Christmas Simples 2018: Christmas Bows + Tutorial!

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Happy day stamp champs,

Who's excited for Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Small Business Saturday & Christmas?  I'm trying to get amped up.  Obviously I didn't get to post much of my Halloween nail art despite creating a lot of it so be prepared as the month rolls onward to see some untimely spooky nail art lol.  I've just decided there's no point to being super stringent on myself and these timelines.  I have to work with a body that is adjusting to things and in many ways in still unbelievably ill.  The week before last  I even had surgery which sort of threw me into another health tailspin.  So I'm just going to post as I will for whatever holiday.  And as it happens I'm starting anew with Christmas.  This mani I'm sharing was actually going to be a 4 part video tutorial of Christmas Simples.  However that kind of mega post & video edit requires some serious stamina which I am severely lacking.  Instead I'm going to break them apart and post them a solo.   Let's start with UberChic Beauty who I have the very real pleasure of working with.

Black Chrome Galaxy Foil Nail Art + Tutorial!

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I'm really trying to get my blog and other social media switched over to the spook-tacular mood of Halloween.  As you know my health has been pretty crummy and what I have found is its also slowed me down so tremendously.  Filming, photographing, etc is taking me longer than I had anticipated but despite that I still want to try and make this October special and share all the nail art & creations I've thought of with you.  Its one of my favorite holidays and its always bummed me out that I haven't been able to use as many of my plates as I would like.   This year I want to do as much as possible so I started with a galaxy look.  I know this is definitely not classic Halloween but I also wanted to think about looks that would go with specific costumes and when I was playing around with my plates this sort of came together.  Its very funky & very non-traditional and I hope you like it!

Super Girly Neon Geometric Nail Art + Tutorial!

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Happy Labor Day weekend everyone!  You guys know generally I don't follow the rules if I did I would never create the things I love when I love them.  What do I mean by that? Well the summer if over and the fall with its PSL drool inducing moments is upon us, BUT whatever.  Its still hot as hell in DC & I felt this neon pink polish calling to me.  Therefore I've got what may be one last hot and sizzling summer nail art before we start the switch up!

Stained Glass Moroccan Nail Art + Tutorial

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I've been wanting to do another "watercolor style" mani for a while now.  They do require quite a bit of work but are utterly worth it in terms of how pretty and diffused a wash of color can look over the nail plate.  I haven't really done one of these since I did my Starbucks inspired nails.   This time I decided to keep the colors fairly simple and not do a ton of layering of colors but I love how this looked so simple and pretty with just a hint of sparkle at the high points.  I'd actually been playing with the Moroccan plate from UberChic Beauty for a while and created one other sort of crystalline holo look that I will share as well.  I think I'm slowly getting my mojo back even if my body isn't in full cooperation.

Neon Matte Gradients & UberChic Beauty Abstract Cacti

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Ok so I was supposed to be demoing the new storage binders that UberChic Beauty released in the holographic colorway that hold 34 of the medium sized 9.0cm x14.5cm  plates and then as I was filling up my binders I ended up pulling the Wild West plate and wanting to do something with the cacti on the plate.  I'm not sure about the creation.  Tbh I have created like 5-6 manis that I feel have been fails.  I'm so frustrated and embarrassed I have hesitated to post anything, but today I decided to just jump in.  I held back the tutorial because I'm so uncertain so unless someone asks I most likely will not post it though the materials for created the mani are listed below.  Regarding the binders - I'll be putting up the holo binders next which are I have to say completely and utterly awesome and I hope some of you were able to pick them up with the initial release or during the recent sale.  I know I  did!

Chrome & Flakies Nail Art + Tutorial

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Its been so long since I've painted my nails and to top things off I am fully on the "shorties" train!  I can't remember the last time my natural nails were this short but it is related to the fact that I've been so ill my nails haven't really been growing.  Also when I have had growth my nails have broken quickly.  This is the first time I'm experiencing a problem with sustaining my nail growth so I'll be posting some tips on how I'm getting my growth jump started again soon.    Anyway even though they are short they are still my nails and I still want them to be cute.  I'm finally breaking out some of my Black Friday purchases.  Yup....way back from Black Friday but give a girl a break I'm definitely so far behind in everything and doing some super simple super pretty stamping.

Multi-Chrome Mirror Nails Pigment Abstract Stamped Nail Art + Tutorial!

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Its already the end of November - insanity!  I feel like this last year has both dragged by and flown by and in someways has been incredibly testing and others quite joyful. Highs and lows?  Definitely the last two weeks have been leaping to say the least.  Thanksgiving has already passed us by  I'm still not not nearly ready to think about the holidays, but my nails are saying yes.  If my Black Friday purchases are anything to go by they are screaming winter/xmas now! Right now I'm leaning hard on my love of pigments, flakies, ultrachromes, holographic powders of varying microns, and of course glitter!  And nothing says winter like the above.  I'm going in easy this time with some abstract graphic featuring some duochrome mirror goodness!

Halloween 2017: MoYou London Halloween Funky French + Tutorial

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Time for another Halloween mani.  This time playing with colors and french tips as opposed to classic Halloween imagery.  Really this was just an excuse for me to break out my new MoYou London Frenchy Collection plates and Starrily's Big Bang Flurry which I have been dying to use since I bought it so long ago.  The end product of this combo was a pretty and cute mani that could potentially be toned down for a casual Halloween nail art.

Halloween 2017: Holographic Glitter Ghosts + Tutorial!

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Its Halloween in case you missed my posts on my favorite plates for the holiday.  Let me say it again its mutha-f-ing Halloween!  Ok pause.  It is not Halloween at least not yet, but my nails don't know the difference and I wouldn't care if they did.  Let me pause again to say thank you to those of you who reached out to me after coming back.  Honestly at times I feel like my readers don't care or don't notice and move on.  In some ways it makes it harder to come back, but when I see the comments it makes me grateful and humble that maybe across the world across the nation I have bonds with women that I have never met over something as trivial as nails.  It's a joy and I thank you all for it. Ok so enough sap let's talk about these holographic ghosts!

Super Holo Spring Abstract + Tutorial!

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Welcome back gotta say I'm feeling this mani today!   If you follow me on Instagram under My Story you would have seen me posting my lightroom edits of these photos.  I have been dying to share this sparkly mama with everyone! So pretty I died 1 million deaths when I finished.  And when it hit the sun *heart eyes mutha-f-er*! Ugh dead dead dead.  This is also my first time sharing nail art using Creative Shop stamping plates.  I got a few in a group buy and have been waiting to take them out for a spin.   In any case I hope you love this sparkly creation that is perfect for spring and just feeling pretty!

Spring Plaid and Floral Nail Art + Tutorial

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Who's ready for the spring?  I am!  Trying out new colors and new techniques.  You haven't seen me use the "placement" style plates yet though I own many times of these plates.  Mostly I'm just "in the mood to stamp" these days and so this is the result.  Btw I was so ready for spring.  It's still cold here but my nails are already for spring and I feel the ensuing craving for neons that I always have as the thought of the upcoming summer approaches.

Patchwork Foil Nail Art + Tutorial

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No stamping in this one today.  I'm back to playing with textures and obsessing with my nail foils. Right now there are so many cool foil manis out there its crazy.  I'm seeing lot of interesting things happening with foils and mattes.  So I thought I might take my turn with playing about with foils at well and the result was this scattered shredded  creation below!

Slurred Overlapping Holographic Dotticure Nail Art + Tutorial!

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Ugh I've been dead.  Ok not dead but it felt like I was dying because of overnight coverage and disaster shitz.  Cray!  I could not wait to get back to my nails.  In the interim I did about 1 million failed Valentine's Day nail art.  It was like I could not get things right which is why I ended up posting nothing.  Everything looked fugly - geh! I decided my first nail art once free was going to be dark, blingy and layered.   I also decided I was going to use plates from one of my absolute favorite MoYou London collections - Holy Shapes. I wanted the stamping blingy too.  Normally that means cue in the Llarowe Holo stamping polishes or Liquid Sky Lacquer but I got schooled hard when I took out my recently purchased SuperChic Lacquer holo's.

Simples: Masura Magnetic and Holographic Swirls + Tutorial!

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Your girl is back and ready to start the year off right!  Last year looking back I didn't post nearly as much as the year prior.  Last year was truly my struggle year.  Lots of cool things happened but I couldn't keep up with everything - school, work, health, and nails.  This year I'm gonna get back into my stamping passion once again! I'm hoping to have more reviews, more nail art, more everything so here's to 2017.  I'll also do my annual my favorite looks of 20xx post later this week so stay tuned! Also please leave some comments below if there are any looks I did that you specifically liked over the last year! In any event today I'm going back to the trend in 2016 that made my heart beat hard - magnetics more specifically of the Masura variety!

Christmas 2016: Moyra Plaid Simples + Tutorial

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Here comes some Christmas nail art! How has everyone been? This year has been so hectic as usual I never get to do as much nail art as I want to around the holidays, but I have to admit I'm feeling these plaid simples.  Easy if you have a clear stamper which most of us do and red, white, and green polish.

Masura Stained Ventian Magnetic Holographic Nail Art + Tutorial!

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This is officially ridiculous - I have entered serious territory of the nail gods!  Its a magical place where strong magnetics with magical depth meet supreme the supreme deliciousness of holographic stamping polish and the delicate and awesome imaging of UberChic Beauty.  Basically I'm dead.  The hype is that real.  I almost couldn't bear to take this nail art off after I finished.  Holy smokes Batman I'm done I'm done.  Ok don't believe me? See for yourself.

Masura Magnetic Halloween Nail Art Abstract + Tutorial!

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Sooooo polish pals it has been way too long! Did you miss me? I have a raging cold right now and fall as well as work has made me its b*^&ch.  Rofl! No seriously I've been ground to basically dust but I had to at least show off some of my cute mani's from the halloween season including one that you can totally rock anytime and not just for Halloween.  Plus I finally got to use my precious golden baby Masura's.  The tale of how I obtained half of my collection is harrowing to say the least, I'll chat about that later, however the results yielded were totally freaking worth it!

Born Pretty Store Galactic Multichrome Mani Nail Art + Tutorial!

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I know wtf have I been?  I been around dealing with a broken a computer and the freaking horrible expense of replacing it.  I pretty much live and die by my Apple products but boy when they break out of warranty its like the sky falling!  It took forever to raise funds to pay for repairs, but now I'm back and backlogged.  I decided to start with some major bang since I've been away for a bit and wanted to show you what I've been up with in the meantime.  Today I have those multichrome powders that have taken the nail world by storm combined with some Born Pretty Store magic that made me go, "Yes - I want it all!" Like a lot of nail gals I'm totally blown away with how stunning these products are and how easy they are to use. So let's go!

Polish Pusher Faux Aquarelle Holographic Swirls + Tutorial

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Today I've got some really yummy nail art to share with you all!  Lol I know seriously you are probably like this girl and her holos but I really can't help it everything is just so delicious right now be it indie or mainstream this polish companies have been making me go holo crazy! Even better is how well holo lends itself toward macro photography so I find myself reaching for them more and more these days ;)  And as a bonus I got to play with my Polish Pusher Sheer Perfection colors and her yet to be released holo flakie stunner.  I call that winning!

Rasberries, Greeens, & Golds Magnetic Floral Nail Art + Tutorial

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Ugh I held out against more magnetics for a while.  If you follow me on IG you may have seen this one - which was gorgeous!  Truthfully when I use the US ones it just makes me crave the Masura ones so much more horribly.  Their color range is stunning and frankly there are more polishes from their line than any other.  Not saying that I wouldn't also kill for the Golden Eyes from Dance Legend,  but basically nothing trumps Masura.  Nonetheless I had to had to do this.  I was playing around after one of my prior mani's popped off and then I created this magic.  Suddenly I had to do a full blown mani and of course I had to share ;)  Let me know if you'd like to see more magnetic mani's in the future or the different techniques too!