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I'm 22, 6'1", a Women's Studies major, a crazy cat lady, a nail polish addict, an atheist, and a food junkie. I have two cats, a snake, 270 bottles of nail polish, a twin, more makeup than I know what to do with, and a gangly feminist boyfriend. I hate Zooey Deschanel.

Okay, HERE GOES

I have decided to catalogue my stash. Here is my ever growing list, as it stands right now.  They are generally in ROYGBIV order within each brand, since that’s how my rack is organized. This does not include my top coats, base coats, nail art pens, or Konad shades. It also doesn’t include my shatters or magnetic polishes. The pictures are not mine (they’re courtesy of google images), I just thought an all text post was crazy boring looking. An asterisk marks a shade that I love so much I have at least one, if not several, backup bottles of it. Brace yourself.

OPI:

Black Cherry Chutney, Midnight in Moscow, Meet Me On The Star Ferry, Diva of Geneva, Mrs. O’Leary’s BBQ, Pepe’s Purple Passion, Color to Diner For, Vodka and Caviar, Flit a Bit, A Roll in the Hague, Bright Lights- Big Color*, Fiercely Fiona, The It Color, Lemonade Stand By Your Man, Glitzerland, Stranger Tides, Jade is the New Black, Did It On ‘Em, Mermaid’s Tears, Who the Shrek are You, Gargantuan Green Grape, Green-wich Village, Fly, Ogre the Top Blue, Suzi Says Feng Shui, Austin-tacious Turquoise*, No Room for the Blues, Gone Gonzo, What’s With the Cattitude, Ski Teal We Drop*, Yodel Me On My Cell, Russian Navy, It’s My Year, Significant Other Color, The Color to Watch, Lincoln Park After Dark, DS Mystery, Dutch Ya Just Love OPI, Do You Lilac It, Steady As She Rose, Plugged in Plum, Pamplona Purple, Planks a Lot, DS Extravagance, OPI Ink, Funkey Dunkey, Maine-iac Mauve, DS Reserve, Senorita Rose-alita*, Sparrow Me the Drama, Japanese Rose Garden, Teenage Dream, Princesses Rule, Rally Pretty Pink, Cozu-melted in the Sun, Aphrodite’s Pink Nightie, DS Opulence, Pedal Faster Suzi, La Paz-itively Hot, I Lilly Love You, Not So Bora Bora-ing pink, Miami Beet, Lucern-atively Look Marvelous, Save Me, Alpine Snow, You Don’t Know Jacques, DS Sapphire, Sheer Your Toys, Skull and Glossbones, I Vant to be A-lone Star, Kyoto Pearl, It’s Totally Fort Worth It, Metallic 4 Life, I Juggle… Men, Hearts and Tarts, My Pointe Exactly, Pirouette My Whistle, Rainbow Connection, Crown Me Already, Not Like the Movies, Glow Up Already

Essie:

Pure Pearl-fection, Shine of the Times, As Gold as it Gets, Blushing Bride, Sole Mate, Wicked, It’s Genius, Damsel in a Dress, A-list, Braziliant, Tart Deco, Mint Candy Apple, Navigate Her, Turquoise and Caicos, Sew Psyched, Armed and Ready, Borrowed and Blue, School of Hard Rocks, Smooth Sailing, Dive Bar, No More Film, Trophy Wife*, Nice is Nice, Sexy Divide, She’s Picture Perfect*, Bangle Jangle, Mod Square, Lady Like, Jamaica Me Crazy, Bachelorette Bash, Demure Vix, Sure Shot, Island Hopping, Pink-a-boo, All Tied Up, Smokin’ Hot, Merino Cool, Mochacino, Cocktail Bling, Maine Squeeze, Chinchilly, Licorice, Fair Game

Orly:

It’s Up to Blue, Ancient Jade, Haley’s Comet, Galaxy Girl, Gilded Coral, Alabaster Verve, Love Each Other, Fifty Four, Space Cadet

Zoya:

Yara, Gemma, Adina, Neeka, Caitlin, Julieanne, Dannii, Dove, Maisie, Chloe, Jana

Chanel:

Peridot*, Vamp, June*, Distraction*, Mimosa, Gold Fingers*, Vendetta, Paradoxal, April*

Deborah Lippmann:

Just Walk Away Renee, Hollaback Girl, It Girl, Sugar Daddy, Across the Universe, Mermaid’s Dream, Bad Romance, Flash Dance, Nasty Girl, Private Dancer*, Candy Shop, Party Girl, I Kissed a Girl, Glitter in the Air, Waking Up in Vegas*, Wicked Game

China Glaze:

Techno, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, Orange Knockout, Kiwi Cool-ada, Re-fresh Mint, Entourage, Bahamian Breeze, Shocking Pink, Flip Flop Fantasy*, Fast Track

Lynnderella:

I Can Afford It!, Funny Money, Attitude Adjust-mint, She Lived in a Swamp, LavenDear, The Telltale Heart, Love Potion No. 99, Snow Angel, Gotta Love Brains, Shape Shifter, Cauldron Drippings, Mysterious Ways, Mercury’s Rainbow

Butter London:

Trout Pout, Wallis, Lady Muck, Victoriana, Slapper, Henley Regatta, Scoundrel, No More Waity Katie, Yummy Mummy*, Aston, Hen Party, All Hail The Queen*, Tart With a Heart, Diamond Geezer, The Black Knight, Knackered

HITS Speciallità:

 

Esmalte, Artsy*, Cool*, Unconventional*, Chameleon*, Cutie Pie*, Daring*, Trendy*, Dreamer*

Ludurana:

Fascinante, Reluz, Show*, Admiravel, Emocionante

Ozotic:

507, 504, 506, 528, 530, 509, 533

Nubar:

Indigo Illusion, 2010, Moon Eclipse

Illamasqua:

Radium, Baptiste

Glitter Gal:

Light as a Feather, Frappe, Lizard Belly, 10 to Midnight

Dior:

Waterlily, Gris Montaigne

Gelish:

Mint Icing, Silver Sand, June Bride, Good Gossip, Tumberline Violet, Princess Tiara, Pink Smoothie, Night Reflection

Least Loved Brands (I only have one of each of them):

Layla Jade Groove, Girly Bits Shift Happens, Kat Von D Mad Max, Ulta Lav-ish, Revlon Whimsical, Mac Endless Night, Pop Polish Grey, Spoiled Cosmetic’s Pirate’s Booty, Finger Paints Motley, Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Burgundy Orchid

For those of you counting at home, that’s 258 unique bottles of polish.

— 2 hours ago with 1 note
#nail polish  #nail art  #obsession  #opi  #essie  #china glaze  #orly  #chanel  #glitter gal  #lynnderella  #ludurana  #dior  #gelish  #deborah lippmann  #butter london 
OPI’s new nail strips. Oh my gosh, I LOVE these. They’re even easier to apply than the Sally Hansen ones, and they’re slightly larger for us ladies with wide nail beds. They stick way better than SH (no peeling at the edges), and they don’t have that unfortunate tendency to wrinkle at the top. Plus Sally Hansen’s designs are mostly too youthful for my tastes (Butterflies? Ick.) but OPI has a bunch of gorgeous patterns, ranging from refined to blingy. They are a little pricier- SH retails for $8.99, I picked these up for $11.99 at Ulta- but I think they’re worth every penny. I’ve criticized OPI in the past, but they’re bringing their A game with these babies!

OPI’s new nail strips. Oh my gosh, I LOVE these. They’re even easier to apply than the Sally Hansen ones, and they’re slightly larger for us ladies with wide nail beds. They stick way better than SH (no peeling at the edges), and they don’t have that unfortunate tendency to wrinkle at the top. Plus Sally Hansen’s designs are mostly too youthful for my tastes (Butterflies? Ick.) but OPI has a bunch of gorgeous patterns, ranging from refined to blingy. They are a little pricier- SH retails for $8.99, I picked these up for $11.99 at Ulta- but I think they’re worth every penny. I’ve criticized OPI in the past, but they’re bringing their A game with these babies!

— 4 hours ago with 6 notes
#nail polish  #nail art  #opi  #blue 
Study: The Objectification of Women Is a Real, Measurable Phenomenon →

PROBLEM: Women’s bare bodies are on display in billboards, movie posters, and many other kinds of ads. Though plenty of studies have looked at the ramifications of this pervasive sexual objectification, it’s unclear if we see near-naked people as human beings or if we really do view them as mere objects.

METHODOLOGY: Researchers led by Philippe Bernard presented participants pictures of men and women in sexualized poses, wearing a swimsuit or underwear, one by one on a computer screen. Since pictures of people present a recognition problem when they’re turned upside down, but images of objects don’t have that problem, some of the photos were presented right side up and others upside down. After each picture, there was a second of black screen before each participant was shown two images and was asked to choose the one that matched the one he or she had just seen.

RESULTS: The male and female subjects matched the photos similarly. They recognized right-side-up men better than upside-down men, suggesting that they saw the sexualized men as persons. On the contrary, the women in underwear weren’t any harder to recognize when they appeared upside down, indicating that the sexy women were consistently identified as objects.

CONCLUSION: People objectify women in sexualized photos, but not men.

SOURCE: The full study, “Integrating Sexual Objectification With Object Versus Person Recognition: The Sexualized-Body-Inversion Hypothesis,” is published in the journal Psychological Science.

(via stfuconservatives)

— 9 hours ago with 1144 notes
Honestly, can I just fucking BE Ursula? The nails, the hair, the lips, the voice, that voluptuous body- she’s just so fucking glamorous.

Also, I feel like there’s a really awesome queer reading of her out there somewhere, and I want it.

Honestly, can I just fucking BE Ursula? The nails, the hair, the lips, the voice, that voluptuous body- she’s just so fucking glamorous.

Also, I feel like there’s a really awesome queer reading of her out there somewhere, and I want it.

— 12 hours ago with 1 note
#ursula  #disney  #the little mermaid  #queer 

Remember the Tyra show? GOD I MISS IT.

(Source: fuckyestvshows, via xicanabitch)

— 12 hours ago with 33364 notes
abbeymonster:

This dress was inspired by the student in my sociology class who thought that all feminists were hairy and butch. I just want to make sure that everyone knows that a feminist can wear whatever the fuck she or he (or both or neither) feels like wearing. My sociology professor loved the dress and she gave me extra credit! I used a potato stamp to make the print, I used a vintage pattern to make the dress, and I embroidered the phrase “This is what a feminist looks like” on the bodice.

abbeymonster:

This dress was inspired by the student in my sociology class who thought that all feminists were hairy and butch. I just want to make sure that everyone knows that a feminist can wear whatever the fuck she or he (or both or neither) feels like wearing. My sociology professor loved the dress and she gave me extra credit! I used a potato stamp to make the print, I used a vintage pattern to make the dress, and I embroidered the phrase “This is what a feminist looks like” on the bodice.

— 22 hours ago with 4768 notes
I am forever obsessed with this color. I already bought a backup.

I am forever obsessed with this color. I already bought a backup.

— 23 hours ago with 5 notes
#chanel  #coral  #fashion  #nail polish  #orange  #beauty 
So I Joined Okcupid

iamateenagefeminist:

1. Because Timmy made me 

2. Because my friend Jenny had a lot of fun and had a bunch of great stories about it

But I’m not so sure because one of the guys it’s suggesting for me has the username 

“HatesFriendZone” 

I’m not making that up. 

It’s recommending I message a guy with the username “HatesFriendZone”

Oh god, I’m crying

— 1 day ago with 38 notes