New year, new attempt at blogging, all that stuff.I wanted to start off the year with my favorite color: purple. So I chose two shades that are at the opposite ends of the purple spectrum - the darker purple is OPI's "A Grape Fit!" and the lighter, lavender shade is Revlon's "Lily." I did the dots with an Orly dotting tool. It's simple but cute, and I've gotten several compliments on it this week.
I love the way these 2 colors work together. And I have to say that A Grape Fit definitely ranks in my top 5 favorite purples. I've always dreamed of owning a purple baby grand piano, and if I had the means to buy one (and a place big enough to put it!), I would buy it in the color of this nail polish!
I spent a good part of the new year's holiday weekend working on a very ambitious project: alphabetizing, cataloging and photographing my entire nail polish collection. I found a handy app on my phone that allowed me to enter each polish into a database that included brand, name, collection, and shade. The only category I wish it had that it doesn't include is finish, but I was still able to get them all entered. Along with each entry it allows you to photograph the polish. So I got them all entered and took a pic of each one. This was no small task and took me about 5 hours broken up over 2 days.
The great thing about finishing this project is, I was able to reorganize all my polishes into 2 Helmers and still have 3 drawers left over for supplies. Plus I put them all in alphabetical order by brand, so I can quickly and easily find exactly the color I'm looking for. Another bonus of having an accurate record of exactly what polishes I own that it is with me at all times. It already came in handy today when I went to Sally for buy one Orly get one free. I picked up 2 different colors that I thought were pretty, checked my database and found that I already owned them both. Then, I complimented myself on what good taste I have, and put them both back!
The downside to having such an accurate record of all my polishes, is knowing exactly how many I own. I knew it was going to be a pretty high number, since it had been a really long time since I counted them all, but I have to say I was shocked at the final count. When I think about how much money this collection represents, it makes me feel a little guilty. But, then again, I work and I earn my own money and I feel like I can spend it however I want!
I've been contemplating doing one of those 30-day challenges. The only reason I've never done one before is I don't want to commit to doing my nails every single day. I hardly EVER have my nails painted just a plain color - I've always got some kind of nail art on them. And I'm not that good so it usually takes me a good 2 to 3 hours every time I do them. So after spending that much time and effort on a mani, I hate the thought of having to take it off every day. So it's possible I might try one just on my own - but make it more of a 30-manicure challenge wherein I do all the designs but not necessarily in 30 days.
Tomorrow is the first playoff game for the Pack, so I might do some kind of Packer mani tomorrow afternoon. GO PACK GO!!!!!
