Glisten and Glow Ridge Filling Base Coat Review

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Today I am going to share my thoughts on Glisten and Glow's Ridge Filling Base Coat.  I must make a confession - I have ridges.  Yes, vertical nail ridges (hangs head in shame).  Usually I can hide it with base coats.  I have another confession - I rarely wear nail polish full time because after 1 shower, it flakes off.  Guess what?  THIS HAS CHANGED thanks to some help from Glisten and Glow.

Let's get to the review!

Digit-al Dozen: Story Genres - Moneyball

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It's a Digit-al Dozen week and this week our theme is Story Genres.  I decided to interpret this as books I have in my library that I've read.  So today we are starting with the genre of non-fiction nerdy sports statistics with hunky male leads.  Is that a genre?  Well it is for me.  If the book sounds familiar - it's because it was also a movie staring Brad Pitt.

Let's get to the details.

Neon + Orange = Bassackwards?

Greetings and Nailutation,

It's been too many days away from my blog - this last week at work has been rough and I also started trying to eat better this week too, so meal prep/planning takes time away from blogging.  But the good news is the work craziness should get better after next week AND I've lost almost 4 pounds!

Today I will be sharing a mani for the groups 30 Days of Colour and Nail Challenge Collaborative.  I am combining 2 prompts: orange and neon.  Funny story - I grabbed this orange, threw it on & was confused.  It looked pink on me.  Then a quick google search told me that it was a THERMAL!  SURPRISE!

Let's get to the details!

Digit-al Dozen: Rainforessssst Sssssnake

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It is the last day of the Rainforest prompt for the Digit-al Dozen.  I wanted something edgy, something sssssnake like, a ssssserpentine mani!  I really loved how this turned out and I can honestly say I am hooked on multi chromes now.

Let's get to the details.

Digit-al Dozen: Get To Know Honey Honey

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It is Day 3 of Get To Know Me for the Digit-al Dozen and I figured I would post about something that I collect, love and respect.  BEES!!!  It all started when I was a child - my grandfather nick named me "Honey Honey" and from there, I seemed to be attracted to bees.  I got my first sting because as a toddler, I wanted to pet the furry insects.  OOPS!  (Lesson learned.)  My attraction continue through grade school and when I reached high school I had to do a "senior project" which entailed a paper, poster and presentation.  I decided to jump into beekeeping.  It was one of the coolest experiences I have ever done working with a local beekeeper in Washington state.  I even continued the obsession into my wedding and it was bee themed.

Now let's get to the mani!

Ever After Polish So You Want To Be A Villain? Collection Swatch and Review

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Have you ever rooted for the Villian?  Maybe they are just misunderstood or maybe they had a rough life?  No?  Well I'll change your mind with these villian inspired polishes in the So You Want To Be A Villain Collection from Ever After Polish.  This collection will be available Friday April 7th.

Let's get to the swatches.

Digit-al Dozen: March Birthday Man - It's a Girl!

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One of the Digit-al Dozen members had a baby this month (Amber from Nails Like Lace), so she was told we were doing a mani based off the image below, but the admins threw out the idea of doing baby manis instead!  Hah! (We are so sneaky!)  Congrats Amber!

Now let's get to the details!

30 Days of Colour and 26 Great Nail Art Ideas: Blue Mixed Tape

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Today I'm combining 2 prompts into 1 mani: Blue + Mixed Tape.  The Blue is for 30 Days of Colour and the Mixed Tape is for 26 Great Nail Art Ideas.  I decided to created a literal mixed tape - each nail is a different song.  Can you guess the name of the songs based off the nails?  Answers will be given later!

Let's get to the details!

Digit-al Dozen: Black Leopard Matte Print

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Digit-al Dozen day 2 is animal print again - don't worry, there are only 2.  One thing I really wanted to try again was the play on matte vs shiny stamping.  I loved the look of stamping with matte top coat and I wanted to try the opposite (stamping with a shiny polish over mattified look).

Now let's get to the details.

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!