Random everything: Catching up

So I've been mia for awhile. I recently joined a fitness center on Valentine's Day and I've been working it out ever since. I'll be sure to blog about my weight loss journey soon.  Because of that my hair and beauty routine has been suffering a bit, but it's all good.

Here are some pics of my daughter's nails. I gave her the tiny Sally Hansen polishes, so here are the teal and purple colors:

Here is a small haul from Victoria's Nail supply and 8ty8beauty:

Starboard, Sea spray, Belize it or not, Greece Blue me away, and He's my coral Friend

Nirvan and Unicorn

Crackle, Back to the beach peach, Crackle(blue), Apricota Cheatin, Wisteria and Morning Glory, and of course duri

I also tried black crackle polish over sea spray and starboard. I love crackle!

NOTD: Rhinestones galore!

Here is my nail look I did today. I used:

Milani: Tip toe pink, Art Deco in black, Duri basecoat, Nutra Nail strengthener, Poshe top coat, Cina bonder, and Creative Nail Design Solar oil, and of course, rhinestones. :)

Hope you like. :)

Currently using...

So I haven't used Duri for about 5-6 months. No fault of mine, I just didn't order a new bottle. lol So during that time I discovered this:

 Well, I am not dissapointed at all. It actually works pretty well. I heard about it on a forum I frequent, and she linked us to a girl on youtube who uses it as a top coat. She said it made her manicures last over 2 weeks. (something like that) So anyway, I never tried it as a topcoat, as I am forever dedicated to my beloved Poshe, so I started using it as my base. I will say in comparison to Duri, my nails are still super hard.  They did start to break and chip the last couple months due to me neglecting them during finals, but I am back on track now. They are not as white as they were when  I used duri, and they don't seem to grow as fast, (or maybe I'm too busy to notice) but it is very comparable. It's around the same price range depending on where you get it. Actually no, Duri is about $4 a bottle on an online retailer I used to buy it from. And Nutra Nail is about $2 bucks at Family dollar, and maybe a dollar more at Walgreens.


I think it's a cheaper alternative if you are looking for a good drugstore nail hardener and strengthener. Try it out and let me know how you like.