The Adventures of Garrett Squared: Nails...Tiffany & Company

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Nails...Tiffany & Company

This week I took my inspiration for my nails from Carolinajewel's tablescape.

I was HOT, HUMID and all together MISERABLE! Her tablescape was so lovely and cool and calming that I decided to use Tiffany Blue and Silver for my nails!

I began with 2 coats of Sally Hansen Inta-Dri Whirlwind White nail polish. I was always disappointed by the color of those bright polishes in the store. They look GREAT in the bottle and then are dull on the nails. After experimenting, I found that a white undercoat really POPS the colors!

I then added 3 coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme wear Blizzard Blue which was close to the color of the blue on the Tiffany & Company website--and as an added bonus, it is pearlized!

The final color was Sally Hansen Crackle Overcoat in Fractured Foil. You can apply the crackle lightly for a delicate crackle or do a heavy coat for a more intense crackle. I chose the heavy coat. I like the big crackles!

At this point, the crackle and blue kind of looked alike and I have found that the crackle just looks dull until...

I topped it with 2 coats of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat from Sally's Beauty Supply.

This pops the colors and makes them shine, bringing out the pearl in the undercoat and the metalic shine of the crackle! This top coat dries so fast that by the time you are finished with all 10 nails, you are dry and ready for the next coat! It is also VERY HARD and will wear like iron until the nails have grown to the point that you have to redo the nails (for me about a week to 10 days is the MAX I can go!)

This is what they looked like before. It had been more than 2 weeks and they were looking mighty ratty before I got inspired by carolinajewel.

Oh yeah--and the toes get to wear it too! I called them lemonade fruit punch. The things on the big toes are fruit slices and leaves. They are so bright that no one misses them! LOL

PS My nails ARE real.

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AiringMyLaundryAugust 11, 2011 at 2:24 PM
That blue color is really pretty!
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Jewel SaulsAugust 11, 2011 at 3:47 PM
Love it! You took the inspiration and really created your own look!!! Your nails look "cool" and cool! Good idea about the white undercoat - I never thought about that!
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PatAugust 11, 2011 at 6:39 PM
You are really a connoisseur of nail polish! AND you must have a LOT of patience! I like the blue look!
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labbie1August 11, 2011 at 6:43 PM
WhisperingWriter--Thank you!

Carolinajewel--Your table was so inspiring! And thanks!

Pat--Well, you know, it is in small bottles that travel well in small spaces. :) And thanks!
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Kathy GAugust 12, 2011 at 8:05 AM
I always laugh when nail polish touts how long it wears...because I can't keep ANY of it on for more than a day before it starts chipping. My "record" for messing it up is twenty minutes, and that was coming out of a nail salon with a professional job :-)
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labbie1August 13, 2011 at 1:36 PM
Kathy G--Were a conspiracy theorist, I could possibly think, based on my experiences with the professional salons, that they use something that chips off quickly so that we will be back quickly. LOL
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The Mockingjay

It is with great sadness that I say goodbye to the characters of this Trilogy.

This 3rd and last book in The Hunger Games Trilogy was not remotely what I thought it would be. While the first two books were books about horrific competition and massive loss it was also about the indomitable will to live and thrive of the human spirit.

I thought that this book would be much as the other two. Our heros are tested and then survive to live happily ever after.

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The end of this book was a loss in many respects. The loss of a group of people to whom I was drawn and the loss of a way of life for those characters. While the war was won, the battles took their toll on all of the characters that we have come to know and love and their lives are forever changed by the end of this book and trilogy.

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I read it in about a day and a half.

I simply could NOT put it down!

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The ending leaves us hungry for more at the edge of an abiss...

Now, on to book 3.

PS--Don't start this series without purchasing all three books because you will surely kick yourself if you can't go right to the next book!

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Book 1 of the Trilogy:
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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Nails...Tiffany & Company

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