Cuttin' a Rug

Phew. Long night tonight! I've been preparing for tomorrow's 'Martinis and Manicures' event at Beauty Bar all night! I'm super excited (but a tad nervous too!!). Today's manicure was inspired by a rug pattern I saw a while back. I loved the color combination, and the graphic nature of it, so I thought I'd try it as a manicure. Sorry for the middle finger's roughness, still patched that one.

From The Daily Nail

I used American Apparel California Trooper as a base, with Color Club High Society for the lines, Essie Mink Muffs for the darker brown, and a mixture of Essie Vermillionaire and Essie Tart Deco for the corally color. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Wish me luck tomorrow night!! :)

Deborah Lippmann sale

tart your holiday shopping off with DEBORAH LIPPMANN products. From now through December 1, 2010 save 20% on any order of $35 or more, including the newest holiday shades Boom Boom Pow, Today Was A Fairytale and the All That Jazz Trio Set. Simply use the code turkey20 on checkout at http://deborahlippmann.com/! ‘Tis the season! Let the shopping begin!

I have a long list that I've been drooling over.

Are there any colors your wanting?

Simples...

I don't have a lot of time for nail art with this silly assignment due on Thursday so today's mani is just a simple take on a French Manicure. I'm one of those people who leaves everything until the last possible minute. I have a 1700 word essay plus a 500 word report due on Thursday morning and I haven't even started them yet!

I don't know what my problem is. I know I'm going to end up sat at my desk at 4 o' clock on Thursday morning after staying up all night, crying because I haven't got enough words or decent content, telling myself that this won't happen next time but it always does. Is anyone else a serial procrastinator?

Sorry for the rant!

I used E.L.F. Innocence as a base and Models Own Purple Grey for the tips and dots which I did with a dotting tool. Topped off with NYC In A New York Minute Top Coat.

Support World AIDS day with Barielle (Dec.1)

*Images from Barielle
In honor of World AIDS Day(December 1st), Barielle will be offering 10% off all products on Barielle.com.  Proceeds from  will be donated to World AIDS Day
So do some gift shopping or buy yourself a little gift to help support World AIDS Day!

Barielle Shades Ulta Exclusives Swatches Part 2

It's a busy day so let's jump right into the pretties!(Sunlight)Pink Sherbert is a sweet soft pink with amazingly glowy shimmer
(Shade)Magic shade makes her a nice work safe neutral pink
(Sun)Sailors Delight is a perfect baby pink with excellent streak free coverage in 2 coats(Shade)I just love the name of this one!
(Full sun)Expressive is a gorgeous lilac creme(Shade)I am addicted to purples and

Essence Fairytale Collection

Essence has a new collection coming out called Fairytale. This collection will start hitting stores Dec 2010. What does this set have to offer you say? Well here it is :D

4 eyeshadows



from left to right.
01 Tinkas‘ Dress, 02 Welcome to Wonderland, 03 Humpty Dumpty und 04 Fairy Berry


3 Glitter Eyeliners, Eye Pencil and fake eyelashes.



Glitter eyeliners come in colors: 01 Welcome to Wonderland, 02 Tinkas‘ Dress und 03 Humpty Dumpty.

Eye Pencil comes in black.

The fake eyelashes have 2 stars on each one. The fake eyelashes are called Twinkle, Twinkle.


3 Lipglosses and Shimmer Powder.



Lipglosses come in colors: 01 Fairy Berry, 02 Once Upon a Time und 03 Pixie Dust. The Shimmer powder is called 01 Pixie Dust.


And last but not least 6 nail polishes.



From left to right: 01 Fairy Berry, 02 Pixie Dust, 03 Once Upon a Time, 04 Humpty Dumpty, 05 Tinkas‘ Dress und 06 Welcome to Wonderland.

I personal want 3 of the nail polishes Fairy Berry, Once Upon a Time, Welcome to Wonderland and maybe 1 or 2 of the eyeshadows.

Do you see anything calling your name? :D

Thanks for looking.

Alessandro Go Magic Royal Crash Polish

Hallo ladies,

I wanted to share the new Alessandro crack polish sets that have come out.

These sets started showing up in stores this month (Nov) There are 2 sets to choose from gold or silver. The sets comes with base coat (gold or silver) black crack polish and top coat. The bottles are abit small 5ml which is not alot considering what you have to shell out for these babies 14,95€ per set. Thats alot to be paying right?





Now if you want crackle polishes your best bet is to get P2 crackling top coat, they sale for 1.75€ and have 11ml in the bottle.



So what do you think about the Alessandro crackle sets?



Thanks for looking.

Kitty Glitter

I'm running out of animal prints to do in glitter! :-P I totally love this manicure, and it's one that I kinda want to keep for more than a day... I may, I may not. :-D Nubar makes the best glitters out of any polish brand I've used, They're freaking awesome, and glitter packed!

I used Nubar Petunia Sparkle as a base, with Nubar Violet Sparkle for the spots, outlined in American Apparel Hassid. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

RAWR!!

Giveaway now closed

My 300 follower giveaway is now closed and I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who entered. I'm swamped with a school assignment at the moment so I won't be able to run through the entries until the end of the week but I will announce the winner on or before Sunday. I promise.

Plate: Bundle Monster - BM11
Base Colour: GOSH - Holographic
Stamp Colour: BYS - Glittering Purple
Green star sequins from Viva La Nails
Top Coat of NYC

Beauty Bar Ladies Night Manicure Event! :)

I've had so many people asking about the event Wednesday night that it was hard to respond to everyone in a timely manner, so here is the info you've been waiting for!!

Come get your nails painted by me! :) (I really want a ginormous turnout!!)

Wednesday Ladies Night

Where: Beauty Bar Las Vegas,

              517 Fremont St # 150

              Las Vegas, NV 89101

When: December 1, 2010, Doors open at 9pm

What: Open Bar for ladies 9pm - 10pm

DJ Stabb

$1 wells / $2 call drinks for ladies 'til midnight

Nail Polish changes and nail art by Melissa Osburn of The Daily Nail

Free!

My mom Rocks!!!!!!!

This weekend I got 2 box's full of goodies from my amazing mom!!

I can't believe so many polishes went through customs with no problem. I was worried when she wanted to send me so many at 1 time. I live in Germany and she lives in the states. I was thinking she was going to send all the polishes which was over 200 but nope I only got alittle over 70 right now the rest will come later.Which polish should I try first? Such a hard choice :D

































Here are the names of all the polishes.

CG Spellbound 4 pc set
CG Ghoulish Glow
CG Bad Kitty
CG Carnival Lights
CG Cosmic
CG Meteor Shower
CG Coconut Kiss
CG Short & Sassy
CG Thunderbird
CG Paper Chasing
CG Tinsel
CG Ruby Pumps
CG Red Stallion
CG Wagon Trail
CG Side-Saddle
CG Flying Dragon
CG Celtic Sun
CG OMG
CG L8R G8R
CG Wireless Holographic Top Coat
CG Lubu Heels
CG Kaleidoscope Him Out
CG He's Going in Circles
CG Fairy Dust
CG Ravishing Dahling
CG I'm Not Bitter
OPI Boris & Natasha
OPI Siberian Nights
OPI An Affair in Red Square
OPI Ruble for Your Thoughts
OPI Suzi Says DA!
ORLY Orange Punch
ORLY Liquid Vinyl
ORLY Goth
ORLY Once Upon a Time collection
ORLY Sea of Light
ORLY Midnight Star
ORLY Golden Jubilee
ORLY Mandalay Ruby
ORLY Golden Maharaia
ORLY Star Of Bombay
ORLY Charged Up
ORLY Heat Wave
ORLY Live Wire
ORLY Hot Shot
ORLY Green with Envy
ORLY Green Apple
ORLY Tiara
ORLY Hook Up
CC Magic Attraction
CC Sultry Diva
CC Art of Seduction
CC Sexy Siren
CC Object of Envy
CC Tru Passion
CC Explosive
CC Power Play




Now my new problem is where to put all these new babies? I have no more ROOM!



Thanks for looking.

Whats green and red all over?

My mani thats what :D

Hallo ladies, I hope you had a wonderful weekend. It's been snowing like crazy here and it still is.

I did my first Christmas mani last night. I'm not to happy with the way this mani turned out :( that will teach me to do mani's late at night!! I could not get the glitter off the sides of my fingers for the life of me, plus it's been so dark here that I could not get good pic's.




I used

CG Emerald Sparkle 2 coats
CG Mrs. Claus 2 coats
Base coat: U.M.A. Mr. Perfect All in one
Top coat: Essence Quick Dry

Thanks for looking.

Barielle Shades Ulta Exclusives Swatches Part 1 of 3

I was send the entire Barille Shades Ulta Exclusive collection to swatch andshare with you and well that is a lot of swatching so I will do this in 3 parts so as not to overwhelm.Barielle nail polish is available now at Ulta for $6.00 eachBarielle shades are certainly a brand I respect for their unique shades and abillity to stepoutside the standard pink and red box. You will notice that some

Disco Animal

Getting so excited, I started painting nail wheels tonight in preparation for the event Wednesday at Beauty Bar! Tonight I wanted to use a polish that I've had since April, but haven't used yet- a Nubar Glitter that is super sparkly and pretty!

I used Nubar Green Silver Glitter as a base, with MAC Deep, Dark, Delicious for the zebra stripes. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Also, if you follow me on twitter, I mentioned being excited for an amazing 6-course meal that was upcoming. Today, I have the pics from the photoshoot! The food was created by Chef Frank Otte, an AMAZING chef who creates Haute Cuisine. Saturday night, he prepared the absolute best meal that has ever passed my lips. I don't say this lightly, he was so amazing at his craft that he managed to take items that I generally will NOT eat, (beets, brussel sprouts, peas) and transformed them into something that created nothing short of an 'o' face. He introduced me to foods I've never tried before (swordfish, juniper oil, creamy sauerkraut), which I will forever be grateful for. Seriously, how did I LIVE before creamy sauerkraut? Really? Anyway. Check out his website, Chef Frank Otte - Haute Cuisine, you won't regret it. (well, after seeing the photos you may, they're drool-inducing)

To the menu!

Course 1: Salad of micro greens, roasted beets, avocado, pear with toasted walnuts, shower of goat cheese, and balsamic beet reduction.

Photo Credit-Chris Sneddon used by permission

Course 2: Celery root soup with petit brioche croutons and scallion oil.

Photo Credit-Chris Sneddon used by permission

Course 3: Tar tar of wild Scottish salmon with basil and coriander, Persion cucumber carpaccio, Greek yogurt, dill oil, and avocado mousse.

Photo Credit-Chris Sneddon used by permission

Course 4: Sage and prosciutto wrapped Atlantic Swordfish "saltimbocca", with creamy sauerkraut, thyme roasted apple, and fingerling potatoes in Juniper oil.

Photo Credit-Chris Sneddon used by permission

Course 5: Roasted crepinette of game hen breast with herbs, cauliflower ragout, brussel sprouts, and pomegranate gastrique.

Photo Credit-Chris Sneddon used by permission

Course 6: Cabernet braised short ribs with handmade carrot gnocchi, English peas and gorgonzola sauce.

Photo Credit-Chris Sneddon used by permission

Dessert: Caramelized puff pastry "mille fuille" with chestnut pureé, fresh clementines, pomegranate syrup, and vanilla sauce.

Photo Credit-Chris Sneddon used by permission

I ate everything except one piece of the crepinette of game hen (not because I didn't like it, but because I was to the gills at that point! lol), and most of the peas. I was sooooo full I was in pain, but it was a good pain. lol My favorite dish was the Swordfish, it was beyond incredible. *yum*

Color Club Holiday Giveaway

Hey there, Dear Reader!

I was just doing a last check of email for the night, and a press release from Color Club just rolled in.  It seems they're participating in a giveaway that Amethyst Jeans is doing.  Here's the info about the prizes and how to enter:

Enter to win on of 20 holiday totes given away over the next five weeks! 

You and your BFF will each receive an Amethyst Jeans tote filled with a pair of Amethyst Jeans, shimmery lip glosses and a holiday set nail polish set from Color Club and a shampoo and conditioner set from Totally Texty!  

Contest runs from November 29th through December 31st, 2010. Go to http://www.facebook.com/amethystjeans to enter! Happy Holidays!

Color Club & Amethyst Jeans Giveaway: Click for Full Size

This time, I'm really done for the night (with 4 minutes left in the day, I feel safe saying that).  Until next time, love and nail polish to yu!  

Creating Christmas nail art is very easy and fun too

Creating Christmas nail art is very easy and fun too. The most popular nail designs for this holiday are Christmas tree, bells, wreaths, gift bows, candy canes, snowflakes and Santa clause face. All these designs are perfect to express spiritual feelings and add a festive flare to any beautiful outfit.

 Nail Art Trends for Spring.

Use of glitzy stones, sparkling crystals, colorful pearls, with bright nail colors is also a hot trend. This ultimate art is known as embellished nail art. Embellished nail art is always on top of the list when it comes to most popular nail art trends.

 

Nail art design gives the perfect finishing to any holiday outfit. With Christmas festival fast approaching, women are looking out for some exclusive nail designs. Best way to jazz up nails for Christmas day is to use characters that are associated with this fun holiday. In fact, there are lots of options available in terms of design and colors in Christmas nail art trend.