NOTD & Sephora OPI 212 news

My NOTD... well nail of my reunion tomorrow (NOMRT?) is OPI Alpine Snow w/ OPI Fit For A Queensland on top... I like my nails white. I feel so mod ;)


Also, I called the new Sephora store in Times Square to see about having the 212 polish shipped to me.. they were sold out BUT the SA informed me that the 212 will soon be available at ALL Sephora locations. The company just wanted to keep it special for the grand opening. She wasn't aware of a date but if I hear anything I'll post about it.

Phew! I still have a chance!!

It's a HAUL of a day!

WOW. I can't even begin to think about where to start.
I got an amazing nail polish haul in the mail today. I'm talking 20+ polishes people!
I received an AMAZING package from a raffle I won on Swap Tawk. There are a couple polishes in there that are SURE to be HG and I can Franken and play around with whatever I don't like...
I also received my order from aveyou.com. Holy fast shipping! They fullfilled some MAJOR lemmings for me. I picked up OPI DS Glamour, OPI Melody In Mocha, and OPI Concerto in Copper. I could not find these ANYWHERE (other than evil-bay)... so to see them on there AND get them at discount?! I almost fell over. Become a fan of them on facebook and you get $10 off ANY order. You can use this multiple times... I did! They'll also send you another coupon for 15% off in your order.

A swap also arrived today containing OPI DS Signature (can you tell I am in love with the designer series?!) and Lippmann Superstar (which was the only one I wanted from the Nordies set).

Here are some pics for your enjoyment... I'll post NOTD pics with these soon. I haven't changed my mani yet because the Orly Mirror, Mirror is staying on GREAT. Better than any polish yet for me!! As a mom, my hands are ALWAYS in water, so for this to be holding on so well... thats 2 thumbs up from me.

TIME OUT! My Toddler Flooded The Living Room!

You know how they say that "I was frozen in place and couldn't say or do anything until it was too late" ? I just had that moment. Luckily it wasn't a safety issue.

My mother in law (MIL) gave all of the grandsons (4 of them) these squeeze bottles for drinks. Since we were walking there today (don't even get me started on how we walked 30 min there and 30 min back on the hottest day of the summer lol stupid) I decided to let him take his squeeze bottle & filled it with (thank God) water. He drank a good bit of it between being there and on the way home.

We're home & I'm reorganizing the diaper bag and putting things away when I hear this trickling noise. I turn around and he is dumping the entire bottle of water all over his table in the living room! After I picked my mouth up off the floor I said NO about 15 seconds too late. For the most part it stayed on him and the table.

As I changed his clothes I told him it was very bad what he did, explained why.. etc. Then got an idea.

Why not try time out? We used to put him in the crib and tell him he was in time out and make him stay in there for 2 minutes (since he's two) but he had his lovie and some stuffed animals in there, so to me thats not really a time out. He's successfully sat on the steps for time out twice at my MIL's... so why not try it here???

I took his little chair from his room and put it in the living room facing a blank wall and turned off the TV. I explained this was his time out chair and I told him he had to sit there until I cleaned up the water and the toys that were wet. He got up once because I took a few toys out of the living room to dry so he got an extra few minutes. I had to leave the vicinity to throw some things out and get him another (safer) drink. When I came back he was still in the chair so I let him out early. He sat as his table with his new drink & snack and said "I'm sorry, Mommy".

What a good boy ;) Can't believe it worked and it was SO easy!

My son will be 3 in October.

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall Part Deux

This polish is so dreamy and creamy it made me WANT to Konad it up! I got out my new Konad plate and my new black polish (PSA black Konad polish is MESSY and STAINS) and got to adding the butterflies. Love it. Getting much better at stamping. Practice makes perfect!!!

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall... Why Won't My Son Sleep In?!

Today I received my second order from VNS. It was the Orly Once Upon A Time set and China Glaze Moody Blue. I decided to put Poison Apple on my toes (do you know this was good in ONE coat?! I almost fell over. I did 2 for good measure though) and Mirror, Mirror on my fingers.
I won't gross you out with a foot pic (some people just don't like the feets!) but promise to put Poison Apple on my tips at some point.
Here is Mirror, Mirror - 2 coats, 1 flash ;) Please excuse my red thumb, there was a mishap with Poison Apple on my big toe lol



I didn't like this after I did my left hand, but as I finished up the right hand it grew on me. I may leave it on! I contemplated taking it off right after the pic... but seriously... it's nice!

On another note. We bed trained my oldest on Friday. He's doing SO well. Last night was a test, though I know people have gone through worse. DH was in the basement installing a toilet in our new bathroom and was having issues... making all kinds of noise... so DS went to bed late. As did I since I wasn't about to go to bed when all of that racket was BOUND to wake up both kiddoes. DS went down around 10 or 1030, me at 1230. DD up at 2. DS up at 230. DD up at 6. DS up at 630. He refused to go back to sleep. I probably should have pushed the issue of sleeping in more with him, but wasn't in the mood. Do you know he's still going strong and its almost 3pm?! I tried to get him to nap. I got about 30 min in and so did DD. DS just laid in bed and played. At least he was good. I don't get how kids are ready and raring to go with little or NO sleep?! What are these children on?! Gimme whatever they're taking!

Classy one day... Chic the next!

Yesterday I decided to give my poor nails a break from the dark polishes and try out my one and only Essie polish - Secret Affair. I must say... It's definately in my top 10 polishes. It is the perfect nail color for anything. I felt very classy as I wore it. My only complaint is, this morning it was pretty chipped up at the tips. I was a little disappointed because I wanted to konad on it today. Even so, there are definately more Essie's on my wishlist!


Yesterday I also started Poshe Cuticle Care. It smells divine and I can already see a difference! I'll keep you posted!

Today I have on China Glaze Lubu Heels. I LOVE this one too! Very Chic. I feel like I need the shoes to match lol I see this one being used by me quite a bit in the colder months!


I just noticed I did an angel/devil - naughty/nice thing these past 2 days lol Must be in honor of my children. When Owen is the angel, Lydia is the devil... and vice versa. Neither will nap today. That means it's not a good day =\ but at least the nails look pretty!

Konad - Day 2

Good morning!

Last night I applied my new favorite nail polish, Chanel Gondola (fall 2009).


This morning I decided to use Konad over top. In hindsight, I wish I would have went with white, since this is such a dark color. It's hard to see the silver =\ I used Konad plate m57 and this is the result:


Yes, I am aware my pointer finger konad is going in the opposite direction. What can I say. The baby started to cry and I needed to finish up 2 more nails quickly! It happens! My first VNS order comes today anyway, so I'm sure I'll be doing some repainting after the mail arrives!!