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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! Today and tomorrow I'm reviewing the new Zoya Naturel2 transitional fall collection! How gorgeous are these brown and plum shades!! I die! I used all 6 of the colors to create this look, and I used the 4 lightest shades as the background colors. I wanted to see how opaque they were over each other. Turns out, very! :)  sun

Hey guys! I promise not every post is going to be like this but....the newness hasn't worn off yet of these awesome Design Seeds Palates! The next one I chose is an ocean theme....shocker. My lines this time didn't come out as crisp as they normally do because I was a little rushed...so is things these days. I'm not happy with the way my middle finger came out but I didn't have time to redo it. I will try not to make this one as wordy as last time! lighting: cloudy lighting: shade This is the palate I chose. ahhhhhhh from Design-Seeds.com Polishes used, from left:   Essie Naughty Nautical Essie Turquoise and Caicos Essie Sand Tropez Essie Masimillian strasse-her Fresh Paint Coconut (used as the base) OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons Hard Candy King of Pop ( I threw in the extra glitter because it matched and I felt it really went with them with I saw it sitting on my desk!) **I swear I don't have a lot of Essies....but I ha...

Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited for this post! I have been waiting forever and it has been sooooo hard! My friend Alaina from The Little Canvas is featuring ME as the Nail Artist of the Month on her blog! She was pretty much the first friend I made in this new world and her designs are super cute! For the post I decided to do what is probably my favorite look, color blocking! I used all 3 of the Zoya Peter Som Trio polishes I just got recently! You can see individual swatches of them HERE! I just love how this came out, obviously! using striping tape can be a little tricky, and I still especially have trouble with creme polishes! But I'm getting better :) I have a quick little tutorial at the end! sun shade I started with 2 coats of Zoya Purity as my basecoat. I let it dry for several hours before I taped. Zoya Purity When you are ready to tape, it helps to have your tape pieces cut up ahead of time. I just stick them to the front of my desk (which need...