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Summer is pretty much over but of course, I needed one last hoorah before it ended. It also didn't hurt that it was my birthday so off to Miami I went.


Yes, I did immediately pull out my phone to take a picture of some OPI in the Miami International Airport. Who would I be if I didn't?


I originally planned some super dope, super intricate nails for my birthday mani but I guess it wasn't meant to be because each and every attempt was a super fail. Then, I opted to just grab a bottle of nail polish and paint my nails when I got to my hotel room. I pack a bottle of nail polish every time I procrastinate and don't paint my nails before my flight leaves. And every single time I do that, I'm always way too preoccupied to paint my nails.

Since I never got around to painting my nails for my bday mani I guess now is about as good a time as any to paint my nails the color I packed in my suitcase.


I crammed as much as I possibly could into a four-day weekend/birthday celebration. Anyone that knows me in real life knows that an art museum is definitely on the to-go list.

For your enjoyment here I am being my perpetually awkward, weirdo self in Boomerang form at the Perez Art Museum Miami.

And here's the pin you get as your admission ticket. It almost matches Illamasqua Noble

Again, also to the folks that know me best, know that I am ALWAYS down for a trip to a sex museum. So imagine how excited I was when I found out World Erotic Art Museum was only a 10-minute walk from my hotel.

There are a ton more pictures I took here and none of them I deem appropriate for this site at this time. However, I did post a few of them on IG so feel free to drop by @GoHomeBriana.

Nightlife. Oh, the nightlife.
Juvenile was at Story and I promise you it was LIT AF! Especially when he performed "Back That Azz Up". My phone decided it didn't have enough storage for that so here's a glimpse at "Slow Motion".


Next up, was ORA and appearances from Ty Dolla$ and Future. Am I the only one that quotes Issa from season one of Insecure whenever Ty Dolla$ is mentioned? I ALWAYS ended up saying, "Oh my god, you talk to Ty Dolla$ about me?"


But the best part of my birthday vacation? I got to meet Dr. Miami!


I'm a huge Dr. Miami fan and I'm not even going to try to lie to y'all and say I didn't plan this entire vacation around that very moment. It. Was. Awesome. He's so nice and genuine. Him, Brittany, and Ashley really are the exact same people you see on his Snapchat. My cousin and I got t-shirts, offered a tour of the building, and I got to sit on the throne in his office.


Aside from what I've posted here I also went parasailing for the first time, had authentic Cuban food, a mojito bigger than my head, and more.
As I mentioned is other travel posts, I do hashtag all my vacations on Instagram. If you want to see more check out #MIAwithBRI and #BrianasTwentySex and follow my shenanigans @GoHomeBriana.

After all this, I think I'll be okay with the fact that summer '17 is over.

Did you have a summer '17 bucket list? Accomplish everything on it? Let's chat in the comments.
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Oh Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Pacific Blue, oh the original Sally Hansen  Xtreme Wear Pacific Blue. Awhile back the folks over at Sally Hansen decided to take a beautiful cornflower blue créme and change it to something akin to a royal blue shimmer--and no, they didn't even change the name! *le sigh*


I like this polish about as much as I like any opaque lacquer with a créme finish, but this lacquer has quite the fandom. (Can one specific polish even have a fandom?) Lacqueristas were pretty hard core about this and have been hunting drugstores and eBay auctions alike to find the original formula.

So today, I'm doing a small comparison post to try and find some dupes.


Are you a hardcore Pacific Blue fan? Know of any dupes? Tell me about it in the comments.
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Purchased by Me|Press Sample In real life, I'm often asked what my favorite brand of nail polish is and my response is always, "I like different brands for different reasons." So today I'm gonna tell you my favorite brands and why it's always such a loaded question.

Let's get to it, shall we?

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Sally Hansen X-treme Wear

• $2 drug store brand
• fun/on-trend colors
• most of them have a great formula  

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Yesterday was the first day of spring, but that meant absolutely nothing here in Western NY. The temp was in the thirties and in between me getting to work and going across the street for lunch it had rained, stopped, snowed, stopped, and snowed again. But my nails were so hot my fingers could've sworn it was summer! You ready?

Are you not in summer induced love right now? You have to be if you love super bright colors and 3D embellishments like I do.

I laid down a base color of OPI My Vampire is Buff--my favorite OPI shade by the way--to start. Next, for my thumb, index, and pinky I carefully placed some striping tape and sponged a gradient over all of it.

For my middle finger I skipped the striping tape step and sponged on Illamasqua Optimist, Illamasqua Gamma, and Illamasqua Lament; which are the same lacquers I on my other nails. After my gradient reached full opacity I placed these full-nail nail charms from Born Pretty Store.

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I remember it like it was yesterday. It was during the final quarter of 2013 when I stumbled upon an Instagram account with water decals unlike anything I had seen before. A short time passed and the IG account in question announced their Big Cartel shop was open. As soon as I got home from work, I opened my laptop and placed an order. A minimal amount of time elapsed and my nail art goodies are on my coffee table (unrelated side note: I hate coffee) and then this mani happened.

If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm talking about Dope Digits! And yes I've bought even more water decals from this shop and I have yet another DD mani that's just in time for Nail Crush Week!

 In total I used eight bottles of nail polish and seven Not-So-Sweet(heart) decals to create this look.

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Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Who needs flowers when you can have fly nails?
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Nothing To Disclose As of late, I've been in a funk about painting my nails. Sure, I still got excited about acquiring more nail polish, but when it came down to actual nail art I couldn't be arsed.
How did I shake this no-nail-art feeling I'd been having? Pouring myself into recreating "Own It" by McFresh Creates.



I used a quite a few different colors for this mani so let's hear it for product porn!
For the  print on my ring and pinky I used China Glaze Escaping Reality, Wet n Wild Black Creme, Revlon Posh, Barielle Lemondrops, and Barielle Surf's Up

Moving on to my middle finger.
 For the flesh tones I used mixtures of Sephora by OPI Why Yellow There, China Glaze Dessert Sun, OPI San Tan-tonio, and OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys.

And for the shorts I used mixtures of Barielle Surf's Up, Illamasqua Load, and Wet n Wild Black Creme.

For the finishing touch, "Yours" was done in a ultra fine black permanent marker.

Down for a short interesting story? Almost two full months later, my mother is still cursing the ground my last sexually suggestive mani twerked on.

More NSFW nail art from me to you!
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Nothing To Disclose First nail art of 2014 today! I've been buying water decals like crazy these days and thought I should probably use the ones I have before I buy even more.
I bought two sets of decals that had onomatopoeias and that brings us here.


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Purchased by Me | Press Sample 2013 is almost over and boy did I acquire a lot of nail polish. So, in no particular order, let's look back at my new favorites from the last twelve months!

Dare To Wear Violetta
This gem is one sixth of LeChat Dare To Wear's Floral Fantasy Collection from summer 2013. I have most of the collection, but this baby was my favorite for sure!

OPI My Vampire Is Buff
If you notice, I'm typically drawn to bright cremes, neons, and glitters, but after seeing Sarah from Chalkboard Nails using it as a base color for her nail art on a few occasions I decided to give it a try.


Zoya Dream & Payton
Dream and Payton are two holographic parts of Zoya's Zenith Collection. An added plus? They have an amazing formula!

Claire's Splatter Effect Collection
How could I even begin to pass up black & white glitter suspended in neon jelly bases?

Michael Marcus Once You Go Matte
I really liked that this was a full coverage black, matte lacquer that reached full opacity in two easy coats. Added bonus? The packaging.

butter LONDON Cotton Buds & Dare To Wear Flawless White
When am I never on the hunt for the perfect white nail polish? Never. I probably own about five or six different white cremes, but in 2013 I hit the ivory nail varnish lottery twice!

Illamasqua Nomad
This glossy jade creme was on my wishlist for a pretty significant amount of time. That is until Mr. Nail A College Drop Out went to Sephora all by himself and bought for me.

Formula X for Sephora Xplosives
My little lacquered heart went into immediate overdrive when I first heard about these guys back in June. Sadly, I (and everyone else) had to wait until September for them to hit stores. Oh but when they did. It. Got. Real. I picked up six of the fourteen shades.

Are any of your favorites on the list? If not let me know in the comments what polishes made your heart skip a beat or two, or three, or made you stop in your tracks altogether in 2013.
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Nothing To Disclose Before we get started let me preface this post by saying that my mom lectured me about the inappropriateness of today's manicure and then went on to ask if I was going to post them on the internet. My reply to her was a simple conversation ending, "yup." So if you're going to tell me about how degrading or how nsfw this mani is, don't.


Now that all advisories have been made let's talk nails! Awhile back, I stumbled upon some crazy water decals from Dope Digits on Instagram and I knew right then and there that I needed them. I waited for her Big Cartel shop to open, placed my order as soon as I got home from work, and waited for them to arrive at my doorstep. I would have used them sooner but I got these decals around the same time of my series of terrible nail breaks.


Before I forget, the $100 Sephora/Ulta gift card giveaway is still open. Enter here.


Nothing To Disclose Well there you go folks, sexually suggestive nails just in time for hump day!
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