Elegantly Wasted

So back in, um, July 2012, my friend C. Vescio friggin' published a book, and I immediately fell in love with it and once I fell in love with it I decided to do my nails for it!

And then promptly procrastinated!

And now her second book has gone to the editors! ZOMG!

So I decided I REALLY needed to do my nails! So I did my nails while watching the Game of Thrones season 3 premiere.

In hindsight, I probably should've done Game of Thrones nails, because, y'know, Game of Thrones season premiere.

BUT NAILS FOR A FRIEND'S BOOK! YAAAY!

Description from the Amazon page: "“Just because I kill people, doesn't mean I’m a bad person...”

On the eve of her high school graduation, proper socialite Francesca “Frankie” Fairholm rebelled against her elitist and controlling family to pursue the dark lifestyle of a contract killer for the enigmatic Osiris Corporation. Years later, with her training complete, she believes she's doomed to the life of a sociopathic lone gun until a botched hit brings two unlikely allies, her cousins Addison and Katharine.

Using Katharine’s etiquette school, Elegance, Inc., as a front, the trio weave through Frankie’s dark underworld, carrying out contracts, drinking too much wine, and trying not to get each other killed.

Trouble follows the team home when the death of the cruel Fairholm matriarch reveals more than they ever wanted to know about their family. As the funeral preparations play out, the trio begin to realize there is much more to their employer than meets the eye and their family connections run deeper than they ever imagined."

If you're interested in the book, it's very reasonably priced.

Kindle

Nook

Facebook page

ON TO THE NAILS!

E for Elegantly

W for Wasted

Wine and a gun

Gold, wine, gun, silver all on grey

I guess I forgot to mention... I don't have a decent camera anymore. The cellphone I was previously using to take pics has disappeared, and the camera I've used in the past is currently with my mother in Las Vegas.

So now I'm using my phone's potato, and it has some seriously shitty focus and almost no megapixels. It's like a cheap disposable camera.  Hopefully soon I'll be able to take decent pics again.

So PLEASE read my friend's book, and fall in love with it as much as I have :)

Guest Post by Jaxo

I have some of the bestest friends ever!!! My friend Jaxo helped me out and did her nails for me! She even did a writeup!!!

Comic Book Nails!

Hello there, this is Jaxo doing a guest post for the amazing Makenna! So these were kind of a pain to do, but I really enjoy the result (even if they look kind of messy!).

So I was going to do some swatches/reviews of some new colors I got, but I saw the leftover comic book paper from my switch plate project and wanted to use it. This is just a collage of Star Wars comic book covers that I printed out on regular printer paper.

These are the things I used! My paper, the hardener to work as my base coat, white polish, Milani is my favorite, blue polish, I am using Marion from Julep, top coat, and a glow-in-the-dark polish just to add some sparkle.

To start I put on my base coat and painted my nails white. I painted my ring finger blue just as an accent nail. Next I cut out pieces of the paper in the shapes of my nails. I put on a generous layer of top coat to glue on the picture. Next I took the paper and brushed it with a little water to make it bend easy and stuck it on. I applied another thick coat of top coat and let it dry. Later I added another layer of top coat to really seal it in, adding my glow-in-the-dark between them.

Getting the paper to the right shape is pretty difficult. If you make it too long, you can just snip it off once it is on your nail, but I can’t figure out how change the shape around my cuticle. I think if I had fake nails it would be easy to put on the design before putting on the nail, because then you could trim it from all sides.

I also found that small words don’t work too well, as the color tends to blend a bit and gets somewhat distorted under the top coat. My middle finger was supposed to have an Empire Strikes Back logo.

Finished product! Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed it.

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