Jamberry Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Support

I've been slacking in updating!! It's been a busy month! 

A friend of mine posted on Facebook that she was going to wear pink manis throughout October to show support for a friend of hers who has breast cancer. I spent the past three and a half years working at The American Cancer Society, so I thought it would be great to show support too. My friend created the #manisformandy that we used on Facebook and Instagram. 


Here are pictures of my month long pink manis for October!



Gala & Orchid Glimmer

Prissy Plaid & Fierce Fuchsia 

Pretty in Pink & Venus 

First Jamicure of October!

So, do you want to know what a Jamicure looks like when a husband says, "That's my favorite. I really like it, it's cool. That's the best one you've ever done"?  I bet you do!

I store all of my Jamberry Nails sheets in a spiral photo album (holds two 4x6's per page). I was flipping through, trying to find two that I wanted to mix & match for my next application. I thought about a pretty floral, or a black and white because I haven't done one of those in a long time. Then I really wanted to wear one of my new designs from the Fall/Winter 2014 catalog. So I grabbed Gala, which is pink, purple & silver metallic. I looked through my wraps to find a suitable match, when the light bulb went off. There was no question. I needed another metallic color, but a pattern might be too busy. Solids it is. I don't have many solids so my choices were limited but this one... PERFECT.

Gala & Orchid Glimmer.

I didn't think my husband was going to like it. I thought Gala sort of has an '80's look to it (which he despises), so I was thinking his response would be, "Yeah, it's okay. Not my favorite." Just when you think you really know a man.... lol 

As a consultant there are a ton of resource on Facebook. I've joined a handful of different groups where we share photos, party ideas, etc. There's one that is specifically to share photos of Jamberry Nails on "real hands" that others are able to re-use to show their customers. With so many consultants & customers, the photos and mix & match of wrap ideas becomes endless! I've never had this many "likes" on my photos in this group before! It felt like winning the Jackpot!!
There was only one other time I had, apparently, taken a pretty decent photo because I later saw it re-posted on Instagram, and someone had put together a photo album of every single current design.. and it was in there. But that feels like nothing compared to THIS.
Holy. Moly.

Even I can't stop checkin' out my shiny, glimmer-y nails while I type this! ;) 

New Fall/Winter 2014 Jamberry Designs

Just like everyone else with a Jamberry addiction, I was placing an order at the beginning of September with the announcement of the brand new Fall & Winter 2014 catalog. Over 100 NEW designs. 

When I first received my catalogs, I sat down and carefully looked at every single design. I marked the ones I already had and starred the new ones I wanted. But, I narrowed it down and picked out six. 

Gala, Fizzy Grape, Sugar & Spice, Fade In, Lady Lace, and Take Aim. 

Once these arrived, I could NOT wait to wear some of my new designs. Problem was... I'd just done them a few days before (#firstworldproblems - I know, I know). So, I admired my latest Jamicure as long as I could. Which only happened to be about six days. I've NEVER changed out my wraps in such a short time frame. Like, ever.

I'm always finding ways to mix & match my wraps. I feel like I get more out of them if I'm not doing a whole entire mani or pedi in the same wrap. Plus, when there are so many to choose from, how else are you going to get to see them all!?

I instantly fell in love with Lady Lace. I'm pretty sure it's my new all time favorite. (And I realize I could be saying this because my previous all time fav got locked away in the Jamberry vault forever at the end of August. RIP Sugar Plum Glimmer.) But seriously now, Lady Lace is gorgeous!

Here is my Lady Lace & Orchid Ombre Jamicure.
(also featured is the cute, New Jamberry Mini Heater)

Jamberry Pedicures - How long do they last?

As promised, I wanted to share my previous Jamberry pedicure. I mentioned in my last post that I'd had my toes done for six weeks. For real. :)

Here's the pedicure I did. Now, some may say it's cheating because I only have wraps on my big toes. But I have had complete Jamberry pedicures last as long. I just haven't always remembered to take pictures to share!

This is day one. A retired Jamberry design, Pink with White Stars on my big toes, and current Jamberry Lacquer, Kiss, on the rest of my toes.

Here is my pedicure after six weeks, on day 42.

There's clear growth on the cuticle end, but from far away, can you even tell? Because I can't! I even trimmed my toenails at one point and the Jams still stayed on. 

I can't always afford to go to a salon and get a profession pedicure, so I really love that I can do my own, and have them look professional! 

Another pink Jamicure, because he said so

Sometimes when I flip through my Jamberry Nails collection, I get overwhelmed. I've been a consultant for just over a year, and a customer barely longer. I have a pretty decent size collection. I have multiples of my all time favorites because I know Jamberry does TWO retiring lists each year; and my favorites could be sent away to the secret vault, never to be seen again. I love to mix and match, add a cute accent nail here and there. So of course I sometimes make purchases of Jams that coordinate. Thus, overwhelmed.

In these desperate times, I call to my husband. For real. Half of the time when I am doing my nails I am sitting on the couch while we are watching tv, so he's *right* there. I can just hold up a couple and all he has to do is point. Occasionally I'll hand him my whole stash and tell him to "just pick one!" for me. And he does. I think he likes that I appreciate his opinion or that I want my nails to look nice for him, not just myself.

I fell on these desperately overwhelming times on Sunday evening. I have all of my Jamberry wraps in a photo album (they fit PERFECTLY in a 4x6 ... just sayin'). I sat flipping through and couldn't decide. My husband wanted to play a game but he was waiting for me to finish my nails first. After ten minutes or so he said, "give me the book." Fifteen to twenty minutes later ..... Voila!

Carmen Ombre  -  I originally wasn't sure how I felt about this design when I first saw it, but the more and more pics "on real hands" I saw, the more and more I loved it. I think it's my favorite pedicure for sure!

Here's my pedicure pic from back in April.

Also, I'm still pretty impressed with the fact that I got a whole manicure & pedicure out of the Jamberry sheet, and I'll still be able to get one of each again!

Pink is my favorite color

Hey Jammers! 

Today I was putting together a collage of all my Jamicures that featured the upcoming retiring designs (calm down, you'll get to see these in my next post!). I came to the conclusion that pink is most definitely my favorite color to do my nails in. I'm not biased. I don't judge. Any shade of pink will do. ;) 

I did spice it up a little and do two purple Jamicures in a row, and then a blue one. Whoa! Way out of the box for me! -lol- But now I am back to pink! 

Did you know that Jamberry Nails offers designs on a clear background? Perfect for layering! I used Black Tips (in medium length) on top of Raspberry Sparkle. Then I did a few accent nails in my "Unicorn" retired design, Black Lace on Magenta. I'm thinking this is probably my second all time favorite Jamicure yet, and that's saying something since I've been wearing them for about a year now. 

What do you think? Love it or Leave it? 

I also felt like re-doing my pedicure. It's also pink. ;)

I did my big toes in retired White Stars on Pink, and the rest of my little piggies with the new Kiss Lacquer. Definitely loving it too!!