Press Sample   Well, hi blog. I missed you. This has just been a whirlwind of a two months. In my doctoral studies, I have a set of milestones I need to hit and well, it is my life right now. I had family visiting for ten days too. Plus life. I have actually been out multiple nights a week (not only weekends) so life is sooo hectic. I was one of two people honored last week for the work I do at my university and it was celebrated with a lovely event at night. In addition, I went to the NY Botanical Garden Orchid Show, a Mets game, a symphony, plus classes at night all last week. So all th ..read more

 Press Sample Hello everyone and welcome to April. I have April's Polish Pickup which I am assuming is based on video games. This is a perfectly spring color in an awesome finish, so let's get straight to it as this polish is available this Friday! KBShimmer Citrus Explosion Hand & Body Scrub - $10 – No Cap Inspired by those energizing drinks, Citrus Explosion Hand & Body Scrub is a dazzling medley of oranges, limes, lemons, and grapefruit.  A hint of sweetness with bursts of tart notes mimics freshly zested citrus for a bright and summery fresh scent.  A creamy base ..read more

Press Sample OK so this look was originally supposed to be for St. Patrick’s Day but I didn’t do it until St. Patrick’s Day. As I mentioned, I broke my nail on March 3 and then as I was letting it grow. I got really sick on March 11. So I only finally just did my nails for real on March 17. Such a mess. So my brain was thinking this was like an abstract rainbow in the sky look. After it rains, you see those prismatic glares in puddles, so that is what I was thinking. I used colors from the KBShimmer Sea-ing is Believing collection: Base: KBShimmer What a Pearl Wants Blue: KBShimmer Curr ..read more

 Press Sample Sorry for my disappearance but I wanted to hop on and give a little update. First, I had a massive break on March 3. I had the next three nail arts lined up but the break was so low, my nails could not be shaped nicely. So I took time to wear some gorgeous polishes on their own! Then, March 11, a slight tickle came and boom, sick AGAIN. I have never been so sick so much in my life. So nails 100% took a back seat and so did my blog. As I write this, I am still very sick and...in finals. Yup, I have so much coursework. So I started my semester sick and am ending the semester s ..read more

Press Sample At least for me, spring break is around the corner. That also means I’m halfway through my hardest semester of my degree, phew. I have the KBShimmer spring collection because my time is so limited I swatch this when I could which means no sun or outdoor pictures. The weekend I watched it we had our second snowstorm in one week so the ground is covered. Of course I am doing a spring collection when there’s snow on the ground but it just reminds us that spring is not too far away let’s get to the collection.   Dressed to Krill: 3 coats. “a vibrant shifting fuchsia nail poli ..read more

 Press Sample I only get to post on this day once every four years, so I threw together a nail art I have been wanting to do for so long. There are so many iterations of this type of abstract nail art on Pinterest that I am not really sure who to cite as the inspiration. You have seen me do abstract blobs and dots before on this blog and now I have added some leaves and squiggles.        You would think an abstract art like this would be quick, but this actually took a while because I thought a little too hard about where I wanted to place each blob of color and whi ..read more

 Press Sample Hello everyone. Today is a super random art. I was going through blog posts looking for a particular color and came upon this mauve Morgan Taylor. I immediately knew I wanted to wear it but then Valentine’s Day came up so I sort of put it on the backside for some brighter pinks. Well, now, after multiple snowstorms in one week, I’m here for the darker pink. So when I have nail art ideas, I will test it out on my nail mat and then leave them there until I do them. When I tested this, I used my favorite striping brush which I have since misplaced ?. So my lines were thicker ..read more

Press Sample Reflectives are here to stay and I do not mind that when they are colors I do not have! As usual, I have no idea what the theme is and that is okay, because I was never one to purchase polishes based off of themes (maybe only back in 2012 with certain indies LOL but not anymore). So this is a gorgeous color, so let's check it out.   KBShimmer Chocolate Hand & Body Scrub - $10 – No Cap Sleepovers were a chance to be a bit wild. We would stay up all night while filling up on chocolate and junk food as empty soda cans quickly littered the room. Brave ones might have turne ..read more

Zoya took January off from their color of the month but they are back for February. And a little browsing shows the Amaris (November) and Vienna (December) are still on the web site!       “A perfectly balanced, dynamic red, infused with both micro and macro glitters, creating a magical gemstone as it dances between cool and warm tones, ensuring it flatters everyone. With just two coats, LOVE transforms your nails into the ultimate Valentine's Day accessory.” Love comes with ZOYA's signature ZWide brush inside.   Love: 2 coats plus top coat then matte. This is definitely ..read more

Press Sample Happy Valentine's Day!!! ??? I am dressed in a red dress with my "Valentine's Day" shoes with are pink and red glitter with a giant Cupid's heart on them! Of course, I needed festive nails too so this is what I currently have on!   For Valentine’s Day, I knew I wanted to do something with hearts and a gradient. I have not been doing that much stamping lately, so I decided originally to do a gradient base and stamp white hearts. Then last minute I decided why not gradient the stamp and so that is what I did. Plus, doing the gradient stamp is so much faster than the gradient ..read more