Twinkie Nail Art Challenge August Week 5: Glitter Bomb

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Today marks the last day of the Twinkie Nail Art Challenge for August. I have really enjoyed participating and seeing what everyone else came up with each week. I have also found some great new accounts to follow. The prompts for September have already been announce and I'm excited to get started on those. But now for the week 5 prompt: glitter bomb.

Purple Holo Leaves with Spellbound Nails and Winstonia W202

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Halloween is coming ya'll! lol I'm getting really excited, it seems every year it inches just a little closer to becoming my favorite holiday. I only wished we lived in an area where there was lots of trick-or-treaters. We never have any :( I was planning on showing you guys some gorgeous gitd polishes this week but there was snafu so those have to wait. But, in the meantime I have some purple holo leaves:

Zoya Veronica and Cheeky40

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Even though my Zoya Entice collection didn't have the best formula at first (I have since let them sit out for a little bit and they thickened up nicely! thanks for the idea Sarah) I just couldn't stop myself from wearing Veronica again. I also wanted to use one of my Cheeky plates since I haven't shown them any love in a few weeks.

China Glaze Ruby Pumps and Winstonia W-04

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Today's post comes from a week or so back when I wore CG Ruby Pumps. I was looking for something to stamp over it and I had the great idea to use Winstonia W-04 and the larger rose image in the bottom right corner. I hate those days when your stamping comes out perfectly but it's too subtle to really be able to see.

Twinkie Nail Art Challenge August Week 4: Nimbus Nails

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This week's Twinkie Nail Art Challenge prompt was nimbus nails inspired by The Nailasaurus. I've been wanting to at least try them but I'm not sure if I like the look or not. The same can be said for the outcome of my mani. I did like the colors I used though lol

Zoya Entice Collection Swatches & Reivew

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Today I have the Zoya Entice collection to share with you. This is one half of the fall release from Zoya, and the one that I was most excited for. Make sure you check out my post of the other half, Ignite, if you haven't already. This is quite pic heavy so make sure you click more below.

Zoya Ignite Collection Swatches & Review

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Today I have the second half of Zoya's fall release, the Ignite Collection. I wasn't super excited about these when they were announced but I fell in love when I took them out of the box. Again, this post is pic heavy so click read more to see the rest.

China Glaze Ruby Pumps

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Today I have a quick swatch of a polish I wore over the weekend. I always go back and forth between liking and hating reds, it's a color I was always shooed away from wearing growing up. A very old-south great-grandmother will do that to you lol. But every once in a while a great red comes along that just captures my heart and Ruby Pumps is one of those.

Twinkie Nail Art Challenge August Week 3: Favorite Indie

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This week's Twinkie Nail Art Challenge prompt was "My Favorite Indie". I'm not sure if they meant brand or just polish but either way my favorite indie is Spellbound Nails. I've said it before and will say it again, not only is Ashley wonderful but she makes awesome polishes! If you haven't tried her brand before I urge you to. I'm sure you'll find something that you'll love. This week I decided to go with another gradient using Life of the Party (press sample) and Leave the Brakes On.

Daphine Polish Holo Gradient, Pueen 33&40

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Today I have the finished product from the mani I created for last week's Twinkie Nail Art Challenge. You really didn't think I left that alone did you? lol I wasn't completely happy with this one (maybe I should have left it alone) but it was good enough for a few days.

Daphine Polish Green Apple Tart and Pueen33

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When I was backing up my photos the other week I came across a few things that I did while swatching polishes and then somehow forgot about. So while I'm awaiting a delivery of my favorite topcoat (yes I forgot to order before I ran out) I'm gonna throw these up. Today I have some cute branchie type nails.

Zoya Fall 2014 Entice & Ignite Collection

**Press Release**
ENTICE & IGNITE

Inspired by the classic wools, textured brocades and metallic accents of the season, Zoya¹s new ENTICE & IGNITE collections create a palette of lush, deep color including wines, browns, navies and greys.

Born Pretty Store Plate QA86 Review and Swatch

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Today I have another stamping plate from the Born Pretty Store to share with you. I had another product to reivew as well but it was defective so I'm currently waiting for a replacement for that one. I'm a little bummed because I was really looking forward to trying that one but I'll have it to share eventually. Onto the matter at hand. Plate QA86:

Twinkie Nail Art Challenge August Week 2: Gradient

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It's that time of the week again, time for the Twinkie Nail Art Challenge. This week's prompt was gradient. I decided to try something else I've never done before and do a holo gradient. I used two of my favorite holos, Daphine Polish Peach Cobbler and Green Apple Tart (press samples).

Firecracker Lacquer Captivating Creatures Collection

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Today I am really excited to share another new to me indie, Firecracker Lacquer. I'm also sharing with you two beautiful new polishes that will be releasing tomorrow as part of the Captivating Creatures collection. There will also be some other goodies available which I will get into down below.

My First Go At Leadlighting

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I'm really excited to share today's post with you all. A few months ago someone in the Adventures In Stamping group on FB posted a tutorial for the leadlighting technique. I thought it was pretty cool but not something that I was rushing to do. Then, a few weeks ago Copycat Claws shared a photo of some LL that she did using the OPI sheer tints over black. I was in love and that really made me want to try. So, I finally broke down and bought the sheer tints and I'm really glad I did.

LA Colors Reckless & Winstonia W-04

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What I have for you today is an example of bad placement happening to a good manicure lol. I wanted to combine LA Colors Reckless with MoYou blue and of course I just had to use my newest Winstonia plate again. Unfortunately the image got the best of me lol.

Twinkie Nail Art Challenge August Week 1: Throwback Mani

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It's been a while since I participated in a nail art challenge, and when I saw the Twinkie Nail Art Challenge shared the other day I decided to give it a go. It's only one prompt a week all during August, on Fridays, and is being hosted by polishedbybeckie and spilledmilknails on Instagram. The first prompt was Throwback mani, and while most people would have recreated something I went in a different direction.