Crouching Tiger

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I'm catching up on all of my manicures from the last month or so! I hate editing pictures, it's by far my least favorite part of blogging. All I do is color correct and crop and watermark, but the color correcting definitely takes a while and is tedious for me. But enough of my complaining! I'm more than happy to share this tiger design with you, so keep reading for all the details!

Gila Monster!

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I'm not sure what possessed me to create these nails. My boyfriend helped me pick the base color and it sort of evolved from there... but I still like the outcome! So keep reading to find out more about this look!

Born Pretty Store Review: Vintage Blue Water Decals

*Provided for honest review*

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I've got some more items from Born Pretty Store to review for you all. First up are these gorgeous vintage-inspired water decals. Keep reading for my full review of them!

Born Pretty Store Review: Cleanup Brush

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Hey, everyone! This post is a review of two different items, actually. One is a brush that I was sent by Born Pretty Store to review, and the other is a gorgeous nail polish that I got as a belated Christmas gift from my bestie Michelle of Le Lacquer Hookup! Keep reading to find out more about these items!

HPB Presents: Monochrome Manis!

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Holy cow, it's not SERIOUSLY the end of November already, is it?!?! Wasn't Halloween like the other day? Oh well, another month means another Hobby Polish Bloggers link-up, and this month's theme is "monochrome" so there was LOTS of room for creativity with this prompt. Keep reading to find out about the look I came up with!

Pink October

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As much as I would love to have made this month solely one of Fall and Halloween nail art, I simply can't let the month of October run its course without doing some Pink October nails. Mind you, I really really dislike wearing pink, but obviously for this cause I make an exception! Keep reading to find out more about this look!

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!

Scotland the Brave!

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This weekend marks the 150th Pleasanton Highland Games, so these are the nails I wore to them yesterday! Keep reading to find out more!

Schlitz Inspired Nails

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I've been so busy this week, I completely forgot to write a post for yesterday! So here it is today, woops. This nail art was inspired by one of the MANY things my mom has found for me in her thrifting adventures - a Schlitz beer stein! Keep reading to find out more!

Fancy Schmancy Birthday Nails!

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Today is my 23rd birthday! Hip hip huzzah! It's been a pretty good year, I suppose, but I'm hoping the next year of my life is even BETTER! Keep reading to learn about the nail art I did to celebrate!

Summery Abstract Watermelon

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I've been seeing watermelon manis everywhere lately, so I thought I'd try my hand at the look since summer is definitely in full swing here. Keep reading to learn more!

Summery Paisley

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I don't know about you out there, but paisley is a crazy hard design to do by hand. I tried, it didn't turn out as crisp as I'd have liked, even though it was still cute. Thank goodness for stamping plates! Keep reading to find out more about this look!

Born Pretty Store Review: Floral French Tip Water Decals

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I have another review for a product from Born Pretty Store for you all today! They're water decals again (my collection is growing, yay!), and they're really neat, so keep reading to check them out!

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!

Elegant Nails for Gramma!

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So last week I spent a few nights with my maternal grandma just to hang out because we don't do it very often. We had fun doing nails, peel off facials, and just relaxing! Keep reading to find out more!

Lacy Nails for Gramma!

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I decided to pamper my Gramma last night by doing her nails, since she's been pretty busy lately and needed to relax. Keep reading to see more!

Falling for Fall

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Thankfully it seems like the colder weather is finally here to stay for the season in Northern California! So I really felt like doing some ultimate fall nails to celebrate. Keep on reading to find out how I got this beautiful design!

Blue n Purple Sparkle

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This is a mani that I had on when I visited my boyfriend a few weeks ago (hence the, once again, not-so-great photo quality - sorry!). Keep reading to learn more about it!

Textured and Lacey

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Yeah, I know, I really need to work on my post titles... it's just so hard to come up with something clever AND relevant! Anyway, I did some more playing around with a new stamping plate, so check it out below!

Brigadoon!

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The nails I have for you today are the ones I wore to a production of Brigadoon with my mom and brothers a couple weeks ago. Keep reading to learn more!