30 Days of Colour: Jewels

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Today I'm sharing a mani for the 30 Days of Colour Challenge and the theme is JEWELS!  I actually attempted to do this mani a week ago and struggled with figuring out what to do.  I let the week go by and then decided on making a strings of jewels.

Now let's get to the details!

Nail Crazies Unite: Blue and White

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Today has been one heck of a week.  The first thing I did when I got home was pour myself a glass of wine.  I'm looking forward to the weekend!  Today I'm sharing my Nail Crazies Unite mani with the theme Blue and White.  We have a new theme every other week and post our manis!

Now let's get to the details!

3 Empties: Davine's OI All in One Milk, Dream Polish Pout Glam and Sunny's Body Products Sugar Scrub

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It's another installment of 3 empties, where I review 3 products I have used up and express my opinion on how well they worked, how they smelled, their packaging and if I'd make a repeat purchase.

Now let's get to the empties!

Envy's Entourage Open Mani Challenge - My Hopes for 2017

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I love when nail art has a deep meaning.  What!?  Meaning?  Yes!  In the Envy's Entourage Facebook Group for fans of Envy Lacquer there is a mani challenge where they want us to tackle our "hopes for 2017."  I don't know about you, but after looking at my Facebook feed for just 30 mins I knew the answer: LOVE.  Yes, love.  I want love for friends, for the human race, for the people who look different from each other, love for the world - just love.  If we have good intentions of love, we are able to open up our hearts and mind in mutual respect for all.  Now, I agree that everything isn't all roses and daisies, but I do want to invite more love into my life.  Spending more time with family, having a positive outlook in all situations that I am placed in and challenging myself to look for good intentions that people may have (however wrong I feel they are...I will invite them to explain their reasoning).

OK enough with my sappy thoughts.  :)  Let's get to this mani!

Pink Winter Mani With a Piece of Cake!

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Does winter and pink go together?  It does when you are a pink loving girl!  My dear friend Jess (owner of Drip Drop Nail Paint) has her birthday coming up and she is a huge fan of pink.  I had to create a whimsical pink winter to celebrate her special day!

Nail Art: Calm Winter Night Snow

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I'm back with some nail art combining 2 different themes!
30 Days of Colour Challenge: Calm
The Nail Challenge Collaborative: Winter

3 Empties: Dream Polish Top Coat, Neutrogena Hand Cream and Fortune Cookie Soap Leave-In Conditioner

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It's another installment of 3 empties, where I review 3 products I have used up and express my opinion on how well they worked, how they smelled, their packaging and if I'd make a repeat purchase.

Now let's get to the empties!

Drip Drop Nail Paint Valentine's Trio Swatch & Review

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*Press Sample*
Valentine's Day is just around the corner and Drip Drop Nail Paint is releasing a trio to celebrate.  The collection contains 3 different finishes: a glitter crelly, a micro glitter and a glitter jelly.  They will be available Thursday January 19th in her online shop.

Now let's get to the swatches!

February Nail Drama Box

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*Press Sample*
Did you order the February Nail Drama Box?  If you did, then this is a sneak peek of what you will receive!  The Nail Drama Box is a box of nail art items for $10/month.  You receive all sorts of goodies and surprises!  Here is February's box:

Now let's get to the manis!

30 Days of Colour: Pink

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This week the theme in 30 Days of Colour is pink.  The main focus of the group is to use untried polishes in the mani.  So for this mani I used 2 polishes that I hadn't tried before (yay! progress!).

Now let's get to the details!

Nail Crazies Unite & The Nail Challenge Collaborative: Gold & Silver Winter Flurries

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Today I'm sharing a mani that covers 2 prompts!  I love when I can combine themes to push myself!
Nail Crazies Unite: Gold and Silver
The Nail Challenge Collaborative: Winter

Now let's get to the details!

Digit-al Dozen: 90's Alternative Plaid

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It is the final day for the Decades prompt with the Digit-al Dozen.  I am ending the week with 90's.  What do you think of with 90's?  Did you say alternative music?  Grunge?  Then ding-ding-ding, that is what I was thinking too!  I lived in Washington state (near Seattle) during the 90's and experienced full on local artists of Nirvana and Pearl Jam.  I wore in high school plaid and I was lucky enough to have 2 sisters where we could all share each other's clothes, so really I had 3 wardrobes worth of plaid.

Now let's to the mani!

Digit-al Dozen: 80's Neon and Lace

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Decades, yes that is what we are doing in the Digit-al Dozen this week.  Today I'm covering 80's - the times of neon, side pony tails, scrunch socks (remember those?), acid wash jeans with little bows and zippers at the ankles (how I wished I had a pair), crimped hair and lace.  Neon and lace need to be brought back...well maybe just on Halloween.  ;)

Now let's get to the mani!

Digit-al Dozen: 70's Night Fever

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It's day 3 of the Digit-al Dozen theme Decades.  I started with 50's, then moved into the 60's, so obviously today I've doing 70's disco!  You better get your dancing shoes on with this post!  Are they on?  :)

Now let's get to the mani!

Digit-al Dozen: Decades 60's Tie-Dyed Paisley

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Or maybe I should have said Peace & Love my Groovy Readers.  :)  We are continuing with decades in the Digit-al Dozen and today I have my mani for 60's.  Yesterday I did my take on 50's using saddle shoes and polk-a-dots and today I went with tie-dye and paisley.

Now let's get to the mani!

Digit-al Dozen: Decades 50's Sock Hop

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It's a Digit-al Dozen week and the theme is Decades!  I was really drawn to this theme and I made a list of fun ideas.  When it came down to it though, I had to give myself a reality check and what I am capable of (especially if I don't have a stamping plate of the images I want).   I decided to start with  the 50's.

Let's get to the mani!

The Nail Challenge Collaborative - Winter Citrus Mani

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Continuing with my blog resolutions, I am adding more nail art to my blog.  Today I am sharing a mani for The Nail Challenge Collaborative.  The theme for the month is "winter."  I was trying to think of what winter means in Arizona (a state in the USA that is mostly desert).  November through January is citrus season here!  Our 7 citrus trees are bright and bearing fruit right now (1 lemon, 1 cocktail, 1 grapefruit and 4 orange trees).  (A cocktail tree is a grafted tree where each branch has a different fruit - so there is a branch of navel oranges, grapefruit, lemon, tangerine and lime.)  So, I decided to make a citrus mani!

Now let's get to the mani details!

3 Empties: Savannah Bee Shampoo and Conditioner, True Blue Spa Sugar Scrub and Whish Body Butter

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It's another installment of 3 empties, where I review 3 products I have used up and express my opinion on how well they worked, how they smelled, their packaging and if I'd make a repeat purchase.

Now let's get to the empties!

A Sentimental Journey with Drip Drop Nail Paint

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*Nothing to disclose*
Usually I don't post just one polish and a swatch, but this one is special.  I've been following Jessica of Drip Drop Nail Paint for the last 4 years.  She has had her shop open for 3 years and created Sentimental Journey in honor of that milestone.

Now let's get to the swatches!

Rainbow Celebration of New Years

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My first blog post of the New Year!  I have a few resolutions for my blog.  I'd like to incorporate more nail art into my blog.  I'd also like to rely less on stamping and push myself to do more free hand.  So to start off the New Year I have a nail art post!  I'm attempting to participate in a few nail art challenges and today I am combining 2 themes: New Year's for the A Weekly Dose of Rainbows Challenge and Celebration for the 30 Days of Colour Challenge.  Links included if you are looking for some nail art groups!