The Digit-al Dozen does Birthdays - January 2018

Hey there!  Holy I am cutting it close to wishing my lovely friends Courtney and Brethil the happiest of birthdays.  But, if it counts for anything, I had a drink after work for you guys for your birthday instead of writing my blog post (bad blogger!).  To celebrate their birthdays they have chosen a very unique inspiration photo.  I don't think I've ever seen one with such different results.  It's fun!  Keep on reading to see their photo choice.

Nail Crazies Unite - Winter Animals

Hey there!  This week's Nail Crazies Unite theme is Winter Animals.  At first I wanted to go with something cutesy like penguins or polar bears but honestly, around here, the animals I see the most in winter are crows and magpies.  I love birds and these birds are smart but so darn annoying.  Despite their squawking, I thought they should get their moment in the nail spotlight.  The stamping image ended up looking more like doves but I swear, big dark birds was my intent.

Nail Challenge Collaborative - Blue with Giveaway Reminder

Hey there!  I wanted to post a quick reminder about the UberChic Beauty Giveaway that I'm having for Collection 23 and Love & Marriage 04.  It'll close in a few hours so get in while you can (it's at the bottom of last week's post which can be found here).  I liked this collection enough that I did another mani with it last week with KBShimmer's Why So Sirius, a polish that I absolutely fell in love with which I also reviewed last week.  I honestly kept thinking about it so I thought I should put it on again, with some UberChic stamping for this month's Nail Challenge Collaborative prompt of "blue".

26 Great Nail Art Ideas - Embellished/3D Nail Art

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Hey there!  Today's post is definitely one of my flashiest manis ever, though sadly it was a short-lived one.  I did this prompt for 26 Great Nail Art Ideas over Christmas holidays.  I had friends in town so I couldn't see them with plain nails.  So I spent an afternoon creating this blingy design, only to practically ruin it on my way to see my friends by finding the large charm WAY too fun to play with.  It spins!  I don't normally think I'm a fidgety person but I couldn't resist spinning the charms from the second I got them on my fingers.  I just need to find a better way to make them stay.

KBShimmer Holo-Day Collection 2017 Swatches & Review

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Hey there!  The holidays might be over but the Holo-Days never are.  Last month KBShimmer released their 8 piece Holiday 2017 collection, aptly name Holo-Day.  I'm always such a fangirl of KBShimmer polishes, especially the cremes, but this collection shows why I shouldn't get stuck in a creme rut.  Their holos are gorgeous too.  I especially love the variety of finishes that they have to choose from.  In addition to linear holographic polishes, there are also Mega-Flame glitters and, my personal favourites, Holo Glow Flakes (scattered holo flakies in a shimmer base that really does give it a "glow" appearance).  Who knew you could do holographic in so many ways?!  I was lucky enough to receive these from Color4Nails, an US-based stockist, to review.  In case you haven't visited them in awhile, Color4Nails just got a website facelift and it is looking STELLAR. Give them a visit if you haven't checked it out already.

UberChic Beauty Collection 23 and Love & Marriage 04 Review including GIVEAWAY!

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Hey there!  Let me start off by saying today's post includes a giveaway!  Did that get your attention?  I was sent UberChic Beauty's Collection 23 and Love & Marriage 04 plate to review and a little mix up resulted in me receiving two of each...possibly because Brittany was just days away from her first baby (congratulations Brittany!!).  So Brittany's pregnancy brain is good for you guys since there's a giveaway for the extra plates at the end of this post.  I hope the new man in her life lets her keep designing plates because these latest ones are awesome!  They're really everything I love about UberChic plates.  The images are big enough for most people (17 x 21 mm) but designed so most of them work for those of us with smaller nails, the etching is wonderful and there's such a fun mix.  I really like the layered image options in these plates, even if I'm still not great at actually lining them up.  Keep reading to see all the details for my manis and to get to the Rafflecopter to enter to win the plates for yourself.

The Digit-al Dozen does All That Glitters/Nail Crazies Unite - Gold Snowflakes

Hey there!  My final mani for The Digit-al Dozen's All That Glitters week is combined with this week's Nail Crazies Unite prompt of Gold Snowflakes.  That one is pretty specific so it made it easy to figure out how to combine them - gold glitter with negative space snowflakes.  Easy peasy!   I love when I can combine prompts.  I have already done my DD manis for next month and I can't wait to show you the combined prompt for that Friday.  It's one of my favourite manis in awhile.  But for now, we have sparkly snowflakes.  It's my second wintery design this week but I make no apologies.  We've been in a deepfreeze here.  Actually, a freezer is approximately -20 C but with windchill it's felt like between -30 and -40 here so it's worse than a freezer.  Can you tell I'm so done with winter already?

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