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Moody Combo Nails

The Nerd — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:37:25 +0000

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Thought to pull out some stamping today (it’s been… forever) so used an abstract sort of swirly pattern from plate SH21 — really couldn’t even begin to give this one a theme, it’s sort of a mishmesh of lines, swirls and squiggles. I don’t know if I love it, especially since the more concentrated swooshy [...]

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Betty Blue Nails

The Nerd — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:26:24 +0000

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Tags: black blue Essie gradient OPI SHANY yellow ZOYA

Having thrown my back out (this, I suppose, is the downside of aging), I’ve been spending a fair bit of time in bed with a heating pad plowing through my Netflix queue, and yesterday was digging through the back seasons of Peep Show. When I got to the University Challenge episode, I got all distracted [...]

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Mocha Gradient Nails

The Nerd — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:12:40 +0000

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Tags: brown China Glaze gradient

When in doubt, go gradient! I was eyeballing these bottles pretty hard last night but honestly couldn’t come up with anything all that creative to do with them all together (I’ve already got a coffee theme mani kicking around in my brain, and these 3 together weren’t going to do it) soooooooo went for a [...]

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Framed Golden Sparkle Nails

The Nerd — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:52:25 +0000

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Tags: brown China Glaze gradient orange

Startin’ the week off easy, the base on this is China Glaze Desert Sun — I can’t decide if it’s more brown or orange, so maybe it’s brange… but it’s a really pretty brange in two coats. Once that dried I sponged in a little bit of China Glaze I Herd That near the tips [...]

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Pink Triangle Nails

The Nerd — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:38:46 +0000

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Tags: Color Club gradient pink purple Sinful Colors

This is just playing with combining some techniques, namely the taping and stippling for gradients. I started with a base of Color Club Catwalk Queen, a super dark purple shimmer number (what is with all the purple lately?! I gotta cut myself off), then taped off a triangle at each tip when it dried. I [...]

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Frostbitten Orange Nails

The Nerd — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:48:00 +0000

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Tags: Color Club gradient orange Sinful Colors white

When bright and white meet you get this in-your-faceness. Started with a 3 coat base (yes, it needs it — great neon color but a little thin on application) of Color Club Psychedelic Scene then used Sinful Colors Snow Me White to create a gradient on half of the nail… and went over it again [...]

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Blue Tiger Nails

The Nerd — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:11:49 +0000

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Tags: blue Color Club gradient green nubar

For a little twist on the standard tiger nail, I wanted to add a gradient behind it to pack a little oomph. I picked colors that would do ok with a single coat each (didn’t want a huge pile of polish on my nails for this) so used Color Club Emerald Depths for the sparkly [...]

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Shark Nails

The Nerd — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:15:41 +0000

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Tags: black gradient green Orly

Ever since I did my friend’s little pinky nails the other weekend I’ve really wanted to do a shark on my own nail so decided to give it a shot using acrylics. What I learned: wait for the dang paint to dry before you put a topcoat on goober. Turns out if it’s not completely [...]

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Nubar Scalloped Gradient Nails

The Nerd — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:40:11 +0000

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Tags: gradient green nubar yellow

Looooove using nubar for stuff like this, the polish is so thick and creamy it goes on like a dream. The base is nubar Lemon Sorbet, then started the gradient in with nubar Hot Yellow. After putting a coat of SV on that, I added nubar Lime Green (all using the sponging method of course) [...]

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OPI Pink Gradient Nails

The Nerd — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:45:53 +0000

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Tags: gradient holo OPI pink

The prettiness of this one totally made up for what a pain in the butt it was to take off (thanks, holo flakes!). I used OPI Play the Peonies, OPI Come to Poppy and OPI Be a Dahlia Won’t You to create the gradient, then went in with a coat of OPI I Lily Love [...]

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