What to Expect from Updates & Where to Find Reminders - Plus Sparkles!

Hello readers, I wanted to take a moment to address a few aspects of how I intend to keep up this blog. There are a lot of manicure blogs out there that update daily - this is not one of them. One of the biggest reasons for this is I don't want to change my polish every day or every other day. Why?

• I'm iffy about exposing my nails to that much acetone. I know there are non-acetone polish removers out there & I intend of doing some blog posts reviewing different ones, but for now I mainly use acetone because it works quickly & cleaner than other removers I've used. It also tends to be cheaper, which brings me to my next point...
• I'm a college student who works retail. This means not only am I juggling school & work schedule wise, but I'm not bringing in a whole lot of money either. Polishes vary in price, some of my polishes came off 99 cent racks & others cost more than a couple frappuccinos. I don't really see wearing a mani for one or two days to be a good use of my money. 
• There is a lot of valuable information lost in doing this! In this blog I want to explore different products beyond just polish such as base coats, top coats, cuticle treatments, etc. I don't feel that a day or two is enough time to test the quality and durability of these different products. I'm actually very interested to see how long manis last & which products best prolong them.

So, how often should you expect updates them? Probably once or twice a week for now. Now I'm aware that a blog that doesn't update as much can *cringe* unfortunately be easy to forget about. So I've taken a few steps to make sure that doesn't happen! The first being I created a Facebook page for this blog, which can be found here. On this page I will post links to new entries as they come so you don't have to be checking back here to look for posts. I will also be sharing picture updates on manis featured on the blog as well as polls about what else you would like to see here, any sales or contests I find & discussions with my readers. If Facebook isn't your thing you can follow me on Twitter. I'm also working on having a banner made & adding some personal flair to this page. 

As I've been building my stash there has been one polish I have been coveting - Essie's Shine of the Times. This multidimensional base coat gives a beautiful iridescent finish & I really want to play with it. Unfortunately I hadn't been able to find it. I tried Walgreens - they had an Essie display and had all but Shine of the Times. Same with Macy's where I happen to work. Essie's website was also sold out so I was getting frustrated. But tonight my lovely lady & I were browsing Target & I can't go into any store without looking at their polish selection - lo & behold there it was! My sweetie was nice enough to help me get a closer shot of the sparkles to try to share the beauty of this polish with you.

Check out those sparkle flakes!

According to the poll on my Facebook page, you guys want rainbow & laser nails. I'm looking into getting a neon set & striping tape for the laser mani so expect that within the next couple weeks. I might need a few new colors for the rainbow nails & I have a couple different methods of this I want to try. I wish I had remembered it was Memorial Day weekend before I did the seran wrap mani because I would have tried a red/white/blue themed mani but expect one come Fourth of July.

Thank you to those of you who have been reading & liked my Facebook page. I wasn't expecting to have this many page views & likes on such a new page, it is a great feeling!