*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!

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!

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.

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

Masquerade

Hi there!

Today I want to show you another polish from Ellison's Organics. This is a super FUN glitter topper called Masquerade. There are tons of different sized red, blue, green, pink, and purple glitters. The base for this polish is clear, but almost has a green tint to it. It doesn't effect the polishes when you add it over them just kind of adds a nice shimmer. The glitters are abundant, you don't really have to fish for them, though I do recommend to let some of the base drip off before you apply it!

I used a couple different colors to show this awesome glitter over! This is two coats of masquerade with a top coat.

 This polish is so versatile and fun! The colors I used as undies are Julep Delaunay, Wet n Wild Coast to Coast, L.A. Colors Energy Source, Wet n Wild Get Lucky, Wet n Wild Black Crémé.

You can check out Ellison's Organics on Facebook and Etsy.  Her polishes start at $9.50 and she has tons of other handmade organic items!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan

P.S.
Don't forget about the Venus' Looking Glass giveaway!

Mother's Day Giveaway!

Hi there!

For Mother's Day we wanted to do something a little special for the Mom's! But this is really open to everyone, even if they aren't a mom

For the Mother's Day giveaway we are giving away:

Nicole by OPI Carrie'd Away from the Carrie Underwood collection, a set of dotting tools, nail gems and a few rolls of nail art tape! 
Sephora by OPI Cherry toe stickers, Wet n Wild red red, Wet n Wild Matte top coat

We hope that you enjoy the giveaway!

Rules:
Please don't unlike us after the giveaway! Its not nice, and we enjoy our viewers so much! ( You will also be banned from future giveaways )
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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xxooo
Pan & Leah

Nail Fail

Hello beautiful!

So last night I was painting my nails for my post today............ It was a big disappointment. lol I was inspired by two different posts I seen in Lacquer Lane, a new group I am in. Formerly The Polish Swap and Nail Polish Lovers International. They merged. Anyways, Kellie, one of the admins, and friend of mine, had posted a bunch of things in there for inspiration. There were a few I liked, but one in particular that inspired me. A few days later I seen that a girl named Jennifer D. had done the same mani so I was like really inspired to do it. It was a butterfly wing mani. 

I just got those I <3 Nail Art pens from Sally Hansen, so I was like I can use the black one for this! Well it didn't work so well. I don't have patience for one, so I smudged a bunch of it, plus I shouldn't have used the nail art pen to do the tips. So I gave up after trying on two nails and decided to try other designs. I screwed up the whole mani and it looked terrible. Btw, I used the Color Club Take Wing collection for the base, minus Metamorphosis. I used Wing Fling, Sparkle & Soar, Sky High, Fly With Me, and Daisy Does It.

I guess in these pics, the butterfly wings don't look all that bad, but in person, they were horrendous! They were all lumpy and messy!

Then I thought, what if I add a glitter top coat, maybe it will hide some of the mistakes. Well the glitter I used was too thick and covered the whole design. haha So I decided to scrap the whole mani and try something else. That turned out to be a bad idea too.

This is also another one I was inspired to do, also from a post Kellie did on the Lacquer Lane page. I wanted to do some red nails with cheetah spots on them. I had never tried cheetah spots, so I thought it might be easy with the nail art pen also.... Nope, I didn't know what I was doing when I was putting the spots on, the gold glitter I was using was the wrong gold to be using because it was going on thick and getting everywhere. Then I kept getting the black from the nail art pen on the sides of my fingers and tried to wipe it and ended up just smudging it everywhere. lol It looks like a 5 year old did my nails. haha I used Red Red by Wet n Wild for the base and Gold Dust Woman for the gold glitter from My Stash Lacquer. Which btw, is an awesome polish on its own. So after a second nail fail, I decided to just stick with a solid color.

I decided that I was going to use a color I hadn't used yet, so I used Precious by LA Girl from the Pop Icon line. Its such a pretty color. I don't know if it had anything to do with taking off and putting on all that polish in a short period of time, or if its just a crappy formula, but it went on really streaky and then dried with a weird texture. I don't think its meant to be textured, but if it is, it didn't texture the entire nail, only patches. After this, I just gave up and left the pink on. haha I will probably try again tonight to see what I can come up with. 

I hate it when I have bad nail days. I also wish I was better at nail art. Doesn't help that I am shaky. lol Hope you guys enjoyed laughing at my fails! Have a great week! xoLeah

Black Metal Magic

Hi there!

Today I want to share with you the very last color that I have from the Wet n Wild Fergie Heavy Metal collection! I hope you enjoyed the collection as much as I did! Are there any colors that you just had to have?

The color that I have for you today is Black Metal Magic. It's the only color in the collection that is not really a Holiday color. Its a black and silver glitter topper polish. Demon snow was what first came into my head when I wore this. I am not a super huge fan of snow so demon snow goes well for me lololol!

Here it is with two coats over Wet n Wild Fergie Heels of Steel- with topcoat.

This is a fun color and not really Holiday specific! Super Heavy Metal!

This was a really nice collection. I was very pleased. Wet n Wild is my favorite drug store brand and the Fergies never disappoint!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan

Titanium Crush

Hi there!

I hope you are not getting tired of the Wet n Wild Fergie Collection I've been showing you! I have two more to show you still!

Today I want to show you a super sparkley silver glitter polish called Titanium Crush. When I saw it I thought OMG! YES! ITS GONNA BE TEXTURED!!! Hollllllla!

                                                                          Nope :(.

 I was honestly a little disappointed that it was not.... Seriously how can it be that the Fergie line does not have a textured line yet?!

 Lets get to the nail polish!

This polish is super thick glitter with chunky hex glitter. I really enjoyed this polish. When I figured it wasn't a textured I thought it was going to be a glitter topper. It actually is a wear alone glitter. Its very thick. No need for a base! That was pretty exciting. You will definitely need two to three coats. But I think that even with only one coat its too thick to put over a base color.

Here it is with two coats with a topcoat.

 This was super sparkley and glittery but it wasn't like bam in your face glitter. No holographic glitters just plain silver glitter. It looks like falling snow a little bit! This polish would be pretty good to use for nail art, its thick and easy to use. It would be REALLY great for some Holiday nail arts!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan

Emerald Rock City

Hi there!

Today I want to show you one of THE most GORGEOUS of Green polishes! Ever...  Seriously!... Its called Emerald Rock City, its the fourth color I want to show you from the Wet n Wild Fergie Heavy Metal Holiday Collection . This color is my favorite of all the colors from this collection!!

It soooo gorgeous. This green is so dark and so sexy and I just really can't say gorgeous enough!! Generally I am not a huge fan of green nail polish. I don't know why. I always say I need to buy more green polishes and I just don't. But seriously, everyone needs this color in their collection! Its super rich, super deep green with flecks of gold. I couldn't get enough of it. Its such an elegant color. I can't see this looking bad on anyone! I did have a little bit of skin staining but it didn't stain my nails at all and that is one problem that I always usually have with green polishes!

This one goes on pretty dark with one coat but I did two to show off its true beauty.

Here it is with two coats and a topcoat.

 Gah! Isn't it just sooo gorgeous?!?! You need this in your collection fo real!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan

Mazel Tov Madness

Hi there!

Today I want to share with you number three of the Wet n Wild Fergie Heavy Metal Holiday Collection colors. Woo woo! It's called Mazel Tov Madness and it is seriously such a beautiful rich blue.

Its so rich and dark and it applies so nicely. I did have a little bit of a problem with the clean up on my skin because it stained a bit, but it luckily didn't stain my nails! yayyy. I did have a base coat on so I do recommend at least one coat.

 I don't have a ton of blues in my collection, especially dark blues and out of the ones I do have I think this one is my favorite dark blues! I see myself wearing this often!

Here it is with two coats and a top coat.

 Isn't it so gorgeous?! I love it. I really love dark colors on my nails. It goes on pretty dark with one coat but I added two just to make sure to show off its beauty.

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan

Mountain High

Hi there!

I have another color from the Wet n Wild Fergie Heavy Metal Holiday Collection for you today. The color I want to show you is called Mountain High.

In the bottle it looks like beautiful freshly fallen snow. Maybe on a mountain... I've never had the privilege of seeing such a beautiful sight! I really loved the color in the bottle.... On my fingers... not so much. It pretty much grossed me out. Weird right? When I put it on my nails- to me it looked like I put my fingers in a bowl of glitter with skim milk. I couldn't even keep it on. It was just tooooooooo weird for me!

Here it is with three coats with a topcoat.

 What do you think of this color?!? Have you seen these Fergies? This is the only color I don't love out of the colors I do have from the collection!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan

Graphite Greetings

Hi there!

I would like to start off by saying; I hope that everyone who celebrates had a really great Thanksgiving!At lots of food and got to spend a lot of time with family!

About a month ago I stopped at CVS. I don't live by a CVS.... Well, I do but its like 15-20 miles away. I happened to be out that way and sometimes I stop, sometimes I don't- just to check out the nail polish. They seem to get different polishes than Walgreens sometimes! Anyways. I am super glad that I stopped. I just happened to find the Wet n Wild Fergie Heavy Metal Collection! I hadn't heard about these and I still have yet to hear about them except for the fact that I saw them! I didn't have my phone inside with me or I would have snapped some pictures. I googled the set and I found a nice post about them here. I see on that post that there are SEVEN colors! WHAT?! I did not see SEVEN!!!! And It also shows that maybe there was a misprint on my bottle and the color I want to show you is not Graphite Greetings but, Happy Holidaze!

This color was really super pretty. I love gold's but sometimes I feel like they just don't look good with my skin tone at all. I didn't think that this looked bad at all! I loved it! I would really like to try it with some silver glitter! That would be gorgeous and super festive!! Here it is with two coats and one coat of top coat. I did have on issue with this polish, you can kind of see the brush strokes. The first time I painted it I took it off and shook it a little more and tried again and it happened still. I still loved this color!

 This is a really pretty Holiday color! I really am just a huge fan of Wet n Wild and the Fergies never disappoint! I'm not sure if Walgreens will have this collection. I am hoping so, so maybe I can find the one that I don't have!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan

Shaken, Not Stirred

Hi there!

Today I want to show you another fun polish from My-Stash Lacquer. It's called Shaken, Not Stirred.

This color was so much fun. It's an iridescent matte glitter topper polish ( Say that 10x fast lolol ). I honestly didn't see that it said matte in the title so when I put it on and it came matte I was like Heck Yes!!! I've seen lots of fun matte glitter polish swatches lately but I've never tried any! I really liked it! I thought about putting a top coat over it but I really just loved the matte so much!

I wanted to show this color over a few different colors. I went with ( in order L- R) Red Red, Black Crémé, Who is Ultra Violet?, Listening to Blue Reed, and Vengeful Bride - all from Wet n Wild.

There is tons of glitter and sparkles, but they aren't super in your face. Very fun. I liked this polish a lot!  You could really put it over any color or mani for a fun look!

You can check out My-Stash Lacquer on Facebook and Etsy! Her polishes run about 6$ each for full size bottles!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan

Shaken, Not Stirred by Leah

Omg I totally just realized something... I almost did this polish that I am about to show you called "Shaken, not stirred." by My-Stash Lacquer over top of Honey Ryder by OPI. Then I realized it probably wouldn't look right, but wouldn't that have been a funny name combo. Two 007 names. XD

Haha sorry, aaaanyways.... Last week for my mani I showed you Carnival by My-Stash Lacquer and I LOVED it. Panacea showed you one by the same brand too. These polishes are seriously so awesome. Her glitters are amazing. The base for these is like the perfect base, goes on so smooth, isn't drippy at all either.

This one, "Shaken, not stirred" is a sort of  iridescent, small glitter top coat. Dries with a matte finish. It also dried very fast! I tried it over two colors this week. I decided not to do it on a clear nail because the glitters are so small and stuff that I just feel nobody would really use it on just a naked nail. So I used it over Ulta Ruby Slipper on one hand, and Ebony Hates Chris on the other.

The sparkles look red, green, and gold to me. In the bottle it looks white.

Over Ruby Slipper it looks very Christmasy or nice for Thanksgiving even! Over Ebony Hates Chris it has a Halloween look! I am sure over other colors it will have different effects too, so fun!!

Hope you enjoyed my post, enjoy some lovely swatches. I forgot to put cuticle oil on for a couple pics, so ignore my dry fingers/cuticles. lol Winter hates my skin.

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Ruby Slipper by itself

Shaken, not stirred withOUT top coat over Ruby Slipper

Shaken, not stirred with top coat over Ruby Slipper

Ebony Hates Chris by itself

Shaken, not stirred over Ebony Hates Chris withOUT top coat

Shaken, not stirred over Ebony Hates Chris with top coat