yay!

OMG everyone, i just reached an epic time in a blogger's life. i just reached the 1000 mark in terms of blogger followers. wow.  amazing.  i am overwhelmed with joy!  i never in a million years could've imagined that my blog could gain so much recognition from my target audience as that!   i never knew there was anything such as "beauty blogging" let alone nail polish blogging when i first started out.  i simply saw a swatch of a nail polish on a girl's photography stream (CCee) on the Sugar Network and thought...hey i could do that and a monster was created!

i want to thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart for popping in to read my blog or even just to look at my pictures. i totally write for you, but also for myself. this is my sanctuary, my therapy, my home away from my home. it keeps me sane in an insane world. so thank you for supporting me, talking with me, and sharing with me in this crazy journey.

as i talked about on twitter recently, since i think hitting this number is a big milestone, i want to do something special so i'm having a HUGE giveaway! details will follow very soon!

also on a silly side note, i went and saw "Piranha 3D" with some of my besties last night and it was the funniest, dorkiest, scariest, most hilarious movie i've ever expeierenced. so if you want a fun campy movie that will keep you laughing the whole time, go see it :D

la la love you all so much and talk to you soon!

80s nails & a haul (pic heavy)

this is the manicure i wore for my friend's 80s themed birthday party a few weeks ago. everyone loved them haha, it was good times. i used essie's flirty fuchsia and massini lightening blue. as you can see, i freehanded the triangles (cuz they suck a bit haha). but it was a last minute decision as i was running late for the occasion.

as i am feeling brave, i've included a few select pictures of some of the festivities below:

meeting gildedangel

i had a great saturday this weekend! so i am from utah, utah valley to be more specific, and i found out a while ago that me and gildedangel from Naive Nails blog and i live pretty close to each other! she lives a hop, skip, and a jump up north from me in the salt lake city area. how awesome is that?? so we of course had to plan a get together to meet and swap and go polish shopping.

it is way cool to finally get to talk to someone in person that you feel like you already kind of know thru blogging and twitter etc. although i did bring my (fellow polish fiend) friend mickelle with me just in case...haha :) we both had the best time with samantha (aka gildedangel)! we met up at Ulta, bought WAAAAY too much polish, then headed over to have lunch at Chipotle, mmmmm good, and then trekked to the closest mall to stake out their Trade Secret, Beauty Express, Icing, Claire's, and a bunch of other places. it was amazing and i love having a polish/blogger friend so close!

this is me and samantha in icing

mickelle buying waaaay too many earrings (she's so funny!)

this is samantha with the coolest most ridiculous "mink" muff thing on a chain we saw. i wanted it so bad, cuz it was so crazy haha!

this is me in forever 21 with a selection of their ugly hats and glasses, woo hawt!

samantha and i before we parted ways for the afternoon

samantha, me, and mickelle cheesing it up for the camera!

my haul from Ulta: ChG custom kicks, ChG sky high-top, ChG paper chasing, OPI in my back pocket, and essie st. lucia lilac

my swaps from samantha: sinful colors burgandy apple, OPI significant other color, OPI DS reflection, OPI bogota blackberry, and OPI fuchsia fling

you can read her post and see her haul HERE :)