I could tell you I began this manicure with the intent to make them look "distressed" but that would be a fib. The truth is, I was having a heck of a time picking up a clean image and well, naptime is only so long, so I decided to roll with it! And so I give you distressed geometric nail art. Yay or nay? This is actually the final prompt in the November nail art challenge from @clairestelle8 and @myblisskiss on Instagram but I skipped ahead because, quite frankly, I wanted t

Prompt number two for the November nail art challenge from @clairestelle8 and @myblisskiss on Instagram is lace and apparently I don't have a proper lace stamp! I did find a somewhat lacy floral one, though, so I decided to use that. And since I always think of red with lace, I figured I ought to try something different. Turns out, though, my super bright pink still looks kind of red in my picture! Oh well. Paired up with my favorite neon green and a little glitter, though,

Just when I thought I was going to start doing my nails again, oh, almost TWO MONTHS AGO, they decided to break and tear and get burned (I grabbed the metal handle of a pan that I had just taken out of a 400 degree oven - NOT my finest moment and yes, I cried like a baby) and get chopped off. It was ridiculous. But they seem to be healing and holding together well enough now and when I saw the new @clairestelle8 nail art challenge that just happens to be a challenge with PRIZ

My poor, poor naked nails! I've been so busy with my crocheting (and other mundanities like sleeping and housekeeping) that they've been utterly neglected of late. The itch finally overtook me again, though, and I did this simple but pretty mani. Of course, I had to offer you photographic evidence! It's nothing fancy, but it sure did feel nice. So nice, in fact, that I painted them again later in the week! I had plans for some more flowers, but I ran out of naptime, so they r

I've had naked nails for a couple days now and it's made me sad to see them that way - I think that means I have officially rediscovered my obsession with nail art! Well, perhaps on a lesser scale than before the baby was born. It's just so hard to find the time anymore. I have so much crocheting I want to do... And then there's sleep, too, of course. Definitely NOT overrated. Not anymore anyway. But I digress. I plan to film tomorrow, so that meant it was time to sit down an

I've been on a minimalist kick with my nail art lately, in no small part due to the tiny dictator that rules my world now. But as I considered what simple, two toned sort of mundanity I was going to inflict on myself next, I realized that what I needed was some COLOR. So I dug around in my polish drawer and selected half a dozen or so holographic beauties from Julep, most of which I'd splurged on a few months back and then only used one or two of. Typical. But their time had

I've been neglecting my nails of late. Since before the baby was born, in truth. I mean, those last few weeks? BREATHING was an issue! He definitely didn't approve of me scrunching over in a chair to paint my nails. :- / Then, of course, once he arrived, my priorities changed. As did my sleep schedule. Or lack thereof. O.O And so it has been. With the lack of sleep. Sleep deprivation. Zombie days. Zombie MONTHS. He STILL has only slept through the night a couple times. I fant

So, I totally fail at this last nail art challenge. :( I missed three prompts in a row and didn't really like the last one I DID do! I just can't breathe around the belly well enough to do much anymore! So here's my reindeer suit, ha ha: Here's the last one I did: You know those peppermint ribbons? Well that's my favorite Christmas candy and I had this cool idea to do a one stroke style ribbon: fail. Dry water marble? Fail. Good old stamping, then. Fail! I just couldn't win w

Just how stinkin' pretty is this silver polish I just got from Melaleuca!? It's called Silver Kisses and I'm in love! ♡ My intention was to have two reindeers on my accent nail, but with the snowflake between them, all you could really see was a pair of noses and feet on each side because my nails are too small! But I'm pretty tickled with how they turned out anyway. I have a feeling I'm not gonna want to take these off! So in addition to this gorgeous, textured silver, I use

I'm back at it again! Yep, another nail art challenge - last one before baby arrives! And probably for a while... This challenge also comes from Claire O'Sullivan on Instagram and if I miss a prompt this time she's threatened to make me wear a reindeer suit! Where would I even find that!? I'd have to make one and I just do not have time for such shenanigans! So I am extra committed to make each one of these happen. Wish me luck! A girlfriend of mine is actually to blame for g

Wow, where did November go!? I have been deeply absorbed in an unexpected project so that's why I've been MIA lately, plus I was sick for a week, and then there was Thanksgiving... And all of a sudden the whole month was gone! But I can kind of breathe again (when baby isn't jammed up against my diaphragm anyway) so I've got some catching up to do here! It all started at the end of October when I was contacted by a gal on the content team at Skillshare, which is a "global lea

Tee hee hee! I couldn't resist. Isn't he cute!? This one might be my favorite nails so far for the #clairestelle8oct challenge. Here's how we got there: I started with a couple coats of Julep's Oxygen Smoothing Base Coat and then did two coats with Rainbow Honey's Lemon Honey. I stamped on the pumpkin outline with Bundle Monster's plate #BM-H11 and Mulholland by Cult Cosmetics and then I carefully hand painted him with Essie's Roarrrrange and Mulholland. Then it was time for

So, I got a bit distracted with other goings on and got behind with my nail art, but I'm catching up! The prompt for October 17th was witches and I was so in love with my sparkly green base that I just couldn't stand to cover it up with a bunch of stamping! So I kept it simple with a pair of witchy boots and striped leggings, of course. I started with a couple coats of Julep's Oxygen Smoothing Base Coat and then layered on three to four thin coats of Con Limon by Floss Gloss

Do what now? Yes, you read that right! Today's #clairestelle8oct challenge prompt was psychedelic and I was totally stuck on what to do until I went and visited a friend of mine who is also mildly obsessed with nail art and found a couple plates to borrow from her! And, rather perfectly, I happen to have made a voodoo doll (for my darling husband at his request, no less) that made these pictures even more fun. I started these with a base of Julep's Brigitte after applying my

So water marbling still sucks. Even this technique! This is the natural stone type look that you're supposed to get by spraying the polish floating on top of your marbling water with an alcohol based spray, but my hairspray was a little over zealous and the first thing I tried, a body spray, worked great but had something in it that killed my marbling water! Which meant I had to dump my water, clean my cup with soap, and then dry it and start all over. After doing one nail. *

Prompt #2 for Claire O'Sullivan's nail art challenge was autumn colors, which is a WIDE open category, really. I actually chose my colors with my next baby watch picture in mind (you know, the fruits and veggies pics). It'll be with a scallion (why can't we just call them green onions??), which seems silly, but I don't suppose there are 40 perfectly appropriately baby sized fruits and vegetables out there. So clearly we're going for length and not weight with this one. Forgiv

I happen to be a fan of Halloween. Not obsessively, mind you, but I enjoy it. Last year I put together a really fun Winifred Sanderson outfit and I think it's going to become my go to Halloween costume! But not this year, only because a pregnant Sanderson sister would just be weird... But I digress! This year, along with a new pregnant lady friendly costume (stay tuned!), I am doing a just-for-fun Halloween nail art challenge organized by Claire O'Sullivan on Instagram. The t