My Christmas Plugs

Dare I even touch on the fact that I haven't blogged in 9 months? Nah.  Long story short, I haven't had much to blog about and I haven't gotten around to it.  I'm hoping to get back into it in 2012, but that's only my intention, not a promise. :D


To be honest, the reason I'm blogging now is because my husband got me an amazing Christmas present, and I wanted to post pictures to my Pinterest account.  I figured I would pin them from my blog, and should I start blogging more regularly again, I could gain readers from Pinterest.


A while ago, I had told my husband how awesome it would be to get custom plugs made using star rubies.  I've always liked star gems; in fact, my engagement ring has a star ruby as the center gem instead of a diamond.  Not that I'm concerned about being fancy, but because of my gauged earlobes (7/16 gauge), I can no longer wear dangly earrings or regular posts, so I don't really have any "dressy" earrings.  That being the case, having some cool custom gauges to match my engagement ring (which I wear with my wedding band now) would be a great way to get dressy in my own style.


I had no idea that my husband has been planning this since August.  He won't tell me how much, but apparently he spent a pretty penny on them, too!  I was completely astounded by how much trouble he went through to give me the coolest Christmas gift ever!!


I could go on about how wonderful my husband is, but I'm sure what you're interested in is seeing pictures, so here they are!! (Please accept my apologies for the poor quality of the images.  I took the pictures with my phone.)

One Less Lonely Glitter - Nicole by OPI

I really didn't think I was going to cave in to the Justin Bieber nail polish collection, but I happened to be at Walgreens and they caught my eye. And I'll admit, the colors were all pretty nice. Since they are still sort of pricey ($7.99 a bottle, I think), I only bought one - One Less Lonely Glitter. It has chunky, circular lilac glitter as well as regular lilac glitter in a sheer, medium purple base. This can be used by itself or over a solid base. In the picture, I used it over OPI matte Russian Navy. There's no reason for using a matte; it's just what I happened to have. I had swatched it over various colors, and I liked how it stood out against the darker colors. As for wear, it definitely seemed to chip quickly despite using a top coat. I'm not sure if that was due to the base polish or the glitter coat. The other downside is that chunky glitter is a pain to remove. All in all, I like the look of it enough that I'll continue to use it despite glitter being a pain. I don't have any other chunky glitter polishes, so I guess it's good that the one I do have is purple!

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