Can't win 'em all.

I was way over my head with this idea. Not only do I not own any real nail art supplies, but I have a limited amount of time to work since my husband can only entertain my daughter for so long. Everything is chunky, smudged, dented, and fugs. This was supposed to be a reindeer and some kind of candy cane-esque striping, but I think it looks like a melting mouse and a kindergarten art project.

Gold: Wet N Wild Goldmine
White: CG Snow
Brown: CG Goin' My Way?
Red: CG Ruby Pumps
Black: Wet N Wild 424A



The "stripey" nail's cuticle is nice and flooded. I need to learn cleanup.



Ho! Ho! Ho! Tacky Christmas!



Dent brought to you by my daughter's thumb.



Yes, that's a cat hair stuck to the polish on the right. Ugh.


Parts of the skin around my nails are pretty much callouses right now. I've dealt with some of the cuticle issues, but I don't know how to fix this. You can see it really well in the closeup of the stripes. It's really gross. The skin keeps peeling down to the edges of the nails and causing hang-nails on almost every finger. Does anyone know how to fix this?

China Glaze - Goin' My Way?

Natural light.

Goin' My Way? is a really pretty shimmery brown. I used two coats and no top coat for the photos, and two coats were plenty. It went on without any problems. Normally I wouldn't be into brown as a polish color but this stuff has a really nice shimmer to it.


Natural light.

As you can see, the shimmer makes Goin' My Way? end up looking a little streaky. It's no big deal to me.


Indoors with flash.


Indoors with flash.

These indoor pictures are a hot mess but I couldn't get a good shot of the shimmer outside without using flash, and my camera won't take flash photos if it's bright enough to register a decent photo without it. My camera is terrible. Anyway, I love this polish.

The weather is back to overcast and horrible. I'm going to attempt to make a light box today or tomorrow so that I don't have to resort to posting sub-par photos on days like today. It would be great not to have to risk my life sprinting through spiderville, too. A light box would be win-win.