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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

*waves* Long time, no blog!

Hi there!

Hope you all are well. I've missed you all, and blogging so very much! Thank you for sticking by us while we figured out our personal lives. It really means a lot to us. I lost my way a bit in February, and I've just recently found my way back.. I did not know how to start this post. I feel so rusty. I wanted to share with you all why I have been absent so much lately. So I hope that I don't lose you before I get to the polishes. I apologize in advance, this will probly be pretty long! The polishes are on the bottom if you want to just skip to them! ;)

In Feb. I had a lot of car trouble. A LOT. I ended up losing my job because of it. I have never been fired from any job in my 10-11 years of working. I was devastated. I felt so useless. And I was so angry! I am still pretty angry with how everything went down. With all the trouble with my car I had to worry how I would get my hubby to work, and how I could get to school. I stopped painting my nails, except for the few colors I had been sent to review. I just had no desire. My parents helped me with my car so at least I was able to get hubby to and from work, and I could finish up my semester. On my very last day of class, I ended up adopting a dog from a lady I used to work with. We named him BOY because it was literally the only thing he answered to lolol. He was a wreck of a dog, and he tried and tested my patience, and seemed to know how to push every single one of my buttons to drive me absolutely crazy! He has taken a lot of work, time, and pateince, but I think we are finally making some progress! yayy!

Fast Forward to June, I was coming home from taking hubby to work, all of a sudden, all the lights on my dash go on, and the car just stops. There, in the middle of traffic.. And it wont start for nothing. I go to grab my phone, and I left my phone at home... Fuck. Great. Fantastic! It was like 830am, I was still in my pajamas, and I looked like a mess. I walked into the first store I saw that was open, and I tried to call my hubby to see if he could get a hold of my friend Amanda to pick me up since we were supposed to hang out that day. She finally finds me and we try to get my car to Auto Zone to have it tested. Nothing is showing up. Everything is fine it says.. ughhhh BRUNO MARS ( my cars name. Because I hate them both so very much!! ) WHY MUST YOU BE LIKE THIS?! We left my car in the Wal-Mart parking lot and she took me home to her house.. We didn't even get to watch Pretty Little Liars!! My car was out of commission for about a week and a half. While all this is going down, my Grandma offered me to come live with her in AZ.. She had offered a few times, but I was in school, and there were a lot of things we had to take care of so I just didn't know if it would work or if it would ever even happen. I mean, I have A LOT of animals, hubby has a job that he LOVES, there were a lot of things that needed to be taken care of. But I was so unhappy. we could not catch a break for anything. Hubby had talked to his boss to see if he could transfer, and it ended up getting him a promotion! Very awesome and exciting! So in a little over 3 weeks, I had to clean, get rid of, and pack 6+ years worth of stuff. That was tough. It took me about a week to pack my nail polish alone!

Aug. 3rd we packed up the truck and headed to Arizona... Since we have been here things have been pretty good. There are still things in IL. that we are taking care of, but we are finally out. I really needed this restart... And I would like to thank you all again for sticking by us while everything was going on in our personal lives. It really truly means the world to us.

So now for some polish! Since I've been here in Az., I have been wanting to blog again and paint my nails regularly. I am even thinking about going and getting my nail technician degree, until I can find a school that offers dietetic technician.

So, I have a few designs that I want to show you today. I have posted a few on my instagram, but not all of them yet!

My natural nails have also been looking really nice! They are not as brittle, peely, and just plain crappy. I still need a ridge filler, but I really am so proud of them. I have been trying to take really good care of them!
Just Kidding!
 The first one I want to show you is a fun nail art. I used the first couple colors that I unpacked and some nail tape. The base colors are butter LONDON Silly Billy and Cake-Hole. I placed some nail tape in different ways once those dried, and applied Union Jack Black on top. One of my very favorite blacks!

butter LONDON Silly Billy, Cake-Hole, Union Jack Black

Fun, right?! It was also really super easy! I may try to do a video tutorial some time!

I also used my dotting tools for the first time. On the first day we got here to AZ. Hubby had to run to the store to get a few things, I stayed home to unpack some stuff. When he came home he gave me  three wet n wilds from their new Ferris Wheel Collection. I had been so out of the loop, I did not even know Wet n Wild had a new collection!

I used Wheel Romance as my base color and used my dotting tool and did some little dots with spitfire and chambray showers. Topped with some northern lights for some glitter! I really loved this a lot. Very cute and easy!

spitfire, wheel romance, Chambray Showers

And I saved the best for last. This one was my very favorite mani that I have done in a long time. I found an idea for it on pinterest and did my own version of it. I did it for Hubby's bday. We went out to celebrate his bday and our Anniversary, because we didn't really get to do anything for our anniversary last month.

I used Zoya Dovima as my base and, Ulta Holographic on my thumb, Chaos & Crocodiles Color Wheel Chaos on my pointer, OPI In True Stefani Fashion on my middle, Wet n Wild Fergie Mermaid Curves on my ring finger, and OPI Pink Yet Lavender on my pinkie. I then used Julep matter top coat over the glitter! I really loved this. It was so easy and so pretty! I couldn't stop looking at it. I only wish I did glitter on my thumb, and not the holographic.

Zoya Dovima, Ulta Holographic, Chaos & Crocodiles Color Wheel Chaos, OPI In True Stefani Fashion, Wet n Wild Mermaid Curves, OPI Pink yet Lavender, julep top coat

I really hope that you love all of these! I will be posting about my trip to the Arizona Botanical Gardens next time! It was so cool and so much fun!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy my nail arts!

xxooo
Pan

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

May Giveaway!

Hi there!!

April was pretty crazy and busy for Leah and I! We didn't forget about our giveaway, but we did forget about it! So, we have a few extra and fun things planned for this month!

I cannot believe how fast this month is going! Here is our giveaway for May!
 
For May we are giving away OPI Hey Baby! from the Gwen Stefani collection, OPI Can't Copacabana from the Brazil Collection, and Funky Fingers Unicorn Farts!

If you're interested, check out my post about Hey Baby! here. Leah also did a post with it here!

The giveaway will start May 7 (12am CST) and end May 31st(12am CST)!
 

Rules:
Please don't unlike us after the giveaway! Its not nice, and we enjoy our viewers so much! ( You will be banned from future giveaways also )
This giveaway is for US ONLY (Sorry International ladies :/ )
You must be 18+ years of age or have a guardians permission
Be Nice! Meanness will not be tolerated, ever.
No cheating or giveaway accounts
Have fun!


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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Poshinality

Panacea and I have come so far with our blogging that people have been contacting us to do reviews of their brand!! Its so exciting! So right before I left to visit Pan in Chicago we got an email from Poshinality! She wanted us to review her polishes. She's a new brand out of Los Angeles. She has some really gorgeous polishes, I can't wait to try more! You can visit her store here.

Poshinality Flirt


She sent me Flirt to try. Its a shimmery/glittery soft pink top coat. Its such a gorgeous color! It would be cute for just a lil something extra on your nails by itself, or with another color underneath! I tried it both ways and loved it both ways. It would have looked so much cuter though on my nails by itself if my nails weren't stained. I have been so lazy and haven't fixed them yet.

Poshinality Flirt

Poshinality Flirt

Poshinality Flirt

Poshinality Flirt


I decided I wanted to also try it with another color, so I used Hey Baby from OPI. Its a pink from the Gwen Stefani collection. Panacea got it for me for my birthday! Its such a gorgeous color and looked perfect with Flirt!

OPI Hey Baby & Poshinality Flirt

OPI Hey Baby & Poshinality Flirt

OPI Hey Baby & Poshinality Flirt

OPI Hey Baby & Poshinality Flirt

OPI Hey Baby & Poshinality Flirt


After I did all that I paired it up with some white dots with my I <3 Nail Art pen by Sally Hansen and a rose on my accent nail. I used Fingrs Heart 2 Art fimo slices.

OPI Hey Baby & Poshinality Flirt

OPI Hey Baby & Poshinality Flirt

OPI Hey Baby & Poshinality Flirt

OPI Hey Baby & Poshinality Flirt


Flirt is an awesome formula! Almost no smell to it at all, it went on so smoothly, and it is holding up awesomely! I have even washed a few dishes and this is what they look like after 4 days of wear. I even have been doing more than usual lately, so they have been getting a good workout! lol It also dried at a good rate! Don't mind my dry hands in this last pic. Washed em a lot today and my lotion wore off and haven't put more on yet. lol

OPI Hey Baby & Poshinality Flirt

OPI Hey Baby & Poshinality Flirt


This brand is very professional and not super expensive. Her polishes are about $9.50 each. I definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a new brand to try out! Her polishes are 5 free, vegan, and cruelty free, so thats super awesome! She also said this on her website:

     "Through B. Cause, POSHINALITY donates a portion of its revenue to social causes and campaigns that drive for long-term change.  B. Cause which stands for Beauty Cause seeks to expand the definition of beauty through giving.  POSHINALITY’s current areas of focus are domestic violence, sex trafficking, AIDS awareness/care and global clean water initiatives."

You can shop here.
You can like her on Facebook here.

Thanks for checking out my post. I hope you all had a great Easter and have a great week! xoLeah

Monday, April 21, 2014

Spring Themed Nail Art

Hi there!

Today I want to show you some Spring themed nail art that I did! I had so much fun coming up with ideas and trying to draw them out. Please keep in mind that I am by no means an artist and I tried really hard on this! So please be kind!


Here is a picture with the flash.


For my inspiration I did a snowman chillin' on snow bank ( cuz it has snowed here like 4 times! ), a butterfly coming out of the beautiful green gas, storm cloud with rain, A woman who is so happy its Spring and warm, with her fun spakley sun glasses ( she looks kinda like the one daughter on Bob's Burgers, Tina!), and a really bad tree with sparkley leaves and grass!


For my colors I used Nicole by OPI Stand by your Manny, Julep Kate, Blue Eyed Girl Lacquer Untrodden Snow, China Glaze Running in Circles, Orly Pixie Power, Zoya Sunshine, Nicole by OPI Promises in the Dark, OPI Chillin like a Villain, Zoya Chita. Color Club black holographic, cosmic creature and red on red nail art pens, Color Club silver glitter duo pen.

If you have any Spring nail art you would like to share, we would LOVE to see them. Please share them on our page!


Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan

Friday, April 11, 2014

Blindfold Birthday!

Some of you already know, my birthday is today. So for my birthday I got to go see Panacea in Chicago from the 3rd to the 7th. We had so much fun! We went walking down The Magnificent Mile and went into all the stores we couldn't afford like Gucci, Tiffany's, Louis Vuitton, etc. We ate some really yummy pizza at Pizano's. We went and seen The Bean in Millenium Park and took pics of ourselves in it!



One of the night I was with her, we decided to do some Montagne Jeunesse masks. I thought when I bought hers that I had gotten the same kind of cloth one that I had, but apparently it wasn't. We still had fun though and our faces felt great!


We decided since we were together for the first time in almost 3 years that we wanted to do something fun for our blog. So we blindfolded ourselves and painted each others nails! Omg we laughed so hard and had so much fun, we even accidentally painted our own fingers and skin too while trying to do the others. On Panacea's nails I used Sally Hansen Triple Shine Play Koi. It was so hard to do because of the brushes being so wide, plus the whole not being able to see thing. haha



This is my hands after painting Pan's nails. lol


On my nails Panacea used China Glaze Wish On A Starfish. I should have had her do a darker color, but wasn't thinking and this one is just so gorgeous! It was so funny watching her do it, she was getting it under my nails and everything. I even still had glitter on my fingers when I took off all the polish. haha




Pan's hand after painting my nails. lol


After doing it blindfolded we decided to paint each others nails without blindfolds. lol I can't believe it, but we both forgot to take pics of Pans nails!! lol We used OPI Can't Find My Czechbook. It looked really good on her.

On me we did Digital Nails Convergent. These pics do it no justice! Such a gorgeous color! It looks blue and purple in certain light, then green in others! So gorgeous! 






Hope you guys enjoyed my post and have a great weekend! xoLeah


Monday, March 17, 2014

Aquadelic, baby!

Hello lovelies!

So I was totally planning to do one last St. Patrick's Day mani for today, even though its the day after. After I thought about it though I realized I have been seeing nothing but St. Patrick's Day mani's and I did a few this year already, so I figured everyone is probably sick of them. lol Decided to try something cute that I have never tried before. I've used stripping tape before, but never really with a design like this. I totally love it, its very late 80's, early 90's.

For this mani I used Sally Hansen Triple Shine Lemon Shark for the base. Then I used stripping tape to block out some triangles. I painted the triangles with Aquadelic by China Glaze. On my accent nail I thought I would change it up. I used La Paz-itively Hot as the base, then Aquadelic again for the stripes. I wish I would have made the stripes a lil wider, or maybe did more of them, but oh well. I can try next time.

Hope you guys had a great St. Patrick's Day and have a great week! xoLeah


With flash

Without flash

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Hey Baby!

Hi there!

First, I would like to apologize so hard for being such a suck blogger lately! I started a new school semester in Jan. and was/am having a super hard time juggling school, work and real life. I think I will have to work less day because my schedule just doesn't allow for so many days right now.. Something will work its way out. It always does! I just wanted to say thank you for sticking by our page! We love you all so much!

I want to also say OMG YAY! This is our 200th post on our blog! It is really neat that we've come such a long way. It will be even more exciting when we get to like 500 or more, but 200 is super exciting for now!


Ok. How about some polish?!

I'm sure you all have seen swatches for the new OPI Gwen Stefani Collection.. When I heard that OPI was going to have a Gwen Stefani collection I was pretty friggin stoked! I love Gwen so much, she is so Classy, Stylish and Fierce. When I first SAW the press release I fell in LOVE. I just knew I was going to love them so very much!

The very first color from the collection I couldn't wait to try was Hey Baby! It is a super creamy, super gorgeous- bright, but not neon pink. Holy cow. I can not get over this color. Seriously.... You need this color in your collection! It is the perfect pink!

Here it is with two coats and a top coat!


 I think this is probably my new favorite pink! I love it so much! Have you tried any of the Gwen Stefani OPI's? I have loved all the one's I've tried!


Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan