Nefertiti… Titi or Tits for short. I got her last May, and I think she was the best $100 + a couple hundred in vet bills that I ever spent. She is such a little goofball. She loves this little wicker stool chair thing on my balcony and will sit in it whenever it is sunny. Sometimes she likes to chew on it. I got lucky somehow and was able to snap a few shots of her under it. She usually runs away when I bring out the camera. Yup, that’s my cat.

Zoya Kelly, a cool-toned medium grey with a hint of blue. I don’t know why I didn’t try this sooner. It’s gorgeous. I bought this when Kelly was super hyped up about two years ago, but never wore it. Greys aren’t really my color, and most of the time, I think they look awful on me. This is pretty though.

It is a nice creme, but a bit on the watery side. Nothing that two coats of polish won’t fix though.

Buy through Zoya for $8.

American Apparel Meteor Shower. Is this what a meteor shower looks like? Because I sure as heck want gold flakes raining down from the sky on my head. Meteor Shower is a clear polish with bits of irregular shaped gold glitter suspended in it. They’re not flakies in the “regular” sense, but rather flakes cut out from the same material that “regular” rainbow, bar, hex, etc. glitter are made of. The result is this.

Pictured above is two coats. I found this to be on the thick side, which made it difficult to place the glitter on the nail. I did not try thinning it since my thinner is still wrapped up and lost in my room. Because of the material this is cut from, the some of the flakes do curl up and stick up off the nail, which I find rather annoying because I keep randomly scratching myself. I used two coats of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri on top, but I still find edges poking through. Still very pretty though.

I think this could be a cheaper alternative to Rococo Gold Leaf, which I have but have not tried yet. They are by no means dupes, but are similar enough so you don’t have to shell out $32 (I think?) for it. A look for less, if you will.

American Apparel Meteor Shower is available online here or in-stores for $6. Just as an FYI, if you purchase in-store, all nail lacquers are 3 for $15.

I was so lucky to go on a quick getaway to Cozumel a few weeks ago with my family. We stayed at the El Cozumeleño All-Inclusive Resort which was absolutely amazing. I highly recommend this hotel.

The food in both the restaurant and the buffet are amazing. The bartenders are great and pour you drink after the drink. The level of customer service at this hotel is amazing. Plates are whisked away before you can even put your fork down. I ate and drank entirely too much.

The scenery is beautiful. Tidepools are just a stone’s throw from the hotel, filled with little rocky intertidal creatures like hermit crabs and crazy fish. The water is warm, and so clear. Fishes by the pier will swim circles around you. And if you’re lucky, you can catch the glimpse of a barracuda, swordfish, or some rays.

The only downside is the lack of wifi in the rooms, and wifi in the lobby isn’t amazing, but if you’re looking to escape, you don’t really need wifi, right?

Beautiful hotel in a beautiful place! Can’t wait to go back!

Deborah Lippmann Edge of Glory is a black creme. Nothing spectacular. It was a little watery, but not unmanageable. My brush was a little wonky. Pictured above is two coats with no topcoat. It dries nice and shiny.

Deborah Lippmann Edge of Glory 3D Holographic Topcoat isn’t really a holographic topcoat. It’s a flakie topcoat!!! But that’s okay. It’s gorgeous with predominantly red and blue flakes that flash orange, gold, and green at the right angle. Pictured above is two coats of flakies.

I found the 3D Holographic Topcoat to be really, really thick, kind of like really gloopy Seche Vite, or almost dry Elmer’s Glue. I shook it up a bit, but it didn’t seem to help much. I would have thinned it, but unfortunately do not have any polish thinner on hand at the moment.

Not sure if it is because of the thickness or what, but these flakies don’t dry completely smoothly, even with one coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri.

This set is now on sale for $29 at Barneys and is exclusive to Barneys as it was a part of the Lady Gaga Workshop.

Bissu Enigma! Or at least I think it is Enigma from the Pasión Nocturna collection. The bottles aren’t labeled, so I had to go off a similar description on their website.

Bissu is a brand that I found on a recent vacation to Mexico, specifically Cozumel! I had a hard time hunting down polishes since it’s such a small, tourist-y island, but a quick duck into a random store off a side street in a non-tourist-y area yielded some results… like this one!

Anyway, onto the polish, it’s a deep warm purple jelly with little silvery, blue, and purple flecks. Pictured is four coats. I tried to achieve the bottle color. The bottle color seems to be a little cooler than what is pictured on my nails, which is a bit of a bummer, but not much, since I love purples.

I’m not sure where these can be found on mainland Mexico. I bought this for about 18 pesos, which is a little more than an American dollar.