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Fall Leaves: Twinsie Tuesday - Inspired by the Weather

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A Weekly Dose of Rainbows: Celestial Rainbow

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Twinsie Tuesday: Match Your Nails to Your Car

I'm pretty happy with how this week's Twinsie Tuesday mani turned out even though it is plain and simple! I cheated a little, but my nails legit match a car that is owned by someone in my immediate family, so not really!

Twinsie Tuesday - Endometriosis Awareness

Today the Twinsies are doing yellow awareness manis. 

I chose Ulta Sun-Sational for my base, and topped it with Sally Hansen Glass Slipper.

Barielle - Miami Heat: Summer 2014 Keys Collection

We're finally to the end of the Barielle Keys polishes! The last feature is Miami Heat.

Anonymous Lacquer - Like a Virgin Collection

I am excited to announce and introduce a brand new indie line today: Anonymous Lacquer! Anonymous Lacquer is always 3-free, and hand-mixed with raw ingredients.

The creator, Mill, sent me her first collection, called Like a Virgin, to swatch; plus an extra that she hasn't released yet.

For starters, the collection consists of five polishes named after songs from the 1980's: Torun to My Blue Crush, Ruby Baby We Miss You, Purple Rain-bows, Moon Walking, and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun on Moons & Stars.

((WARNING: This post will be very picture-heavy, with a few shots per polish, including macros.))

Summertime Safari Skittles

It has been a while since I did animal print nails, so I figured it was about time!

Twinsie Tuesday - What’s Your Sign?

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For today's theme, we had to create manis based on our astrological signs. I am an October baby, so I started by attempting an opalesque (my birthstone) background. I sponged Essie Lapis of Luxury, Julep Nikki, Zoya Elodie, and China Glaze Dance Baby on my nails, then added a coat of Julep Melissa and Finger Paints Twisted.

Essie Power Clutch + As Gold as it Gets

Meh. I don't know about this one...

Flakie/Glitter Layering and Homemade Peel-Off Base Coat Experiment

Using Elmer's (or any type of) school glue as a peel-off base coat has been popular lately, so I decided to finally try it out.

I had a preliminary fear of it, I didn't want to end up peeling off a layer of my nail or anything! But I figured a little  buffing could always take care of that if it happened.

When debating on what polish to try it with, I thought shimmers, glitters, and flakies are the hardest to remove, so I'd layer all three and test that. Over 2 coats of a 3/4 glue and 1/4 tap water mix, I started out with one coat of a shimmer, My Favorite Martian from Confetti, put a coat of Zoya Apple over that, and finished with 2 coats of Sinful Colors' flakie Green Ocean.

Flakies for Freedom

The base for this mani was inspired by a look done by TrailerHood Chic in which she sandwiched Finger Paints Mötley in Revlon Royal.

It was really hard to capture a good picture of it, but I loved the look of the flakies layered between the jelly so much that I had to recreate it for myself!

Layering Lizards

I had the desire to do some more layering, so I started this one out with a green franken polish:

Then I added 1 coat of Pure Ice Oh Baby! And two coats of Finger Paints Twisted:

Ruined it

Remember when I showed you Pure ICE's All Night Long the other day?

Well, I went and destroyed it with a pearl and a flakie!

I never layer, at least not with more than two total polishes, so I figured I'd give it a try. Since this was my first layering, I just used two other colors. I added a coat of Sally Hansen's South Sea Pearl, followed by a coat of Finger Paints' Twisted.

Don't judge... It's pretty horrific... Don't say I didn't warn you...

What's Better Than Nail Mail? V2.0

Is that not the cutest little box you've ever seen in your whole life?! 

MORE nail mail! =D
I placed an order for some of the wonderful jewelry that Meredith from Polish and Charms makes and it arrived the other day!


If you haven't yet done so, you should definitely check out her Etsy shop!

Flecked

I love how the green shines against black in this one!

Lamplight

Flashy

I got 3 of the 5 new Special Effects from Finger Paints and this is 1 coat of Flashy over 1 coat of (I was feeling lazy and uncreative) Sally Hansen's Black Heart.

Las estrellas y la luna; ellas me dicen dónde voy

Desperado was on t.v. a couple of weeks ago. Is it sad not that my first thought was "ooohhh I love that movie, I am going to watch it (twice in a row)!", but that my second thought was "O.O I wanna do Desperado nails!!"? =P