Nail Art: Tribeca Silver + Through the Grapevine

Hi all! I have something new for you today. I feel like I haven't done any nail art recently, so I decided to try something out tonight. The colors I chose for this look were New York Color Tribeca Silver and Wet n Wild Through the Grapevine.

This is the final result.

SinfulColors: Black on Black + All About You

Hi all! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families! Chris and I didn't get to do much since he worked, so we're saving our turkey for Sunday. A little late, but we'll get to have our Thanksgiving meal.

I have a new post for you tonight. I decided to go with black and gold again. I've been using Wet n Wild's Black Creme recently, especially since it is very shiny. For tonight's manicure, I used SinfulColors Black on Black on Black, followed by All About You.

Here is the final result.

Update + my fur baby had surgery

Hi all! Again, I'm sorry it's been a little while since I last posted.

I know I haven't been blogging very long, but I kinda lost sight of why I started Nails with Nessa. Lately, instead of "Oh, I wonder what I'll post tonight," I've been thinking something more along the lines of, "I have to post tonight." I think I just have to keep in mind that I started this as a fun project, and that I enjoy share my experiences while learning from others. I did try some nail art this weekend - UCLA again - so I'll post about it soon!

On another note, my Lady just had surgery. It was originally scheduled for last Wednesday, but Dr. N postponed it. Lady had a couple mast cell tumors, and was prescribed prednisone to shrink them - that way it'd be easier to get margins. Anyway, she had surgery yesterday and is home now. I took today off to stay with her, and it was a tough day. She hates her cone, is in a lot of pain, and isn't really eating. Not to mention, I managed to hurt her while trying NOT to hurt her. I feel incredibly helpless, and I'm starting to wonder if we did the right thing. I know things seem pretty difficult right now, but I'm trying to remember that it was for her health. I guess it doesn't really help knowing that what we thought was a wart on her eyelid is actually a mast cell tumor, apart from the fact that she's got one around her neck, and another one that is starting to grow on the right side of her body. The tumors that were removed were sent to the lab, so we're expecting a pathology report next week.

I can't wait for her to recover and to see her happy once again.


Do you have pets? If so, have they ever needed surgery (something besides spaying/neutering?) Did you feel helpless as you saw your fur baby in pain, as I do now? Let me know, because I'd love some reassurance. Thank you!

Wet n Wild: Halloween 2014 Limited Edition Collection: Happy Hour Hop

Hi all! I have something new for you tonight. I know it's been a little while since I last posted, but this week was a little busy. I decided to start running again (for the millionth time), and I've been going to the gym and running on the treadmill, but I hate it. I hate nothing more than running on a treadmill. It's boring, it's repetitive, and it's draining. I think it's a mental thing. Anyway, the weather in Kansas is below freezing right now and I decided to run outside a few times. Let me tell you, it is hard, especially when it's windy and you're running headwind. I really couldn't have picked a better time to start (cue the sarcasm), especially twice a day.

On to nail polish. Tonight I went with Happy Hour Hop from this year's Wet n Wild Halloween collection, a shimmery royal purple with gold flakes. I used 3 coats in the picture below.

Black and Gold

Hi all! After last night, I still wasn't completely sold on Purple Pizzazz Frost. This morning, as luck would have it, the purple color started to peel off my thumb. Well, this was a great reason to remove the color and go for another bottle, or two.

I went with Masked Beauty from the FingerPaints Masquerade Affair collection, and Black Creme, a Wild Shine shade from Wet n Wild. I was called to work today (it's my day off), and I didn't have too much time. I went with something ultra simple: an accent nail with a different color.

This is the final result.

NYC Long Wearing Enamel: Purple Pizzazz Frost

Hi all! I know it's been a little while, nearly 2 weeks, since my last post! I am really sorry for that. I had previously been using Chris' camera, a Sony Cybershot, for the blog, but I was constantly frustrated with it. I felt that the colors were always off, and there was no automatic macro setting; as long as I zoomed in, I would have macro.

That really bothered me, so I chose to buy a Sony Alpha a500 Mirrorless camera. It's a compact system camera, so I can manually adjust many of the settings. I am still figuring it out, so I don't think my pictures will be the best at the moment, but I hope I can learn more about my camera and hopefully take a photography class!

Anyway, onto the main subject of this post. Tonight I have Purple Pizzazz Frost from New York Color. It is a purple color with blue microshimmer.