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Firecracker Lacquer is back with a Valentines collection composed of unlikely love songs. The collection is called "What Is Love?" and consists of four gorgeous colors.

Nothing Without You

Forever With Me

You're My Favorite Explosion

We're In This Together

Hey guys! I hope you all had a wonderful week. I have a gorgeous color to share with you from Pretty & Polished's Dark Arts Collection. We had a rare bit of sunshine here in Oregon, so I opted for filtered sunlight photos instead of traditional light box ones.


Arcane in the Membrane is a holographic glitter bomb. It's kind of blue, kind of green which makes "arcane" a well suited name. The formula was an excellent consistency. I found that two coats gave nearly full coverage.

There are so many wonderful women out there who are killing it! I was asked to narrow down my picks to two people which was insanely tough. Here are my Sweat Pink #NoExcuses nominees:

Lisa of 110 Pounds and Counting

Kendahl of The Stepmom Chronicles

I have this thing where I try to only use "untrieds" until I have used everything in my stash. The problem with that idea is that a lot of my untrieds just don't work together. I will usually make an exception if I need a color to stamp with, or an undie for a glitter topper. I was feeling creative the other day, and this is what I came up with:

• Hey 2015, it’s me Breedlovehoops aka Courtney(nickname, spirit animal, real name, blog name)
• This year I would like to deadlift 250lbs, benchpress 150lbs, and squat 200lbs.
• It would also be super duper awesome if I also hiked more this year. It’s not a resolution, though, just a reminder to myself to try and have the best year yet because I want to enjoy it!
• The thing I am looking forward to most this year is spending more time with my fiance as we reach our fitness goals.
• I’ll use the one thing that truly gets me out of bed in the morning which is coffee to help me get up, get moving(verb) and get after my #NoExcuses 2015.
• Speaking of excuses (ahem), my very favorite excuse is "I'm exhausted" and I have used it to get out of doing yardwork and cardio on more than 10 (number) occasions.
• I vow to move my body and be more healthy this year even if it means I have to drink more coffee.
• Even if my alarm clock gets eaten by the dog in the middle of the night, I'll still roll my lazy butt out of bed.
• I will stop blaming the pet rock [ex: kids, dog, husband] for eating the rest of the cookies when everyone knows it was really me.
• My fiance [job, hair, car, husband, kids] is not the reason I make excuses. I will show my fiance [same as before] who's boss this year and get my weightlifting [type of sweaty activity] on.
• I know that weightlifting [type of workout] is better than cardio [noun]
• I will reward myself by getting a new succulent or air plant when I reach a goal.
• No Excuses 2015 has just begun and already I am imagining myself a winner. I can’t wait to rock a Zeal hoodie (article of clothing) from Augusta Active. I can’t wait till my sweaty friends are jealous of how fresh, clean and refreshed (adj) I am between workouts with help from ShowerPill body wipes. I can see myself rocking a deadlift[yoga pose / workout move] in Tie One On Leggings [article of clothing from Actio926] from Actio926 and looking fit and fly while doing it. And of course, I’ll be taking my workouts to the next level and improving my core [noun] with my new ActivMotion Bar to help me train for my first 5k [distance] race with Sasquatch Racing.
• Oh, and let’s not forget how amazing my hoodie & leggings [article of clothing] will smell in my / during leg day [favorite type of workout] after washing with some WIN Detergent. And lastly, I’ll keep rocking my 2015 with clean eats and nutrition from Beaming with Health!
• Tag, Tweet, shout-out, call, text, fax or email 3 friends to take this survey and share how they will have a #NoExcuses 2015. Remind your friends to simply fill in the underlined parts!
• Use the #NoExcuses hashtag and post to win prizes from Augusta Active, ShowerPill, ActivMotion Bar, WIN Detergent, Actio926, Beaming with Health, and Sasquatch Racing.

You know when you have the perfect mani, and you can't wait to show everyone? That was this mani. It lasted a whopping 10 seconds.

This honestly looked nice until I rushed to put a top coat on it. At that point there was some minor smearing, but I told myself that I could live with it.

I hope you are all having a wonderful start to the new year! This is the third and final installment of the Flick of the Wrist collection. Check out part one and part two if you missed them.

On With the Show

From Mars to Mercury

God Save the Queen

Black Queen White Queen

I have unfortunately found the need to update my posts regarding the Seeing Isn't Believing Collection I swatched for Philly Loves Lacquer. It has been more than a month since Esther of Philly Loves Lacquer had promised to send out replacement bottles for the defective polish.

If you missed my review of the Seeing Isn't Believing collection here are links to part one and part two.


My update reads as follows:

I spoke with Esther of Philly Loves Lacquer about the quality control issues I had mentioned in these posts. I agreed to update my posts to state that Esther reassured me that her products would arrive without pigment chunks. Esther told me that she would send out replacement polish that had not been rushed out. I received that update on November 26th, 2014.

As of December 14th, 2014 I had not received replacement bottles. With the craziness of the season I assumed it had been due to USPS package issues. I contacted Esther to make sure I hadn't missed the package, and was informed that she was so busy from her Thanksgiving sales that she forgot about it. I was then promised that it would be sent out that week. Today is January 1st, 2015, and I have not received any further correspondence from Esther or Philly Loves Lacquer. I am personally a bit wary of ordering anything from her in the future.

Update as of 1/1/2015 3:20pst

Esther has personally reached out to me regarding this post. I will update you if the situation changes.