Swatch Saturday: Barielle Keys Collection!

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Good morning! I have the new Keys Collection by Barielle to share with you today! It celebrates the warm, sun-filled, tropical beach days enjoyed all over the world. These beautiful, creamy, high-fashion colors set the mood for paradise vacations. I just know I'll be wearing some of these for beach pedis this summer! 

Bright Leopard Print Nails!

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Good afternoon! I have a quick post today to show you the manicure I wore last weekend! I wanted something bright and fun because we had a busy few days consisting of a company barbecue, birthday party, and then a boat day out at the sand bar! Why not pair a neon and a holo for all of the time out in the sun, right? So I grabbed my newest neon love: KBShimmer You're So Shellfish and paired it with the intense silver holo KBShimmer PT Young Thing!

Progrids: Making Money From Your Blog!

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Are there any fellow beauty and fashion bloggers out there reading this? Wouldn't it be nice to earn a little extra cash from your blog without doing anything different than your normal blogging? Well, you can! I'm going to talk to you about a company I've been working with for about two months called Progrids. 

Summer Nail Art: Beach Ball Half Moons!

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Good morning! Is Summer in full swing where you are? It definitely is here, we've been spending our weekends out on the boat at the sand bar, or in our pool and it's lovely! I was trying to come up with some kind of summer nail art and as my kids were throwing beach balls around the house yesterday, it hit me! (Okay, a ball didn't literally hit me, but the idea did.) Partial beach balls with the illusion of a half moon mani! These weren't too difficult so expect a tutorial for the next Tutorial Tuesday post!

Elevation Polish Atop A Ferris Wheel- A Box, Indied Exclusive

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Good morning! Today is the big release day for July's A Box, Indied from Llarowe and I have the gorgeous Elevation Polish Atop A Ferris Wheel that is exclusive to the box to show you today. The theme of the box is A Fair To Remember so all of the polishes in the box by different indie makers go along with this theme. 

Tutorial Tuesday: Unicorn Nail Art!

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Good morning, I have a tutorial to share with you today! At the beginning of last month, I shared this unicorn nail art design and had a TON of great feedback! So, I thought it may make a cute tutorial! It was partially based off of my Zebra Tutorial and I think you can definitely take today's tutorial and modify it slightly if you wanted to do a horse (different colors and no horn) or pony(no horn) as well! It has more steps than most of my tutorials but it's because of the many details.

KBShimmer Summer 2014 (Partial) Collection Swatches

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Good morning! I planned to post these swatches over the weekend but we had a lot of family fun going on and I just didn't have a free minute to post for you. So, here is an unconventional Swatch Monday post? KBShimmer just released 12 new shades and nail vinyls sticker guides on Friday, June 20th, and I have half of that Summer 2014 Collection to show you today! Also, at the bottom of this post, I'll show you some options of the nail vinyls that I tried out.

Friday Florals With The Liquidus Summer 2014 Collection!

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Good evening! Today, Liquidus Nail Gloss released their new trio of Summer polishes and I have swatches of them to share with you today, plus a fun floral half moon mani nail art look I created using all three! If you don't remember my other posts on Liquidus Nail Gloss, the polishes are all inspired by rocks, gems, and minerals! I just love that! Today's trio consists of Sapphire, Citrine, and Coral.

Bright Gradient With KBShimmer Scribble Me This!

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Good afternoon! KBShimmer is releasing the second half of the Summer 2014 Collection this Friday, June 20th, and I have 6 of the 12 to show you. You can see the Press Release for the whole collection here. A swatch post will be posted by the weekend, but for today I wanted to show you how I wore KBShimmer Scribble Me This glitter topper! The glitter combination is bright and fun, so a gradient base worked really well. 

Tutorial Tuesday: Anchor Nail Art!

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I have a simple nautical nail art look and tutorial to share with you for Tutorial Tuesday! It's been a while since I've done a tutorial for you guys, I just don't really have any new tutorial ideas. Is there anything you want a tutorial for? I'd love to hear it so please leave a comment below! For today, I'm going to show you a fun mani I wore for a boating weekend 2 weeks ago. They are perfect for summer and simple enough that I even had a similar pedicure to match!

Game of Thrones Weirwood Tree Nail Art!

Hello, everyone! Any Game of Thrones fans out there? I'm sad that the finale was last night and now we have a while to wait until it comes on again. I wish their seasons were longer! But no worries if you haven't caught up on the finale yet, I won't have any spoilers in today's post!

I've always loved the gorgeous Weirwood trees in Game of Thrones. I decided after seeing one in the finale last night that I would try to recreate it on my nails.

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Metal, Day 5: Molten Metal Nail Art!

Good afternoon! This is my final post for Metal Week with The Digit-al Dozen! Today's mani was another great idea from Mr. Adventures In Acetone. We love to watch shows like How It's Made on The Science Channel and one of my favorite parts is where they are pouring molten metal! So here is my attempt at molten metal being poured down all of my nails! I used a neon yellow for the "hottest" part of the metal and under the blue lights from our fish tank, the molten metal really glows!

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Metal, Day 4: Coca Cola Cans!

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Good morning! It's Day 4 of Metal Week with The Digit-al Dozen. I've used 5 of the new OPI Coca Cola Collection polishes to replicate 4 soda can designs in this mani-- Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, and Vanilla Coke! To be honest, I rarely ever drink soda, but this collection was screaming for soda can recreations.

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Metal, Day 3: Fishing Nail Art!

Hello readers! It's the middle of Metal Week with The Digit-al Dozen and I have another silly interpretation of the theme for today. Drawing from more parts of our family life here in Florida, we love to go on the boat and go fishing together! Don't worry, we don't keep the fish, but its still a fun hobby. Fishing hooks are made of metal so it fits with the theme, right? Some cute little holo fish are too smart to fall for the bait in this mani.

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Metal, Day 2: Barbecue Grill!

Good morning! Are you ready to see my second mani for "metal" week with The Digit-al Dozen? This theme is HARD! I find myself walking around the house and looking for things that are metal for inspiration. Something metal that we use a lot in the summer is the barbecue grill! I love when Mr. Adventures In Acetone uses the grill for dinner, it gives me a break from cooking and we get super yummy food. It's perfect for the days that we spend outside swimming or watching the kids play in the back yard!

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Metal, Day 1: Cybermen Vs. The Daleks!

It's time for this month's nail art theme with The Digit-al Dozen! All of the manis you will see this week are in some way connected to "metal" so I'm anxious to see how all of us come up with different ideas on the topic!

For my first design, I had to do another Doctor Who inspired mani! Cybermen and Daleks are both made of metal and waged a war against each other in the episode called Doomsday (otherwise known as the tear-jerking finale where The Doctor was burning up a sun just to say goodbye to Rose on a beach in an alternate universe and she said she loved him and he disappeared before he could say it back...sniff sniff..). Anyway, I thought it would be fun to show a bit of the war between the two species as nail art!

Swatch Sunday: Sally Hansen Color Foils

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Good morning! Sally Hansen has released a new line of metallic shades that dry to a chrome mirror effect called Color Foils. There are ten in total, and I have three to share with you. They are designed to be worn without base and top coat and dry very quickly!

Swatch Saturday: Nicole by OPI Seize The Summer Collection

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Good morning! Are you ready to Seize The Summer? Nicole by OPI is and thats the name of the new summer collection! It consists of 4 colors: 3 creams and one glitter topper, and "these tropical shades add a burst of island-inspired flavor to fingers and toes!"

Friday Florals with RBL Aqua Lily!

Good morning! Woohoo for the weekend! Do you have any fun plans? We are hoping to take out our boat if the weather is nice and hopefully we can have some pool time as well. Maybe I'll grab some neons or holos to put on and take advantage of the sun! How's the weather on your side of the globe? 

After seeing this tutorial by Wondrously Polished earlier in the week, I wanted to try my hand at a simple floral design. I am not really good with floral patterns but I am trying to practice more for improvement. I was already wearing Rescue Beauty Lounge Aqua Lily, one of my very favorite polishes, and realized that Illamasqua Seance matched the shimmer. So that became the flower color!

OPI Coca-Cola Red and Elevation Polish Pitaraq Pairing!

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Good afternoon! I have a simple nail of the day I wore a few weeks ago and forgot to post here! I'm a little "glittered out" lately and am drawn to cremes and shimmers more often. I think shimmery toppers don't get enough love and they can add a nice "extra touch" to your favorite creme shades. 

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Simple Ruffian Watermelon Nail Art!

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Good afternoon! This week, I received the new Nicole by OPI Seize The Summer Collection and I knew I wanted to try some watermelon nail art using my favorite of the collection: The Coral of the Story. It's a gorgeous and bright coral creme and is perfect for summer! What says summer better than watermelon? I usually do watermelon nail art with the rind as a french tip, but thought it would be easier to try a "ruffian" style with the rind at the cuticle. This manicure is so simple and uses no nail art skills or tools-- just two different regular bottles of polish! Some seed shaped black nail art "stones" were the perfect final step for this look!

Waterfall Nail Art With Elevation Polish The Seas Collection!

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Good morning! After posting my swatches yesterday of the new Elevation Polish The Seas Collection, I knew I wanted to try some simple nail art using them all. They coordinate so well together along with the Limited Edition glitter Yeti's Oceanside Vacation! A "waterfall" mani is simple and it shows off the different colors nicely, and I really like the addition of glitter at the cuticles!

Elevation Polish The Seas Collection and Yeti's Oceanside Vacation Swatches!

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Good morning! I have a very exciting post for you today! The new collection by Elevation Polish for June is called The Seas! The name alone had me very excited when I hadn't seen the colors yet, as I am a "sea color" fan (aka teals, blues, turquoise, etc.). Well, Lulu did not disappoint! There are 5 new colors and a limited edition Yeti glitter topper! I have all 6 to show you today, so grab your wish lists and get ready for the restock on June 7th!

Swatch Sunday: Zoya Magical Pixies for Summer 2014!

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Good morning! I have another swatch post for the weekend-- this time, it's the new trio of Magical Pixies from Zoya! If you don't remember, go check out my last post on the original set of Magical Pixies. The Magical Pixies have larger holo hex glitters added into their formula, making them much chunkier textures than the regular Pixie Dusts, but I personally love them!