China Glaze I'm with the Lifeguard

HI! Welcome to The First Post After The Hiatus!

I'm so excited to be back. This week will be full of fun polish swatches I've been dying to show you. They may not be the most recent collections but they're bright and shiny and full of YAY. 

First up is... I'm with the Lifeguard- China Glaze. This green beauty is part of the 2012 Summer Neons collection. I feel slightly like an emcee at a date auction..

IWTL is a perfect springy lime green with a subtle shimmer. Shown is two effortless coats. I love that these neons don't need a white base coat to really pop. One coat of Out the Door topcoat and voila!

I couldn't do my nails for two weeks, so lately I've been on a stamp-ede... get it?

I have no recollection of which plate this is, but when I find out I'll edit this. I used Kleancolor Metallic Black, my faaavorite stamping polish, and stamped some adorable little suns! Can you see the shimmer in the Kleancolor? I love the metallic flecks in my stamps- just gives them a little somethin' somethin'.

In hindsight this would have looked better with the index and middle finger designs switched, but whatev. It was hardly noticeable on the nail.

OMG MY FIRST MACRO. Can you see the shimmer sorta? Okay, kinda lame for a macro but I was so stoked to have figured it out!! YAY

What do you guys think of I'm with the Lifeguard? These were mostly out of stock at my local Sally's, but they are available other places, like Beauty Brands and Ulta, so you may still be able to snag it!

Hope you're having a great week! <3

Rachael

GUESS WHO'S BACK!

Hello!! I MISS YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

Here's a quick update before I get to the good stuff:

-I had surgery three weeks ago today. It sucked hairy balls. The gross kind.
-I'm not healing like I should, so I'm on couchrest for an indefinite amount of time. Most of the past three weeks, I've been watching Weeds and buying polish, makeup, music, clothes... Motto is, buy all the online things! I can't drive my sorry ass anywhere and the fam is getting sick of playing chauffeur (I love that word!!) but I don't care, someone is taking me to Sally's today and that's that!
-I ordered the new Bundlemonster 2012 plates and can. not. wait to get stampin'. They should be here in a few days so be ready for a review!
-I will be introducing some different types of posts, some not nail related. I hope to review some new MAC eyeshadows I've purchased recently, and maybe show an EOTD.
-Also, be ready for some hair posts. I have fabulous locks and they're begging to be looked at by someone other than my dog, Baxter. He sleeps with me all day and we often share malts and pillows, but does he appreciate a gorgeous sock bun? No. Not unless it's dipped in BBQ. I'm sure we'll see that at Fashion Week 2032.


ANYWAY, I love you guys and I can't tell you how much I have missed blogging. I was sporadic before surgery and I may still be for a little while, but I am bored shitless and desperately need some fun in my life. :) I'm currently on a major indie kick (aren't we all?) and I have a few new babies that need to be properly oohhed and aahhed over. I should be getting in some more Once Upon a Polish beauties, too- maybe next week!

I will never feature a Lynderella on this blog. Nuff said.

I'm about to pass out but first I'm going to make my brother take me to Sally's. The girls there are so, so sweet. A few of them drove to other stores quite some distance away to pick up a few Summer Neons I missed, so I'm really excited to go get them.

Also, I think I found a couple HTF lovelies at a dusty nearby. I try to only buy a few at a time or the ladies get creepy on me, so I need to go back. OPI La Paz-itively Hot Matte for example!

Cupcakes for everyone.

<3 Rachael

Hello hello

Hi everyone :) It's been such a long time since I've posted. I have pictures of fun manis and new polishes and even makeup swatches coming out my ears, but I can't bring myself to sit down and blog about anything right now. Somehow I feel like no matter what I say it just isn't the right thing to say.

To put it as simply as possible, I'm having some personal issues going on that I need to work out before I'll be back. It will probably be only a few weeks, because I love you guys and already miss reading your sweet comments. I think I'll kick off my "fresh start" with a giveaway. I have a fun little pile of goodies that need new homes.

If anyone has any questions or concerns, feel free to comment here or email me. I'd love to hear from you :)

Miss you already! Enjoy your few weeks without me... if you can! muwahaha

Rachael

HAUL.. PIC (AND SHAME) HEAVY

Hello darlings :) This post is long overdue. I've finally gotten my act together and took pictures of everything beauty-related that I purchased (or received) in the month of April.

Rachael has been a very bad girl.

Pantene conditioner, Simple cleansing wipes, Neutrogena facial wash, and Nivea lotion

First up, Target spring beauty bag! This was free so it doesn't count. 

OPI Nail Envy, Seche Restore, Mary Kay moisturizer, eos lip balm in Summer Fruit

Nail Envy... I hadta. This stuff is a miracle worker. Seche Restore for those old half-bottles of top coat that I refuse to throw away. Moisturizer because I'm obsessed with how soft this stuff makes muh face. And eos balm because... OMG no more explanations, I JUST NEEDED IT 

Fingerpaints- Flashy, Flecked, Inkblot Blue, 15 Minutes of Frame, Pink Perspective

Models Own Hed Kandi Disco Heaven, OPI Houston We Have a Purple, OPI Cool in the Pool, OPI Rainbow Connection, Cult Nails My Kind of Cool-Aid and Manipulative. 

need, need, need, need, need, need. nuff said.

OPI Austin-tatious Turquoise, MAC Ice Cream Cake, Jesse's girl... can't remember the name, Lacquer Convention Elphaba

YES. SO MUCH YES

Zoya Breezi, Petra, Dove, Perrie, Kieko, Jem

This is not color accurate. Wtf camera

Zoya Wednesday, Zuza, Kate, Belle, Coraline

 again, not color accurate. I swear the Blogger collection has three different colors, unlike the pic- they look identical! lame

Julep Portia, Hayden, Helena, Taylor, Demi, Melissa, Penelope

OPI Crown Me Already, DS Shimmer, Pirouette My Whistle, Don't Mess With OPI

 found Shimmer at a dusty... no silver cap. "I changed it, it was dirty." Still gorgeous, but I wish it had the cap!

Orly Decades of Dysfunction, Royal Navy, Revlon... something... and Cloud

China Glaze Stella, Royal Tease, International Flare, Golden Enchantment

 found at a dinky little nail supply. It was so messy, I asked if they'd just moved in... "No, we've been here for three years." MY bad

Deborah Moneysucking Lippmann Mermaid's Dream, butterLONDON The Black Knight


FOR SHAME, FOR SHAME...

I'm in trouble.

OPI Just Spotted the Lizard

Hello everyone! Tonight's post is a quick one, but this polish is truly gorgeous. OPI Just Spotted the Lizard from the Spiderman collection is a dupe for Chanel Peridot, and I've always lusted after it. Check out the pics to see the amazing multichrome color change.

Pictured is three easy coats. JStL can get a little streaky, but it was totally worth it for such an amazing color! Top coat of SV. :)

I'm hoping to have a blog sale soon! Keep your eyes peeled for some indies- Pretty and Polished will definitely be coming up. Love you all!!

<3

Rachael

Once Upon a Polish- Scuttle

Hellooo perky ones! Today, er, tonight, we have an indie polish you're gonna need ASAP. Truuust me.

Let's just look at this gorgeousness.

Holy. Crap. This is two coats of Scuttle over one coat of Zoya- Dove. Scuttle is a milky pale grey base filled with black hex, white hex, tiny white hex and a smattering of teensy holo glitters. Dove is identical but glitterless, so it's a perfect base. Scuttle applied perfectly. I did a little fishing for the black glitters just so things would be more uniform, but if you don't mind the beauty of random glitter placement then you can get away with two coats. One coat of SV to top 'er off.

Scuttle is a handmade polish by Kimberly of Once Upon a Polish. Click that link and go check out her other creations- GOO NOOOW. She has lots of Disney themed polishes and you KNOW how I feel about that! Also,  LIKE  her on Facebook! Word has it that she's restocking in a couple weeks. I'm saving up for Flounder, Princess and the Pea, Ursula... ah, I need them all.

SO. PRETTY! Look at that bottle!!!! 

I ordered this polish late one evening and the very next morning Kimberly had processed my order and sent me a tracking number. UH, the girl is good. I received Scuttle four days later, beautifully wrapped in blue bubble wrap and tied up in a gorgeous little gold embossed bag. As my friend Amanda says, presentation is everything, and Kimberly really, really impressed me! Her polishes are $8.50 each and I'd pay more than that for beauties like Scuttle.

Here he is, for comparison:

Please tell me you've seen The Little Mermaid. Don't make me sing to you. 

Under the seeaaaaaa.....

<3

ALIENS!

Helllooooo! Last Sunday my family hosted an Alien movie marathon. Not those lame alien movies, either- the legit Sigourney Weaver Alien quadrilogy. (Don't I sound smart? The dudes at our local Nerds R Us store taught me that word)

SO, here's a picture of the alien who noms on pretty much everyone for four glorious movies.

pretty, ain't she?

and here's Ellen Ripley (Sig Weav. I love her.)

BADASS

So naturally I needed alien nails for the occasion. Of course my aliens turned out much scarier than the ones from the movies, so beware...

AHHHH. FRIGHTENING TINY GREEN TEDDY BEARS.

So, the alien attempt kinda failed. But I did like the shooting star and the tiny Mars. Pinky is supposed to be the deep, dark space Ripley floated through before crash landing... ah, you just need to watch the movies.

Base: Wet n Wild Black Creme

Index: Sally Hansen Golden-I and Celeb City, striper brush

Middle: Stars- China Glaze OMG. Dots- Sinful Colors Snow Me White. Mars- China Glaze Papaya Punch with Zoya Tanzy on top. Top coat- China Glaze Fairy Dust.

Ring: Alien- Base of Snow Me White for opacity andEssie Pretty Edgy on top. 

Pinky: ChG Fairy Dust

What do you think? Isn't he a cute teddy-alien? :)

Have a wonderful day!