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Good Morning! Today's the last day you have to hear me crappin' on about St. Patrick's day! I wanted to create a "work appropriate" look for those who may not be allowed to rock some bright green/gold/rainbow/shamrock-y nails at work! If this is too wild still, you could always do these dots just on one finger. This is a dot gradient of OPI Amazon...Amazoff on top of OPI Don't Bossa Nova Me Around (which you need in your life. Trust me!) I am seriously loving this mod look lately!  direct sun  natural light indoors This was screaming at me to matte, I've really neglected my matte lately before this week! I had a feeling....and....  direct sun  shade WOWZA this is my fav (below)!!! Why do I love this so much??????  indoor natural light

Hi guys! Ok. Guys. This is THE HARDEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE that's nail related. I'm not even kidding! I'm not terrible at watermarbling BUT doing this clover-thingy was really getting me! I took 3 days, 9 cups, and 5 dips to get this, one that I only about 90% like. I'm calling at a win! Either my colors ran together, my clover disappeared when I tried to bring it together, I got numerous air and water bubbles, you name it. Basically every problem you could ever have watermarbling (that I don't usually have) I ran in to! I was determined to get on that was a least usable! Aside from that, how gorgeous is China Glaze Four Leaf Clover??? This was on my wish list forever and I found it at a random grocery store for super cheap. Yay! This is my first time using it! The gold is CG Angel Wings. It dries a little matte, so I added topcoat to all nails.  natural light, overcast day Then I added matte topcoat to it, because I NEED to get as much mileage out...

Hey guys! Happy Friday! Here's one of  my favorite looks for St. Patrick's Day, just simple green and gold! Polishes used: OPI Jade is the New Black and All Sparkly and Gold.  shade

Hi! I'm just keeping the St. Paddy's Day train going! I tried to do a design like this last year and it just didn't come out right. I'm pretty sure it was before I really realized the value of scotch tape! Ha! Polishes I used here are all Zoya Pixiedusts. I scored a whole ton of them for super cheap during the Flash Promos they did this past December. Yay! Let see if I can remember them all.... green: Chita gold: Tomoko red: Chyna orange: Beatrix yellow: Solange blue: Sunshine purple: Carter gold: Tomoko Ok, I had to cheat and look again at the name of the orange one. So sue me! I'm not sure why my nail with just Tomoko looks kind of bare in the pic. It's two coats and looks totally opaque in person!  direct sun Even though this next pic is in the shade and doesn't show the sparkle as much, it's my favorite! Also, how gorgous is Chita? Never gets old!   shade Then I added topcoat. When adding topcoat to textures I usua...

Hey guys! You sick of green nails yet? Not me! I don't give my Essie's much love lately and I'm trying to change that. This is Essie Mojito Madness with Beyond Cozy on the tips. I have a love/hate relationship with Beyond Cozy, I loooooove how sparkly and pretty it is but I've had it around a year and it is sooo goopy! I've tried to thin it and it doesn't seem to help. Sad face.  shade

Hey guys! I am so loving my  pixiedusts STILL! This green is Chita. This is ONE COAT yall! I probably could have done 2 on my first finger, maybe I applied it too thin. On my ring finger is Zoya Godiva, a neutral nude sparkly Pixiedust. I've also noticed something....anytime I make shamrocks I don't join up my leaves. Weird right? shade

Happy Monday! I hope you guys like St. Patrick's Day as much as I do...because I have a ton of designs coming up for you this week! First up is a collaboration with my friend Danele of Low Country Lacquer . We met through Instagram! She asked me to do "Bestie Twin Nails" with her, which is a popular tag. We came up with this design together and I really love it! On my thumb (which you can see below in the collage) is OPI Jade is the New Black with Sinful Colors Green ocean. The other colors I used are: OPI Gargantuan Green Grape (green version, the lighter green), OPI Jade is the New Black (darker green), OPI Alpine Snow (white), OPI Love.Angel.Music.Baby (gold, with topcoat)  natural light Here is her version! Check out her blog for the colors she used!  Low Country Lacquer Here is our collage. Aren't we cute???  We're twins! Before I took this off I had to see what it looked like matte. Loved it!  matte in direct sun

Hey guys! Here are some super simple and chic St. Patrick's Day nails. This is just green glitter layered over black. Polishes I used are Onyx and Fresh Frog of Bel Air by OPI. My camera was totally wigging out with the sparkles and the sun!  direct sun  shade I am really loving this combo!  natural light indoors I love this even more with matte topcoat!  shade Wowza this is my favorite!  natural light indoors

Hey guys! This is a late post for today because a certain bottle of brand new polish WOULD NOT open and let me swatch my beautiful new textures. Thanks to my friends on Instagram for all your tips and I did get it open! But ...... too late for today. So I just did a simple St. Patricks Day mani, a "jelly sandwich" with Essie Marshmallow and Orly Mermaid's Tale. also, yay sun!  sun

Here is a place for all those "other" spring holidays....reasons to be festive but not enough for their own category! Preppy argyle Mardi Gras Nails     King cake Nails (Cinnamon cake with icing and sprinkles!)  St Patrick's Day nails (rainbow chevron)   St Patrick's Day shamrock St. Patricks day Irish flag mix and match patterns: argyle and plaid St Patricks day Irish flag dots