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Normal Nails

The Nerd — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:17:29 +0000

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just the varnish

This is normal, right? Had an appointment today and thought it best to put on my “I’m not a total weirdo” front (if I’m asking you a serious question I don’t need you staring at me like I’ve got two heads) and went for a simple light french. The base is Borghese Cannoli Cream, 2 [...]

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Treasure Map Nails

The Nerd — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:27:50 +0000

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Tags: Borghese brown China Glaze

Goofy ahoy matey! Just a little colorful fun, the base on this is 2 coats of China Glaze Classic Camel with a little bit of Borghese Bronzatta Gold sponged in here and there. Afterwards I went in to add the map elements using the acrylic paints for a quick and fun pirate map effect.

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Bayou Sunset Nails

The Nerd — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:07:31 +0000

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Tags: Art Club black Borghese China Glaze Color Club Kleancolor purple

I have to do something with a sunrise one of these days, but the purple gradient of sunset is soooooo pretty it’s hard to say no. The base is the ever-shimmery dark purple of Color Club Alias; once that dried I went in for a single sponge round of (in order) Kleancolor Pearl Pink, China [...]

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Bronze Cadet Nails

The Nerd — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:12:28 +0000

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just the varnish

Tags: Borghese brown Orly

The base is 2 coats of Borghese Bronzatta Gold (which strikes me as way bronzatta with a dash of gold) and really lights up in the sun. For a little flair I added Orly Space Cadet to the tips. Simple not-in-your-faceness but still interesting!

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Purple Sparkle Pop Nails

The Nerd — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:03:55 +0000

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Tags: Borghese glitter Milani purple

I ended up liking this purple more than I expected to with two coats of Borghese Bella Berry — lots of shimmer and that great deep purple shade. Then used some Milani Diamond Dazzle to sparkle up the middle finger. Super thick sparkle polish, on eyeballing it in the bottle it struck me as a [...]

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Red Rhinestone Nails

The Nerd — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:27:03 +0000

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with garnish!

Tags: Borghese Bundle Monster OPI red rhinestones

Sometimes you just need a little bit of bling. The base is 2 coats of Borghese Venetian Red, just a true-blue sparkled red that goes with everything. Then used some OPI Sanguine for the tips and some little red rectangle rhinestones from Bundle Monster for side accents.

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Orange Cream Nails

The Nerd — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:10:04 +0000

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with brushes/tools

Tags: Borghese orange Sinful Colors ZOYA

Like a wacky little sunrise, went for a base of Zoya Jancyn then used Sinful Colors This Is It and Borghese Piazza Pink, both very shimmery and thin polishes, to paint in overlapping curves on the bottom half of the nail for an orange-hued venninsh pattern.

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Bay of Bengal Nails

The Nerd — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:43:47 +0000

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with brushes/tools

Tags: Borghese gold orange Sinful Colors

This is one of those where you pick out some colors and see what happens… went for a 3 coat base of Borghese Aurora Sunset, a lovely shade that dances the line between orange and red, though I wish it wasn’t quite so thin. Tipped it out in Sinful Colors Cloud 9, which needs a [...]

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Dark Stormy Nails

The Nerd — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:23:28 +0000

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with brushes/tools

Tags: black blue Borghese Wet n Wild

Picked up Borghese Stellare Notte which is just wow all by itself. There’s silver, black, purple and blue all coiled together beautifully into a light oil slick of pretty. But I couldn’t leave that alone so added some Wet n Wild Teal of Fortune into the mix too.

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