Ah yes, Art Dealer Chic Week continues with inspiration from the joys that are daytime television. Don't know how daytime television correlates to Art Dealer Chic Week? Tuesday Miguel preformed Adorn on Ellen. Because I was at work when it aired (and I'm the last person on earth not to have DVR) I found myself watching it on YouTube.

Better late than never. But never late is better. Right? Never thought I'd see the day where I would make reference to a song by Jimmy from Degrassi, but the quote seemed rather tailored to the occasion because this post is being typed at 2:30am on a Thursday.

Now let's get back into Art Dealer Chic Week! As the title suggests, day three of Art Dealer Chic Week was influenced by the Kaleidoscope Dream: The Water Preview album cover.

A few days ago I made an announcement via Facebook that "I'm really really really really excited about a series I'm starting Monday." Well its Monday so here's this week's theme, Art Dealer Chic!

The goal? Simple. Five posts, Monday through Friday, which are all inspired by/conceived to the music and/or imagery of Mr. Art Dealer Chic himself, Miguel.

All introductions (and fawning over a man I'll never meet) aside, the idea for the first post of Art Dealer Chic Week kind of just came to me while listening to Kaleidoscope Dream on my way to work.

Today I called in sick at work. Am I sick? Not exactly, but I was far too exhausted from cranking out a twelve hour shift yesterday to crawl out of bed for another twelve hour round of servicing mortgages. Pretty sure you're not supposed to tell anyone when you are playing hooky. But um.... YOLO?

What does this have to do with anything?? Nothing really. But I finally have the time to paint my nails and write about them.

I find it completely ironic that your tag line is "Live In Color," yet none of the packaging, campaign ads, retail displays have any women of color. No, I don't just mean black women, but women of color as a whole. Sure there was the We Adorn You Fall/Winter 2006 Collection, but seriously one single collection from six years ago isn't enough! I just find it so hard to believe that every single time a new collection comes out; it is always the same type of woman. In all of the years and marketing no one ever thought, "Hey, you know what? Maybe more than just white women buy our products!" I did love China Glaze nail polish and I did think the colors were great. Now I'm just sorely disappointed with your brand, marketing, and last but not least, your tagline. I genuinely hope this isn't falling on deaf ears for I have bought my last bottle of China Glaze Nail Lacquer.
 
Sincerely,
A woman of color.

Some time passes and all the sudden I'm asked if I want to receive samples. I found this incredibly strange because the aforementioned email was sent from my personal email account and not the email account I use for my blogging duties (blogging duties? Is that even a term? I guess it is now). Yet I was asked via my blog's email if I wanted samples.
It could be incredibly ironic timing or an attempt at appeasement.
Either way these were provided for the review.

Now that you've officially been caught up I'll give you a short run down on these two holiday themed lacquers.

Blue Bells Sing
A blue foil that's very well pigmented and opaque in two coats.
I was surprised at how much I actually liked it.

Cranberry Splash
A red shimmer polish that's opaque in two coats.
Not my ideal shade, but then again I've never been a huge fan of red nail polish. It's a pretty standard red shimmer you'd expect to see this time of year.

Well kids there you have it. A review, some nail art, and a lack of representation.
Here's to hoping a change will come.
Tune in. Drop out. Love polish.

Last week I had the idea that I was going to paint my nails gold and lime green. Only to have the same thought interrupted by, "Hey! I'm going to do a water marble!" Time came and went and finally I said to myself, "You know Briana, there's no time like the present and you should really knock this off of your designs to try list." Little did I think it would become quite the nail fail.

What on earth should a young woman like myself be doing on a Saturday night? Well, whatever that is, I'm definitely sitting in front of my desktop typing this post.
Most of you may know that I love absolutely Icing nail polish and I figured I should try and get as many Icing converts as I can show you all some really pretty swatches.

Let's just assume you're still wearing crackle polish. Now, let's assume you were one of many lacquer heads who flocked to malls, salons, and drug stores alike to buy it. Okay. One more assumption, I promise (maybe). Now let's assume you seldom ever wear it. Now we're on the same page I've decided I'm going to make the attempt to start a sporadic segment called—what else—"Still on the Crack Eh?"


Do you think crack is whack? Chime in.
Tune in. Drop out. Love polish.

Alrighty folks, I'm typing this post at 3am with full knowledge that I have be up for work at 6. So please bear with me as I might make several failed attempts at humor, sarcasm, and sexual innuendo. With that being said... LET'S TALK POLISH!

A little over a month ago I finally got off of my lazy ass and bought a sketch book. It was the best ten non polish or food related bucks I'd spent in awhile. The first sketch in it is of the nails you're about to see today.

 Wondering what CMYK is? Well here you go! CMYK refers to the four inks used in some color printing: cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black).