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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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Pumpkin Fatale Nails

The Nerd — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:46:43 +0000

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Tags: Bundle Monster glitter Mattese purple Sally Hansen ULTA white

The base on this is 2 coats of Ulta Femme Fatale, a growling cream shimmer in a port color — took awhile to dry but I was in the mood for something dark and stormy after staring at bright colors for hours. I have a bottle of Matesse White that had been laying around and [...]

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Darted Sparkle Nails

The Nerd — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:19:23 +0000

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Tags: American Apparel Color Club OPI pink purple Sally Hansen

More fun with taping! This one was really easy but made for a fun effect — first a base of OPI Are We There Yet? in two coats (love the salmon shimmer in this) followed by some taping. Just took some masking tape, cut it at a 90 angle and laid it on the nail [...]

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Dotted Yellow Nails

The Nerd — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:35:41 +0000

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with brushes/tools

Tags: Sally Hansen yellow

A little bit of bright and happy for the weekend, the base on this is Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow — great happy color but it takes 3 careful coats for a decent finish, and it’s not the quickest drying polish on the shelf. Then I threw a line of dots down the middle using a [...]

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Cheapo Splatter Tip Nails

The Nerd — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:18:07 +0000

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Tags: blue green Sally Hansen silver Wet n Wild

The lady at the counter at the drugstore hooked me up this week with some coupons and I ended up getting some of the Sally and Wet n Wild polishes for $1 a pop, so this here manicure accounts for… $3. The base is 2 coats of Wet n Wild Blue Moon, a deep shimmer [...]

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Flipping Swans Nails

The Nerd — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:45:04 +0000

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with brushes/tools

Tags: black Kleancolor OPI orange pink Sally Hansen Sinful Colors white

A cheeky take on flipping the bird, I wanted to just go ahead and throw a nice little swan on my middle finger. The base of OPI I Eat Mainely Lobster was so pretty and bright it needed something fun on it so did the bill in Sally Hansen Sun Kissed, the neck in Sinful [...]

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Zebra Stripe Nails

The Nerd — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:17:50 +0000

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Tags: black Bundle Monster China Glaze Kleancolor Sally Hansen Wet n Wild white

This is what happens when best intentions meet impatience — I started with a lovely black-to-white gradient (which took more than just black and white, I used Wet n Wild Black Ebony Hates Chris, China Glaze Recycle, Sally Hansen Wet Cement and Kleancolor White) that turned out, if I do say so m’self, awesome. Then [...]

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Stormy Seas Nails

The Nerd — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:38:01 +0000

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Tags: blue glitter Sally Hansen

This is one of those that looks really cool but you need to give yourself a looooooot of time for it to dry… so if you’re trying it, make it a night where you’re at home sitting around watching a movie or something and don’t need to do much with your hands for awhile. I [...]

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Edie Green Glittered Nails

The Nerd — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:40:59 +0000

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glitter

Tags: Color Club glitter green Sally Hansen

Another one from the Color Club Poptastic collection, this is Edie green in all it’s unadulterated glory (‘cept for the index finger) — it doesn’t go on quite perfectly so it took 3 coats but the color’s pretty yummy so no biggie. For the index finger I covered it in 2 coats of Sally Hansen [...]

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Green Pumpkin Nails

The Nerd — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:03:04 +0000

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Tags: Bundle Monster Color Club glitter green rhinestones Sally Hansen

Not sure why I like this color combo so much but I really do — the base is 3 coats of Color Club Edie, which calls itself a neon from the Poptastic Collection, but the gel strikes me as more of a bright milky green (don’t overthink that visual) than a real NEON, you know? Once [...]

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