The Digit-al Dozen DOES Fandom, Day 4: The Hunger Games

Good evening, readers! It's Day 4 of Fandom Week with The Digit-al Dozen and I have a simple mani today representing a favorite book and movie series: The Hunger Games. The three books have similar symbols on the covers so I went for simple silhouettes to represent the books! These books blew me away (even if the third isn't a favorite) and they've done a really nice job with the movies, too.

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Childhood, Day 5: Candy Land Nail Art!

Good afternoon, readers! It's the final day of Childhood Week with The Digit-al Dozen. I've shown you a favorite tv show, favorite book, favorite toy, and favorite outdoor activity. Today, I'll show a favorite board game: Candy Land! I think this is a fairly common game that most everyone has seen or played in their lifetime. There have been many variations of the characters over the years, the one my kids have is different than mine. I decided to focus on one of my favorite characters, Princess Lolly! The rest of the nails represent the colorful spaces you follow in the game.

13 Days Of January, Day 9: Rainbow (Geometric Tape Mani)

Good evening, readers! I have a rainbow manicure today to share with you for the 13 Days of January challenge! This geometric design is currently my phone wallpaper from Erin Condren and I knew I wanted to try nail art inspired by it. With so many fun colors, the Rainbow prompt was the perfect time! I used striping tape and 10 creme polishes to create this look.

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Floral, Day 2: Floral Lace Half Moons

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Good morning, readers! Floral Week with The Digit-al Dozen continues, and for Day 2 I've stretched the theme a bit. Floral lace shapes for the half moon part of this mani totally count for floral, right?

I was inspired by this mani on instagram by @deanne29  (who added dots to the original design by @Kayleighwaleynails ). Looking at the mani, the hardest part of the design would be the floral lace half moon cut out at the cuticle line. However, I grabbed my trusty Liquid Palisade and it was a breeze! I'll be putting a quick video on Instagram today of how I did it, and you can see a quick picture step-by-step below as well.

Tutorial Tuesday: Cute Alien Nail Art!

Good afternoon, readers! As promised, here is this week's tutorial on my cute alien design! I wore the alien on my accent nail and had galaxies on the rest of my nails in a similar color scheme. There are double the amount of steps in this tutorial than needed if you are working with non-shimmers or colors that are more opaque. I did a lot of opaque cremes and then layered a sheer shimmery polish in the next step because I wanted to have a sparkling alien. Feel free to use whatever colors you would like on your own alien!

Hippo Tang Nail Art!

Good afternoon, readers! It's Monday, boo. I'm always exhausted from the weekend when Monday rolls around, so I wanted to do some cute nail art to perk me up. We recently finished installing our latest home project: a new custom-built rimless saltwater aquarium. We knocked down a wall between our kitchen and living room, built out the wall on the bottom half for the stand, and now have the tank and an open view into the other room.(I posted a picture on Instagram today of the tank if you are nosey and want to see!) Our most recent addition to the new tank is a Hippo Tang, so I decided to do nail art inspired by his markings.

Cutesy Alien and Galaxy Nail Art!

Good afternoon! TGIF! I have some fun nails to share with you that I'm wearing for the weekend. If you haven't noticed by now, I tend to gravitate a lot toward cutesy animal/creature nail art (I am Mommy to a 6 and 2 year old after all). For this look, I created a girly galaxy with my favorite colors and a cute little alien accent nail! This is such a "Jacki mani" that I am pumped to be wearing them!

The Lacquer Legion, Fandom: The Pandorica Opens

Good morning!! I am so excited to be participating in this month's Lacquer Legion nail art prompt! #LLFandom is right up my nail art alley, and of course I had to go with another Doctor Who themed mani! This time, I extended my "exploding TARDIS" design a bit more: I've included part of The Pandorica Opens (exploding TARDIS) painting, The Pandorica, and the crack. They all are connected in the part 2 finale of Doctor Who, Season 5 so why not put them all together?

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Texture, Day 5: Easter Egg Hunt!

Good morning, readers! It's the final day of Texture Week with The Digit-al Dozen and I've had so much fun! Today's manicure is a silly one for the Easter holiday weekend starting today with Good Friday. Do you do egg hunts on your lawn for Easter? It's one of the things my kids enjoy doing the most and I am so excited that Owen (almost 2 years old) can participate with Hailey (almost 6 years old) more than last year.

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Texture, Day 4: Dewy Leaves!

Good morning, readers! Today is Day 4 of Texture with The Digit-al Dozen! I may be stretching the theme a bit too much for this manicure, though. Dew on leaves is certainly 3D, but you can't touch it without flattening out the water droplets. Anyway, I thought I would try to create the same effect using thick top coat and dotting tools.

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Monochrome, Day 3: Blue Gradient and Textured Chevrons!

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Good morning, readers! Are you enjoying Monochrome Week with The Digit-al Dozen? I've feeling very meh this week but am trying. AND I broke a nail! AHH! It was SO low, I had to cut and file the others down so the rest of the week will be mega shorties :(

Today's post is a fun review of a new product for me: Sticky Nails nail design stencils. You all know I'm a big fan of using striping tape to make fun nail art designs and these are BETTER than striping tape! They are shaped and make for really fun designs without needing artistic skill.

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Monochrome, Day 1: Turquoise Skittlette!

Good morning, readers! It's that time of the month again-- Digit-al Dozen nail art week!! Haha, did you think I meant something else? Anyway, the theme this week is "Monochrome" so each day all of the colors used in the mani will be from one color family. Today's post is a turquoise skittlette-- it's my favorite color family so of course I had to do it the first day!

Nail Art Fail: Crochet Copycat

Hello, readers! Not every nail art idea turns out how I wanted. That's life, right? But I tried so hard on these yesterday that I felt like they deserved a post anyway.

I recently saw this picture from Rebecca Likes Nails on instagram of a square she had crocheted and I told her it would make awesome nail art! So, I tried, and failed, to make it cool nail art.

Mommy's NOTD: Gradient with OPI Mariah Carey Pure!

Good afternoon, readers! Today's post is about what I'm currently wearing on my nails! Last week, I saw that Ulta had some awesome OPI on clearance about 1/2 off, and OPI Mariah Carey Pure was one that I grabbed! I have wanted it since it came out, but couldn't afford the $30 price tag. It was marked down to $14.99 and I was able to use a $3.50 off coupon! SCORE!!

I decided to layer it over a gradient base of 2 Barry M Gelly polishes: Greenberry and Blueberry!

Violet and Teal Half Moon Mani!

Good morning, readers! This is my first official nail art post of 2014! If you follow me on instagram, you would have seen my awesome nail mail package of 9 Barry M Gelly polishes! I've only tried one so far (in this mani) but I love it and feel like I'll need more!

After wanting to match my new cell phone case that the hubby bought me for Christmas (teal and violet), I set out on google to find some inspiration. This is loosely inspired by this mani from The Nailasaurus, but I added some pretty Moyou London Princess Plate 14 heart stamps as well!

Barry M Mani!

Good morning, readers! If you saw my nail mail post yesterday, you know that I recieved 3 Barry M polishes in a giveaway. I was so excited about them and they were the first new polishes I tried. I wanted to use all 3 of them, so this is the mani I came up with.

I used: Base Coat of OPI Natural Nail Base Coat
2 coats of Barry M Berry Ice Cream
1 Crackle coat of Barry M White Nail Effects
1 Coat of Barry M Hologram Hexagrams
1 Coat of Out the Door

What are your thoughts? I was impressed with this white crackle! I've heard that Barry M makes the best crackles and I may have to agree! The Berry Ice Cream went on amazingly and I had barely any clean up because it didn't try to flood my cuticles or anything. The hexagrams were a bit tricky to place on the nail because they float in a really thick clear jelly. Even with top coat, they were still a little uneven because I was trying to move around the hexagrams. But I really like my mani and you can only tell if you rub your finger over a nail.

Do you have any Barry M polishes? I definitely want more now! Thanks for reading!