Nails Actually

So Dry Marbling...good in theory but not so good in application!   While the Dry Marble method saves you on cleanup you need a lot of time...

Playing catch up on the Year of Polish Challenge while I am in the thick of fall classes.  Today I used a few of my Avon Suede polishes ...

I got several Jade Holos from a Brazilian nail friend and one of my first manicures with them is this patchwork manicure.  I started with ...

This week's challenge was a metallic or magnetic mani.  I never really jumped on the magnetic polish bandwagon so I chose metallic.  ...

Had to try out Sinful Colors Ocean Side from my recent Walgreens trip.  99 cent polishes are so hard to resist! Tape manis are not my ...

Meh...cupcakes but zombie cupcakes?  Awesome!

Watermarbling and I have not seen eye to eye in recent past and I finally figured out why. Everyone (the watermarbling experts) kept say...

So Week 34...Nice to meet you and can I just say, "Wow, girl!" Week 34 is the Bling manicure and I brought out my neglected rh...

Bought some China Glaze Metallic Crackle polishes so I no longer have any excuse to skip the Year of Polish Challenge Week 31 Crackle man...

I did these for an Independence Day Nail Art Contest but they also satisfy Week 27 of the Year of Polish Challenge.  I don't really g...

This week's assignment for A Year of Polish Challenge was a Neon Manicure.   Neon gradients are so striking so I did my nails up and th...

I did these nails specifically for Kyoti's Nails June LGBT Pride Nail Art Contest .  I have several very dear friends that are LGBT so ...

This week in the Year of Polish Challenge is Ombre nails.  While I've seen Ombre nails all over the place, these type of nails are a fi...

The splatter mani is an elusive beast.  At one end you have a giant hot mess and the other you have oblong polka dots.  The perfect splatte...

This design was one that I've had in my head awhile.  I finally drew out the design on paper and it is rare, but the drawing was cuter ...

I am looking forward to winding down tonight in celebration of the end of my first semester of library school!  I am going to a luau where ...

I've been wanting to try a gradient using the one step sponge gradient technique from LaynieFingers so I  did it tonight.  But then I...

I got home from the gym this morning and lamented my unpolished nails.  I had a little time before I had to take a shower and get ready for...

I did these nails last week and had to schedule them in advance to post today because OMG-I-have-3-papers-due-in-April!  Sorry if April'...

I am so glad that I chose to do the Year of Polish Challenge because its really encouraging me to try new designs and techniques.  This week...