Summer in February...

The girls over at the nailboard had a summer in February day yesterday, and in honor of the occasion I used a new nail color. This is $opi in special request. This was a gift from my mom and I love the color. It's a coral that leans more toward orange, and It just screams summer. This is two coats of color with my usual top and base coats. It applied smoothly, and I'll definitely be needing more of these now!

This is the same color on my toes. The pictures look bubbly because I used solar spray and it beaded up on the nails' surface.

My Misas are on the way, yay! :)

I don't know where I've been, but I just heard about the misa promotion today (thank you scrangie and polish addict) I called them right away and ordered 5 beautiful colors: bikini w/a martini, tnagy mango, girl next door, push up bra, strawberry wine. I could have easily ordered 12, but I have never tried this brand before and wanted to start out slow! On a side note, their customer service is amazing. The salesman who took my order was so friendly and funny! Pics as soon as they arrive!

My new hg nail oil!

Sorry solar balm, I have replaced you. My new love is sally hansen quick care massaging cuticle treatment. I saw a display of these and other treatments on display in my rite-aid, and have been using this for about a month. I love everything about it: it's easy to use, so I use it more often. Also it's less messy because you apply it with the rubber tip thing, which I really like the feel of. The rubber tip also has a built in cuticle pusher so you can smear on the oil, then push the cuticles back, and it's so gentle on them!

essie pachinko pale

today's mani pedi is... essie pachinko pale. I really like this color, I received it in a swap months ago and forgot about it. I was looking for a good nude polish (inspired by an ad in harper's bazaar) and this is perfect. This is two coats, with a base and top coat.

My first $opi's are on the way!!

Ok, so I'm a little late in jumping on the bandwagon, but I'm very excited none the less. My mom ordered me three of the $opi's, and they should be here in a couple of days, (if only my nails would grow that quick). I love new polishes, because there are very few colors that I wear repeatedly, and let's be honest a girl can never have too much polish, or shoes (but that's a different story). The three colors on the way:

Madame President:

(I was hoping to make this my inauguration mani, but better late than never :)

Next up is, special request

I've been looking for a peachy coral color that won't make my pale skin look sick, and hopefully this will look as good in person as it does online. (fingers crossed)

And last but not least: The infamous Metro Chic
I'm thrilled to be finally getting this one, I love smoky colors and this is sure to be one of my favorites.

Starting from scratch...

This weekend was a horrible weekend for my nails. My polish started chipping on friday, but I didn't have time to replace it, by sunday a bunch of my nails had breaks (a combination of doing laundry and the super cold weather we've been having) So I've filed them all to match the worst break, and they're super short. I'm almost too embarrased to post pics of my mani, but I liked the idea albeit on short nails. This is two coats of sally hansen xtreme in first blush, topped with one coat of a maybelline polish with pink hearts in it.

notd... opi...it's toe-tally summer

ok, so it's been super cold here, but this polish's name is enough to warm a girl up. Here's It's Toe-tally summer! This is one of my long time faves, it's definitely pink, but with a hint of purple thrown in which makes it unique. on hands and feet: