Cult Nails - Thrive

Hey all,

Since my last two posts were quite long winded, 

I'm going to keep this one short and sweet. 

(I jus canna type no more Cap'n!)

Today I bring you...

Cult Nails - Thrive

Thrive is a mint pastel green full of delectable shimmer.

Without topcoat it is slightly textured, so I laid on the Seche nice and thick.

The tear drops are from Daily Charme

I was feeling inspired by Shelby Lou Nails and her fantastic use of studs 

(seriously, she is the queen! Check her out!)

I just love the shimmer in this. So damn twinkly.

And you know me and pastel greens (such a sucker)

Have a happy hump day!

jeebjeeb

summertime and the living is easy

Hey all!

I'm baaaacck....*Poltergeist style* 

My week away was cloud free and fantastic.

Days full of reading, swimming and bracelet making. Heaven!

Lucas brought his bb gun and I tried it for the first time. Surprisingly, I'm not bad at it!

Definitely something I want to play with more.

So I gave my Dad hell for not getting me one a as a kid. What the hell Dad??

I couldn't been a sharp shooter by now!

Would have been used way more than the fishing rod he got me.

 

I've got two simple stamping manis for you today.

Featuring two very lovely indie polishes.

First up...

ILNP - Charmingly Purple

A super sweet bright purple holo

 

 

I stamped with Sally Hansen - Lickety Split Lime using MoYou London Suki Plate 09

On a few nails I used Sally Hansen - Lightening and did a little dotting.

 

I really love the Dragonflies. Especially after spending a week surrounded by them.

Did you know they eat mosquitoes, flies and wasps? Best insects ever!

 

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Cult Nails - Radiance

A beautiful berry creme, Cult Nail's nod to the colour of the year

 

This polish was just begging for some gold accents, so I used Essie - Good As Gold

and stamped with Messy Mansion Plate MM32

 

 

As usual with Messy Mansion the detail is insane and the end result is gorgeous.

I am so in love with this hieroglyph stamp!

 

So I didn't get a sunburn the entire trip.

But I went to the beach with my parents yesterday and burnt my back.

Lame!

So I'm going to moisturize and take a nap now. I'm a bit zonked.

Have a good one!

jeebjeeb

 

in the middle of a riddle

Hey All,

This mani's dedicated to those of us that still have record collections.

(using MoYou Rockstar Plate 03)

I used Smitten Polish - Cauldron of Rainbows as my base

More like Cauldron of Drool! Black holographic perfection.

And in bright light, it goes crazy!

turned up to 11!

I stamped with A England - Dancing with Nureyev and used it as my accent base.

After applying topcoat I stamped my accent with Cult Nails - Fetish

I just had to see if the waxy finish would translate in stamp.

And it turned out better than expected!

What do you think?

Lucas didn't understand why I kept this blurry shot.

But I think it really brings out the linear rainbow. <3

This manicure makes my vinyl loving self so happy.

And like a broken record...

 I must remind you about the January Jamboree Giveaway!

Check it out!

Here's a brand new treat if you're interested.

Fresh off the musical... presses...(._.) 

This song was originally from the 40's.

So dreamy and romantic.

You can bet I'll be playing it non stop.

Have a great day and an awesome manicure!

jeebjeeb

If I'm Butter, Than He's A Hot Knife

Hey all,

I've developed a scone problem lately.

There's this new place by my work that has amazing (and slightly overpriced) sandwiches. 

That's what started the problem. I can't resist a good grilled sandwich.

But their scones... that's what really got me.

Especially the Vanilla Bean & Pear.

It's like, Shut up and give it to me now!!

All I can think about at work is going home to get sconed.

Out of my mind sconed. Sigh.

But always shared with friends and a cup of tea!

I only eat them socially. 

(If anyone wants to get sconed with me after work tomorrow... let me know)

Enough of that frivolity! (Get to the nails bitch!)

OK!

Today I have the last of my Cult Nails binge. 

Ms. Conduct featured in a glitter half moon.

This was one of those manicures I just had to do.

I couldn't get the idea out of my head, it was almost annoying.

Had I done anything else, I wouldn't have been satisfied.

But I am 100% satisfied with this.

This photo makes me drool

The glitter is Hits - Borealis. (An amazing present from Dagadelic)

The green/gold duochrome looked fantastic against Ms. Conduct.

And I'm loving the glitter half moon. Sexy, flashy and fun.

What do you think? Would you try a glitter half moon? (I dare you)

Don't forget to enter the January Jamboree Giveaway!

There's less than a week left! And so many pretties to win!

When I brought up scones of facebook today my friend started quoting Hot Knife by Fiona Apple.
I had a good laugh since most of what she sings is
"if I'm butter, if I'm butter, if I'm butter, than he's a hot knife"
So for your listening pleasure today I have the perfect song for getting sconed.

Have a great night!
jeebjeeb

Cult Nails - Flushed

Hey all,
It's a mug of tea and banana bread kind of morning for me.
Slow going.
Yesterday I convinced myself I should go downtown today.
Now I'm not so sure.
I can always spend money from the comfort of this chair.
(゜_゜) Yeah... I should probably go.

But until then I'm going to relax and show you
Cult Nails - Flushed

A purple base loaded with amazing pink duochrome shimmer.

This was so spectacular I couldn't bare to do any art.

Just look at it (@_@。 

I've been in love with this polish for ages.

Every time I browsed Cult Nails I kept coming back to Flushed.

There's something so mysterious about it. Changeable.

Next time I will do some amazing art with it. Promise.

Have you been lusting after a certain shade lately?

Anything special that just wont get out of your head?

Alright. That's it! I'm going to get ready to go out now.

I just got a set of Urban Decay shadows and need to try them out.

Decent enough excuse to do something on a Sunday.

And don't forget to enter the January Jamboree Giveaway!

jeebjeeb

the beautiful girls who are shly brave...

Hey all,

This week I'm going on a Cult Nails bender. （￣ー￣） 

I got pretty pretties from them ages ago that I still haven't worn!

I don't know about you, but I get really antsy with my untrieds.

It's as if I feel like I'm letting the polish down by not using it sooner.

And the longer I hold off, the more of a grudge it has. 

Yes. I was one of those kids that thought my toys had feelings.

So I would try to play with everything equally.

I still do this, and not just with nail polish.

It's ridiculous the amount of empathy I have for the inanimate.

To start off the binge I give you...

Masquerade

Masquerade is a green jelly base full of duochrome pink/gold shimmer.

This was part of the Limited Edition Midnight Masquerade Collection.

It's been on at least 3 bloggers Best of 2013 lists, and it's easy to see why.

I wish I only stamped my accent finger, but oh well.

I used MoYou The Artist Plate 11 & Essie - Good As Gold

Although Masquerade is similar to Orly - Space Cadet, they're not the same.

Space Cadet has a stronger shimmer going on, whereas this is more about the base colour.

I was worried after I ordered this that it would be a dupe.

Which makes me a dope. (~_~;)

Even if they were, you can never have enough Space Cadet!

Don't forget to enter the Janurary Jambouree Giveaway!

Runs until the 20th with daily entries!

(You know you want my earrings ∩( ・ω・)∩  )

Today for your listening pleasure I give you Liz Phair.

"it's cold out there and rough" That's for sure.

It's the usual wet and windy west coast winter over here,

 but my thoughts are with those of you dealing with the sub zero insanity.

Stay warm!

Have a great night and an awesome manicure.

jeebjeeb

You ought to be who you be if you're coming with me

Early this week I got a little excited with my exacto and gouged myself right close to the nail.

Ugg. So I pretty much left my nails alone all week. Only now is it starting to heal. -_-

Thankfully I was wearing a nice glitter that held up incredibly well.

Esmaltes da Kelly - Serpens - totally makes me think Mint Chocolate Chip

I used Konad Black, Essie - Good as Gold and the Cheeky Viva Mexico plate for the Aztec snakes

Cult Nails - Fetish

I've been lemming this one since seeing LTHP's swatch.

Black with wax finish?! Yes please! This makes me hot!

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So I've been nominated for
 the Friendship Blogger Award & The Versatile Blogger award

by the mercurial magpie & the nail snail

That means sharing 7 facts about yourself and a shout out to 7 blogs you like.
Here we go.

Random Facts...

1) When I was a child  I was obsessed with The Beatles. I had every album, except for the second part of The White Album. John was my favourite, I would have killed to have his bedroom in the movie Help. I stopped listening to them for a long time now. But I promise you, if you put on any one of their songs, I will know all the lyrics.

2) I also used to be obsessed with horror movies. The first one I ever saw was Evil Dead 2 at the age of 2. It snowballed and by the time I was 10 I had pretty much seen them all. Out of all the epic horror villains my favourite is Freddy Krueger, from The Nightmare on Elm Street series. He had the greatest sense of humour and I always wished he was my friend.

3) I have been crocheting since 2009. I am completely self taught. One day I got this random urge, got a crochet book from the library, and some cheap yarn, and I learned every stitch in that book! I was amazed with myself, since whenever I had watched Nana it looked like insanely complicated magic. Now I crochet every day.

4) I have an incredibly active dream life. I remember most of my dreams and the tone of it sticks with me for a few hours after I wake. I'm finally getting to the point where, occasionally, I am aware I'm moving within a dream. That idea really excites me since all throughout my teen years the majority of my dreams were nightmares.

5)The first concert I ever went to was Oasis on January 23rd 1998 (the Be Here Now Tour) The tickets were my 11th birthday present from my Dad. I asked him about it a few days ago and he said it was a great show, he didn't expect them to be such good musicians. And I was just so excited because it was my first show AND they frisked me. An 11 year old girl. Like what, looking for my knife and booze?

6) In my city, the people that drive cars are assholes. And the people on bikes are self righteous douches. So I walk. Always have, always will. I only want to have to rely on myself. As Fiona Apple sang "I still only travel by foot and by foot it's a slow climb" Otherwise there's too much that gets in the way. If your mode of transportation is a status symbol, then give me the bare minimum.

7) I use my knowledge of astrology and human behaviour/motivation to create my own kind of psychology. And I do quite decently. I have startled a number of acquaintances by perfectly describing people I have never met. I have also amazed my Mum with insights into family friends, deadly accurate observations I had made as a child, but never talked about until years later. I am and will always be an observer.

7 Blogs you should read

Abnorm Nail Behavior - some amazing stamping skills

Colors Frenzy- I have bought many a polish due to her swatches

Lunar Lacquer - she hasn't posted in 3 months :( but this blog got me into indies

Nail a Day - really great combos and such a cute baby :)

Passion or kinda - a great mix of fantastic manicures and crafts

The Nail Art Show - she does some really fun stuff - so cute

Dagadelic - she's already been nominated, but whatever, go check out her manis!

Have a great night and an awesome manicure!
jeebjeeb

Dec 3rd

I've got some catching up to do.

New format. New something.

Something's got to change.

But the awesomeness of my manis have not.

So here's a few, while I try to figure out what to do.

Enchanted Polish - Mean Mr. Mustard with Orly - Space Cadet accent

I was going for art deco opulence. Drool.

And that Mr.Mustard, I tell you. It gets more enchanting each time I wear it.

Cult Nails - Midnight Mist 

My camera couldn't capture it quite right. ಠ_ಠ

But my phone is much truer to the colour and crazy shimmer.

I'm really digging both neutrals and shimmers like never before.

It was recently my birthday so I decided to do something out of this world.

POW!27

Staring Model City Polish - Hey Ho, Let's Go! 

& the amazing MoYou artist Collection 06

And yes, totally a couple making out on my thumbs.
＼(~o~)／ Awesome!

Catch you on the flip.
jeebjeeb.

Studs & Gleequins, Oh My!

Hey all,

Happy Wednesday :|

I went on a work field trip today. To deal with thousands upon thousands of postcards.

Organizing, labelling and counting. Lifting a ton of boxes. Jamming my hands into paper. 

3 wonderful hours. And save for one ugly chip, my manicure held up!   

It was a great workout. Not to mention it seemed to keep my creeping cold at bay.

No complaints here. Just body tired. My mind is active though. 

The same song still going through it like it has all day.

Just brewed up a mug of... lemon myrtle tea...

I'm getting comfy...

Dancing with Mylie...

Doing whatever we waaant...

...woah.

Did that just come out? :P

Pardon me!

Anyhoo...

I got some new toys recently. So I tested them out with a few simple (a nice word for boring) manis.

First up... Studs!

All I can say is sexy, sexy, sexy.*clap clap* 

Everything I wanted them to be!

OPI - In the Cable Car Pool Lane (2 Coats)

Such a beautiful deep burgundy. The formula has just a hint of jelly to it.

And then.. Gleequins!

I was compelled by the silver holographic diamonds.

In indirect light they look like pieces of mirror, and make me think of the Indian fabrics my mother loves.

And in direct light   *KABOOM*   Holographic fantasy.

I took this photo a day or so after painting, and a few of the gleequins had curled.

Cult Nails - Discipline (3 Coats)

This is such a lovely delicate grey. The shimmer is outstanding, flashing from pink to blue to purple.

It's a bit sheer, but regardless, the formula was splendid.

Maybe it's the gleequins lending this mani a space age feel, 

but I couldn't help thinking that Discipline must be what alien flesh looks like.

I kept seeing flashes of Roger from American Dad.

What the hell brain?!

Well I hope you enjoyed my boring manis. :P

I really enjoyed wearing them.

Have a great night and an awesome manicure!

jeebjeeb