So my sister goes to school in Boston and texted me in a tizzy the other day because I did not have St. Patrick’s Day nails up yet. 4 days early. And I don’t think I’ve ever done St. Patrick’s Day nails. I was actually going
So I’ve been on a nail polish buying spree on eBay cause you can get some nice brands for about half price. So I’ve got some cool new colors to work with and was really excited to use a dusty mauve by OPI called Steady as She Rose
This is my first tutorial that I will be publishing, which is no surprise because tutorials take a rather large amount of patience and you have to focus that whole time. Not really my strong suit, focus. So this is the tutorial for my “Watercolor rose nails” technique, which was
This set has dinosaurs. I need more birthdays in the year. Plus I really like their first set, so these are probably awesome as well.
So a bajillion months ago, I promised I would post how I made my nail shelves. You’ve seen them, but here is the “how”. This post is a doozy, in both words and pictures and I would not be even a teeny bit offended if those of you who
Happy Valentines’ Day, everyone! I spent the morning digging my car out so I could go to my all-important job that my managers do not feel I could accomplish at home. (I could. How do they think I graduated college if I wasn’t capable of working at home?). But
This manicure I’m using for three purposes! I’m still participating in the Strum my Heartstrings challenge by The Lacquered Landlubber, but I also wanted to participate in my first actual nail art competition! Nail Art Canada is having a Valentines’ nail art competition, and I’m really excited
Today’s theme in the challenge is “Symbols of Valentines Day,” and according to the 8 katrillion emails Victoria’s Secret has sent me over the last few weeks, a big symbol of Valentines Day is apparently lingerie. I’ve done corset nails before (a bajillion years ago) and was
Today’s Valentine Challenge theme from The Lacquered Landlubber is simply “french tips.” I actually did 3 manicures ahead of time and photographed them, so that I can keep my Friday manicure all week, so I knew I needed to do something simple enough that I could do it quickly.
So I decided to join, for the first time ever, a daily nail art challenge for Valentines’ Day! It’s hosted by The Lacquered Landlubber (who has the cutest blog style ever and you just have to love that name!). We’ll see how this goes! One thing I figured
I’m living on my own now, and I bought and set up my first Christmas tree. I had this idea with some help from a friend, check it out! Turns out China glaze make the PERFECT ornaments, as they have a nice lip on them to hold onto the
So I skipped day 5, Toys, because a) I had no idea what I wanted to do and b) work was crazy last week. So onto day 6, Christmas food. I went with candy canes, mainly because I am pretty much addicted to candy canes, but also because they’d
So this one I struggled with this one some, as most of my family’s unique traditions do not translate well onto the nail (like the fact that we have lox and bagels on Christmas morning). So I went classic with this one. Christmas gifts! I realized that none of
Well, I broke my first rule of nail art on this manicure. “Don’t try it on your nails if you can’t even draw it on paper.” For some reason I’ve never been able to draw holly leaves. They’re not even that complicated! The index finger turned
Winter/Holiday/Christmas manicures are my absolute favorite! I love the Christmas season and I think creating holiday manicures makes it even better. So when I saw the Crumpet’s Nail Tarts Christmas Winter Challenge, I knew I had to participate! I missed the first day, which was a shame!
Fall seems to be just about everyone’s favorite season. At the very least, it’s my boyfriend’s favorite. He says it’s because it’s “cuddle season” and he is a “natural-born cuddler.” Whatever, I just like the way fall smells. But, I do love the manicures fall
I am crazy proud of these nails, both in the idea and the execution. I have the cutest skeleton stamp, so I knew I wanted my next Halloween nails to be bone themed. I ended up making them kind of like stylized Xrays of some of the cooler looking sets
I had a grand idea for these witch themed nails. I was going to make most of them look like witchy striped stockings in black and green with a witch hat or shoe painted on the thumb or accent to pull the whole theme together. Buuuut then I didn’t
This post chronicles the story of how I’ve been storing my nail polishes all my life. Picture-heavy, but the ones at the end are worth it, I promise. Before I started college, I got rid of most of my nail polishes. I started collecting at maybe 11 or 12,
The idea for these nails had been rolling around in my head for a while. They were inspired primarily by a polish I bought by Wet ‘n’ Wild, a sheer white/ivory called 2% Milk. I bought it because I liked the name. It turned out more sheer than I
So for Memorial Day this year I tried to go beyond the patriotism of the holiday and also capture the militaristic aspect of it. I knew I wanted to paint blue camo, but what I wanted to do with that took some thought as well as a lot of trial
So I graduate today! Sorta. I elected not to go to commencement but it was today, so I think that counts as me graduating, right? I did nails for it, so I say it does. Check out my fancy honors college medal! Who knew I could freehand a mortarboard? I
Oh my goodness you guys, these may be one of my favorite manicures EVER. It is absolutely some of my very best art, and all free-hand, so I am very proud. I realized that in all my themed manicures, I was missing out on making any real spring manicures! I
So I was discussing putting prints over a gradient with a friend and I took my first manicure request! She said a friend of hers would be thrilled if I did a cheetah/leopard print on top of a lime green gradient, so I said, what the heck, sure! However,
So I’ve decided to start participating in some challenges and events and such run by other bloggers in order to start making some new blogging friends. I’ve also discovered reddit for those same purposes, but that is a whole ‘nother story. This is an event run by blogger