Elle Polish and a Mish Mash of Nail Art!

Hi kittens, hope you're all having a fantabulous day!  I'm getting ready to film a haul video (with a little surprise ending) and clean my house.  Very very exciting I know!  The life of a beauty blogger/Youtuber....

So I got a few new polishes at Kohl's the other day.  They recently started carrying the Elle line of polishes and I must say, I am highly impressed!  I have about 6 of them and the formula on them all is quite amazing, not to mention some really beautiful color selections!

I knew I wanted to try this cornflower blue beauty as soon as I got her home....of course I had to add some Essie and a bit of nail art for you little nail freaks....

Ah yes, a typical mama smacker!  This turned out WAAAY better than I had pictured it in my head!  

I used Elle Ship Shape, Essie Off the Shoulder, a bit of Essie Blanc and INM Northern Lights. 

My middle finger is definitely my favorite of the bunch!  And it was quite easy to do....I used a base of Off the Shoulder, then put down some striping tape in rows, and topped it with 1 coat of Ship Shape.  

My ring finger is a "cloud mani" and on my thumb we have some simple dots that I did with a medium sized dotting tool.  Everything got a good coating of Seche Vite, which I'm sure you all know I would sell my first born for!  Tutorials for all of these looks are on my YouTube page if anyone is interested!

Have you guys tried any of these Elle polishes?  They can be found at Kohl's and let me tell you what....they are certainly worth taking a look at!  They wear great with very little chipping, even after a few days!  And there are some really gorgeous colors to choose from!

Happy mama smacking, I mean polishing, my loves!!

Flower Nail Art and My New Favorite Pink Polish!

Hi my loves...what a crappy day I am having.  Ever have one of those days where nothing seems to go right? Well, that's today for me!  Just got done fighting with the insurance company.  I do feel a bit better after telling some really intelligent gentleman off (can you smell the sarcasm) and calling him a turd face.  Yep, first thing that came to my mind....turd face...what can I say, I'm super mature!

Anywhoo...I did some nail art last night and am very excited to share it with you all.  I am very pleased with how it turned out.  I realized that I hadn't done my trademark flowers in a hot minute so I got my self together and this is what I came up with....

Slap your mama and call her Fannie....first that came to mind, don't judge me people.

I loved this design so much I even did it on ma toes.  I won't show you a picture, trust me you will thank me.  My toes do NOT need to be front and center on anyone's computer!

I used a new polish for this little diddy....Elle Pink about It.  I picked it up from Kohl's and it may very well be my new favorite pink polish!  Formula is amaze balls.  It reminds me of Essie Boom Boom Room but *gasp* better.  It applied like buttah and the color is so opaque and beautiful! I used 2 coats for the pics above.

I also used Essie Licorice, Essie Blanc, and China Glaze Glistening Snow. My bottle of Glistening Snow (from the 2012 Holiday Joy Collection) is quite low which equals extreme sadness because this glitter is so good!  Full coverage and shimma shimma to beat the band!  I usually end up with visions of someone's mama being taken down by an enormous life size boxing glove every time I wear it!

If you're interested in the dots or the flowers, I have tutorials for both on my YouTube Channel.  Hopefully I will have updated one's up soon with my HD fanciness that I gots goin on right now (yo).

I hope you muffins are all having a fantabulous day! Crossing my fingers that my day gets better and I don't have to give anymore verbal beat downs to well deserving idiots.

Love you guys!!

Happy Polishing friendships!

Jelly Sammich

Quick post today....going shopping with the mother in law, eeek.  If I don't respond to tweets or instagram comments, please call authorities, she may have offed me.  Hehe, ok she's not THAT bad, wait yes she is.  Anywhoo, I will try to post again later since this is going to be short and sweet.


So today we have a little jelly sammy. For those of you who don't know a jelly sandy is a jelly base, a glitter center and jelly to top it all off.  I, for one, am not a fan of the jelly sandy. (how many words can I possibly use before using the actual term sandwich?).  But this one I actually like! There's a first time for everything I guess.  Ok, the nails the nails, I'm getting there.....

I used Elle In a Fog for my base.  It is a light gray jelly that indeed does remind me of fog.  The glitter is Essie Stroke of Brilliance.  Let me tell you, the name fits the polish.  The color on this is so unique.  It's not a navy, it's not a light blue, it's just gorgeous. It's from their Chrome Collection.  And the topper, of course, is In a Fog. 

Hope you guys enjoyed.  Sorry for the short post.  I will try my best to get on later and do another post, or at least get my water marble tutorial up I have been working on for days.  

One last thing....yesterday I got a message from a friend I haven't seen in a long time....she told me that she when she wakes up and doesn't have a new post email in her box from me she actually get upset.  This was the sweetest and most inspiring thing I have heard since I started blogging. Something like that makes all the negative comments from the naysayers worth it, doesn't it?  I keep thinking about what she said and how, maybe I am making just a little tiny bit of difference in this huge online nail blogging community.  It gave me even more drive to continue on and do the best nails that I possibly can!  So thank you Brittany, here's your post and I will continue to do what I do to try to bring joy into people's lives! 

Happy Polishing friends!!