The Giver Nail Art

Hey there!  While this probably looks like the messiest, most random nail art ever to some of you, I promise it has a theme.  For June's The Polished Bookworms pick, our genre was dystopian and the book that was selected was The Giver by Lois Lowry.  I had heard good things about it before I picked it up so I bought the entire quartet of books for my reader and I devoured all four.  I do love me some young adult dystopian fiction and this book was no exception.  Though, I have to say, I think just reading one book in the series would leave you feeling unsatisfied.  You sort of need all four for it to really be concluded.

Pink and Red Skittle Nail Art

Hey there!  This week's 52 Week Challenge prompts are Skittles and Red & Pink.  Try as I might, I could not get them to not look like Valentine's Day nails (though it didn't help that I wanted to use my new heart swirl vinyls) so I guess I'm bringing you a bit of V-Day love in the summer!

UberChic Stamping with a Giveaway!

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Hey there!  Today I have an exciting international giveaway to announce from UberChic Beauty co-sponsored by Colores de Carol, some amazing nail artist and yours truly.  I was delighted to be included in this that I just had to do yet another mani with UC 3-01 (previously reviewed here).  Keep reading to see the details on my mani and to enter the giveaway.

Bundle Monster Around the World BM-XL153 and XL154 Review

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Hey there!  Last week I showed you a couple of nail designs I did with Bundle Monster's new Around The World plates that I was sent to review and today I have a couple more.  The Around the World collection is a set of (currently) 5 plates with designs inspired by different countries.  The plates I'm showing today are BM-XL153 (inspired by France) and BM-XL154 (inspired by India).  Both had great etching and were a joy to use.

Green and Navy Scaled Nails

Hey there!  I have a quick post tonight for this week's Crumpet's Nail Tarts 52 Week Pick n Mix Challenge.  This week's prompts are Scales and Navy.  I've done mermaid nails tons but I never get sick of them so I did an easy one for today's theme.

Sunday Stamping - Large Flowers

Hey there!  I just got home from my parents' so I'm not writing this until Sunday night and I'm pretty darn tired but well worth it to spend Father's Day with my dad.  This week's Sunday stamping challenge theme is large flowers so I'm (finally) using the large sunflower image from UberChic Beauty 1-02 and a couple of the OPI Color Paints that I just received after ordering the mini set.

Fruit Nail Leadlighting with Pueen 95

Hey there!  A few months ago I saw Nail It! magazine's call for fruit-themed manis and decided to do this one to submit.  It was my first time submitting a mani for their Snapshot section and I saw it was included in their July/August edition...hooray!  Actually I submitted three manis (for the mermaid and cat themes) and all three were included which is pretty darn exciting for me.  But I realized I hadn't posted my fruit stamped mani yet so here it is.