Flashback!

This is going to be a short post, since I don't have a ton of pictures. That's because I wasn't as insane about polish back in the day. Riiiight. So I've got a bunch of pink and red comparisons to share with you. And I'd better hurry, I've got chores to get done! Here we go!

Oh Look! New Stuff!

Yes, I've added a new header. But I didn't just go with the one voted for, I created a lightly updated, newer one from there, and used a totally new font and everything. And over there on the side, I slapped in a little slideshow. Eh, I dunno, that might be too much, we shall see. While we're talking about new things, I've also written up an intro to our newest dog, another husky, and posted it over on my other blog. So feel free to go over there and learn about Juno!

Today I've just got a couple of manicures to share, because I should have been asleep a few hours ago. I'm just too wired up with excitement! In one week, I pick up my kids in Wisconsin!! I wish I could make the time go faster until they get here, and then slow way down. We are going to have lots of fun this summer. Anyway, let's get to the polish, ok?

NOTDs to Peruse.

Just to keep you in suspense a little longer, here are some NOTD pics, from the beginning of November.

Not Enough Sleep. More Blues.

So, I got like 3 hours of sleep, and I'm up and running. It's a good thing I don't have some really important job where I need to be fully alert. Once my doc is back from vacation, I should get my blood work results, and maybe we can figure out why I can't sleep, but am tired all the time. And I really really hope things work out and he'll prescribe the Enbrel for me. I think that's part of the problem, my skin ALWAYS itches and/or hurts. But let's look at polish.

Dark Blue Swatches

I've got a whole BUNCH of blue swatches for you, so I'll start with the darker ones tonight. I've done these the same way I always do, starting with one coat on the pinkies, and adding coats up to four on the index finger. The sheer colors I also swatch over black on my thumb and take a close-up. I don't use base or top coat, and the pictures are taken with my OTT light. Okay, let's see what we have!

More greeeeen!

Yum, sandwich. And some raspberries. I love raspberries so much. If I ever manage to get our back yard redone, I'm going to put in raspberry bushes. But this post is for polish again. So let's get to them.

More yellow swatches.

In this post, we'll look at some lighters yellows, and yellowy greens. Again, refer to the last post if you want to know my method of swatching and so on. And I'll stick with just listing the names and not boring you to tears with inane commentary.

Finally, some swatches!

I have said a couple of times that I had a BUNCH of swatch pictures, and I've finally gotten to them! This will be a few posts, since there are so many pictures. I should give you my swatching details first though.

Okay, here's how I swatch, because it's good to know the details. I start with one coat on the pinky, working my way up to four coats on the index finger. If I decide to layer over black (or something really dark), I do that on my thumb. I only do that with the really great layering polishes for the most part, and it's one coat over the dark polish. Right now, I'm using SH Night Flight, but I usually use WNW black; I'm just too lazy to go buy more. I suppose it's wrong to admit that, but I don't much care. I do not use any base coat or top coat. I don't tend to go all the way to the edges, leaving quite a large gap, because it's easier to clean up. Speaking of cleaning up, I don't bother if I slop, so it might look a bit messy. I guess that about covers the details. So let's look at them!

April Showers Bring May Flowers. Or Not.

Since I'm still up after some impromptu training sessions with the dogs, I'll share the rest of April's pictures, and then I'm nearly caught up. Although I went on a swatching fest, so I'll have a LOT of pictures to share. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's just stick to looking at these for now.

Light and Bright.

Sometimes I get on a kick for a certain type of polish, and will do several similar manicures in a row. Other times I'll just grab a polish at random and just go to town. I love it when I have somebody who is willing to suggest a certain color or design idea, and I can base my manicure off of that. Today I'm sharing lighter colors, which can be a problem for me, since they are often not as opaque as I'd like.

A Purple-xing Color.

Yeah I know, silly title, but I'm feeling a little silly. Anyway, this post is going to feature some of the purples I have enjoyed so much. Onward to the pictures!