Nail Salon Experience!

Today I went to the nail salon to get my nails done again. I've been needing a fill for a while, but I haven't gotten it because I haven't had a ride. I usually get a fill every two weeks, but this time I think its been three weeks since the last time I've been there. The salon I go to has a lot of red and brown polishes, both colors  I'm not intrested in being on my nails, so instead I brought my own polish.

I just bought this polish on saturday and is featured in a upcomming haul video of mine..(have you SUBSCRIBED?) It's a beautiful color by Sally Hansen called 'Lacey Lilac'. I love this line of polishes because its super cheap ($2.04 at my local Target) and the colors are so pretty.

It's a really good spring color if you're looking for one. (Personally, I don't choose my nail polish colors based on the season, but this is truly a 'spring' color.)

I also had to get a cut down..hence why my nails are so short. I dont like super long nails because I don't think they're as functional as shorter nails but I like the strength of acrylic nails. (I also think the polish lasts longer on my acrylic nails)

Black Shatter Nail Polish!

Got my black shatter. :) I love trade secret!

*picture from Trade Secret's Facebook Page*
*Click here to find a Trade Secret near you*

New *Crackle* Nail Polish

Example of Black Shatter

Since the beginning of this year, my sister and I have been interested in doing our own nails. We normally went to the salon, then our pay checks started to decline so we got the idea of doing them ourselves. Around the same time, OPI came out with a nail polish called 'black shatter'. Basically, you apply a base coat of your choice, no matter what color you want it to be. Then you put shatter on top of it. It gives a, well, shatter effect on top. We have been looking for this polish for a long time and never found it because every where we go it's sold out. :(

Recently, China Glaze came out with a line of polishes with a similar concept, except it's called 'Crackle'. Today my sister told me she wanted to do her nails when we got home from school, I told her about this line and that it's similar to shatter except it has different colors available. Long story short, we went to Sally's after school and bought two colors: cracked concrete and fault line.I'm SO upset that we didn't get the black one (black mesh), but I do like the ones we did got. I would order them online, but their only available in stores.

Purple: Fault Line
Gray: Cracked Concrete

Random: OMG I really hope I get a $500 VS gift card! I at least hope I get a few $50 or $100 ones! I'm so excited and anxious to know how much money I'll get. With whatever money I get, I'm getting so many sweat pants, yoga pants, shirts, perfumes, lotions, make up, AHHH! I'm so excited! (read last blog for more details!)

Nails, Victoria's Secret, and other girly things!

On Friday I got my nails done with my sister. We pretty much had our nails done the entire first semester of school. We had to stop getting our nails done because our pay checks started to go down. (We have the same job). Since this week our paychecks were pretty good, we decided to get our nails done once again. I got a full set with zebra tips and a pink line drawn underneath. At first, she wanted to get this design then decided on something different so I decided to get it instead because I think it's SO cute! I haven't had my nails done for almost two months and I missed it! lol

 Also, Victoria's Secret is giving away $10, $50, $100 and $500 gift cards with every purchase now until March 31st. At checkout (if you spend at least $10), they'll give you a gift card with a secret amount on it. They have no value until April first. The best way to figure out how much money you'll be able to spend is to go to the check out before you pick out the items you want and they'll tell you how much you have on your card. You can spend more than the amount on the card, you'll just have to pay some cash out of pocket. I LOVE Victoria's Secret. I have another blog post about some online shopping I did with them. (and since then I've been getting free VS catalogues!) Since the Target I work at is connected to the mall, I decided that every time I go to work, I'm going to go to VS and spend at least $10. This is good for two reasons:

1. I'll get something new from VS

2. I'll get a reward card

The gift cards are not valid until April 1st and expire on April 30, so during the months of March and April I'm going to be a VS shoppin fool! The last time they had this promotion was during the Christmas season, and each card was worth at least $10.  (I got $50!) I'm so excited! I mean, VS is an expensive store, but I'll be getting money back and I love their stuff anyways.

These cards are available if you shop online or in store.

How To Remove Acrylic Nails Easily and Pain Free

I recently took off my acrylic nails. I took them off in a painless way that took me only about 15-20 minutes for both of my hands. This is what I did:


Supplies:
-Acetone
-bowl
-cotton ball
-water
-Sandwich bag


Technique:
-Fill the bowl about 1/2 way with water
-put the water in the microwave for 1-2 minutes.
-pour about 1/4 cup of acetone into the plastic bag
-place the bag into the hot water
-stick your hand into the plastic bag and wait about 5 minutes.
-take your hand out of the bag and use the cotton ball to remove the acrylic nail. you may also have to wiggle the nail off.

Biotin for Skin

I've been using biotin for my nails to be stronger and also for my hair to be stronger. I also thought my skin would clear up a bit. However, when i started taking biotin, i didn't notice any difference in my hair or nails, but i did notice my skin became WORSE! And i mean my skin looks terrible right now. (that's why my skin looks so bad in my pictures in my last blog) If you look up what biotin is supposed to do for skin, a lot of different websites say its supposed to help skin. If you look up people's experiences with biotin, a lot of them will say it broke them out. I don't have sensitive skin it doesn't break out easily even though I've tried a lot of different products. Now my skin is terrible.    -_-

So Instead of continuing biotin pills, I'll just use 'Hair, Skin and Nails' pills. (although they do contain biotin, they also have a lot of other vitamins and minerals)

Biotin may work for nails and hair, but I'm not going to continue to use it to find out.