Nail Polish And Simple Care For The Bottles??

I am in of those moods again.. And to share it, I thought I would share some odd things about nail polish, caring for your bottles. Yeah one of those odd moods.

No matter what you paid it, caring for your new found treasure at the drugstore  or that had to have Chanel color of nail polish, caring for the bottle is just had to have is just as important as caring for your nails is. With proper care and storage you can help lengthen the life of your nail polish.
Polish standard shelf life is about 2 years. Now caring for this so they last longer? Well these are a few I came across..
 We have all heard about keeping polish in the refrigerator is a good idea but really that's one big mistake.
 On My Nails Today:

Caty Perry-Wrinkle by Above the Curve

Who ever thought of that idea was nuts especially if you got 100's of bottles!! And who reading this doesn't have that many or more?  All polishes were created in a lab before you get them, they were created tested and developed within a certain ranges of temperature.

 By putting them in the refrigerator you are messing up how the chemicals in the polish work together.

I don't know about you, but my family would get pissed off if I told them:

"Humm  no sorry you can't use the refrigerator any longer, I am storing nail polish in it!" :)

Sure the first application of a cold polish might go on smooth but as your natural body heat warms up the polish on your nails it might begin to change as well as the polish within the bottle. No one likes dealing with bubbling and stringing and gloppy separated mess!!


The photo below was what I did.. This is not a great idea on keeping your nail polish. I mean really who does this? (I did, bad bad me)

 The best way to store them is in a dark cool drawer. Some of the neatest ideas for storage comes from those who love polish so much they blog about it!!

(I bought this at a thrift store for about $10.00. It got really deep drawers but boy can it hold a ton of polishes!)


 Now polishes might look pretty sitting on your desk, just keep them out of the sun cause that can cause some colors to fade. After applying your polish, take time to wipe off around the opening of your bottle and don't use cotton balls a paper towel is better.

A little nail polish remover will remove any polish that might be on the edged helping give your bottle a airtight seal and prolong the life of your favorite polish.
Just a few simple ideas, And to come to think about it, I am starting to run out of room.. Can you believe that? LOL  How do you store your polish?

Hot Rod Makeup Bags in the mail!

YES!! I put all three of these amazing handcrafted bags in the mail today for three very lucky winners! If you were three of the first buyers of the any polishes from the Hot Rod Collection you get to receive one of the only four made bags!
And my sister Krystal is having a contest involving the last remaining bag. As well as giving away one Hot Rod Collection!! So you know you really need to go visit Solsisters and see what she has going for her contest!

From Solsistershandbags.com

In honor of the release of the Hot Rod Collection of nail polish by BB Couture which I inspired and named, I'm giving away one full set of all six smashin' colors ($53) plus one awesome handmade flame makeup zip pouch ($20).

Cherry, Baby! - A sweet candy apple red with high shine and a "begging for a speeding ticket" attitude!
Crusin' - Bright, cream neon orange, smooth and delicious, but never ignored.
Hot Spot - The ghost flames in this nuclear orange are alive with deep red undertones.
Lil' Deuce Coupé - The perfect lemon yellow for hot summer days.
Lowrider - Take a tall drink of grape soda and mix in some pearlescent shine.
Nitro Injected - This sassy blue is all about wide open skies with the top down doing 90mph!

To win this $83 prize (limit four entries per person, per day):
1) Follow my blog (place your follow name in first box)
2) Tweet my giveaway and paste the link in first box
3) Put my giveaway on your facebook and page paste the link in first box
4) Promote my giveaway some other way and paste the link in first box

Entries MUST have an email address to be valid.

GET TEN BONUS ENTRIES!!!!!
1) Make a purchase of $20 or more from my shop
2) Make a purchase of $20 or more from the Carried Away Team shop to support our solider

Shipping of your prize inside the US will be free of charge.
If my winner is international, I will deduct $4.95 from the shipping price.

Which means you need to get over there and see if you can win these contest right away!
http://www.solsistershandbags.com/2009/07/contest-time.html

Rumoring Flying about New BB Nail Polish colors!

For starters my rat sister Krystal over at Solsistershandbags.com won't give back my Torch!
This is what I been hearing about, a brand new collection of BB Couture colors are coming out! I got to test one and I send one to my sister Krystal because she is my orange freak! Silly me thought she would try it and send it back cause its a limited color.. but no I can't get it back!!

Rumor has it there is a limited edition collection coming out soon from BB Couture.. I don't know what the colors are, only that Torch is one of them. In fact we are working on a sweet deal for Overall Beauty newsletter readers only.. If you haven't sign up, you will want to!

More Winter Pedicure Ideas ~ Give your feet some love!

More Winter Pedicure Ideas ~ Give your feet some love! by Kim Snyder

Just because no one sees your toes during the wintertime doesn’t mean
you should stop getting pedicures done. During the winter calluses
still build up on your heels, your skin on your legs just gets drier and
flaky and untouchable. Just because you have your feet in boots
all day shouldn’t stop you from getting a pedicure done. And
besides its always feel good to have someone else take care of your
feet after a long hard work day. You don’t have to get your
toes painted either.

Those that are at the dating age, you don’t want your new date seeing
you in your hot little black dress with flaky dry legs do you? And
besides unless you live somewhere that has snow, a hot little black
dress or really dress of any color almost demands that you wear
open toed shoes with sexy nail polish painted toes. If you are a
fashion forward person you already know that some of the hottest
boots this year are open toed. Why not show off your sense of style
with trendy nail polish in purples or blues?

Read the rest of this article at Overallbeauty.com