Vacation 3-for-1

 Hey all,

I'm back from vacation!
I got some much needed r & r in the country.
Swimming in the lake was the best part. I'm a water baby, but lakes are my favourite.
We made lots of yummy food and watched fun movies. I crochted like crazy.
And I managed to finish the book I started the day we arrived!
So satisfying. The book was a pretty meh Stephen King, but overall a fun read.

I went away with Dagadelic, so you know manicures were afoot.
Deciding which polishes to bring was a bit painstaking, but I managed to narrow it down to 7.
And wouldn't you know it, used them all! So pleased.

First up
Pretty & Polished - Tomboyish & Zoya - Purity

Tomboyish is a colour changing polish. I used it once before in this manicure.

It was so warm out I was unable to capture it in it's cold state. But you can see the difference from the bottle.

I love this polish either way. In the lake, however, I had an awesome gradient going.

Just the thing to space out on while drifting away.

Next up, I brought a few of my most summery shades.

piCture pOlish - Citrus

The Nail Junkie - Watermelon 

 Zoya - Reagan

I used citrus as a base and then sponged with all three

for the ultimate summer gradient...

I was so happy with this one. It's the gradient I've been dreaming of for weeks. Sunsets and popsicles.

Just a hint of Watermelon's shimmer running throughout. I wont soon forget this one.

Last but not least I have 

Enchanted Polish - Congratulations & Nubar - Resort Yellow

I LOVE this yellow. I have found my perfect shade.

Not too golden. Not too neon. Juuust right.

And Congratulations? Well I think "holy crap" is the best way to describe it.

This disco fantastic manicure knocked my socks off.

Resort Yellow took 3 coats, but look at how perfect it is!

I'd have to say this one is my favourite of the three. What about you?

I'm back to work tomorrow. Trying not to think about it.

At least I know I'll have nail mail to look forward to ;)

Have a great night and an awesome manicure

jeebjeeb

Pretty & Polished - April Showers

Hey all,

Happy Sunday morning.

I've been in a get up and go mood. 

Which means cleaning the house for 20 minutes while I make my first cup of tea.

Don't ask me why, sometimes I'm so full of energy and drive right after I've woken up, it's scary.

Seems I do best when I'm running on empty, denying myself the gratification of a warm beverage.

I'll do anything for that first cup. But usually it's dishes and general tidying.

Then I can relax, surf the web, crochet. I just have to work for it.

Then I spend the rest of my day completely undisciplined. :P

Last week I received a couple beauties from Pretty & Polished.

I was so excited about April Showers, I had to put it on immediately.

April Showers is a colour changing polish. When warm the base is white. When cold, blue.

I think it's so cute white. It makes me think of blueberry yogurt or something.

It's full of shiny blue circles, matte blue hexes in 3 sizes and very small white iridescent hexes. 

The best part is how each base colour hides or brings out a certain glitter.

When blue, the small white hexes really shimmer, and the matte hexes recede.

I love it like this too. Like a shimmery robin's egg.

However, I didn't get to enjoy it like this very often, due to summer weather. 

But I did have a lot more fun washing my hands :) 

On this hand I got two of the largest size of hex. I didn't even know they were in there!

I absolutely adore this polish. Extremely fun and cute! 

What do you think?

Kit-Kat has been enjoying the warm weather. 

And I hope you have too.

Time to get my crochet on!

I'm getting close to the end of a project!

I can almost taste it.

Mmmm...acrylic.

Have a great Sunday and an awesome manicure!

jeebjeeb