This next guest blogger was my first swapping buddy. She set the bar high, and made be love putting together and sending packages to people. She's an awesomely creative blogger who also has a love for gardening and all things sparkly!!! 

In my last post, you all saw that I received my first indie polish, Lacquistry's Undertow! I couldn't wait any longer. I needed to have it on my nails AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! The bottle itself is so mesmerizing. I couldn't wait to see the trance it put me in once it was on my nails. I knew it was only going to be my accent nail, so my next chore was to figure out what to do with it. It's bright and beautiful so I wanted something that would add to it's beauty. First thing that came to mind was the new SinfulColors Frenzy that was in my goodie bag from Andrea at Finger Painting Fingers. I wasn't sure how thick Undertow was so I decided to put SinfulColors Hot Spot under it. And there was no contest as to what I was going to put under Frenzy, it was SinfulColors Dream On by a long shot! Gorgeous in the bottle!

**WARNING** Picture heavy!

My goal this weekend was to buy for my swap boxes, not for myself. I did have a few that I ended up hiding at CVS that I wanted that I went back to get for myself. Those were the only ones I had planned on getting for myself. Then on a trip to Ulta, I came across a Zoya on clearance that I couldn't leave behind and then a couple at Giant when I went on a run to grab some things. I don't think I did badly! But I also got some nail mail goodies! Lots of nail mail goodies! I'm going to start with my mini hauls then go on to the nail mail.

I went out this weekend to do some grocery shopping and to hunt down some items for some swaps I was doing. My husband decided to have some father daughter time so I could have some mommy time while I did all this. You have no idea how much I needed this little bit of time to myself! I ended up finding most of what I wanted for my swaps. I was so excited! I even found a small amount for myself. I got home and I had a huge bag of goodies from Andrea at Finger Painting Fingers! I will post pics of my mini haul and nail mail next. 

In my nail mail post yesterday, I showed you all a beauty I got from Finger Painting Fingers by Hard Candy called Beetle. This polish is absolutely stunning in the bottle. It took me forever to get my post up yesterday because I kept staring at the bottle. This is what kept distracting me...

I've received some good nail mail the past couple days! I got an email last week saying I still had credit on Copious. If you haven't been, it's pretty decent. When you sign up, you are given a $10 credit. So you can get some items for "free". I have to put it in quotes because technically they have to charge at least a penny for each purchase. They have just about anything other than groceries on there. Check it out! I've made 3 purchases from there so far and have gotten my items very quickly. I was eyeing a couple Sinful Colors polishes on there but by the time I went to check out, they were already sold. The next thing that caught my eye was this Milani. I hadn't tried any of their products yet and this one I saw was actually a lot of 2. So, why not! I can try one then I'll put one aside for a giveaway or a swap later on. So, here's my mini nail mail from Copious.