This Little Piggy

Hey Everyone!! I am totally hating my computer these days. I don't know what exactly the issues are but I think the main task of the day is to annoy me. Also on my list of annoyances is base coat. I tried the Cult Nails base coat last night and once again had a nice chip in my polish before I even got to work. My left hand isn't too bad but my right hand has tip wear and chips galore. I can't for the life of me remember what was working for me before I started doing gel manis. I haven't done one of those in awhile because I am still trying to grow out the damaged parts of my nail but this base coat issue is making me highly irritated. I have to look in my basket tonight and see what other options I can find. Right now my list of most hated base coats is growing quite a bit. 

I did this fun mani shortly after I had received the new 2013 Cheeky Jumbo plate in Wild at Heart. I loved the animal prints and I was thinking about my brother when I saw the pig design because he loves pigs. I decided to do a sparkly pig mani and he declared it the most epic mani I have ever done. 

I used the above polishes. The Wet N Wild doesn't have a name or number on it. It was an extra in a swap I believe. Pure Ice Spitfire and a Hot Topic glow in the dark glittery pink polish also with no name or number. That one was a gift too. 

I started with a base of Spit Fire. 

I used two or three coats to build up the glitter more. I then made stamper decals of the pigs and painted them with the Wet n Wild and Hot Topic colors. 

A close up of one of the piggies.

Spitfire is incredibly sparkly!! I loved the way this mani sparkled. 

I love the little piggies however I wish the Hot Topic pink wasn't so sheer so you could see the piggies color more. It glows in the dark though so that made me very happy.

This mani was quite popular and so fun. 

The Wild at Heart plate is really cute and has some great designs on it. I tried taking pictures but my camera would not cooperate at all. 

That's all for now :)

I'm back! Vacation Haul.

I am BACK!!! I am sorry for the lack of posting but my laptop would not cooperate and Internet wasn't the best. I fully intended on blogging each day but we spent a lot of time in the car exploring which left me with NO Internet at all. It was a great trip, beautiful wedding and a wonderful get away. I am still tired and very much not in the swing of things yet but I am getting there.

I loved the bouquet and wanted to bring it home but this is how he looked Sunday afternoon. Parched! I didn't know how well it would go through the trip back to Florida and it was already wilting so I left him behind :( So pretty though.

I managed to stop at every pharmacy I could lol. We don't have Kerr Pharmacy (or is it Kerr Drugs?) here so I was all over that place! It helped that I really had to stop for a bathroom break so that was my main excuse. The bf knew I wanted to check out the polish though lol. This is what my zip lock bag looked like on the flight home. I was really really really nervous that security would have an issue with all the polish but they didn't say a word to me. DARN IT, I could have bought more!

I hit up the Kerr and then Rite Aid and a Sally's and Walgreens. I also checked out some other stores but they didn't have anything so they don't get to be mentioned lol. It was actually cold for this Florida girl so we ended up having to hunt all over town for sweatshirts. Apparently no one has jackets and sweatshirts this time of year. Luckily Walmart had some on clearance (thank goodness for the local college apparel that didn't sell during the winter). So my vacation haul was Sinful Colors Innocent, Wet N Wild Sunburst (the rest of the display was out) CQ Tahitian Green and Golden Green (wish I could have gotten more of these since we don't have em here), Milani Bolting Blue, Orly Pink Whisper, To Have and To Hold and Honeymoon in Style (Sally's Clearance) and Chameleon Calypso (never heard of this one before but it was pretty).

Part of the gift the bride gave me. A Glow in the Dark pink glitter from Hot Topic, Nerds Grape scented nail polish and Vanilla scented Nail Polish remover pads. Super sweet of her :)

I found this old Sally Hansen polish when I was looking for my brush in the car a while back. I just threw it in my purse this morning. I apparently took the labels off of it for some unknown reason. I have no idea how long it has been there but it has been there for quite awhile.

That's my vacation haul. I also found a LUSH store and picked up a Lemony Flutter cuticle butter so we will see if that stuff can get these cuticles in shape. My nails have spent the past couple days naked. Traveling is not good for manis or nails in general! I wore Teenage Dream for the wedding because I was running out of time to do what I wanted. Unfortunately it was all chipped and looked horrible by the time I got back to the hotel and was ready to take pictures of it.

Now that I am back we are back on track for posting. Next trip I take (we have a Disney trip coming up) I will be prepared on the posting front.

That's all for now :)