Sally's Haul

So Sally's had an awesome sale this weekend, 50% off all red-tagged clearance. Which I figured was great since I had my birthday coupon $10 or any $20 purchase and a 15% off any $20 purchase. Too bad I found out I couldn't use any coupons with the clearance sale :( But that's ok since there wasn't anything on clearance that I absolutely HAD to have lol. But I did end up using my coupons for some goodies (of course since I can't go in there and NOT get something). So onto my newest pretties :)
First from Dollar Tree:

Glistening Purple, a purple glitter

Then Sally's:

Caribbean Temptation, Lubu Heels and Dorothy Who?

And from the new Dark Shadows Collection:

Mysterious Curse

With Flash

Sorry for the multiple pics of Mysterious Curse but I was trying really hard to capture the prettiness of it. It's like a purple-blue duochrome and is absolutely gorgeous. I also got some necessities:

Cuticle Oil

Well maybe not necessities lol. I usually use the 100% Acetone from Dollar General since its only $1.25 for 10 oz. and usually lasts me a little while but I thought for some reason that the Beauty Secrets was like double so worth the $2.79 price. Alas that was not the case :( But that's ok live and learn and all that lol. 
So a confession here: I've never in my life used cuticle oil. I mean I moisturize and lotion and all that but before I really got into all the nail stuff I hadn't even heard of it lol. Sally's was mostly for hair stuff maybe once in a while a nail polish or 2 lol. Ohhh how I've been converted lol. 
If you haven't liked the Facebook page yet I'm almost always around and you can reach me there, by leaving a comment on here or by email at lenalovesnails@gmail.com. As always, thanks for stopping by :)

Nails Of The Week and Contest Entry

Yep that's what I said so onto the nails first!

Because I never show off my right hand :)

This is the pic I used for the contest :)

So there they are :) LA Colors Circuits (black) and Wet N Wild Red Red.The contest is homemade dotting tools only, art must be only dots and ends tomorrow, Monday May 28th. As you might be able to see I used a toothpick and a broken paintbrush handle. I actually like them (you can tell since I did my right hand too lol). Did any of you enter the contest?

Let's see, hmmm in other news: The Facebook page is doin pretty well (if you haven't come and "liked" it yet please do. I'm on there all the time and I love it when people share their pics and opinions. Well nice opinions lol. And I post a lot of other stuff on there like tutorials, links to giveaways and contests as well as fan photos.

There's a Twitter account now: you can follow @LenaLovesNails. I won't promise to tweet all the time but I will definitely try lol. I can tell when my posts are getting too long because it makes everything so slow, so I'll end this one now. Hope to see you all on the facebook page, I think we have fun there. Off to get ready for a cookout, as always , thanks for stopping by :)

Contest Art!

So after much ado, I have all the pics of my ideas for Tip Top Nails' dotting contest. I was informed that they have to be visible dots so some of these designs won't work after all. My original thinking was that it was anything done with a dotting tool. All of the designs were my own ideas though my Facebook likers contributed some color combo ideas. Now on to the nails!

I was told I can use the ladybug and the blue star design ones. 

My favorite...too bad it wouldn't play well with my cam :(

So I'm not sure for the second set or the little hearts if I can use them or not but based on what they told me: 
Hi Lena, there have to be noticable dots and you may use different sizes but only 2 colours, your base colour is colour 1 and your dots are colour 2. Hope this makes sense. Love Joan

I'm guessing that I can use the flowers (also based on them sharing flower manis on their Facebook wall) but I can't use the scrolls or drag marble. 

So pick your favorite (preferably of the ones I think I can use lol) and let me know with a comment! Thanks everybody for helping and as always, thanks for stopping by :)

Ohh Such A Tease!

Can you guess what this is gonna be based off the title? Lol I would think so! Of course its a quick tease :P 
Having made my page I've found so many other nail artists as well as other beauty related pages and that has led to me finding a few contests. Of course lol. So I'm trying to decide what I wanna do for Tip-Top-Nails-South-Africa's dotting contest. (The link will take you to their Facebook page.) The rules are only home-made dotting tools may be used and only 2 colors total may be used. So I'm feeling pretty creative as I've been thinking about it most of the day and I thought I'd share a couple pics with you guys :) 

I think I like these ones. With this contest I'm doing a bunch of ideas and I'm gonna let y'all help choose what I do. Full post tomorrow after I finish the other design ideas I have and I'll explain how to let me know what you like. If you wanna see more right this minute head over to my Facebook page and look at the album Contest Art. (If you haven't yet please like my page to stay up-to-date on what's going on.) Ok, bed time for me, as always, thanks for stopping by :) 

Another quick post....No really I swear!

So a few things from today I wanted to share with everyone: 
I made a Facebook page :) you can find it under Lena Loves Nails or right here. 
I'm already up to 13 likes! That makes me sooooo happy and excited you have no idea. It was kinda my breakout there since I didn't really tell my friends or family that I started this blog. I suppose my thinking was that if random strangers I'd never talked to didn't want to read what I wrote then why would I subject my family to it? Anyhow it'd be great if you hop on over and like it! 
Second thing is Yamii from over at yamiidoesnails hosted a giveaway tonight for the first set of Bundle Monster plates. Now I never ever win anything. Gambling, giveaways, contests you name it my luck is horrible. But tonight thanks to some great friends I won! Woohoo! Super excited over here lol. Thanks again Yamii!!!!!!!
So I promised quick and this is as good as I can do lol. As always, thanks for stopping by :)