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In Which I Give You An Update

So… things are going on with me. They interfere with blogging; I won’t even show you the current state of my nails (ugly nubbins). I spent the past few months working on decluttering, tidying,...

Jan 18, 2013 Like

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Review - Mont Bleu Files and Compact Mirror

Those of you who have been with me for some time may remember my first review of Mont Bleu products. A while back the representative contacted me again, asking if I wanted to try out something...

Nov 10, 2012 Like

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NotD - Failed Again in Townsville, Kind Of

I finally got around to redoing an old mani, using acrylic paint this time. It turned out semi-better but still not the way I wanted to. These are the products I used: essie grow stronger essence...

Oct 25, 2012 Like

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Nail Quickie - Short-Nailed French Once Again

I’m ever so slowly recovering from my very nasty cold, the cough is lingering, but otherwise I’m decent, just exhausted. So yay, more energy for nail art. Of course I had to completely nubbinise my...

Oct 14, 2012 Like

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Swatch - essence party princess

I hate being sick. On Thursday I awoke achy (due to major tidying on Wednesday) and was tired all day. On Friday I got out of bed and felt like I was on the verge of nausea and dizziness, enough so...

Oct 9, 2012 Like

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Swatch - GOSH Galaxy

Wooo, no daily posts. Since continued cleaning is doing a number on my nails, that really makes me happy. And all that polish remover certainly wasn’t good for my nails and cuticles. Now let’s get...

Oct 4, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 31 - Recreation

*snerk* My mind is going places. For the last day of the 31 Days Challenge we’re supposed to recreate a manicure we love. The challenge list doesn’t specify whether it’s one’s own or someone...

Oct 1, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 30 - Metallic Spillage

I’ve had this tutorial bookmarked for a while now, so having an ‘inspired by a tutorial’ challenge is awesome. So here’s a splatter mani, as per The PolishAholic’s tutorial. I love the neon, but...

Sep 30, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 29 - Lead, What Else?

I’m a pretty mundane girl. I don’t believe in magic, telekinesis, telepathy or precognition. However, I do enjoy Fantasy novels and the like, so I do have some favoured supernatural fandoms. None...

Sep 29, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 28 - Flagging

The challenge for today: a flag. I first thought to do the coat of arms of the district I live in, but then realism reared its shiny head and I remembered that only one segment was even remotely...

Sep 28, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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31 Days: Day 27 - Some Art Isn’t Pretty

I’m still made of busy so let me tell you a little story that goes with the image. A few years ago, when I was still with the university’s choir, we were asked to participate in one of Hermann...

Sep 27, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 26 - Tartanesque

As I mentioned last night, this too is a quickie post, just the one photo. I’m not too good at neat, geometric patterns, no matter how much I love them and how often I try. I did consider stamping,...

Sep 26, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 25 - Fashwhut?

I’m not a fashion person. Though I have my personal style, it’s very simple and the only reason I have half an eye on trends is to evaluate if my preferred cuts and colours are available (there...

Sep 25, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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31 Days: Day 24 - My Precious

Most of my favourite books are not all that useable for nail art. I pondered and pondered until I had a moment of facepalm. No, this is not Lord of the Rings. This manicure is inspired by… my Latin...

Sep 24, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 23 - Fruity and Oaty

ZOMG, this was so difficult! I wanted to do a mani inspired by Serenity, more specifically the Fruity Oaty Bar advertisement. The octopus wasn’t too hard, but the two girls were ridiculously hard...

Sep 23, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 22 - Life Is A Lemon

I meant to do this for Day 3, but then I face-palmed, ‘cause what other song-inspired mani could I have done. Silly, silly me. Even after all those years I distinctly remember being buzzed from my...

Sep 23, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 21 - Who Can Decide?

… a.k.a. The Glittery Hoof Today the challenge demands something inspired by a colour. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of that. Should I use the colour of an object I love or one that symbolises...

Sep 21, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 20 - Messy Marble

This is a bit late, sorry. I spent today (a) being less than healthy, but felt better after a long nap, (b) cleaning, and (c) making ravioli from scratch. Thus the lateness. Good thing there isn’t...

Sep 21, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 19 - Got Milk?

Galaxy nails… the final frontier. Or something. I really didn’t feel like doing swirling galaxies and gleaming stars today, even though I love how them. I thought about somehow working in Talk Like...

Sep 19, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 18 - Half Moons in the Sky

While I don’t mind half moon manicures on other people I really don’t like them on myself. They never look right. Maybe my nails are just too wide and I make the half moons too thick. So I wasn’t...

Sep 18, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 17 - GradGlitter

I spent most of today cleaning and inhaling unhealthy amounts of dust (maybe I should clean more often?), so we’ll just have a little glitter gradient. With an amazingly creative title. I just...

Sep 17, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 16 - Very Graphic and Meaningful

When I read ‘tribal print’ on the list my mind immediately jumped to an especially lovely Daria episode, Road Worrier. Why? Let me paste a snippet of the transcript I’m stealing from Outpost Daria:...

Sep 16, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 15 - A Curtain of Flowers

Today we’re supposed to do a delicate print. You know what? I still have my stamping stuff out, so I’ll use one of my favourite Konad designs. This is what I used today: essie rock solid essence...

Sep 15, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 14 - Those Aren’t Pinks

Apparently ‘pink’ is derived from pale red pinks (i.e. dianthus), who’d have thunk. The flowers I painted today are pink, but certainly not pinks. Here’s a flowery mani: This is what I used today:...

Sep 14, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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31 Days: Day 13 - Wee Beasties

Animal print? Do I have to? Alright, I give up, but I’ll choose the colours, k? (Photos have been edited to turn the neon green back into chartreuse.) This is what I used tonight: essie rock solid...

Sep 13, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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31 Days: Day 12 - A Subtle Stripe

I’m not good at painting even stripes, so I decided to go back to my stamping supplies for today’s mani. The stripes are barely visible on the photos, but show up pretty well in real life. It’s one...

Sep 12, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 11 - Denim Dots

It’s been one of those fail days again. I just kept failing at a polka dot mani I liked. Either the dots were badly aligned (to me “polka dots” should be evenly spaced on a diamond grid thing) or I...

Sep 11, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 10 - Bloody Gryffindors

Can you believe it’s the tenth already? Today is gradient day. And apparently fail day. I don’t really like this manicure. This is what I used today: essence btgn base sealer Catrice 650 Goldfinger...

Sep 10, 2012 Like

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31 Days: Day 9 - Rainbowtastic

My first instinct for ‘rainbow nails’ was to do some kind of gradient, but since tomorrow is gradient day I thought I’d do a variation of my Happy Rainbow Time mani, which remains one of my...

Sep 9, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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In Which I Give You An Update

Review - Mont Bleu Files and Compact Mirror

NotD - Failed Again in Townsville, Kind Of

Nail Quickie - Short-Nailed French Once Again

Swatch - essence party princess

Swatch - GOSH Galaxy

31 Days: Day 31 - Recreation

31 Days: Day 30 - Metallic Spillage

31 Days: Day 29 - Lead, What Else?

31 Days: Day 28 - Flagging

31 Days: Day 27 - Some Art Isn’t Pretty

31 Days: Day 26 - Tartanesque

31 Days: Day 25 - Fashwhut?

31 Days: Day 24 - My Precious

31 Days: Day 23 - Fruity and Oaty

31 Days: Day 22 - Life Is A Lemon

31 Days: Day 21 - Who Can Decide?

31 Days: Day 20 - Messy Marble

31 Days: Day 19 - Got Milk?

31 Days: Day 18 - Half Moons in the Sky

31 Days: Day 17 - GradGlitter

31 Days: Day 16 - Very Graphic and Meaningful

31 Days: Day 15 - A Curtain of Flowers

31 Days: Day 14 - Those Aren’t Pinks

31 Days: Day 13 - Wee Beasties

31 Days: Day 12 - A Subtle Stripe

31 Days: Day 11 - Denim Dots

31 Days: Day 10 - Bloody Gryffindors

31 Days: Day 9 - Rainbowtastic

31 Days: Day 8 - Rusty

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