Did You Know That...

Hi everyone!
In case you haven't heard of mameshiba, they are these adorable little chibi dog-like beans that can talk and are always ruining peoples' appetites with their strange or disgusting facts. I know that sounds weird, but they happen to be an adorable meme (and who doesn't like something associated with Kyary Pamyu Pamyu???).  Anyway, I spent the weekend with my lovely camp friend Brie, and we did our nails together!!! I'm so proud, I've gotten her into nail art :)
Both of us were debating what to paint, and we ended up deciding on mameshiba. We used two Sally Hansen quick dry polishes whose names I do not know as well as two Essies whose names have also slipped me, unfortunately. The yellow and green are the Sally Hansens and the pink and blue are Essies.
Here are the nails:

Mine are on the left and hers on the right!

Please excuse the lack of proper cleanup/lighting, I took this at her house with a cell phone and didn't have my tools :( However I think both of our manicures turned out pretty cool! I love the polka dots n her tips, we both noticed that you can see them from underneath as well! Pretty awesome XD

Sorry for not doing Christmas nails, but I don't celebrate Christmas (I'm Jewish) and I don't really see the point in doing them for that reason, nor do I have time to do them before I leave for Texas. 

I hope you enjoy these, and keep reading for more mani awesomeness! :)

By the way, did you know that a squid has 3 hearts?

Happy eating ;)

'Til next time,

Caroline S.

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It's My Birthday! (Well, Was...)

Hi everyone!
Sorry for not posting for so long again... I've been very busy as the end of the year approaches, having tests to take, gifts to buy, projects to finish, and parties to attend. I'm glad that winter break is here--I really need some time off! :)
We're going to Texas tomorrow, and since I have time I've decided to post the last two manicures that I have done. The first is my birthday manicure!
My birthday was actually last Sunday (the 16th), but I really didn't have the time or energy to post this manicure until now, so here it is! My friends, Izzie and Sarah, made me a bunch of nail polishes! Also, my friends E and H got me an Essie, Sexy Divide (a gorgeous purple with a not-so-appropriate name XD). Thanks guys :) :) :)
For this manicure, I used the new Essie as the base, topped it with several polishes whose names I cannot remember/do not know, and topped it with the homemade glitter franken made by my friends, Singing Star. I really like how it turned out! Here it is:

Yes, I know, it's a crappy phone picture... I couldn't find the camera until after the manicure chipped, so there wasn't much I could do about that :( Oh well, I guess it was able to capture the essence generally :)

Can you tell what it is? It's birthday candles!!! The glitter is the flame :)

I hope you like it, and keep reading for more colorful goodness ;)

'Til next time,

Caroline S.

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I Mustache You A Question...

Hi everyone!
I've been trying to get the photos on my camera to upload on my computer, and it finally worked! Now I can post these new nails :)
In honor of Movember (I know it's December now, but I did these when it was still November), I did mustache nails! In case you don't know what Movember is, basically it's just people trying to raise awareness for cancer in men. And guess how they do it? By growing mustaches! Since I am unable to grow a mustache, I decided to follow many other nail bloggers and paint mustaches on my nails. I used one of the wonderful new Deborah Lippmann polishes from Ellen (thanks again, Ellen!), but the polish didn't have a label so I don't know the name. I topped it with Wet and Wild Black Creme for the mustaches, and voila! Perfect mustache nails, with a different style on each finger. Here are the nails:

In this picture, they look very orange. I can assure you that they are actually pink, however the lighting got the best of my camera and turned them a very creamsicle-esque shade of orange. 

They're also interactive:

Why? Because who doesn't love pictures of adorable baby pandas with mustaches. The shade of the polish is a bit more accurate in this one, but it's still quite a bit pinker than it appears. 

I hope you like these! I'll be busy this coming weekend as well as next, but hopefully I'll be able to fit in some designs soon (especially because my birthday is coming up!). 

Enjoy, and stay tuned for more nail goodness! 

'Til next time,

Caroline S.

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Quick Update!

Hi everyone!
Sorry to be posting so late, but I just wanted to give you guys a quick update. I'm working on a few more frankens, all full of glitter topcoat-y goodness! Unfortunately I can't post pictures yet, because the labels aren't finished, but I'll try to post them tomorrow. Good night, and keep reading for more!
'Til next time,
Caroline S.
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That Perfume

Hi everyone!
Sorry it's been so long since I posted (again!). I hope it's okay that I've been posting less frequently, but lately I just haven't had the time to post that often. Because I had a bit of free time (and I really needed to trim my nails), I decided that today would be a good day to make a new franken. I had bought some glitter a while ago, and I had an almost-full bottle of topcoat. I mixed a few different glitters in, but I eventually decided on a gorgeous green micro glitter that was perfect for a polish (especially because I love green polish!). I poured in all the glitter (which was really messy), and... voila! A brand new franken polish!!! I decided to name it That Perfume, after a new Gumi Megpoid song that I recently found. It's a really good song, you should listen to it!!! Gumi's hair is green, so I thought that naming it after one of her songs would be perfect. After I made the polish, I painted my nails with a two base coats of Sinful Colors Innocent, just so that the polish (which is a glitter topcoat) wouldn't let my bare nails show through! After Innocent dried, I put on two coats of That Perfume, which covered the nail perfectly--not an overload of glitter, but not way too sparse like some glitters I've owned before. Here are the results:

Sorry that my fingers are covering up part of the label, but you probably knew what it said already! As you can see, not only does the polish itself look pretty, but I tried to make the label look nice, too. The label on my last franken wasn't terrible, but it wasn't anything special, either. I actually took the time to cut out the pretty heart shape on this one! :) I hope you like it, as I definitely do. The only problem is that the glitter keeps floating to the bottom, but I guess that's to be expected of this kind of franken.
I'll be away over thanksgiving, but I might be able to post soon after that!
Have a great thanksgiving, everyone, and keep reading for more nail art!
'Til next time,
Caroline S.
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