NOTD : Retro Chic

I wanted to try something different....

As I've said before, I am terribly obsessed with grey nail polish. I was about to re-paint them my current favorite, Pure Ice Kiss Me Here, but at the same time I wanted to try out another one of my new polishes from L.A. Girl. Who says I can't do both at once?

For a splash of color, I painted my index + ring fingers L.A Girl Vinyl Record. No surprise here why I bought this one (The name! The name!!!). This is from their current Disco Brites collection, where the polish is supposed to glow under blacklight/UV lighting. I'm not 12 anymore, so I don't own a blacklight. I'll just take their word for it. This is a wonderful shade, it's a shame I couldn't capture it's true color on camera. It shows up very blue in the photo, but it has much more green in it- more like a bright teal. The formula was a breeze to work with. It was totally opaque with one coat, but just out of habit, I did two. I picked mine up from Cherry Culture, but you can also order right from L.A. Girl's website.

The shades together remind me of something retro. When I was younger, I actually wanted to paint my room these exact colors. This is the palette I wanted to go off of:

Color by COLOURlovers
(I made this over at ColourLovers,
if you've never been to this site before, check it out- it's so much fun!!!)

I hope you all are having a fabulous week so far!! I had to make a trip to the eye doctor today to test out my peepers and get my eyes dilated (Not fun!!!). The good/bad news is, I need glasses. I pick them up on Friday. But never fear! For I have picked out some stellar looking glasses (Some cute, simple Coach frames)!! I don't know about you, but glasses are pretty sexy (Especially on guys, I have a thing for 'em). Any of you wonderful readers wear specs?

NOTD: Pure Ice Kiss Me Here

I told you I have a thing for gray...

Well, color me surprised. I was strolling through a neighboring Wal Mart in another city one of these past weekends when I came across this new (well, new to me) polish from Pure Ice. As far as I know, Pure Ice is a brand that you can only find at Wal Mart. They have some great colors, mostly bold, bright, shimmery shades. So I was very surprised that they came out with a gray creame...of course, I'm pleased as punch that they did, but it's just not the type of shade that comes to mind when I think of the brand.

So far, out of all my gray polishes (okay, all three of them...), this one is by far my favorite. The polish from Hot Topic had a lot of blue undertones it, I liked it- but this is more of a pure gray. Application was a breeze. This is two coats, and you definitely need it. The brush wasn't a hassle to deal with, and dried smoothly and evenly. All in all, I'm very happy with my new acquired gray :)


In current events- this has been a very sad day in the entertainment world...

Unless you have been living in total solitude for the past 12 hours, you have probably heard the news that the world has lost two very talented, iconic people. Farrah Fawcett and the King Of Pop- Michael Jackson, both pased away today. It was already quite a shock hearing of Farrah's passing this morning (my dad called me up and said "My Girlfriend passed away..."). But no one was prepared to hear about Michael Jackson. My co-worker came to the front of the office and said to me and another co-worker "My daughter just called me...she said that Michael Jackson died. It's all over the news" I looked at my co-worker, both of our jaws were dropped, and went straight to Google; No, no way. It had to be a hoax.

Not even a minute later, I got a call from my Mom, who was nearly in tears. CNN had just confirmed of his death. She always tells me stories how her wall used to be covered with pictures of The Jackson 5 (she was in love with Jackie, she tells me, but always thought Michael was cute). To be honest, it still hasn't sank in yet. I don't care about his personal life, but I grew up listening to his music, and that's what I'm going to remember him for. I danced around to my mom's records of the Jackson 5 when I was a little girl. I will NEVER forget the first time I saw "Thriller" in it's full, 13-minute glory. I still burn up my iPod listening to his greatest hits. I read an article that someone said this is like hearing when Kennedy or John Lennon died- you'll always remember what you were doing/where you were when you heard the news.

I can't seem to find a embeddable (is that a word?) video, but here is the link to my absolute favorite song ♥ Rest in Peace both Farrah & Michael.....