I hope this will tide you over

Hey guys...I'm super tired/busy this week so I may not post for a few days, my first few tests of the new semester are coming up and I want to do extra good!...but anyway, let me get on with my post.

Today I am showing you Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow by OPI from the La Coleccion de Espana, Fall 2009. 

I want to just say in my opinion this is one of the best colors OPI has made in a very long time..even including the Katy Perry Collection.  Green is my favorite color and black has to be one of my favorite colors on nails.  This color combines the two, it is a vey deep forest green.  Although it is not crystal clear, there is ever so little sparkles hidden in this polish.  Although the color is TO DIE FOR, I have to say the application was not.  The first coat was a very very light green, looking nothing like the color in the bottle (not even remotely), it was more of a pure green rather than a black based green.  Within the second coat however, the color began to look like the lacquer in the bottle but it got ver lumpy and hard to work with (this might be because the night before I painted my nails it was sitting right under my drafty hole they call a dorm window).  The third coat seemed to even things out a bit and with the fourth (yes, I had to use four coats here for opacity) and when I used Seche Vite top coat thats when you could no longer tell there were any application problems.

As you can tell, I finally got my cuticles in somewhat decent shape during the last week or so which I am soo happy about.  I started using Bath and Body Works C. O. Bigelow Rose Salve every night before I go to bed...

*Photo courtesy of www.travelingwithmj.com

which I have to admit works wonders (although a tad greasy).  I also started using Victorias Secret Drenched in Pink Pretty & Pure Hand Lotion throughout the day which smells like jasmine and pink lemonade...smells great!

* Photo courtesy of Lookn4smitty blog

Well there ya go, hope you like this polish as much as I do...I'll try and get posting done this week because I have a nice orange to show you but I doubt it will happen, sorry to disappoint.  Night!

New and Improved!

As you can tell (and hopefully like), I re-designed my blog today =)  I'm loving all the new fonts that are offered now... I finally feel like a real blogger, how 'bout that! hehe

So I've been getting in touch with tons of developed bloggers and trying to figure out how they gathered their followers and pretty much how they became AWESOME. Surprisingly tons of them were willing to help me out but for the people I didn't get to ask...how about adding me to your blog roll? I'm really trying to have more than 8 followers (although I appreciate those people who believed in me when I was just first starting) so I am really trying anything.  Now I have something to ask you guys, what is this Swap thing I've been hearing about (from ThePolishAholic)? Does anybody know the rules or how it works? I'm willing to try it if anybody else is..it sounds pretty cool and a great way to get my name out there.  Let me know if you are interested!

Yesterday I used Vintage Gray Petites Color Fever that I got from Rite Aid for $3.99 (a little steep for such a little bottle -.25 FL OZ).

Who else loves this color as much as I do? I've used it before but obviously I have forgotten that its so awesome.  So here's the thing, although the color is spot on the application is a little thick.  I used three coats for opacity and topped it off with Seche Vite. The color tends a little towards purple at some points,  but then like a light army green at others (in artificial light)... but it always has a hint of brown, making for the perfect soft cream gray.  I also have Petites Color Fever in a periwinkle color and I have to say that the application of that polish was much better than this application. (weird right?)  I would DEFINITELY recommend this color and brand although application is a little tricky.

Please don't forget about the swap thing..I'm really excited to try it!!