This Year I...

Saw the most beautiful fireworks

Got an asymmetrical haircut

Went crazy with hair colors

...and haircuts!

Had a lot of sister time

And great times with my best friends

Signed up for the State Board Exam and passed with an 86

Won a competition in cosmetology school for color out of 27 contestants

Graduated cosmetology school!

Had my very first surprise birthday party (thanks Zach!!)

Got sunburned A LOT

Went to Zombie Prom

...and an Emo Party

Fell in love with 2 great shows

Fell in love with you all over again, every day!

Baked a lot of cupcakes

...and even had one tattooed!

Got matching tattoos with my mother and sister

Got fired from my job for crappy reasons but had my best friends pick up the pieces

Attempted to make a gingerbread house

Woke up Christmas morning to a loving family and tons of presents

Lost a best friend...

...but gained 2 new ones :)

Survived Hurricane Irene

Did TONS of nail art

Started a collection

And ended the year with 3 best friends =]

How was your year? I know everyone says how shitty the year was, and there were bad moments, but looking back it wasn't bad at all.

And with this, I'm wishing everyone a happy, healthy new year!!

xoxoxoxo

Magnets...how do they work?!

Behold, magnetic polish! I was super stoked when I saw this in my stocking Christmas morning. I wanted to wait a bit before trying it out because I wanted to swatch my Doctor Who polishes from Zachary, but decided today was the day for magnets!

First comes first - no 2 coats. You need to use a heavy coat only once and you need to put the magnet on it like 5 seconds after. You can't use 2 coats because it'll end up being very streaky and you can't let it dry because it'll end up not working at all.

It comes out really cool and it's a lot of fun and I can't wait to figure out how to do different designs with it!!

Also please excuse my poor cuticles :( My hands get so dry this time of the year and no matter what I do they look disgusting.

Merry Christmas!

Happy holidays everyone!!

Derpy the Snowman

Day 3 of the Christmas Manicures - Snowmen!

Base is Lapis of Luxury by Essie

anddddddd Mistletoe Kisses on my toesies!

So...it's almost Christmas

And as most of you know, I was fired yesterday for shitty, unfair reasons.


Anyways though, I'm just saying that I'm currently making house calls for haircuts and color for a very reasonable price. If you're interested, message me on facebook or email me at lyssawiener@gmail.com and we can talk =]

Labor of Love

I love supporting individual artists. I found Pretty and Polished through Etsy. She makes franken polishes of super great quality.
For those of you who don't know, "franken" is short for "frankenstein", which basically means a bunch of polishes, glitters, etc. mixed together!


I bought 3 from her, this one being Labor of Love. I also bought Galax-E which is a black base with rainbow glitter and Martian Salad which is a super pretty green holo.


Labor of Love comes in such a cute bottle! Tiny with a rhinestone on top.

It's a duel-chrome, which means it fluctuates between 2 different colors - blue and green!

with flash

in the sunlight

Overall, I really like this polish and I can't wait to try out the other 2 I bought!

To buy some of her polishes yourself, check out her Etsy -

etsy.com/shop/prettyandpolished