Revlon's Popular

Well once I started reading the blogs again I had quite the lemming for Revlon's Starry Pink. A few days ago I happened by the Revlon display in Walmart and noticed Popular. It looked identical to Starry Pink so I snatched it up. Upon further research I found that it is a re-release of Starry Pink with a different name. Tonight I was in Target and actually found a Starry Pink sitting in the Popular marked area. So I snagged it. I wanted a back up anyway.

I adore the milky pink and silver glitter combo. I did something similar on New Year's with some polishes I already had totally unaware of Starry Pink/Popular's existence. Haha.

The application was great. I was surprised. The only thing that was strange is I had some pin prick like dots all over some nails after I had applied top coat. I'm assuming it just didn't react well to my top coat. It was so pretty that I didn't even care.

I also must say my nails are quite shorter in these photos than normal. Over the past several months I've been using Qtica and I have been able to grow my nails out longer and stronger than I use to keep them. Love it. Unfortunately I suffered a break on my index finger for the first time in ages. Snagged it on a shoe of all things. So i filed down accordingly.

Hope you enjoyed my first polish post in what seems like forever! Haha.

Thanks for reading!

Long time no see...

Hello. I've neglected this blog for quite some time. My last post was May 8, 2011. Wow.

My life changed so much in the last 7 to 8 months. I started doing what I love. I shot a 2 time National Champion Baseball team (South Carolina Gamecocks) Back to Back baby! I can't even put into words how amazing that trip to Omaha was. I continued on in the Fall to shoot a Gamecock football team that made history. 11-2 record. Fantastic. Thus a lot of traveling was done in this time period.

I gained a new best friend. She and I got to do so much of this fun traveling together. Especially during baseball season. I became a more outgoing, fun loving girl. I started to find myself again. When you go through several years of illness and all this happens it's like you are reborn. I still have my struggles with my health but I'm in a much better place. Overall there were just so many changes in my life. So many crazy happenings. It's been quite the ride.

I honestly never had much time to get on Blogger and look at things or even post. All my energy was else where. But I wanted to check in and let those who still follow know I'm well. Maybe every now and then I'll post. With that said we're about 37 or so day's out from Carolina Baseball beginning again so inevitably my focus will shift back to that. I've been counting down the days to College Baseball starting again since the night we won the 2nd National Title. I'm crazy I know. I'm ok with that though.

If anyone is interested in seeing my work from the College World series or Carolina's record setting football season you can go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photographybykatiebagwell/

Thanks for sticking around if you have. Be blessed in 2012!

Happy Mother's Day!

I just want to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day!

I would also like to share an older picture with you. This is my Aunt, Grandma, and Mommy back in the 80's. All wonderful Mommy's! My Grandma is no longer with us. She was fantastic, and my Mom and Aunt will tell you the same.

I would also like to say that, I love you Mommy. You are wonderful and special, and I'm so grateful you are my Mom!

Thanks for reading!

It's my 200th Post with Essie's Eternal Optimist

I've a hit a mini milestone. This is my 200th post! Yay!

I've got a lot of Essie spam waiting to be posted. I'm not really sure why but I've been accumulating a lot of Essie as of late. I think it's because I can access them so easily. That and I pulled out a bottle of Mod Squad that I've had for a couple of years and wanted more Essie pinks and nudes.

Anyway I'll have several different polishes to show you at some point, but right now I'm going to show you what I'm currently wearing. It's Eternal Optimist. It's a nude that leans pink. I like it a lot.

Now I bring you Eternal Optimist:

And there you have it. Thank you for reading!

OPI Tickle My France-y etc...

Well hello there. Long time no post. I noticed recently I hit 50 followers, and I want to thank you all so much for following! I do appreciate you sticking with me even though my posts are not on the regular.

I have been keeping my nails really short as of late. It's easier that way for many reasons. It doesn't chip nearly as fast so I don't have to worry about it. Plus since I'm a photographer I don't have to worry about breaking off nails while I'm doing things. (Speaking of photography I just want to say I feel so blessed to be able to shoot the #2 College Baseball team in the country. It's awesome. And if you want to see some shots go here.)

Now on to the mani that has been on my tips since last week. Two coats of OPI's Tickle My France-y with one coat of Teenage Dream on top. I really like TMF because it's a nice brown tone neutral. It leans a bit more pink/lavender on my skin tone. It was also a pain the the butt to photograph because of that, but I'll forgive it. Haha.

Now check it out. (Click pictures for a better view.)

Thanks for stopping by!

China Glaze Cyberspace

I decided to pick up one more polish from the Tronica Collection. Cyberspace was really calling my name. I thought it could be close to my lemming All Hail McQueen.

Cyberspace is a taupe holo with a hint of gray. I used 2 semi-thick coats to get full coverage. I had to be careful though so there weren't noticeable brush strokes.

No sun here today so I took the pictures indoors beside the window. Maybe when the sun is out I will get some better shots of it, but that could be a few days

Now on to the pictures! (Don't forget to make them bigger so you can see the holo. The small picture distorts the image a bit.)

Well, that's all I've got. Thanks for reading.

China Glaze Hologram

Last night I went to Sally's and finally saw the Tronica Collection by China Glaze. I ended up getting Hologram and 3D Fantasy. I'm wearing 3D Fantasy on my toes right now. The holo is insanely subtle which makes me sad. This afternoon I put Hologram on my tips and it's a lot more lively looking on the nail than it is in the bottle.
I can certainly agree with most about the Tronica's not being the best holo's. The OMG and Kaleidoscope Collections blow these out of the water obviously. However I like them. You can never have enough holo in my opinion. Haha.

The only thing that drove me crazy about Hologram was this it took 3 coats to make everything even. It dries quickly though.

Ok on to the pictures. (Click to make them bigger so you can see the holo.)

Haha and a bonus picture. My dogs had to check things out.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading!