In the Spotlight at the Breaking Dawn Premiere

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In the Spotlight at the Breaking Dawn Premiere

Sorry that we haven't posted in forever, but life has been crazy lately.  As you know, Jen and I went on a little vacation together.  We actually went to Los Angeles and Las Vegas for a 9 day vacation.  It was beyond amazing.  The best part was that we were able to attend The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 premiere.  Lets just say that it was beyond amazing.  All of us are really big fans of the books and the movies, so being able to see the stars up close and getting to watch the movie 4 days early was awesome.

However, I didn't keep up with my duty of taking photos of my nails.  I was able to get a few photos the day of the premiere, but the rest of the days were not as successful.  And the photos that I did take didn't turn out the best because of the red nail polish I was wearing the day before.  But I hope the other pictures will make up for the fact that these nail photos kinda suck.  I used Ulta Concrete and added Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear In the Spotlight (thanks mom!) on my accent nail.

And here some of the pictures from the premiere:

Ashley Green aka Alice Cullen

Kristen Stewart aka Bella Swan

Robert Pattinson aka Edward Cullen

Nikki Reed aka Rosalie Cullen

Peter Facinelli aka Carlisle Cullen

Kellan Lutz aka Emmett Cullen

Again, sorry for the lack of posting.  I hope you all enjoyed the photos and we will definitely try to get back to posting on a regular basis.

Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday weekend!

~Nailed by Brittany~

Very Cherry

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Very Cherry

The mani I'm showing you today is pretty simple. I painted my nails with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Very Cherry yesterday and wore it plain today. I picked up this color on clearance at Target for $1 :) The polish goes on great. The only complaint I have it that after 2 coats, there was still some VNL, but I was too lazy to paint a second coat.

~ Nailed by Ericka ~

25 Follower Giveaway! - CLOSED

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25 Follower Giveaway! - CLOSED

This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to everyone for entering!

So we finally made it to 25 followers and to celebrate we are going to give back to all of you.  This is our first giveaway and fingers crossed, it goes well.  We have decided to give away 11 nail polishes.  Here are the pics:

All of the polishes :)

E.L.F. Mango Madness, Blue Mist, Fuchsia, Lilac & Purple Pleaser

Sally Hansen Dahila, Savvy Ruby Slippers, & Ultra Pro Pink Flamingo

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear: Very Cherry, Midnight Sky & Deep Blue Sea

Hope you like the polishes!  Enter below:



~Nailed by Jen, Ericka & Brittany~

TuTu Cute Jelly Sandwich

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TuTu Cute Jelly Sandwich

The weather is not making me happy.  I really wanted to show you pictures of my nails from a few different days, but there just isn't any sun in Ohio.  So unfortunately the mani that I'm going to show you was only photographed inside.  So please don't judge the photos too harshly, I know that they aren't the best.

So I started with 2 coats of Ulta TuTu Cute.  This color alone is a lovely creme lavender color.  The formula was nice and the application was a breeze.  I wanted to spicy it up a little, so I added 2 layers of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Set the Stage.  I truly love this gold glitter.  The mixture of small glitter and the larger hexagon glitter is just perfect for a jelly sandwich.  Next I added on 1 coat of China Glaze Innocence.  Overall, I was pretty happy with the way that this turned out. I felt like it was a really nice color combination, and that the colors were work appropriate.  But not too boring :)

Even though these picture were taken inside, they are pretty color accurate.

What are your favorite colors to wear to work?

~Nailed by Brittany~

'Abduction' of My Heart

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'Abduction' of My Heart

So today I'm super excited to show you one of my favorite memories.  Last August, Ericka, Jen, myself, and Patty (another friend) decided to do a little stalking because Taylor Lautner was filming 'Abduction' in PA.  I must confess that I'm a big fan of Twilight, so therefore I have an affection for Taylor. He is just so cute, in a little boy way. But for as much as I find Taylor to be adorable, I'm definitely Team Edward.

The adventure started on a beautiful friday afternoon.  Our intentions were to just drive by the filming location to just see if we would be able to even see anything.  Little did we know that we would be given the chance to meet Taylor and get his autograph.  Lets just say that we stood, laid, etc. on the side of a little road in Sutersville, PA from 9:30 PM to 5:30 AM before we finally met Taylor.

:)

So how does this relate to nail polish?  Well it doesn't really, but since the movie premiered this weekend I thought that this would be good time to share (brag) about having gotten the chance to meet Taylor.  On that day, I was wearing a beautiful dark purple nail polish.  I think it was Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Pronto Purple.  Since we decided to go see the movie on Friday, I figured I would wear the same color nail polish to just bring the whole experience full circle.  However, this was a fail on many levels.  1) I don't own this polish, I had borrowed it from Jen and unfortunately I don't live with her any more and I couldn't just borrow it again. And 2) we didn't even get to see the movie.  The original plan was to have all 4 of us go to see it, but Patty and Ericka had prior commitments.  Jen and I decided to just go see it anyways (we probably like Taylor the most out of the bunch :) but we got so distracted by the amazing selection of nail polish at Mejier (will post about that later) that we arrived at the theater 5 minutes after they locked the doors.  Trust me, it was extremely disappointing!

So here are what my nails looked like on Friday, the day that I didn't get to see Taylor's new movie.  I did two coats for Sally Hansen Thinking of Blue and on my ring fingers I did one coat of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Deep Blue Sea.  I really love the Thinking of Blue polish. The Complete Salon Manicure polishes have a wonderful formula.  I didn't need to do 2 coats, but I just like 2 coats.  I also feel like I ruined the mani by adding the accent nail, but I guess it was just a foreshadowing of how the future was going to go.

Taken outside in the shade.

This one was taken in the sun.

Well I hope that you enjoyed my crazy long post. If you didn't read it all, I do hope you enjoyed the photos of Taylor :)  Did anyone see the movie this weekend?

~Nailed by Brittany~

2010 Lilac

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2010 Lilac

Over the weekend, I was browsing some nail blogs and was inspired to bring out the Nubar. When I've used Nubar in the past, I've always layered it over darker colors. I saw a mani that had put it over a lighter base color, and the flakes popped!

I decided to use Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Lacey Lilac as the base. Usually, I love Sally Hansen polishes. However, when I was applying it this time, the polish came out thick and uneven. I even resorted to adding some nail polish thinner and trying again. I liked the shade of the polish so I decided to stick with it even though I was disappointed with the application.

Once the base dried, I layer on Nubar 2010 and was pleased with the results. I love the rainbow colors that the flakes bring out :)

Taken outside in the shade.

In the evening sun

Do you have any tricks for when the polish gets thick? I'd love to hear about them!

~ Nailed by Ericka ~

Gold Sprinkled Chocolate

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Gold Sprinkled Chocolate

So has anyone noticed that fall suddenly appeared?  This past week we experienced some true Ohio weather with gray rainy skies.  To get in the mood for this new season I decided to go with a dark colored manicure.  Having purchased Savvy Chocolate a couple of months ago I figured this was the perfect time to test it out.

I started with a basecoat of Orly Ridgefiller.  I have started using this basecoat to see if it would help with the staining on my nails.  I'm hoping that the more pigmented basecoat will make it so that the nail polish won't stain my nails as much. It does seem to be helping, so fingers crossed.  Next, I did to 2 coats of Savvy Chocolate and topped it off with a layer of Diamond Dry.  This color is gorgeous, but the only complaint that I have is that the color can be very dark looking without direct light.  But I was able to capture the yummy chocolate shimmer that this polish offers.

These pictures were taken outside on a fairly dreary day, but I was able to get some of the pretty shimmer.

 

To make this mani last another day, I added a layer of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Set the Stage.  I'm actually really loving this multi-sized hexagon gold glitter polish.  The glitter comes out nice and evenly, which isn't always the case with glitters like this.  I recently picked this polish up at Target on sale and I couldn't be happier :)

So what do you think?  A great fall manicure with the cooler weather? 

Also, I wanted to give a little shout out to Fingers.  As soon as I was done with this mani I thought of you.  I hope you like it :)

~Nailed by Brittany~

P.S. Just wanted to remind everyone that once we hit 25 followers, we will be hosting a giveaway :)  Only 3 more.....come on you know you want to click that follow button!

West Virginia - Wild 'n Wonderful

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West Virginia - Wild 'n Wonderful

So as you all know, this past weekend we went camping in West Virginia.  The weather was a little crazy, which made camping a little more challenging than usual but everyone survived.  With the super heat on Saturday, we thought it would be the perfect time to paint our nails.  We had a little trouble with the polishes getting thick and sticky, but nothing too bad. 

We are going to show you all the nails that we did, so there are a few new fingers!

Here is Jen's nails.  She used OPI French Quarter For Your Thoughts and Color Club Poptastic: Almost Famous.  It was in honor of her dad who's job is to paint the lines on roads :)

I used Jen's OPI Austin-tatious Turquoise. So pretty!

Ericka's Nail are done with Sally Hansen Deep Blue Sea topped with Sally Hansen Midnight Sky.  A beautiful combination.

Here are Jen's cousins nails:

Here are Kait's nails.  I used Color Club Chelsea Girl and dotted with OPI Whats With The Cattitude.

For Amanda's nails Jen painted Sally Hansen Fairy Teal topped with OPI Servin' Up Sparkle.

Overall, it was a wonderful weekend :)  Hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend too!

~Nailed by Brittany~

Sparkly Purple....Yes, Please!

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Sparkly Purple....Yes, Please!

Last night, I was trying to decide if I wanted to keep the same color on my nails or if I wanted to repaint them.  I wasn't loving the idea of having the same color on for more than one day, so I got this great idea that I would I would attempt some nail art.  Let's just say that this didn't go well.....I don't even think FAIL fully describes how bad my attempt was. 

So moving on from the disaster, I decided use Wet n Wild Hannah Pinktana.  This polish is a gorgeous purple holo.  I started with one coat of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Lacey Lilac.  I topped Lacey Lilac with 2 coats of Wet n Wild Hannah Pinktana and coat of SV.  The WnW is so pretty and layered over the lilac color it was just perfect.  The holo glitter in this polish is just lovely to stare at and thats exactly what I did all day.  

It was cloudy today, so I took pics inside.  This is the most color accurate.

It was cloudy today, so I took pics inside.  This is the most color accurate.

I loved the way the bottle looks in this picture.  Tried to get the glitter to show.

I know this is blurry, but I loved that you could see the rainbow colors.

However, there was something else to stare at and that was the movie set that is being built right outside my window.  Lots of progress was made today, and you can finally see what was being created.  The building beside me has been vacant for a few years, but today it looks like a big Bed, Bath & Beyond.  They also brought down some of the cars and building pieces from the set on East 9th.  Here are some pics from my 10^th floor office.  I can’t wait until they actually start filming, because I should have a front row view :) (Sorry that these are from my ipod.)

~Nailed by Brittany~

I'll Water Your Mom's Melon

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I'll Water Your Mom's Melon

I don't have too much to say about my current manicure except it's so cute I'm obsessed with it. I got the idea off of another blog/tumblr and I would give credit if I could remember which one, but I can't so I'm sorry :) The best part of this is that it was so simple someone without any artistic skills such as myself can do it.

Its a little sloppy but I still love it.

 I started with 2 coats of O.P.I. Cajun Shrimp. For the black dots I think I would have been better off with a nail art pen or a thinner brush but for lack of anything better I used a skinny paint brushed dipped in ORLY Liquid Vinyl. Then I topped that with a coat of Seche Vite. After waiting impatiently for it to dry I taped off the tips and painted a coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lickety-Split Lime. Then used the same thin paint brush to paint stripes of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Emerald City. Finally finished I topped it all off with a coat of Seche Vite.

Seche Vite, ORLY Liquid Vinyl, O.P.I. Cajun Shrimp, Xtreme Wear Emerald City, Inst-Dri Lickety-Split Lime

In my opinion this is the perfect manicure for summer. Even on an overcast day it looked super cute by the pool.

As always photo credit goes to my brother who prefers to be known as Everett Morningside, II :) And he created a new watermark for the photos which is making its premiere in this post... hopefully a new blog design will follow soon. He also gets a title credit for this post... a classic 'your mom' joke, and a weird double entendre that doesnt make any sense... my favorite.
~Nailed by Jen~