Les Nail Smiths, February 2016: CHOCOLATE!!!

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February always seems to be such a busy month. But one perk of February is all the Valentine's Day candy that goes on sale after the 14th, especially the delicious chocolate! So this month, Michelle and I decided to do chocolate nail art! Keep reading to find out how I created my design!

Les Nail Smiths, January 2016: BLING! & 200th Blog Post

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Still getting used to the whole "Hey, it's 2016 now!" thing... sigh. I'll get it down soon! Anyway, I also realized that my first post this wonderful new year ALSO happens to be my 200th blog post! What a wonderful coincidence! So for this month's theme for Les Nail Smiths, Michelle and I chose to do bling. Because, hey, sparkly things are great, right? So keep reading more for my take on this prompt!

Les Nail Smiths, December 2015: Glass Nails!

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Remember when I tried glass nails a while ago? Well, I wanted to give them another go, and it turns out that Michelle wanted to try them for this month's Les Nail Smiths prompt, so it was perfect timing! Keep reading to see how I improved my glass nails look from last time!

Les Nail Smiths, November 2015: Plaid!

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If you don't follow me on Facebook, you may not know this, but I'm now a certified substitute teacher! I have yet to have my first day in the classroom but I'm really excited to start this new job! Anyway, that's why I haven't posted yet this week, I've been getting all the final paperwork taken care of and such. But today I have my contribution to the November Les Nail Smiths prompt, which is plaid! I know, it's already December, but who cares! Keep reading to find out more!

Les Nail Smiths, October 2015: Halloween Fun!

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Since it's obviously the month of Halloween, this month's theme for Les Nail Smiths with Michelle of Le Lacquer Hookup is indeed Halloween! Keep reading to see what I did for this theme!

Les Nail Smiths, September 2015: Double Processed Stamping

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For September's Les Nail Smiths theme, I chose double processed stamping. It's a fairly new and kinda tricky stamping technique but the results are well worth the effort! I won't really go too much into the details of how it's done, but if you're curious then please check out this post by Lacquer Lockdown! It's described really well there. Anyway, keep reading below to find out more about my double processed stamping look!

Les Nail Smiths, August 2015: Mermaids!

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This month's Les Nail Smiths post is very special, as it marks the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of Les Nail Smiths! I can't believe that Michelle of Le Lacquer Hookup and I have done 12 of these now! Sometimes it seems like a lot more, and sometimes not. But I'm glad we started doing this! Keep reading to find out more about this month's theme!

Les Nail Smiths, June 2015: Inspired by a Print

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This month's Les Nail Smiths prompt was one of those ones where I bit off way more than I could chew... oh my goodness! But my mani turned out decently, so I'm sharing what I ended up with anyway. Keep reading to find out more!

Les Nail Smiths, May 2015: Water Decals

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Another month means another Les Nail Smiths theme with Michelle of Le Lacquer Hookup! This month's them was water decals! Keep reading to find out more about my ADORABLE nail art look!

Les Nail Smiths, April 2015: Korean Nail Art Inspired or Recreation

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It's that time again, time for Les Nail Smiths for the month of April! This time it was Michelle's turn to pick, and she chose for us to do manis inspired by or recreations of Korean nail art. Keep reading to find out more!

Les Nail Smiths, March 2015: Pinterest Inspired

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For this month's installment of Les Nail Smiths with Michelle of Le Lacquer Hookup, we have - wait for it - PINTEREST INSPIRED MANIS! Keep reading to find out more!

Les Nail Smiths, February 2015: Something Pink

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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! Today is also the day that Michelle of Le Lacquer Hookup and I will be sharing with you our February Les Nail Smiths designs! Keep reading to learn more about my unorthodox mani!

Les Nail Smiths, January 2015: Inspired by a Book

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Today I have this month's installment of Les Nail Smiths for you! This month's theme was "Inspired by a Book," which I was REALLY looking forward to! Keep reading to find out which book I chose!

Les Nail Smiths, December 2014: Kaleidoscope/Leadlighting Nails!

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I know, that's quite a title! And yes, I AM posting three days in a row, but oh well. This month Michelle of Le Laquer Hookup and I decided on doing leadlighting style nails, but then we both ended up using MoYou London Kaleidoscope collection stamping plates, so I guess this month's theme is... BOTH! Keep reading to learn more!

Les Nail Smiths, November 2014: Cute Animals!

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It's time for another installment of Les Nail Smiths with Michelle of Le Lacquer Hookup! This month's theme was chosen by me, and I chose cute animals. Keep reading to find out why I chose this theme!

Les Nail Smiths, October 2014: SCIENCE!

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Are you ready for this month's installment of Les Nail Smiths? I know I am! This month's theme, chosen by Michelle, was SCIENCE! Gee, can you tell I'm excited?! Keep reading for more details!

Les Nail Smiths, September 2014: India Inspired!

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It's that time again, the first Saturday of the month! Which means it's time for another Twin Mani post by Les Nail Smiths! This month's theme was inspired by the beautiful culture of India! Keep reading to learn more!

Les Nail Smiths, August 2014: Birthstone!

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I have for you today another twin mani that I did with Michelle of Le Lacquer Hookup. This is the first of our once-a-month posts, which we have dubbed "Les Nail Smiths" (like a nice hybrid of our blogs' names)! The theme is "Birthstone" since both of us have our birthday in the month of August. Keep reading to learn more!

Twin Swatch with Michelle of Le Lacquer Hookup and an ANNOUNCEMENT!

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Today I am very pleased to share with you a Twin Swatch Post (I guess that's what you'd call it?) with Michelle from Le Lacquer Hookup! We realized we each had a polish or two from the Wet n' Wild Fast Dry line that came out a few years ago (don't let the 'New' sticker on the lid fool you!) and decided that this would be fun. Keep reading to learn more!

First Ever Mani Swap with Michelle of Le Lacquer Hookup!

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Today I am very excited to announce that I have participated in my very first mani swap with Michelle of Le Lacquer Hookup! I've never done one of these before so I'm a little nervous but it was fun nonetheless! Keep reading to learn more!