Could It Be.. UNICORN PEE?!

I know I've been away for a while, I haven't been too inspired to work on my blog. I don't know what the hell it is, but I get so depressed, I can barely move.
I hope I could be more inspired to finally update this blog the way I truly want to.
Maybe I should start doing yoga, or meditating, or go to church.

I need something to keep the peace in my drama filled life.

I can't quite remember which day I finally received my Clarins 230 in the mail but it's finally MINE!
*giggles menacingly*
Okay, as you all know, my nails aren't the length I want them to be to actually swatch this and so many other people have swatched Clarins 230 way better than I could possibly do it. So today will just be photos of my lovely bottle. LOL I know hurrah hurrah whooptie doo.

Click to enlarge the outdoor photos. you will NOT be disappointed. Trust me

Once the nails are longer, I promise awesome swatches!

Song Currently Playing On This Post:
Spank Rock - What It Is (Todd Edwards Remix)

Mortal Kombat INSPIRED!

I got an awesome idea today..
While talking to my boyfriend about video games, Mortal Kombat popped into my mind (it also helped that it's my google chrome theme LOL)
I've decided that once this week long treatment with my Nail Envy and candy striped manicure is over, I will do a Scorpion inspired mani.

Hmm.. is this a first? I hope I spark some inspired looks for nails!! I have a bunch of ideas. Not sure if I should do black matte, a gold french tip with gold glitter.
How about, metallic black/grey, with chevron black tips? We'll see.. I have a bunch of variations in mind.

In the meantime, check out this awesome MK9 render art of Scorpion!

Song Currently Playing On This Post:

Stone Sour - Bother

M.I.A. & A New Manicure

I got caught up in a little trouble a few days ago, been a bit down since, so I'm sorry for not doing any posting the past few days.

Good news is, I'm back and with a new manicure!

I'm currently under treatment using OPI's Nail Envy. Never tried it before, kind of excited to see what it's about. Your first initial use, you use two coats as a base, then everyday for a week you use one coat. After 1 week, you remove it and start all over again until your nails are at their maximum strength, then you switch to Nail Envy Maintain. As you all know, I'm taking biotin vitamins. I'm on this quest towards stronger, healthier nails. I hope it works, because my nails have ALL types of problems; peeling, paper thin, discoloration.. UGH! It's so aggravating. I'm used to breakage every day. But lately since I've been more careful, I have yet to break my nails (Hopefully I didn't just jinx myself.)

There's some slight discoloration on my nails, thanks to Sinful Colors polish, I keep forgetting the name and I have that bottle BURIED somewhere.

This particular design, I wasn't too thrilled with. Being inexperienced and shaky handed (is that even a term? LOL) it was a PITA (pain in the a**) PLUS I used Sinful Colors new Neons that didn't thrill me much. They're very sheer and quite streaky. The green pissed me off the most! Yellow would be close second since it is EXTREMELY streaky. I don't know, I'm really thinking of purchasing a new set of neon colors. Maybe I will hunt down China Glaze's Poolside collection and call it a day.

Starting with THESE neons, they need a white base indefinitely or else you will need about 18 coats to get the color that is in the bottle (no joke, and NOT fun!)

I used Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri in Whirlwind White. Yeah, I'm messy, I figure with time I'll get it right.

Now here's the truly hard part *le sigh* candy striping..you will see ALL my horrible errors but the good part is, it gets covered anyway but I'm really hoping I can someday get this candy striping down. It's annoying and time consuming but I LOVE the way it turns out, it's so pretty. WHEN IT'S DONE RIGHT!

I was TRYING to go for a summery look using neon and crackle.. Maybe I used the wrong color crackle.

Using Sinful Colors Neons in Neon Melon, Summer Peach, Irish Green & Pink (yes, pink it's called)

And all the nails about an hour to 2 hours later. I take a long time because I get easily distracted.

The green is not so "blue" it's a very vibrant green. But takes about 3 coats WITH a white base to see that vibrancy

Candy stripes covered in Sally Hansen's Crackle Overcoat in Snow Blast.

At this point I had to switch from my camera to my phone because my memory stick was full!

Song currently playing on this post: M.I.A. - Sunshowers

Today Will Be Blog HEAVY............

I will be posting a lot today.. mostly introducing myself to you all and showing the goodies I came across yesterday.

I need a lightbox, I'll be building it le self today. Thanks to Erika of Chloe's Nails for the amazing idea. She has awesome photos.

I've been so tired lately, I have no idea what it is. Definitely not sugar levels because I've been sitting here munching on Boston Baked Beans for the past hour. Can't wait to get my camera situated again. See, I lost my usb cable for it. Since it's a friggin Sony Cybershot, their usb cables cannot be bought in any store. I have to order it online.

Problem with that is, it's an old camera now (got it in 2008) So tough luck trying to find that cable. I probably could, but I'm too damn lazy to try. So I've decided to go for a less expensive route. CARD READER!!!!! dun dun dun dunnnnnnn :)

Hopefully TODAY I can go to Best Buy and pick up my card reader so I can provide all my lovely followers and *ahem* FUTURE followers ('cuz ya know, I'm only at 3 for now LOL), better photos. You guys deserve it.


So GOOD MORNING~!!

Song Playing On This Post:

Framing Hanley - Hear Me Now

Biotin For The Win!

Started my vitamins! I keep them next to the bed so I'll remember to take them everyday. Thinking of setting a daily alarm to remind me on my phone LOL

Song Currently Playing On This Post:

Incubus - Drive

Sally Hansen & Milani

I worked hard last night/this morning on this manicure.. I've still got MUCH to learn. Cleaning up my cuticles were such a chore! Ugh, however I found this fantastic color in CVS yesterday.

Amazing it was in the clearance bin.. It's called Sally Hansen Lacquer Shine in Spark.
It's a SLIGHT duochrome jewel purple with red flash. I really love this and my crappy camera refused to capture what it was worth!





I am determined to find other colors in this SH collection. It's lovely.

I then, became inspired by Chloe's Nails, and did the taped off pyramid design in Milani 3D Holographic polish in HD..



It's a little messy but it IS my first time! What do you guys think?

STAINED !!!!!

Excuse my crappy cell phone pics. I lost the USB cable to my camera, so I have to buy a card reader and build a lightbox.. but worry not, better looking shots are soon to come!

Don't you hate when you ignorantly decide to not wear a base coat and THIS happens? *sigh* My Sinful Color polish is the culprit. I forgot the name, and once I find it in this house I will update you all.
It was a lovely lime green creme. But polishing that color without a base coat is clearly a definitely NO-NO.

Never again!

Chapter One..

Dear nail fetishists,

My name is Roxy (OR you can call me Sin :D) & I have arrived!

I have been following quite a few nail polish blog divas, and it has brought me inspiration to start my own. I have a lot to learn and am willing to try super hard to give all my future followers something lovely to look at and inspiration to try their hand at nail art as well.

I have such a wonky hand at the moment and I am very sloppy, I'm really relying on practice and time to help me steady it and perfect a beautiful manicure.

It's only the beginning folks!!! I also have TONS of polishes to share and swatch. This shall be a fun one.

xoxo Roxy

Song Currently Playing On This Post:

Foo Fighters - My Hero

Foo Fighters - My Hero

JUST a little music with my blogging :)

http://www.houstonclownfun.com/media/Foo_Fighters_-_My_Hero.mp3