconds but 60 seconds in, it's still definitely smudge-able... 

As the name says, it truly is a HOT pink...looking nearly red in some lights...The photos with the bottle is pretty true to color. 

 

So this afternoon, i was trying to get some more natural looking photos and my son was sitting in my lap...and his hand and oh so important car decided to photobomb my picture lol!

    

I decided to try out a new stamping plate i ordered recently off of Amazon that has skulls, boats and anchors on it. I thought a bow would be a cute touch..so here it is!

Overall, i was thoroughly impressed with the quality of this polish. Fast drying, one coat coverage and a gorgeous color. Hope you enjoyed!

The Taste: Tuesday at 8|7c on ABC

So recently, I was selected from Influenster to partake in the 'The Taste' badge. The Taste is a reality cooking show on ABC. The best way to describe it, is it's a lot like The Voice..but with food. The judges are given one spoonful of food made by contestants (the judges don't know who made what) if they like it, they get to choose yes, if not, they choose no. Now this is where it reminds me of The Voice. If only ONE judge likes that particular food, that judge automatically gets the contestant. IF more than one judge selects them, then the contestant gets to then choose which team they would like to be on! The judges are Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre, and Brian Malarkey and they are a hoot!

I recorded the episode from last week and just got to sit down and watch it today, and I must say, I REALLY LIKED IT! My husband is a fan of some cooking shows on the food network, such as Chopped, and he also really enjoyed the show. We only had one complaint. The background music was like the same level as the voices. So spite turning the TV up to 45, you had a hard time hearing what was being said. But that isn't going to stop us from watching it...that's what captioning is for!

There is an all new episode on tonight at 8/7 Central time. So if you haven't tuned in to this awesome show, you are just in time for tonight's new episode! If you want to see last week's episode, check it out here>>> http://abc.tv/Z3jimp 

Enjoy! I know I will!

FantaChic etc GIVEAWAY!

Good Morning all! My friend Kyla of FantaChic etc is having a giveaway on her page! It is a surprise giveaway valued at $65.00!!! Be sure to enter HERE!! Good luck to all!!

What does everyone have planned for Valentine's Day?

Another Valentine's day mani and other in between manis

Okay, I have one last post for the day...I entered a nail art contest the other day with the valentine's day theme...below is what i came up with: A valentine letter on the thumb, a white heart on my index finger, an attempt at a rose on my middle finger, the word LOVE on my ring finger and lastly, an interlocking red and white dotticure...

 

Below is just some nail art i was screwing around with, like the cloud design and practicing the interlocking dotticure as well as a close up of my heart and rose. Please ignore the unsightly dry cuticles as my fingers were taking a beating from all the nail art   >.<

These photos here  ⬇⬇⬇  are just some in between manis i had done through out the week but hadn't had a chance to get around to blogging about, so here they are! 

First up  ⬆⬆⬆ is my Zoya, Ninja Polish, Nicole by OPI and Heaven nail lacquer mani. For this i used Zoya Kelly, a nice dark charcoal gray and topped it with Ninja Polish "Girly Floam". My accent nail is Heaven Nail Lacquer in Island Surf and is topped with Nicole by Opi "Glitter Fun"

Here ⬆⬆⬆ I used Wet n Wild's Fashionista Lisa and did an accent nail with blue striping tape and the bottom half is topped with Sally Hansen's Rockstar Pink glitter.

This ⬆⬆⬆ is the mani i currently am rocking. A dark purple and white interlocking dotticure. For this look, I used Milani White on the Spot and topped it diagonally with Sinful Colors Let's Talk. Then used the largest dotter and got to dotting! 

I hope you've enjoyed all this spam!

Julep Swatches

The day I won the Saved By The Bell giveaway, I also happened to win another giveaway from the lovely lady behind And Then There Was Polish!! This time it was a surprise box filled with wonderful goodies!!  <<<BIG FAT THANK YOU TO HER!!

 

Included in this box, were not only FOUR Julep polishes, Kiss Nail Dress strips, a pack of mini scented cuticle oils, striping tape, chevron nail striping tapes, julep lotions, pedicure toe foam separators, a cute little valentine with sweetheart candies, a super sweet thank you note as well as a pot of glitter that exploded and made everything glittertastic. <<<<That wasn't supposed to happen!

I was SUPER excited about getting some Julep polish because I haven't tried them yet and I have heard wonderful things about them!

The first polish i tried out was the super dark vampy plum-y purple "Viola"  It was very easy to apply and was completely opaque in two coats. It looks nearly black in most lights, but in some lighting, you can tell it's actually purple.

Up next is Stella, and boy was Stella a pain to photograph! Applied like a dream but good grief not easy to capture the true color! It reminds me of a 'softer' mustardy yellow if you will. Almost like potato salad, where mayo and mustard mix... 

The middle shot taken is about as true to color as i could capture...

Up next is Popova, from the Trina Turk 2012 Fall collection. It is a super pretty creamy kelly green. Again, applied like a dream, but thankfully wasn't anywhere near as difficult as Stella to capture in color.

Again, the middle shot is pretty true to color.

Lastly, We have Colbie, a really pretty glitter...that refused to show it's green hues...i had a very difficult time trying to capture the green shimmer..all i was getting was the gold. But i promise, it's got green to it! 

Here you can see where i've layered it over Stella and Popova.. One coat.

Overall, I thought these were great polishes, not so cooperative when it came time to photograph, but good quality for sure! The lotions are wonderful as well as the cuticle oils. I haven't used the Kiss nail dress or the striping tapes, but when i do, i'll be sure to blog about it!

Thanks for stopping by!

WNW: Saved By The Bell Collection and a NEW swatching pose

Okay I meant to get this up sooner, but darnit, it's difficult to keep up on mutliple things when you've got kiddies running around!

Anyways! Last month, I won a giveaway from Destany of Confessions Of A Sarcastic Mom and my prize was the AMAZING, HARD TO FIND Wet n Wild Saved By The Bell collection!! So you can imagine my excitement! :) I have swatches of all six fabulous colors for you today!

So I have a funny story... As I was swatching the fabulous Pink- Pom Pom Kelly...I had a photoshoot mishap as you shall see...

So, yeah...everything is going fine and great..With and without flash and then my fat ring finger had to go and smudge the crap out of my pinky...So i decided that i would photograph the next with just three fingers...which made me decide that i wanted to maybe make it my 'signature' pose of three fingers- kind of like the Three Finger Salute that is featured in the Hunger Games..and if you read my Versatile Blogger Award post, you would know that I am a huge nerd :) 

Thus, I bring you the three fingered swatch!

So, trying that again, here is Pom Pom Kelly. A super hot pink. Application was good. Completely opaque in one thicker coat. So you can see, it looks almost hot red in certain lighting but boy this baby is BRIGHT! This is topped with one coat of Seche.

Next up is the amazingly highlighter yellow in Pin Em Slater..As you can see, there is  a majorly noticeable VNL going on...so i had tried it out again another day with white undies for the Yellow and it gave it so much more pop!

Next up to bat is the wonderful purple, Fashionista Lisa..a wonderful polish that applied in three easy coats.

Straight A Jessie....A SUPER HOT FIERY ORANGE! This was two coats as well and boy is it HOT! In some lighting, this and Pom Pom Kelly look similar but don't be fooled, one is definitely pink while the other is definitely orange!

Who didn't love Screech and his major nerdiness? Up next is Nerd Alert Screech- a super bright green with a hint of shimmer to it! I really thought i wouldn't care for this with my skintone but i was pleasantly surprised at how much i actually really did like it! I used three easy to apply coats.

Last but certainly, not least...Everyone's crush, Chick Magnet Zack... A gorgeous darker teal... It reminds me of a darker version of China Glaze's Turned Up Turquoise...by no means a dupe, but a nice deeper colored cousin if you will. I used two coats with easy application as well.

Overall, I LOVED this collection and have a feeling I will be reaching for it quite often. I would highly recommend you get yours hands on it, should you get an opportunity!  And i must throw out a HUGE THANK YOU to Destany for being so great to host that giveaway and another huge thanks to her for me winning it!!  

Thanks for reading! Til next time...

Lacquered Lover NYFW Flashback Giveaway

HAVE YOU HEARD?! Lacquered Lover IS HAVING A GIVEAWAY! AND NOT JUST ANY GIVEAWAY! She has custom colored ZOYA sets from the fall 2012 collection  made just for NYFW!

Be sure to enter HERE!  Good luck to all!!