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Happy three day weekend folks!
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Press Sample After taking off last Wednesday's nail art, I decided to try something a lot less complex. Why? Only because I didn't the time available to create another extremely detailed manicure. If I've learned anything over time. It's that I should never, under any circumstance, paint my nails while under fatigue. Trust me. It. Never. Ends. Well.

Anyway, I picked out two Sation colors and some camouflage studs I bought on eBay for today's simple nail art installment.

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Friday afternoon I saw a post on Nouveau Cheap about the new Limited Edition  Sally Hansen X-treme Wear Fall 2013 Collection and my little polish heart went into immediate hoard mode. I contemplated going to Walgreen's after work to scoop them up, but alas, my body was far more tired than I though, and I fell asleep.

Saturday rolls around, I get up, shower, shave my legs,--possible TMI? I've been avoiding wearing dresses all week b/c I've been too lazy to do so prior to Saturday. Definite TMI--got dressed, and headed over to the hunting grounds.I walk in, removing my $5 sunglasses from my eyes and stroll around to the cosmetics department. AND BINGO! The entire display was untouched! You know, until I got there.

Fast forward to Monday morning and I've got swatches!

I doing these swatches a little differently because I'm still rocking the hell out of my last mani. (Seen here.)


I broke out my handy dandy swatch sticks so let's get started with Frazzle Dazzle. Shall we?





And I couldn't not pick up Strobe Flash! it;s the typical black and white glitter that we all know and love! I mean, why stalk eBay for an over priced Lynnderella when you don't have to?

The entire fall collection has ten lacquers but I only picked up seven. Why? Because one looked like an exact dupe of China Glaze Glitz N Pieces and the other two look like something a four year old would throw together if left to their own devices.

All seven of the shades I picked up are two coats without top coat and require a minute amount of maneuvering on the nail bed--in this case, swatch stick--for full coverage.

By the way I got these on sale for $1.99/bottle! I don't know if these are still on sale, but I've never paid full retail for X-treme Wears at Walgreens.

Looking to stock up on these LE lacquers? May the odds ever be in your favor.
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Nothing To Disclose I've been asked on more than a few occasions where the inspiration comes from for my nail art, and my answer is always, "everywhere." In this particular case the source is my favorite painting by Raheem Johnson. Don't know who he is? He goes by SaladeenArt on Instagram and I've never seen a piece of his I didn't like.

 
Here's the reference piece...
And the nail art interpretation...
I used a lot of different polishes for this look so here is a group shot of them all.
When I mentioned doing more labor intensive nail art, this was exactly what I was talking about! This, by far, is the best nail art I've ever executed!

I'm refusing to take this off anytime soon. You can see why though right?
And one last photo! Awkward hand pose to show you my thumb.


Fun fact: I was an art major in college. Although I think I may have disclosed that here before.

#WhenNailsImitateArt
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Press Sample Oh Monday night. Finally I get to return to my bed if only for awhile! You know,  the place I spent a significant portion of my weekend? Anyway, Sunday night I was messing around with some ideas for nail art and here's what I came up with.


Last weekend I hit up a few of my favorite spots to acquire some booty--nail varnish of course, and not actual buttocks. I then left said hook up spot with Zoya Neely (for $2.99 btw). Claire's Culture Shock and Claire's Graffiti.
Fast forward to last night I decided to test out some Orly Instant Artist Water Based Paints, and well, here we are!
For this mani I started with a base of Zoya Neely, made a rough gradient with the two Claire's lacquers, and lasted tested out my line work with the two Orly Instant Artist paints.

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Do you miss the weekend like I do?
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As the title may suggest, today's nail art had every intention to become a bomb ass set of galaxy nails. How does that saying go? Something or other about good intentions right? Oh well. I ended up loving these easy, yet admittedly very strange, nails anyway!


I started by painting a base color of China Glaze Creative Fantasy. Soon after that dried and I had all of the other lacquers I wanted to use laid out I nixed the original design I had in mind.
So how did I got this end result? I randomly sponged Essie DJ Play That Song, China Glaze Grape Pop, China Glaze Manhunt, China Glaze Calypso Blue, Barielle Smarty Pants, Sation Strumming My Nails, and China Glaze Creative Fantasy. I know it sounds like a lot of work but I promise you that it was quick and painless.
And finally I applied a few gold stars from Born Pretty and sealed it with a few layers of top coat.


You can get 1,000 of these metal gold star shaped decals for $8.80 on BornPrettyStore.com. By the way, the promo code NCL91 will get you 10% off your entire purchase at checkout!


The addition of stars kinda brings the cosmic theme together right?
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I've recently decided to put myself on some sort of blogging schedule. Why? Because consistency is key and I can't understand how after two years I'm just now realizing that. So before I officially kick off my new Monday/Wednesday/Friday nail art schedule let's take a look at a few of my favorite recent manicures.

It's a relaunch! Nail Art Society is relaunching this month! For $9.95/month plus $4.95 shipping you an get a seriously dope nail art kit delivered to your door once a month.  Yes, it is a subscription box. And yes, you can unsubscribe at any time. So if you're anything like me and have serious subscription commit issues and love nail art this may be right up your alley. 

Oh by the way, Tia (aka the Nail Art Society founder) asked me to join the NAS Guru Team! I've been sitting on this news for a few months now, but damn it feels good to think someone considers me a guru. I even have my own page.

Aren't I just the cutest? (Read the kind of weirdo who literally started from the bottom when comes to nail art.)

As a Nail Art Society Guru I will sit on my thrown and have Mr. Nail A College Drop Out wear a toga and feed me grapes curate a dope new mani every month using the NAS tools provided! I hope/know you'll love them!

The last day to sign up is Saturday August 10th on NailArtSociety.com so if you're down for a deal like this move fast!

Time for a few quick side notes...

Before I was asked to join the NAS Gurus I was going to subscribe anyway. I may or may have not screenshot the tweet NAS sent me. <3
I've had the chance to see a glimpse at the August kit and I'm super excited to get it in my hot little hands.
You should def check out the other fantastic ladies on board!

Did I mention I feel super honored that anyone considered me a guru? Much love Tia!!  <3
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Nothing To Disclose You ever find yourself just looking through your polish (read: making sure all of your pretties are safe and sound and nothing happened to them while no one was home for eight to ten hours) and just finding the perfect combination of colors? Well folks, that just happened for me.

Last night on Instagram, I shared this photo.
And the rest is what brings us here now.



I absolutely love the outcome of these nails. The slight unevenness of the black and white checker board and how it smudged a bit after I applied top coat seemed to fit in with the water marble turned out.



 I should probably mention what colors I used for this manicure eh? Here we go...


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Press Sample After a week of relative inactivity I finally have the time to sit down, push around some nail paint, and talk blog about it. Forgive me for leaving you all for so long?

I've been itching to try some extremely labor intensive nail art, but I figure I should start off with something simple and awesome. Something a long the lines of stripes!


I used the LCN Shades of Desert Summer 2013 Collection and really loved the outcome. Being new to the LCN brand I really didn't know what to expect in terms of color opacity and formula, but I was very pleased with both! It didn't hurt that all four of these are cremes. Y'all know how much I love a good creme finish lacquer.


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