Video Post: March Haul

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So my nails and I are not friends right now. I’ve been stress picking at my nails and cuticles and they they are pretty FUBAR right now, so I haven’t been playing with my polishes very much (and in fact the last polish haul I did wasn’t even for myself, it was for my sister’s birthday), and won’t be until I give them some much needed TLC and time to grow back out from nubbins. So in the meantime, I’ve been prettifying myself with face makeup and skincare products. Here’s a haul I did last month.

Quickie Post

Just a quick post to let you guys know I’m alive lol!

I’ve got a challenge coming up starting Monday. It’s one I made myself. Just need to finalize it  and I’ll post the details either tomorrow as their own post, or on Sunday with the first theme.

I’ve been trying to paint my nails but I’m in a weird time of year in AZ where it’s actually humid so they never dry. 😕

My Blog is a Preschooler!

That’s right! I actually made it to three years somewhat active! Alright!

I totally dropped the ball on a giveaway last year, but I would like to try to do one this year. No promises though. My life has been in upheaveal the last couple months.

HPB Presents… Starry Night

Hello! It is so good to be back! There have been some things going down in my life that prevented me from blogging for *checks calendar* six months. Oh I am so sorry!

But I’m hopefully back and just as anxious as ever to continue blogging. I’ve also revived (or plan to revive) a few of my other blogs since getting out of my funk. So, here we go.

HPB Presents… Christmas Gift Stamping

Indoor photos and mobile posting, I am a mess this week. Oh well.

I’m here with a challenge post, hurrah! This one is put on by the Hobby Polish Bloggers group on Facebook. Each month they come up with a theme and we do manis based on it.

Since this month is the first of the year, this month’s theme was “New to You,” and that could mean a new brand, a new technique, etc.

Candie’s Peri-Twinkle and Negative Space Skittles

 

 

A post? From me? With actual polish on my nails? Yes it is true! I mentioned last post that I was going to be reviving the blog, cause I didn’t want it sitting with the last post being from September. Oops.

I also mentioned that I got a bunch of polishes and stamping plates for Christmas and that was pretty much the catalyst that prompted me to be like, “Let’s bring the blog back, yo!”

Happy New Year!

It’s been a while since I posted here, I know. I kept wanting to do something to get me blogging again, but it never worked out.

But never fear! I am back!

I got a lot of nail stuff for Christmas (a bunch of new polishes, and a set of Shany nail plates that I’m super excited about) so the spark has been revived.

I’m also going to be working on a new page for the site, a swatch directory. I’m going to keep a record of all my swatches so it’s even easier to find them (they’re already tagged/categorized, but I know how much of a pain it can be scrolling through the entire tag/category for one post).

A Teaser

My current project, what could it be?

#paamanimonday Primary Colors

Hey everyone! I haven’t decided if I like a M-W-F posting schedule, or a Tu-Th-Sa posting schedule, so I’m trialing both! Last week was M-W-F, this week will be Tu-Th-Sa. Hopefully by next week I’ll know which I like better.

Anyway, onto today’s post, which was done for Polish-aholics Anonymous on Facebook. Each week on Mondays they have a theme that members can submit manis for. Totally optional, and totally fun! This week was the first Monday I actually thought to participate, and the theme was primary colors. (I did actually have the mani done last night)

Rainbows: Red

This is the start of a series I’ve been wanting to do for a while, but I’ve been missing a few polishes to make it work perfectly. Now that I have everything I need, I can start the series.

I have a bit of a fascination with rainbows, even if I haven’t shown it off on the blog. And I noticed in my process of collecting I was, obviously, collecting rainbows of polish. But not just one rainbow, I was building a variety of them. I was working on a standard rainbow, a pastel rainbow, a dark rainbow, etc.

I’m debating if I’m going to include other finishes, but to start this series is going to encompass the six colors associated with “colors of the rainbow” (yes, ignoring indigo), and for now just creme finish polishes. I’m gonna pick one polish from my stash to represent each shade of the color: a dark/vampy shade, a bright shade, and a pastel shade.

And we’re starting with red.