Getting Ready for St Patty's Day

How goes it people?!?! Anyone else ready for a spring break? I did a little mani in honor of the green beer
holiday. In case you don't recognize my little works of art they are:
Thumb - Irish Flag
Index - Green Beer
Middle - Green Top Hat
Ring Finger - Clover
Pinky - Horseshoe

I hope you like it or are at lease inspired by it to do your own. It's almost the weekend and I hope you've got something fun planned. Something that shows that you Love Yourself!

Sale! Urban Decay

Quick post to tell you all about Yrban Decay's Friends & Family Sale 20% off use FFSPRING12 on their website. Love ya & Love You!

Magnetix Fail!

First off let me say I did not fail to make my posts seven days in a row intentionally. We had some craziness at our hotel which resulted in no internet service. We ended up checking out and moving to another hotel 6 minutes away. Sounds simple enough but it took us an hour to find it. That set us back an hour for our dinner plans. By the time we got to the restaurant it was extremely packed and there was a 30 minute wait. Anyway suffice to say I wasn't able to post on Saturday. I feel like my husband and I live in our own sitcom with crazy things happening to us but it always ends with us laughing. We have a good time together no matter what. We are home now so I will make up for it by posting twice.

On our way out of town I stopped at Sally's and found China Glaze's Magnetix nail polish and I was overjoyed. I had previously seen magnetic nail polish at Ulta but it was $15 so I passed on it. Unlike some of the other magnetic polishes China Glaze does not put the magnets in the lids the magnet is a separate item. Its a plastic red "U" with three different magnets on it and little crescents on the underside that are supposed to keep the magnet the proper distance from your nail. Wrong!!!

The magnet was a pain in my @ss!

Either the magnet touched the polish and smudged it or it was too far away from the nail to effectively create the pattern in the polish. I was at the point where I nearly threw it all in the garbage when my husband said he thought it was cool. So I removed all the polish and tried it a second time. It did come out better the second time but not without fault. Below are the pics from that attempt. I will give it another try but probably not too soon. I love the way it looks its just a little time consuming and infuriating. Anyway I had a wonderful weekend and I hope you did too. Take some time today and love yourself and get ready for Monday. Holla!

                                                                                                                                           -Chelle

Another Blue Polish

Today's post is a review of Zoya's Phoebe. Its a bright blue that reminds me of the water at the beach in Cancun. It is one of their Matte Velvet laquers. I really liked the matte polish I got from ManGlaze and since it was on clearance for $3.99 I figured it was worth a try. Thank goodness because I was not happy with it. The first thing I noticed was that even though I waited until the first coat was completely dry before I applied the second one it still pulled the first coat off in streaks. Not to mention the first coat was so sheer and streaky wearing just one coat was not an option. After 2 coats the color was great but the finish was bumpy. The little hills on it bothered me so much I put on 2 coats of Seche Vite. The color was fabulous. Unfortunately the polish was chipped the next day. I would characterize this as a total disappointment.

See the uneven finish...uggh!

See how pretty the color is with a pretty blue shimmer in it.

Even after the top coat you can see bumps in it.

     

So that concludes my week long post-a-day. Hope you found something interesting and will come back to read and follow my blog. Don't forget to Love Yourself.

                             -Chelle

What About a Haul Post?

So yesterday I stopped by Ulta and ended up buying quite a few things. Most of which was on the clearance aisle so if I were you I would run by your Ulta today. There were lots of facial, haircare, and nail products to choose from. 

I spent $69.81 before tax!

I will run down my purchases for you. 

PRODUCT                                                            ORIGINAL PRICE            CLEARANCE PRICE

Face: Organix ever radiant coconut milk hibiscus             $9.99                              $5

         gentle foaming cleanser

         Formula 10.0.6(formerly ten-o-six)                         $5.99                               $3
         mattifying T zone cloth masks
         (2 boxes)

         Ulta Medium Powder Brush w/chrome                   $18                                  $4.49
         handle

Hair: Nexxus Alluring Curls Curl Creating                       @$12                                   $8.49
         Gel Elixir                                                     oops  I peeled the sticker off     
                         
Nails: Seche Vite Support Awareness                              $17                                     $8.49

          (1 bottle of Seche Vite and 1 bottle of
            China Glaze Go Go Pink)

             Zoya Matte Velvet Laquer in Phoebe                  $8                                       $3.99

Body: Body Therapy Workshop Body Cream                    $12.50                               $0.99
          in Perfect Pomegranate

          Ecotools Be Green Live Clean                                  $14.99                              $1.99
          (8 oz body wash, 8 oz shea butter lotion
           and a loofah all in a reusable bag)

Definitely the best deal I found. I would have bought two if they had two. Has a nice earthy scent.

I also bought some nail polishes to try out Sally Hansen Smooth Perfect in Sorbet and OPI Kiss Me On My Tulips(This seems dirty to me he, he). Picked up a few Essie colors from the Navigate Her collection as well. I got Go Overboard; which looks identical to Nicole's Khloe Had a Lam-Lam but I will get back to you on that and Playdate. I am currently in a "I'm letting my hair grow out" stage so when I saw these cute short, wide bobby pins by Karina I snagged them.

By the way I am very proud of myself it is day 5 of my personal challenge to post everyday for seven days. I already have the pictures for tomorrow's post ready. Its a nail look that requires the use of physics hint, hint. Anyway folks I hope you enjoyed this post and decide to follow my blog. I am currently holed up with my hubby in a hotel room on our 10th anniversary but I am blogging anyway because I love YOU so you better Love Yourself too!

                                                                                                                                             -Chelle

Getting Sexy in the City

Yes its another blue mani. I know, I need a 12 step program for all my blue nail addiction. I wanted something matte-tastic. ManGlaze Matte is Murder and I Lily Love You by OPI. On top is Matastrophe. Nothing fancy really just something fun. I am extremely sleepy so is probably why its not as precise as I would like. I probably should have used one of my favorite sayings for this one. "Good idea, bad execution." I am going to take a little nap now. Chin up tomorrow is Friday! I am looking forward to the weekend and hearing that you Love Yourself! Enjoy the pics.

                                                                                                     -Chelle

                          

All pics taken indoors no flash needed.

Wednesday Pinky

So this is just a quick post for Wednesday. I did pink with black & gold stripes. The pink is SHXW in Pink Satin, Matte is Murder by ManGlaze for the black and SHXW in Golden-I. Using tape would have helped but I don't have the patience to cut tape and when I do I always seem to jack it up when I peel it off. Simply to do just laid down the base color did a wide swipe of black and used a stripper brush to put the gold stripe down the center. Well I am off to pack for my 10 year anniversary with my sexy hubby. I intend to keep up the posting over the weekend(if he lets me up for air ;) so talk to ya soon. Please follow me if you like what I'm doing and let me know what looks you would like to see. I have a few more nail looks posted on my Pinterest board also called Polished Poison. I love you for reading and you definitely should Love Yourself!!!