Smell Good

My dependence on perfume started in high school when I discovered Cool Water.

I doused myself in it every morning. I'm 25 and I still own a bottle, and probably always will. It's the perfect summer scent, and takes me back to the year 2000!

Then I discovered Lucky - the jeans, the store, and clearly the perfume. Literally last week I threw away my last travel size bottle. I'm not really sure if I should buy another. Might be time to retire this one, but man... it smells so good! Reminds me of volleyball and my high school boyfriend. All the more reason why I probably shouldn't buy another bottle. Do women in their mid-20's still wear this perfume?

One of my more recent discoveries was Coach Poppy. Love at first sniff. I bought this over a year ago and still have more than half the bottle left. Whenever I wear Poppy, someone always smells it on me and compliments it. It's never the same person, but I do always get compliments. So, I'm not sure what the staying power of Poppy is, but I know I love it when I first put it on. So fresh and so inviting! And so not overwhelming, which is exactly what I look for in a perfume.

Just after finding Poppy, I was introduced to Daisy. I really think it will forever be in my perfume collection. It's delicious, light, flowery, and inviting. If I smelled it on someone else, I'd think based on smell alone they were a great person with a wam, inviting personality. I mean, not trying to toot my own horn, but....I think I fit the bill! 

I have a few other scents in the mix. Some Ralph Lauren ones and I've randomly gotten some samples that I never really loved the way I loved these. 

I'm such a sucker for the Ulta deals - they are always giving away free gifts with the purchase of a perfume. I was lured in over the weekend by that exact signage. 2 bottles of nailpolish and $100 later, I walked out with a new-to-me scent. Acqua di Gio by Giorgio Armani. Listen, I may not buy designer clothes or own very many designer handbags, but I'll be darned if I'm not ahead of the curve on perfumes. Does that count for anything? 

I haven't spent enough time wearing the Acqua di Gio to really be able to describe it to you, but I know when I told the sales associate about my other favories, it was one of her recommendations, and she hit the nail on the head! So, Acqua di Gio, I hope this is the beginning of a long and lasting relationship. Literally! 

By the way... I never thought I'd be the girl to write more than 2 words regarding my perfume. Oh well. At least you know I smell good!  

There's more to me than hair & nail polish, I swear

It's true - a girl really hates to change hair dressers. Even more so than my hair though, I am loyal to my nail lady. Like, to a fault. Well, maybe not more than my hair...we'll say equal. Don't worry, Van Michael, I'm still all yours, blonde tresses and all.

Mystical Nail in Buckhead, right next to Johnny's Hideaway is my nail salon of choice, and they have never steered me wrong. First they pointed in the direction of Can You Tapas This? Then when I discovered Lincoln Park After Dark, wonderful Kim who does my nails ordered it for me so she never ran out again after a slight disaster (I couldn't find it on the shelf). Then, yesterday I went in for a mani/pedi and there was a girl in there getting her nails done too. She was having an impossible time deciding what color to get, to the point that even I was like...WOMAN JUST CHOOSE A COLOR AND BE DONE.

And of course the ever faithful staff at Mystical Nail swooped in and saved the day by recommending...

Fiji by Essie

And then I died, and demanded I have it on my nails right now immediately. Forget OPI Not Like the Movies (my most recent obsession), I had to have this. There was no question. And I'm obsessed! I keep looking down at my fingernails and LOVING it! 

I'll update ya'll on my birthday later this week, but I'll leave you with this little tidbit:

Happy 25th to me!

BOGO Nail Polish

Remember when I told ya'll about Zoya's awesome nail polish deal?

Well, they are at it again. I didn't actually receive the email thanks to my awesome filters, but one of my friends informed me that perhaps I should check my inbox...I got an email today instructing me to log in, go to my account, and click on my PROMOTIONS AND COUPONS tab. Lo & behold, a coupon for Buy 1, Get 1 Free nail polish! You do have to have an account with Zoya, and the codes are only found there, but maybe if you ordered before and aren't planning to this time around you can share your code?!

I will tell ya'll - I LOVED the Zoya nail polishes I bought before. They are great colors, they don't chip easily, and I've used them a million times already!

You can choose from The Sunshine Collection:

or The Summertime Collection:

or The Matte Collection:



all images from zoya.com

I may or may not have purchased Areej, Reva, Faye & Mira. Just maybe.

I am a marketer's dream and a nail polish junkie.

Another Hot Tip!

Ya'll know how I feel about nail polish. It's a growing obsession.

So what do you think I did when I found out that Zoya nailpolishes were FREE today and all I had to pay was shipping? Um, duh. I got 3. (Because that's the max you can get, FYI.)

So here's the deal: You have to go & like Zoya on Facebook. I guess you don't have to, and you really know how I feel about liking things on Facebook, but I feel like you're kind of cheating if you don't do it. You can always hide them after you do it!

Then, you go to their website and cross your fingers that it will load for you. Then you pick your three colors you want to buy. Then you put them in your cart, enter all your shipping information, and the most important part: enter code FB2011. That will change all your polishes from $7 to free! Then you're all set - just sit back and wait for your pretty nail polishes to come in the mail for a whopping $2.33 a piece. Nothing gets me more excited than a good deal.

What colors did you buy? I bought Dea, Uli & Tiffany. I didn't even think to look for a Katie -- if I had, I hope it was a really pretty, summery dark pink! What would the color with your name be?