Tag: Happy 101 (Sweet Friends)

Thank you so much Zara for tagging me!

Here are the rules:

1. Post who gave you this award
2. State 10 things you like
3. Give this to 10 other bloggers and notify them with a comment

10 Things I Like:

1. Perfume, specifically BPAL (Yeah, I'm addicted. :P)
2. Obviously nail polish, haha.
3. My pets (2 dogs, 3 cats, 1 turtle, 1 hedgehog. It's sometimes a zoo, but I love it!)
4. Books. Any and all kinds! I read all the time.
5. Writing. I love writing. I guess I'm not an English major with a focus in Creative Writing for nothing, haha.
6. AUTUMN. Oh my goodness. I love autumn so much. Sweaters, boots, tights, Halloween!!, changing leaves, the smells, colder weather..Ahhhh. So amazing!
7. Traveling, specifically road trips. I hate flying, but I really love riding in a car, through places you'd normally never visit. 
8. Vintage shops and used bookstores. There's just something about them..
9. My friends and family. I honestly don't know where I'd be without them.
10. Movies, specifically ones by M. Night Shyamalan or Sofia Coppola. Really, though, I love most genres! Thrillers, cheesy horror movies, romantic comedies, drama, fantasy, sci-fi..

Who do I tag? Why, all of you of course! If you read this, consider yourself tagged. :D

Nail Tag!

I got this from Lacquer Ware for Tips and Toes. Feel free to copy and paste and do it on your own blog!

Nail Polish Stash:

How many polishes do you have in your stash?
Approximately 193. I really need to go through my list again and figure out what I gave up for the Zoya Polish Exchange. And when I get my Exchange polishes, this number will be up by 16. :D

Which brand do you own the most of?
China Glaze. It's beating OPI by one. Once my Zoyas come, though, they'll be in the lead.

What colors do you own the most of?
Purple or red. I did get rid of a few of my reds for the Exchange, though.

Do you have a color/texture you do not own?
I don't own any crazily-shaped glitter. Or string glitter. Or hex glitter, really. Honestly, the only glitter I have is circular, as far as I know. I don't own very many glitters.

What's the one polish you always pick up to lift your spirits?
There's not one particular polish. Really, it's anything that's a nice, bright color and applies easily.

What polish do you keep looking at and wondering why you haven't gotten rid of it yet?
Well, it was Rimmel Frisky Clover. It's so not me. I recently gave it to my mom, though.

Franken me? or I'm nervous to try it?
I'm kind of nervous to try it. Though when I was in middle school, I did franken a dove gray. I was so ahead of the curve! :P

Do you franken for new/original polish ideas or franken for polish you won't be able to own?
I don't franken. But if I ever do, it will probably be an attempt to recreate a hard-to-find polish.

Go-to Base Coat?
Zoya Anchor.

Go-to Top Coat?
Poshe.

What's your sexiest polish?
I think my vampies are all pretty sexy. Though the polish I'm wearing right now, BB Couture Fairy Blood, is definitely not a vampy, but it's still really sexy. I think so, anyway.

Nail Design:

Stamping vs Free Hand?
Stamping, definitely. I'm really OCD about nail art, and if I'm trying to make it look uniform, it needs to be uniform.

Bling me, baby? or No bling for me, please!
The most bling I'll do is glitter.

I consider my nails basically nekkid if they don' t have some kind of design?
Eh, I'm fine with just polish on my nails. I still haven't quite gotten the hang of stamping.

My favorite plate/tool/technique?
If I had the talent, I'd love to do a gradient (the single-nail gradient kind, not the full-hand gradient). As far as plates go..well, I don't have a favorite yet.

What I haven't tried and want to within the month?
I want to try stamping with different plates this month.

Purchase/Lemmings:

The one elusive polish you want and can't seem to get?
Well, it was Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure. I have that now, though (Thanks, Steph!). Hm..I suppose OPI Yokohama Twilight. Curse you, overseas exclusives!

What was the last nail related thing you bought?
Uhh..hm. What was it? Oh! Duh! My Zoya Polish Exchange order.

How much nail related hauls have you bought in the last 7 days (on-line/in-person)?
Just one, my Zoya Polish Exchange.

If you've ever been on a no-buy, how long did it last? Is that what you planned?
Ha, I've put myself on a no-buy before. Yeah, that lasted about a week. I had planned for much longer. :P

(and one question to grow on) Hobby? Addiction? Compulsion? Passing Fancy? Love?
Well. I love nail polish. I really love it. I'd definitely say it's a hobby of mine. I especially love collecting the polish, and it's such a great feeling to find one that you were searching everywhere for! I think I will love nail polish for a long, long time. :]

Best Blog Award!

Aww, thank you so much, Nicole, for this award! I love that people actually read this thing I call a blog, and aren't too put off by all my rambling, haha.

The rules for this lovely award are as follows:

1. To accept the award, you must post it on your blog, with the name of the person who has given you the award, and a link to their blog.

2. Pass the award on to approximately 10-15 blogs that you have recently discovered and think are great!

3. Contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for the award.

Oh, man. Only 10-15? Seriously, every single blog I follow is amazing. I'm so happy I started this blogging thing. I didn't just discover these blogs, but whatever.

Okay! On to my picks!

Painted Lady fingers

Magic Maid

Babbling Brooke

Body & Soul

Catch The Beauty With Arie

Getcha Nails Did

Little Music Boxes

Naive Nails

Polish, Platforms, Perfume

You've Got Nail

Black nail polish and lip gloss

Seriously, though, you should be following every single one of the blogs in my blogroll. They're all amazing, wonderful women and they put so much heart into what they do.

Haute Mess Tag!

Hello, all! I was tagged by the lovely Gildedangel at Naive Nails for this Haute Mess Award tag. The rules? State seven interesting things about yourself, and then tag seven people.

1. I have a pet hedgehog named Little Edie. I named her after Little Edie Bouvier-Beale, of Grey Gardens fame. I have wanted a hedgehog since I was in middle school, and I finally bought Edie over the summer, as a little graduation present for myself.

2. I have a life-size cardboard cutout of Edward Cullen in my room. My friend gave him to me for my birthday/Christmas about a year ago. The first few days that he was in my room, I would wake up in the middle of the night and freak out, because I thought there was a man standing in my room. Nope. Just Edward. Now he holds my scarves.

3. I'm a vegetarian. I have been for about two and a half years. I was actually a vegetarian in middle school for a few months, but I just couldn't stick to it, but now I find it to be extremely easy.

4. I collect a lot of things. Jewelry with animal charms, vintage brooches, perfume bottles, old cameras, action figures, nail polish, books.. None of the collections are very big, though, except for the nail polish and the books, obviously.

5. I have seen every single episode of The Office, Dollhouse, Gilmore Girls, Bones, and Flight of the Conchords. Ridiculous, I know. I really don't watch all that much television! These all just sort of..happened, haha.

6. When I was about eight, I wanted to be an advice columnist. I'm not exactly sure where this aspiration came from, haha. I think maybe from GL magazine or Elle Girl or one of those other discontinued tween magazines. (Do they still make GL? I think they might.)

7. I have only ever broken one bone, which is shocking, since I'm so clumsy/klutzy. I broke my toe when I was about thirteen. Would you like to know how? This is the best part. I broke it by running into a wall. Yes, you read correctly. I ran into a wall and broke my toe. Don't ask me how this happened, because I'm not really sure, haha. I think it must have gotten caught on the edge of the wall when I ran into it or something.

Well, those are seven things about me. Whether they're interesting or not, I'm not really sure, haha. Hm..I think almost everyone has done this already, so I'm going to just tag whoever hasn't! So, if you haven't done this yet: Go for it!