Obama Nails!

Hello again!

I was a little nervous about making a somewhat political post this week, but my friends told me they thought I should be sharing my Election Day 2012 mani with you viewers. I then decided to share their nails as well!

The company Minx announced they were launching nail designs inspired by election 2012, featuring the faces of President Barack Obama, Governor Mitt Romney, and each party's mascot. As soon as I saw this announcement show up in my Facebook news feed a few weeks ago, I immediately showed my friends at work. I thought the nail designs were super cute, and a fun way to take off some of the stressful edge elections can bring sometimes. Me and two of my friends ordered a pack from the Minx "tasting room" together from their website, and split the pack of 18; giving us six designs each to work with as accent nails. No matter where you stand politically, I hope you only look at this post as three friends coming together in a fun way about the things they believe in, while having cool-looking nails at the same time!

Here is what I did with my nails. I covered my thumb, ring and pinkie nails with the Minx stickers, and then painted my index and middle nails with a polish from China Glaze. This shade is called "Man Hunt" from their 2012 Fall collection. I really love this color and how well it worked with the Minx stickers.

Either I can't believe how nice these cell phone pics are, or I am in serious need of a newer and cooler phone...maybe it's a bit of both. LOL. My friend Libia's nails came out perfect, and these pics definitely show that. 

These nails belong to my buddy, Valeria. She was actually able to cover all of her nails with her six stickers because of her small nail size only needing half of a sticker for each nail. She got great use out of these, and I think they turned out awesome on her!

For fun, I made this cute little collage of all of our manis together using the nifty Pic Collage app. I was able to make this right from my iPad.


 Well, that concludes this post. I hope you guys enjoyed viewing it, and if you have any comments, please keep them strictly nail-related and not political. Thanks!!!
- Tiff  

Halloween Nail Polish Strips by Incoco

Hello, everyone!

After a bit of a struggle with getting this thing started, I am happy to say that I am now part of the nail blogger world! I have been collecting all things nails for a few years now, and have always relied on some of the most popular blogger ladies and their reviews to figure out which polishes I "need" to add to my nicely sized collection ;)

Those who know me well know that I not only love regular polish; I am also a HUGE fan of nail polish strips. I have used polish strips multiple times from different brands, and I just so happen to love every kind that I've used so far. A few weeks ago, a nail polish buddy of mine sent me a pack of nail polish appliques ("apps") from a company called Incoco she had received in one of her monthly beauty box subscriptions and knew they would be put in good use from my end. This was my first time using Incoco apps, and I was absolutely pleased with them. I knew I had to get my hands on some more sets from them, and here I am with one of their Halloween designs from last year's collection called "Mischief Night"!

My family and I have never been big on Halloween ... It's just another regular day for us. Despite this, I at least wanted to get into the spirit by doing my nails up. "Mischief Night"  gives my nails the perfect decoration for Halloween, with adorable jack o lantern pumpkin faces and orange and black glitter. I've had these on since Saturday, and have received many compliments on them! ;) Here are what my nails look like with them on, in different lighting...

Have you ever gotten that "tip wear" look from filing off the excess polish strips from your nails after applying them? Well, it drives me insane sometimes, so I decided to take a Sally Girl black polish to touch up the edges. Here's what they looked like right after I did so below.

And... Just because I absolutely loved my first set of Incoco strips sent to me from a friend, here is a pic of them from when I wore them for a trip to Disney's Animal Kingdom a few weeks ago. The leopard spot design is called "Femme Fatale".

Well, you guys...I did it! My first post as a nail blogger is here, and I'm so happy about it. I'm starting to get the hang of this Blogger thing, and I'm already thinking about my next post. If you're interested in getting to know the Incoco brand, head on over to their website and take a look at all of their awesome designs! TTYL polish lovers! ;)  - Tiffany C