May Haul!!!!

Well, I think I did well this month. I didnt go TOOOO crazy, but I got some great staples for my collection.

My boyfriend always asks me HOW I can spend so much time/money/effort into nail polish of all things. I justify it as a hobby. Some people do toy trains, some collect knick knacks, and I... well I buy nail polish. I essplained it to him in man terms - I said you buy fishing poles and tackle - I buy nail polish and dotting tools! hahahha his reply was HIGH-larious... all he said was 'I understand' which obviously means... I give up. LOL anyyyway - this is what I got - plus a few of the colors i always try to keep.. but u dont need to see those :p

Tonight, Tonight - Hot Chelle Rae

ahhh, sooo a few things have been going on lately. my sister found out shes having a GIRL! so ive been busyyy planning a baby shower, making tutus, and trying to find a place to hold the baby shower! anyway, last night i had a tutu making party with one of my friends. this is the result!

Since we live in VOL country, i figured we could make a UT one... and it turned out GREATTTTT!!!! yay amber!!!

im basically obsessed with turquoise and purple, so i made this little princess tutu!!! its a bad picture, but it is adorrbbssss... still sort of unfinished.. but i still have a few months before Lily comes into the world!!!

ohhhh, andddddd saturday when i checked the mail i received my zoya polish - i got phoebe from the mod mattes collection, and they sent dove and caitlin FREEE!!! YIPEEE!!! im SO excited to try these out. The make up bag behind them was sent to me by the great people at allure, im thinking of including it in the NEXT giveaway.. which reminds me. if you havent entered.. you can do so here

and lastttt but CERTAINLY not least, i finally swatched the silver shatter polish from OPI. i put on 2 different colors underneath so you could get an idea of what colors go with it. The pink color is sparrow me the drama from the pirates collection, and the purple is lacey lilac by sally hansen. i really did like the pink a lottttt more than i thought i would. i think i want to buy mermaid tears and planks alot from the collection -theyre GORGE!!!! (thanks desi for letting me swatch!)

WELLLL!!!! thats my sunday post! DONT FOGET TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY

Great Divide - Hanson

Loooooky! Its Toms flag nails!!!

I got my first pair of toms back in 2007. They make my feet smell and fall apart easily, but who can't resist helping kids in africa? They're becoming more popular, I mean they're on basically every corner of every college campus ever. So I thought it would be fun to do this design!

I chose this song because of the partnership hanson had with toms, and it reminds me of all the walks we did in support of helping the people in africa.

You likey????????? :)

oh, and dont forget to enter the GIVEAWAY---> CLICK!

Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga

Hey! I know I'm not the nail-art expert like Summer. Haha. I just thought I would post my signature Spring look this year. I went to Walgreens sometime last month and I picked up these two colors for a $1.00 each! I had been wanting a light purple. It was everywhere in the spring! My favorite color is blue, so I couldn't pass up this gorgeous blue color either.

Bittersweet - Hanson

Ahhhh - so I did a tape mani this week. I used sally hansen in mint sorbet and china glaze in zombie zest. I REALLY love the way these colors go together, a lot more than I thought.

I wore this to the farmers market and got 4 compliments - and its SO simple. After I did it I realized it was close to the lightning bolt mani that NailSide did - I wasn't trying for that but hey, ill take it. Her blog is AMAZING!

So tell me, do y'all like it?

p.s dont forget to enter our giveaway -------> HERE!

Shape Of My Heart - Backstreet Boys

First of all - excuse my nails. Im going back to my natural nail from acrylic so theyre suffering a little.

I saw this manicure on a blog, i cant remember which, but i will find it later and post a link. Gotta give credit where credits due, eh?

i love em tho, aren't they adorbs? i made the hearts with a dotting tool and it was suprisingly easy.. like.. anyone could do it lol

Every color i used was China Glaze, except the yellow and it was Sally Hansen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

****** Dont forget to enter our GiveAways, thats right, WE HAVE TWO! you can enter here!!!!

Gone - Scotty McCreery

Hey everyone! Hope you all have been doing well. This weekend I went to Scotty McCreery's homecoming in Garner, North Carolina! If you don't know, Scotty is a finalist on American Idol. When you make the final 3, you get a hometown visit! I'm super proud of Scotty and so happy he's representing North Carolina. I had a great time there and I am so happy for him! Be sure to watch American Idol this Wednesday on FOX at 8:00p.m. Please vote! I'm hoping he'll bring home the win!

Anyways, I'm here to post the eyeshadow look that I wore that day. This is my favorite eyeshadow look. I wear it almost every single day. I have received so many compliments. I can dress it up with eyeliner, or tone it down for when I'm just running out the door to go to class.

If I Die Young - The Band Perry

Coupons! I love coupons!

On that note: I found a coupon for 10 dollars off of a 10 dollar purchase at fashion bug. I don't typically shop there but I decided ehhh what the heck.

I walked in and decided the clothes were DEF not for me. To say the least. BUTTTTT they had nail polish! Oh, and this cute ring. I got 2 polishes and this ring and only paid tax!! I got a burrrittte pink and a royal blue color polish.

I really wanted to try layering.. So I used the fashion bug blue and then a magenta color on top... Added an OPI glitter and then Essie's Matte About You to make it interesting...

I think it sort of ended up looking like my ring...... Coincidently of course :)

Zebra Nail Tutorial

So the other day one of our readers asked me to do a zebra nail tutorial.. so here goes nothing!

What You Will Need: a nail art brush in any color. I used sinful colors:nail art that I got from walgreens for 1.99. typically I use art deco from the dollar tree, since im cheap and all.

Next you will just choose your base color, I just used american apparel: cotton

After that has completely dried, just take the nail art brush and make slightly wavy lines about half way across your nail - i like to start from the corner and sort of go up and diagonal. i think it looks not so generic lol

Continue adding the lines until you have as many as you think looks good, and then add the wavy lines to the other side... going into the empty spaces between the other lines

After you have done this on all nails, just look at your nails and add 'filler' lines anywhere you think there is a gap - it should look similar to this when youre finished. BTW i left the ring finger white for an 'accent nail' but you dont have to do that.

SOOOOOO, did this help?? I will make a video later for our youtube acct and add a link!

Christian Siriano for Payless

If at any point in your life you feel the need to buy these for me, PLEASE DO!

They are part of the christian siriano line for payless and are only 59.99... Super affordable, which is my fave part of his payless line and probably why his line is the top selling collab line for the store.

A few weeks ago I attended a trunk show of siriano's and had the chance to spea

k with his partner Brad Walsh, he explained to me the process that Siriano uses to make his printed fabric. Evidently he takes a portion of a photograph, blows it up beyond recognition, and changes the color and finally has his print... Interesting huh? Any

way, now every time I see a piece of his clothing or in this case, shoes, I try to guess what the photo was before being distorted..... I have no clue on this one but if I had to guess I would say.....some sort of building... What's your guess?

********UPDATE: i was going through some of my pictures taken at the trunk show and realized that i had found the exact print from these shoes - only in a dress.

This piece (below) was actually a picture, taken by Brad Walsh, of a tulip (if im not mistaken) and used to create this print.

Remember December - Demi Lovato

AHHHH!!!! sooo its been a busy weekend. first it was HANSON day, then i had to find birthday gifts for people and host a group of 14 year olds (easier said then done), and THEN it was mothers day. my poor nails definitely suffered from the lonnnnng weekend.

I had forgotten to take a picture when the mani was fresh but this is a few days afterward.. i really like the red nails with zebra accent nail - simple and cute.

like it or leave it???

p.s - how hot is Demi in this video? this is for sure my favorite video - i mean the gloves she wears in the opening scene - I Dee. Eye. EE. DIED.

Fearless - Taylor Swift

Hey everyone! I recently tried out the CoverGirl NatureLuxe collection and I'm here for a review!

click the cut to read the review below.

What The Hell - Avril Lavigne

ITS CINCO DE MAYO!!!!!!!!!!! wooohoooo!

i wanted to redo my nails for today because well.... just because. My friend Spen'sar - another nail polish addict - let me use her nail polish for this one. but all i kept thinking was "what the hell am i gonna do to my nails?" sooo thats where the song came from LOL!

i just started with a white base and used my dotting tool to create the dots - i started with black and did them in straight dotted lines and finished with several different colors that i dotted randomly around.

i dont have the exact name of the polish that i used since it wasnt mine... but i know all of it except one was china glaze :)

like it or leave it?

She Aint You - Chris Brown

So for Easter my madre gave me an acrylic nail kit - with everything i would need to start practicing on how to do those... i know, my mom is awesome right? right.

Anyways, i used an opal tip and then used white acrylic powder - because i like to paint my nails and i figured if i did this i wouldnt have to use a base coat.

this is the result of my 2nd attempt.. i must say.. i did waaay better than expected. a few of my friends who go to have theirs professionally done said that they looked great for a 2nd attempt and want me to do their fill ins! hahaha

what do you all think? would you let me near your nails with acrylic?! hahah :) In this picture the nail color that i am wearing is Essie - Cute As A Button

ANNNDDDD this is after i added dots, the purple is Nina Pro - punky purple and the gold is Gold Grill