31 Day Challenge: Day 12 - Popcorn

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Hello! I have a fun look for today's prompt in the 31 Day Challenge! Today's theme is stripes and I took inspiration one again from Sheila at Pointless Cafe. I had a horrible headache most of the day and was lacking inspiration for this prompt when I started feeling better. Then I remembered her fun popcorn nail art and thought I'd give it a try!

31 Day Challenge: Day 6 - Violet Stripes and Dots

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Hello! I've fallen behind on the 31 Day Challenge - but better late than never, right? So I am trying to play catch-up and have Day 6 to show you tonight! I took inspiration for this mani from Sheila at Pointless Cafe and I love how it turned out!

Cozy Sweater

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Good evening! Today's prompt in the 31 Day Challenge is "half moons." I love half moon manis on other people but I've never been very fond of them on myself. They just don't look right on me for some reason. But I decided I was going to try something I've never tried before and really push myself - freehanding the half moons. And then I decided to take it even further and make the curved stripes extend all the way down my nail. It ended up reminding me of a cozy sweater! Not that I get to wear those here, in Arizona, but a girl can dream!

I started off with a base of Elevation Polish Cerro Torre 2 (nude) and then worked from the base to the tip with my striping brush. I am quite pleased with how this turned out for my first attempt at so many curved lines! I am not usually the best at working freekand and creating curves and circles. Maybe I just need more practice!

Polishes I used in this mani are (from base to tip):

Elevation Polish The Arches (rust)
Elevation Polish Cerro Torre 2 (nude)

Zoya Louise (brown)

Zoya Dree (green)

Pahlish The Wish of a Golden Fish (orange holo)

Zoya Ryan (blue)

Thanks for reading and happy polishing! ♥

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Textured Stars and Stripes with KBShimmer's 6th Anniversary Collection

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Tonight I have a fun mani featuring KBShimmer's 6th Anniversary Collection. This collection is a trio of super fun colors and I think they all go really well together!

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Fashion on my Fingertips - Nail Art Post ♥

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Good evening! Just a quick post tonight to show you a mani I did on Saturday and am still currently wearing. I was going to a birthday dinner and wanted to match the pattern of my shirt on my nails. I am pretty happy with how it turned out!

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Sation Unicorns Are Teal and I'm So Ogre It - Swatches, Review and Nail Art! ♥

Good day everyone! I have a new-to-me brand to show you today (as well as a few others from this brand to show you throughout the rest of the week)!

Sation Nail Lacquer is 3-Free and Cruelty Free and I am very impressed with them so far! The brush is flat and easy to work with and the polish applied very smoothly.  I decided to do a little nail art with them so let's look at that first.

I used Unicorns Are Teal and I'm So Ogre It to create this nail look. I wanted something different and fun so I combined several different looks. I love how it turned out! (Any bubbles in the photo are from my topcoat, not the polish itself.)

Sation Nail Art

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Unicorns Are Teal is a bright teal creme. My camera had a lot of trouble capturing the true color of this one. It is slightly more green than it appears in my photos. Very fun and great for Spring and Summer. I used 2 coats of this one on all nails except my pinkie, where I used 3. You can see there is slight VNL on the other fingers but went away completely on my pinkie. This bottle of polish did have a few stray "dark spots" where it seemed the pigment hadn't been completely mixed. I did not have this in any of the other bottles I received so I assume it was just a fluke. No topcoat for the photos. 

Sation Unicorns Are Teal

Sation Unicorns Are Teal

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I'm So Ogre It (how cute is that name?!) is a medium grey creme. No problems with application but I did use 3 coats of this one for complete opacity. No topcoat for the photos. 

Sation I'm So Ogre It

Sation I'm So Ogre It

What do you think of these? I really like them! They are so shiny on their own! I can't wait to show you the others this week!


Sation polishes are available at select TJ Maxx, Marshallls & Winners (Canada) stores, as well as online at http://store.misspn.com/. They retail for $5 online. 


I will be back tonight with a new weekly blog feature that I am excited to show you guys!


Thanks for reading and happy polishing! ♥


*PR samples provided for my honest review. 

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Black and White and Red All Over... ♥

Happy Thursday! We are creeping closer to the weekend and that makes me a happy woman! 

I have some fun nail art to show you today. I had been wanting to do a red, black and white mani for a while but everything I tried didn't turn out like I wanted it to. I was playing around last night and came up with this and I love it!

I used Cult Nails Annalicious as my base - once that was dry I sponged white, very carefully, over that and let it dry. I then used striping tape and a plain black creme to create the stripes.  I used Lynnderella Connect the Dots on my accent nails. All topped off with one coat of Poshe.

Black, white and red mani

Black, white and red mani

Black, white and red mani

I hope you enjoyed this mani! I am loving it today!


Thanks for reading and happy polishing! ♥

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31 Day Challenge Day Twelve - Stripes!

Howdy everyone! Today is Day 12 of the 31 Day Challenge - stripes. I wasn't so sure about this one and I am not 100% happy with the outcome but I love the colors and how they play together.

For 3 of my nails I went with the design I saw on Chalkboard Nails for her "Yellow Day" mani. I then did random "jagged" stripes for my accent nail. All nails were done using tape. I used Zoya Kendal as my base, Zoya Mira as my middle color and Cult Nails Vicious on my tips. All were topped with one coat of Poshe.

Stripe Manicure

Stripe Manicure

Stripe Manicure

Don't forget to check out the other awesome bloggers participating in the challenge below! If you'd like to join the 30/31 Day Challenge, go here to grab the codes to embed in your posts for the next 30 days and add your post using the link below!  

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