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Hello fellow land dwelling friends! We are back from our vacation where we went on another Disney Cruise! We have done a few now and they have been the best trips our family has ever been on. This was our first voyage on one of the classic ships. Can not recommend enough! This was the longest cruise we have done, and I took the most footage ever. It will take me a little bit to sort through it all! I plan on several blog posts and a video. I can't decide whether to divide it up by day or category (food, entertainment, ports, etc) so I'm open to any and all suggestions! I'm starting today with the mani I created and wore the whole time! I was really indecisive about what to do, and therefore waited until the last minute to do these nails and was up entirely too late the night before we left! Once I finally decided on a color palette this is what followed, 2 hours later!

Hello! I know it's after Christmas but I still have holiday things to post :) Today I have a mani I did well before Christmas but never got to write about it and post it. I got the idea to do different holiday themes of my most popular mani ever, my Mickey nails! You can see the original post  HERE from 2014   way back from 3 years ago! (don't laugh at them) And then my  Thanksgiving 2016 version here.  Today I have the Christmas version! Christmas Mickey and Minnie nails The polishes I used are: Lighter shimmery red: OPI Innie Minnie Mighty Bow Green: OPI Jade is the New Black Darker red glitter jelly: OPI Underneath the Mistletoe OPI Black Onyx   (black) and OPI Alpine Snow   (white under the buttons) Red Texture: OPI Magazine Cover Mouse (which is one of my fav textures and I use all the time!) The Minnie themed polishes are from the OPI Minnie Couture collection that came out a few years ago, I only have a few from that coll...

Hey guys! Merry Christmas Eve! I hope everyone is chilling at home or with family and not stressing to much ;) Today I have more information on the inspired nail art from the Lush Mistletoe bath bomb I posted about yesterday! I chose  Zoya Eden  for the darker pink and   Zoya Wednesday  for the darker green. The lighter green is  Zoya Tiana  and the lighter pink is Zoya Kitridge. I stamped with Eden and Wednesday, they worked pretty well! Here's another look at my typical yet messy setup. I set out the bath bomb and comb though my polishes for matching colors. I also have to try out each polish to find ones that stamp well since I don't have "stamping" polishes, and sometimes I have to pick out other colors that are more opaque. The plates I used are Moyou festive collection 08 for the owls and hearts and  Moyou Festive Collection 06  for the holly. I don't have a plate that has mistletoe on it, plus holly is cute...

Hey guys! Today I have the Golden Wonder bath bomb from Lush. I got this one based off my in-person smell test at my local store before I made my online order. It has your typical combo of orange oil and lime oil with cognac oil. I think it's designed to smell like a cocktail but to me it comes across as a very typical Lush item smell..very clean and fresh. This bath bomb is HUGE!! I don't know if it really translates in the picture but it's way bigger than the regular round bath bombs. It's also covered in lustre....which y'all know is not really my bag. I had a hard time figuring a way to hold if for the pictures and I kept getting it all over myself. It made me kind of dread the bath, even though it's so pretty and smells so good! When you put it in the water it starts fizzing immediately and turns the water yellow. Luckily,  surprisingly bright turquoise bubbles come out quickly and start transforming the water. Golden Wonde...

Hey guys! Today I have more on the mani I posted about  yesterday  inspired by the Lush Peeping Santa bubble bar. He's just so cute, it was a no brainer when I was searching for things to inspire nail art! I started with Zoya Aphrodite  (red), Purity  (white), and Codie (brown) for my color pallet. I used latex because you can't mess around with red-it loves to stain your cuticles! My original idea was to use the candy cane striped image on the  Moyou Festive collection 06 plate . I practiced several times on paper..... Guys. I tried. Like, 3 times. It kept getting that fold/wrinkle in it! How infuriating! And in different places every time. Every time of repainting that nail, waiting to dry, the whole thing. Am I pressing too hard? My base layer not dry enough? Ugh, I finally gave up and just painted that nail red. I went ahead with the other nail while I was waiting for the first one to dry and used nail vinyls to tape of...

Hello! Can y'all believe Christmas is in one week ?? I never feel ready! Today I have a closer look at the Lush Christmas Penguin bubble bar inspired nail art! If you missed that post check it out  here. Anytime I need a blue I go straight for my OPIs because I have the most of them. OPI No Room for the Blues   was the best match!  I used OPI Tiffany case on my first finger, which is a sparkly blue textured polish, and Where did Suzi's man-go for the orange creme. Zoya Beatrix  is the orange texture.  To make the penguin nail I picked up the whole image and then used scotch tape to remove the part I didn't want. Then I did the same with the second color. I'm still practicing a looooot with my stamping before it actually goes on my nail. Passes the time waiting for it to dry! Here is a look at the  Moyou Enchanted 05 plate , isn't it just gorgeous??? I used the littler snowflake image on the left that matched the border on t...

Hey guys! Here is more on my Lush Shoot for the Stars Mani as promised! My mom has been visiting this week and I thought I'd still maintain my blog schedule but I wound up just taking the time off the hang with her! I've also (unrelated) lost my voice! I'd love any suggestions on how to cure laryngitis....vocal rest is not an option!! The base color is my beloved OPI Ogre the Top Blue, which I vowed to steal from a friend until I found my own. Actually, I think I ordered it from Amazon! It's fairly hard to find now. The gold stamping is (obviously) OPI 50 Years of Style and a light coating of China Glaze Fairy Dust , of course! I swear it matches more in real life than in this pic! If you missed my review of the amazing  Shoot for the Stars bath bomb you can see it  HERE .  This is my typical process, I practice stamping *alot* before on my nails. I wasn't sure how well the gold would show up over the dark blue.  For the individu...

Today I have the follow up with more details about my Snowie inspired nail art, which I posted yesterday, click here  to see if you missed it! First, can we talk about what OPI I Juggle...Men did on my nail? When I applied my topcoat ( I used Seche Vite  here) it totally wrinkled up??? When this happened I all of the sudden remembered reading about this happening to another blogger years ago when this polish came out. I used it on another nail with out topcoat and it did the same thing. Such a bummer, its such a pretty holo topper! The red/orange is OPI My Paprika is Hotter than yours and the blue is OPI Can't Find My Czechbook (which I'm using a lot lately....heck year round!)  what the heck??? For the stamped snowflake like nails I used the Pueen Fairy Tale Lover 01 plate  . I just used a dotting tool for the dots and Lightning bolt nail vinyls for the bolt....It got a little tricky to place the blue shadow for the bolt. I didn't feel like wait...

Hello! Today I have lots more on the Lush Autumn Leaf Bath Bomb inspired nails! Of course ;) I grabbed my new stamping stuff. For some reason I keep being drawn to this   Pueen Nature Lover 01 plate ! I feel like its all I use lately! Go figure. These are the colors I picked from my collection that I felt like best matched the colors of the bath bomb. Picture Polish: Watermelon, Sorbet, and Honeydew Here's a little glimpse of the maddness that becomes my desk, ha ha. I thought I took a picture of combining the polishes on the plate but I guess I didn't! You can see the came concept in my post  here. I started with a white base and then used my liquid latex to protect my nails and reduce cleanup. Also, sometimes I don't always use it with lighter colors but my skin is extra dry lately and it absorbs more polish and is harder to clean. I combined the polish on the plates and experimented with about a hundred different options before I found on...