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Terrazzo Inspired Nails

 Hey everyone! Will speed-race past a whole 'sorry I have been away' write-up and just go straight to the goods. I apologize in advance for my VERY dry cuticles (I cleaned up as much as I could in edit mode.. but, still bad) - I have been applying oil and lotions multiple times per day for.. weeks.. and.. no beneficial results, sadly. I went with terrazzo print inspired nails for this go-round. I started with a base coat, then OPI I Cannoli Wear OPI, then, using the brush for the each nail polish, I went in with: OPI Suzi Shops & Island Hops, OPI Sailing & Nail-ing, OPI Amazon...Amazoff, China Glaze Liquid Leather, China Glaze Sweet Hook, Essie Chinchilly, Color Club Je Ne Sasi Quoi, and Sally Hansen White On - then finally topped with Seche Vite. I am hoping to slowly creep back into regularly posting new content here - so, stay tuned!

Blonde Tortoise

Hello everyone! I am not going to do a full write-up on my absence and such, just wanted to share these gem nails. I have been painting my nails/nail art'ing it up this entire time, but a lot of stuff I have done hasn't made me inspired enough to post it.. until now! I came across THESE NAILS on instagram by Nailthoughts and wanted to do something like that.. and I liked the results a lot. I feel like mine are a little more 'grungey', which is usually where I like to take my nail art. I used: Essie First Base Base Coat OPI Don't Touch My Tutu! Elevation Polish (label sticker is off, but the dark brown from the tortoise shell collection) Orly Liquid Vinyl Gold Flake Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat That is all for now - have an excellent day!

Neutral Dots

Hey everyone! Long time, no blog. I have just been soso bad about getting photos of my nails.. going to try to end the year on a high note. Fingers crossed! I apologize for how drrrry my hands/cuticles look in these photos. You know how you know that your hands are dry, but you don't think they are that bad, and maybe they aren't, but a photo makes it look 50x worse? That. I was able to snap up this set of 4 Butter London gem polishes awhile back.. very neutral, but it had a particular shade I had been eyeing.. but that is not what I have used here, naturally. I used: China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat Butter London Ta-ta! Sally Hansen White On! Dotting Tool Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat That is all for today. I have mostly been wearing a wealth of polka dotted nail art.. there is something I want to re-visit from a couple of years back - will probably do that this weekend, and then keep going from there. Halloween is on the horizon.. so.. that will be a

Soft Grunge Nails

Hey everyone! Today is my last of the backlogged blog posts - yay! I have some delicate grunge-y nails.. huge fan of grunge-y nails with a hint of girly/glam. I used: China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat OPI Don't Cry Over Spilled Milkshakes Lise Watier Seductive Envy Fan Brush Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat I did three coats of the base, then fan brushed over the gold. Love the effect! That is all for today, see you all again soon!

Geometric Purple Nails

Hey everyone! Today I have my take on THESE nails. My sister had sent me the photo saying I should do them because she was with me with I bought a nail polish that looked like the base. I wish I had made my lines a tad thinner, but I still like them! I used: China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat Essence Space Glam Sally Hansen Get Mod Brush Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat That is all for today! See you again soon!

Pastel Nail Braids

Hey everyone! Sadly, when I was getting the photos ready for this post, I had little cat hairs on almost every photo. This one photo that was salvageable did have two hairs, but I think I edited them out well enough to post it. I bought a few shades from the OPI Grease collection, and am lovvving them! These nails use 3 of the shades. I used: China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat OPI Meet A Boy Cute As Can Be OPI Pink Ladies Rule The School OPI Was It All Just A Dream? Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat That is all for today! See you all again soon!

Cobalt Blue + Copper Stars

Hey everyone! Just going to toss up a few posts in the next few days, as I have some backlogged posts.. This was a look using some cobalt blue polish - a friend had sent me a photo of some nails using a similar shade, and I needed to have that colour on asap.. this was the result. I used: China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat Models Own HyperGel Bermuda Blue Sally Hansen Terra-Coppa Star Nail Vinyls from My Nails Did Vinyls Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat That is all for today! See you again soon with some new posts!