Nail Polish Jewelry, Mermaids Tears and a New Job. Oh, My!

Yeah, okay I know the title is cheesy but I'm pretty excited that I got a new job after being unemployed for so long. I start next Tuesday and it's a life changing kind of job...let's just say that I have never made as much as I will be making vary soon and I couldn't be happier about it. So don't be surprised if there are more nail polish hauls in future posts. And in celebration of getting hired to my new job I bought a little celebration gift for myself on Ebay. A certain OPI Polish called Mermaids Tears that I have been wanting for quite some time. It should come next week, so I'm sure there will be a post about that when it gets here. I have also been meddling in nail polish jewelry. I bought some cabochons and have been playing with making some nail polish jewelry. I still have to buy the settings and what not but right now they are just pretty stones. Want to see? I thought that might be the case. Here's what I have been up to.

All of them so far

 1/2 the collection

Second half of the collection

 Closeup #1. I love the black and red one 

Closeup #2. I am in love with the orange glitter one. 

Closeup #3. The red and gold one is so much prettier in real life

Closeup #4. I love the ones with flakie polish and of course the one with stars

So that's what I have been up to this week. Playing with polish figuring out which colors work for making jewelry and which ones don't. I can also see a lot of nail art related possibilities as far as designs for future pieces that will be made into jewelry. Especially after how the stone with the stars turned out...that one will definitely end up as a ring in the future. I used a lot of different colors and brands if you ladies want to know which polish was used on a specific stone leave me a comment below with at least a vague idea of which stone you are talking about and I will tell you what I used. And who knows some day they may end up for sale or something or as a giveaway or whatever. Which of the stones do you guys like the best? I think the glitters are my favorites they will make nice rings. Any way that's all I have for my post today. As always stay classy and stay polished. XOXO

Quick 4th of July Manicure

I just wanted to quickly upload a picture of my 4th of July mani. It's a taping mani in red and blue glitter. I had to redo the red nails 3 times and I am still not happy with how the stripes turned out...probably something I will have to practice more on...I never was good at drawing a straight line. Crooked lines are so much more interesting anyway. Or at least that's what I tell myself so I feel better about my inability to paint straight lines. XD

I used China Glaze Ruby Slippers, White on White, and Dorthy Who?

Buy them here: China Glaze Nail Lacquer

Happy 4th of July everyone. Have a safe and fun holiday. What do you ladies have on your nails for Independence Day? Let me know in comments below. As always stay classy and stay polished. XOXO

Mini Sally Beauty Supply Haul

This is going to be a short little post for today. I had a Sally Beauty Supply gift card that I got for graduation and a coupon for 15% off so I decided to go pick up some new polish. I was so excited to see that they had received the newest China Glaze collection "On Safari" and decided to pick a couple of them up. Not as many as I thought I wanted...that's a long(ish) story...I wanted several of them...until I saw them in person. For example I really wanted Jungle Queen but once I saw it in person I was like "meh..." it looked really bad next to my pale skin but if you are not among the tan-challenged (I'm white as a ghost over here) it might look better on you.  But I did pick up three from that line.

Here's a pic of my mini haul

From Left to Right: Orly Spazmatic, (Next 3 all China Glaze) Man Hunt, Kalahari Kiss, Desert Sun and Diamond Dry Top Coat.

I wouldn't mind getting the two glitters from the "On Safari" line (maybe if they end up on clearance) but at full price they look way to similar to the glitters I already own...and I own a lot of glitter polish. I think my inner Valkyrie is showing (You have to read Kresley Cole to get that). I also picked up a Diamond Dry top coat as it was free with purchase of any two China Glaze nail polishes. Then I decided that I also had to have this Orly Polish it's called Spazmatic and it is the prettiest teal hexagonal glitter. I think I'm in love with this glitter. The best part of this haul is that after my coupon and my $15 gift card it only cost me $2.99. How awesome is that?

Do you ladies want swatches? Let me know with comments below. As always, stay classy and stay polished. XOXO