Stars and…..

Well I didn’t make any stripes…. But this is my Independence Day design. 😁

  
Have a great 4th of July!!!

   
 
ibd Just Gel “Burning Flame” & “Blue Haven” w/ white acrylic paint star


(And my toes 😁)

 

{Sinful Colors – “Ruby Ruby”  & OPI – “Unfor-Greta-bly Blue”

Welcome 2015

Happy New Year!!

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For New Year’s Eve, I felt like my nails wanted “Go Big Or Go Home”…. and that meant shine bright like a diamond!!  I needed glitz and glitter.

So I pulled out silver iridescent loose glitter in two sizes.

It turned out better than I even imagined. And I loved them.

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They were the best party accessory ever.

Bye Bye Love

I love my nails… really I do.
But…. I was sitting at my desk yesterday and typing.  All of a sudden I just got an OVERWHELMING urge to just chop my nails off.

They were kinda in the way.  :-/

So, I did.  And though I might miss them, they are gone. For now. 🙂

 

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  “Kiss Me On My Tulips” – OPI

 

Back to some “regular” polish.  And faster typing speed.  And productivity from not being so dainty and prissy with my hands.  LOL

At least for a little while.

 

 

classics

I felt creatively stumped the past week. I was absolutely lazy too… ended up polishing my nails three different colors.

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kinda random but they were all in the same family so it probably looked purposeful. it wasn’t.

 

and since I am not quite ready to cut my nails off yet, I couldn’t pin down any nail art that excited me enough to polish….

then. this happened.

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i can never deny the call for a french manicure. I love this look. especially at this nail length. but of course, I couldn’t be too standard. I tossed in a black tip or two in there. 🙂

 

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No chip, of course.  It’s gotta last.  *fingers crossed*  🙂

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Inspiration is so interesting.
I have had this photo album for over a decade and a half, I’m sure.

…front facing photo is older than that.  SMH  (OMG I AM OLD – the horror!!)

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I see it every time I am in my living room.
…..and all of a sudden, I wanted something similar on my nails.

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Base of a white no-chip polish.  I used a variety of “regular” OPI and butter London polishes for the colored “bricks”.

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I hope that this lasts on my nails for a couple of weeks – I really like all the colors.