Gosh Holographic: Revisited

If you remember this post, you will recall me ranting and raving about how great this polish was. But after wearing it for less than 24 hours, it looked ragged! So, for as much as I paid for it (shipped from Great Britain & took over a month), it's been sitting on the shelf ever since...

I've been on a quest for months almost 2 years trying to find a product that would make this polish much easier to apply. A google search landed me on eBay buying the Gosh Fix Base Coat 565 last year. It is supposed to help with application and give you better coverage. Nevertheless, I let the base coat and the polish sit on the shelf again for months. 

I decided to try them out today, what the heck, might as well. Ladies, let me tell you, this base coat is awesome, it worked perfectly!!

This looks sooo much better!! Look at that rainbow!! HOLLA-GRAM!!! 

I think I paid $10 for this base coat on eBay, which is a far cry from the price I paid for the Holographic 549! Don't you just love it?! Thanks for reading!!

Fan Brush Nail Art

Just a quick post on my first attempt at this nail art trend...

What I used:

Julie G "Bikini"

I.C.E "Bikini Green"

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear "Violet Dymanique"

Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

e.l.f Fan Brush

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Another Nail Polish Shelf...

Wow! It's been well over a month since my last post. I have lots of drafts pending, but I never get around to actually publishing them. But, I had to post this one. 

I made another shelf!! See the original post, including the "how to" video here. I needed a 2nd one so bad! But now I realize I need a 3rd one! The same day I hung 2nd one, I bought 3 more polishes, and have bought a total of 9 more since then!! And let me tell you, I love them all!!I love sitting here and coming up with ideas, and searching the web and Instagram to be inspired by others. It's the best hobby. Really it is. No really. It is. Now some of you hard core lacquer heads might be saying "haha she got a small time collection", and I do compared to some I've seen. Some of you have them logged in your computer & saved by brand & name...whoa.

I haven't counted my polishes in a while, don't know if I want to, but for the sake of some young lady really wants to make this shelf & wants to know how many bottles the shelves will hold...here we go...

The shelf on the left, which houses mainly OPI, China Glaze, Zoya & Sally Hansen, currently has 192 bottles on it.

The shelf on the right, which houses my Sinful Colors, Wet n Wild, Orly, KleanColor, etc. etc. currently holds 211 bottles. A bulk of the bottles on this shelf are skinny & compact, like Milani, Ruby Kisses & some of my indie polishes. So the smaller/thinner the bottle, the more bottles u can get on a shelf!

So ok...that means I currently have 431 bottles of nail polish. This is both shelves plus the bottles that would not fit on the shelves & the brand new bottles! Wow...how fun!!

Let me know if you make one. Again here is the link for the what you'll need, and my YouTube video.  

Thanks for reading!!

Zoya Free Nail Polish Promotion

Did you get your free Zoya polish this month?

I chose the polishes above, plus I bought one. Below is how they actually look on my nails.

Blu. Very pale. Can't wait to paint my toes with this one!

Midori. Applied so smooth. Will be trying this one with glitter next!

Kiki. I wish the sparkle factor would show up a little better. It's beautiful.

Aurora. O.M.G. Amazing! So in love with this one!!

BONUS: My President was re-inaugurated last week...on MLK day! Another Epic day for the history books! I wore these nails last Monday..

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Quilted Nails

I never knew this technique existed until now! It is amazing!!

This idea originated on the beautiful nails of The Polishaholic and was inspired by a cellphone case. She added bling to each crossroad for detail. I decided that since I wear gloves all day at work, the bling would be a bit much for everyday wear. 

I used Wet n Wild "I Need A Refresh-Mint" and I did not use a topcoat for fear that the "quilting" may disappear. Here is a quick photo of how I used nail striping tape to achieve the effect...

Check out the original tutorial here. Hope you guys try these...let me know if you do!!

Thanks for reading!!

My Favorite Manis of 2012 (pic heavy post)

Happy New Year!!!

Just wanted to stop by and show you some of my favorite manis from throughout the year...

My top 12 in 2012...

Galaxy Nails

Fruit

Pastel Leopard

Polka Dots with a Twist

Breast Cancer Awareness

Fish Net French Tip

Pink & Black Zebra Dots

Snowman/Snowflakes

Rainbow Shatter

Green Ombre Polka Dots

Interlocking Dots

Pink Friday Leopard Print

The last 2 are my "Honorable Mention Manis". I couldn't leave these off of my Favorites List!!

2 Chainz!!

 Rihanna Music Video Inspired

I had so much fun this year buying and swatching nail polish. Can't wait to break into some of the new 2013 collections that have been sneaking around all the blogs...See you next year!!

 Thanks for reading!!

Christmas Nail Art Challenge on Instagram

I just love doing these nail art challenges...thought I would share some of my entries...here is the challenge photo...

December 1: Snowmen/Snowflakes

December 2: GingerBread Man

December 5,9: Red, White & Green/Christmas Lights

December 5,12: Red, White & Green/Elves

December 14: Candy Canes

December 16: Reindeer

I don't know how I missed the Ugly Christmas Sweater nails day. Maybe I just misread the list. Oh well, one less ugly Christmas sweater never hurt anyone! Stayed tuned for the rest of the this nail art challenge!!

Thanks for reading!!

October "Nail Photo A Day" (part 2)

It's TopCoat Tuesday!!

As I promised, here is the other half of my October nail photos. I must say, this was fun! As a reminder, here are the nail design challenges for each day...

On the 2nd half of this month, I have to say the most challenging days were 21 and 26. Drawing the puzzle pieces took soooo much time! And I re-did the Dreamcatcher about 6 times because it just didn't look right to me...still doesn't.

I really enjoyed days 23, 25 and 31. As you can see, I did about 4 different accent nails for day 23. Day 25 was an idea i got from Ericka over at Chloe's Nails. She did an awesome job, and mine look great too! And day 31...oh my goodness!! Soooo much fun!! I got this idea from a blogger too but I can't remember which one (sorry). I hope you enjoyed all of my October manis. I had a blast doing them!
Thanks for reading!!

"October Nail Photo A Day" on Instagram

It's Top Coat Tuesday!!!

I've been posting on Instagram, but not on my blog...gotta do better (*sighs*)

However, I am doing one of the monthly photo-a-day challenges hosted by many of the talented ladies on IG. The one shown in the photo below is hosted by @ANailGeek. 

I think this one is a bit more challenging and fun than the last two (August & September). I really enjoyed days 3, 8 and 11, and could not stand day 15, ugh!!

I've made it over half way through!! Some of the days to come will be very interesting to try, for instance days 18 and 26. It's really fun...it brings out my creative side and allows me to use a lot of my 'untrieds'.

If you're interested in seeing my future daily posts, follow me @missthompson. And if you're on IG, let me know, so I can check out some of your beautiful pics too!

Thanks for reading!!

Random Thursday: To All Nail Polish Lovers

Good Morning!!

Just wanted to let the "nail polish" blogger community know that I am working on something really huge! (for me anyways)...
Something that hopefully will inspire you guys to "try" it, love it, want it, buy it!! and also hopefully increase traffic on my blog, Etsy, twitter and instagram accounts!!
I've been thinking about it for a while, and working on it for a minute. I hope you will like...
Sorry for the sparse info, but I don't want to jinx myself. More details within the next few days...
Thanks!!