Gnarly Gnails: Technique: Stamping

Texture+Stamping

Wednesday, June 18, 2014
By Missy
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Hey guys!
Trying to get back to a more normal posting schedule for a little bit here. Lifes all over the place and making it hard to be as consistent as I would like - so much in fact that sometimes no matter how much I have to show you, I don't get the time to edit photos and I have to show you something old. Its ok though, you don't even know the difference I bet!

Brand: Nubar

The Neverending Pile Challenge - Vampy

Monday, May 05, 2014
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Happy Monday lovelies!
As Mondays go around here lately it's another start to a 3 Day week of The Neverending Pile Challenge - todays prompt is Vampy.
So I decided to go a bit oceanic with my colors for today, because vampy isn't just for red!

Brand: Nerd Lacquer

The Neverending Pile Challenge - Most Expensive

Monday, April 28, 2014
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Today is the day in the Neverending Pile Challenge where are the big guns are gonna come out.
I don't have a lot of money, I certainly can't go out and buy Clarins whatever it is, or a Lynnderella LE...I just cant do that sort of thing unless I REALLY have to have something. And I've yet to find that something I have to have that badly. I don't even for a sec judge anyone who does, we're all justified to spend what we want on what we want! Not to mention I think it's safe to say we ALL have different ideas about what is a crazy price to pay for polish.

Brand: NailNation3000

The Neverending Pile Challenge - HAD to Have It...

Friday, April 25, 2014
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Hello!!!
I had several different renditions in my brain about what to do for todays prompt for NPC. I even went so far as to use EIGHT of my ILNP Ultrachromes, but I hated how it turned out so I fell back on a mani I did last month and hadn't posted yet, because in the end, I wanted THESE polishes just as much as those ultrachromes!

Brand: Contrary Polish

The Neverending Pile - Indie

Friday, April 18, 2014
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Helloooo!!
It's Indie Day for the Neverending Pile Challenge - I have plenty of those in my untrieds, that's for sure.
So I decided to see how many I could cram into one mani, but still go together. I came up with this teal and tan combo, let's check it out!

Challenge: Digit-al Dozen Theme Week

Digit-al Dozen - Texture - Splats

Wednesday, April 16, 2014
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Well....hello there.
Here we are at the halfway mark of Digit-al Dozen week!
To refresh your memory, we are doing Textures this week...how about some bright texture splatters?

Brand: Color Club

Black Pearl Bow Decorations Reviewed

Friday, March 28, 2014
By Missy
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Heeeey!!
Today I have some cute nail art decorations to share with you - since I'm still battling the sickies I will keep it short and sweet - let's go!

Brand: American Apparel

Stamping Plate Review - QA73

Saturday, March 08, 2014
By Missy
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Hi friends!
Today I bring to you a new plate I received for review via Born Pretty Store.
It's got some fun full nail stamping designs and a few little smaller ones as well.
Let's go check it out!

Brand: China Glaze

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go - Day 28 - Art Nouveau

Friday, February 28, 2014
By Missy
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So this is it - the end of the #NAGG Challenge.
It's been a blast reaching into my bag of tricks and seeing what I could pull out. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have. Thanks to everyone who helped/participated in the challenge alongside me!!
Todays last day prompt is Art Nouveau.

Brand: China Glaze

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go - Day 26 - Graffiti

Wednesday, February 26, 2014
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Yay!
Today is one of my favorite days of this challenge for Nail-Art-A-Go-Go!
I love graffiti - growing up in California and making lots of excursions into LA and surrounding areas, I always loved seeing the paintings scrawled all over buildings and trains. Even in the south now, we live right near a major train line and we get to see some cool graffiti on the trains when they pass through.

Brand: Color Club

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go - Day 16 - Doodles

Sunday, February 16, 2014
By Missy
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Hey all you wonderful people!
Things are getting better round these parts...still down with debilitating cramps but most other things are in check.
If only I could just lay in bed and do my nails life would be ok...good thing I had most of this challenges manis done before it even started or I'd be screwed!
We are now into the Art History week of the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go Challenge - and this is by far my favorite part of the challenge!

Challenge: Nail-Art-A-Go-Go

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go - Day 11 - Wallpaper

Tuesday, February 11, 2014
By Missy
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Well - it looks like here in Georgia we are "maybe" getting some more snow...or maybe we aren't. They can't seem to figure it out but it's all they can talk about.
I dont mind it, but it seems to make a lot of people crazy, and hopefully after the last snow we had a few weeks ago we won't have any issues like we did when we went without water for 4 days.
Winter, I am SOOO over you.

Challenge: Nail-Art-A-Go-Go

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go Day 8 - Still Life

Saturday, February 08, 2014
By Missy
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Hey guys!
It's the start of Week Two of the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go Challenge and now the prompts are getting more "interesting".
Todays prompt is Still Life, which was something that always captivated me in art class.
Via Wikipedia: A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on).

Brand: Literary Lacquers

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go - Day 4 - Monochrome

Tuesday, February 04, 2014
By Missy
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I am so glad I edited todays photos before the weekend! We went out of town on Sunday and it was a NIGHTMARE of driving over 300 miles in pouring rain and fog - needless to say when today rolled around the last thing I wanted to do was edit photos or paint nails! So I'm glad this post was already ready, save for the writing!
Travelling is a pain in the butt, it's no wonder I hardly ever do it!
We did have fun outside of the driving though, I got some pretty new Urban Outfitters polishes and we saw an amazing show in a really cool theater (except the part where nasty beer was leaking down on us from the balcony!)

Brand: MoYou

It's Sherlock Day! AKA #ManiLocked2014

Sunday, January 19, 2014
By Missy
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It's Sherlock Day!

Ok - well let me re-phrase that - it's Sherlock Day in the USA!

I realize a lot of you have already seen the whole season, but it's just starting tonight over here, and unlike most things, I decided to wait and NOT download it and watch it organically.

And in honor of the US Premiere, a bunch of bloggers are doing Sherlock Inspired Manicures today. If you have one to post, you can hashtag it on any social media as #ManiLocked2014

Brand: Chirality

Digit-al Dozen Monochrome Week - Black on Black

Tuesday, January 14, 2014
By Missy
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Todays post is old.
You haven't seen it before, but its still old.
And it's pretty obvious, because my nails look so nice in this post, before fall when they started breaking all the time and I couldn't do anything to make them grow nice (this is because I stopped using Rejuvacote, which I will never do again).
Anyway - this and the fact that TWO of the manis I did this week have all but disappeared from my computer so I had to pull a mani from the vault!

Brand: Sticky Nails

It's Monochrome Mania with the Digit-al Dozen!

Monday, January 13, 2014
By Missy
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Heeeeey!!
It's time for some Digit-al Dozen action up in heeeeeere!
This months theme is Monochrome and, in theory I was pretty stoked on the theme...until I had to act on it. It is HARD to do five full monochrome manicures, in case you wondered!
Anyway - let's check it out!

Brand: Mentality

Lacey Bits

Monday, January 06, 2014
By Missy
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I have a really cute little item to share with you today!
Funny story about this manicure.
This week I saw this gorgeous polish on The Crumpet and I thought to myself "Well, that isn't something I normally would buy (its sort of red) but it is STUNNING" and then I had wished I'd seen it when I had placed my order a few months back with that brand. As I was digging for polishes to stamp with for this mani, I remembered the Mentality polishes stamp really well and I still had a few of them untried...so I'm digging for them and I remember the polish I loved on Debbie's blog was a Mentality and I think, omg how awesome would it be if I HAD bought it in my last order? Turns out, I DID!!! Happy dance!

Challenge: Digit-al Dozen Theme Week

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Red, Gold & Green - Day 1

Monday, December 09, 2013
By Missy
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It's time for some holiday festiveness with The Digit-al Dozen!
This months theme is Red, Gold & Green - and while I'm sure most of the ladies thought outside the box, I did a ton of more holiday themed nails.
Since I'm not hugely into Christmas like some, these are probably the only holiday themed manis you will see from me for winter holidays - get em while you can!

Challenge: Ab Fab

Ab Fab Challenge - Day 5 - Eddy

Friday, November 29, 2013
By Missy
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Hey loves!
Did all my US friends stuff up on turkey yesterday?
We actually are having Thanksgiving tomorrow...but we spent the day out with my boyfriends mom and stepdad doing some shopping - it was our first foray into a black friday situation and we actually had a lot of fun...my boyfriend only cussed twice the whole night!
Well...as for nails - today is the last day of the Ab Fab Challenge and it's a good one - Edina!

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Texture+Stamping

The Neverending Pile Challenge - Vampy

The Neverending Pile Challenge - Most Expensive

The Neverending Pile Challenge - HAD to Have It...

The Neverending Pile - Indie

Digit-al Dozen - Texture - Splats

Black Pearl Bow Decorations Reviewed

Stamping Plate Review - QA73

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go - Day 28 - Art Nouveau

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go - Day 26 - Graffiti

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go - Day 16 - Doodles

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go - Day 11 - Wallpaper

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go Day 8 - Still Life

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go - Day 4 - Monochrome

It's Sherlock Day! AKA #ManiLocked2014

Digit-al Dozen Monochrome Week - Black on Black

It's Monochrome Mania with the Digit-al Dozen!

Lacey Bits

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Red, Gold & Green - Day 1

Ab Fab Challenge - Day 5 - Eddy

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Missy has been a nail and beauty blogger since January 2012, residing in South Carolina with her boyfriend and furbaby.

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