China Glaze Dorothy Who? over Essence Pool Party

China Glaze Dorothy Who? over Essence Pool Party, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

This is another must have! Are you noticing a theme? Yea, I really like blue. I think I might have tweaked my Dorothy Who? a little. I remember adding some dark blue China Glaze to it... might have been Calypso Blue. It turned out awesome!

China Glaze Dorothy Who? over Essence Pool Party

China Glaze Dorothy Who? over Essence Pool Party, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

China Glaze Caribbean Blue

China Glaze Carribean Blue, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

Glass flecked goodness! Yummers. I love this polish. I wish China Glaze had more of these glass flecked polishes available.

China Glaze Caribbean Blue

China Glaze Carribean Blue, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

OPI Catch Me In Your Net

OPI Catch Me In Your Net, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

Another of the summer's must haves! I love this polish! I bought a back up! This is 2 coats over Essence Pool Party.

OPI Catch Me In Your Net

OPI Catch Me In Your Net, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

Orly Royal Navy

Orly Royal Navy, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

I had no idea how awesome this polish was going to be. Only after I got it in my hot little hands did I realize it has green micro glitter! None of the pictures I saw showed the aqua green glittery goodness! You need this polish! Its one of my all time favorites this summer.

Orly Royal Navy

Orly Royal Navy, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

Orly Royal Navy

Orly Royal Navy, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

New York Summer Amaranth

New York Summer Amaranth, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

Another picture *swoon*

New York Summer Amaranth

New York Summer Amaranth, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

I had heard rumours about this polish for a long time, but it was always out of stock! So when I saw it back in stock I grabbed 2. It did not disappoint. I love it! Its so glassy and smooth. It cured my lemming for Ilamasqua Rampage and Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Blackboard.

Mani Lab

Mani Lab, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

I like to keep my base coats, top coats, and thinners out within reach. I keep all my polishes in my 2 Helmers.

Manicure Central

Vanity, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

I thought I'd show you my manicure lab! I had the brillant idea to create this vanity nook when I was building my house. The other side of the wall is my shower, so I sacrificed a gigantic shower for a large shower and this nook.

The black binder next to my Helmer holds my Konad plates. The blue topped Sterilite box holds a jumble of nail wheels. The magnet on my helmer is a Twilight magnet of Rosalie and Emmet that was given to me by a friend at her Twlight Party.

Zoya Sari

Zoya Sari, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

This polish is such a pretty color and has that squishy jelly look. Unfortunately this is about 4 coats, which never really dried in the humidity. The next morning it was smudge city. When the weather gets nicer I'll try it again.

Zoya Gaia over white

Zoya Gaia over white, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.

This a manicure inspired by that white paint color you often see on expensive SUVs. I used Orly White Out and regreted it. Its streaky and gloppy. Next time I think I'll try OPI Alpine Snow or SH Xtreme's white.

Weapon Of Choice - Fatboy Slim

Christopher Walken is a formally trained dancer, and shows it off in this video. Love Walken!

Check out the Kia's version on Polish Insomniac

Sweet Sugar Blog Giveaway

Ayuu, blog owner of Sweet Sugar lives in Belgium. So she has access to all those cool European polishes we dream about here in the USA, especially Essence! She is doing a giveaway, that includes some of the Essence Surfer Babe polishes, to celebrate 100 followers. So go on over and become a follower and enter to win her awesome giveaway!

Two of my favorite polish companies start with O's

Unfortunately, one of those companies is a great big bully! So I just might not be purchasing as many of theirs as the other company's.

Orly just doesn't get enough love out there. Most of their polishes have applied and worn fabulously! Major exception that comes to mind is Polo Princess. I'll likely be sending that one to Zoya for the awesome exchange this month and the next.

Plum Noir is one of my favorite Orlys. Its vampy, its purple, its oh so shiny! These photos are under an Ott lamp. It is slightly more reddish and a bit darker than here.



Recently, I got one of my lemmings fulfilled. I am a sucker for blue flash, especially with pinks. OPI La-Paz-atively Hot is very hot! Its bright, but not neon. I love it!

So, as you might know, Trans Design is being sued by OPI for copyright infringement. TD is liquidating their OPI stock, so I felt I needed a few things, some of which I'd probably not find anywhere else again.

New York Summer Amaranth Green is back in stock, so I grabbed 2. Then the OPIs are:

Have You Seen My Limo?, What's With the Cattitude?, Fiercely Fiona, Ogre-the-Top Blue, Funky Donkey, Miami Beet, Florentine Fuchsia, That's Berry Darling, Red My Fortune Cookie, In My Back Pocket, A Grape Fit, I Pink I Love You, Isn't It Romantic?, Otherwise Engaged, Bare It In Trafalgar Square, At First Sight, Time-less is More

Random NOTDs

I've been away for a bit. My dad is really ill right now. He has Guillain Barre and has been in the ICU since April 3rd. It looks like he is on the slow road back to health, but it will take months of rehab to just be able to walk. Right now were just looking forward to the day he can breath on his own, talk, and feed himself. He keeps asking when he can go home, eat real food, and drink a beer. Its the saddest thing ever to see him like this. He's never been helpless in my lifetime.

Here we goes with NOTDs!

I wanted a red like a sports car. I used to have a '96 Honda Prelude and it was this color. This is a jelly. Its so shiny, it looks like glass. 3 coats here.

I have had OPI Mad as a Hatter for some time now, yet had never worn it until this mani. I like glitter, but I try not to wear it too often, because removal of it isn't kind to your nails. Now that my peeling nails seem to have lessened, I might start indulging in glitter more. The accent nail is one coat of MAAH over the Misa WOAS. Please forgive my tip wear.. I had been wearing this a day or 2 before the picture.

You know, I love Misa. I wish they put out more collections regularly. They just apply so nicely. I am waiting on a big Misa haul right now. I didn't order any new collections, just things I've been lemming for a while now.

This is my first Claire's mani. This polish has a strange consistency... sort of plasticky. It dried matte and looked like vinyl before I applied Seche Vitae. After the SV, it looks amazing! Its really quite green in real life... looks nothing like blue to me. I think the name doesn't really fit.

This is holo goodness! I had been out of the world of polish for a couple decades until last summer I saw a picture of OMG. I thought the name was quite appropriate! I had never seen holo's before and had no idea nail polish could do this! I decided to start collecting immediately! Now I probably have close to 500 polishes.

You know, I'm not even sure I ever wore a full mani of OMG before this mani. I pulled it out a couple weeks ago and it was like "OMG!" all over again.

Sunshine and happiness

Supposedly, we only average around 60 sunny days here. It feels like less to me. What better polish for a sunny day, than a holo glitter?

Ulta has their Salon Formula on sale now for $2 each, so I grabbed a few bottles. This one caught my eye, because I'm a sucker for anything with holographic glitter. Its called Bombshell. This is 3 coats. Its a jelly, too! It applied really well, however, it needs a couple layers of thick topcoat to smooth it out. I applied 2, but was impatient and didn't let the first set up enough, so its a little bumpy.

Lazy Sunday

I have exactly 3 RBLs (Rescue Beauty Lounge). I would love to have more, but it's a bit cost prohibitive. Their sophisticated creams really appeal to me. I feel most comfortable wearing an edgy cream at work. Neons or obscenely blingy glitters make me feel a little awkward in a professional environment.

This is Plie. Applied wonderfully and was opaque in 2 coats.

Then, since none of us can go shopping as often as we'd like, I thought I'd show you the results of a recent shopping trip that involved Sephora and Ulta.

I am absolutely thrilled with the Urban Decay Polish Primer Potion & the Blinc Mascara! Thanks Jessika.

The glitters are Nabi brand. I found them at a clothing & accessory store. I forgot the name. They have a really strong smell. I haven't tried those, yet.

The skinny Ulta bottles were from the newest collection. My shopping buddy asked a SA when they'd have them. Not too surprisingly, they already had them.. in a DRAWER! I swear every time I go to this Ulta the employees look like their on a pleasure cruise. All their nail polish could be gone on the sales floor and it would never occur to anyone to go look in the back for replenishment stock. I suspect that is why they had 2 complete sets of the CHI collection that was out around November, but no display anymore.

Vaguely related to nails

I have Twilightitis... its acute and pretty serious. I know I avoided the initial pandemic. My Resistance had been faltering, though. It took me almost 10 years to watch Titanic, for crying out loud! I always have to go against the grain. I had teased my friends, relentlessly, who were affected by the out break and was scratching my head in confusion over some stupid teenage book. I Chided 30-something year old friends wearing Edward T-shirts, "What are you? 12?" Scoffed at co-workers in their 40s wearing Team Edward T-shirts and babbling about reading the books 17 times.

I thought the books were just sort of silly.. so I avoided them. How many times could I read about Edward's beauty? I didn't even go to see the movies or rent Twilight. Until a few weeks ago...

I decided I had to find out what was so absorbing about these books. So I listened to Twilight Book 1. It took about 2 days. Not as bad as I thought, but not all that. I had plenty of questions. Such as, if you were a hundred year old vampire, why would you waste your time going to high school over and over and over? Why not start your own business or go to college? How is Edward supposed to get Bella pregnant? If he has no heart beat, no blood, exactly how will he even get an erection? "Its just a book, your being too intellectual. Just enjoy it!" my coworker told me.

So, that weekend, I rented the movie.... OK now I get it! The books are alright. I think if I hadn't read the book I'd have found the movie too hurried and not really known what was going on. But O Ma Gawd! Whoever cast Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen was a genius! I actually find Robert Pattinson just alright, but as Edward Cullen... I'm obsessed.

Its a little like in the Lord of the Ring movies.. I couldn't careless about Orlando Bloom, but as Legolas.. OK! Now were talking! I don't even really care for guys with long hair, but elves with long hair, well.. that's different.

Oh alright, so what's this have to do with nail polish? Umm not too much.. I did go to Ulta the other day and found a pewter colored Ulta Professional Polish, called Twilight, so of course, I had to have it!

So since this is my blog and its all about me.. me and nail polish, but mostly me.. remember I am narcissistic, after all. I'm going to put some yummy pictures of Edward Cullen up... mostly, because I like looking at them and well.. it seems my husband is opposed to having to look at him on the wall paper of my lap top in the living room. *shrug* I know, how can he not appreciate Edward's dreamy beauty? Weird, I know. So if you've read this far and you don't like Edward, you're on Team Jacob, whatever.. I think there's been ample time for you to look away. You were warned.







Edward? Be my lab partner, please?

Something Special

A major lemming of mine has been Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday. I adore large hex glitter and rainbow glitter. This is both in one. A wonderful nail board friend at MUA (Makeup Alley) was generous enough to allow me to borrow it for a little while. I think I may have to break down and buy this. I have tried making my own, but finding glitter that does not loose its color in nail polish and turn the clear polish into a muddy mess has proven to be more difficult than I imagined. I even ordered some on eBay specifically for nail art. It too lost its color and turned the polish to a disgusting mud color.

This is Diamond Cosmetics Chainmail Charm with Lippmann Happy Birthday on top. There's no sun currently in this part of the world, so no holo goodness can be seen *sigh* It does provide a lovely charcoal grey background, however.

Orly Green Apple

Orly always seems to not get as much love as it deserves. The colors are not as exciting as some polish lines, yet, they are more colorful than Essie, for instance. I find Orly wears on me the best, though with all nail products, your milage may vary.

This particular shade is not from the spring collection, though it fits right in with the Sweet Collection for spring 2010.

I give you Orly Green Apple