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No-Miss South Beach Red

We have been enjoying some sunny weather this week in Portland. I recently picked-up No-Miss South Beach Red on a trip to New Seasons. I think this warm summery red would be the perfect shade to...

May 3, 2013 Like

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My First Gradient

I have been loving all of the fun gradient manicures I have been seeing on other beauty blogs, so I grabbed some make-up sponges and decided to give it a shot. I was thinking of a Cartier rolling...

Jun 12, 2012 Like

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Milani Orchidia

I guess I really underestimated how much moving could knock me out of my groove. Mostly in a good way, but it has left me a bit disoriented. It has also taken more energy than I had anticipated...

May 25, 2012 Like

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PwP Moved to Portland

Wow, it feels like it has been forever since my last blog post! Well I’m not dead and haven’t lost interest in blogging. My husband got a new job, and we moved to Portland, OR. The past month has...

May 4, 2012 Like

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China Glaze Harvest Moon

Harvest Moon is another polish from China Glaze’s Hunger Games collection. It is also another not typically “me” polish that I am enjoying. It is a golden carmel brown shimmer/foil and it is...

Apr 7, 2012 Like

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It seems that I might be the only person who hasn’t read the Hunger Games books, or seen the movie. I wasn’t able to ignore the polish though! I just had to grab several polishes from China Glaze’s...

Mar 31, 2012 Like

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Butter London Disco Biscuit

I am always learning new slang terms from Butter London. In the 1970s a Disco Buscuit was a quaalude, but more recently it describes an ecstasy tablet. There you go – word of the day! I bought...

Mar 21, 2012 Like

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Zoya Bevin

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This week I have a final project and final project papers due, but I still wanted to do a green mani to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. I just picked-up Zoya’s Bevin at Whole...

Mar 18, 2012 Like

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Ozotic 533

I have more holo goodness today Ozotic 533 is a “mishmash” polish that is both duochrome and holographic! This polish is pretty sheer, so I layered it over Nails Inc. Fashion’s Night Out. The color...

Mar 6, 2012 Like

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My First Franken!

I have long admired the frankens I have seen posted by other beauty bloggers. Making your own polish colors? How cool is that?!?! I have been meaning to try it for a while, and I finally decided to...

Mar 2, 2012 Like

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Glitter Gal 10 to Midnight

Ahhh, I love holo polish! Glitter Gal’s 10 to Midnight is a dark grey linear holo polish. It’s a great color, and the holo is visible in most lights which is a big plus. The bottles may be small,...

Feb 25, 2012 Like

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Coping with Cancer through Nail Polish

Today I am sharing an article written by a guest blogger, Jackie Clark of the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance. She shares with us how feeling beautiful can help a woman cope with cancer. Feeling...

Feb 21, 2012 Like

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Butter London Knackered

Knackered, extremely tired or a horse that is no longer able to work being rendered into glue or dog food, is a lovely polish. It looks like neither of those things to me. You can be assured that I...

Feb 9, 2012 Like

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PDX Polish

My husband and I just got back from a week in Portland, OR. We had a blast. We enjoyed hours of walking around and exploring the beautiful city. The vegetarian/vegan food and craft beer there is...

Feb 3, 2012 Like

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piCture pOlish hypnotic

Ahhh, flakie glitter. Fun! I think it looks like magic fish food, although my brother who works with fish disagrees. Regardless, with its green, orange and blue duochrome glitter flakes this is...

Jan 26, 2012 Like

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Badly Behaved Nails :-(

Or clumsy me! Generally my nails are pretty well behaved. I try to take decent care of them, and they don’t give me too much trouble. However, since Christmas my nails and I have not been getting...

Jan 23, 2012 Like

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Ozotic 513

Ozotic 513 is a grape purple polish with crazy, awesome linear holo! At $18 a bottle this polish is pricy, but it does pack a sparkly punch! My husband got me several Ozotic polishes for Christmas....

Jan 11, 2012 Like

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Nails Inc Fashion’s Night Out

Fashion’s Night Out is a fabulous blue-grey metallic. It looks like a silvery gunmetal with a touch of blue in the bottle, but once on the nail the blue really comes out to play. This is a really...

Jan 4, 2012 Like

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Orly Androgynie

Androgynie is from Orly’s Holiday Soireé collection. The combination of the sheer black base and the gold and multi-colored glitter make me think of New Year’s Eve. This is a fun color, and I got a...

Dec 30, 2011 Like

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Christmas Stuff

This year for Christmas my husband gave me a number of goodies from my wish list, but he also surprised me with some fun nail stuff. I recently organized my nail polish and labeled items that were...

Dec 26, 2011 Like

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Color Club Lumin-Icecent and Sugar Plum Yum

Recently I tried to rescue a bad manicure by applying a glitter polish on top. Maybe I was just in a bad mood that day, but even with the addition of Color Club’s Sugar Plum Yum I still hated it....

Dec 21, 2011 Like

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Zoya Izzy

Izzy is a deep pink shimmer from Zoya’s holiday Gems & Jewels collection. It is such a happy, festive color. Looking at it on my nails really brought a smile to my face. Since I seem to have been...

Dec 16, 2011 Like

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Butter London Knees Up

On Wednesday evening my husband and I had planned to go to Whole Foods and get an eco-friendly Christmas Tree. Of course getting the tree calls for a classic holiday red! Knees Up is apparently...

Dec 9, 2011 Like

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Piggy Polish Moonlight & Mistletoe

Moonlight & Mistletoe is a plum with pink and blue shimmer. In the bottle the blue shimmer showed much more than the pink and the polish appeared to be duochrome. On the nail the blue and pink look...

Dec 5, 2011 Like

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Color Club Nouveau Vintage

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love the theme of the year’s harvest and being thankful. I also love all of the amazing, yummy food!! Tofurky, mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy, and...

Nov 28, 2011 Like

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Color Club Foil Me Once with Sugar Plum Fairy and Candy Cane

Foil Me Once is a pretty color, and after wearing it around a bit I decided to freshen it up with a glitter top coat. Although it is still a total PITA to remove (I do hold remover soaked cotton...

Nov 21, 2011 Like

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Color Club Foil Me Once

Foil Me Once is a cool toned, silvery pink foil that looks lilac in some lights. It is from Color Club’s new Foiled collection. I got the whole collection, but decided to try this one first. It is...

Nov 15, 2011 Like

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Urban Decay Ziggy

Ziggy is a very sparkly gold and blue glitter polish from Urban Decay’s holiday kit. Although it is probably dense enough to stand on its own, I decided to use it as a top coat over other colors. I...

Nov 9, 2011 Like

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Urban Decay Hot Mess

Hot Mess is a deep pink glass fleck polish from Urban Decay’s 2011 holiday set (a set of 6 mini polishes retailing for $28). It has great sparkle! My camera was a bit overwhelmed by the combination...

Nov 8, 2011 Like

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No-Miss South Beach Red

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China Glaze Harvest Moon

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Butter London Disco Biscuit

Zoya Bevin

Ozotic 533

My First Franken!

Glitter Gal 10 to Midnight

Coping with Cancer through Nail Polish

Butter London Knackered

PDX Polish

piCture pOlish hypnotic

Badly Behaved Nails :-(

Ozotic 513

Nails Inc Fashion’s Night Out

Orly Androgynie

Christmas Stuff

Color Club Lumin-Icecent and Sugar Plum Yum

Zoya Izzy

Butter London Knees Up

Piggy Polish Moonlight & Mistletoe

Color Club Nouveau Vintage

Color Club Foil Me Once with Sugar Plum Fairy and Candy Cane

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