Well guess what showed up in the mail today!

My mother (who was in the car with me at the time) didn’t know what it was, but I recognized the logo straight off.  I ripped open the package with glee.

I ended up with Indian Rhubarb and Copper shimmer.  Anyone else get a package with different colors?

And here’s my hasty, one-finger, applied-in-a-moving-vehicle swatch.  Lovely.

That’s all for now.  I’m off to CVS to see if  I can locate the new Milani Holos.

And now time to dig through the camera card to see exactly what I snapped over the last month or so.

Next, my grandmother is amazing.  She bought me my first konad.  And I do love it so.  Here’s some pictures.

This is OPI DS Coronation with Konad Blue Polish over the top.  And I believe plate m3.  Speaking of Konads, anyone else think there should be a Alice in Wonderland konad plate produced?  Yannow, a top hat, chess pieces, a cheshire cat smile, that would be awesome.

Ok, up next we have my prize from Wixbetty- her Happy Birthday dupes!  She held a mini contest to name the polish, and I won a bottle of it and my own version.

So here we have the HB dupe, “Very Merry Unbirthday”, and my version, which I am calling “Sweet Sixteen”

And a mani-

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away and Very Merry Unbirthday.

And now, one of my gems- A custom set of Phantom of the Opera fakes.

Left thumb features the mask and a red rose with black ribbon, right thumb has the chandelier.  Her’s a close up of the mask thumb.

So that’s about it for this installment.  Till next time-

Jade

This is China Glaze Emerald Sparkle with some little white decals that look vaguely like snowflakes.  Here’s the thumb, they look better there-

The flash washed the out a bit.

On a side note, anyone seen Princess and the Frog yet?  I loved it.  I’ve seen it twice and may go see it again.  I was a Disney baby and a new one got me real excited.

Merry Christmas, all.

Anyway, I love my job.  I’m really lucky.  I get to sort through antiques and other fun stuff, take pictures, and post it on the internet.  The problem is, I don’t know much about the stuff I’m posting.  I had a beautiful cut glass candy bowl that I sold not too long ago, and I just now got a whiny email from the buyer saying it wasn’t cut glass but cruddy pressed glass.  So I botched up another order.  I’ve already got all kinds of complaints from people.  I’m not sure if it’s me or if it’s just your typical ebay buyers who think they deserve treasures for pennies.  Gah.

And now penguins.  My mom is an incredible seamstress.  She helped my sister make a stuffed penguin for her art final, and I talked her into making me one too-  here they both are.

The one on the left is Pedro, my sisters, and the one on the right is my Phantom penguin.  I love him so.  I promised Mom that I would post them.

As to music, I’ve just downloaded the soundtrack to Princess and the Frog.  Typical Disney magic, and I can’t help myself when it comes to soundtracks.

Finally, a Christmas mani to finish up for the day.

This is Orly Enchanted Forest and Wet n’ Wild Gilded from their Christmas Collection.  Makes me think of evergreens with garland and lights.  I love the little holographic hexes in the smattering of gold glitter.

Closeup on thumb to see the sparkly goodness.   Yes, I know my cuticles are deplorable.  I’m working on it.  Any suggestions?

And one more picture-  here’s my Christmas tree for your yuletide enjoyment

Merry Christmas everyone.

First off, the Follow the Unicorn contest pics.

Here’s my lovely box, with all addresses blocked out

My first glimpse of my pretties….

And my lovelies!  Thank you, Diana!

Next up, we have my dollar tree hauls.

Now these I’m not sure about.  The one on the far left is called ‘Gold Wash’, but the other two are both called “Give me the Chills”.  Are they the same?  They look like they are different colors.

Anyway, GW is a light Gold shimmer and GMTC is a pale peachy/pinky bar glitter

Let’s see, SH Silver Frost and Rich Frost

Maybelline Plushed Plum, Diva Groove, and Rock Diva

Maybelline Aluminum Gold, Shimmer Maker, and Tasseled Taupe

Maybelline Khaki Fringe

Maybelline Blue Chill, Indigo Blues, Blue Riders, and Blue Aluminum

Can anyone guess what my favorite color is?

Maybelline Purple Comet

Maybelline

Top- Matte Gold, Matte Plum, Matte Brownie, Matte Galaxy

Bottom- Matte Olive, Matte Sapphire (!) Matte Blue, Matte Grape

And my NOTD.  Maybelline Khaki Fringe (2ct) with Maybelline Shimmer Maker (1ct) Seche to finish.

Closeup of thumb for shimmer.  Excuse the deplorable state of my fingers.  It’s finals, and I have a half million papers to write.

Finally, can anyone tell me about this little gem?  I found it at Wal-mart (I do go there occasionally) and found a whole display!  I only bought one, and don’t plan to buy any more.  $6.50 for a SH is a little steep for me.

Anyway, here’s Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Pedal to the Metal.  A rather nice metallic-y lavender.

I was ecstatic to see today that I made it onto Pretty Random‘s blog roll today.  Made me smile a bit more.

Till Next time, y’all.

~Jade

I took tons of pictures, including my sisters popping the bubble wrap, but  I left my camera at home this weekend.    I’ll get the pictures up soon.

I also heard about the scads of polish trucking into the Dollar Trees.  Curious, I wandered off to one this evening and wandered out with ten bottles of polish!

I’ve been hesitant on the matte train, only having three mattes, but now I have eight.  In multiple colors. 

I’m going to examine another one tomorrow, and hopefully get some pictures up soon!

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And now pictures!  I finally got my camera, so prepare for pic spam!

That’s all for now.

As you will see, my major push into the world of fingernails was my awful *gasp* nail-biting problem.  So please, help me get past this awful stage in my life.

A random rainy day manicure.  I don’t remember the colors, but I do know I can’t stand rhinestones.  I had them picked of before the end of the day.

More of the same.

Spring break nails.  A foray into the world of Nail pens.  Was going for a stained glass look, ended up with Partridge Family.

One of those water-swirl things. I thought these came out nicely.  Please excuse the crappy state of my pictures.  Still waiting to get a new camera.

These are my sister’s nails.  She asked for Japanese Cherry Blossoms for her birthday.  Blue is CG For Audrey, brown is Sharpie, and the pink is a franken color.

All right, that’s it for now.  Keep watching for more!

~Jade