LAYERED LOOK: LIPPMANN - TODAY WAS A FAIRYTALE

Here is TWAF layered over a dark blue jelly. I liked this look, but I didn't like that the cornflower blue of the Lippmann disappeared on this. This was super sparkly in real life folks!!

LIPPMANN - TODAY WAS A FAIRYTALE

This is the second Lippmann polish I told you about. Like I said before, not sure of a release date for this just yet, and I *think* it is part of her Holiday collection.

I LOVE THIS!!! I really liked Boom Boom Pow, but I LOVE this one! It is really pretty unique. I tend to want to call this sort of a cornflower blue with silver glitters. Other times it seems to look more gray than cornflower blue. This one was a tad bit more buildable than Boom Boom Pow, but not much more. But I thought it looked cool with that weird colored blue base that I just fell in love with it's sheer version - shocker, I know! LOVE LOVE LOVE! I did 3 coats below.

I do have a layered look I did with this one for my NOTD that I will post for you today.





(Sorry forgot a name label pic, but will have one in my next post!)

LIPPMANN - BOOM BOOM POW

I'm so excited to bring you all swatches of Boom Boom Pow! Another awesome chunky glitter to come from Deborah Lippmann! Boom Boom Pow has different sized gold glitters and shimmer suspended in a clear jelly formula. While this color isn't buildable (I'm wearing 4 coats in my pictures) it still looks pretty awesome on it's own. BBP could be layered over another base color to really make it sizzle! I am going to try layering this over several different colors tonight to see what sort of combo's I come up with.

I'm not exactly for sure when this is set to be released yet, but I *think* it is part of their Holiday collection, which consists of another color - Today Was A Fairytale, which I will have swatches of later today.

Some works!~

Did some express services and some free time for some butterflies :)

Look at her natural long nails!~ One of my weekly customer. Haha!

Glitter french with glitter frenchline

White lace french with small hand painted roses 

Hand painted Butterflies and Roses & Swarovskis

I love beautiful shining nails!~ 

Tata!~Shining

I love Minjis Hair ~ !

I just watched the Inkigayo Stage of 
2NE1 on youtube and in "Cant Nobody"
Minjis hair was so freaking cool !
It makes me want to get purple clip in
hair extensions for fall.
I think it would give my black hair some edge.
Woohoo. Gonna look em up on ebay.

I dont dont want them to be
plastic looking...Hmm lets see what I can find. 

These seem to be good because they are human hair
which means you can style them and even dye them
a different purple shade if you want.
But, there isnt much hair so you might have to order
2 sets if you want a good bit of purple.
Remember - if you see in the description
that its only 30 grams then its really not much
hair at all.


I may just stick to one set as I just want it on the
bottom layers like Minji.

I think places like Hot Topic

would have similar ones as well. 

So, yeah have a look around ebay or whatever
and see what you can find ! : ) 

NEW BLOGS ON THE BLOCK

It's been a while for one of these posts! As always, if you have or know of a new blog, please send me a link to the blog at getchanailsdid@yahoo.com. Happy reading :)

DITCH THE MITTENS (Loving this name!)

TESJOE'S BLOG

CONFESSIONS OF POLISHAHOLIC

ALL THINGS NAILS

NAIL GALORE

SAKURABLOSSOM

Weight Loss

Hello !
So, I started kickboxing classes a few weeks ago 
& I've lost a few pounds.
I've also cut most dairy, sugar 
out of my diet. 
I am a vegetarian btw. 
I eat fruit for breakfast every morning 
& Im trying to eat mostly whole foods.
I exercise every other day. 
Its not good to exercise vigorously every single 
day because the muscles need to repair themselves.
When I dont go to kickboxing I do Tae Bo.
I found it online for free !


I will share it with you guys :


http://www.veoh.com/search/videos/q/tae+bo


I do the first one - the Cardio one.
Its quite similar to my aerobic kick boxing class.
You have to download the Veoh Player thingy
But, it takes like 2 seconds and you can get 
full length videos !!! 


Other days when Im feeling sluggish I'll try Yoga 
here :


http://www.veoh.com/search/videos/q/yoga#watch%3Dv3991420ZmXPQ7zx


Or I'll just dance in my room like a crazy person


Current Playlist for Psychotic Dancing :

Dj's got us falling in love - Usher

Clap your hands - 2NE1

California Girls - Katy Perry 

Bulletproof (Tiborg Club Remix) - La Roux

Whip my hair - Willow Smith 

Call on me - Eric Pridz

Only girl in the world - Rihanna

Boom Boom Boom - Tabia ft. Nathy Boss 

Go dance in your room whenever 

possible. Its free & fun ! 

If you guys really hate working out 

or doing exercise -you should definitely 

check out Zumba. 

Its amazingly fun !

Its pretty much dancing to awesome music 

but you are also burning lots of calories ! 

They have classes everywhere now

or you can just look it up on Youtube 

or something.

Join this site :
http://caloriecount.about.com
to track your weight loss,
calories and exercise. Very helpful !

Check out this youtube Channel 






The Plan


Also - my first goal is to lose about 
10 - 12 pounds by Halloween.
Thats like less than 2 pounds per week.
Anyone else care to join me ?
The only thing you have to do is think 
about what you typically eat in a day.
Then figure out where you can cut 500 calories
per day. If you do taebo for 1 hr you will burn
a few hundred calories. 


Join a exercise class. Gyms sometimes
can be boring. Exercise classes like
Aerobics or dance classes are 
more motivating and fun. 


Just do some research
& you can still eat what you like, just less. 
Dropping sweet drinks helped me to 
lose 10 pounds without even exercising!
I only drink water now. 


Make sure you are being smart though.
Sugar will turn into fat & fast food is just
2 steps backwards.


Let me know if you wanna do this
10-12 pound loss by Halloween thing : ) 
Thats like 5 Kilograms.  
Maybe we can have a little contest.

wendilicious

Sneak peek

Have a sneak peek of what's coming up! :)

Pink flower gel inlay!!

Sweet 'little' 4D ribbon!!

I love beautiful shining nails!~ 

Tata!~Shining

How to go to Japan & Korea for Cheap

I've been wanting to make a video of this sort
for a while. But, I didnt think it would fit
into my kawaii nails channel. Now that I have
a channel that I feel gives me more freedom
I can talk about this.

I know many of my readers or subscribers are
into asian culture.

Many of them have not gone for various reasons.

But, Im here to tell you that its totally possible
& you dont have to spend an arm & a leg.

Here is part 1 talking mostly about accommodation
which is what eats up a huge majority of ones
money, normally. Why not save your money for
more important things like sightseeing ?

I'M NOT DEAD YET

***UPDATE!! I JUST GOT MY FIRST WELCOME BACK ANON. (OF COURSE) HATE MESSAGE TODAY!! GOD IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK AND BE LOVED BY SO MANY, LOL! LIKE IT OR NOT, I WILL BE BACK, CAN'T WAIT :)



I know I have been MIA for a looooong time now and I'm sorry. I have just had a lot of stuff going on in my life right now and doing nails just hasn't been in the mix. I will be back, but I'm sorry I can't give you all an exact date, I'm hoping by the end of the month things will be back to normal around here. Wanna hear a quick list of all that has been eating away at my time??? Ok, well here goes:
car trouble (without a car for almost a week!!)
Computer down at work
School starting
Little starting football
Little's Birthday (Today!! He is 8!!!)
My Mom's birthday (on the 9th, a milestone #60!!!)
Baking about 10 dozen cookies for my Grandma

is that enough to grant me a reprieve?? God I hope so!

Anyway, I miss you guys but I promise I WILL BE BACK :) In the mean time, here are a few family pics.


Little at Baconfest in Enid - plates of bacon and bottles of beer, does it get any better??? Top that with a free pig nose and it's simply Heaven!


Nanners tricking you all into thinking he isn't a hellion on wheels!!


Little's first day of second grade.


The double cross peace sign must be Little's signature pose this year!


See what lengths Dinks will go to for a morsel of food? I love that girl!!

I Love Asian Face Masks

   


Nothing cheers you and your face up
more than a nice mask ! 
It gives your skin an extra
boost while you lay and relax...
or multi task on the
computer.


Here are a couple of
my favs :

        

Fall Polish Favs + Trends

So from viewing this video you might be 
thinking like "Huh? So all colors are in style for 
fall 2010?" But, basically my point is to wear
what you want ! Muted tones are always 
great since it will match the dim atmosphere 
brought on by colder times.
Greys, Beiges, Browns, Purples 
are very popular this year.
But, MAC has a FALL 2010 line of 
polishes out which includes Orange !
So, there are no rules this fall or EVER 
really.


Just have fun.




Enjoy !

Small Fall Haul

So I got 3 Mac products today. 
I rarely go in that store because
I always want everything & then
I end up spending way too much
on things I dont really need . . . 
But anyway - 


The first thing I got is a Nail Polish 
Its called Jade Dragon and its soo pretty !
Its a bit glittery. 
Great for fall !  

I also got a Superslick Liquid Eye liner.

I have the gray-ish one called

"Marked for Glamour" I love the unique 

color. I was tempted to get the black instead

but I decided that since I already have a lot of

Black liquid liners by other brands I'd try this.

This is with the Fabulous Feline's

collection. The pigments in this collection

& are gorgg. I didn't get any though.

I swatched this liner & tried to rub 

it off my hand after a few seconds 

and it would not budge ! The tip is

flexible. Love it !

I also got a nice pink lipstick since I want to do

a smokey eye with my new liner. 

Light pinks always go well with smokey eyes.

I chose Snob.

I also got a pore minimizing essence

by Shiseido.

Ive tried this before & it realllly works.

Ive tried a few different brands 

that target large pores. 

But, I think this is the best one

I've tried so far.  There is a noticeable 

change once you use it for about a week

or 2 & it doesnt make me break out. 

Fall is the time where tans wear off

and the blemished skin underneath 

shows through & becomes

more apparent.  Eek ! 

The last thing I picked up was a Magazine.

I have never actually bought this particular 

one before because it always looked so boring.

I usually only buy Nylon and sometimes Sugar.

But the cover caught my eye

and I flipped through it & really wanted it. 

Plus - I love the Olsen Twins style. 

Its still a bit too "adult-ish" & ad-ridden for me.
But, theres a lot of products in there that
have caught my eye & now I want to try em!
I really want the new

Maybelline lip stains - I saw the ads 

in there. We dont have em here : ( 

Nail Talk . . .

Nails actually need a lot more hydration than your skin.

Using any type of oil or natural cuticle cream will help you a lot.

If you have watched my "How to get Long Nails" video

you will see that I include Cuticle Cream & Hand Cream.

This is not only for my cuticles or hands but for my 

nails also.  

Also - I accidently painted my nails this weekend

with a Green Color by OPI called "Gargantuan Green Grape"

WITHOUT using a basecoat. I dont know how I forgot that.

I was rushing & not paying attention . . . 

But, now my nails are stained a bit yellow & look horrible.

So, I have been leaving my nails unpolished this week 

so they can recouperate.  Im going to do my whitening

treatment often.

Base Coat is suppperrr important especially with those

super pigmented or dark colors.  I always use at least

2 coats of Basecoat - sometimes 3. It helps the polish to go on

nice and smooth & if you are using a strengthening one (which you should be)

then its helping your nails not to break also. Before applying basecoat

I prep the nails using a 4 sided buffer ( 10 swipes for each side) 

If you have super dry, brittle nails even with a 

nail strengthener & even after applying Vitamin E oil or

other things  - then look at your diet.

Are you eating well ? Or are you eating lots of

processed, fake, salty crap ? If you dont have

adequate vitamins  in your body - how can it

repair itself ? 

Eat vegetables and fruit everyday - & if you are

lazy just throw a bunch of shredded carrot, 

banana, pineapple in a blender for example

and there you go.

Just stick to whole foods - Im trying not to eat any junk ! 

Brand New blogshop

I've finally decided to come back to work as freelance manicurist instead of being in a shop :) I'm so excited about all the new nail designs i can do for brides!!!Many new ideas to come :)

I love beautiful shining nails!~