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Darted Bling Nails

The Nerd — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:19:34 +0000

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Tags: Cherimoya glitter grey OPI rhinestones

Holding off the more nutso manicures til I’m feeling better, went with something simple — and that I haven’t done in ages — today: taping! The base on this is two coats of OPI Moonraker, a gobsmacking gorgeous gunmetal number that was nearly perfect in one coat, but I erred on the safe side and [...]

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Blue Princess Nails

The Nerd — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:12:09 +0000

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Tags: blue rhinestones Sinful Colors

Oh look, an easy one! I had picked up this Sinful Colors Cinderella at the drugstore late last year and realize I’d never tried it; probably should have held out for a brighter day to debut it since it’s got these delicate little holo bits in it that weren’t really picked up in the grey [...]

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Dressed Up Holiday Nails

The Nerd — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:34:46 +0000

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Tags: Deborah Lippmann gold red rhinestones

This color was way too posh for some cartoony design. What you’ve got here is two coats of Deborah Lippmann’s Through The Fire, a deep burgundy red with a fabulous ruby shimmer to it. It went on a bit darker (in indirect light — it goes crazy in the sun) than I would have thought [...]

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Gradient Animal Sparkle Nails

The Nerd — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:40:59 +0000

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Tags: pink rhinestones ZOYA

I kicked this one off with a pink gradient using some of the bright happy colors from ZOYA’s Beach Collection: from light to dark, ZOYA Shelby, ZOYA Lara and ZOYA Reagan. Then I added some leopard circles using black acrylic, laid down a slow-drying topcoat and started dropping mini pink rhinestones into the center of [...]

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Golden Glitter Flower Nails

The Nerd — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:47:12 +0000

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Tags: blue Deborah Lippmann glitter gold rhinestones

Bianca emailed with a quick idea for nail art — love me some quick right now! — so worked this one out after brunch today. The base is two coats of Deborah Lippmann Sugar Daddy (kills me to have these just sitting on the counter, untested) — it’s a fun sort of rose gold number [...]

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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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Irish Disco Nails

The Nerd — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:39:28 +0000

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Tags: rhinestones

Welp, finally done did it. Full on rhinestones, no mucking about. Maya sent in a request a few weeks ago for a tutorial on how to do the full-cover bling nails, so I went for it with the first round of colors from a new wheel (for the record, it took about 2/3 of one [...]

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Glitterati Nails

The Nerd — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:26:05 +0000

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Tags: Barry M Bundle Monster glitter Kleancolor OPI pink purple rhinestones

I’m not saying I went overboard or anything, but this is like a half-step away from completely rhinestone-covered nails. I’ve been pulling a bunch of all nighters lately which doesn’t lend itself well to leaning over my hand for hours and painting, but it DOES work really well for layering a bunch of polishes/giving everything [...]

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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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Black Button Peach Nails

The Nerd — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:10:03 +0000

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Tags: Bundle Monster nubar OPI orange rhinestones

I have no idea why I left OPI Are We There Yet? on the counter for so longer without trying it, but really glad I whipped it out today! The sun is shining and bouncing beautifully off the shimmer in the pretty peachy polish (here in two coats — thank you OPI for having a [...]

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