The Long Road to Nail Recovery - New Colors Waiting To be Swatched!

I can't take this anymore! Going....batty....as each day...passes....!!!

I did promise myself I would not subject anybody to my swatching until my nails are healed and a decent length again, but damn it, I couldn't resist. I have all these gorgeous colors that keep coming in the mail, and it's some form of torture waiting to use them! Here are my newbies-

L to R- OPI Brand New Skates, OPI DS Magic, OPI DS Original, OPI DS Sapphire, Essie Sew Psyched, Sally Hanson Nail Prisms (found in thrift shop!) Garnet Lapis, and last, Orly Rockin' Rocket-

THIS is DS Magic. I am in love. It's my first designer series (the holos followed) - I wasn't able to capture it well, and I noticed other bloggers haven't been able too either, but it has this brilliant purple tint to it 

Keeping it simple...for now;)

I've been in a color rut as of late, I did the bright green glittery extravganza for Patty's day, but since then.. yeah the whole 7 days.. I've been keeping it pretty tame, for example:

I also forgot to add that I used micro glitter in clear as well as the Nubar 2010. Seriously, guys, if you find yourself in a Micheal's craft store..Seek it out! It is so much better then the glitter then sell on ebay. Plus you get 16 colors! I paid about 5$ for it. And you get a decent amount of glitter in each packet so this is going to last you ages. Here is another manicure:

I lovvve this color, it has hints of purple, and brown.. and of course gray. I was going to leave it all by its lonesome but after about 10 minutes of drying I covered it in 2010.

I am still conflicted with Rimmel and their stance of animal testing because they say they do not.. but are owned by Coty. Ahh.. Nothing in life is ever simple. ever.

But just wanted to make it a short one, as I am very deprived of sleep! But then again when you work 10 days in a row that tends to happen, ah the glamourous life of a nanny.. diamonds, bling and the like (yeah...right)

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I have to once again apologize for being so quiet lately. I'm impatiently waiting for my brittle ruined nails to grow strong again. It's going to be a few weeks at least, but I promise to ramble about other things. And I'm definitely going to show off my new polishes this week, less the swatches...

That said, I was thinking it's time for a new giveaway....with a goal though! 150 followers. With the success of our last giveaway, I thought, why not another? It's so fun! The prize? Glitter in the Air. AND 5 mystery polishes. (i.e. haven't quite decided yet lol) The good news? It's opened to any country, so if you have a difficult time getting DL where you're from, you will want to enter this giveaway. The catch? None. We just want you to help us get more followers! The sooner we reach 150, the faster we can open up this giveaway and spread the Lippmann love. We will continue to do giveaways at certain milestones. 300, 500, etc. So stick around a while. You could be a winner :)

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Hey everyone,

Hope everyone had (or possibly is still having) a great St. Patrick's day! Sadly I didnt get to go to a pub(Tarah), but I did have a celebritory shot, so at least their is that! Here is my St.Patty's day manicure. (or is it St. Paddy's?) 

I used Zoya in Ivanka, from their Sparkle collection and this amazing micro glitter that I got from Micheal's a craft store. Seriously, the most amazing glitter you will ever find for doing a gradiant look. and to finish, I painted a pastel green shamrock on my ring fingers. The finishing touch was a little green rhinestone on each one. Overall, a very cute and easy manicure!

That's it for now! Have a great Friday everyone:D

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Good morning, and happy St. Patty's Day everyone!

It's been a little crazy where I am, but to escape the stress for a little I was able to do a special manicure for today :)

Sorry the picture is a little big.. I tried to shrink it and failed.. miserably.. but yeah, that is the least of my problems at the moment. Maybe one of my lovely co-bloggers could help me out this time around xoxo (Fixed Renee, xoxo back)

To achieve this look, of course I started with a good base coat. Always use one ladies, as some nail polishes stain nails, and it helps the polish to stay put. As the main color, I used Orly Salon Nails #196, Femme Fatale. It is a pretty, light, pearly green. For the dark green, I used China Glaze #886 Jolly Holly that Julie gave me for Christmas, and the light green is Sally Hansen Color Fast #10 Lucky Creme. I coated the tips with a green glitter, Wet 'n' Wild #455A.

Sorry for being so short of words this time around, but I am under a lot of stress, and the creative juices just aren't flowing today.

Later everyone :)

My Mistake: Orly's Nail Rescue Kit

You're probably (or probably not!) wondering why I haven't posted any manicures lately - well let's start by saying that one little mistake lead me to total nail FAIL.

Orly's Nail Rescue Kit , while it is a novel idea, is a complete disaster! I had a split nail (a low split) on my middle finger a few weeks ago, which happens to me SO often  I can't even tell you. I was tired of always having to cut down my nails when I get a split -  so I went to the store in search of something that could temporarily repair my nail. And there I found the rescue kit by Orly.

Got home and gave it a shot, and loved how well it fixed the split, like it was never there! But in two days, the acrylic layer on the nail cracked... so I applied another layer. Then another nail split, applied it on there, until ALL my fingers had this rescue kit on them. Eventually, from adding on layers of this acrylic powder, the tips started to chip in layers, and were uneven with the rest of the acrylic layers, and I made the decision to buff them down. It didn't work so well. Some of my nails are free of the acrylic, but most have little patches of acrylic on them, and I'm afraid to buff any further because my nail beds are very tender now. And I've also managed to dry up and fray my cuticles from using acetone to remove the acrylic, and a buffer to smooth it.

My nails are SO WEAK and damaged from the buffing, I had to cut off all of my nails so short, and now I have to start building them all over again. I'm so bummed because I have received about 10 new polishes in the mail, and have more to come, and I can't paint them until they're grown out and strong(ish) again.

Would I recommend it personally? No. Not at all. I honestly don't see the point of it! If your nail breaks, just suck it up, and cut it down even. This kit is only a very temporary fix (a few days best) and once the acrylic cracks, you're back at square one with the broke nail, AND a layer of acrylic that is glued onto your nail and is impossible to remove, even with acetone. It's not worth the hassle IMO. It didn't rescue anything. It did the exact opposite.

This is what that kit did to my fingers-

E.L.F nail polishes and manicure

If you ever find your self in Target aka the best store ever ( to anyone who is not familiar with Target©, it is basically a chain store in the states, almost like a Tesco?) If you find yourself in the beauty aisle there, you know that they sell ELF products. But for the spring, they have released new products which included a 5 piece nail polish, for five bucks!

I grabbed it, the last one! (Isn't that always the case?) Two of the colors, a melon color and a light pink I gave to my grandma, because I knew that she would like them.

But the three that remained was a minty blueish green, a lilac pastel, and a dusty rose. All creams.                 

  Very gorgeous for the spring!

                                                          I also wanted to show a swatch of Sally Hansen's HD nail polishes in BYTE. It's a duochrome, from one side pink and from the other, purple. And from angles, a blue pops out! Overall, a gorgeous color and another great color for the spring.

Next blog, St. Patrick's day manicure!

That's all for now guys,