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As the title may suggest, today's nail art had every intention to become a bomb ass set of galaxy nails. How does that saying go? Something or other about good intentions right? Oh well. I ended up loving these easy, yet admittedly very strange, nails anyway!


I started by painting a base color of China Glaze Creative Fantasy. Soon after that dried and I had all of the other lacquers I wanted to use laid out I nixed the original design I had in mind.
So how did I got this end result? I randomly sponged Essie DJ Play That Song, China Glaze Grape Pop, China Glaze Manhunt, China Glaze Calypso Blue, Barielle Smarty Pants, Sation Strumming My Nails, and China Glaze Creative Fantasy. I know it sounds like a lot of work but I promise you that it was quick and painless.
And finally I applied a few gold stars from Born Pretty and sealed it with a few layers of top coat.


You can get 1,000 of these metal gold star shaped decals for $8.80 on BornPrettyStore.com. By the way, the promo code NCL91 will get you 10% off your entire purchase at checkout!


The addition of stars kinda brings the cosmic theme together right?
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Nothing To Disclose
By no means is it a secret that I am a lover of the neon nail lacquer so today's multicolored manicure should come at no surprise.


I  started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. Next, I laid down some striping tape for the lines (boxes on my thumb) and painted those with my absolute favorite black, Wet n Wild Wild Shine Black Creme. Finally, after removing the striping tape, I splattered over it all using Essie Bouncer, It's Me, Dare To Wear Violetta, Dare To Wear Lilly Pad, Dare To wear Honeysuckle, and Dare To Wear Coral Carnation.


FYI: Essie Bouncer, It's Me is from the Essie Neon 2013 collection and all of the Dare To Wears are from the new Floral Fantasy Collection.


Nothing To Disclose

Not to long ago I purchased these floral print jeans. I felt inspired! I searched my stash for the perfect colors. I sat down. I painted my base color (Illamasqua Phallic by the way) and then everything went left.

My mani isn't entirely a fail but it isn't what I envisioned it to be.

Since it's a quarter to 3in the morning while I'm typing this; I don't have any product porn for you, but if your inquisitive in nature like me, please read on.

Base: Illamasqua Phallic purchased by Mr. Nail A College Drop Out ;)
Orange flower:  a mixture of Barielle Peach Popsicle and Dare To Wear Hotspot
Pink flower: Barielle Pink Flip Flops and New York Color Fuchsia Shock Creme
Blue flower: Barielle Ocean Breeze and L.A. Colors Atomic
Leaves: Essie Mojito Madness. Zoya Shawn, and Barielle Green Apple Chew

Here's an A for effort!
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A few nights ago I was up way way way past my bedtime, deciding on exactly what I wanted to do with my nails. The hours ticked by and the land of sleep was calling out my name like it's towns people were crying out for their long lost queen. I wanted something simple yet fantastic. Something awesome yet nowhere near time consuming. Not to mention I wanted to play with some of the nail art goodies I purchased on EBay.

...And here we are now.

Gah, Its Monday already! Where, oh where, has the weekend gone? Will it be back soon? Can I stay home from work until it returns? So many questions, so few Saturday afternoons.

Anyway, being that it's Monday, I felt it pretty appropriate to break out some blue nail polish (and add a lil somethin' somethin' while I'm at it).

A few days ago I made an announcement via Facebook that "I'm really really really really excited about a series I'm starting Monday." Well its Monday so here's this week's theme, Art Dealer Chic!

The goal? Simple. Five posts, Monday through Friday, which are all inspired by/conceived to the music and/or imagery of Mr. Art Dealer Chic himself, Miguel.

All introductions (and fawning over a man I'll never meet) aside, the idea for the first post of Art Dealer Chic Week kind of just came to me while listening to Kaleidoscope Dream on my way to work.

I had mentioned in a previous post that my boyfriend gave me $100 to spend on nail polish (if his status as the one wasn't already solidified, it is now). Here's the rest of what I got!

I've been working on another stash post to show you guys, but until then I'll show you one of the places that enables my addiction... severely. BEAUTY PLUS SALON!

The manager was nice enough (or curious enough to see what a crazy person with a camera will do) to let me take pictures. The following is only a small glimpse of all of their awesomeness.

Would it be Christmas without Gingerbread Men? Of course not!


I started with two coats of China Glaze Blonde Bombshell and stamped the Gingerbread Man using a mixture of Essie Lady Godiva and OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys with Bundle Monster plate BM-222.


"Me not *take* cookies, me *eat* the cookies."
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I'm currently on the hunt to find a no chip top coat that passes the Home Depot Test."What's the Home Depot Test," you ask? Welp, I work at Home Depot and every other day I come home with chipped nail polish. So, in short if a top coat can make my mani last an 8 hour shift = WINNING! Anyway on to my quickie with Essie.  I went to my local Trade Secret and I stumbled upon Essie Quick-e Drying Drops for--brace yourself--$3, yeah that's right THREE FREAKING DOLLARS! So I bought it. They claim to to dry your nails super fast and help the polish last longer.


Helping my polish dry faster = Nope.
Passing the Home Depot Test = Essie for the Win!!!