Hunger Games...I may have geeked out a little bit.

So!  My mission today was to get as many Hunger Games polishes as I could.  Two Sally's and one Chatters later, I have eight new beauties to call my own :-D

I caught on late to the Hunger Games series, but am now about ten pages away from finishing the second book.  I'm not going to lie, I was up until 3:30 am last night reading.  I also know that these polishes are EVERYWHERE in the nail blog world right now, but I couldn't resist!

So, after a good nights rest, and a guilt-inducing shopping trip, I present:

China Glaze Colors from the Capitol!

Left-to-right:
Riveting
Smoke and Ashes
Agro
Harvest Moon

These are all two coats with one coat of Seche Vite over top.  Agro and Smoke and Ashes didn't even need a second coat, I just did it for good measure.

All with one coat of Luxe and Lush.

Left-to-right:
Stone Cold (omg a matte!)
Fast Track
Electrify
Luxe and Lush

Two coats of Stone Cold, two coats of Luxe and Lush.  I needed three coats of Fast Track and three coats of Electrify (Electrify is pretty with less coats as well, but I wanted to see the glitter-bomb-ness of it).

Annnnnnd lastly one coat of Luxe and Lush over Stone Cold, Fast Track, and Electrify (overkill much?)

So...the verdict.

I love these!  I found Fast Track a little runny, but meh, I can deal with that.  My favorites are probably Riveting (so bright!) and Stone Cold, so now the challenge will be to come up with something featuring both.

What colors did you pick up?  Have you read the series?  Are you MEGA excited to see the movie?

Totally ready for Spring...Pastel Watercolor Nails

Greetings fellow nail enthusiasts!  I've had just about enough winter for one year, so I thought I'd start doing some Spring-themed nail art.

I first saw these Watercolor nails on Chalkboard Nails and was totally inspired to try them myself.  Mine aren't as colorful as the lovely Sarah's, but I like them anyways.

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I'm not going to get into the how-to's for this, because frankly, I'm AWFUL at explaining things.  This is a good tutorial.

I used:

Wet N Wild French White Creme

OPI Pink Friday

Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet

China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-le

           
I hope you like my pastelly goodness!

Marry a Sunset Sailor (+ my first flakie!)

Hi!

I've got 2 recent manis for ya'll today!

This is China Glaze Marry a Millionaire over China Glaze Sunset Sail.  Sunset sail is a super nice nude, with a lot of shimmer that my camera just didn't want to pick up.

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This tape mani is super easy; I just cut random V-shaped bits out of a piece of tape, stuck it on my nail, did 2 thick, quick coats of the glitter, peeled off the tape and voila!

I finally bought my first flakie topcoat the other day.  This is Essie Shine of the Times over (my favorite) blue Sally Hansen Blue It.

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I went skiing today and thought these nails were pretty appropriate :-)

Thanks for all the kind comments on my Cotton Candy nails from the super awesome Reddit ladies!

Thanks for stopping by!

My first Blog Post!

Greetings!  It appears you have stumbled upon my fancy new nail blog.  I'm just starting out in the world of nails, and wanted a place to share my experiences (and epic failures) with the nail blog community.

For my first post, I'd like to show you my current NOTD.

This is China Glaze's In The Lime Light (a super bright neon that dries matte) topped with OPI's Fresh Frog of Bel Air.  I slathered a sexy coat of Seche Vite on top.

I forgot that In the Lime Light was a neon and should really be layered so this is five coats.  But it dries super quick, so I was ok with it.

I bought In the Lime Light because I'm a huuuuuuge Rush fan, and one of my favorite songs of theirs is Limelight.

Thanks for reading!