Polished Lifting

With the Spring Collection, Pretty & Polished will be releasing new body products. I had the chance to try their new nail butter in Red Lychee Tea scent, and the Valencia Orange hand scrub. I've never tried their nail butters before, but they have a whipped texture to them. This means that a little goes a long way. Both products smell so delicious that I had to resist eating them. If anyone wants to bring me a bubble tea (blended with boba) or an Orange Julius I would love you forever!

We Weather Together is a dark teal holographic polish. It's a lovely rich color with an equally nice name. The formula was just right, and built up to full coverage with three coats. Don't let the glare in the last photo fool you, this is a streak-free formula. 

Elvis' Pink Cadillac is a re-release of the original classic Pretty & Polished shade. The formula has has some adjustments since the initial release, but it should look just like the old one. I was really happy with how this built up to full coverage with just two coats. 

Swing is another reboot from Pretty & Polished's early days. It's a squishy red jelly that is jam packed with glitter. The formula is smooth and builds up a nice coverage with two coats. As you can see, there's no visible nail line. 

The Pretty & Polished Spring Collection, Humble Beginnings, and new body products will be available on March 20th at 10am EDT. 

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*Products were provided for review

I'm on this crazy mission to get through my untrieds, so I have been rocking a lot of accent nails recently. It's tough to notice in the close up, but Crimson Flakes actually has tiny gray flecks in the sea of crimson holo. They are most noticeable on my index finger in both swatches. 

This mani features:

Luckily, as we approached our final destination for the day, the fog lifted. Our plan was to hike the Cascade Head Trial from the lower trail head. By the time we got there it was absolutely packed! 

If you start at the lower trail head, you have to cross the street and follow a path that runs back and forth along a side road before reaching the sign below.

The hike starts with a steep climb and continues climbing for the entire way in. There are a few brief points where it levels out for a few hundred feet, but not enough to call this an "easy" hike. Oregon Hikers calls this trail moderate, but I would place it at the upper end of moderate unless you are a seasoned, year-round hiker.

The first major view point happens about two miles into the hike. According to my Fitbit One stats we had climbed the equivalent of 81 floors.

At this point we decided to turn around because I was (and am) still breaking in my hiking shoes. If we had pushed on the hike would have been another four miles or so.

On the way back I spotted this interesting flower. I asked some of my "plant friends" and they suggested that it was probably Lysichiton americanus or "Skunk Cabbage". 

I don't think I've ever hiked in January, so it's no surprise that I wasn't prepared. I had packed extra socks and shoes, but didn't even think to grab a spare pair of jeans. 

Despite the dirty jeans, we headed into Lincoln City to have lunch and get our McMenamins passports stamped. Shortly after that we headed home to relax. 

I was pretty happy with my Fitbit One stats for the day:

It was a wonderful treat to be able to hike in the rare, January sunshine.