The Digit-al Dozen Does Whimsy: Faerieland

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Happy Friday! I have fallen a day behind with this week's Digit-al Dozen challenge due to a bad headache yesterday, but I am planning to post my last mani over the weekend! In the meantime, it's my turn to take on faeries! A lot of faeries have been done by my fellow Digital Dozen members this week, and I have loved all of them! I have been wanting to bust out my neons for awhile now and I figured this would be a great time to do it! My mani reminds me of a fun and bright faerieland!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Whimsy: Holographic Mermaid Scales

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Happy Hump Day! For Day 3 of Digital Dozen Whimsy Week I have a design that  I've always admired on others but have never done myself - mermaid scales! And I decided to go all out with some super holo mermaid scales. I can't stop staring at my nails!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Whimsy: Whimsical Gradient

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Whimsy week continues with the ladies of The Digit-al Dozen! For Day 2 I have a mani I did last week (the only one I prepared ahead of time for this week) because I didn't want to remove yesterday's mani last night. I really love the color combo in this one!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Whimsy: Whimsical Tree

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Hello! It is time for a brand new week with the Digit-al Dozen! April just flew by, and May is doing the same so far! It's hard to believe we're nearly halfway through May already. Anyway, this month's Digit-al Dozen theme is Whimsy! This one has been a hard theme for me because "whimsy" isn't typically my style. I am having a lot of fun trying to think outside my box though and had a lot of fun creating the mani I have to show you today!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Gradients +: Twisty Triangles

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Hello, everyone! Happy Friday! I am so sad I wasn't able to post all 5 days this week, but I have a mani I am really happy with to close out the week! I love my gradient base and I did some fun freehand work on top - I haven't gotten to do freehand nail art in awhile and I have missed it so much!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Gradient +: Pink and Brown Gradient Plus Whimsical Reciprocal Stamping

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Happy Tuesday, everyone! For Day 2 of Digit-al Dozen week I am still working on my stamping skills! I do my mom's nails every week (usually) and she loves when I stamp on her, so I have really been trying to get better at it. I love reciprocal gradients so I decided to create one today with a stamping image and used two of the recently released Caio, Gelato! polishes from Paint Box Polish. (If you missed my review on those, you can check it out here.)

The Digit-al Dozen Does Gradient +: Radial Gradient Plus Stamping

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Hi everyone! It is Digit-al Dozen Week again and this month our theme is Gradient +. I am excited for this week because I love doing gradients and think they are perfect when combined with other techniques.  Today I decided to push myself and do a radial gradient. Ive done them before but they are hard so I am trying to practice and get better. 

The Digit-al Dozen Does Spring: Flashback Friday Gradient

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Happy weekend! I did not forget about the final day of Digit-al Dozen Week! I had a late night working, then had errands and grocery shopping. I was planning on doing my mani when I got home but I feel like I am getting sick and didn't have it in me, so I am cheating! LOL I did this mani nearly a year ago. Yes,  a year. I did this in May 2015 and never posted it because I didn't really like the photos. I loved the mani though so I kept them tucked away in a folder. So I looked through the pics again and found a couple that weren't too bad and, voila, cheater post! (Obviously back when I was wearing my nails square/sqouval! LOL)

The Digit-al Dozen Does Spring: St. Patrick's Day!

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Happy St. Patrick's Day! This holiday is one of my favorite parts of Spring and I am super excited about the mani I have to share with you today!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Spring: Bold Floral

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Hello! I am back with another Spring-inspired manicure tonight to continue this month's Digit-al Dozen theme! Today's post is one that is special to me. Not because the nail art is spectacular, but because of the person I was inspired by to create this look. More about that in the post below!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Spring: Rainbow Shamrocks

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Hello, it's me. I was wondering if after all this time you'd like to see some nail art. Okay, lame intro, but I couldn't help myself! Life continues to interrupt my blogging time lately, but I do have a few new collections waiting to show you so I am hoping to at least get back to a more regular posting schedule very soon! Today starts a brand new Digit-al Dozen Week and we are showing you our Spring nail art this week!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Nail Heroes: Leah Ann from Llarowe

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Happy Friday! I apologize for being so absent this week. I had all of my Digit-al Dozen manicures planned out but then I was hit with a 4-day long migraine and every time I thought it was easing up it would just come roaring back. I am finally starting to feel better and I wanted to at least join in on the last day of Digit-al Dozen week!

My nail hero today is Leah Ann from Llarowe/Colors by Llarowe. Leah Ann was the very first stockist - her website was the very first website to carry multiple brands of nail polish from all over the world. Without her, the nail polish community would not be what it is today. In the midst of that she created her very own gorgeous line of colors called Color by Llarowe. She recently stopped carrying other brands but her brand is still going strong and she creates some absolutely gorgeous colors and her formulas are, in my experience, always spot-on.

The Digit-al Dozen Does Nail Heroes: Debbie from The Crumpet

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Hello and welcome to a brand new Digit-al Dozen Week! This week we will be honoring our nail heroes - whether that be a fellow blogger, a polish brand, nail art tool, etc. Today we all decided to get together to honor Debbie from The Crumpet! She has recently decided to take a step back from blogging (you can read more about that in her blog post), but there wouldn't even be a Digit-al Dozen without Debbie so it only seemed fitting to honor her!

The Digit-al Dozen Does New and Improved: Day 5 - One Stroke Flower

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Hello, everyone! I am incredibly late with my final Digit-al Dozen mani this month, but I figured it was better to be late than not finish! Computer issues and migraines have made blogging especially difficult this week but I missed so many Digit-al Dozen posts the last few months I was determined to finish this one, even if it is late.

I am really glad I decided to do this mani today because I've been wanting to try one stroke flowers for, literally, years. I believe I first saw them right around the time I created my blog, which was 4 years and 3 months ago (time flies!). I didn't think I was able to do any nail art then, especially anything as intricate as flowers. It really shows me how much I've grown and changed since I started blogging!

The Digit-al Dozen Does New and Improved: Day 4 & 40 Great Nail Art Ideas: Things That Fly - Dandelions

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Happy Saturday! Today I have a mani combining my 4th Digital Dozen mani of the week with the 40 Great Nail Art Ideas theme this week, which is "things that fly." I have been wanting to make an attempt at dandelion nail art for awhile now and it fit both prompts so I took a stab at it today and I am pretty happy with the results!

The Digit-al Dozen Does New and Improved: Day 3 - Sharpie and Stamping

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Hello! I am a day behind (well technically almost two days behind!), but better late than never, right? I am going to try to keep this post short because it is getting late and this day has kicked my butt. For this mani I tried a technique I've never tried before and used a brand new stamping plate!

The Digit-al Dozen Does New and Improved: Day 2 - Needle Drag

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Hello, hello! It's Day 2 of Digit-al Dozen New and Improved Week and I have a technique that I have tried (and failed) at many times! I did manage a pretty good toothpick marble a couple of years ago (which you can see here) that I did using a tutorial from Sheila at Pointless Cafe. However, I've tried several times since then with no success. Maybe it was beginner's luck? LOL Anyway, I decided I wanted to try this design from Sveta Sanders - which was completely insane. I tried for over an hour and was ready to throw in the towel until I got some help from Sheila. It took me awhile and lots of tweaking but with her help I was able to get a design I was pretty happy with!

The Digit-al Dozen Does New and Improved: Day 1 - Dotted Heart

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Hello and welcome to a brand new Digit-al Dozen Week! The theme this month is "new and improved" - so many possibilities with this theme! New techniques we've never tried before, improving on things we may not be the best at or even re-creating old manis that we want to improve! Today I chose to try a type of nail art I've never done before. I've seen "dotted image" nail art before but when I saw this mani from fellow Digit-al Dozen-er Lindsey from Wondrously Polished I knew I wanted to attempt some this week.

As with most things I decide to attempt, it was SO much harder than I anticipated! I expected it to be hard, but sheesh! LOL! This was the final result after removing it and re-doing it about 12 times. Let's see how I did!

Digit-al Dozen Does: Traditions - Gift Wrapping

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Happy Thursday! I have sadly missed the first part of Digit-al Dozen this week due to migraines and life being hectic, but I am back for the last part of the week! When I first started thinking of manicures I could do for this week's prompt of Traditions, I'll be honest, I was pretty stumped at first. However, after much brainstorming, I had come up with some pretty good ideas. I'm bummed I won't be able to attempt them all this week, but I've chosen two of my favorites to show you! Today's is wrapping presents!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Autumn: Autumn Treats!

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I am back with my final look for Digit-al Dozen Autumn Week! I am squeezing in by the skin of my teeth, but at least I made it! I asked a friend to name things she thought of when she thought of Autumn besides changing leaves and she mentioned s'mores and I ran with that idea for this look.