My next few blog posts will fall under the heading “While I Was Gone”, because some very interesting and noteworthy things went down in my world while I was in the midst of deconstructing my locs. Here’s one of them:

One of my long-time “Sisters In Blogging” Nakia Writes aka SugaHoney aka Ms.White of The Lovely Ladies of The Reservoir Dogs (our old MySpace Blogging Group; there’s Pink, Yellow, Green, Silver, Orange, Red & Black… I was Ms. Brown, of course) celebrated her five-year blogging anniversary. I e-met Suga on MySpace back in 2006. I remember that she gave me one of the greatest compliments on my writing I’ve ever received. She said that a short-short story I had posted reminded her in style to J.California Cooper. Ms. Cooper is my favorite author of all time so that compliment truly brought tears to my eyes. She and I have been following each other throughout these Innanets ever since. Hopefully, one day I’ll end up in her neck of the woods or she’ll end up in mine and we’ll finally meet.

Suga is an avid reader, lover of awesome music, new LocRocker, makeup maven, Date Master and the homeless men of Oakland seem to absolutely adore her for some odd reason. She basically is the shiznit. You should do yourself a favor and subscribe to her blog and follow her on Twitter.

Anyways, Suga held a series of giveaways for her readers to celebrate her “Blogaversary” and I won her “Pretty Nails” Giveaway. I love me some nail polish! Remember 52Flavors.com?? I may not blog over there anymore, but my love of polish hasn’t waned at all. I still polish and design my nails myself a lot. Look what Suga sent to me:

(l-r) "You Lilac It", "Dim Sum Plum" by OPI, "Play Fair" by Nicole for OPI, "Purple Crush" and "Basket Case" by Orly

This package couldn’t have come at a better time. I had not polished my nails since I began the Infamous Comb-Out. That process was HELL on my hands and nails, with all the water, conditioner and the sharp objects. I just decided to forgo my normal polishing routines until I was all done. The day that I was finished, I went and got a professional manicure and took “Basket Case” along in my purse to use. This color is GORGEOUS:

I love the color pink. Whenever I wear pink polish on my nails, I feel extra girly. I feel like I MUST wear a dress and make up. This polish by Orly is a beautiful creme, opaque in only 2 coats. I’ve always like Orly polishes, but I never bought many because I feel like their color selection isn’t varied enough. I’m in love with this pink though. I have the “Purple Crush” on my toes, but I am not a fan of pics of feet, so I’m gonna let you just use your imagination for that! Before a week is out, I’m sure I will have had each of these colors on my nails.

So ladies, what are you rockin’ on your tips these days? What are your fall favorites?