Essie Midnight Cami and Sally Hansen Twinkle, Twinkle

There have been a couple of comments regarding my clean up routine (or lack there of some days) here recently, and I just wanted to note that I've taken these well intentioned critiques in mind and made an effort to work on the problem. I think you'll agree that I definitely did a better job of cleaning up excess polish today!

lol, jk! :D

Man, you have no idea how hard it was for me to slop that much nail polish on my fingers! But I digress... I've never worn Midnight Cami before. I swatched it when I bought it and was very disappointed. In the bottle, it looks like magic. The way Essie embosses their bottles causes light trickery. While looking at Midnight Cami in the bottle, you'd expect there would be some kind of red/purple duochrome, on the nail, however, Midnight Cami is a bit of an underwhelming blackened blue with micro fine blue shimmer. Unless you're looking at it in full sun, it looks like a dark navy blue, almost black. Bummer.

this photo is a little blown out, sorry!

Another issue I have with Midnight Cami involves how it cleans up... which is poorly. This shit stains! I tried to attack it with a brush, q-tips and finally cotton pads, none of which were very effective at getting this crap off my fingers in a satisfactory manner. No matter which empliment I used to try to remove it, it would drag, feather and otherwise be a pain in the ass. I will not be wearing Midnight Cami again without applying a protective barrier of liquid latex first, that's for damn sure. Going forward, I'd ask you to just completely ignore the fact that I have an index finger... because it's a hot mess!

Due to the fact that Midnight Cami bores me, I had to cover it in glitter to make it suck less, here's what I used:

Essie Midnight Cami, Love & Beauty Blue (ring finger only), Sally Hansen Twinkle, Twinkle

And here's the end result:

Love & Beauty Blue is the same thing as LA Girl Glitter Addict Jostle. It's a clear polish with blue glitter of the small square and large hex varieties. Sally Hansen Twinkle, Twinkle is a clear polish with large silver holo hex glitter and small square glitter in silver and what I can only describe as royal blurple. It has a lot of dimension to it when layered. The next three photos were taken in full sun, the last two taken in shade.

I saw this Friday Poll going around and decided I'd play along too!

1. What’s a nickname only your family calls you?

I don't really have one. When I was little, my grandpa used to call me Andy.

2. What’s a weird habit of yours?

Idk, which of my habits aren't weird?

3. Do you have any weird phobias?

I have a lot of weird phobias. For a long time, I was terrified of sticking my hands in the oven as I was convinced the door would slam shut and sear my flesh off, though I'm mostly okay with it now. Probably my most notable phobia is my fear of unfamiliar toilets... and it's not because of germs! If I haven't used a particular toilet before, I'm convinced it will malfunction on me in some way. There are only a few toilets outside of my own home that I'm comfortable using. All my coworkers know that I won't use the bathroom at work unless I can get in the third stall in Nordstroms, haha :D

4. What’s a song you secretly love to blast and belt out when you’re alone?

I will basically do this with anything I know the lyrics to, but one of my favorites is the entirety of Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison, Jackson in particular :)

5. What’s one of your biggest pet peeves?

When people call cicadas locusts. Their not even in the same family of insect! They look nothing alike! For all that is good and holy, freaking stop it, peopl!

6. What’s one of your nervous habits?

Talking too much. I'll just start spewing information at a fast pace until I stumble over my words and stop talking all together from embarrassment.

7. What side of the bed do you sleep on?

It depends really, usually whatever side of the bed is next to the wall.

8. What was your first stuffed animal and its name?

Puffy, who was a pink Puffalump cow.

on the left :)

9. What’s the drink you always order at Starbucks?

I don't frequent Starbucks, I'm caffeine intolerant, but when I get some kind of coffee drink somewhere, I go for whatever form of black and white mocha they have.

10. What’s the beauty rule you preach, but never actually practice?

Sunscreen! Always! I use sunscreen when I know I'm going to be outside for a prolonged period of time, but I can't stand the feeling of it on my skin so I have a hard time wearing it all the time, though I'd rather I did and harp on other people for it, especially my sun-loving family.

11. Which way do you face in the shower?

Depends on what I'm doing, but my default stance is away from the shower head.

12. Do you have any weird body skills?

I'm double jointed in a few of my fingers, but that's about it.

13. What’s your favorite comfort food that’s “bad”, but you love to eat it anyway?

Man, that's tough. I don't know, probably sweets in some form.

14. What’s a phrase or exclamation you always say?

I've been told that I over-use the word "awesome", which let's face it, I totally do. I have a lot of phrases I say frequently, all of them are filled with obscenities.

15. Time to sleep – what are you actually wearing?

 You don't want me to answer this.

Feel free to fill this out yourself and leave your answers in the comments or copy & paste to your own blog! I'm always interested in learning new things about people!

1. What’s a nickname only your family calls you?
2. What’s a weird habit of yours?
3. Do you have any weird phobias?
4. What’s a song you secretly love to blast and belt out when you’re alone?
5. What’s one of your biggest pet peeves?
6. What’s one of your nervous habits?
7. What side of the bed do you sleep on?
8. What was your first stuffed animal and its name?
9. What’s the drink you always order at Starbucks?
10. What’s the beauty rule you preach, but never actually practice?
11. Which way do you face in the shower?
12. Do you have any weird body skills?
13. What’s your favorite comfort food that’s “bad”, but you love to eat it anyway?
14. What’s a phrase or exclamation you always say?
15. Time to sleep – what are you actually wearing?