Spongy Nail Fail

I wanted to try some sponging on my nails and figured I'd start with something simple.
I used Essie's Smokin' Hot all over the nails and let it dry a little and then used a sponge to dap on some Black Cherries by Rimmel.
                                     

I just used a small piece of a regular kitchen sponge since I liked the pore size and pattern. So yeah.
For base and top coats I used Sally Hansen's Double Duty.

It did work fine, I guess. I just didn't really like the outcome. I think the colors were a poor match, but I do like the splotchy pattern, so I'll give it a try with some other polishes. Maybe some colors with a greater contrast.

Overall, not really a hit, but I thought I'd share it anyway.



- Nicci

Origins Wish List / Appreciation

I freakin' love lists. It's that obsessive side of me that gets to come out and party like it's 1999.
I make lists of the lists I need to make. Creating a list gives me the same calm feeling I would get as a child when I lined up my crayons in a specific color order. Oh what a feeling; the order; the control...

I've seen a lot of beauty wish lists around the web lately, and of course I wanna join the party. I think I'll do it brand by brand, starting with Origins.

Origins is probably my favorite skin care brand, and really I'd like to get my hands on every single Origins product ever made, but especially these ones.
According to Origins, a key ingredient in the A Perfect World™ range is the white tea and its high antioxidant content. Another is resveratrol, which happens to be what I wrote my senior thesis on. This is what I love about Origins: the use of plants in all their formulas. Not just a little cucumber water here and there, but many different and carefully chosen plant extracts. Now, this is slowly turning into an Origins appreciation post, so I'll just get on with it and list the products.

A Perfect World Age-defense Treatment Lotion with White Tea

Starting Over Age-erasing oil free moisturizer with Mimosa

High-potency Night-A-Mins Mineral-enriched oil-free renewal cream

Zero Oil Deep pore cleanser with Saw Palmetto & Mint

Zero Oil Pore purifying toner with Saw Palmetto & Mint


But as I said, I basically want to try all their products. This was just the top 5. The Brighter By Nature range, for example, and the makeup items too. It all looks so good.



- Nicci