Aliquid Lacquer - Puppy Love - Swatch & Art

Hey all,

I have something very special for you today!

A brand new limited edition polish for a cause.

Aliquid Lacquer - Puppy Love

What's really cool about this polish is that it benefits man's best friend.

Puppy Love retails for $11 (full size bottles only). 

For every bottle sold $5 will be donated to the ASPCA!

And it will only be available for purchase during October!

Here's what Alison has to say...

You might know that the lovely lady on our polish labels is Trudy, our five-year-old rescue pit bull mix. 

Trudy is such an irreplaceable part of our lives that we can barely remember life before her!

 In honor of Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, we decided to give back by creating a limited edition charity polish

 that will be available through October only! 

About 3.9 million dogs enter U.S. shelters every year, and 1.2 million dogs are euthanized (800,000 of them pit bulls). 

Adopt a Shelter Dog Month seeks to call attention to the plight of these animals 

and to encourage people to adopt dogs rather than going to a breeder. 

No matter your preferences, you're bound to find a rescue dog that fits perfectly into your home!

We hope you're as psyched to help shelter dogs as we are! 
Please help us reach our $250 goal by grabbing a bottle of Puppy Love and telling all your friends too!

Puppy Love is a bright teal full of stunning pink and gold flecks and holographic shimmer. This is two thick coats.
What a knock out! I gasped when I first unwrapped it, the pink flecks really catch the light.
It was only later that I noticed the holographic shimmer. And I can only call it magical.

I tried to come up with some Puppy Love themed nail art and here's what came out.

The base is Aliquid Lacquer - Gargoyle, so many beautiful flecks coming together in this gradient.
For the canine accent I stamped with MoYou London Suki Plate 10 using Konad - Black.

I topped the rest of my nails with Model City Polish - Never Tear Us Apart.

Heart glitter and more holographic sparkle? If this ain't love I don't know what is.

Help Alison reach her goal! Trust me, you will never regret owning this gorgeous shade.

There's only 30 days left! Pick up a beautiful polish, or... adopt a shelter dog! :)

jeebjeeb

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Firecracker Lacquer - Parrot Procession

Hey all,

Hope your last weekend of summer was great!

I was a bit of a lazy bum but I tried something new!

Lucas and I made Macaroni n' Cheese from scratch for the first time and oh... my... god...

There will be many, many more. It was amazing!

Even the cat wanted some, but I don't think she liked the Sriracha sauce we mixed into the cheese ;P

I tried to tell her, it's not spicy, it's just flavour! But she wouldn't listen.
Kids. -_-

So, I don't mean to be boring but... I've got another stamped accent mani today (>.<)
Broken record or what? But this one is really awesome so shut up!

Featuring...
Firecracker Lacquer - Parrot Procession

Parrot Procession is a beautiful red holo. So classic! So sparkly!

The formula was divine! Easy to work with and no staining. This is two coats.

All photos are taken in artificial light. I did take some in the sun but for the first time ever, my camera totally freaked.

So I'll attribute that to the undeniable awesomeness of this polish, it couldna handle it Cap'n!!

I painted two coats of Zoya - Purity on my accent and stamped with MoYou London Tropical Plate 04

using Konad - Black and Sally Hansen - Lightening and Mint Sprint

I love how this multicoloured stamping worked out! 

Exactly how I had pictured it. ^_^  Beyond pleased!

I wish I could get a '57 Bel Air painted with this.
Then I'd go on a Selma & Louise road trip minus the crashing to your death thing.
But, you know, blow up a few semis for sure. 

It's all the rage this season, trust me.

jeebjeeb

I Love Nail Polish - Purple Plasma

Hey all,

I've got an absolute stunner for you today!

Brace yourself for...

I Love Nail Polish - Purple Plasma

Purple Plasma is a gorgeous "electric" purple holographic polish full of red and gold sparkle.

This is two coats. 

No matter the lighting, it's beauty is intense!

The holo is to die for but it's the sparkle that really kills it.

I stamped with Essie - Good As Gold and used MoYou London Sci Fi Plate 2.

I couldn't bare to cover much of this up, so I picked a little robot that I'm totally in love with.

It's so damn cute, I want to stamp it on everything ^_^

Purple Plasma has quickly become a new favourite.

ILNP did a stellar job on this one. 

What are your favourite ILNP shades?

Have a good one!

jeebjeeb

Let's Get Tropical

Hey all,

I need to get into a better posting groove.

I have so many awesome summer manis just waiting for their day in the sun.

But all I want to do when I get home is work on friendship bracelets.

My art is tearing me apart!!!!! And I wouldn't have it any other way. :)

I'm never bored, that's for sure.

Anyhoo... I'll try to get my ass into gear.

Starting today! Let's get tropical! 

 I recently picked up a few MoYou London Tropical plates.So in love!! 

Looking at all the images I knew it was time for me to try stamping with multiple colours.

I don't know why I haven't gotten into that yet, but hello, this is my gateway drug!

Zoya - Purity is the base for this flora and fauna from Tropical Plate 04.

I stamped with Essie - Off The Shoulder (pink), Sally Hansen - Lickety-Split Lime (green, duh) & Lightening (yellow)

I really love how the colours bleed together. Makes me think of sun bleached Hawaiian shirts.

I'm smitten with this manicure. Fresh, bright and colourful. 

And the fact that the white base made my hands look SO tanned. ^_^

I think I'll be wearing white polish well into winter ;P

I'm on my lunch break right now, and the clock is ticking... Got to get back at it!

Have a great hump day y'all!

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

 

Indigo Bananas - Acid Ocean

Hey all,

 I'm getting pretty excited and anxious over here.

On Friday night I'm leaving for a holiday with Lucas & my Dad.

We're going up to a giant lake and will stay in a houseboat for a week!

Who needs lakefront when you can be right on the lake?

It was my Dad's idea, and it'll be the first vacation we've taken together since 2005!

Which is pretty crazy.

Dad & I used to go camping every year. 

I had the most fun as a child when starting camp fires, hunting down sticks for marshmellows,

 tearing through campsites on my bike, and scarfing down beans and hot dogs in my plaid flannel jacket.

That was the good life.

Then growing up and bullshit got in the way.

9 years later... I want some of that magic back.

Break out the propane lantern (still works perfectly!)

load up on the sunscreen, bug spray and air mattresses, and bring it on!

It's a jeebjeeb summer revival!

Indigo Bananas - Acid Ocean

Acid Ocean is a deep blue/green base full of aqua and green colour shifting flakies (love!)

and bronze to green shifting shimmer! Yep, flakies and shimmer, what's not to love?

As per usual with Indigo Bananas, the formula is exquisite! This is two coats.

It applied like a dream and despite the jelly look of this polish, there is no visible nail line.

I don't know what I love more, the shimmer or the flakies. Together they work such wonderful magic.

After seeing how beautiful The Mercurial Magpie's swatches were in matte,

I had to bust out my trusty matte topcoat for this one.

(Poor thing is about 2 years old, I think this will be it's last mani, time for it to see greener pastures )

And viola! Matte perfection! I fricken love it!

Look at how wonderfully the flakies pop. Mmmmm... Colour shifting goodness...

What do you prefer, shiny or matte?

I stamped with MoYou London Fairytale Plate 06 using Essie - Good As Gold

I'm so into the jellyfish, it's not even funny.

And on my thumb, I have the face of a mermaid! If only I could fit her on my other nails...

I'll be spending the rest of the week deciding what to bring with me.

No nail polish. No computer. And maybe no crochet. 

(I think I just heard all of you collectively gasp)

What the hell am I going to do?

Friendship bracelets!! The best summer activity around!

That is, until you screw something up and have to undo your knots (._.)

Course, I have a lot of practise at that now :P

I'm a huge success at failing. But apparently it's the only way I learn.

And I'm quite learned ;)

Have a good one!

jeebjeeb

Double your Dose

Hey all!

Happy Sunday!

As soon as I'm done this post I'm going to cook myself up a hot dog and enjoy a noon hockey game.

Sounds pretty luxurious to me ;)

And I'm very happy to say I'm almost done my crochet project! 

I've been really lazy with it this last week because I know our time together will be over soon.

Another baby to set free into the universe. Damn post-partum.

  

Today I've got two manicures featuring polish I scored at  AuttyW's blog sale.

:D (thanks girl!)

First up I have a gradient with Zoya - Neve, a beautiful sapphire metallic.

I can't believe I didn't pick this up when it was first released, this colour is right up my alley!

 I paired it with Zoya - Richelle, a bronze leaning gold with holographic particles.

And that was that! Give me a simple metallic gradient and I'm satisfied.

Keep it simple has always been one of my mottos ;)

All you really need is bold simplicity.

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When the China Glaze textures first came out I thought they were the worst.

But It's been a year and my opinion of them has mellowed. Now I'm intrigued.

Autty's sale was the perfect chance to try one out. So I grabbed Bump & Grind, a bright dark pink.

This is three coats, it's a bit on the sheer side. But the texture spreads like a dream.

I love how matte and stucco-y it is. It's a nice contrast to my usual Pixie Dusts.

With Color Club - Kismet & Cosmic Fate using MoYou Fairytale Plate 04 

I stamped some very cute little stars. I would have loved this mani as a little girl. <3

I'm glad I decided to give China Glaze textures a try.

I was pleasantly surprised.

Any polishes you initially hated, but then grew to love?

Uh oh, got to go, game's on!

Have a good one!

jeebjeeb

Neely by the Sea

Hey all,

 Happy Humpday.

Tonight I have one of my favourite polishes

Zoya - Neely

The cremes of last years Lovely collection are still tops with me. Big time.

 

Stamped with AEngland - Excalibur Renaissance

Using MoYou London Sailor Plate 05

Belugas on my accent and beachy awesomness on the rest.

 

 I love this so much! The little starfish and shells are too cute.

 The belugas are kind of bizarre. They look like messed up budgies to me.

Still cute though, so whatev.

 

 

Which old collections are still setting your heart on fire?

 

Have a great night!

I'm off to do some crochet and celebrate Montréal's win over Boston. ^_^

jeebjeeb



day is breaking in my soul

Hey all,

I'm having a bit of a late night.

It's just past midnight and I'm still awake! Wow!

I used to be a night owl but in the last few years I've morphed into a morning person.

The only time I can stay awake late is at my friend's house because we drink tea non stop.

My house just puts me to sleep. I've become too set in my up at 7 down at 11 routine.

Well tonight I'm going to act like a teenager. :)

Might as well get something useful done.

So here's a late night manicure for you.

 

 

Aliquid Lacquer - Gargoyle 

stamped with A-England - Her Rose Adagio using MoYou Fairytale Plate 06

 Gargoyle is a grey creme full of shimmering fecks of gunmetal, gold and copper.

It really is quit special. The flecks add such depth and visual interest. A sleeper hit!

Unfortunately my holo stamping heavily distracts from it's natural beauty.

I urge you to check out The Mercurial Magpie's swatch to see it in all it's glory.

 

I really like the grey and holo combo. It feels kind of whimsical to me.

Not dainty, but gentle. Like a bit of sunlight breaking through clouds.

Like how this song makes me feel...

 

 

Have. great night, or morning!

jeebjeeb

We Are the Music Makers

Hey all,

I have another incredible Indigo Bananas for you today.

This brand does not disappoint.

If you don't have IB in your life you need some now!

 

On that note I give you

We Are the Music Makers

featured in a music themed stamp mani

 We Are the Music Makers is a teal jelly full of green/blue/purple shifting glitters. 

I'm a fool for this colour shift, so no surprise I'm totally in love.

I stamped with A England - Her Rose Adagio using MoYou Rockstar Plate 03

And yes people, those are little headphones!

 

Like it's brother 2% Butterscotch Ripple (it's a boy dammit!), this polish

is incredibly beautiful and perplexing. The more I stare, the less I understand.

  All I know is that I wish I could paint a car in it. I can't drive. But who cares!



 

The more I stare the more I drool.

 

I hope everyone has a great Friday.

I'm going to celebrate with fried chicken and hockey! *happy dance*

.And some Battlestar Galactica, the latest household obsession.

It's fun! If you're even remotely into sci-fi, check it out.

 

Catch you on the flipside,

jeebjeeb

You Saucy Nureyev

 

Hey all,

So my week off turned into a few days of being sick.

-_- Typical and so annoying.

Sleeping for 15 hours wasn't the kind of relaxation I had in mind.

And I didn't even have any cool dreams.

What a gyp.

But I'm better now.

I was able to go out with a girlfriend yesterday.

Enjoyed the sunshine with lunch and tea!

...and then got totally sconed even though we were still full.

(There is no reasoning with a scone-head)

 

 Before I got sick I did paint a most awesome manicure.

And since it was early in the day I managed to get some sunlight pics!

See the amazing for yourself...

 

sunlight

 

Smitten Polish - You Saucy Minx stamped with A-England - Dancing with Nureyev

using MoYou Fairytale Plate 06



sunlight

You Saucy Minx is a beautiful indigo jelly full of red shimmer.

Super mysterious and spectacular, it truly glows from within.

I used two coats, which leaves a bit of VNL, which I'm into.

artificial light

 

I wasn't sure if this combination would work, but I think it does, in a very trippy way.

So much shimmer and glow, super psychedelic.

 



artificial light

 

You really can't go wrong with these two brands in the mix.

What do you think?

 

Did anyone watch the Sochi opening ceremony?

I think I may skim through for the coolest parts.

And to see all the countries different outfits.

It's like the opening to a Miss America pageant, except with coats and flags.

 

Have a great weekend!

jeebjeeb



they all have their own hands

Hey all,

Today I have something super gorgeous for you.

Scofflaw - Wraith Pinned to the Mist

I stamped the polka dots from MoYou Artist Plate 06 in Konad - White

I love this. Makes me think of vintage dresses.

With some amazing shimmer and multicoloured flecks, Wraith ain't no ordinary turquoise polish.

Just look at all that sparkle and shimmer! And the lovely gentle contrast of gold flakes.

This polish is all about attention to detail. Subtle at first, but more stunning every moment.

I've had this on since Saturday and it still looks damn fine. 

I don't think I've filed my nails either. And the tip wear is very minimal.

Scofflaw gets and A+

I'm starting to get excited. On Friday I'm taking my dad to see Bruce McCullough.

He was one of the Kids in the Hall, a sketch show from 89-94 I believe.

Funnier and weirder that Saturday Night Live and all Canadian.

Bruce has been my favourite since I was a little kid.

Maybe it was because he made the cutest woman, who knows.

(All the guys played woman characters as well because... well there were only 5 guys)

Here's one of Bruce's most memorable clips.

How many Dave's do you know? I know 2.
If you liked that, please for the love of god check out Kids in the Hall on youtube!
They're the best.

Have a great night!
jeebjeeb 

Don't be a Jackass

Hey all,

I feel like I've been super busy this week.

Or at least, I have all these different little things to do.

And most of these little things require creativity.

And being creative demands so much energy and time.

I get overwhelmed sometimes and just sit and do absolutely nothing.

But today I'm going to try hard to be productive.

Here's what I wore all week.

A match made in heaven.

Zoya - Bridgitte topped with two coats of Indigo Bananas - A Star to Sail By

Stamped with Konad - Black using MoYou Suki Plate 09

Drop dead fricken gorgeous right?

As you can see A Star to Sail by is much more than a white gold flake polish.

There are pink flakes, microshimmers and real silver metal flake.

A perfect match to Brigitte's dusty mauve.

The day after I painted this I had a little accident with a 300lb recycling bin full of paper.

When I tried to move it, it toppled on me, pinning my leg and hand to the cement floor.

Thankfully I managed to get myself free with only some bruises and scrapes.

This picture is what I call "Recycling Bin - 1 Manicure - 0"

Here's a little something that makes me feel better about hurting myself.

At least I didn't do it on purpose...

I hope you have a great accident free weekend!

jeebjeeb