Catching up with Lambchop

So I'm a little late to the party, thanks to being so darned busy and incredibly lazy when I have free time. I won't lie, I like my couch time. Anyway, I was tagged by gildedangel for this award:

The deal being that you tag 15 blogs you read. Well, I have about 50 or so on the roll and since I am so late I leave the tag open. I love all of your blogs and gather so much inspiration from all of you. I am grateful to all of you who stop by!

Second on the list and makes me feel accomplished for being much more timely, is the tag I received from Evil Angel. The details on this is to share some about yourself and tag some other folks to play along. Here goes!

1. Where is your phone?  On the counter in the kitchen.

2. Your hair? Dyed 4N and desperately needing a cut.

3. Your Mom? Pretty snazzy and terribly funny.

4. Your Dad? Funny, gloomy, cranky and smart.

5. Your favorite meal? No real favorite. I LOVE food.

6. Your last dream? It was about work. *le sigh* Can't help it. I do love my job.

7. What do you like to drink? Coffee, V-8, red wine, Hefeweizen, Ninkasi Believer, mojitos and Don Johnsons.

8. Your dream? The unattainable: rock star. The realistic: College graduate

9. In what room are you?  Living room

10. Your hobby? Nail polish, watching sports, playing XBOX, reading and music.

11. What are you afraid of? Spiders and statues

12. Last travel? Big trip: Cancun, Mexico Day trip: Sisters, Oregon

13. Where were you last night? Work and then my favorite pub

14. Something you are not?  Religious

15. Muffins?  They are often delicious

16. Wishlist?  Nail polish (BB Couture and Nubar please!), clothes for work that fit, another trip to Cancun and to follow Slayer and Moonspell on tour.

17. Where did you grow up?  Nebraska until I was 11 and then Orange County, California until I was 21.

18. Last thing you did?  Poured another cup of coffee.

19. What are you wearing?  Pajamas. But I will be getting ready for work soon.

20. Your television?  Kind of big but so nice for playing video games.

21. Your pet(s)?  Three kitties. Trixie, Gus and Dita. But I will always keep my two dearly departed dogs in my heart. They were me and Matt's first babies.

22. Your friends? Amazing. Both in real life and online.

23. Your life?  I love it.

24. Your temper?  Takes a lot to get me there but then watch out. I will eat your face off.

25. Do you miss someone?  Two someones. Copper and Daisy, my dogs.

26. Your car?  I don't have one and I don't drive. I ride a bike.

27. Something you don't bring with you?   I think I bring darn near everything, you should see my bag.

28. Your favorite shop?  Old Navy, Sally and Eugene Saturday Market

29. Your favorite color? I love color but purple owns my heart.

30. Last time you laughed?  This morning. Matt is awesome like that.

31. Last time you cried?  On Thursday. I was so frustrated.

32. Your best friend?  Matt, my sister, Pixie, Sugar Mama and Christine. I have a lot of love to give, yo.

33. A place where you can go again and again? Home. My house is awesome.

34. Facebook?  Every day. I have A LOT of family on there.

35. Favorite place to eat?  Home. Matt and I cook well. Otherwise, Papa's Soul Food Kitchen and my favorite pub.





There ya have it.  I'd like to know about everybody! However, I'm sending out some requests:


Nicole - I'm sure you've been tagged multiple times but I think you're super fun and you should do this.


Kitty - Because I *heart* you and you are lovely.


Pinkginger - I'm expecting some hilarious answers because you always make me laugh!

Lisa - You truly rock my socks and I'm so glad to have met you.



Well, that's it for me. I'm off to eat some crunchy peanut butter on toast with raisins and then make myself look presentable for work. Have a lovely day!

Previewing...

Good morning!
Just wanted to share some pics of what is to come...eventually. Things are crazy busy and I will endeavor to get these posted up for you!

Somebody used their 20% off coupon at Sally!

Somebody also hit up Dollar Tree for some new finds!

In other news, I also won Deb's giveaway and I will be receiving a set of Ulta OPI holiday minis! I'm ridiculously excited about this and I am grateful to Deb for her generosity. (I really hope any of you are following her because she is amazing.)

I have a special product review coming up with a super special guest model and I hope to post some really bad cell phone pics of the manicure I did for my mom to lift her spirits after her eye surgery. (Which was no fun at all!)

As ever, I am grateful for your comments and your company. Have a lovely weekend!

I can haz roses???

This is the final Duck Day manicure of the regular football season. Thank you all for your great comments!If we win tonight, we will be in the Rose Bowl. Our last appearance there was in 1994. So, you may guess that today is HUGE.

I had to do it up right and use China Glaze Emerald Sparkle. A big game like this calls for some bling, yo.

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Lightening for tips and Orly Glitz for dots.

This is the second time I used my Nailene french tip guides and I think this came out much better. Using guides of any kind definitely takes some practice!

This whole mani came together in a snap and it shines like you would not believe!

I hope I will be bringing you a special Rose Bowl mani soon!

Thank you for looking! I leave you with a special video that was made by some students that has taken the town by storm. (And by town, I mean Facebook.) It is HIGH-larious and all kinds of awesome.

Go Ducks!!!

Brand New Skates

Good morning!

I am showing a swatch and look that I did a few weeks ago but never got around to posting.
Today is OPI Brand New Skates from last year's holiday collection.

Three coats indoor light

BNS is VERY sheer. I have rocked this with four coats but there is still a great deal of VNL. Nonetheless, I love this color and I thought it was a great departure from the usual holiday offerings. It's a lovely, glittery gun metal grey. It looks amazing layered over a grey creme and black creme.

Dry time is acceptable. I found it best to let each coat dry a little longer or there will be major smudges and gloppiness.

Bottle love, baby.

I wore this as is for a day then added a little more just for fun.

China Glaze Fairy Dust layered on index, middle and pinkie.

Konad Special Polish in White and

Zoya Posh on ring

Topped with China Glaze Matte Magic top coat

I really liked Fairy Dust over this because it is simply amazing over pretty much any polish.

But my curiosity got the better of me and I had to see what the whole thing would look like matte.

Eh, it's okay...

Mattifying Fairy Dust killed the holo but gave the appearance that this was a densely packed glitter. That was kind of cool but lesson learned. The good thing was that after much hand washing and application of hand creme, the fully matte finish gave way to a satin and the holographic goodness of Fairy Dust began to twinkle again.

That's it for now, lovelies. Hope the day finds you well! Thanks for looking.

Workplace appropriateness

Today I bring you China Glaze Fifth Avenue. This was shown recently and I'm a jerk for not remembering who it was. :( Anyway, I decided to go with something work safe today.
I bought this when I was out of work and was getting ready to interview. I decided on this because it still gave me color and when I wasn't interviewing anymore, I could always layer over it with something cool.
I suppose everyone needs some neutrals in their stash, right?

Two coats in full sun

I was happy with the result and I do like the color but it is a little boring. So I had to do more.

One coat of Nina Ultra Pro Molten Gold

The Ninas are simply awesome. I love the berry tones it gives Fifth Avenue and the gold flash is mesmerizing.

This still keeps the manicure work safe but adds some much needed flash.

Now to plan a snazzy manicure for Thanksgiving...

Thank you for looking and see you again tomorrow!

Duck Day Mani

Good morning!

So this is my Duck Day mani from this weekend. It was a simple and easy one since I really had limited time.

I used Sinful San Francisco for my base on index through pinkie and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Lightening on thumb. The green banner is stamped with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Jumpin' Jade, the black is Wet n' Wild Black Creme and the White is Konad Special Polish. I used Lightening to stamp the banner over the green but again, this didn't pop much. I also changed the alignment of the stamp for my green nails and they kind of looked like flames. The banner image comes from plate m4.
I was most pleased with this and how quickly it all came together. If I could say that for the game. It was a killer! It was a nail biting overtime victory and that's too much suspense for me! Good thing I don't bite my nails or I'd really be in trouble!

That's it for now, my friends. I hope you enjoy your day!

NOTD

Today's nails are Wet n' Wild Black creme layered with Nina Ultra Pro Molten Copper. It was hard to capture all of its dimensions. Molten Copper can look  like a dark purple foil that flashes golden olive green and teal. Depending on the angle, it is reminiscent of peacock feathers.

I have nearly collected all of the Nina moltens. I thought this was the last but then I found Molten Opal.  I must have it! It looks similar to China Glaze Rainbow in bottle but we'll see how it is in real life.

From Nails

From Nails

From Nails

I will soon have pics from my latest haul to show you. I did pretty awesome considering I had less than 20 bucks to spend. Stay tuned! Duck Day mani to come soon as well.

Thanks for looking and enjoy your Sunday!

Island dreaming

It's official. I am over Autumn and have decided to skip Winter. Probably because I am seriously planning another trip to Cancun. We could definitely use it! (BTW, Matt and me are taking vitamin D supplements and it is really helping.) I dream about this often:

Oh hells yes, y'all.

So I decided to swatch one of my favorite blues for you today.

Two coats, hardly any sun

This is Orly Calypso Breeze from the Tiki Time collection. I only have this in a mini size but I need the full size.

As usual, Orly is amazing. One thicker coat is opaque and it dries super fast. The shine factor isn't too bad considering Orly cremes dry with a satin finish. I have played with this for Konad and it's a winner. Orly is one of my absolute favorites to Konad with.

What a pretty blue!

Calypso Breeze is a truly season-less color but man, does it make me miss Cancun. What can I say? I was meant to be an island girl!

Thank you for looking and here's hoping your morning treats you well!

Give me glitz

I have mentioned time and again that I am a sucker for metallic polishes. I love golds, silvers, bronzes and coppers. Which is funny since I only wear white gold and sterling silver jewelry. Go figure.
Last winter the Flourish collection was released and I HAD to have Richelle.

Two coats, failing sun

Richelle is a unique gold. It has some bronze-y and rose tones but it still is definitely gold. This is a great option for anyone who shies away from yellow golds. This requires three coats for full coverage and really doesn't show much brush stroke unlike other metallics.  My only complaint is that I get these weird little clumps of polish somewhere on the nail. Now, this has been doing that ever since I brought it home and used it for the first time. It is really weird. Anyone have any ideas?

Snatching the last of the sun

This wears really well. I wore this for three days with minimal tip wear and a few chips and this was without the Color Lock System. If using the Color Lock System, this should wear a little longer. Provided you are not digging through giant boxes of smelly, donated shoes or building fake Xmas trees. Just sayin' is all.

As always, I thank you for coming by. Enjoy your evening!

Sweetness

Good day!

Today I bring you a lovely Zoya polish that I bought ONLY because of its name.

Zoya Dita!

Two coats in failing sun

I'm not much for reds, pinks and berries but I do have a few. Dita was a pleasant surprise for me. I didn't think I would like it but I wound up loving it! It just cheers me so.

The formula is awesome as ever. Three coats would be a must for full coverage because two still shows VNL. This dried quick and stayed shiny and glossy. I had no issues with staining when I went to remove it which was a relief. That's one reason why I dislike wearing reds or berries!

As I mentioned, I bought this because of the name. This is my little Dita:

Dita the tiger eating Auntie's hair.

(I don't understand why she does this but she loves it.)

Looks like a cocktail for the nails!

Thank you for looking! I have some more things coming up and a little surprise.

Now it's off to Sally, Rite-Aid and Dollar Tree for more polish!