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Oh yes, 8 days until the end of the semester & 9 days until I go on vacation! Y'all just don't know how amped I am for this.
But before the semester's end, my vacation, and finals week, I do have some nail art using the Zoya Enchanted collection.


When I originally got this collection I thought about swatching them individually. But then, obviously, I changed my mind.

For this mani, I combined two separate, simple techniques. The first being a gradient using Saint and Olivera (the only non-PixieDusts in the collection). The second being stripes added to my middle and ring fingers using Elphie, Waverly, Alice, and Lorna (the PixieDusts)

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It's not officially summer yet (summer solstice is June 20th by the way) but I've got some very summer ready nails using both Seashells (PixieDusts) and Sunsets (crèmes). I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've used an entire twelve-piece collection for a mani so let's get to it shall we?


My original plan was to swatch these collections the same way I've swatched other Zoya 12-piece sets, but then I got the idea for this mani.


My index and middle fingers are a water marble using all six crèmes from the Sunsets collection while the rest are all hand painted stripes using all six PixieDusts from the Seashells collection.


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Press SampleIt's been a super long time since I've done a manicure in all stripes so I figured why not now? Who cares that it's Saturday?!

Amirite?


I wanted to try out a simple stripe manicure with the Zoya Delight collection, and that's exactly what I did.

As far as this 6-piece set goes, I liked the variety--a.k.a the fact that there aren't multiple shades of pink.
My first impression of the Zoya Delight collection is that these are definitely what you would expect for springs shades. The lacquers with the turquoise "flash" (or shimmer in layman's terms) are nice, but y'all know I love créme finishes, and gravitated those right away.




The Zoya Delight collection retails for $54 for the entire collection, or $9 each on Zoya.com.

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Press Sample Oh Monday night. Finally I get to return to my bed if only for awhile! You know,  the place I spent a significant portion of my weekend? Anyway, Sunday night I was messing around with some ideas for nail art and here's what I came up with.


Last weekend I hit up a few of my favorite spots to acquire some booty--nail varnish of course, and not actual buttocks. I then left said hook up spot with Zoya Neely (for $2.99 btw). Claire's Culture Shock and Claire's Graffiti.
Fast forward to last night I decided to test out some Orly Instant Artist Water Based Paints, and well, here we are!
For this mani I started with a base of Zoya Neely, made a rough gradient with the two Claire's lacquers, and lasted tested out my line work with the two Orly Instant Artist paints.

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Do you miss the weekend like I do?
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Press Sample After a week of relative inactivity I finally have the time to sit down, push around some nail paint, and talk blog about it. Forgive me for leaving you all for so long?

I've been itching to try some extremely labor intensive nail art, but I figure I should start off with something simple and awesome. Something a long the lines of stripes!


I used the LCN Shades of Desert Summer 2013 Collection and really loved the outcome. Being new to the LCN brand I really didn't know what to expect in terms of color opacity and formula, but I was very pleased with both! It didn't hurt that all four of these are cremes. Y'all know how much I love a good creme finish lacquer.


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Have I mentioned just how many creative and inspiring images are on Instagram? Well the ideas for these nails came from a hashtag I stumbled upon, #quiltednails. So the next obvious step was for me to try them out for myself.


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This mani was actually pretty simple to create. For the stripes I used Barielle Gotta Have Fate, Surf's Up, Smarty Pants, and Head of the Class. Next, I added a layer of quick dry top coat. After that, I laid down pieces of striping tape to create a relief pattern with matte top coat after the tape was removed.


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Yesterday my Barry M Nail Paints came in the mail. After I completely interrupted the conversation I was having with a friend; I immediately commenced to ripping open my package! Then of course, I had to play with them, take pictures (don't judge me), and last but certainly not least, I had to paint my nails with them!





While it is getting too warm to wear a striped sweater, its never too warm to have stripes on your nails.
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I really liked the stripes from a recent post of mine so I decided to try them with a different color scheme.

If you've been reading my blog for any amount of time you'll know that I absolutely, positively love neon colors. But, today I've decided to tone it down (well, tone it down by my standards anyway).