My ouchie! - Graphic Photo**

Hey guys,
So I was meaning to post my nail foil fail but never got around to it as my other half's family came to visit. When they left - I then decided I would post it next time I got by a computer. Sadly, the most horrific thing ever happened! Okay, maybe not the most horrific...but pretty damn close! At least for me!

On Sunday I was cutting a 1/2 frozen english muffin when I cut myself on my left hand. Now when I say cut myself, I don't mean a little cut, I mean like full blown to the bone - or so I thought..

I went to a Medicenter which was suppose to stitch me up in no time, in and out in an hour or two... but nope.. I waited about 2 hours to have them tell me that I infact did a lot more damage that first thought.. I cut right through my joint capsule - hit part of my tendon and nicked my nerve. FABULOUS!

So then the medicenter had to send me away to the hospital.. =[ and even worse, I had to see a hand surgeon =[ You guys don't know this about me - but i'm terrified of surgery, or being opened up or...blah anything like that!!

I was already panicing, but now... fml.

In the end, this is what I looked like - this picture isn't *so* gorey - so I'll post it =[ I haven't been able to do my nails in almost a week. I am still wearing this nail polish that I did 10 minutes before it happened. (Which is Color Club Take me to your Chateau and Revlon Whimsical)

** warning photo below**

In the end I got 9 stitches, 4 internal, 5 external. When the surgeon left I was told by the assistant nurse that he really should have put more in... uhh, please don't tell me that! LOL

So I am still sometimes bleeding even a week later =[ proof that I needed more than 9 stitches.

Wish me well!! please =]

Here is me making a sadface =[ after 10 hours in ER =[

Purple Verticle Striped

This is my most recent Mani, I did three like colours vertically, which elongated my nails =]
For these colours I used a recent Julep polish, which I forget the name of and also two color clubs, Something sweet and also grape pop!

I really love how this turned out, even though you can only really see two colours on the nail.

Please ignore the wear and tear, I wore this mani for three days before I took a picture! Eek, Sorry!

I'm Back!

Hey Guys,
Sorry I never made a blog sooner, but I got sick the day after I got back and could barely move =[
But alas, I'm here, and I have TWO manicures to show you. Both are for the Colour Club "Chasing away the Blues" contest.

I did two different splatters - One is a real splatter, one is a 'fake one.. I'm not sure what one I should use for the contest, any input would be appreciated!

First one is:

Second one is :

For both of these, I used only Colour club Blues. I used "Wicked Sweet", "Ulterior Motive", "Sheer Disguise", and lastly "Take Me to Your Chateau" (used Oooooo La La for white)

Believe it or not, This is the best I could get it cleaned up... I hate my polish remover, So harsh on ny skin without getting barely anything off...

Anyway, What do you guys prefer? Option one or two? Your opinions are needed =]

Sad Sad news

I was hoping that I would be getting my huge Kleancolor haul yesterday. Sadly - things went down and I probably won't get it for about 2+ weeks =[

Since I am from Canada, Shipping is absurd. So I asked my friend at work who have a place in MT if he could help a sista out. Well apparently http://www.beautyjoint.com/ has awesome workers, who do their job quickly. I was hoping it would take a few days to put the order together and ship it out. Well - It took about 20 minutes, then they shipped it out. Mind you my friend wasn't going down for about 11 days...

Well the USPS went to his house 2 times, leaving 2 notices. When he went there last weekend, the post office was closed. Then he came back up and we think they did the last notice, before they send it back to Beauty Joint - Joy. We called and he thinks he figured it out (let's hope) but of course we still have to wait for him to go down =[

Anyways, There's my drama of the day.

On a better note, ColorClub is having a contest =] 'Chasing away the summer blues' I am really excited.. Even though I am new to nail art I think I will enter. It would have been great to have my Nail Stripping polish, but I guess I'll have to do without =[

I hope to get my designs up soon =]

I am off camping for the next week almost. I'll be back Monday =] I'll let you guys know how it was, and maybe I'll have my entry by then =]

Weekend Polish's

Hey guys,
So I did my nails a few times over the weekend, and I didn't find my charger - but I did figure out how to use my phone a wee bit better! What does that mean? My photo's are not as atrocious!

I am still getting though the Wicked Sweet Collection by Color Club and this weekend I did I Always Get My Man-darin - It had such a nice green shimmer in it! Also it smelt like Trix cereal that I used to eat a lot of as a kid. This photo isn't that great - but here it is. I found out I had my brightness maxed.. Pfft.

I also put Wicked Sweet on my niece, I loved the colour, and the smell (I literally walked around with her just so I could smell it!) It was a nice blueberry? smell. and the colour was way nicer than I thought it would be! I don't have a photo because it was my nieces first time with nail polish on, and she got scared and took it off =[

I also put on China Glaze Pool Side Collection Flip Flop Fantasy. I LOVE this colour, I even spiced it up with some glitter (Starry Tempess by ColorClub) I put three layers on to make sure the colour was as true to the bottle as possible. Sadly, I think I made it a tad too thick - as I only wore it for one day and it's already ruined.. Chipped everywhere.

Also again, sorry for the mess - does anyone know where I can find pure actetone? I've been looking everywhere and can't find it. Nail polish alone is so hard to fix nail polish mistakes with. Lately my skin has been so raw from always scrubbing it with polish remover.

Also, I've learned glitter polish - so hard to get off, average take off time for glitters is about 30-40 mins!! (need pure acetone!)

Have a good day guys!

Makeup Day! Happy Friday

No, this doesn't mean I'm blogging about Makeup (sadly) this is my -pleaseforgivemeIdidn'thavetoblogyesterdaysoherearetwopolishes!- post

I decided I am trying to wear the polishes and see how long they last - well at least for a few days..

I've been wearing Color Club Yum Gum from the Wicked Sweet collection for three days now. Before I show a picture - I will describe a bit about this polish and application.

Firstly, I loved the colour of this polish in all the blogs I've seen it featured, it's a bright barbie pink - and the colour makes me look like I have a tan, so I don't really mind that either =] The application wasn't bad, the first coat was streaky, and patchy but seemed like it dried instantly. The second coat I put on a little thicker and It make a nice application - but wouldn't dry. I watched a 2 hour movie and then touched it and it still wasn't fully dried. I actually touched my blanket too my thumb by accident and it made a texture almost a perfect line across my nail - which was sort of cool.

These photo's are taken in artificial light - sorry again, can't find my charger.. I even cleaned the whole house... ugh.

Secondly, I have The Lime Starts Here also from the Wicked Sweet collection. I'm a little sad about this one.. Looking at everyone's blog swatches of this made it look so beautiful and vibrant .. but this is three coats (on my toes.. sorry they aren't beautiful..) and it's still see through and not all that *in your face* that I was hoping for. I think I'm going to try this colour again with a white base coat.. because I think it has a lot of potential.

I also heard this was suppose to smell like lime - but too me it was more of a watermelon. Yes - I smelled my toes.. don't fear though, i did shower and scrub them before hand =]

The smell of these were pretty good, The yum gum was VERY strong, and I almost took it off. Instead though I washed my hands a lot and scrubbed them. I also put two top coats on. The next day the yum gum became a tolerable bubblegum smell that was appealing. I even got half the people to smell my nail (finger not toes) and said it was pleasant.

 

Well hope you have a great weekend, I will try looking again for the charger but if not, please bear with me with the crappy phone photo's and I hope to soon get real photo's!

I am also going to be away from Wednesday to Sunday (I'm going camping!) so I wont be making blogs those days! See you later!

Secret Agent Swatch

Today I am swatching Color Clubs' "Secret Agent" from the Alter Ego Collection, These are the 'dark' polishes of this collection. Sorry, I am reviewing these older polishes (that have already been reviewed a thousand times), as I am just starting my collection, and these are the only ones I have right now. I am hoping to get with the times soon! And get more upto date polishes to swatch and review =]

Now, to start - I am actually pleasantly surprised at how nice this polish is. I read some reviews on this on how it can cause bald patches, or it was very streaky although I didn't find either. For me, It was a smooth, buttery application and covered well. I got it pretty opaque in one coat, but did two coats for good measure.

The polish has a nice purple/ blue tone with pink shimmers in it. It had a nice colour even without a top coat, but I added one just to make it really smooth and shiny =]

Once again, I haven't been able to find my charger, so the pictures are from my phone. Please don't mind the mess that I created on the side of my nails, and at the bottom.. I really didn't notice how bad it was until I took these photo's.

Also, maybe it's just because I am taking photo's with my camera under artifical light - but these photo's don't do this polish justice!

This photo is a tad better at showing the 'true' colour of this polish

Until next time - Adios!