Indie Spotlight: 6 Harts Polish

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Hello! A small group of blogging friends decided to get together once a month and spotlight indies that we love. These may be smaller brands that don't get a lot of attention, but they deserve a lot of love! We have chosen 6 Harts to kick off the first Indie Spotlight! I'm featuring two polishes today: Bad, Bad Lulu Brown and Bat Crap Crazy. I have had both of these polishes for 2-3 years and there is no fading or issues at all - still like the day I got them!

My replacement camera hasn't arrived yet, so these photos were taken with my phone. They don't do these polishes justice!

31 Day Challenge: Day 17 - Glitter Honeycomb Gradient

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Welcome to a new week, everyone! My Monday isn't going too bad as far as Mondays go. I hope you're all having an easy start to your week too! I have my glitter design for the 31 Day Challenge today!

31 Day Challenge: Day 14 - Floral Silhouette

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Happy Friday, everyone! I have another design for the 31 Day Challenge for you today! Today's prompt is floral. To be honest, I am usually sort of intimidated by florals for some reason. I'm not sure why, I think I make them super complicated in my head. But this mani popped up in my memories on Facebook from a year ago today and it's one of my favorite so I decided to do a different take on it!

31 Day Challenge: Day 10 - Gradient Skittle

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Hello again! I'm back with another look for the 31 Day Challenge! The prompt is gradient and I wanted to do something a little different than a traditional gradient so I went with gradient skittles.

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 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 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.

40 Great Nail Art Ideas: Grey + Color

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Happy Friday! I have missed two weeks of the 40 Great Nail Art Ideas, which I am sad about, but I am back this week! This week's color prompt is "Grey + Color" and my pattern prompt was gradient. I decided to go with a vertical gradient instead of the more common horizontal version and I love how it turned out!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Re-Creations: Day 1 - Floral Lace Half Moons

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Today starts another Digit-al Dozen Week and I'm super excited about this one! This month is the 3rd anniversary of the Digit-al Dozen, so to celebrate we are re-creating Digit-al Dozen manis from the past. It's been so overwhelming to try to decide on only 5 manis to do with so much talent and so many gorgeous nail art looks to choose from! Today I decided to re-create a manicure that I have wanted to try since I first saw it posted. This one is Floral Lace Half Moons from Jacki at Adventures in Acetone.

Gradient Honeycomb

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Hello and happy weekend! Happy long weekend to most of my US readers. I have a nail art post for you tonight! A nail art post and it isn't even Digit-al Dozen week. LOL! I've been so busy lately that I haven't had much time for blogging, which has put me behind. Because of that I've spent every spare moment trying to swatch and get caught up. But this has not left anytime for nail art and I have not been enjoying my nails like I normally do. So last night I decided I was going to do something fun. I spent over 4 hours trying to pull off a successful water marble. I wasn't happy with the results, but I think I have figured out what I was doing wrong and plan on trying again soon. Even though my attempts weren't successful, I did have a lot of fun trying. And then I decided I was going to put on something I could wear as a full mani and just have fun looking at.

*Both brands featured in this post are having Labor Day sales so make sure you check out their social media accounts!*

I recently received the Darling Diva Polish Hug My Face Collection (AKA the Alien Collection) to review and they are so stunning. I couldn't wait to play with them! I will have full swatches soon, but for now, here's a little sneak peek.

Digit-al Dozen Does Patterns on Patterns -Day 5: Sparkly Shadow Stripes

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Good evening! I have one last post to finish up Digit-al Dozen Week. I know it's late, but better late than never, right? And I am super happy with this one too!

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Digit-al Dozen Does Pattern on Pattern - Day 1: Sketchy Gradient

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Hello! Digit-al Dozen Week is back! And, of course, I'm off to a late start! This week's theme is "pattern on pattern," which is proving quite challenging. But it's also producing some gorgeous manis from my fellow Digit-al Dozen-ers. This is the second mani I did for today. I hated the way the first one turned out so I went in a completely different direction and I really love the end result!

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13 Days of January Nail Art Challenge: Rainbow

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Happy Hump Day! Today's prompt in the 13 Days of Nail Art Challenge is rainbow! I've been craving some neons lately so I thought I'd use one of my favorite collections and have some fun with neons!

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Ornamental Glow

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Happy Thursday! It's hard to believe it's only one week until Christmas! I am more behind this year than I have ever been. I will be finishing up my shopping this weekend, and there are still a few decorations I haven't put up yet! I am usually pretty early and on top of everything so it's driving me crazy to feel like I'm behind. But it will all get done, right?! 

And because I've been so busy, I haven't had much time for blogging or nail art, which makes me sad. I have so many ideas floating around in my head but haven't had time to sit down and execute them. BUT, I did have a little bit of time (late on Saturday night) to try a radial gradient. Well, try again. This was my 3rd attempt at a radial gradient and the first one I've been happy with!

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Subtle Autumn Gradient

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Good morning! I thought it would be nice to kick off the week with a subtle but pretty gradient perfect for Fall. 

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Halloween Haze

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Happy Hump Day! Today I have a Halloween mani that I really love and have enjoyed wearing! It was also very easy to create! 

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Cotton Candy Diamonds

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Happy Friday! Today's theme or the 31 Day Challenge is "inspired by a pattern." I didn't really have anything in mind so I took to Pinterest and started browsing. I ran across this pattern and thought it was very pretty and different than anything else I've done in the challenge.

To create this look I used the following polishes:

Elevation Polish Wagagai - base and tip color (from the upcoming Africa Collection for October, swatches coming soon!)

Zoya Kirtridge and OPI Mod About You - pink (layered)

OPI Rumples Wiggin and KBShimmer Hugs & Wishes - purple (layered)

Wet 'n Wild I Need a Reresh-Mint (blue)

After I created the gardient I added top coat. Once it was completely dry I used KBShimmer Nail Vinyls and butter LONDON matte top coat to create the diamonds. 

I love the way this turned out! When I told my mom I was using pastels to create my nail art look today her reply was, "that's so not you." Hahaha! She's right. Pastels aren't usually my thing but I do love this mani.

Thanks for reading and happy polishing! ♥

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