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How To: Mardi Gras Harlequin Nails

The Nerd — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:52:40 +0000

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With Mardi Gras fast approaching (heck, it’s really sort of already here — Krewe of Nyx just had their ball last night), it’s time to start playing with the Carnival-themed manicures! The lovely folks over at halloweencostumes.com sent me a pair of harlequin shoes for inspiration (seriously, how cute are these?! I love that they [...]

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Aztec Nails

The Nerd — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:05:53 +0000

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Tags: nubar

Jimmy sent a request in for some Aztec inspired nails and I finally got to it late last night! These were actually way fun; in grade school I loooooved doing reports on Aztecs gods, so this took me back to those long nights at the table. For the mani I started with a two coat [...]

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Harry Potter South Park Nails

The Nerd — Sun, 27 May 2012 16:04:02 +0000

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Tags: nubar red

Emily had asked for some Harry Potter nails — a simpler version than a full-tilt character study sort of deal. What’s easier than South Park style? Start with a big weird circle, add in more circles and lines and voila, you’ve got yourself some easy characters! So for the base of this one I used [...]

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Iced Purple Romance Nails

The Nerd — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:47:45 +0000

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Tags: nubar purple rhinestones

Here’s the current polish pickle (oh woe is me with all these pretty polishes!) — I’ve got a new batch of nail polishes sitting in my kitchen and I’d say about 75% of them are so pretty I don’t want to do a single thing to them. Sparkly and holo and ridiculously gorgeous on their [...]

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One Night in Bangkok Nails

The Nerd — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:35:12 +0000

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Tags: Barry M brown Bundle Monster glitter nubar pink rhinestones

This right here is the next step in overcoming my texture-phobia — one day you’re gonna pop over here and see me with nothing but blingy rhinestones on my nails and I won’t. bitch. about. it. I started with a two coat base of nubar Edgy Umber, another “can’t go wrong” polish from this awesome [...]

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Pot O’ Gold Nails

The Nerd — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:34:20 +0000

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Tags: China Glaze glitter gold green nubar

So here’s the thing to know about these two glitters: nubar Gold Glitter and China Glaze It’s Alive both dry so dang fast that you can’t well blend them wet on the finger. Whatever! When you find a fudge, cover it up! So I added a little leapin’ leprechaun (because apparently that’s all they ever [...]

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Heart Echo Nails

The Nerd — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:13:46 +0000

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Tags: blue green Migi nubar pink purple

Had a lazy morning of it today just kicking back on the couch with the dogs all cuddled up, some good coffee and a lightweight movie on tv. Last night I put down a two coat base of nubar Brilliant with a Seche Vite topcoat — and even ate crawfish with zero chipping! — then [...]

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Sword in the Stone Nails

The Nerd — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:23:57 +0000

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Tags: gold green nubar pink Sally Hansen

Awhile ago — a long, long while if we’re being precise — Denise suggested I do a manicure based on The Sword In The Stone, probably one of the better Disney animations from the heydey of hand-painted cell animation. And for the record, I for one hope they never remake it, it’s perfect just as [...]

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Pastel Ribbon Nails

The Nerd — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:59:33 +0000

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Tags: Art Club gold green nubar purple

Yep, you’re going to be seeing some easy solution manis for the next week! This one is a 2 coat base of the minty nubar Vogue Vert — I wouldn’t consider myself a pastel person in general, but I really do love this color! Afterwards I went in with some Art Club stripers in Sea [...]

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Mardi Gras: Krewe du Vieux Nails

The Nerd — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:11:58 +0000

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Tags: nubar purple

Krewe du Vieux rolled through the French Quarter last week under the theme “Crimes Against Nature” with a great police lineup graphic that I had to recreate in honor of the kooky krewe. I started with a 3 coat base of nubar Treasure then went in to add the characters in black and dark purple [...]

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