Below zero

Oh! I am soooo over winter!! Today was our 50th day below zero! It’s the 5th time it’s happened. Also, it’s been since the 1970’s since we’ve had this!! Yep, done. But it’s only march 3rd.
So as I usually do, polished my nails bright this time. Using desert poppy and tropix, both by CND vinylux.

I’m excited, I start at a new salon wed & I already have more people on my books than I’ve had lately. A few I haven’t seen for over a month, I’m super excited to see them and catch up.
I haven’t been anxiety ridden. So that feels great!
I’m excited that it’s just a little salon with hair and nails, no spa. Just do my work. Not having to train, focus on numbers always. Focus on me and my client, sorry they’ll always be clients.
It looks like I’ll be fixing a few as well…
So busy, but not too much to tell.

Whoa it’s been awhile

Where has the time gone… Life derailed me for a bit. Big changes happening to my life, career wise.
First, the holidays came. Busy time for family and work. Then much needed vacation to Florida mid January.
Oh, quit my job of over 5 years. Started somewhere new, not caring for it at all. Oh, everyone is nice and helpful, but starting all over isn’t good for an anxiety prone person. So I’m calling 2014, MIDLIFE crisis.
I’m turning 40 in a few months. Wondering to myself “is this really what I want to be doing in 10-15 years??” Yes. I think.
So I do love what I do, nails. I just need a new home. Yes a home. Hopefully tomorrow brings me one. Or there’s always the rental option…again anxiety. Or da da da! Something not in the beauty industry! What!? Again anxiety.
I’ve been polishing like crazy. Love colors, love art, love happy people.
Since we are stuck in this ever loving Polar Vortex forever… People leave. To be warm, to be happy. But 1st, they need happy feet. That’s where I come in. I do love it, I do.
So here’s to Marie! Cheers, I’m blogging again. It may not be all unicorns and glitter. But it’s what I do, there’s a fair amount of glitter too.

Newest shades, from Dollish Polish (love her), the man in black. A holo black, camera does not do this justice. My new favorite, for now.

Playing with Nail Vinyls, love. With vinylux polish.

Black fri

I am not one to go shopping on Black Friday. Too many crazy people, besides my sanity is worth more to me. Trying as well to teach my kids, that it’s not about the gifts or big tvs. We are thinking of homemade gifts for the kids to give to friends and loved ones.
Count me out of the craziness. Yuk. Just driving anywhere was a mess today.
Anyways, we had a very quiet thanksgiving, made a ham and had a little dinner with kids.
Today was much of the same. I ordered a few more polishes from Dollish Polish, as well.
But for now I used vinylux in dark dahlia, it’s quickly becoming a favorite of mine, with Formula X, Turbulent.

Love this, at least until new colors come!
Ella had fun with her polish today as well.

She was using the 3 stroke method to polish, instead of the painting a fence method. She’s coming along quite nicely.
Well off to bed, working in salon tomorrow .

CND Vinylux

CND brought us a polish line back in May, Vinylux.
We’ve been using this in our salon since it came out. It’s a great, very durable polish. CND reformulated polish forever. This line doesn’t need a base coat, and drys in 8.5 min, I like to say under 10 min. There’s about 60 colors and about 90% match their Shellac line. I think there’s about 6 that aren’t in Shellac. I’ve included a few pictures of bottles. I apologize for the darkness, this time so year in MN there’s not a lot sunlight.

This is one of my favorites from the line, Daring escape.
Vinylux is hands down, one of the best polishes I’ve ever used. It does last a week. Even with working doing Shellac & pedicures, all I ever have is a little wear to my right index and middle finger. On the toes, it doesn’t budge. It does take acetone and a little elbow grease to take off the Vinylux.

Vinylux is easy to work with, for simple designs.
Look for Vinylux at salons only.

Hello and welcome!

First post! I am Heather, I am a licensed Nail Tech in Minnesota. I work at an Aveda lifestyle salon, New Reflections Salon. I am the Lead trainer for our 3 salons as well.
I have been making people’s days, for over 13 years. I absolutely love my job. I wanted to start a blog for some time now, mostly to explore my creative side outside of the salon perimeters. So here it is, it’s the very beginning, so please don’t be harsh with me.
I will be swatching polish, reviewing polish and also getting a little technical too. We will talk about myths, favs, trends and just about anything else.
Please ask questions, I will try to answer you as quick as possible, I do work full time please be patient.