Girly Things

I am pretty sure it's clear how much I love nail polish. I've been obsessed with nude nails for at least the past two or three months.

But before I get onto the polish overload, I want to prove that more than just my nails get attention. I love lipstick! I was never a lipstick person, mostly gloss, until I found the Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick. My mom is famous for her red lipstick and as much as I love it on her, I never thought I could pull it off myself. I needed a matte but creamy lipstick with staying power if I was ever going to try it. Enter UD Anarchy in my August Ipsy bag. If you're unfamiliar, Ipsy provides deluxe samples each month for a $10 subscription. It is hit or miss mostly, but for a hit like this lipstick I am willing to endure the blah months. Anyways, I put this one while Face Timing with my McDreamy and his jaw dropped when I put it on. I was repelled by the bright Barbie-style pink but I ended up really liking it, and LOVING the formula. It is creamy. It is matte. It is hydrating (as much as a lipstick can be--when I take it off, I don't feel like I'm scrubbing rubber). And the pigment is fantastic. Unbeatable. So, Anarchy. The Sarge likes it. That's a win.

But, who can stop there?? I went on to buy a full size Anarchy and hoped to find a good red, not too orange but not too dark/blue. And then there was F Bomb. And Shame, a dark berry-brown that is really perfect for FALL! Sorry the pictures aren't better... But you get the point. I think I've bought all the lipstick I need for the next year.

The jewel of this post, though, is Butter London's The 444. The neutral color I have on is Yummy Mummy, which is a shimmery taupe color that works well on my skin tone. I'm inclined to think that it would look good on any skin tone, warm or cool. But the shimmer is The 444... I wish I could capture the shine in my cheap cell phone/iPad pictures. It's such a brilliant silvery almost champagne shimmer. I really love it, and can't wait to do my whole manicure in it for New Year's or something equally festive. In the photo below I have two coats and I would call that full coverage (we know how hard that is for a shimmer). It's like a disco ball for your fingers!

 

 

 

Here are a few different angles/lighting: 

 

And here it is in the sunshine. Well, natural light... it was overcast. And this is just one coat. 

I was able to remove it in one swipe using the nail polish removal trick found at gingerbreadmanne. Thank you Pinterest! The piece of the cotton ball in the picture was ONE swipe and my nail was clean. If you hate removing nail polish, try it this way. Seriously.

 Anyways, compare it to BL's Fairy Cake -- the lighting is a little different but you get the idea. The glitter is a bit bigger and much more brilliant than the silvery fine shimmer of Fairy Cake.

 

What do you think? Do you like glitter in your nail polish or do you avoid it all together? Would you rock The 444 as a full manicure? I personally love it, even though I was sure I left glitter nail polish in 1998 with the Backstreet Boys and Tamagotchis. I guess it's true... some girls are just born with glitter in their veins :)

Take a few minutes and give yourself some love -- pamper your hard working hands! Who cares if it will all chip off tomorrow at work. You deserve it!

Blogger Woes

I realize that everyone reading this blog is confused because the comments aren't working. I know that ruins your entire day. I'm implementing a new widget: disqus. But.. it's not cooperating. And importing my old comments to it has hidden them all! So.. sorry about that. Please know that I am working on it! 

Update 17:36 I may just have to stop for the day. Yes... alllll day I have been working on this. G+ comments should be working until then... you know.. in case you've been dying to say something :)

Posh @ Play

I'm sure you guys have all figured this out by now, but I'm an independent consultant for a company called Perfectly Posh. (If you haven't heard -- check us out!)

Twice a year, two of the founders make their way around the country to hang out with the consultants and anyone interested in joining. Our company is still so young that the event was only around 50 people from the southeastern U.S. It's such a cool time to be a part of a business. We have less than 5000 consultants, and probably less than that are active. Plus, I've been with Posh since before the first "push" to 1000 consultants... watching the company grow has been amazing. It's been a year since my last event (which was the first convention) and it's always so refreshing to be around people who love Posh like I do. So seeing Ann and Andrew and my Posh sisters was a load of fun.

I even sang happy birthday :)

My friend Anna came with me. She drove from North Carolina just to hang out with me ... is that not the sweetest friend? We were neighbors when the Sarge and I were still at Camp Pendleton. She has three of Gracie's puppies: Moscato, Saison, and Lola. My allergies were kind of being lame, so we hung out in the house, ate junk food like it was going out of style (my stomach did not appreciate that, for the record!), and watched the entire first season of Orange is the New Black. Judge all you want.

Sorry I have awful picture taking skills.

 It was a really great weekend.

I have been struggling a lot because really the only people I know are my neighbors. I found a fantastic church, but most of the members are much (much) older than I am. In fact...I'm pretty sure that all of the members who attend anything other than Sunday morning service are grandparents. Of adults.

Anyway, it was really nice to have a friend here, my age, to hang around for a while. I forget how nice it can be, even for an introvert like me.

I hope everyone is doing well out there in the blogosphere. My next post will be about J's last care package... but I have to wait until he gets it to post pictures. He's on to me!