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Hey guys! Sorry I didn't get this up yesterday as promised but I was super busy and blogging is not at the top of my priority list most days! In fact for the next week I'm taking a little break. There are some things around here that need my attention and the past few weeks have been very nail-time-hogging! Just lots of things came down at once and lots of other nail-related things have taken a back seat so it's time to get caught up! :) Anyhoo, below is a really cool snapshot from Iconosquare.com, a website where you can get all kinds of cool stats about your Instagram account! I love it! wow! I wanted to share a little about how I got started. I'll try  not to be too wordy! Two years ago the Mr. was traveling overseas and I found my self with some free time after the kids were in bed! I was decorating for Halloween at the time and had decided I like the candy-corn theme and colors the best. I was googling up "candy corn Halloween decorations" and Lo...

Hey guys! Guess what?? Today is my first Instagram anniversary...meaning when I first decided to start a nails only account in conjunction with taking the plunge and doing a 30 day nail art challenge. I had no idea what I was doing and no idea this would turn into what it did! On tomorrow's blog I'll have more about what inspired me, the first nail art I ever saw on the internet (yes I remember!) and I may even share some of my early work ;) But today, I have something super fun! I have made some really awesome friendships with ladies I've met in this community! Some of the most awesome ladies I've met are Danele, Marcella, and Aly, and we have formed a little group called The Glitter Gals! We have already done a few collaboration manis which you can see here for July 4th  and here for ocean colors colorblock  . We basically decide on a design and all do the same thing in our own way! (I don't think I've ever explained that here!) Click Read More for polishes us...

Hey guys! I'm not wanting the fun of Picture Polish Blog/Insta Fest to be over!  So here are some simple swatches of the 2 shades I was given to create art with! I'm keeping this short and sweet with lots of pretty pics ;) First up is Malt Teaster, a gorgeous milk chocolately brown. The formula is amazing, smooth like buttah, almost a one coater but I used 2.  sun  shade  sun  shade Next is Fairy Floss, a blue toned cotton candy pink. (Fairy Floss is what they call cotton candy in Australia!) Again, 2 coats, super smooth formula! Love! This one is quite the chameleon, it looks so different in different lighting! All these pics were taken outside, and I feel like the first one is the most true to life color. I don't color correct my photos, so yall can really see the difference! I put the lighting in the captions below the pics.   cloud cover  sun  cool shade  warm shade  shade  sun

Hey guys! Boy have I been waiting for this day! It has been soooooo hard to keep this to myself for 4 months!  I have been chosen to participate in Picture Polish's Blogfest this year! With half my in-laws living in Australia and my husband being Australian I was drawn to this brand as soon as I dove into the nail world and have been nothing but amazed with their product! I am so lucky to be chosen :) They sent me 3 polishes to review and create a tutorial for using their newest product, Nail Vinyls! These are pre-cut vinyls that make it easy to create chevrons and many other designs on your nails! (These are not made by Picture Polish rather they are just going to be carrying them!) Picture Polish is now going to be carrying an exclusive 4-pack including chevrons, mini chevrons, straight, and right angles along with all their polishes. All the participants this year were sent varying sets of nail vinyls to show you how you can use them with Picture Polish to create fun and ea...

Hey guys! Today I have the second half of the Zoya Fall 2014 Collection called the Ignite Collection! Zoya is calling these "Liquid Metallics" and they are really gorgeous! I already reviewed the first half of the collection, the Entice Collection of cremes, which you can see here.  Click Read more after the collage for the swatches!  Zoya Ignite

Hey Guys! I have another mani swap today! I am really loving these lately....they are so fun :) Today I swapped with my friend Tracy in Australia (hence the late in the day post!) It was really hard to choose but these are what I chose. I even had all the same polishes she used except one! She chose my Neon Colorblock  I did back in April and did them better than I did! For more pics and polishes used click Read More! sun Please excuse the dry hands, my digits have been quite busy this month. Some days they show the effects of it more than others! clouds The polished used were: Base: OPI Alpine Snow First white: OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls Light gray: Zoya Dove Darker gray: China Glaze Recycle Black: OPI Black Onyx (this was the only non duplicate polish!) I'm super happy with the way these came out. I'm really getting along with the striping tape lately! sun