mobile death-by-toilet & NOTD: Extra-va-vaganza!

First off, sorry for lack of updates. I've been busy with school lately, and will continue to be until after finals I'm sure. I try to change my polish at least weekly, and I think I've been diong that!

So this week, *eeek* I sported OPI Extra-va-vaganza from the Holiday 2010 Burlesque collection. Pictures aren't great, but what can I say. Check out Scrangies swatches. It's an orange-y glitter with silver, and a tiny bit of green in it. I've tried to decipher what colors are actually in these polishes...it literally gives me a headache. They're just so sparkley!

sun

indoors

In other, non-sparkley news, I dropped my phone in the toilet the day before yesterday. I think my cat-like reflexes might have saved it - kind of. I've heard the story of death-by-toilet plenty of times, but never could grasp the concept of HOW it actually happened. Well, now I know the story allll too well. So, luckily, I had insurance on my phone, so I just have to pay a deductible which is just a fraction of the price of a new phone. So, I waited a few hours, tried to dry it out, and eventually came to the conclusion that it was a goner and filed a claim. (I came to this conclusion because although my first death by toilet, not my first death-by-water.) Well, the next morning I woke up, and my phone was working almost perfectly - as opposed to the night before, it was completely unresponsive to any touch other than the physical buttons. (By the way, it's a Samsung Vibrant/Galaxy S). Along with finding that my phone had not truly "seen the light" I also found the new one on the front porch. (Already! I know!) So, I thought about shipping the new one back, but after using my phone, I'm finding that some of the "keys" don't work right. When I type "n" it turns into "bn" or "m" and periods are, "b.c." Which really sucks, because I was stoked about getting a $130 refund!

Oh well, I'll give it until tonight and see what happens.

By the way, my first one drowned in my backpack due to a faulty water bottle lid and a backpack that was apparently VERY waterproof. Hahah! Does anyone else have a sad/funny story about their mobile devices? Any more toilet accidents?

I'll try to do another mani tonight/this weekend for "Thanksgiving" kind of, and I'll post it ASAP.

<3

Britt

Nail of the week

Since I'm chipping, I thought I'd make this post before changing my polish

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Two NOTD's

Hey guys and gals!

I haven't had much time to do any interesting mani's, but this is what I have done!

(All pictures can be clicked to enlarge!)

China Glaze Medallion gradient:

I had to change my polish but didn't have time for anything elaborate, so I did a simple gradient that I kind of have been wanting to do for a while.I think this is three coats - one from cuticle to tip, one from about halfway to tip, and one just at the tip. Some turned out better than others but I really liked this mani! I picked up CG Medallion at Sally's clearance bin and I'm glad I did! (Click to enlage - look at those gorgeous holo hexagonal glitters!)

The Show Must Go On + leopard lace:

I absolutely love this polish. I love this WHOLE collection. I couldn't capture this polish in it's entirety, but you can see some of the duo-chrome-iness on my index finger. In some lights it's a hot magenta-raspberry color, some lights it's an orange-bronze, and in most light, it's a beautiful foil-y red. I was iffy about it at first, but now I don't want to take it off...I keep staring at it! I also used CG Gr8 to stamp with m57..I really like this mani too (: I just wish the could showed up brighter!

And this is some of the things I've picked up/received recently:

OPI: Sparkle-icious, Extra-Va-Vaganza!, Glow Up Already!, Show It and Glow It!, The Show Must Go On, China Glaze: Frosty, Mistletoe Kisses

Did I mention that I LOVE OPI's Burleque collection? I love glitter, and these are suuuch beautiful glitters. I love glitters in a clear base that can be brought to opacity. At first, I was only going to get Show It and Glow It, and then ended up getting five of them. I also would like a couple more of the shimmers from the collection.
These are the only colors I was really interested in from CG Naughty or Nice Holiday collection. I don't know how much I love this green just yet but I'll have some fun xmas mani's with it!

Hope you guys enjoyed - sorry I've been so dead lately! School keeps me on my toes. (:

xo,
B

A rechargeable flat-iron...whaaaaaat?! [giveaway]

Andrea over at Black nail polish and lip gloss is hosting a giveaway for this cool flat-iron! (by Kymaro)

Go put your name in the basket! Many will enter, few will win ;)

NOTD: Quickie!

Hey guys!

I've been busy so I haven't taken out much time to do a fun creative mani. I began by just painting my nails with CG's Jitterbug (that has been sitting, calling my name for my untrieds stash) and that got boring fast (even though it's a great color!) so I added some nail..confetti..thingies..

 

And me:

(:

Also, I think my nails are about to get a bit shorter. I'm tired of the edges breaking. I'll even them out, and if they grow out nicely, they do, if not, I'm okay with 'nubbins' ;)

Until next time,
xo,
B

Katrina's nailblog giveaway!

WOOHOO Giveaway!

I have a question about acrylics?

I want to do some 3D nail art, and I was looking on ebay for some acrylic powder and decided I wanted the glitter. Can you just use regular glitter? Or is it a special kind of glitter?
If you know the answer, or any other tips on acrylics/3d nail art, please tell me!
Thank you!

ps this is the glitter that I'm looking at.

oh yeah! and do I need that special acrylic brush like this one since I'm just doing the molds? Or can I just use any brush?