OPI Stranger Tides

I couldn't think of a clever title for this one, I think it may be too early for me, LOL!

This is OPI Stranger Tides- I got it in the mini Pirates of the Caribbean set that the Princess picked out for my birthday present.  I want to get the full size of this one, Skull and Glossbones, and Mermaid Tears- I love these colors!

Stranger Tides is a grayish green color.  I have this love of weird greens- I don't know why.  I want more!

The formula on this was pretty good- a bit streaky at first but it evened out.  I have a feeling my mini bottle will not last long!  I don't think these colors scream "pirate" to me, but they are pretty.  (though I am not sure exactly what colors would scream "pirate", LOL)

Until Later,
Amberski

OPI My Private Jet- the "dud"

The Princess picked out a few polishes for my birthday...  Apparently all by herself!  One of them was one of the "dud" versions of MPJ.  I have the brown holo version, but I wanted to try this one out.  Turns out, it is kind of pretty!

I know there are a few "duds", but The Princess managed to pick a good one!

Until Later,
Amberski

Yes I am a pirate....

200 years too late.
the cannons don't thunder,
there's nothing to plunder
I'm an over 40 victim of fate.
Arriving too late,
arriving too late.

(2 points if you can name that tune, LOL!)

Sorry it has been so long since I posted.  I had no internet for a week, then my hard drive died, and we had a dog emergency.  It has been a long 2 weeks.

Mr. Ski and the kids got me the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean mini set, and I decided to give Skull and Glossbones a try first.  I lovethis one, it is a weird greyish greenish color. 

Pretty!  I think I want to go back and get the full size.

Until Later,
Amberski

It's not easy being green...

Sorry for the Kermit reference, and I hope that I didn't give you an earworm!  The Princess is on a Muppets kick lately, we have the first season on DVD and I have seen it 90 bajillion times.

The last two polishes I have worn have been green.  I was over the dark, vampy winter colors, so I picked OPI Who the Shrek are You?  I am a huge fan of this color!  It is bizarre, yet pretty.

I wore it for a day or so, and then I started craving the Tronica polishes...  Since I can't go to CosmoProf to get them, I decided to make my own holo.  I put a coat of OPI DS Original over WTSAY and got this:

Not perfect, but it satisfied me for a day, LOL! 

I finally broke down and bought my 2nd Essie polish ever.  I am lazy though, so I ordered from Walmart online..even though there is a Walmart across the street from my neighborhood...  I got Sew Psyched finally!  I am an idiot or waiting so long, this color is gorgeous!  I love the dusty look of it.

I love it, and since I heard it is a dupe for RBL Diddy Mow (which I never got because I am a cheapskate) it makes me even happier that I bought it.  This is definitely one I will be wearing often.

Until Later,
Amberski

Man Glaze and other random stuff

So, I had a post all planned out to do on the day before Thanksgivivng, but Mr. Ski needed his computer.  No problem, (I thought) I will do it when he gets home....  guess who left his computer at work?  Normally, this would be no big deal, but the next day was Thanksgiving, and Friday we were flying out to Key West.  That's life, I guess!! 

I went to an out door concert a while back, and since it was a punk band, I decided to go with Man Glaze Fuggin Ugly.  I loved this polish, but it was pretty chippy- I had a chip before I even got to the concert.  I think net time I wear it, I will use a top coat.

I went to get my hair done recently, and the girl had OPI polish for sale.  Since I had given her a crapton of stuff before we moved, the cut and color was free, and she threw in a polish.  I picked OPI DS Reflection.  Oddly, the cap is black, but the polish looks like the swatches I have seen:

Sorry for the tipwear, I think this was after a few days. 

We went to Key West on Friday, and I scoured the Dollar Tree looking for those Sally Hansen Prisms that everyone is finding...  no luck.  Mr. Ski picked up a pack of NYC and Pro 10 (I believe) for me- the NYC was Molten Metal and #229, Pro 10 had Morph and an orange that I can't remember the name of.... 

I am going to leave you with a shot or 2 from Key West-

This is the Artist House- I believe it is supposed to be haunted, like most of Key West.  It was the original home of Robert the Doll.

This one is pretty self explainitory...  please excuse my dopey looks, I had a stye on my eye that pretty much swelled it shut- I almost wore a pirate patch on the trip!

This next one is from the Ghost tour- we stopped at the Auduban Haouse, and I caught this on film.  Apparently, the orb is next to the room where the children had died of yellow fever.

Anyway, I have tons more pics, but I need to resize and do a few things.  Maybe I will share more soon!!

Until Later,
Amberski

NOTD- OPI Jade is the New Black

I forgot to take pictures of the polish I wore last weekend when I went out with Mr. Ski... I wore ChG Mummy May I, and I love it, so I will definitely be wearing it again soon and I will take pictures!

This is OPI Jade is the New Black. I know I am way behind with this one!! I loved this color on me, for some reason, the green looked great against my very pale skin!! Sorry for the picture quality though, I need a better camera that actually likes greens!

Sorry, this was under the "natural light" light bulb in my living room.  It is pretty close to the color I think.  Like I said, I need a better camera!!

Until Later,
Amberski

NOTD- China Glaz Zombie Zest

I asked on twitter the other day what I should do for my next mani, and jbrobs suggested I do ChG Zombie Zest over OPI Who the Shrek are You.  Here you go, twin!!

I think that putting over a green kind of adds to the color...  It was a tad streaky, but that could have been user error, LOL!  My camera had a hard time picking up this polish, it looked much better in real life.  We kept calling it "glitter snot" the whole time I wore it!!

Today is Mr. Ski's 40th birthday, and we are going to try and go out for a bit.  I need to figure out what polish I am going to wear, and maybe I will show you!! 

Until Later,
Amberski

NOTD- OPI DS Extravagance

This is what I wore all last weekend.  I could not stop staring at my hands!!  OPI DS Extravagance is a gorgeous magenta-ish holo.  The formula was awesome, and it is soo sparkley!!  Even Mr. Ski commented on it, we all know how rare that is!

 

This is 3 coats plus SV...  I alway seem to do 3 coats, just to be safe, LOL!!!   This is my 2nd OPI DS polish, and I want more....     

Until Later,

Amberski                                                     



                                                          

NOTD- OPI DS Original and guest nails

A few weeks ago I won another giveaway on the awsome L.'s blog, Bright Lights, Big Color.  I will try and get pictures of the goodies for you!  I decided to try OPI DS Original first, since I love holos. Unfortunately, I was only able to get one picture in the sun, because it has started to rain again....

Sorry it is not the best, but it shows some of the gorgeous holo-ness!!  I will try and get better pictures soon.  I love this polish, but it is sheer.  I may try it over black or purple, I heard it was pretty that way!

TO make up for the crappy NOTD picture, I have some guest nails for you.  She will not be commenting on them herself, because her typing is bad and her spelling is not the best...  (that's because she is 4, you guys!!)  Today's guest nails are none other than The Princess!!  She loves having her nails done, and she is very particular about making sure her toes match, LOL.  Usually, she chooses pink or purple, but this time she opted for OPI Ogre the Top Blue:

Ha, she even has the pose down!!  Cute, right?  Her is her " I am adorable" pose:

That's all for now, have a great night!!

Until Later,
Amberski

Stash pictures

Since my NOTD is one that I have already showed you, (ChG Recycle, you can see it here.) I decided to show you my stash.  I keep everything in the bathroom linen closet, since I don't have a spare room to use.

The clear box and the blue crate are my polishes.  Here is a close up of the clear box:

This is mainly China Glaze, with a few OPI, a Zoya, and an Orly thrown in.  I also keep my SV and Restore in here.  (In case you were wondering what the writing on the box says, it says Scrapbook Stuff- I stole the box from my scrapbook stash, LOL!)

Here is a close up of the blue crate:

This has everything else- Rimmel, Cover Girl, Milani, Loreal, etc....   when I first got into polish, my entire stash took up maybe a third of this!!  I counted after I took these pictures- not counting base and top coats, I have 75 polishes!!  I know that isn't much compared to some of y'all, but I started with less than 10 in November...   I need to find more storage, I have more coming from 2 contests I won.  I am not ready for a helmer (nor do I really have room for one) so I am not sure what i am going to use yet.

Anyway, Happy Earth Day, everyone!!

Until Later,
Amberski

NOTD and some pics

So I am feeling a lot better... though the cold is killing my back and knees.  Sigh, I can't win!!  I have some pictures for y'all, since  I was a slacker while I was sick.

Here we go:
1st, I added some glitter to my ChG Up All Night mani.

Blurred to show the sparkle:

I decided a few hours later that it didn't look exactly how I pictured, so I tried out one of my new swap polishes- OPI Russian Navy Suede.

Ack- just noticed the appalling lack of clean up- sorry!

I loved this polish!  The texture is great, applied easily and dried amazingly fast!  The only downside is that it chipped in less than 24 hours, boo!

Last night I tried out another one of my swap polishes, which is my NOTD.  Milani Hi Res- holo!!!!

The holo shows up even in dimmer light- so pretty!  I need to stalk the drug stores around here so I can find the others!!

That's all I have for now, ladies!  Have a great day!

Until Later,
Amberski

Squeee!!!

I wanted to post this yesterday, but I had to wait until I confirmed that my swap partner received her end of the swap.  I had one of my major lemmings satisfied!!  You are going to have to wait a few to see that though!  First, i have my NOTD (actually weekend):

Mr. Ski and I had a date on Saturday night, and since Mint Sorbet was chipping, I asked him to pick a color for me to wear.  He said "Wear something dark, like red."  Red is dark??  Okaaay....  I was over red because of Valentine's day, but I humored him, and picked China Glaze Ruby Pumps.  This one gets a lot of love on MUA nail board, and now I know why!  Yummy red jelly with glittah!!

This is 3 coats, (base and SV as always.)  She didn't want to photograph well, and of course there is no sun here...

I was scared to remove it, because I was out of foil, but I have been using an old cloth baby diaper to remove my polish lately and it came off quite easily.

Now for the best part!!  I swapped for this with a lovely girl from MUA.  Are you ready??

Yes!!  Now, as some of you know, there are a few versions.  I was keeping my fingers crossed that it was a holo version:

Definitely some holo there!!  Yay!!  Here is 2 thin coats over Wet n wild Black.  Sorry for the lack of cleanup, I was too excited!!  (I am like a toddler with a new toy!!)

You can see a bit of the holo, but I wish there was sun so you could see it better!!

Anyway, I am going to go drink my coffee and stare at my fingers now....

Until Later,
Amberski

NOTD- OPI Bogota Blackberry

Hi, y'all!  Feeling a bit better today, still have a headache though... : (   I was reading the paper this morning and found out that they are calling for snow AGAIN.  Now some of you will probably say "so what?  We have a ton!", but here in SE Virginia, we don't get snow!!  This will be the 3rd weekend in a row...  ugh!  Mr. Ski had a job offer in Denver last year, and we didn't take it- partly because of the fact that it snows there a lot. (also, there is no ocean!  I rarely go to the beach, but I like knowing that it is 10 minutes away if I want- silly, right?!)  This snow crap makes me miss hurricane season!!

Anyway, on to the pretty.... I am still working on my reds for Valentine's day, so here is the next in line!
OPI Bogota Blackberry!!  I received this in the same RAOK I got Pama in.  I have never been big on reds (probably because they clash with the red hair) but this one is gorgeous!  My pictures aren't the greatest- I took them last night(the Princess always tries to get in the way when I try sunlight pics!) but here we go!

3 coats BB (base coat and SV as always!)

Please excuse the lack of cleanup- I had to keep getting up to put the Princess back in bed!  I may try to get sunlight pics of this in a while, if I do, I will post them!

Thanks for reading my nonsensical ramblings- I do appreciate it!  (and kittytokaren- feel better sweetie!!)

Until later,
Amberski

Blech

I woke up this morning feeling completely crappy.  I think Mr. Ski got me sick!  (He says he only has a sinus infection, but then how come I feel poopy now???)  I also haven't been sleeping well lately and have had a headache for about a week due to stress...  I really hope I start to feel better soon!

My NOTD today (well, yesterday- I may change it later if I feel better. ) is ChG Designer Satin.  It is a bright pink color- very happy looking!  Unfortunately, I don't have any pics of it... sorry!

I have spent the day searching swaplists on MUA trying to find one of my major lemmings- OPI My Private Jet (the holo version).  No one wants to part with that bad boy!!  Sigh- I guess I will never own it- I am scared of Ebay, so I will probably never order it there...

Sorry for the disjointed rambling, I can't seem to get my brain to work over this headache.  I am going to go try to lie down, but I think the Princess may not let me!

Until Later,
Amberski

Massive Haul!!! Warning, very picture heavy!

As promised, here are pictures of things that have arrived this week.  First up, a care package from a lovely person who will remain unnamed.

Ruby Pumps, C-c-c-courage, Dorothy Who

Ten Man, Good Witch, Cowardly Lyin

Gussied Up Green, Paper Chasing, Watermelon Rind, Entourage, Outta Bounds

Designer Satin, Seduce Me, Ravishing Dahling, Stroll

Recycle, Black Diamond, Awaken, Wagon Trail

Custom Kicks, Calypso Blue, Rodeo Fanatic, Up All Night

Bermuda Breakaway, Evening Seduction, VIII, Unknown (the label was gone- any ideas?)
I also got Seche Vite base coat, ridge filler, and topcoat, and Seche Restore...

Next, I was the first to comment on a post on Polish Freak's blog, and I won this:

Alice in Wonderland minis!!

and last, but not least, I told you all I won the contest on Short n Chic's blog...  here are my prizes:

 OPI Shim-mery Chic, Shorts Story, Sinful Colors San Francisco, and SH Opulent Cloud!!  There is alos some wonderful lotion and Avon bubble bath that the Princess is excited over.

Whew!  That was alot!!  I can't wait to start trying these out.  I guess I will be doing more NOTDs in the future!

Until later,
Amberski