Cult Nails Let Me Fly with China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint

Hello, again!  Today I have a manicure I created in honor of the 1-year anniversary of the wonderful brand Cult Nails.  Of course, I ended up being pretty late with my post, but I hope the sentiment still speaks for itself. I used Let Me Fly as a base and I stamped over it with China Glaze Refresh-mint. Let Me Fly is described on the site as a "dusty turquoise shimmer with gorgeous silver shimmer."  It is a perfect description.  This polish is gorgeous and easy to work with, not to mention that it is stunning in the sunlight.  I put this manicure together on Wednesday and it held up with minimal chipping or tip wear until today, which for me is incredibly long.  This is only my second time using Cult Nails polish and I am already very impressed with the brand, and I encourage everyone to check it out if you haven't done so already.

For the anniversary, Maria from Cult Nails is holding a nail art contest.  I submitted a picture to her, so hopefully I made the deadline (she said by the 13, so I took that to mean by the end of the 13).  In any case, I  really love how this one turned out; it looks kind of retro.  I'll post the link to the facebook page where people can vote if I did indeed make the deadline.  A lot of amazing nail designs have already been submitted, so I'm a little nervous.  Oh well, here's hoping!

Cult Nails Iconic + Konad special Gold

Hello again!  Today I was running around all day, so I didn't have the time to do my A-England manicure that I planned for their 1 year anniversary while the sun was still out, so I settled for adding to my Iconic manicure.

While out at the mall the other day, I bought a few new Konad plates and polishes, so I was really excited to try them out.  I think it turned out really well!  I only wish that the sun had come out for longer, because the best pics I were able to get were inside during my hair appointment, but it looks so amazing in the sun :(.  In any case, I still think it looks pretty. Also, a note: I was indeed correct in my assumption that my chipped thumbnail was not usual, and probably my own fault.  I repaired that one, and the polish has held up great, with only minimal tip wear. 

Please ignore my awful cuticles/painting ability.

Sorry this post isn't more exciting, haha.  But I'll have some gorgeous A-England pics for you all tomorrow!

Maiden Voyage

Hello! My name is Elizabeth, I am addicted to nail polish and after a whole lot of waffling I have finally decided to do something about it.

About a year ago, my dear friend the Lacquer Ninja started blogging about her love for nail polish. I had, up until then, painted my nails exactly twice in my entire life and then forgotten about them. It had been a long-standing dream of mine, ever since I was about 5 or so, to have long, pretty nails; alas, due to my nail-biting it was not meant to be. But when she started blogging I decided I would give nail polish a second chance and quickly fell madly in love with it.

With the aid of ever polished fingers (and a new job which distracted me) I was finally able to grow my nails out a bit, and I bought more polish with which to paint them. The rest is history, and I have been wanting to start blogging about it for months on end, but I never did get around to it. As part of my New Year's Resolutions, I wanted to actually start doing it. I'm not very good at blogging, but I am very good at obsessing; plus I have my bestie to keep me motivated and in line. We can enable each other :) Hopefully, I will be able to post lots of pics and reviews in the time to come, but for now I will settle for posting my recent holiday manicures. Enjoy!

1) Christmas Manicure:

A-England's Perceval stamped with Konad special white and A-England's

Morgan Le Fay with freehand design in Zoya Ivanka on the accent nail,

finished with 2 coats of Seche QD

2) New Year's Eve #1:

Rescue Beauty Lounge's Under the Stars stamped with Konad special white,

with OPI's Mani Ways to Help stamped with Under the Stars on the accent nail,

finished with a coat of Seche QD

3) New Year's mani 2:

A-England's Camelot with a layer of China Glaze's Dorothy Who? with

A-England's King Arthur layered with Color Club's Sugar Plum Fairy on the accent nail,

finished with one coat of Seche QD