A New Year's Eve Inspired Mani

I first just want to wish you a very Healthy & Happy New Year!  I really feel that 2012 will be a great year.  This is just a quick post with a New Year's Eve inspired look.  As a Mom who is 7 1/2 months pregnant, Champagne will not be part of my midnight toast this year.  However, it was what I had in mind while I polished my nails.

For a base coat, I used a Revlon's Coconut Crush.  This is one of their scented nail lacquers, that gives off a fragrance when it is dry.  I picked it up for under 1.00 at CVS as it was 75% off.  It is an off-white color that looks almost like a cream.  I really like the color as it is warmer than a traditional white.  I have to admit, it smells amazing when it is dry too.  My hands have smelled great all day and it isn't lotion, it is my polish.  It smells like coconut and reminds me of a pina colada.

The gold color over the cream polish is China Glaze's Tarnished Gold Crackle.  Of course I waited until Coconut Crush was fully dry before adding the crackle.  That wasn't difficult due to the polish's delicious scent.  While I don't love how the crackle looks, it certainty reminds me of a champagne.

Thanks so much for reading!  Have a fabulous New Year!  I look forward to bringing you more manicure looks, nail and skin posts, and product reviews in the 2012!

Pink Wednesday: Pink Chiffon by Revlon

Happy Pink Wednesday!  I hope that you are having a good week.  This Wednesday, I am wearing Pink Chiffon by Revlon.  I have to be honest, I don't love this polish on me.  I picked up this color last week at Rite Aid, while they were having a BOGO 1/2 off on Revlon nail enamel.  I loved the color in the bottle as it is such a pretty, pastel shade that reminds me of spring.  I could almost envision this shade on an Easter egg it is that pretty.

However, once I started to polish my nails, I fell out of love with it.  I believe that the reason for this is my skin tone, and not the color of the polish itself.  Perhaps if I had a deeper tone, it would have been more flattering on me.  The other reason why I might have been so underwhelmed with this pink is the sharp contrast to my nails from Monday.  I wore Ocean by Revlon and LOVED this color so much!  I got so many complements on it from family, friends, and random people at the mall.  Pink Chiffon just might have been too light after such a rich jewel tone.  I have pictures, so I guess this one is up to you to decide if you love it or not.

Thanks as always for reading.  Have a great day!

Thoughts on 2012

I can't believe how fast time goes by!  This year has just been so good, but it has gone by in the blink of an eye.  Now, in the last week of 2011, I think it is so important to reflect on this year, and focus on all the good that is to come in 2012. 

I am so grateful for everything in my life.  My son is amazing, and he just keeps getting better every day.  He will be two in a few weeks and he is the best thing that has happened to me.  I am so blessed to have such a miracle in my life.  I am also so excited for the birth of my daughter in February of this upcoming year.  I know that she will make our family complete and I can't wait to meet her, and see her for the first time.  I know that with her arrival so early in the year, 2012 will shape up to be one of the best!

I also feel blessed with such a fabulous career.  I love working in the spa industry and helping people to look and feel their best.  I also love the flexibility that comes with my job.  I am able to spend so much time with my family, and still make a great living on a part-time basis!  I look forward to building my clientele in the new year and continually improving to offer my clients the best massage and aesthetic services in the area.

Finally, I am happy to have started this blog.  What started out as something to do at night while my son was sleeping, has really turned into a passion of mine.  I enjoy blogging so much and am excited to post more manicures, skin information, and product reviews in the new year.  I don't think that it will be very easy for me to post so much in the months of February and March due to the birth of my daughter, but I am going to try my best.  I appreciate your support and am thankful that you have come to my blog and read its content. 

If you have any comments, suggestions, or products that you want me to test in the new year, please e-mail me at thespamom@gmail.com or send me a tweet to @thespamom

I hope that you have a very healthy and happy New Year! 

Manicure Monday: Ocean by Revlon

Happy Mani Monday!  I hope that you had a fabulous holiday weekend!  Christmas is such a wonderful time, and it just comes and goes so fast.  However, after doing so many Christmas and holiday nail looks, I was so excited to review one of my new, non-holiday polishes by Revlon...Ocean! 

I picked up this jem last week while it was on sale at CVS.  I was so drawn to the color.  It is a gorgeous jewel-toned green.  Ocean looks like a tropical pool, or a color that you might see in a Caribbean rain forest.  I think that it is such a fun color!

While I was swatching this polish, I found that one coat was sufficient, yet I did two just to be sure.  What I really love about this polish is how fast it dried.  As a mom, it is difficult for me to paint my nails during the day because once I apply the product, my son always wakes up from his nap, making it difficult for my nails to ever dry appropriately.  I usually end up with such a mess.  This Revlon polish is Top Speed/Fast Drying Nail Enamel.  By the time I was finished polishing my right hand, the left hand was already dry!  I am a huge fan of this polish and the fact that it is Top Speed makes it even better.  I highly recommend this Revlon product.

Thanks so much for reading.  I hope that you have a wonderful day! 

Merry Christmas

I just want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holiday!  I thank you so much for reading my blog and I look forward to posting more manicures, writing more skin posts, and doing product reviews in the New Year!  Have a wonderful weekend and thanks again!

Pink Wednesday: My Revlon Deal!

Happy Pink Wednesday!  With Christmas on Sunday, and all the shades of red and green, I am so happy to be wearing pink today.  This week, I am wearing my very first Revlon lacquer purchase...Raspberry Rapture.  As I was Christmas shopping last week at my local CVS, I came upon this polish and it happened to be on clearance for 75% off!  Therefore, I had to buy it because it only cost me 99 cents!  I really like this color.  It is a very tropical, summery pink.  It is scented too so when it dries, it does have a bit of a fruity smell to it.  This feature was nice because I knew when my nails were dry by the scent.  That was helpful as I was swatching this color because I trying to get dinner on the table at the same time.  Another nice feature about this product is that it goes on very smoothly, and I really only needed one coat.

In short, I am a big fan of the Revlon Nail Enamels!  I purchased a few more on clearance at CVS, and this week, the drugstore had a fabulous deal on the polish.  If you purchased a bottle for $4.99, you received $3.00 in extra bucks.  Therefore, it was like getting the polish for $1.99.  I can't wait to play around with these new colors and create some very pretty looks.  Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day!

The 12th Day of Christmas Polish: Festive in Red & Gold

Good Evening!  It is finally the 12th day of Christmas Polishes.  I have to admit that a nail polish blog is a lot of work and I give so much to credit to all of you who have one.  My look today is a simple, yet real holiday inspired look.  I used China Glaze's Poinsettia & Twinkle Lights. I think that the combination of red and gold is so timeless and elegant and I have used it for everything from my senior prom dress to the color scheme for my wedding.  I think it looks best at Christmas Time.

I used Poinsettia on all of my nails except my index finger.  I painted my index finger with Twinkle Lights for something different.  Poinsettia is a real classic Christmas red and Twinkle Lights is a gold glitter polish with specks of red and green in it.  To make the Twinkle Lights  pop off the nail, I did use about three coats of polish to cover the surface.  I applied two coats of the red to the rest of my nails.

Finally, on my ring finger, I applied some of China Glaze's Tarnished Gold, their crackle polish.  To tie the crackle in with the rest of the look, I applied one coat of Twinkle Lights over it.  I think that this look is funky and appropriate.  It is very easy and a great alternative to a plain red holiday manicure.

Thank you so much for reading this post and the other eleven posts that I wrote for the Christmas nails.  I hope that you have a fabulous holiday!