tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73739129751693092652024-03-05T12:27:44.330-06:00Fancy PhalangesAlyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06552257820435489151noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373912975169309265.post-90241946364922222622014-01-10T21:15:00.000-06:002014-01-10T21:15:47.821-06:00Top 25(ish) Polishes of 2013!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Even though I haven't been blogging regularly, I still paint my nails quite often. There have been some beautiful polishes this year and I've decided to swatch out my top 25 or so. Whenever I use a polish in my spreadsheet, I rate it 1-5 stars. These are my 5 star polishes released in 2013 that I've gotten to use so far.</div>
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So let's see what types of polishes drew my eye this year:</div>
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<b>Color:</b> 26% were blue, 23% were green and 19% were blue. Quite characteristic.</div>
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<b>Brand:</b> 23% were Zoya, 15% were Picture Polish and Orly, KBShimmer, Julie G and Digital Nails each made up 7%.</div>
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<b>Price Range:</b> 30% were salon polishes, 27% were indies and 15% were foreign.</div>
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<b>Finish:</b> 30% texture, 30% holographic, 23% glitter</div>
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<b>#25 SquareHue Flower Power</b></div>
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This green is a gorgeous, happy green. It was kinda streaky on the first coat, but perfect on the second. I had my doubts including this in my top 25, but one I got it on the nail, I knew it had to be there.</div>
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<b>#24 Color Club Mamba</b></div>
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I picked this one up at an outlet store on vacation. It is the PERFECT red. Rarely needs more than one coat on me. I reached for this one countless times for Christmas manis and Texas Tech game day nails.</div>
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<b>#23 Zoya Miranda</b></div>
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Texture was probably my favorite thing of 2013. I cannot get enough of them! I didn't get Miranda at first, but the pink is so pretty and feminine! It reminds me of a princess.</div>
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<b> #22 OPI Jinx</b></div>
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I also hesitated buying this one at first since there were so many orange textures that came out around the same time. I am so glad I bought this! It's got a touch of pink and a gorgeous gold shimmer. Summer in a bottle!</div>
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<b>#21 Orly Melodious Utopia and #21.5 Elevation Stay Behind, Catch a Wave</b></div>
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I absolutely love these two together! Melodious Utopia has a gorgeous pink shimmer I couldn't quite capture. Stay Behind in a lovely aqua shade and CIRCLES!</div>
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<b>#20 Colores de Carol April Fools</b></div>
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This polish makes me so incredible happy. It's a white based glitter, the glitters are square, it's got rainbow glitter and it's named after my birthday! It's like it was made for me. It's like a party on my nails! There is a little VNL after 3 coats, but I like it. I'd like it more if my nails were more even :/ </div>
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<b>#19 Orly Sparkling Garbage</b></div>
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Sparkling Garbage is too thin to make it looks its best alone, so I layered it over Cult Nails Riot. Riot complements Sparkling Garbage's teal-ish color and is a great base for it!</div>
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<b>#18 Zoya Liberty</b></div>
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Another texture. I really can't get over them. This shade of blue it just so stinking gorgeous. It's like ground up jewels on my nails. </div>
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<b>#17 Sinful Colors Pine Away</b></div>
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A metallic green? How could I not love this? Another favorite for Christmas manicures.</div>
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<b>#16 Salon Perfect Green Room</b></div>
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This seafoamy/teal-ish halographic underwhelmed me at first. But outside, it blew my socks off.</div>
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<b>#15 Picture Polish Hope</b></div>
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My first Picture Polish on this list! They make gorgeous polishes and this is no exception! A gorgeous deep blue scattered holo with glitter.</div>
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<b>#14 Picture Polish Ocean</b></div>
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Picture Polish nails scattered holos. The blue of this is perfect for the name Ocean. Beautiful! I should've gone for one more coat.</div>
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<b>#13 KBShimmer Get Clover It</b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8iAsxIXdVuLT_XeTznd4PSNhY7kMKwl8VhRFawuA1f4UT-eMEndtQy4INUrIqXKaId90-SXx_IpegMJvM5EIuUwXC_Rm3F-PVkl1iHyz5bBGbTzkDaMg5ZyClXi7l2oRG3m7wxzDdv0/s1600/IMG_8871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8iAsxIXdVuLT_XeTznd4PSNhY7kMKwl8VhRFawuA1f4UT-eMEndtQy4INUrIqXKaId90-SXx_IpegMJvM5EIuUwXC_Rm3F-PVkl1iHyz5bBGbTzkDaMg5ZyClXi7l2oRG3m7wxzDdv0/s1600/IMG_8871.JPG" height="320" width="320" /></a></div>
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KBShimmer always has amazing polishes. I love the green base with sparkle and the gorgeous circle glitters. So perfect for St. Patrick's Day.</div>
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<b>#12 KBShimmer I've Got a Crush on Blue</b></div>
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Another fantastic glitter from KBShimmer. This blue is so deep and amazing. The base plus the shimmer and holo glitter makes this polish mesmerizing.</div>
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<b>#11 Zoya Godiva</b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDSvB7PVmWqMIIkNiMi-usk6PmuXGPbQN_ZjMViuD29ac7rOEuo7c8N92GRWrNa2EbF5C3NfhXWGGLaC5XPpa18LLp-HPkAekQJLnxeCQnV2TMfEavthRWdzgXKUhyphenhyphenc1ozt8R1X1g1-g/s1600/IMG_8868.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDSvB7PVmWqMIIkNiMi-usk6PmuXGPbQN_ZjMViuD29ac7rOEuo7c8N92GRWrNa2EbF5C3NfhXWGGLaC5XPpa18LLp-HPkAekQJLnxeCQnV2TMfEavthRWdzgXKUhyphenhyphenc1ozt8R1X1g1-g/s1600/IMG_8868.JPG" height="320" width="320" /></a></div>
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Zoya Godiva is a neutral, which I typically don't like. But make it into a texture and I am all in! This was one of my first textures and led to my addiction with them.</div>
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<b>#10 Zoya Sunshine</b></div>
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Once I hopped on board the texture train, I needed a navy texture. Who better than Zoya to make this? This is what I was craving so badly. So perfect for fall. Now I just need a texture the color of Zoya Zuza.</div>
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This rich purple texture is perfection. And a one coater!</div>
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Julie G Mistletoe is the best green texture I've seen. It's like a Christmas tree!</div>
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<b>#7 Picture Polish Freya's Cats</b></div>
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Freya's Cats is a bright blue holo. As with all Picture Polishes, they apply flawlessly.</div>
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<b>#6 Digital Nails Stars at Night</b></div>
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A navy holo that's named after Texas. How can this be any better?! Digital Nails makes gorgeous polishes that reference so many things I love!</div>
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<b>#5 Zoya Tomoko</b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2LRwG8FWZbdD0_oCZMrplDIB58_fcEcE_AVIT3zSlxGNl1bgnbif5rePvZwbKbRPWKKrRl-WHTVlevKyJ3Cpr1EFieqeH1THpAR3vyO3ejtnYQ79jiJ6d8DCXENaWtlerupiG24crp34/s1600/IMG_8863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2LRwG8FWZbdD0_oCZMrplDIB58_fcEcE_AVIT3zSlxGNl1bgnbif5rePvZwbKbRPWKKrRl-WHTVlevKyJ3Cpr1EFieqeH1THpAR3vyO3ejtnYQ79jiJ6d8DCXENaWtlerupiG24crp34/s1600/IMG_8863.JPG" height="319" width="320" /></a></div>
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Tomoko is perfect for Christmas nails. Doesn't it make you think of a party? Such an amazing metallic champagne color that is just so classy.</div>
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<b>#4 I Love Nail Polish A Fresh Evergreen</b></div>
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I'm a sucker for nearly any polish this shade of green since it's so rare in mainstream polishes. Make it a holo and I will drool. This was my first ILNP and I am so impressed.</div>
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This polish was a part of the "Ladies of Who and Rory Too!" collection. It's a gorgeous aqua which I love and named after my favorite companion and one of her best episodes. So much love.</div>
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Zoya's holographic polishes last year were fantastic and the follow up was even better. Such a deep blue with an amazing silver fleck holo. Mmmmm.</div>
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<b>#1 Picture Polish Sea Jewel</b></div>
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This polish is my absolute favorite polish of all time. I actually ranked it 6 stars in my stash doc. The shade of teal is phenomenal and the metallic-y mesh finish is just utter perfection. I am planning on buying so many backups of this!</div>
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So those were my favorites of 2013. What were some of yours? Any that I'm missing and should try?</div>
Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06552257820435489151noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373912975169309265.post-28953597146722742972013-08-18T22:11:00.000-05:002013-08-18T22:11:41.560-05:00Cult Nails Riot, Orly Sparkling Garbage and Lac Attack MugglesHey everyone! I can't believe how long it's been since I blogged!!! Now that I've finally graduated college, I hope I can blog more regularly now. I graduated a week ago and hauled a bunch of polish in celebration. I used some of my new pretties for this mani :)<br />
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I think the colors in Muggles works perfectly with this color! I also think Riot is a great base color for Orly Sparkling Garbage. Sparkling Garbage applies great. Muggles takes two coats with some glitter fishing, but I think it was worth it :)</div>
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<br />Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06552257820435489151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373912975169309265.post-26910484523274789922013-03-18T18:04:00.000-05:002013-03-18T18:05:47.005-05:00I Can't Be a Hoarder if I'm This Organized, Right? Or "How I Made My Polish Stash Doc"<div style="text-align: left;">
Several people have asked me how I organized my <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiDwr1JSpAYhdDllSEVCd1BhM2poZlBGbmwzUnZPMmc#gid=12" target="_blank">Polish Stash Doc</a> since it is so ridiculously detailed. I've decided to try to write a post about it. Here we go...</div>
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I first made my doc when I had around 300 polishes. One of the earliest incarnations can be seen <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByDwr1JSpAYhblVLczZtSm90SVE/edit" target="_blank">here</a>. I started in Excel, but I couldn't get it to function the way I wanted. I wanted to easily sort it by Brand and Name. I finally found the functions I wanted in Google Docs. Plus, it's online so I can access my stash from anywhere, including my phone! The best way to get is your doc started it to just sit down and do it. Start by doing one drawer at a time and just knock it out. If you've never worked in Google Docs, here's how to start.</div>
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To organize them, hover your cursor over the top of the column you wish to alphabetize (I'm organizing the name first, and then the brand). A down pointing arrow will then appear. Click the arrow and select "Sort Sheet A-->Z". Repeat for Column A.</div>
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As you can see, it has moved "Brand" and "Name" down into their alphabetical order.</div>
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If you provide the link to your stash list, viewers can only see it how you organized it and can't peruse it the way they'd like. There's a simple solution to that :)<br />
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To start, you need to change your settings so your stash can be seen by anyone. Click the "Share" button in the top right corner. It will bring up this screen. Under "Who had access" click "Change..." next to where it says "Private".<br />
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Choose either "Public on the Web" or "Anyone with the Link". Then click "Save".<br />
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Now, to share your Stash with others so they can sort it like they want. Click "View" in the toolbar and select "List".<br />
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In this mode, viewers can use the drop down menus under each heading to filter the spreadsheet or click the title of each heading to alphabetize the spreadsheet by that column.<br />
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Now that we have the basic functions, let's move on to how my stash is catalogued. One by one, I added more and more columns of categories. My stash has the following categories (with descriptions of each heading, if necessary):<br />
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<b>Color Family</b>- What basic color it is. The colors I have listed are <i>Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow,
Green, Teal, Blue, Purple, Brown, Copper, Gold, Nude, White, Silver, Grey,
Black, Multi, and Duochrome</i>.
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<b>Finish</b>- I have broken down my collection into the following finishes: <i>18K Gold Flake Top Coat, Crackle, Creme, Duochrome, Duochrome Glitter, Flakie Top Coat, Flakie-Colored Base, Foil, Frost, Glass Fleck, Glitter </i>(these are full coverage and a clear base)<i>, Glitter Top Coat </i>(clear base but not full coverage)<i>, Glitter-Colored Base </i>(colored base, may or may not be full coverage)<i>, Holographic-Linear, Holographic-Scattered, Jelly, Jelly w/ Shimmer, Liquid Sand, Magnetic, Matte </i>(dries flat with no shimmer)<i>, Metallic, Neon, Neon Shimmer, Shimmer, Shimmer w/ Glitter, Shredded Glitter, Suede </i>(dries flat but with a shimmer). Finishes can sometimes be subjective, so don't get too hung up on them. </div>
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<b>Year</b></div>
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<b>Used</b></div>
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<b>Rating</b>- I rate polishes after I use them from one star (hated) to five star (LOVED IT!). I do this so I can go through and reminisce about the greatest parts of my collection and use it to purge.</div>
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<b>Color</b>-This second color category is to get more in depth about the colors in polishes that might be made up of more than one. In this column I put the main color or base color at the start and then put whatever glitter colors or shimmer colors in parentheses. For example, for China Glaze It's a Trapeze I put "White (Pink/Orange/Yellow/Green/Blue/Purple/Silver)" in this column.</div>
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<b>Color Scheme</b>-Another color category?! Yes! And there's still another coming lol. This one is so I can easily find colors that are similar or for a particular holiday. I mainly use it for black & white glitters, Christmas colors and the like.</div>
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<b>Notes</b>-This is where I put if a polish had a special attribute like it's scented, glows in the dark, glows under UV, smells like skunk, etc. </div>
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<b>Misc. Info</b>- This column is to help me remember if a polish was a gift (and who gave it why) or if I bought something in a sale.</div>
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<b>Stamp?</b>-If it works as a stamping polish.</div>
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<b>MSRP</b>-This is the full retail price for a polish. I tried to also make a column for how much I actually paid, but I couldn't remember too many of them :(</div>
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<b>Country</b></div>
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<b>#</b>-This one is king of hard to explain. The second sheet of my Stash doc is my stash color coded. If you sort the Color Family column alphabetically, it doesn't put them in rainbow order. I decided to assign a number to each Color Family group so that I could scroll through the color coded list and it would look like a rainbow as illustrated <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AiDwr1JSpAYhdDllSEVCd1BhM2poZlBGbmwzUnZPMmc&type=view&gid=3&f=true&colid0=4&filterstr0=X&sortcolid=32&sortasc=true&rowsperpage=1100" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<b>Finish Group</b>-I created this column to simplify my finish column so I could make a pie chart to see which finish group I favor. I get really nerdy with all this stuff.</div>
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<b>Date Received</b>-This is so I can chart how bad I've been each month. I estimated for a lot of the older polishes, but they should be fairly accurate.</div>
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<b>Keeping it Up to Date</b><br />
To keep my stash up to date, it's always open in a tab in my browser. As soon as I get home from buying polish, I add it to my doc. When I order a nail polish online, I add it to my <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiDwr1JSpAYhdDllSEVCd1BhM2poZlBGbmwzUnZPMmc#gid=1" target="_blank">En Route sheet</a> of my Polish Doc. This sheet has all the info I'll eventually put in my doc, but has it separated until my polish arrives. As soon as I decide I don't want to keep a polish, I add it to the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiDwr1JSpAYhdDllSEVCd1BhM2poZlBGbmwzUnZPMmc#gid=2" target="_blank">Swap sheet</a> of the doc.<br />
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<b>Wish List</b><br />
I originally kept my <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiDwr1JSpAYhdDllSEVCd1BhM2poZlBGbmwzUnZPMmc#gid=9" target="_blank">wish list</a> up to date on Pinterest, but I decided to add it to my Stash doc so that I could add more information. In that sheet I have Brand, Name, Price, Supplier, Degree of Want (1-5 stars) and Category. There is also a key for what the level of stars mean because I needed to clearly define it for myself lol. It was originally just for me to keep track of what I wanted and how much I wanted it so I could prioritize. Then I added prices to see what I could fit in my budget. Then Christmas came around and I added suppliers so my family members might be able to find things I wanted. Then I added the Category column so that the girls in my birthday group could easily find polishes that are accessible to them in their various countries of residence :)<br />
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And that's the basics of my Stash Doc. Pretty crazy, isn't it? If you looked at my stash, you might've noticed all the other sheets within the doc filled with charts I made. I'll be writing up a post on that soon, but if you're too impatient, you can join <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/110406659040438/" target="_blank">Polish-Aholics Anonymous</a> on Facebook and find the picture tutorial I did there :) If you have any questions let me know and I'll answer them for you!</div>
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Hello all! I've been so sad I haven't really had time to blog, but I HAD to make time for these beauties! During Zoya's Color Your World Promo, you could get 3 free polishes and pay $10 shipping or spend $25 additinally to get free shipping. I realized I could get 6 Zoyas shipped of $27 and could not pass up that deal! I took the opportunity to try out some of the new Pixie Dusts. I am head over heels in love with them!</div>
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These all dry to a sugary finish. It's a little rough, but not at all bothersome (and this coming from someone who can't handle rhinestones or caviar nails). Strangely, I didn't even think to topcoat them because I loved the sand finish. They have great application. It was incredibly easy to get onto the nail. I used 3 coats, but if you have shorter nails or aren't prone to VNL like I am, you could probably do 2 coats and be fine. Wear time is also good. I applied these, went to bed, went to school/work as usual and then came home and took pics without any evidence of wear :)</div>
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First up is Zoya Nyx. It's a gorgeous light blue that's a little dusty. It reminds me a lot of Cinderella. When I first applied these, it also reminded me a lot of flocking manicures. Or paper heat embossing. Or just colored sugar. It's really fascinating!</div>
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Next up is Zoya Vespa. She's a light sagey green. Not typically my color, but the sparkles won me over.</div>
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It reminds me of crushed up jade. I don't really have words for it, but it's really gorgeous.</div>
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On to Zoya Godiva! I used to hate nudes. I was appalled anyone wanted to wear them. Then I got China Glaze Fast Track and started to appreciate nudes (especially if they were sparkly!). This polish is amazing. I really really love it.</div>
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Going on it looks a lot like CG Fast Track and then dries to that amazing textured finish I've come to love. It was subtle and gorgeous all at the same time.</div>
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All of these polishes just seem extremely classy to me. The OPI ones, while gorgeous, are a little louder and bolder and fun. All these made me feel like a classy, pretty princess :) Vespa was probably my least favorite, but I still gave it 4 stars in my stash doc. It's still really fantastic and worth owning. I can't wait to get the rest of these and I hope they make more with this finish!</div>
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If you follow my <a href="http://followgram.me/spazzypecan/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://spazzypecan.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblr </a>or <a href="https://twitter.com/spazzypecan" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, you get to see all my hauls and purchases. It's really easy to upload to those platforms on the go whereas the Blogger app diminishes the photo quality a lot :( I've decided to compile all my hauls posts for you at the end of each month :)</div>
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I started off December by shopping at the CVS Clearance sale. I got the Milanis for 75% off and NOPI Khloe Had a Lam Lam and Sally Hansen The Real Teal for 50% off! Then I picked up Orly Miss Conduct, Angel Eyes and Devil May Care for B2G1 free at Sally's!</div>
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Then I got my Lac Attack's Magical Musings collection picks! I got Beauxbatons Academy, Holidays in Hogsmeade, Hogwarts, Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes, Dementor's Kiss and The Horcrux of It... I'm such a big Harry Potter fan that I want to complete my collection ASAP! I need to post my Hogwarts mani because it was seriously awesome!</div>
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I got my December Nail Art Society box. It came with Cherimoya Mystery and Blockbuster matte metallic polishes, rhinestones, nail glue and nail polish remover pads. I haven't tried it out yet but the polishes look gorgeous!</div>
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Then I went on an indie binge on pay day. I got Lush Lacquer Peppermint Kisses and Sugar Daddy, Lacquerhead Polish Rainbow Farts and Just Be Claus, and Pahlish A Partridge in a Pear Tree, Eight Maids a Milking and Twelve Drummers Drumming. I showed you Partridge <a href="http://fancyphalanges.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">before</a>. I highly recommend it. It is one of the prettiest and unique indies I've tried.</div>
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My Christmas Eve Nail Mail! I got Makeup Your Face Snow Angel and Rockin' Round. This polish is so cool! It has round glitter! I put it over China Glaze Running in Circles and it looked just like a Christmas tree :) It also comes with snowflake glitter in a baggy so you don't have to fish it out of the bottle. I also got Zoya Veruschka from a girl in a facebook girl that was de-stashing. I've been lemming this for so long! It's the last Zoya suede I wanted :D</div>
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My dad got these for my stocking. Pop Culture Polish Snow Angel and Amy's Nail Boutique Alyssa. Snow Angel also comes with snowflake glitter outside of the bottle to make life easier. I'm not a super huge fan of Alyssa, but Zoya and Julep refuse to make one haha. It's cute but I wish it were a full-coverage polish and not a top coat. </div>
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My mom's stocking gifts! I got Zoya Logan and Storm, China Glaze Fairy Dust and two Fergie polishes I can't remember the names of. I was kinda sad I got Storm instead of Blaze, but it really blew me away once it was on the nail!</div>
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Ashley from <a href="http://onenailtoanother.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">One Nail to Another</a> was my Secret Santa in our birthday group! She got me the two snowmen, two frankens she made and China Glaze Winter Holly and Glitter All the Way. And how cute is that ornament?!?!</div>
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My aunt got me a gift card to Ulta for Christmas. I was hoping to get Zoya Blaze but my Ulta hasn't restocked it in weeks. Zoya is usually the only polish I buy there (unless I find something on clearance) because I can find most other brands cheaper elsewhere. I got OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls which several bloggers have sung the praises of and it was on clearance! I also got China Glaze Cirque du Soleil because the first Sally's I went to didn't have it.</div>
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My Sally's haul (minus Running in Circles)! CG Igniting Love, Def Defying, Hanging in the Balace, Get Carried Away, It's a Trapeze, Glistening Snow, Con-Fused?, Champagne Bubbles and Naked. All the Cirque and Holiday polishes were half off at one of the Sally's I went to! Naked was in a pack with Seche Vite for $5 and I needed more topcoat. The Magnetix was $.99! I love Sally's!</div>
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And then my last polish purchases of the year. Revlon Girly and Heavenly and Sally Hansen Lava. I paid $8.49 for Lava, which was a lot more than I would have preferred but every display I found when they were came out was already sold out of it, so I jumped when I got the chance. Girly is similar to one of the Nails Inc Sprinkles I wanted and much more affordable. Heavenly is supposed to be a Deborah Lippmann dupe or Stairway to Heaven. I have no idea how close it is, but it is an amazingly gorgeous polish. I highly recommend it!</div>
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All of my ideas for a holiday song were sooooo boring. I was looking through my untried polish drawer and found Pahlish Partridge in a Pear Tree. It's named after a song, so it counts, right? Fun fact: the 12 Days of Christmas actually starts on Christmas day! Which works out super since I'm clearly not going to get all these Christmas-themed challenge manis done by Christmas day lol.</div>
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This is three coats. Isn't it gorgeous?! It's a nude jelly base with green and burgundy glitter. There's also a gold-ish shimmer in there too! Man, these indie makers are killing me with all their fantastic holiday collections! They're so original, especially compared to the mainstream with a gazillion reds in their holiday collections.</div>
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To make it at least a little artsy, I stamped it! I added presents since the song sings about gifts and a stamp with a bird (partridge) and love letters using Sally Hansen Wined Up and OMG Nails plate N55 and Cheeky plate CH53.</div>
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Not my best stamping, but I really like these colors together.</div>
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Not only was Patridge in a Pear Tree gorgeous, it was sooo easy to apply AND remove! All around fantastic polish!</div>
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This next challenge is Holiday Treats! My favorite is sugar cookies, but I'm already decorating so many real ones that I didn't want to recreate it on my nails. I put on Lush Lacquer Peppermint Kisses and realized it was a great base for this challenge!</div>
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After three coats of Peppermint Kisses, I stamped some peppermint stripes using Sally Hansen Rapid Red and Bundle Monster plate BM301.</div>
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They worked perfectly together! This turned out better than I thought it would. I absolutely loved this :)</div>
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Today is wrapping paper! I don't actually have any wrapping paper like this, but I got Pure Ice Red Hot Mama in the mail yesterday and it was calling me to do this haha. I'm also using it for the Pure Ice Nail Basel Challenge!</div>
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Then I created my own nail stickers using notebook paper, a Xyron sticker maker and some scrapbook scissors. Then I paintd one coat of Red Hot Mama. It's a a gorgeous, juicy, crelly finish polish! Perfect for Christmas!</div>
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I did snowflakes for the last challenge because I didn't look ahead at the next one haha. That's okay because I really like what I did for this one.</div>
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I started with two coats of China Glaze Aquadelic for my sky. Then I stamped with Sally Hansen Whirlwind White and Bundle Monster plate BM 301. It was a little faint, so I went over the bottom part with some more white and a make-up sponge.</div>
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Then I added some random dots with a dotting tool. I love how frost this looks :) We aren't getting any snow here, so this kinda makes up for it. It's also a nice break from traditional holiday colors.</div>
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Hi all! The other day Helen from <a href="http://www.nail-newbie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Nail Newbie</a> posted a gorgeous tape tree mani using holo colors in our birthday group. I decided to try my hand at it.</div>
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I started with two coats of Jade Vermelho Surreal. It's a terrific holo, but a little too orange leaning for a Christmas mani.</div>
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Then I covered my nail with scotch and striping tape to make trees with tinsel using one of my all-time favorites: Nubar Reclaim. The pinky was supposed to be a tree with random tinsel hanging, but it's hard to tell it's a tree that small lol.</div>
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Then I added some glitter hexes I got from a pack at The Dollar Tree. They worked really well, but a couple of the blues bled a little. I still love how they look. So festive!!!</div>
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My right hand doesn't have even nails, so I don't show it very often. I made an exception because my trees looked super good and I was proud of them :) I dinged the thumb while working haha. Unfortunately I bumped another nail last night and got a nick :(</div>
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Today's theme is Silver & Gold. I got Zoya Song in the mail the other day and decided I had to wear it immediately. To incorporate the theme, I stamped with silver and gold snowflakes!</div>
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I used China Glaze Passion and Pure Ice Silver Mercedes for the stamping. I kinda messed up my ring finger, but overall, I liked the look :)</div>
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Zoya Song was a little disappointing. In pictures (even mine) it's looks so much more interesting on the nail. In real life, it's just a really dark blue :( You can barely tell it's a shimmer. It was also tricky to apply and really thick. Luckily it was a one-coater.</div>
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If you'd like to join the challenge, go to the Facebook event <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/301210036657218/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Hey guys! I'm back with another gorgeous indie Christmas polish! I think this one was the first I bought? I can't remember. It's KBShimmer Wrapper's Delight. I got distracted one night while I was praying thinking about this polish and today I got distracted in church looking at it haha. I snapped a quick pic before Mass started because the lighting in the church makes everything sparkly look soooo pretty.</div>
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The rest of the pics were taken back home in my light box. I did one layer of Wrapper's Delight over two coats of China Glaze Holly-Day. Holly-Day was frickin gorgeous and absolutely perfect underwear for this polish. It also had flawless application.</div>
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Wrapper's Delight applied pretty well too. Most nails only needed one coat. There was only a nail and a half out of all ten that needed some more dabbing for a better glitter spread. It does need a good shake before applying for that result. I just banged it against my palm a couple of times while holding it upside-down.</div>
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And the best thing about this polish? $5 of each polish goes to Toys for Tots! </div>
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Wrapper's Delight is available from KBShimmer for $10 <a href="http://kbshimmer.com/WrappersDelightNailPolish.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Check out all of her holiday polishes and get Facebook updates <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151281964297154.521202.99302517153&type=3" target="_blank">here</a>. They're gorgeous!</div>
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Hey guys!!! It's officially the start of the Christmas Season! Sorry I've been too busy to blog, but I loooooove Christmas so I'm back especially for this gorgeous mani! Here's a macro of the Christmas polish I used:</div>
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It's Lush Lacquer Tree-Mendous. It's got green microglitter, pink, red, orange, yellow, and blue matte/satin glitter and gold stars. It's a Christmas tree in a bottle!</div>
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I started with two coats of Pure Ice Femme Fatale. It's a gorgeous hunter green suede with silver shimmer from their new Velour Finish Line. It's the perfect base for a Christmas tree mani, so I'll probably be using it a lot this season.</div>
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Then I topped it off with two coats of Tree-Mendous. It applied really well. I had to fish a little for stars (I wanted one on each nail) but it wasn't that frustrating. If you want a whole shower of stars, you might want to store it upside down for a little bit before applying.</div>
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This polish is absolutely perfect to get in the Christmas mood! I don't know how I'm going to take it off! IN. LOVE.</div>
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Here's a couple of macros of nails on my right hand. The first one looks like a tree with the placement of the star :) The second one is just soooo glittery!!!</div>
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So what's everyone's favorite Christmas polishes for this year?</div>
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This week's theme is Mani Swap! My partner was Natalie from <a href="http://www.walkinmyeyeshadow.com/" target="_blank">Walk in my Eyeshadow</a>. I love her blog, so check it out! She makes me want to blow all my money at Dollar Nail Art! I took my inspiration from <a href="http://www.walkinmyeyeshadow.com/2012/09/notd-opi-dutch-you-just-love-opi-and.html#disqus_thread" target="_blank">this mani</a>.</div>
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I used two coats of Butter London Slapper. It's such a gorgeous polish with great formula! It only took two easy coats. I also forgot I was going to do the accent nail haha. It was too pretty to remove, so I just covered it up with two coats of Butter London West End Wonderland.</div>
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Ahh I've missed my blog so much! School has been sucking all my time away :( I've been painting my nails on occasion but can't remember that last time I've done any nail art. What a bummer. But I have a super awesome polish to show you today! This is Lacquerhead Cold Shoulder.</div>
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I'm a sucker for white-based glitters. This polish has large black hexes, black squares, medium gorgeous blue hexes and blue and black micro glitter. It's so pretty together! </div>
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This is two coats. It applied really well and I didn't have to fish for glitter. And it was perfectly smooth with one coat of top coat.</div>
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I apoligize for my sad cuticles. They're not getting the love they deserve. My favorite macro is the top right with the square in it. I love squares! You can buy Lacquerhead Polish <a href="http://lacquerheadpolish.storenvy.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. Cold Shoulder is sold out now but it should be back soon!</div>
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Between work, school and extracurriculars I have not had any time for the blog! It's so sad! But now that things have slowed down after the start of year rush, I think I've got a better handle of things. And now I've finally got something to show you!</div>
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This is one coat of Zoya Yummy and then a gradient with China Glaze Liquid Crystal. I completed my Prismatic collection when they were on clearance at Sally's. They're so pretty!</div>
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When I studied abroad in Rome I didn't like it all that much. Until I went to the Vatican. I absolutely LOVED it! I want to live there. Swiss Guards actually live in the Vatican and their families can too, so my plan is to marry one. This, as well as their requirements for the job make them match up almost perfectly to my list of desired qualities in a spouse. To symbolize Vatican City I painted Pope John Paul II's papal crest (Totus Tuus!), the Vatican flag, a spiral representing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VaticanMuseumStaircase.jpg" target="_blank">spiral staircase in the Vatican Museum</a> (or any of the many spiral staircases leading up the cupola, and the Swiss Guards' stripes!</div>
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It's finally my week! I thought cities was first, so I had it all planned out with no ideas for movie yet, then realized I was wrong haha. So I had to think about what movie I wanted to do since there are tons that I love, but I finally picked one. Can you tell what it is?</div>
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It's The Sound of Music! I absolutely love this movie. It makes me happy just thinking about it. The thumb and ring finger go together as one image (shown below). It's the lovely green field Maria spins around in at the beginning with the mountains in the background. The index finger is music notes since music obviously plays a huge part of the movie. The middle finger is an abstract version of raindrops on roses. For the pinky I recreated the curtain outfits the children wear as play clothes. I really love how this came out and how it reminds me of the movie as I wear it :D</div>
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It's jelly sandwich time! I don't have a teal jelly, so I had to brainstorm how to make this work. I started with a base of Blackheart Mint to Be. It's an awesome creme that glows under a black light! I'm really impressed with the Blackheart polishes I've tried out.</div>
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Then I topped it with Milani Hot Pink, OPI Don't Touch My Tutu, Essie Stroke of Brilliance and another coat of OPI Don't Touch My Tutu. I kept going back and forth on whether I liked it while I was wearing it, but I like it in the pics :)</div>
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Usually we stamp on Sundays, but I'm bringing you a late installment. I've been super busy the past two days coordinating Welcome Week for my student organization so I didn't have time to write up the post (or take photos of it at its best). I wasn't really feeling fall colors but since it was Welcome Week and the start of the fall semester, I used my school colors! </div>
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For this mani I used Blackheart Amsterdam, Sally Hansen Whirlwind White, L.A. Colors Circuits, Sally Hansen Wet Cement, Spoiled Shuffle the Deck, Lush Lacquer Midnight Affair, Jade Magia Negra and Jade Vermelho Surreal. I used Bundle Monster plates BM322, and BM301, and Mash plates Mash 47, Mash 45, and Mash 49.</div>
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Emma's second choice for her week was texture! I've done a caviar mani before, so I wanted to do something a little different. I though sugar might be cool, but knew I'd probably be sleeping with this manicure on and didn't want to invite anything to a fest while I was sleeping. Blech! So I did salt instead.</div>
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I dipped my nails in salt one by one after painting them with OPI Call Me Gwen-ever. As the pictures tell, I was kinda scared to do clean up because the salt didn't stick very well. I think this looks kinda cool, but isn't very flattering to my nub nails. It reminds me of sugared fruit. This didn't last very long because it kept catching in my hair and I wound up just rubbing them all off after a short time. It sure did spice Gwen up a little. She was kind of boring at first.</div>
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It's Emma's week! I had no idea what to do for coffee, so I looked on Google Images. I found some awesome cappuccino designs, so I decided to water marble.</div>
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I tried to replicate the cool designs, but my nails are far too short for any of the designs. I water marbled using China Glaze Mahogany Magic and Kalahari Kiss. I'm not exactly sure what's up with the middle nail, but it has some bubbles and a weird scratch or something. The pinky is by far my favorite :)</div>
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Today is all cool and rainy. These nails are perfect and make me want to go drinks lots and lots of coffee.</div>
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Hey guys! Today is a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics. On this day we celebrate the assumption of Mary into Heaven. I decided to do my nails for the occasion because I really wanted to use my Mary stamp!</div>
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I used a blue and white color scheme, which it pretty common for anything Marian. I started with two coats of Dollish Polish Expecto Patronum. This polish is amazing! Seriously gorgeous. This is the second time I've worn it.</div>
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Then I stamped the opening words of the Hail Mary prayer (which conveniently are both four letters) with Konad M17 and M18 using Sally Hansen Thinking of Blue, which is freakin fantastic for stamping. Then I used images from Konad S3 for the praying hand and Mary on my thumb.</div>
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I really like how this turned out and it was a pretty big hit with my Catholic friends :)</div>
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This Tuesday our assignment was to recreate someone else's mani in teal. Yesterday my friend Helen at Nail Newbie posted <a href="http://www.nail-newbie.blogspot.ca/2012/08/money-see-monkey-do-monday-love-love.html" target="_blank">this awesome mani</a>. I loved how sweet and simple it was so I decided to recreate it :)</div>
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I used two coats of Weird Indeed I Speak Whale, then topped it with Orly Shining Star. Then I painted with letter with a dotting tool and Color Club Worth the Risque. I really love the glitter over I Speak Whale. It reminds me a lot of the orange/yellow/green flakies, but in glitter form.</div>
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