I was nominated!

Hello all! I am so excited and pleased to share this with you today!

I was nominated for this Liebster Award by Michele over at Sunshine and Rainbows her blog is really wonderful and I think you should check her out. I've been blogging for almost a year now and haven't gotten a lot of posts in but I hope to change that in the next coming months, I've got some great things coming my way, Thank you to all of the followers I currently have and I hope to see more new faces around my side of the blogosphere soon!



Here's how it works:
1) The recipient must post 11 fun facts about themselves
2) The recipient must also answer 11 questions created by the award giver
3) The recipient must give the award to 11 new bloggers with less than 200 followers and post 11 questions for them to answer
4) These 11 bloggers must be told they have been given the award
5) They will in turn pass the award on to 11 new bloggers of their choice (no tagging back the award giver)


11 Fun facts:


1.I am due with my second boy on November 26th and I couldn't be any happier, my son is 2 1/2 so they will be 2 years and 9 months apart.


2.I work in an adult store. Not one of those disgusting holes in the wall, but a much nicer, open, clean enviorment and the best part is I get to help people everyday with things they didn't know they wanted. I've been the assistant manager for a little over a year now, worked there for 2 1/2 years.


3. I love to knit. Knitting along with polish relaxes me and keeps me sane on the days I feel like I can't take it anymore. I also make newborn/little girls hair bows. (Secret: I even make them for myself)


4. My father is my best friend, without him I don't think I could do half of the things I do. He has been a great role model to me and I thank him every day for it.


5. This kind of goes deep, but I have a sister who I have nothing to do with, she's been in a lot of trouble her whole life and is now in prison and won't be out for an extremley long time. Her kids however, have to be the brightest smartest kids on the planet. Soon my 6 year old nephew will be taking residency with my parents so that hopefully he can have the start of a healthy fresh place instead of the environment he has been used to his whole life.


6. I'm a 4'9 devil headed red head. When I was a kid I hated my hair so much that I colored it at every chance I got. But now I couldn't not live with my red hair and I embrace it just as it.


7. I'm 22 and feel like I'm 85. I've always been told that I'm mature for my age. I take life as it is and try to make the best of everything I have.


8. I LOVE butter(yes butter) and jelly sandwhiches. I eat at least 2 a day, and it's not even a pregnancy craving;)


9. I don't have a lot of friends, but I LOVE the ones I have and am extremley close to all of them. It's better to have 4 best friends than 100 that you aren't close with.


10. I have really bad anxiety. So bad to the point where I can seizure and throw myself unconscious. This is something I have been working on and luckily we have found some medication that works for me. I try to take it day by day, some days are good, some days are bad, some days I feel like I can't take the world.


11. I have lived on my own for 4 years and worked hard to where I have gotten. It wasn't easy at first, but that's okay. I enjoy working and will work everyday for the rest of my life if I have to.



1) When and why did you start blogging?

I started blogging in November of 2011, I originally started blogging because of all the nail polish I have accumulated over the years. It keeps me calm and I like the different colors and finishes but then I discovered stamping and nail art thanks to all of the lovely bloggers, now my world couldn't be complete without all of my stamping plates and nail brushes.

2) How many bottles of polish do you own?

Right now I'm up to around 450+ and I love every single one. A lot of colors I have doubles of or have a similar color but they are unique in each way. My indie stash is growing a lot as well and will continue to grow as long as I can make it.

3) What color do you have the most of in your collection?

Pink, by far. I love every shade of pink I can find. Light, sheer, creme, neon, bright. You name it I got it.

4) What is your first memory of nail polish? >br>When I was little my older sisters used to paint my nails and I remember how good it felt just to have something to look at on my hands. I'm not very close to one anymore, and the other we don't get to talk to as often as we like. (I have 3 sisters)

5) What do your friends/family think of your hobby?
When I talk about my stash and I tell people how many polishes I have they think I am crazy. Then I show them pictures and they are instantly asking me to do theirs. My coworkers (whom I am very close to) even find new nail designs for me online and ask me to recreate it in some way.

6) What are your hobbies other than blogging?
Knitting, making hair bows, and reading. I love to read and have a kindle that I read almost every night before bed. My favorite types of books are anything vampire. (I know, I know another one of those)

7) What's your favorite nail polish color?
My favorite color that I have in my stash is my Pretty&Polished Jawbreaker. This was the first indie I got and have used it 5+ times. I need a back up of this!

8) What would be your dream polish?
I don't currently own any holo's and I would really love to have some. I really would love a holo with chunky bits of multicolored holo hex glitters in it as well. *drool*

9) What is something you love, but everyone else hates.
This is kind of silly, but I love these things my coworkers call a "coke-concoction" it's a mix of coke icee and coca-cola. They are delicious and so refreshing especially in the Arizona summer heat.

10) What trends do you love?
Right now the one trend I really love are the small feather hair extensions. Unfortunately, I can't where these at work but I do love them. I also love all of the vintage clothing that is coming back. I love anything vintage.

11) What trends do you hate?

The off the shoulder sweatshirt, that comes mid belly. For some reason I just can't fathom why you would wear half a sweatshirt, when the point of having a sweatshirt is to stay cold?





Now it's my turn to nominate 11 lovely ladies from the blogosphere. I enjoy reading new blogs and look for them daily, as I am fairly new to blogging I like to see what everyone else comes up with. These ladies are very talented and I can't wait to see what else they come up with!

Carolines Nails

Time on my nails

Cats-n-nails

Pudgy Nails

Lydia's nails

Crazy Polishes

Life and nail art

Tes did it nails

Young wild and polished

Mega Manicures

Baroque Fool



I hope you enjoyed the fun little things I had to say and check out some of the new blogs I posted!

Until next time!
-sammi

Punk rock princess

"If you could be my punk rock princess..."

Hello lovelies! Can you tell where I got the theme for mani today? I wore this over the week and loved it! The stamping defanitley was not perfect as I was rushing to hide from my kitten, but I still loved it! I used essie's super bossa nova, which is perfection in two coats. This is a deep pink with purple shimmer, in the sun this polish ROCKS! (No pun to the title there;)) for the stamping I used pure ice silver Mercedes and funky fingers black expressionism. Black expressionism has to be my favorite one coat black, ever. Ive used it so much I'm down to about 1/4 of the bottle! Time to hit up Sally's;) I used bm-316 for the design. The studs are from bornpretty I love this site so much, so many nail art products for cheap! I also received my rhinestones from them as well.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did and I've got plenty more where it came from! Until next time!

-sammi

Shimmer polish- Sammi

Hello! Welcome and boy do I have a great polish for you today. I've been so excited I nearly gave myself a heart attack when opening the mail box. I ordered a custom polish from Cindy, the mastermind behind shimmer polish. If you haven't seen her polishes, I dare you to check out her etsy. You will find nothing but beautiful handmade polishes that really have that something extra special to them.

Let me tell you a little about Cindy, she blew my mind. not only is her customer service incredible, but she made something for me that was down right more than perfect. I contacted her about my custom, two days later I had a response, I told her some of my favorite colors, she told me it would take about a week to make. I was totally okay with this as I've waited a few weeks for an already made to ship polish. Well, two days after that she emailed me to let me know my polish was ready! I couldn't believe it. Then a few short days I was drooling over the pretty I had in my hand. She was so sweet during the whole process and this will forever make me a shimmer polish owner.

Okay, step away from the gooshey stuff (haha) my polish is made up of pink, black, grey, holo and small blue, red, and purple glitters. This polish has so much depth and love I can't stop staring at my fingers as I type this. I layered my sammi over china glaze-dance baby. I wish I would have swatched this over black also, but I can always make another post;) Cindy made this especially for me, she has many other polishes in her shop that are to die for. Please visit her etsy and give her a try, I promise you won't be dissapointed. I hope you enjoy and until next time!

-sammi

My first galaxy

Hello my lovely readers and hello new faces! I'm so glad you have enjoyed what I've had to show so far and I'm hoping you like this one too! I did this a week or so ago because a couple of girls at work had been asking(pestering is more like it haha) to try out the galaxy nail. They always find new things and ask me to try it out so this is what I came up with!

I used a mix of colors to come up with this and although its not very "galaxy" I lovedddd the way this came out. Some of the polishes I used were Sally Hansen bubble gum pink & mellow yellow, Sinful Colors Snow me white & black on black, China glaze fairy dust and for the life of me I can't think of the pure ice or essence that I used. I started with a coat(that's right! One coat!) Of black on black and then sponged the other colors in random spots. I then used my dotting tool to add the "stars" with snow me white and topped it off with fairy dust and a thick coat of seche vite!

The girls were more than impressed and asked me to do this on their nails as well! I hope you enjoy and until next time!

-sammi

Leopard, why are you so bright?

Good morning loveys and happy wednesday! Life is crazy hectic like usual, I've got some great stuff coming my way in the next week or so that I can't wait to show you!

Today I have a mani that was inspired by one of my favorite bloggers, Cristina at Let Them Have Polish! She did a bright leopard skittle and I thought this was so fun and summery! And in Arizona I thought this would be a perfect mani to try out. I used Sarah from Chalkboard Nails tutorial for the leopard and this was a quick and easy nail day for me!

For my mani I used zoya-charisma (I got this off of copious for a penny!) And zoya-renee. I can't say enough good things about zoya polishes. They always apply like butter, and they have a wide range of shades. For the spot outline, I used china glaze- liquid leather.

I hope you enjoy and until next time!

-sammi

Quick post! -i herd that

Hello and happy Thursday! I have a post and rrun today but I have quit a bang for the next post! Today I am showing you one of the polishes from china glazes fall collection- on safari! As soon as I saw swatches I ran to the nearest Sally's and picked up a few. I will be showing you I herd that, a beautiful bronze/gold toned glirtter and boy is this baby dense! Here I have shown it with 3 coats, and how could I not do a little zebra stamping? I used plate bm16 and sinful black on black with a coat of gelous and one coat seche vite. I hope you enjoy! Until next time!

-sammi

Summer lovin', had me a blast!

Hello lovelies! Today I have something special for you. I was looking at Amy's blog, I'm feeling nail-venturous and I found these beautiful swatches from nAiL'DiT unique polish (also known as andeevie) I immediately went to her etsy and quickly bought three of them!

Let me just say, the quality of these polishes is outstanding, and they shipped very quickly. I was very impressed with the uniqueness of these, she has matte glitters as well!

Today I will be showing you Summer Lovin MELON. This is my favorite of the three I got, simply because it looks exaclty like a watermelon! It is loaded with pink, magenta, orange and green glitters along with white bar glitters and the best... black hearts as seeds! This went on with ease, although I did have to dig and place the black hearts but that wasn't an issue for me at all. I layered one coat of summer lovin MELON over 2 coats of OPI gargantuan green grape. I thought this was the perfect combination. And wearing this made me have the grease song stuck in my head (hence the title for today's post ;))

Overall, I highly recommend these polishes, especially for how unique they are! She also has a facebook and at every 100 likes she does a giveaway for her polishes so make sure you check her out!

I hope you enjoy and until next time!
-sammi