Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Vigorous Violet Swatch

Happy Memorial Day to my readers in the US! Today I have Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Vigorous Violet with an accent nail in Insta-Dri Grape Shifter....

Sinful Colors-Pinky Glitter Swatch

Sinful Colors Professional Pinky Glitter is a pink jelly with small holographic glitter.  For these pics I layered two coats over Essie's Spaghetti Strap. I have yet to try it on it's own, my daughter did but she didn't let me photograph it and had peeled it off by the time she was willing to sit still. It was very sheer on her nails.  Here it is up close: No top coat...

State of my Nails & May Polish Hauls

Today I have a State of my Nails update plus I'm excited to show off my latest hauls. I have lots more colors to swatch and begin making nail art with! Up first, my natural nails. ...

Girl's Nails - Sunday Dress Mani

This Saturday Princess A wanted a mani to match the dress she was going to wear on Sunday for church. I gave her Essie's Fun in the Gondola because it matched the flowers on her dress but she wanted a different color on each nail (which I coincidentally learned today is called a skittle mani). So we ended up with all those different colors. She had Fun in the Gondola (pink), Sew Perfect (olive green...

Essie Swatch and Review - Spaghetti Strap

UPDATE: Hey there, you who are reading this ridiculously old and yet very popular post of mine! My nails are longer and my photography skills have improved drastically. Would you like to see better swatches of this color? Leave me a comment belo...

Sinful Colors Swatch - Unicorn

Sinful Color's Unicorn is a lovely pale yellow creme. I had been on the lookout for a color like this for a few weeks. My lovely parents gave me some cash for my birthday a couple of weeks ago (eeep, 30!) and it dawned on me to check out the Sinful Colors section at my local Walgreens since I kept hearing great things about this brand. I'm wearing 3 coats for full opacity, although just 2 also...

Essie Swatch - BBF Best Boyfriend

Essie's BBF Best Boyfriend is my go-to sheer polish. They describe it as a creamy mauve, although it looks more light pink to me. It's more natural looking than a regular sheer pink on my medium-olive skin tone and it's the color I always use when I need a little something on my nails but don't have time to get creative or it needs to be neutral. Just 2 coats would be ok, but I always do 3 thin...

Essie Swatch - DJ Play That Song

Essie's DJ Play That Song is from last year's Neon Collection. This is what I wore this past Sunday for Mother's Day. I have a love/hate relationship with it. I love the color, hate the formula. I hadn't worn it in a while and the bottle had dried up, a lot of thinner sorta restored it but it's still a hard formula to work with. The finish is semi-matte but I can never get it to look even as...

On My Mind- Can I paint my nails while pregnant or breastfeeding?

I'm still breastfeeding my 20 month old son so this is a question that's been on my mind for a while. It's a common question and there's lot's of conflicting info about it. I've been doing some light research (you know, in between all the mom things) and I've concluded that the simple answer is YES, it is safe as long as you choose the right polish.  And how do you know what is the right polish?...

State of my Nails - Breaking the Nail Biting Habit

Since the point of this whole blog is to document my journey to get long/not bitten nails, every week or so I'll take a pic of my hands sans nail polish. Last Friday I removed the color I had worn most of the week (Essie - Jamaica Me Crazy) and went polish free for the weekend. I've read that you're supposed to leave a few days in between manis but I don't know for sure about the science behind that....

Sherbet Girl's Nails - Sephora by OPI

One of the things I love to do with my 6 year old daughter is to give her a weekly Saturday manicure and paint her nails. This whole routine started when she was around 3 and had just started preschool. She was very nervous and started to bite her nails. I saw her future flash before my eyes, stubby nails, irritated, painful cuticles, other girls pointing and laughing. There are many things...

Jamaica Me Crazy- Essie

1st post, yay! This week I wore Essie's Jamaica Me Crazy. As you can see my nails are filed short but relatively even. I have issues getting them to grow past certain lengths without having them split on the sides. I used to be an over-enthusiastic cuticle cutter so I'm working on that as well.  Now, on to the color. This is a shimmery fuchsia shade that was a little watery...