Glam Fiend

IWIA 7 Galactic nails

2019-11-17T13:42:00.002-08:00

I’ve been forgetting to post! I have been dipping now for a couple months and am feeling like I’ve grasped it pretty well. It’s not too hard. I tend to press my nail down into the dip for the most part. Here’s my current mani. My thumb, pointer, and pinky have Sparkle & Co IWIA 7 Morning, Moon, and Night. My middle and ring finger have C&J’s Dip Powder Rhea. I topped off my middle finger with Sparkle & Co Galactic Episode.

Blog coming back to life!!

2019-08-08T18:28:00.001-07:00

It has been years since I’ve logged in and posted anything. Those that used to read it, well I’m sorry. I’m on a new journey and have decided to blog again. Could be good or not so much. I’ve decided to venture into the world of nail dips. I just got my first order delivered today and will be trying them out this weekend. I’m hoping I can make a few of my own colors too. Let’s just see how it goes. Right now I’m sporting some regular nail polish with stamping. It looks quite grunge to me... love plaid!

Will be slowly returning

2015-07-06T11:59:00.003-07:00

So I have a new job working at a school district. I love it! It is so much better than the casino. I feel like I make a difference which has been picking me up outta the funk I've been in. I have to find my camera and charge it up. Look for something in the next few days.

Long time, right?

2014-11-07T18:19:00.004-08:00

Well I have been working on myself and am getting better. I'm on a new medication that is really helping with my fibromyalgia pain though that's not why I was prescribed it. I haven't been painting my nails very often and my cuticle suck right now but I am thinking about picking up where I left off soon. Yesterday, the nail on my pointer finger on my left hand broke and look/feels awful. Here is a pic of the nail right now. Hopefully next week it will be a bit better so I can blog here and there. I also have to get my good camera out since this is from my iPhone 6 and the coloring looks a bit off.

Iridescent Lilac Frenchy

2014-06-22T00:25:00.001-07:00

So I have had a couple nice manis the last week but have failed to take pics. I actually packed up my camera and charger when starting my bedroom reorganization. I started that a couple months ago and it barely started and then I lost motivation... kinda like I did with this blog. Now I am planning on starting it up again and will make sure to get my camera ready to go again. So for now, iPhone pics will have to do.

So here is a look I haven't worn in forever. I happened to stumble upon one of the polishes I made last year and thought I would use it while my nails aren't too stained for it to look bad. I call it Iridescent Lilac. It is a light purple jelly with iridescent glitter and shimmer. I love it! I especially love the iridescent squares. You can see them best on my middle finger. I used three coats so you know how light of a color it really is.

I used my Orly white striper for the tips. I only had to fix one nail and it was on my other hand. I am so proud of myself for that!

Literary Lacquers Ether Binge = Summer!

2014-06-11T03:15:00.002-07:00

Here is the start of my return. I am feeling better and starting to want to blog again. So I am starting it all off with a new polish I received about a week ago. It is such a pretty color in and out of the sun!

So I used two coats of Literary Lacquers Ether Binge.

And in the shade...

You can see some flaky goodness here. I absolutely love this polish!

I think it is a good summer color because aqua always reminds me of the beach. This polish wore well for a couple of days too.

I purchased this polish here...
https://www.etsy.com/listing/184001386/ether-binge-full-size-holographic-nail?ref=shop_home_active_22

Hello friends!

2014-05-16T22:29:00.004-07:00

I know I kinda went MIA without much notice. I have had to deal with my own things and haven't had the desire to even paint my nails but every 3 - 4 days. I think I will come back to this soon but for now, I am on a brief hiatus. I am starting to think about painting my nails more often and blogging so I am getting there. Next time I post, I will be showing off some nail art!

Her Briar Rose Wood Gradient

2014-04-15T17:33:00.001-07:00

I did this mani three weeks ago and just posting it. Sorry about that! I have really lost my love for blogging. I am leisurely posting now to see how it goes. I don't want to stop all together but I need some time. I have been struggling lately with my fibromyalgia and also re-injured my left wrist while at work. Yesterday, I went to see a therapist for the first time and she has managed to make me feel very depressed again. She said I will never find myself in a relationship because I don't have anything to offer. I told her that is how I feel but I don't think she is supposed to agree! Now I just feel like a worthless, fat, ugly loser. I have cried a few times since then. I wish I could hide in my room. I wish I could just be happy. Anyways, sorry about all of that. Back to the purpose of my blog...

I started off with two coats of A-England Her Rose Adagio.

I sponged A-England Briar Rose in the middle section of my nails.

I sponged the top part of my nails with A-England Briarwood.

This mani definitely looked amazing in

My Nail Polish Cubby is Almost Done!

2014-04-04T18:35:00.000-07:00

Here is what my nail polish cubby looks like so far. It is almost done!

KKCenterHK Flower Nail Foil Review and Discount Code

2014-04-04T18:28:00.002-07:00

I was sent some stuff to review by KKCenterHK and am reviewing a cool flower nail foil. The nail foil is N.Nail Lovely Flower Sea Nail Foil Transfer. It has a clear background to it so you can put any color on underneath and it will show through. I wanted to show off the foil and thought it would look nice over a nude base.

I used three coats of Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Petty Beige for the underneath color.

I had absolutely no issues applying the foils. It stuck to the glue and peeled perfectly! I topped it off with a coat a clear nail polish.

Isn't the foil cool? I should have used a different color than a nude one. I thought about doing a gradient but changed my mind. I bet a dark color would be amazing! I have a lot left to play with later on down the road.

Here is the link to the Flower Foil...

http://www.kkcenterhk.com/Nail-Foil-Transfer/c214/p10920/N.NAIL-Lovely-Flower-Sea-Nail-Foil-Transfer/product_info.html

Static Hearts

2014-03-27T22:30:00.003-07:00

A couple days ago I bought three new Salon Perfect polishes. Well since I have been using untrieds so far this month, I decided to keep it going. I wanted to do something cute and fun. This is what I came up with.

I used three coats of Salon Perfect Touchy Feely. Technically, it is a top coat but I thought it would be really cool as a base and I was right.

I used my blue painters tape, heart hole punch, and China Glaze Unrefined for the hearts. I just painted them on though I did think hard about using a makeup sponge.

I was going for a cute, girly punk look. What do you think? Did I succeed?

NCC Untrieds #4 - Milky Way Flower

2014-03-26T21:20:00.000-07:00

Well I am turning into a bad blogger since it has been over a week since my last post. So much for the New Year's resolution! Oh well. I have been dealing with a change in meds and setting up my own little nail polish cubby. I'll post pics once it is all done. I am excited to get it done! I am in dire need of some real organization of my 1000+ polishes. So, I have my last untrieds mani for my challenge this month.

I started with three coats of Orly Milky Way.

I created a ruffian on my ring finger using China Glaze Sea Spray. It matches the blue in Milky Way perfectly don't you think? Then I added a cute flower using CHina Glaze Mimosa's Before Mani's and a dot of Butter London Diamond Geezer.

The only polish I've used out of these was the Butter London Diamond Geezer. I figured a dot wouldn't cause too much of a stink.

An InLinkz Link-up

NCC Untrieds #3 - Too Dimensional?

2014-03-18T18:22:00.002-07:00

So I had bought three L'Oreal polishes from the Gold Dust collection a couple months ago and left them in a bag. I have been setting up a little nail polish cubby and found them. I had forgotten how pretty and sparkly they looked in the bottle. Too Dimensional? has a blurple base with a gold dust shimmer and blue/silver glitters mixed in.

I used two coats of L'Oreal Too Dimensional? I didn't realize it was a textured polish until it was dry. I had even painted a coat of Out The Door topcoat. I can't stop laughing at the fact I didn't know. Guess I've been somewhat outta the loop these days.

I used a new Wistonia plate W206 and Sally Hansen Blue Sapphire Chrome polish for the stamp on my ring finger. I really wanted the Too Dimensional? to show better but it still looks cool.

An InLinkz Link-up

NCC Untrieds #2 - Lux Bow Bling

2014-03-16T11:27:00.000-07:00

I finally am trying out one of my new Zoya PixieDust polishes. This is Lux which is a light rose holo glitter textured polish. I guess you probably already knew that from the picture. I am also trying out a new nail bling bow and some rhinestones.

I used two coats of Zoya Lux. I really love it! It is super sparkly but not easily seen in my pics.

I was so happy with how well the bow and rhinestones stayed on.

An InLinkz Link-up

NCC Untrieds #1 - Intergalactic Space

2014-03-11T23:19:00.000-07:00

Well my first untried polish mani is a boring one. I am using Orly Intergalactic Space. It looks like a dark grey jelly with blue shimmer along with copper and fuchsia hex glitters. There are also white dot glitter in it. I had high hopes for this polish. It just looked as if it would be amazing. I do like it much better in person. It does have sparkle to it. I think it's one of those polishes that don't photograph well... or it's just my not great camera skills.

I used two coats for this mani. I wish more of the dots came up in the polish. I didn't go digging for them since there doesn't seem to be much in there.

An InLinkz Link-up

Absence

2014-03-09T11:12:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to let everyone know I'm ok. I have neglected my blog for over a week. I have been busy with work. I haven't even changed my nail polish in five days. Seems weird but I have been so tired that I just leave them alone. They still look good.

I am looking to actually organize my polishes better. I bought two different styles of polish racks that'll hold over 300. I also bought a small desk. I am making a small cubby in the house a polish station. I'll probably need more but I want to get these filled and set up first.

Anyways, I will get back to blogging in the next day or two. This month's theme for mt NCC group is all about using my untrieds. I have so many that I think I'm gonna dedicate the rest of the month with using my untried polishes. I have so many! I actually just bought 16 Sephora by OPI polishes from Big Lots for $1.80 a piece.

NCC Summer #4 - Turn'd Up Polka Dots

2014-02-28T23:01:00.001-08:00

Here is my last Summer mani for my NCC group. I got it posted just in time since it's the last day of the month. I went with yellow again. Seems a bit weird for me but I think I might have been "pinked" out from Valentines day.

I started it off with two coats of Cult Nails You're My Dandy Lion.

I used a couple of dotting tools to make dots. I tried making BIG dots and they look like dots but not perfectly round dots like I have seen.

I really like how these colors just pop. So bright and summery!

An InLinkz Link-up

NCC Summer #3 - Rosy's All Out Dare

2014-02-22T20:24:00.002-08:00

Look at me... third challenge done for the month. I feel like I have been way behind on the other months even though there was only one month I didn't complete. So I had no idea what to name this mani. It screams summer to me. I just received my Cult Nails order which had the super pretty yellow polish in it. I LOVE Cult Nails polishes.

I painted on a coat of Cult Nails All Out. It reminds me of a sunny day :) I used tape and China Glaze Bare If You Dare for the orange part. I used a dotting tool and China Glaze Life Is Rosy for the pink.

I really love the colors together. I actually had a hard time determining colors I was going to use for the tip area.

An InLinkz Link-up

NCC Summer #2 - On a Beach

2014-02-20T23:21:00.000-08:00

To me, nothing screams summer more than going to the beach. I just wish the beaches here in WA were warmer. I just need a vacation to Cali for some fun beach time in San Diego. I love visiting SD. I haven't been there in almost 7 years. Dang, that's a long time ago.

I started it all out with two coats of Cult Nails Tulum. Tulum is the polish in the picture. I painted one coat of Cult Nails Let Me Fly from about halfway to the tip. I grabbed a sponge and sponged on China Glaze Sea Spray which is exactly what it was used for.

I used four stamp plates and various stamping polishes for the stamped images. I used Wistonia W108 on my pointer and pinky fingers and a no name gold stamping polish to make shells. For my middle finger, I used Wistonia W106 crab image and Konad red polish. For my ring finger I used Cheeky Gals GA17 (it's hard to tell but there is a starfish there!) and a rusty orange Konad polish. My thumb has a green turtle that I stamped on using my SE21 plate and green Konad polish.

An InLinkz Link-up

NCC Summer #1 - Baring it in Phoenix

2014-02-18T12:24:00.000-08:00

Well now that Valentine's Day is over, it is time to get some of my NCC manis done. This month is about Summer. I have seen the sun a little bit recently but not much. We've had a nice snow storm, wind storm, and massive rain the last week and a half. Def not summer weather!

I started with two coats of China Glaze Bare If You Dare. I would imagine with a name like that it would be nude but it's not. It's pretty on its own but doesn't scream summer.

I thought adding a coat of Pretty & Polished Phoenix would give it just the extra it needed to be a summer mani. It reminds me of the sun which is nice and warm... pretty much the opposite of the weather outside right now.

An InLinkz Link-up

Love Hearts

2014-02-14T21:47:00.004-08:00

Today is Valentine's Day! Hope everyone has a great day although I know there are plenty out there that will be lonely. I am feeling a bit lonely and have to work the swing shift til midnight. That's how it goes sometimes. Well I have created a cute mani to go with my outfit. My cute top is a black mesh with white and pink hearts. It is very cute... have gotten a ton of compliments. Funny thing is I bought it at the Goodwill a couple weeks ago. I can't stand how expensive clothes are these days.

I painted on two coats of Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Palare which is the pink base.

I used my white Konad polish and BM-317 plate for the stamped white hearts. I used Cult Cosmetics and BM-426 for the LOVE letters and Pueen43 for the hearts on my thumb. I later outlined the letters to make them better to see. I also picked out some white glitters from my Cover Band Sticks N Stones polish and placed them on my thumb.

My top :)

Golden Love

2014-02-13T22:52:00.004-08:00

I decided to stray away from the pink for a day. I had a hard time trying to figure out something to do and thought a vampy red base would be a good start. I gotta say that this was a very good choice to go with. I think this is so pretty and feminine. Could just be me.

I painted two coats of OPI Every Month is Oktoberfest for the base color.

I used stamp plates BM-H16 and Wistonia W102 along with OPI Love.Angel.Music.Baby polish.

OPI L.A.M.B. has a satin finish but I wanted the gold to really sparkle so I finished the mani off with top coat.

Textured Valentine Ombre

2014-02-12T23:38:00.000-08:00

I am redoing a mani I did a couple years ago that I loved... this time I used textured polishes. I had found this on The Beauty Department blog. It looks like the top portion of hearts. I didn't use hole reinforcements like the tutorial states because I figured it would look similar if I just painted it on because of the texture.

I started off with a coat of OPI Pussy Galore. I painted on a coat of China Glaze Shell We Dance?. I topped it off with Nicole by OPI My Cherry Amour.

I think it looks good but not as good as it would have with polishes that have a smooth finish.

Chic Pink Skittle Mani

2014-02-07T19:42:00.001-08:00

So today I decided to use the new Sally Hansen Satin Glam polish I bought. It has a nice, satin finish and very pretty. I grabbed a bunch of different stamp plates and stamped different heart images on each finger to make it a skittle mani.

I used two coats of Sally Hansen Chic Pink.

I used my red Konad polish and stamp plates BM-H17, BM-411, Pueen41, Pueen43, and CH15.

Hearts and Flowers

2014-02-05T19:16:00.000-08:00

Here is another mani for Valentine's Day. I have decided it is all about love up until the 14th of February. Hearts and Flowers was inspired by Alice from One Nail To Rule Them All. I found this when I was looking for tutorials and waited to do it because hearts and flowers seemed perfect for Valentine's Day. It's not exactly the same because my skills are definitely not as good as hers. I didn't want to outline the hearts and mess it all up. I think it looks super cute.

I painted two coats of Zoya Happi on my thumb, middle finger, and pinky. I also used Happi for the hearts on my pointer and ring fingers.

I painted two coats of Zoya Jacqueline on my ring and pointer fingers. I also used it for the hearts on the other fingers. I gotta say that this is my favorite cream/ivory nail polish because it goes on pretty opaque.

I used dotting tools for the hearts and flowers. I used a small brush to clean up my lines on the hearts. I used Zoya Wednesday and Essie Smooth Sailing for the flowers.

Here is the link to the tutorial...

http://www.divinecaroline.com/beauty/nails/hearts-and-flowers-valentines-day-nail-art