PAA’s Monday Nail Art Challenge–Galaxy Nails!

The PAA Monday Nail Art Challenge for this week was Galaxy Nails!! Oh I was so excited about this one because I wanted to try this for so long!
I have never done sponging before and I wasn’t sure I’d be able to get the effect I wanted but I think it worked out pretty well!
This is also often called Nebula nails, and I’m soooo in love.  I hope this one lasts a while because I really don’t want to take it off!

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Rawwrr! Night Prowl!

I love black… I love purple… I love glitter.  OMG I LOVE BLACK PURPLE AND GLITTER!!  When it comes to me and polish, I’m not sure it gets any better than Wet n Wild Wild Shine Night Prowl!  I’m in love!
It goes on smooth and evenly, it takes two coats (or one if you put it on thick enough) to get a nice cover, and it’s just so damn subtle and pretty!  Ok, not subtle in the way that a nude color would be, but when you look at some of my other more ‘blingy’ polishes I’ve worn, the glitter in this is subtle. 

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PAA’S Monday Nail Art Challenges – Animal, Splatter and Layer

I’m a bit behind on updating my entries for PAA'S Monday Nail Art Challenge, not that I haven’t been doing them, I have… I’ve just gotten behind on my photo editing.  I had to replace my laptop recently and one of the main problems with my old one was that I couldn’t edit more than one or two photos before laptop came to a halt.  It was very frustrating… but now I have an awesome new machine and am back in action!

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World of Warcraft Lava Nails

After trying out the High Def with Silver Shatter I wanted to do something with a crackle polish that had a bit more oomph to it.   My husband and I have been playing a little World of Warcraft recently and I thought, hey… why not make some lava nails!
Here’s a photo for those of you who have never played.  Yes, I actually love you all enough to log in and fly to somewhere with lava just so you could see what I am talking about.  I bet you all know where I’m going with this already!

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Nail Mail From Kati!

Just after I got back from my holiday I got nail mail from my friend Kati. We had planned to swap some polish the next time we met up, but with both our holidays our paths never seemed to cross.  The sneaky devil stuck my polish in an envelope and mailed it!  I was so excited to get this unexpected package!
I immediately sat down to test out these polishes!

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My First Pedicure

This is a post that was originally written for Canadutch, my personal blog. Seeing as it pertains to nails, I thought I would copy it here as well, as I think some of you will get a kick out of it!
Last week my friend Penny and I got together for pedicures.  It was my very first pedicure ever, can you believe it?!  It’s something I’ve always wanted to do but either I didn’t want to spend the money on it or I was freaked out about people messing with my feet. 

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My First Swap!

A few months ago I was contacted by Caroline from Shadow's Nail Art about doing a swap.  I’d never done this before and was a little nervous at first as I didn’t know her or any of the other girls in the nails community.  The thought of buying a load of stuff and sending it off to a stranger felt a bit strange, but after mailing with her a bit I got a really good feeling about her and decided to go for it.

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Monday Nail Art Challenge–Taped Mani

It’s been a while since I’ve taken part in PAA's Monday Nail Art Challenge as I was away on Holiday and then bummed about how my nails were ravaged by camping. Now I’m back though and just in time for one of my favorite themes – taping!!
This theme was largely inspired by Jane over at Nailside, who is the queen of taping.   She’s done more than one mani that I really love and have wanted to try.  I’m still working up the courage to try her Double Lightning Bolt!

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