N is for...

N is for Nautical. So keeping in the theme of last weeks (although at the point of publication two weeks ago) mermaids I did a Nautical themed mani. I love Nautical nails and think that the girls that are able to pull of them off so flawlessly are incredible. There is just something so chic about nautical nails that has made me fall in love time and time again. That being said here is my attempt.

My camera is acting a little screwy but I hope to get that issue resolved quickly. I need to practice my nautical nails but overall I am decently pleased with them. I know my nails are uneven but with how much I had to chop off when they broke I wasn't able to get them to be even. I want to try out a new nail shape, any suggestions?

Polish those Digits

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P.S. I have a job now *party* however I haven't been told what their policy on nail polish is at the moment but hopefully I will still be able to keep this passion of mine afloat. If nothing else I will just have swatches from my start date on out until my vacation. Hopefully I will still have swatches, I don't know if I could survive if I wasn't allowed to wear nail polish any more.

M is for...

M is for Mermaids! So my nieces are in love with mermaids here lately so it only felt natural that I would end up doing them "M" day. I was inspired by a mani that @noemihk from instagram did. Her page is private so you won't be able to view her mani if you aren't following here, which she post amazing nail art so you should go follow her just to see it all.

Mermaid mani, more specifically Little Mermaid Ariel. The girls are in love with her which I have no problem of them doing so. I finally got to use Naughty Nautical by Essie in this and I love it! Such a pretty shade and I can't wait to use it again.

Party on Polish-a-holics!

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L is for...

L is for Lizard!!!! Okay so today is one of my very good, very amazing friends birthday. I happen to call him lizard, which is a short story I just don't feel like explaining it, so being his birthday and all I had to create a special mani just for him. My Mr. Mischievous Lizard turned 26 today, old man ain't he? No he really isn't but me being the "cheeky owl" that I supposedly am I can't really let him off easy now can I? Honestly I had a lot of fun creating this although I wish it would have turned out better but when you have the limited resources that I did you kind of have to make due with what you have.

As you can tell the main character of this mani is a partying lizard with a cute little owl on his tail holding his birthday balloons. Other than how crappily these nails turned out I think that this represents us rather well.

So Mr. Mischievous Lizard should you somehow ever come across this Happy Birthday and to many more my dear.

Polish Party On!

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K is for...

You guys should know by now that I may say I'm going to be good about updating my blog, and I was there for a while, but in the end I get lazy and don't have the motivation to put any effort into updating my blog, I do think about it though. So anyways K is for Kiss! No this is not a play off of Kay jewelers' "Every Kiss Begins with Kay" song this is just all I could think of that started with K and I felt like I could possibly do. All of the polishes I used in the are from Zoya minus the topcoat that decided that it didn't want to cooperate so it dragged my mani, jerk. Without further ado I give you my K mani.

I thought that this was sweet and girly. It gets me in the mood to do some more Valentines Day Manis because I love V-day even if I am always single, here's to hoping I have a date this year. Fingers Crossed.

Stay Sweet!

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J is for...

J is for Jellyfish Jelly Sandwich. This was suggested by a friend of mine and @pimpmynubss on Instagram respectively, I also used a tutorial from Polish Pals over her Jellyfish Nails that she did for this challenge as well. When @pimpmynubss suggested I do jelly sandwich I though I really should as I've never done one before, looking through my stash (that has grown significantly since the last time I counted) I realized I own only two jelly polishes one of which I received for Christmas. Now the picture didn't turn out as well as I would have liked but I was taking it in my truck while I sat on campus waiting for my next class to start. I will start messing with the lighting when I'm on campus to find out where I need to take my pictures because when I leave in the morning it is too dark to take a good picture and same thing when I finally get home, especially once soccer season starts. So on class days the pictures will be iffy for a while as I figure out what will work best for me, although because of my course load once I get farther into the semester I will most likely only be painting my nails every other day so hopefully that will make it better.

Also excuse my dry and icky cuticles the winter weather, no matter how little we have gotten here, has not been kind on my hands. I'm going to be using my cuticle remover tonight (if not tomorrow) so that should clean up that problem.

Keep polished and shining!

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