Caffeine And Colour

Don’t be afraid…

…to ask for help. This is a concept I have struggled with, my entire life. To ask for help is to admit defeat. At least that’s what I always thought. But sometimes help is your only option. For as long as I can remember, my mind has never really been right. It’s been a dangerous place for my self esteem and overall mental health. It’s a terrible, terrible thing when your mind is against you. When…

The Time Has Come…

…I bet you expected me to follow that up with THAT line. Joke’s on you. There isn’t actually any joke to this post though. I think we all noticed that there has been nothing but radio silence from me for almost two years. Beyond the usual “creative blocks” and “hitting the wall” excuses I throw around on a regular basis, my heart really wasn’t in this much. It hasn’t been for a long time. The…

Aloha! I know I sort of vanished, didn’t I? I’m not sure if I mentioned it in my last post, but I got a promotion at work. Go me! It hasn’t really kept me much busier than usual, but somehow I feel busier and I just didn’t have the energy to blog. It doesn’t help that this winter is kicking my ass as far as cuticle care and moisturizing goes. No joke, I have been SLATHERING my hands in Lemony…

Aloha! I guess it’s finally time to finish my Advent Calendar posting. I’m fairly certain I only have two polishes left. Maybe three. They were alright. Nothing to write home about. Except for the full sized polish, which is GORGEOUS. And of course, I didn’t like how I paired it. Oh well. Learned my lesson. This one will be quick and sweet, and then I shall try and set up a blog schedule. I know…

Ciate Advent Calendar Catchup!

Aloha! So, I have a lot of catching up to do with the Advent Calendar. What can I say? Life happened. When I last left you, I was talking to you about Superficial, which is a gorgeous colour. I’m not going to label the days because I honestly can’t remember which ones are which, so I’m just going to spam you with swatch photos.

Beach Bum was a fantastic nudey sand colour that looked so good on…

Aloha! I sort of vanished, didn’t I? Well. The last four days were insane. I had just enough time to sleep and breathe, so nail painting and blogging was out of the question. That’s the only downside to this series. I can’t schedule posts in advance because…it’s an advent calendar and I’m not going to cheat. Mainly because Mr. J would kill me. Plus it’s fun to have a new polish to look forward to…

Aloha! I know I said I was going to use the loose glitter in today’s post but…guys. I friggin CAN’T. Loose glitter is one of the least appealing things to me right now and really, today’s colour isn’t a good compliment for the glitter. I will include pictures of the glitter in the bottle because it deserves to be seen. But you will have to wait to see it on the nail. Now is not a time for me for…

Aloha! This isn’t an Advent Calendar post because today’s post was loose glitter and I can’t deal with that tonight. So, instead of not posting at all, I decided to toss up some swatches of a polish I intended on showing you a while ago but couldn’t find the bottle when I wanted to blog it. I’m pretty awesome that way. This polish comes from Joe Fresh, which I have talked about before. Most…

Aloha! Welcome to Room 9 of the Mini Mani Mansion! After two less than stellar rooms, I was over joyed when I opened door number nine. Mineral Love is a GORGEOUS salmon pink with gold sparkle and shimmer. What was even more surprising was application. It went on like a dream again and dried with a texture! A texture much like the OPI Liquid Sands. I’m not sure if Ciate ever jumped on the texture…