Polish Swap with Laura at Mice in the Kitchen

 

 

I love polish swaps.  It's always a surprise in a package and so exciting- you never know what the other person picked out for you! Due to loooooving swaps, I joined the LaLa Lists and Lipgloss and Crayons nail polish swap. 

 

 

I was paired up with Laura from Mice in the Kitchen (such a cute name!).  We weren't provided with much information and I wanted to make sure I got Laura polishes that she would like so I quickly emailed her.  After a few emails back and forth I was ready to go shopping!

 

 

Just a few days after I sent Laura's package out, I received hers.  I was sooooo excited to open it!

 

 

 

Spencer was super excited too. (pardon the creepy yellow eyes :))

 

 

Look at those beauties! All three of these were original to my stash and amazing with their own right.  Sally Hansen's are good for stamping and I know that gold is going to be my go to for that!

 

I decided to try the Lustre Shine (a new collection that Salley recently released).  Let me tell you, this color was fantastic.  Three easy coats and great coverage. 

 

Plus, it's such a unique color in my stash.  I have NOTHING like this at all!  The pictures don't do it justice but take a look.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you again Laura! I will enjoy theses lovelies and proudly display them with the rest of their sisters in my mountain of polish.

 

Anyone else join a holiday swap and get amazing new beauties?

 

 

<3 Krystan



Swap from Aylin

Back in May, I saw a post on someone's blog (sorry I can't remember who) about a limited edition Essence collection.  Now me, I'm a huge Disney fan.  When I say Disney, what I really mean is Disney Princess'.  I looooove Disney Princess'! When I was in college, my friends knew how much I loved Disney Princess' and they got me all this silly little girl stuff like a princess bingo game, a small princess tent, stickers.  Silly things but I made me laugh.  Back to the polish...Essence was coming out with a Snow White Collection...and I had to have it! I mean seriously, 4 full size polishes (one a apple red and the other 3 glitter toppers) and 7 mini's (each named after one of the seven dwarfs)- so cute!

 

Unfortunately, Essence wasn't going to be releasing this limited edition collection anytime soon in the United States. So, I scoured Ebay, posted on LiveJournal, and begged just about anyone I could find to help me get this collection.  Then, I say a post on one of the mini polishes on a blog I follow: Posh Nail Art. Aylin was amazing enough to send me the WHOLE collection! Including the nail file and the stickers! And then, she included 4 other polishes!!! Goodness, I was so excited and extremely grateful. I was able to track down some of her lemmings and help her out too. 

 

I have only used one of the mini's so far but have no fear, I will feature them all at one point.

 

 

 

 

Thank you so much again Aylin!

 

 

Have you gotten to kill any lemmings through a swap? Have a favorite swap buddy?

 

 

<3 Krystan

CG Riveting

 

I know I have been gone for awhile.  Life got in the way of things. But hey, let's get back to it shall we?

 

 

I wasn't a fan of The Hunger Games until I went to see the first movie.  After that, I couldn't put the books down.  So exciting! I kept thinking about what Katniss would be doing. 

 

 

This leads me to Riveting.  Which is exactly what it is!

 

 

 

 

 

Such an amazing fire orange.  I love the gold flecks in it too!

 

 

Beautiful though it was, I wanted more.  So I added Cirque's French Roast. 

 

I won French Roast from a giveaway run by The Polished Perfectionist a few months ago.

 

 

 

This ended up being an amazing combo! French Roast is a brown glitter with slightly larger, and darker browns mixed it.  It really did look like tiny coffee grounds (and I love me some coffee).

 

 

 

 

Have you tried any Cirque polishes yet? The new collection looks amazing!

 

 

<3 Krystan

 

Nail Swap!

 

Join us at Lalalists for a Nail Polish Swap!

 

I looooove me some swaps!

 

 

 

Check it out:

 

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Crapppp

I'm pretty sure it seems like I dropped the ball, it rolled, fell off the face of the planet, and I followed it...or maybe it's just that I had too high of expectations for myself during October. 

 

I throughly enjoyed my short time blogging and I have much more to share with you guys so I'm coming back!  Thankfully, now that October is almost over I have a chance to stop and take a breath. 

 

Planning a wine tasting, having a new bf, searching for a house, work, and all my other obligations left my nails bare and my mind foggy.  Maybe 3 posts a week is more reasonible...at least until I get my priorities straightened out...and the new bf knows polish is high on that list :)

 

For the time being, enjoy some pics of the new family dog: Rory! While she can never replace Tanner (who we lost in August), we know that life with her will bring joy each and every day.