My new favorite nail polish, that is! If you know me at all or have read any of my Facebook or Blog posts you know that I have struggled to find a good nail polish. One that will last more than 24 hours and doesn't chip or peel, etc... Well, I think I have found one and I have a new favorite color just in time for fall/winter! The nail polish is Revlon of all things. It's a bit pricey if you can't find it on sale, but I got a good deal at Walgreens last week when they marked it down to $3.99. I had a $1 off coupon and ended up getting a $3.00 Register Reward on top of that so it ended up being free! I picked up a bottle of #909, Sheer Petal. Normally I gravitate toward the brighter colors, but since it was a Walgreens special the shelves were pretty bare, thanks in NO small part to the lady at the cosmetics counter with literally the entire counter covered with stacks of coupons and baskets upon baskets of products all separated out into small transactions! She had a nice hoard of these polishes. I will have to do a whole separate post on this type of couponing! Anyway, I browsed the nearly empty shelf and picked out my polish, oh and did I mention that this was only Sunday afternoon so the sale had pretty much just started! I painted my nails with it last week and although it took about 4 coats to get the color I wanted it lasted me about 3-4 days, which in my book is a WIN on wear. A note about the color, I realize it's supposed to be a sheer, but I wanted a nice light pink color that's why all the coats.
Now, here is my new favorite color, which I also picked up at Walgeens using a RR from a previous purchase so it was also free in the end. It's #570, Vixen and it's AWESOME! I had to do 3 coats to get a nice dark color, but it's so pretty! I totally stole this picture from
here, but only because her nails are so much prettier than mine are. (By the way you should totally check out her blog, she has tons of cool photos, fashions, etc... on there!) I am going through a grow out stage from where I had artificial nails that I did myself and so my thumb nails have these weird ridges in them that are almost grown out to the end. Since they are almost grown out they have been splitting and cracking where those ridges are and I have been keeping them cut all the way to the quick so they don't cause more damamge.
So, I think this is going to be my new go to color in place of black this fall! I don't know if I talked about the top coat I have been using, but I just ordered 2 more bottles of it so I don't come so close to running out again. I have been using Seche Vite and I LOVE it! You put it on before the nails dry and it somehow penetrates through all the layers of polish and completely hardens them. They are dry to the touch in just minutes and completely hard in less than 10 minutes. This is a great product for someone like me, who ends up having to re-do my polish every couple of days. The only draw back is that it starts to get thick after awhile, but Seche has created a Restore product that you just drop in the bottle and roll it around and it restores the topcoat to it's original consistency. I had to add a bottle of this to my stash as well. I have ordered my Seche products from Amazon because I have founds great deals on them, but I know that Sally carries the Top Coat in their stores.
Well, Bailey got her top braces on yesterday and this is what they look like complete with green bands! Green is her favorite color so I am sure we will be seeing that color bands quite a bit. Her mouth is sore today, but it from the pressure not the brackets scraping. She has the wax, but she hasn't really had to use it on the brackets just on the backs where the little part of the wire sticks out. I remember that being where I used the most wax when I had mine too. I can't believe I have a child old enough to have braces...In a couple of years we will be doing this all over again for both boys! Apparently they got the crowded mouth from me!
Well, I have tons of work to do, but I am also running out of everything and waiting for hardware to get here. I am going to get as much done as I can and then start cutting out bags so I will be ready for when all my stuff starts coming in the mail.
Have a great day!!
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