The Future of Painted Nubbs

*Nothing To Disclose*

(pokes head around corner) hi guys! You may have noticed that I've been absent from all social media for about a month and I was posting inconsistently before that. I'm kinda hoping this post will shed some light on that.

Spellbound Nails Galaxy Collection Swatch & Review

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Hello loves, welcome back. I finally have swatches of the Galaxy collection from Spellbound Nails ready. These are already available on her site, so head on over and pick them up.

The Lacquer Ring Seafoam

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Hello loves, welcome back. Its time for another round of The Lacquer Ring and this time the prompt is seafoam. There has been some discussion on what color seafoam actually is. While I see it as a bit more green others see it as more blue or even beige. I kinda cheated used Seafoam by LA Colors lol.

The Lacquer Ring: Floral

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Hello loves, welcome back. Today's post is another special one. I was recently invited to be part of The Lacquer Ring. If you don't know much about them you can check Of Life and Lacquers past post, she's how I've followed them since the birth of the group lol. Anyway, this is my first post with them (they post twice a month) and the prompt was floral. Could it have been any more perfect for me?!

Manis For Rose

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Hello loves, welcome back. I know I don't normally post on a Monday but this is a very special post. If you've been here any length of time then you know I love everything that Rose from Manicured & Marvelous does. I've recreated quite a few of her manis. Well, she hasn't been doing well health wise recently so a wonderful group of bloggers got together to recreate her manis to cheer her up.

Born Pretty Store Elephant and Owl Nail Stickers

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Hello loves, welcome back. Tonight I have some cute nail stickers to show you from Born Pretty Store. I thought these were water decals at first and I ruined first one I tried to use. For some reason these make me think of a baby shower.

Stamping Saturdays #33: Born Pretty Store Black Stamping Polish

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Hello loves, welcome back. It has been so long since I've done a SS and even though I don't like to combine them with a product review I have to this week since I'm so behind. I have been sitting on a package from Born Pretty Store for about a month now and have only reviewed two products. Today I have a stamping polish to show you.

Press Release: Zoya Seashells & Sunsets Collection

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ZOYA INTRODUCES TWO STUNNING NEW COLLECTIONS FOR SUMMER 2016!  Zoya Seashells & Sunsets

Born Pretty Store Thermal Polish #103

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Hello loves, welcome back. It feels strange to have some time to put a post together. My work schedule got messed up so I ended up with a three day weekend, woo-hoo. I still can't find a good work/home/blog rhythm though. It all seems never ending. Anyway today's post is about something I don't try a lot of but I love on others, thermal polish.

BPS Feline Water Decals

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Hello loves, welcome back. Before we get started I want to apologize for once again falling behind in posting. Unfortunately it may get worse. I start work full time tomorrow and until I get into a routine my posts will be terribly sporadic. This is a big step for me and hopefully will improve my blog in the future. Anyway, today I have the cutest cat decals from Born Pretty Store to showcase.

My Tiniest Decals Yet

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Hello loves, welcome back. Today I have some really cute nail art to share with you. At least I loved it lol. These are the tiniest decals that I've made yet and actually they were the easiest. Sunflowers are also my wife's favorite flowers, bonus points!

Scribble Nail Art?

*Purchased By Me*

Hello loves, welcome back. Are we all enjoying our Sunday? I've been getting a sneak peeq of a summer collection from a maker and its really brightened my day, and maybe even lifted my polish funk a bit. I love seeing new, bright collections. Anyway today I have a new to me technique to share with you.

Stamping Saturdays #32: Pond Nail Art With Spellbound Nails Late Bloomer

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Hello loves and welcome back. Before we get started does anyone else hate the latest Snapchat update? I missed an entire story the other day because I got distracted and the person doesn't post videos, so I didn't know it auto played them all. Total first world problem lol. Anyway today's look is another pond mani that I tried using one of the spring colors from Spellbound Nails.

Floral Double Stamping

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Hello loves, welcome back. Today's mani is inspired by none other than Deborah from Love Varnish. Not only are her swatches amazing but she kills every nail art technique she tries. I have a list as long as my arm that's inspired by her. This time though I tried one of her double stamping looks.

Stamping Saturdays #31: Peacock Feathers

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Hello loves, welcome back. Today's SS look should have actually gone up about two weeks ago but all the photos were horrible. That actually turned out to be a good thing cause it gave me a chance to rethink my base. I'm much happier with it this time around.

Spellbound Nails Spring 2016 Collection Swatch and Review

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Hello loves, welcome back. No St. Patty's nail art today, I just couldn't find the drive for any this year. I do however have a new collection from Spellbound Nails to share with you. If you are a fan of jellies, glow in the dark polishes or pond manis then I think you'll enjoy the Spring 2016 collection.

Simple Sparkly NOTD

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Hello loves, welcome back. Today's post is a very simple sparkly nail of the day. I loved how KleanColor Pastel Orange looked so much in the gradient last week that I decided to wear it by itself.

Stamping Saturdays #30: Nude & Neon

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Hello loves, happy Saturday. I wish I had something excited to fill this space with but I have nothing. So how about we jump right into nails?

Pastel Vertical Gradient

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Hello loves, welcome back. I hope you are all enjoying your day, the weather is gorgeous here and I'm loving all this natural light my house is getting. Today's mani also made me happy, a sorta pastel vertical gradient.

Zoya Petals Collection Swatch and Review

*Press Release*

Hello loves, welcome back. Today I have the latest polishes from Zoya to share with you. You know they are my favorite mainstream brand and I always look forward to spring collections but from the press release I wasn't really excited about it.

Dusty Florals: Bundle Monster BM-616

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Hello loves, welcome back, and Happy Sunday. This post was supposed to go up yesterday but I got distracted so everything got pushed forward. Better late then never right?

Splatter: When A Gradient Just Isn't Enough

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Hello loves, welcome back. I've been trying to write this for two hours and I've somehow only managed to end up on TMZ, stupid internet black holes lol. Anyhow, today I have a splatter mani to share.

Press Release: Zoya Petals Collection Spring 2016

*Press Release*

A flourish of beautiful blooming nail color!

Introducing Petals, the latest color collection from Zoya Nail Polish just in time for Spring 2016.

Inspired by the gardens of spring, this fresh and vibrant collection invites you to revel in the beauty of the season!

Spellbound Nails Easter Quartet Swatch & Review

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Hello loves, welcome back. Long time no post lol. I'm not sure if I've shared this before but my wife and I are caregivers for her grandparents, one of whom is bedridden, and when she gets sick it all falls to me. So that's where I've been at lately, not that I'm complaining, it just doesn't leave time for blogging. Anyway, today I have some Easter polishes from Spellbound Nails to share.

Stamping Saturdays #29

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Hello loves, welcome back. Maybe taking that break earlier this week wasn't the best idea, now I'm behind and can't find the energy to get caught up. I know why that may be but dread going to the doctor. Any way, thanks to that this weeks SS look was done in the eleventh hour.

Spellbound Nails Luck of the Irish Collection Swatch and Review

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Hello loves, welcome back. I'm sorry about that little break I took earlier in the week but the weather has been warming up nicely here lately and I took advantage of it. It felt so nice to soak up some sun. Today I have the St. Patrick's Day trio from Spellbound Nails to share with you.

Spellbound Nails Harry Potter Book 2 Collection Swatch and Review

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Hello loves and welcome back. Happy Valentines Day! Do you ever start reading a book and get so into it that you have to force yourself to put it down? When I received the first version of this collection (this has been a long time coming) I broke down and started the Harry Potter series and that was totally me lol. So of course I'm super excited to share the  Harry Potter Book 2 Collection from Spellbound Nails.

                 

Stamping Saturdays #28: Radial Gradient Roses

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Hello loves, welcome back. I'm super behind today, I overslept really bad. Just when I thought it was time for bed last night my wife stumbled across the Cutlery Corner Network and got way too excited about the Katanas. I had to talk her out of ordering the whole 190 piece set, I guess I know what to get her from her birthday. Anyway, for this weeks SS I tried something new to me.

Chevron Nail Art Recycled

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Hello loves, welcome back. Today I have a recycled mani. Sometimes I try to get lots of looks done in one session so I can take a week off and give my cuticles some rest.

Born Pretty Store Clear Stamper Review

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Hello loves, welcome back. Why does today feel like a Monday, I double checked three times to make sure it wasn't lol. Is it too early to go back to bed?! Anyway, today I have the latest craze to sweep the stamping world, clear stampers. This one is from Born Pretty Store.

Born Pretty Store Stamping Head (black) Review

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Hello loves, welcome back. Today I have another stamping head from Born Pretty Store to share with you. You guys know by now I'm always on the hunt for the perfect one.

Stamping Saturdays #27: Love Notes

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Hello loves welcome back. I hope you are all enjoying your Saturday. I'm currently watching Grease Live, I kept telling myself I wasn't going to, but then I heard Boyz II Men did Beauty School Dropout and I caved lol. Anyways, today's SS look has been done so many times its practically a cliche.

Born Pretty Store Stamping Polish #9

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Hello loves, welcome back. Are you guys having a happy Thursday? We're in the middle of what feels like a monsoon (obviously its not), and as a child of the sun its sucking out all my happy feels. Even this beautiful baby blue stamping polish from Born Pretty Store can't pull me from the depths.

Born Pretty Store Stamping Polish #8

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Hello loves, welcome back. I have another Born Pretty product to share with you today, more stamping polish from their in house brand. I was so pleases with other two I reviewed I went back for some more. The first one is #8, a nice lilac purple (Item #22179).

Born Pretty Store Chevron Nail Tape Review

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Hello loves, welcome back. I hope you're all enjoying a nice relaxing Sunday. Another Born Pretty review today, this time on something I thought I'd moved on from but was intrigued by just the same. Chevron nail tape (Item #23383).

Stamping Saturdays #26: Quilted Hearts

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Hello loves, welcome back. Happy Saturday! I'm kicking off the Valentines manis a little early. I have sooo many plates that I only want to use this time of year so I've got a lot I want to get done. First up is one inspired by NailStamp4Fun.

Born Pretty Store Mermaid Nail Stencils Review

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Hello loves, welcome back. I hope you all having a nice week. Today I'm starting the latest round of reviews on some new Born Pretty Store products. I've started scheduling my post out in hopes to stay on track. First up is a product that finally allowed me to do a mani I've been wanting to do for years.

Zoya Whispers Collection Nail Art

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Hello loves, welcome back. Boy has today been a real Monday, from health issues to people being idiots. I could really use a vacation. Anyway at least I had cute nails to kind of distract me. I decided to play around with the Whispers collection the other night and was really pleased with the result.

Stamping Saturdays #25: Pinterest Fail

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Hello loves, welcome back. Wow, I can't believe it's been about three weeks since I've did a SS post. I really need to get my butt in gear. Maybe I can borrow some mojo from some of you. Today's mani was my attempt at a mani I've had pinned to my "to try" board forever.

Revisited: KBShimmer Snow Much Fun

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Hello loves, welcome back. I have a revisited post for you today and since it's finally gotten cold here, and it's currently sleeting, I thought it'd be a good time to pull out KBShimmer Snow Much Fun.

Spellbound Nails Be My Valentine Trio Swatch & Review

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Hello loves, welcome back. Today I have a Valentine's Day trio from Spellbound Nails to share with you. I can't believe its already time for Valentine's collections and nail art. If you're like me and have no inspiration yet hopefully this cute little set will put you in the mood.

China Glaze Shower Together Swatch & Review

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Hello loves, welcome back. I had high hopes for my blogging schedule in 2016 but I've  managed to only get up four post so far. The main reason is I'm not satisfied with my photos. They look fine on my camera but once I export them they look crummy. I'm not sure if the problem is my lights, camera or what. I even bought a new SD card but that didn't do anything. So I really appreciate those that hang around through the random photo quality posts. Hopefully I'll get it figured out soon. Anyway, you came for nails. I recently got around to finally trying out China Glaze Shower Together.

Zoya Whispers Collection Swatch & Review

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Hello loves, welcome back. If you're like me then you're getting a little burnt out with all the sparkly, jewel toned and vampy shades for the holidays and winter. While I'm ready for the bright shades of summer and spring some are not. Enter Zoya with their transitional shades, the Whispers collection.

Revisited: Spellbound Nails Enchanted Orchid

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Hello loves, welcome back. I hope you had a nice weekend and were able to make it through Monday unscathed. I spent mine watching A Christmas Story (yes I know Christmas is over) and working on blogging things. One thing I did was re-swatch Enchanted Orchid by Spellbound Nails.

Caption Polish 4 Piece Set Swatch & Review

*Giveaway Prizes*

Hello loves and welcome back. I have a new to me brand on the blog today. In fact, I hadn't even heard of this brand until a couple of weeks ago when I won a giveaway from Nail It! magazine on Periscope.

Stamping Saturdays #24: Frozen Pickles?

*Purchased Myself*

Hello loves, welcome back. First post of 2016, boy is it gonna take a while to get into the habit of typing that. Anyway, I mentioned in my last post that I used KBShimmer Kind Of A Big Dill in a stamping mani, which is what I have for you today.