nailnerd.com Bianca emailed with a quick idea for nail art — love me some quick right now! — so worked this one out after brunch today. The base is two coats of Deborah Lippmann Sugar Dad...
nailnerd.com Emily had asked for some Harry Potter nails — a simpler version than a full-tilt character study sort of deal. What’s easier than South Park style? Start with a big weird cir...
nailnerd.com Another pretty easy one, this is just the ol’ standard roses on a solid base color. I started with two coats of OPI Play In The Peonies — not a sheer (thank goodness) but sam...
nailnerd.com Needed to do some doodling today, so that’s what you’ve got going here — with a dotting tool and striper I just… doodled. I mentioned that this stuff is relaxing,...
nailnerd.com Oh hi there! :) Long week (again, I know, blah blah) but I *have* to do some manicures by the end of the weekend, so more stuff soon, I promise. I’m getting off-track here though. ...
nailnerd.com Hannah’s graduating from high school this month (go Hannah!) and asked for some calculus nails before May 26th — done and done! Instead of focusing just on the numbers I deci...
nailnerd.com Per request (thanks Shannon!) a real honest to goodness Hello Kitty manicure. See, I wasted the first title, “Hello Kitty Nails”, on the Hello Kitty brand polish I bought las...
nailnerd.com Last month Marra sent in a request for Team RumBelle nails — I confess I wasn’t familiar with the term, though apparently it’s awfully big on Tumblr — from the AB...
nailnerd.com Just in under the wire, I got it done this weekend! My personal pledge for this week: More balance. More me time. Which means, more manicures. Last week took all the gas out of me and th...
nailnerd.com Quick post — I know I’ve been off the radar, it’s been completely unintentional and I totally don’t want to rehash what a nightmare this week has been… BUT ...
nailnerd.com As if I’d let the opportunity pass to do a Mexican themed mani! The rub: I’d already done the doggies on my right hand and really didn’t want to take them off, so I use...
nailnerd.com Another one for the local pride pile, lemme tell you about one of the best parts of my neighborhood: Belladoggie. It’s a dog resort and spa a quick walk from my house that has more...
nailnerd.com S&A requested some owl nails awhile ago (since unintentionally taking the week off last, I’m feeling horribly backlogged so you’ll be seeing acrylic stuff for a little b...
nailnerd.com How is it we’re half way through Jazz Fest already?! This year is going by so quickly… But this was a mani I’ve had noodling for awhile, partly because I had this yello...
nailnerd.com I’m not even going to pretend I know what these are — but honestly, any request that comes in I’m going to execute (I’m a big believer in passionately adoring som...
nailnerd.com Having worked in design for more years than I care to admit, I’ll confidently call this one: the two-color combo you’ll see more than anything else in the corporate world has...
nailnerd.com a-england, per usual, knocks it out of the park with Order Of The Garter. It took 3 coats for a solid finish, but I don’t mind being that extra-layer-patient with something so beau...
nailnerd.com Whooooosh there goes Monday! Sorry for not getting this posted earlier today — I really should know better than to schedule any personal stuff on a Monday since it’s notorio...
nailnerd.com Well that was worth waiting by the mailbox for. Deborah Lippmann’s Private Dancer, a deep purple mirrored chrome, showed up today (along with some buddies, oh boy oh boy) and I ha...
nailnerd.com Not to get on a New Orleans tear this week, but let me tell you about another cool thing I got to do recently: volunteer at Second Harvest Food Bank of New Orleans and Acadiana. My frie...
nailnerd.com Here’s the current polish pickle (oh woe is me with all these pretty polishes!) — I’ve got a new batch of nail polishes sitting in my kitchen and I’d say about 75...
nailnerd.com This past weekend was one of those rare blocks of time that I really and truly take off of work — no “quick” tasks, no checking in via email, nada — and what a we...
nailnerd.com Welp, finally done did it. Full on rhinestones, no mucking about. Maya sent in a request a few weeks ago for a tutorial on how to do the full-cover bling nails, so I went for it with t...
nailnerd.com Geez this week is flying by! Had to whip out something quick for today so did a marble technique on a bit of parchment paper to create some color-darted layers using a few colors from t...
nailnerd.com Know what color I haven’t done in awhile and is perfect for spring? Yellow! For the base of this I started with two coats of China Glaze Lemon Fizz, then sponged in some OPI The ...
nailnerd.com Before we get into the fun stuff, the nails: the base on this is two coats of China Glaze Stone Cold, a graphite matte polish (did I realize it was matte when I pulled it off the shelf? ...
nailnerd.com Obviously. Having plowed through all of the An Idiot Abroad series (and loving it/Karl’s general Karl-ness), in recent months I hooked on to the animated series on HBO, The Ricky G...
nailnerd.com Growing up, there were a lot of Sandra Boynton items around: books, bedding, nicknacks, kitchenware, all of it. I’m not even sure which of my parents’ houses was the biggest...
nailnerd.com Setting a new record for myself, this polish has actually been on since my last post — nothing lasts that long around here, it’s sort of a miracle. And mostly because I̵...
nailnerd.com I’m not saying I went overboard or anything, but this is like a half-step away from completely rhinestone-covered nails. I’ve been pulling a bunch of all nighters lately whi...
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