Double The Fun

Hello!!!
Incase you didn't already figure out I was excited by the surplus of explanation marks (I was thinking 12, but went with a wee bit more subtle).
Anyways, something very exciting has happened here in the RQA household. Last Sunday, we were blessed enough to get a little kitten! Yes, I know! Blue has been home alone longer and longer, and we wanted to get her a little buddy to hang out with. So we drove a couple of hours away, and came home with a fluffy 8 week old bundle of fluff.
Meet Lily.
It's a little different having two cats now, but after a day of two of hiss and run, we now have hours of cuddle, run and wrestle. Lily has fit in perfectly, and she is a gorgeous Snowshoe. We originally wanted another Siamese, but we saw her picture and fell in love. And she still had the little jewel blue eyes.
And yes, she is adopted!!!! We found her on one of the internets best resources, PetFinder.com . She is a purebred, her mother and the other kittens were dumped, and they are all perfect snowshoes. Just goes to show you that shelter pets aren't old, unwanted, ugly things. There's an abundance of all animals, including pure breeds, babies and even both in one package! It's no secret that I have been volunteering with Toronto Cat Rescue for years now, and have over a hundred hours logged with them. Shelter pets are definitely the way to go. There's one for everybody and they are usually much cheaper. A pet quality snowshoe easily costs 3x as much as Lily normally, plus she has all her shots, has been microchipped, and will be spayed free of charge. It was all included in the adoption fee.
Anyways, I am giddy. And so is Blue, she loves having a friend. We all get cosy wt night, and they'll lie on me and groom each other. Insert awws here, I know.
Also, in case anyone noticed, yes, she does bear a striking resemblance to Tard, aka Grumpy Cat :P
Look at the pictures, and try not to scream 'IT'S SO FLUFFY!!!' with delight.

Madness!

I think school is killing me. I mean, it's only 6 more days of it, but it the past little bit that's the hardest. Teachers just love to pile on the crazy homework. Who needs slope anyways?!?! X-y intercept my ass...
Anyways, just a quick post for today. My nails have been going vast amounts of time without polish, hopefully 2+ months of Vacay will remedy that.
Here's China Glaze's Mosiac Madness. 2 coats over Julep Debra. Honestly, I found this collection a little blah. I just don't think anyone really needs 6 of the exact same polish in different colours. A smaller collection or a little bit more uniqueness would have been much appreciated. But it was clearance, so ah well.
Formula was average, a bit thick, but I think that somewhat helped with glitter application.
Anyways, nothing fancy, but a gorgeous polish none the less.
See everybody later! Peace out homedogs!

Me and My Homies

Wuz up peeps? It's just me. Stephanie. The same one who writes all the posts here. Yeah, that one...
How are y'all doing? I hope no one was in the path of that devastating tornado that hit the states. My condolences to everyone effected.
Today I have a little mani I did for my Bestie Victoria. She loves neon and glitter and everything girly and pretty, so I did a rainbow gradient mani for her with a set of minis I got from Claire's over a base of white creme. Aren't her nails just adorable?!?! This week were doing fishtail manis! So excited, I picked out the prettiest colour combo :D

The Show's Going On, Alright

Hey Y'all! (I don't have any cloud why that word is so deeply embedded in my vocabulary, I'm not southern, and no one I know says it... Anyways, lets get over with the tangent...)
So, sorry about the rant that was my last post. I was just spread so thin, I felt like I needed to explain, without saying "sorry, I'll post more later." I've been crazy busy with dance competitions and recitals and band performances, most of which nail polish is not allowed.
Anyways, today I'm showing OPI's The Show Must Go On. All of you know my aversion to reds and pinks, but I couldn't say no to this. A gorgeous foil duo chrome, opaque on its own with only 2 coats. It's not a crazy duo chrome under any circumstances, but it flashes a lovely orange on angles, and even some yellow peeks out here and there. Awwwwrrrrgggf I just love it so much :) so much pretty. Sadly this isn't available commercially but it's still pretty cheap on eBay and blog sales. It's from the 2010 Burlesque collection. Here's two coats in artificial light.

No Apologies

Hello :)
Normally, I would be writing a post profusely apologizing for my lack of posting.
I'm not going to though.
Why?
It's simple, really. I've come to the realization that this is just going to be the way it is.
I started this blog as a hobby, and didn't expect much. But as the numbers have climbed, I've started feeling guilty. I have all these followers and am not posting anything. I started feeling bad about it all the time, wondering about it. Soon, just trying to write a post or take pictures became a chore.
I didn't want that. This was my hobby, and I didn't want to not like doing it anymore.
So I'm stopping with the promises to post more often. Like I said, I do this purely for fun. I don't make a cent off it, and don't receive any pr samples.
I'm always very busy in real life, and while I love RQA, real life trumps it.
Does this mean I'm going to stop posting? Not at all. It just means that I've given up with being a blogger that constantly posts. I wanted to be one of those bloggers I look up to, with a NOTD or collection swatch everyday. But that's just not going to happen, so I'm going to take the road less travelled and pave my own way. do something different, even if i don't know what that is yet. And I'm not going to let my self regret that decision. I'm going to enjoy it.
Hopefully you guys will stick around, and be happy with a post every week or two, instead of every day :)
Love you all still :) and nail polish, of course.

Spectacular!!!!

Hey Everyone!!!
I've been very busy working on a bunch of things. Hopefully everything will work out and be up soon :)
Today we have a gorgeously amazingtastic colour, Australis Speck-tacular. I suggest you find an Aussie friend (Hi Sammi!!!), because you need this. It's an excellent drugstore flakie, and I am so happy this isn't another 2010/Shine Of The Times/Hidden Treasure/ Blahblahblah dupe. It's more along the line of Fingerpaints Asylum, a HTF, yay!
Anyways, I'll let the pictures do the talking. No formula issues, indoor lighting, three thin coats over 2 of Joe Fresh Denim, another favorite of mine.
Here it is!!!

March Haul!

Middle of April? Yep, I should probably put up my monthly haul for March...
LOL. Hello lovelies! How have you been? It is freezing here. I'm not even kidding! We should not have snow on the ground in April...
Anyways, here is my March haul. I got a bunch of gorgeous polishes, especially the ones on my super crazy lemming list! I've almost completed my collection of the very elusive Color Club Scentsuos collection! Three are in my helmer, one's on the way and I only need two more! Yay!
Also, many of these were an amazing price, so yay! I am definitely going to be slowing down though, I'm going to try to buy only ones on my wish list, or possibly ones that are super crazy cheap, and try to use some of these.
Anyways, enough said! Onto the polish :D

I must say, I was very disappointed with China Glaze's behaviour towards a couple nail bloggers, including my beloved Vampy Varnish. I love China Glaze though, so while I'm trying not to buy them I don't think it's going to be a quick easy quit. So I'm slowing down and eventually going to stop, LOL. I got these for about a dollar each in the Ombre kit in Wait Teal You See. Pictured are White On White, Aquadelic, For Audrey, and Turned Up Turquoise, which I cannot get an accurate picture of...

Next up are a couple random things. I got the Zoya Jellies collection from Winners for about $10. I've wanted to try these so I'm happy. I also got It's Totally Fort Worth It, and Big Hair... Big Nails from OPI's Texas Collection. These were BOGO, so I couldn't resist. Finally is a bottle of Essence's Chic Reloaded. I love Essence, and despite how I despise of their new bottles, I couldn`t bare to leave a spectacular $2 multichrome at the store.

An amazing package from Sammi, all the way over in Australia. I had a secret Valentine`s Day swap, and could not have gotten a better partner. Such a great mistake since we both had different partners originally, which is why this is a month late. Do you see all the gorgeous?!?! I can`t tell you what I got her, but I hope she enjoys hers half as much as me!
Here`s Picture Polish Mask-A-Rade, Ozotic 503, Ulta3 Jelly,  New Years Eve, Luck Of The Irish and Citrus. Finally pictured is Australis Spectacular.

Here`s the cherry on top of March! I was so happy to be able to get these from Bee. I was literally screaming with joy when I found these. We`ve had some minor troubles with her package, hopefully all is sorted out soon. But look at these! Pure scented gorgeous-ness :D And she added in an Essence! Happy squee! Here are Essence Ultimate Pink, Color Club Sugar Plum Yum and Gingerbread Man.

Thanks for tagging along with me this month! Did you get any lemmings? If so, tell below!