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Orange Floral Nails

The Nerd — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:24:04 +0000

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You know I don’t have a lot of free time when the stickers come out. :) And yep, I’m way behind on emails and comments and such right now, so you’ll have to bear with me til life settles down again, I’m definitely in the weeds right now. The base on this is two coats [...]

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Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe Nails

The Nerd — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:32:03 +0000

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Tags: blue orange pink ZOYA

Happy weekend all! Just a quicky explanation on this one (*somebody* fell down some stairs with their butt taking the brunt of it, so sitting here at the computer is a little… ouchy): got a request in for some Marilyn Monroe themed nails last year, so instead of doing full on portraiture stuff I thought [...]

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How To Do Orange Wedge Nails

The Nerd — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:15:33 +0000

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Tags: Deborah Lippmann orange

This one’s only a handful of easy steps, and basically just takes the half moon mani to a new level. I started with a two coat base of Deborah Lippmann’s Girls Just Want To Have Fun — it’s DL, do I even need to explain how great this formula is? The color was so bright [...]

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Striped Sunrise Nails

The Nerd — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:51:59 +0000

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Tags: China Glaze gold orange red

Yep, I’m on a stripe rip. There’s a reason though! I started by making a fun 3-tone gradient with decidedly sunrise-ish colors: China Glaze Adventure Red-Y, China Glaze Breakin’, and China Glaze Cowardly Lyin’. And lo, it was pretty… BUT there was a little nick on my middle finger, right smack dab in the wash [...]

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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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Neon Cookie Monster Nails

The Nerd — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:26:17 +0000

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Tags: China Glaze orange

I know, “neon orange” isn’t really the first thing that springs to mind when you think of Cookie Monster. Lemme take you on a trip: see what happened was… I put down a couple of coats of China Glaze Japanese Koi, a screaming orange neon that I’m liking more than I thought I would (maybe [...]

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The Little Prince Nails

The Nerd — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:46:47 +0000

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Tags: orange ZOYA

I grew up with a deep adoration for The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — it was one of the first books I can remember that made me cry. I’ve fallen in love with the book repeatedly in my life: while learning French and being able to read it in another language, as a [...]

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Neon Animal Nails

The Nerd — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:55:42 +0000

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Tags: blue orange Orly pink yellow

Just a bit of bright fun for an odd weekend, this one started with four stripes from the Orly’s Feel The Vibe neon collection: Beach Cruiser (pink), Glowstick (yellow), Melt Your Popsicle (orange) and Skinny Dip (blue). Each was divided up by a line of black; then I used white paint to add some chunky [...]

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Sonia Kashuk Polish Swatches from Target (and Sweepstakes!)

The Nerd — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:54:31 +0000

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Tags: gold green orange Sonio Kashuk

It’s been a long, long while since I’ve done straight polish swatches — I really should do them more often (if for no other reason than that it doesn’t take all night to do!). As part of the BlogHer network, I was given some free full-size samples of Sonia Kashuk brand nail polish through Target [...]

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Calculus Nails

The Nerd — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:20:27 +0000

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Tags: L'Oreal orange

Hannah’s graduating from high school this month (go Hannah!) and asked for some calculus nails before May 26th — done and done! Instead of focusing just on the numbers I decided to use more of the graphs for this one, which worked out for a subtly nerdy manicure (on first blush it just looks like [...]

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