Nail Nerd (nail art for nerds) http://www.nailnerd.com Nail art, nail polishes and fun manicures! Thu, 17 May 2012 23:59:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Hello Kitty Character Nails http://www.nailnerd.com/hello-kitty-character-nails/ http://www.nailnerd.com/hello-kitty-character-nails/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 20:49:37 +0000 the nerd http://www.nailnerd.com/?p=5082 nailnerd.com Per request (thanks Shannon!) a real honest to goodness Hello Kitty manicure.  See, I wasted the first title, “Hello Kitty Nails”, on the Hello Kitty brand polish I bought last year… and it’s been bugging me ever since, seeing people search for Hello Kitty nail art and end up on this site with bupkis. Problem [...]

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]]> http://www.nailnerd.com/team-rumbelle-nails/feed/ 3 Where the Wild Things Are Nails http://www.nailnerd.com/where-the-wild-things-are-nails/ http://www.nailnerd.com/where-the-wild-things-are-nails/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 23:56:58 +0000 the nerd http://www.nailnerd.com/?p=5054 nailnerd.com Just in under the wire, I got it done this weekend!  My personal pledge for this week: More balance.  More me time.  Which means, more manicures.  Last week took all the gas out of me and that’s just no way to function.  And I can’t take care of other people if I don’t take care [...]

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]]> http://www.nailnerd.com/where-the-wild-things-are-nails/feed/ 9 Celebrate Mom @ Belladonna with Nail Nerd http://www.nailnerd.com/celebrate-mom-belladonna-with-nail-nerd/ http://www.nailnerd.com/celebrate-mom-belladonna-with-nail-nerd/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 20:29:25 +0000 the nerd http://www.nailnerd.com/?p=5049 nailnerd.com Quick post — I know I’ve been off the radar, it’s been completely unintentional and I totally don’t want to rehash what a nightmare this week has been… BUT I *will* be at Belladonna Day Spa in Uptown New Orleans tomorrow as part of their Mother’s Day Celebration from noon til 5 doing demos and [...]

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]]> http://www.nailnerd.com/cinco-de-mayo-nails/feed/ 4 Belladoggie Doggies & Donuts Nails http://www.nailnerd.com/belladoggie-doggies-donuts-nails/ http://www.nailnerd.com/belladoggie-doggies-donuts-nails/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 15:05:18 +0000 the nerd http://www.nailnerd.com/?p=5017 nailnerd.com Another one for the local pride pile, lemme tell you about one of the best parts of my neighborhood: Belladoggie.  It’s a dog resort and spa a quick walk from my house that has more than I’ve ever seen done in one place for dogs.  The two-story building sat untouched for years til owner Kim [...]

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]]> http://www.nailnerd.com/belladoggie-doggies-donuts-nails/feed/ 0 Whoo-whoo! Nails http://www.nailnerd.com/whoo-whoo-nails/ http://www.nailnerd.com/whoo-whoo-nails/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:20:20 +0000 the nerd http://www.nailnerd.com/?p=5010 nailnerd.com S&A requested some owl nails awhile ago (since unintentionally taking the week off last, I’m feeling horribly backlogged so you’ll be seeing acrylic stuff for a little bit here — more standard/easy manis soon, promise) and hooray, I finally got to it last night! I wanted to do cartoon owls on all of ‘em, but [...]

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