tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30057917630035403522023-11-16T09:18:41.064-08:00for the love of lacquer!CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-77763228361159937382013-10-21T17:39:00.000-07:002013-10-21T17:39:03.284-07:00Monday, Monday<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello lovelies!</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is Blood moon from Stardust Polish. I love the red square glitters in this one! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This Halloween mani was inspired by one done by my good friend Janie! It is a black to orange gradient topped with OPI's Servin' Up Sparkle and an accent nail with a spooky lil' ghost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Are ghouls and goblins dancing on your nails this fall? Maybe a ghost, a witch or two?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Until next time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~Kandy</span></div>
CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-81687147711470468372013-10-14T18:21:00.000-07:002013-10-14T18:22:24.697-07:00It's Fall on my fingers!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello lovelies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First up is Pumpkin by Fever by Twisted Colors. This is a thermal polish that shifts from orange when warm to a brownish black when cold. It's chock full of orange microglitter that really pops when your nails are cold along with black hex glitter. Pumpkin Fever is pictured here with three coats, no undies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next up is Harvest moon by one of my very favorite indie makers, Stardust Polish! This black polish is full of orange glitter in different sizes. This one was hard to photograph though it was absolutely gorgeous on...especially in the sun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> For this mani I knew I wanted to do something with Frankenstein and though I dug and searched through many drawers and bins, I could not find the perfect slime green color I had pictured in my head. I used three different greens along with a glow in the dark top coat to get the perfect color. I also used a white base to make the greens really pop! To get this slime concoction I layered two coats each of Island Girl Aloha Color, PolishMeToGo Kiwi Squeeze (a glowy!) and Chromato-4 Limelite(also a glowy). I topped those three off with a coat of China Glaze's Ghoulish Glow. The result?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Frank glows in the dark! I finished this mani late at night like always so I didn't get the glow pic til the second day. It was pretty funny to see my nails glowing in the pitch black room when I woke up, I shocked myself! =P</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is Bugs in My Candy by BellsKandi. This Halloween cutie is a thermal that shifts from green to orange and is full of black glitter along with some shifting microglitter. It came with the cute witch charm and the real kicker? It smells like candy corn after the polish is dry! The first day I had this on I had to kind of keep my nails away from my face because the scent was pretty strong. (I have a sensitive nose and scents trigger migraines for me occasionally.) After the first day though the scent mellowed out a little and it no longer bothered my nose! I had a strange craving for candy the entire time I was wearing it...hmmm.....</span><br />
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The last mani I have for you today is what's currently on my nails now! This is Femme Fatale Lacquer's Stingy Jack, pictured here over one coat of Opi Black Onyx. Stingy Jack has a black jelly base and is full of orange, blue, silver and gold glitter in different sizes. I love this polish and it's no surprise since the name has something to do with the Nightmare Before Christmas ;)</div>
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Well lovelies, this is all the fall polish goodness I have for you today! I'm sure you can tell by now that I love Halloween themed polishes! I still have a few to swatch for you so I'll have at least one more fall mani post in store for you guys. What's on your nails? Are you still holding on to your bright summer colors or are you embracing the dark, glittery and spooky lacquer that's hauting all your favorite shops?</div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-74105172542881729992013-09-30T20:38:00.000-07:002013-09-30T20:38:27.270-07:00Farewell Summer, Hello Fall!!!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello Lovelies!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Happy (almost!) October!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fall is my favorite season and Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday so I have a lot to be excited about! I can imagine a perfect fall afternoon-snuggling on my (imaginary) porch swing in a fluffy sweater, a mug full of pumpkin spice coffee and a good book in hand, pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns on every porch and the smell of freshly crunched leaves underfoot in the air. Aaah, are you there with me? Unfortunately those kinds of days are few and far between in my neck of the woods considering we get maybe three or four days of actual Fall-like weather each year so they are even more special! I'm super excited about Halloween inpsired nail art and polishes but first I'd like to say farewell to a few summer manis! Here are a few of the brightest manis I did this summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now I have to admit I've been going a little crazy buying fall and Halloween inspired polishes lately so I will definitely have plenty of gorgeous polishes to share with you! Now I'm going to officially say "see ya next year!" to the summer months and leave you with a pic to remember it by! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Until next time! -Kandy</span>CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-42062461089883433872013-07-07T14:24:00.002-07:002013-07-07T14:25:53.069-07:00Show Me Your Indies! Featuring Stardust Polish, Part 1<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello lovelies!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have been obsessed with indie polishes lately. There are so many different color, glitter, texture and polish type variations in indie polishes than you could ever find in a department store or drugstore. For this post I'll be showing you polishes from one of my favorite indie lines, Stardust Polish.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">First up is Razzleberry Rave. It is a gorgeous blue jelly loaded with blue and magenta glitter.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My camera had some difficulty catching all of the gorgeous holo and glitter in this polish. First pic is in sunlight and the following two are indoors. This polish reminds me of a blue raspberry Dum Dum lollipop!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next up is Eat Me, my first thermal polish! I love the color of this when it is warm and the holo is just incredible! Eat Me transitions to a when cold. Apparently I'm one of those people that run a little hotter so the color wouldn't transition naturally on my nails. I did try sticking my hand into a glass of ice water but I couldn't stand that very long, haha! I hear you have much better results if you hold an ice pack, so I'll be trying that next time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The two polishes used for this mani are Blackbeard's Delight, a gorgeous black holo, and I'm Seeing Red, a squishy red jelly glitter. I fell in love with both of these polishes as soon as they went on my nails <3 !</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alright lovelies! That does it for post 1 of Show Me Your Indies feat. Stardust Polish! There will be a Post 2 as I have a few more of Drema's lovely creations to show you! If you'd like to check Stardust Polish out for yourself, maybe take a few home with you (you know you'll want to!) you can find them here: <a href="http://www.stardustpolish.bigcartel.com/">Stardust Polish</a>! </span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-32263941537031137402013-07-04T19:36:00.000-07:002013-07-04T19:36:38.426-07:00Happy Fourth!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello lovelies!</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Happy Fourth of July to those of you in the US, and happy Thursday to everyone else!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Can you guess what made up my mani today? Fireworks and glitter! On my pointer and pinky finger I have Rocket's Red Glare by Laquerlicious Unity. I love this gorgeous red glitter! Shown here in three coats. For my thumb, middle and ring fingers I used OPI's I saw... U Saw...We Saw...Warsaw(2 coats) , topped with Essie's matte top coat. To make the fireworks, I applied the glue with a thin tipped brush, then used a small spoon to sprinkle the glitter onto the glue. I used a softer brush to clear away the excess glitter...though I will admit I did blow some of the glitter into the air. It's oh so sparkly! :P </span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-26810421468412175322013-05-31T16:47:00.000-07:002013-05-31T16:47:51.819-07:00May Madness<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello lovelies!</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can't believe it's the last day of May-it's gone by so fast! I have a lot to catch up on so let's get started with the pics, shall we? =)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First up is the orange mani i did for Animal Cruelty awareness month (April). I used four different orange OPI and Essie lacquers for the water marbling, a no name Color Club for the silver glitter accent nail and a glow in the dark PopCulture polish (from my amazing friend Janie) for the pawprint on my index finger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next up-Essie"s Mint Candy Apple as the undies for my fun star nails. This mani was inspired by one of my favorite crafty nail lady's tutoriasl on Instagram using craft paper punches. I used glow in the dark polishes from JENsations (indie), Popculture Cosmetics (indie) and China Glaze. The blue glitter stars are also made from a CG polish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This mani was for a May nail art challenge on Instagram. The category was flowers so I chose to do purple Pansies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This black lacquer is one of my all-time favorite black polishes. Black Onyx by OPI has the greatest vinyl-like finish. It's usually the first polish I go to when I want to wear black. It usually only takes me one coat to achieve total opacity. Swatch pictured with two coats of Black Onyx.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do you see a pattern emerging? I seem to have used Mint Candy Apple a lot in the last month! This mani is topped with a squashed lemming- Picture Polish Ariel's Tale. I love love love this Picture Polish <3 . It is my first and it definitely won't be my last! Thanks to <a href="http://lacquervixen.blogspot.com/">Lacquer Vixen</a> for this awesome mermaid glitter!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My last May-mani turned out to be my absolute favorite! I never really buy neon polish for myself. I'm always drawn to the blues and greens and glitters so cremes and neons are usually just a blur as I dive for my favorites. This color really opened my eyes and I have a new love for neons! This gorgeous neon, China Glaze Surfin' for Boys, was sent to me by my awesome friend Janie. The white crelly glitter goodness you see on my ring finger is Femme Fatale's Lucky Ducky. <a href="http://lacquervixen.blogspot.com/">Lacquer Vixen</a> squashed this and another FF lemming with our last nail mail! I loved this mani so much, it actually stayed on my nails all week!</span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-30386248068456840262013-04-23T18:13:00.001-07:002013-04-23T18:13:10.975-07:00Liebster Blog Award<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello lovelies!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A gigantic thank you to the lovely PolishJunkie over at </span><a href="http://polishjunkie8.blogspot.com/">http://polishjunkie8.blogspot.com/</a> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and to the lovely C over at </span><a href="http://onebrushbeauty.blogspot.com/">http://onebrushbeauty.blogspot.com/</a> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">for nominating me for the Liebster Blog Award! You ladies are awesome!!!!! <3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(warning: I've got two sets of questions to answer here so this may be a long post =D )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have seen other blogs I follow get nominated for the Liebster Awards and it is a great way to find new blogs you may never have been exposed to! It's an amazing idea an I'm honored to be nominated!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b> Here are the rules:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. Link back to the person who nominated you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. Write 11 facts about yourself once nominated.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. Answer the questions from the person that nominated you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4. Nominate blogs with 200 or less followers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5. Create 11 questions for those bloggers to answer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><u><b>11 Random Facts About Myself</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. I am from the South...I live close to the Mississippi River! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. I refuse to match the polish on my nails to the polish on my toes!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. I've always wanted to be a writer and still aspire to being published one day!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4. I don't have a favorite color...I can't choose! =P</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5. I love glitter...I believe I've even been quoted as saying, "You can <i>never</i> have enough glitter." haha!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6. I was a vegetarian from the ages of 11 or 12 to about 18 or 19. I still barely eat any meat products!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">7. One of my favorite things to do is curl up with my dogs and a good book.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">8. I try to use only cruelty-free nail and beauty products!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">9. I love vintage and classic cars.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">10. I can fold anything...even a fitted sheet!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">11. I am terrified of airplanes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><u>Answers to PulishJunkie's Questions</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>1. Would you rather have matte or shiny nails?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love to mix them up...use a matte nail as an accent or a shiny nail as an accent for a matte mani.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>2. Glitters or Cremes?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Glitters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>3. What's your favorite brand of polish?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My favorite domestic brand would have to be OPI or China Glaze. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>4. If you could only wear ONE polish for the rest of your life, what would it be?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">OPI's Mad as a Hatter. I LOVE this glitter! I bought 3 bottles when the Alice in Wonderland collection was released. I'm down to 2 bottles now and will be forever sad when I run out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>5. What's the brand of polish you own the most of?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">OPI</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>6. Do you like doing your own nails or other's better?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't get a chance to do other's nails much so I would have to say my own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>7. How often do you paint your nails?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At least twice a week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>8. Have you seen my blog before I nominated you to this? If so, what is your opinion on it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had not seen PolishJunkie's blog until she nominated me for this. But now that I've had a chance to look around I'm super impressed! She does some beautiful nail art!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>9. What is a polish you really want but don't have?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Picture Polish's Blogger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>10. What is your favorite blog? (doesn't have to be a Blogger blog!)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I would have to say </span><a href="http://www.kandeej.com/">http://www.kandeej.com/</a>. <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She's such an inspiration!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>11. Do you use Instagram? If so, what is your username?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes! You can find me on Instagram under cinnamonkandy =D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u><b>Answers to C's Questions</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>1. What made you start blogging?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've always loved to write...I used to write some long blogs back in the Myspace days! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>2. What's your guilty pleasure?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh man, I have to pick one?!It's a three-way tie: Tempura Cheesecake from Sekisui, Cherry Garcia from Ben & Jerry's and my mom's deviled eggs!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>3. What brand could you not live without?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Urban Decay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>4. If you were an animal, what would you be and why?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If I were an animal I would be a bird. Though I'm not a fan of heights as a human I think I would love the feeling of the wind under my wings as a bird =)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>5. If you could only carry 3 makeup items in your bag, what would they be and why?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Black eyeliner-I never leave home without it!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some form of lipbalm-my lips stay dry so this is a must! I'm loving EOS Tangerine right now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Urban Decay Midnight Cowboy lipstick-I love this nude shimmer...I'm so sad they don't have it anymore! I'll be buying some off of Ebay or Amazon soon =(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>6. Liquid or pencil liner?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Both! I use pencil liner for my waterline and to start off my winged liner. I use liquid liner on top of the pencil for my wings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>7. Is there anywhere that you would really love to travel to?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I would love to go to England, Ireland, and Japan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>8. Favorite book and why?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I simply love too many to choose a favorite! Some of my favorite authors are Dean Koontz, Anne Rice, J.K. Rowling, Jane Green and Laurell K. Hamilton. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>9. What is your classic look?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You will rarely ever see me without black winged liner on my eyes. As far as clothes go I'm a jeans, t-shirt and converse kinda girl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>10. High-end or budget products and why?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When it comes to anything I put on my skin or hair I tend to stick to high end products. I haven't found too many budget products that are cruelty-free. If you know of any, please share! =)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>11. Every cloud has a silver lining, true or false?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I would have to say true. You gotta find the good in life, people!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u><b>My Nominees</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sarah at </span><a href="http://askthebeautyeditor.blogspot.com/">http://askthebeautyeditor.blogspot.com/</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mili at </span><a href="http://milimanicure.blogspot.com/">http://milimanicure.blogspot.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://pagingdoctorpretty.blogspot.com/">http://pagingdoctorpretty.blogspot.com/</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lisa at </span><a href="http://lacquervixen.blogspot.com/">http://lacquervixen.blogspot.com/</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tammy at </span><a href="http://ohmygoshpolish.blogspot.com/">http://ohmygoshpolish.blogspot.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://weloveswatches.blogspot.com/">http://weloveswatches.blogspot.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://addictedtoopi.blogspot.com/">http://addictedtoopi.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u><b>My Questions for my Nominees!</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. What is your go-to beauty product?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. What is your favorite dessert?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. If you could only wear one shade of polish for the rest of your life, what would it be?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. What is your favorite Indie polish brand?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. If you could have been born in another era, what era would you pick and why?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6. Do you have any pets?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">7. Coffee or tea?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">8. Do you drive? If so, what kind of vehicle?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">9. If you could wear a wacky or outrageous look for a day, what would it be? (Crazy haircolor, fashion, etc.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">10. What is your favorite flower?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">11. Do you have any tattoos? If so, what are they?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have fun, ladies! I look forward to reading your posts!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><3Kandy</span>CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-25569733048667941992013-04-23T16:05:00.000-07:002013-04-23T16:05:10.131-07:00A week in manicures!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello, lovelies!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hope you're all doing well! I think my immune system is on vacation as I seem to catch every bug that happens to come around lately! There's a to-go bowl of pho with my name on it and I just can't bring myself to eat it yet =( (stomach bug this time, hah!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First up is nail mail from my lovely friend Janie. She sent me these awesome polishes from PopCulture Cosmetics!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Left to right: mini Holographic Top Coat, Midsummer' Night's Dream, mini Lumos glow in the dark polish and Beauty and the Beach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was sooooo excited to see that she sent me Beauty and the Beach as it's been on my want list since I first laid eyes on it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Beauty and the Beach and Midsummer Night's Dream</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is Beauty and the Beach layered on top of Hello Kitty by Sephora's Minty. B&B has a very subtle gold shimmer base that didn't pick up in any of my pics. It also has small gold star confetti (there's one hiding on my pointer finger!) that required some fishing to get out of the bottle. It's pretty in pictures but it's a stunner in real life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is Minty....I can't stand how cute the bottle is!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I finally got around to trying the striping tape Janie sent me last month and this mani was the product of that experiment! For the base color I layered OPI Breathe Life and Essie Shine of the Times. My accent nail is composed of Sally Hansen Mermaid's Tale with Ticklish Teal by Lush Lacquer on top. I used the striping tape to make the triangles from my cuticles and used two coats of Ticklish Teal alone. I love how this mani turned out! I'll definitely be using the striping tape more often-I got a much cleaner line than I do when free-handing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alright, we're finally up to what's on my nails now! I haven't played around with gradient manis in awhile, so I grabbed three of my favorite blues by OPI and got to sponging! I used Teal the Cows Come Home as a base for</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> my gradient.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> From lightest to darkest: Teal the Cows Come Home, Sea, I Told You! and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well my lovelies, that's all I have for you now! Have you ever tried striping tape? What about gradient manicures? What's on your nails?</span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-20485230928575055102013-04-14T13:25:00.000-07:002013-04-15T22:19:49.413-07:00Oh April, you sure are flying by!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello lovelies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have a few pics for you today! This month seems to be flying by even faster than the previous months this year! I am on a countdown for a vacation in May, so you think the time would be crawling, but no!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First up is a quick mani I did for Autuism Awareness month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">April is Autism Awareness month and the lovely nail ladies on Instagram have been turning out some gorgeous blue manis! For this I used three coats of Essie's Barbados Blue with a coat of Sation's Tall, Dark & Has Some and top coat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next up is this awesome nail mail package from my fellow lacquer addict, Lisa over at </span><a href="http://lacquervixen.blogspot.com/">http://lacquervixen.blogspot.com/</a>.<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> You should check out her blog if you haven't already!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She sent me so many goodi</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">es I don't even know where to start! I think just about everyone is aware of my Hello Kitty obsession...just look at those lovely HK pastel colors! She also sent me my first Hard Candy and Ruby Wing polishes. Ruby Wing is a color changing polish and I can't wait to try it out! I am in love with the cute earrings she sent me as well...just look at those adorable gray roses!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's jelly sandwich time! For this mani I used OPI's My Pointe Exactly for the base/jelly color. It looks like a pale gray creme in the bottle but turns out to be a light, sheer jelly! For my sparkle, I used Pure Ice look My Way (the smaller blue and purple glitter) and Hard Candy Mermaid Magic (teal microglitter with small purple hex glitter) both of which are from the lovely Lisa! <3</span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-71847570489736112092013-03-27T21:44:00.000-07:002013-03-27T21:44:47.349-07:00Hoppy almost-Easter and my first nail mail package<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello lovelies =) </span><div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I got my very first nail mail from my nail mail buddy Monday and a couple of the colors she sent me inspired this Easter mani.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For the base color I used Orly Gumdrop. My nail mail buddy sent me this one and I fell in love with it as soon as I unwrapped it! It's a beautiful minty turquoise, though it comes across as more of a blue with the layer of matte top coat. It was fully opaque with two coats though it would've been passable with one! She also sent me Orly Lollipop (which I used for some of the eggs) and my very first Julep polish, Fiona (which I used for the grass).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For those of you that have never hear of nail mail, there are two types. The first type of nail mail is when you order polish and it comes via the mail. The second type of nail mail is when you exchange packages of nail polish, nail art supplies, candy and other cute little things with someone through the mail. Not only is nail mail a way to try new polishes and goodies you may not have access to locally, you get to know some really cool people that share some common interests with you. Below is a pic of the very first nail mail package I've gotten and I was so excited! My buddy sent me some great polishes, including 2 brand firsts and 2 others that I've had my eyes on for awhile! She even sent me some candy (the boy quickly tried to confiscate the Starbursts) and treats for my pups and they LOVE them =)</span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-863348290716172013-03-18T19:45:00.002-07:002013-03-18T19:45:37.616-07:00Support a Pit Bull rescue and sport some sparkly goodness on your nails!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I have an awesome lacquer to show you that is not only a bottle of sparkly goodness, it helps support a great cause! For those of you that don't know, I have two amazing Pit Bull Terrier rescues that are my four-legged children. These dogs are the sweetest pups I could ever ask for and they mean the world to me so this cause is near and dear to my heart. Laquerlicious is an amazing indie brand by Michelle Neasbitt. Among her many beautiful lacquers are two that she created specifically to help support the Fresno Bully rescue. They retail for $15 per lacquer with $10 from each bottle sold going to FBR. The color I chose was Kiss-A-Bull. I couldn't say no to this polish for two reasons: one, it supports a great cause and two, it is a gorgeous blue glitter that I cannot get enough of!</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The other polish created to support the Fresno Bully Rescue is called Hug-A-Bull and is a beautiful purple glitter. Next on my to-buy list!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's the address to Laquerlicous' Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/LaquerliciousUnity</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">take a look around and make one of these beauties yours!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><3 Kandy</span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-6858958504149670382013-03-18T18:57:00.001-07:002013-03-18T18:57:29.198-07:00<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello lovelies =)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's been a crazy couple of weeks! I had to go out of town for work for a bit and I've had a couple of ongoing migraines that refused to go away for days, yuck!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The boy and I elected to stay home for this St.Patrick's day. We took his motorcycle downtown Saturday night and did get to see all the pub-crawlers garbed in green, though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My St.Paddy's NOTD: I used Lush Lacquer's Minty Chip on my ring finger and also as the ice cream scoop on the ice cream cone on my middle finger. The formula for Minty Chip was perfect-applied and dried smooth and evenly. The white base is Essie's Marshmallow. I used a dotting tool with Essie's Turquoise and Caicos on my pinky nail. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My Ipsy Glam Bag arrived! I was so excited when I got the email saying I had been taken off of the waiting list! After the email it only took around three or four days to arrive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love the cute little nautical-themed bag. I can never have enough bags! Inside was a</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> glam rx magnetic palette. It's the perfect size to slip in your pocket or your bag. The palette is magnetic and the little shadow pans feel pretty secure. The lid of the palette also has magnetic closure so you don't have to worry about it coming open. The two shadows shades are Yaby Seashell (left) and Azalea Petal (right). Next up in the bag are the L.A. Fresh Makeup Remover Wipes. The package says the wipes will dissolve makeup from the eyes, lips and face while moisturizing with vitamin e. I'm midway through a package if remover wipes, so I'll report back on these once I open them. Last but not least is the Juice Beauty Hydrating Mist. The Hydrating Mist is said to tone, refresh and hydrate and can be used on the face and hair. It contains yland ylang, rosehip and grapeseed oil. It has a light, refreshing scent and absorbs into the skin quickly.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's it for my Ipsy bag review! Have any of you joined Ipsy or any other monthly beauty box subscriptions? What are your thoughts?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">xoxoKandy</span>CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-13675524005260467682013-03-08T21:46:00.001-08:002013-03-08T21:46:25.515-08:00my first indies! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I purchased my first indie polishes this week from Amy's Nail Boutique and Lush Lacquer and I am in looooooove! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Left to right: Sugar Daddy, Ticklish Teal, Minty Chip</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sugar Daddy is a white based crelly with multi-colored round and bar glitter. Ticklish Teal is a black-based jelly with teal glitter. Minty Chip is my definite favorite of the three. It is a mint ice cream-based crelly with black, silver and white glitter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These are first, though definitely not my last indie polishes! There are so many awesome and creative brands out there! </span></div>
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<br />CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-67180226341217861152013-03-01T12:24:00.003-08:002013-03-01T12:24:31.554-08:00It's March!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wow, did February fly by or what? It's March 1st and I must admit I feel like I've been slacking when it comes to blogging these last couple of weeks. I am a chronic migraine sufferer and I haven't had the energy to do much of anything except work lately, but that is going to change! (whether my brain likes it or not, haha!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am a natural-nails enthusiast and Shellac is something I've been itching to try for while, but I just didn't want to make the monetary commitment. I got an awesome deal on a CND lamp and am excited to finally try the Shellac manicure! Have any of you worked with Shellac or had a Shellac manicure done? I don't know how effective one would be on my hands considering I change my manis so frequently...I have a bit of polish-ADD...but it would be fantastic for my toes! I'll be posting my pics and reviews as soon as I try it out! I've got my top and base coats but I am waiting for the actual colors I ordered to come in. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Something else new and exciting to look forward to in March...Ipsy! I joined Ipsy in January and was placed on the waitlist. I got an email yesterday stating I should receive my first box mid-March and I cannot wait! For those of you that heaven't heard of it, Ipsy is a monthy subscription program like Birchbox and many others out there where you pay a flat monthly subscription fee and each month you receive a box with a cute bag and anywhere from three to six full or sample size products to try. The value of the products in the box usually way exceeds the price of the subscription and you get to try products you may never have tried before due to price, availability, etc. One thing that is cool about Ipsy is that it was actually started by a beauty blogger, so the products in it are supposed to be things you would actually want to use and not something you'll stick in a drawer and forget about! I can't wait to get my first box!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Happy March, lacquer lovelies! What's new and exciting for you this month?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is my foster-dog, Buddy. He loves to sit next to anyone with a computer, nose inching closer and closer to the screen until he's trying to eat the cursor. <3 Blog-Buddy</span>CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-46686032115022813902013-02-26T16:46:00.000-08:002013-02-26T16:46:18.340-08:00I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello lovelies!</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was stuck in bed sick this weekend and got inspired to do a Wizard of Oz mani. I have not seen the new Oz movie(is it even out in theaters yet?), but the original is a favorite of mine and it was the original that inspired this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here you have the twister, the ruby slipper, the Yellow Brick Road, Emerald City and a field of poppies =)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I layered three different reds to represent the ruby slippers, and on my thumb and ring finger is the blue gingham of Dorothy's dress. Please excuse the mess around my cuticles!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The boy and I try to make it a point to get downtown and catch the sunset over the Mississippi River when we can...caught it just as it was dipping below the tree line!</span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-59870523855020998012013-02-20T20:39:00.001-08:002013-02-20T20:39:59.646-08:00Oz the Great and Powerful <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello lovelies!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I just picked up the glitters from the OPI Oz the Great and Powerful collection (as I am a polish hoarder and a fiend for glitter, how could i resist?).</span><br />
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-23348455138121131722013-02-16T19:05:00.000-08:002013-02-16T19:05:05.038-08:00Sea? I told you!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello lovelies!</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hope everyone had an awesome Vday! The boy and I shared some deeee-licious chocolate covered strawberries from Godiva...they were ahhhmazing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My nail of the day today is Sea? I told you by OPI with Urban Outfitters' Sea Dust as an accent finger on my pinky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The blue glitter in the UO polish matches Sea? I told you exactly! This combo reminds me of mermaids and the ocean. I've been obsessed with this color scheme lately....anything teal, seafoam, blue-green....I love it! Plus, both of these polishes have glitter, which is always a good thing. You can never have enough glitter!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rockin' fresh hair and sea-inspired nails on this coooold Saturday! What's on your nails? </span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-68550587185563810762013-02-09T21:20:00.001-08:002013-02-09T21:20:45.613-08:00<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Happy Saturday!</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had a bit of a sweet tooth today, so I added a couple of tasty-looking treats to my Valentine's mani =)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dreaming of cupcakes and sugar cookies......</span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-91137611413018321832013-02-07T21:11:00.000-08:002013-02-07T21:11:12.994-08:00Get your Polka on with Polka.com!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello lacquer lovelies!</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been feeling a little under the weather lately so I wanted a cheery mani to brighten my mood a bit. I also wanted to do something for Valentine's Day just in case this mani lasts that long, and I was itching to use my new OPI glitter so the heart was made =). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The base color is Mint Candy Apple from Essie. I painted two coats of Blanc (a grown up version of the white out you used to paint your nails with in school...don't lie, you did it too! =P), also from Essie, to make M.C.A. really pop. For the heart on my middle finger, I used OPI's Polka.com. Polka.com is from the just-released Euro Centrale Collection and is made up of purple, blue and magenta hex glitter suspended in a clear base. There is also some microglitter in the same colors as the hex, though it's not overwhelming.</span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-23248843514289069962013-02-02T16:27:00.002-08:002013-02-02T16:27:51.932-08:00NOTD: China Glaze Running in Circles<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello lovelies =)</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love love love this emerald green glitter from the Cirque Du Soleil collection from China Glaze. It's what I imagine the Emerald City would've looked like if it was really green!</span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-22917558890914669622013-01-27T17:33:00.000-08:002013-01-27T17:33:44.425-08:00Urban Outfitters Polish Haul and a Mermaid's Dream Dupe!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I went into Urban Outfitters for the first time yesterday and man, what took me so long? I've heard of UO and even browsed around their store online but never ventured into one before yesterday. I was super stoked to see they were having a sale and hooray! it included nail polish! I picked six different lacquers up, along with a nail art kit and a separate package of nail gems.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Left to right: Afterhours, Scorcher, Bright Lights, Sea Dust, Mystic and Lollipop</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This one looks a little like DL's Happy Birthday, but with a lot more silver micro-dust glitter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Somewhat similar to DB's Glitter in the Air, though this is more of a grey-tinted creme versus DB's blue. Bright Lights also has more primary colored glitter while Glitter in the Air sticks to light pastel metallic glitter. So...really similar in style but not at all in color =P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is my favorite of the six colors I picked up. Sea Dust is a definite dupe of Deborah Lippmann's Mermaid's Dream. I love the seafoamy green, shimmery color with small blue glitter particles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The boy actually got Mermaid's Dream as a gift for me last year, so I had it on hand for comparison! The top swatch is Mermaid's Dream, bottom swatch is Sea Dust. Pretty close!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was the hardest to photograph. A dark purple-blue jelly base with fiery orange flakies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This one bears a resemblance to DB's Candy Shop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The nail art kit and the pack of gems are by npw. These are the first kits I've seen by the brand but they look promising. I can't wait to get a Mermaid themed-mani on my nails...the little star gems will be perfect paired with Sea Dust! I feel some inspiration coming on!</span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-87349234942630120312013-01-25T17:57:00.000-08:002013-01-25T17:57:40.292-08:00Purple Passion<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello, lacquer lovelies =)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today's mani is an ombre done in shades of purple with a purple-gradient accent finger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The purples used for this mani are all OPI. Middle finger - The Color to Watch</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's a close-up of my accent (pointer!) finger. I used the same colors as listed above, and I used It's Totally Fort Worth It as a base. I used a piece of makeup wedge sponge to get the gradient effect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used three coats each for my ring and pinky fingers, though two would've been fine for Purple With a Purpose. My middle finger is another story! The Color to Watch is suuuuuuper sheer...this is six coats. Six! and still pretty sheer.</span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-32151717656527322732013-01-14T21:43:00.000-08:002013-01-15T16:12:51.804-08:00Paint dipped tips<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've seen the paint drip manicure around blogland and Pinterest for months and I finally decided to give it a try!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For the base color I used Love Train from the Urban Decay Rollergirl collection. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The drippy paint is The Impossible liquid sand from the OPI Mariah Carey collection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It took about 3 coats of Love Train to get rid of any visible nail lines - it's a pretty translucent off-white shimmer. The Impossible only took one coat, though it needs a little touch up because of tip wear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Overall, I think it turned out okay! I think the next time I try this design I'll go with something a little spookier....slimy green maybe =P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Monday's almost over...only four more days til the weekend! Now I'm off to cuddle my sweet bully babies and lust after all the indie polishes on my want list on Etsy...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Sweet dreams of unique glitter polishes dancing in your heads! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(at least that's what 's on mine!)</span></div>
CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-42305965583086779292013-01-09T21:53:00.001-08:002013-01-09T21:53:46.949-08:00finally.....Liquid Sand! <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I finally got my hands on a couple of the new OPI liquid sand lacquers! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> OPI introduced the liquid sand lacquers as a part of the Mariah Carey collection. They have a fine, sand-like texture after they dry, with a matte finish. OPI suggests you apply a base coat, 2 coats of liquid sand and whatever you do, DON'T use top coat! Now, if you feel the need to use a top coat, I'm sure your mani will survive...you just lose the nifty matte finish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can't believe I almost passed this one up! The Impossible is a dark pink lacquer with small glitter particles and star glitter in the same color as the base. Pinks are not usually the first colors that catch my attention in any collection...I always gravitate towards the blues, greens and darker shades. Thankfully, a friend grabbed me and shrieked, "But there are stars in this!!!" Once I heard that, it didn't matter what color the polish was-I had to have it! I haven't worn this one yet, but after swatching it I will say that the stars are not easy to get out. It may be the consistency of the liquid sand polish that makes the bigger glitter particles sink to the bottom because it is fairly thin when applied. I had to dig around the bottle to get any stars out and I even tried shaking it pretty vigorously in an effort to try and loosen them up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">Stay the Night has a black base with bright pink/red glitter. The glitter looks mostly red to me, but it all depends on the light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is a clear-based polish with a large pink glitter, lavender and holo micro glitter. The micro glitter creates an almost frosty effect. Great for layering! This one is not a liquid sand, but is from the Mariah Carey collection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The collection had a total of eight lacquers, four liquid sand and four regular. After playing with these liquid sand lacquers I'm convinced I need the other two! They have such a unique texture and look....and who can forget the stars?! Not me! Good job, OPI!</span></div>
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CinnamonKandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087125964990800561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005791763003540352.post-66213658352829684502013-01-06T16:50:00.000-08:002013-01-06T16:50:39.854-08:00the honey challenge<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">as much as i love makeup and all things makeup, one thing i don't love is having to wear makeup. let me clarify-having to wear foundation, concealer and powder to cover up whatever imperfection(s) my skin is throwing my way that particular day. we have a love/hate relationship, me and this skin of mine. it is very sensitive and has frequent mood swings.</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">i was sharing my skin woes with my ma yesterday on our way to the gym after having woken up with a veritable garden of breakouts over my face that had just gotten out of control over the week. she has also fought her share of skin battles over the years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">she told me that my cousin (who is the same age as me, and is really like my sister) had been using a honey and lemon mix along with coconut oil and it was working great for her. i remembered pinning something like that from Pinterest, so when i got home i went digging through my boards to find it. i did find the honey lemon method, along with a few others. one site really caught my attention with a challenge - The Crunchy Betty Honey Challenge.</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">you basically wash your face with nothing but honey for 2 weeks. the kind of honey you use is very important, so if you're thinking of taking on the challenge or just giving it a shot, do a lil' research first! i was skeptical so i read through all the comments and looked at other bloggers that were doing the challenge or something similar. the results were across the board. the results did lean more towards good than bad, enough so that i've decided to give it a shot! i headed to Whole Foods to stock up on all the necessary ingredients i might need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the most important thing i got: raw, unfiltered honey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">this is the honey that is supposed to be the best to use on your skin. it moisturizes while also helping to dry out any acne and helps heal and repair old acne scars and discoloration. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">so i'm off to try the honey wash...wish me luck!</span></div>
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