The At Home Salon: The Manicure Kit

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And bonus candy cane! Woo!

This post has been a long time coming. I have been teasing it probably since I brought the blog out of hiatus, and here it finally is! (The reason for the delay was that I kept telling myself, “Oh, once I get this item to add to the kit, I’ll post.” And I finally got the last few items I was looking for.) Keep reading to see what I use to keep my hands, cuticles and nails in tip top shape.

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Tri-Polish Challenge Day 08

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Guess what everyone! I got my computer back today, so posts are gonna be as they’re supposed to be once again!

And I also have the last look for April’s Tri-Polish Challenge. To recap, this month’s colors were orange, pink, and turquoise, and my chosen polishes were Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed, Shades of the Season Pink, and Simple Pleasures Turquoise.

Okay, so, today’s look was actually inspired by The Fanboy, who gave me part of the idea as we were driving home after picking up my computer (I was totally lost for ideas today, since I have given myself an additional challenge to attempt to use a different technique with each mani). It came about after this conversation:

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Tri-Polish Challenge Day 07

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(Sorry for the blurry shot. I didn’t realize it was that bad until I went to edit, and by then I’d already removed the mani. :()

It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for another Tri-Polish Mani! To recap, this month’s colors are orange (Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed), pink (Shades of the Season Pink) and turquoise (Simple Pleasures Turquoise).

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Girly Girl Challenge Day 03: Delicate and Elegant

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I know this is a little late, but I’m unable to use my laptop right now so I had to adjust The Fanboy’s to suit my needs. So things might look a little different with today’s (and the posts for the next couple weeks or so) post.

Today’s post brings the next installment in the Girly Girl Challenge: Delicate and Elegant. I don’t do delicate very well, so for today I tried elegant.

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Adminly Type Stuff

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I do have my Alphabet Challenge mani for this week coming up, but before I get to that I wanted to make a short announcement about some changes I made to the blog (nothing major).

I’ve renamed the categories for all of the themed posts I had set up back in September, mostly because it gave me a lot more freedom when it came to posting. I’ve removed the day of the week from the category names, so favorites don’t have to be confined to Fridays, untrieds on Tuesdays, etc. It also alleviates some self-inflicted pressure to post favorites on every Friday, or untrieds on every Tuesday and so forth.

The new category names are:

Makeup Monday —> Makeup and More
Try it on Tuesday —> The Untried Files
Pink Wednesday —> A Little Pop of Pink
Treatment Thursday —> The At Home Salon
Favorite Friday —> Most Favorites
Smorgasbord Saturday —> Randomosity
Stash Sunday —> Stash Spam

I’m not gonna rename the posts I had made under the old categories, this is just going forward, so keep a lookout! The first post under the new categories is most likely going to be an “At Home Salon” post.