Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Happy New Year's Eve!

Hello lovelies!

Today is New Year's Eve! I hope you all have plans to hang out with friends or family (or if you're staying in, that's cool too!). Just remember to be responsible! Please? I'm finally getting the chance to hang out with some friends and I'm so excited! (:

Onto the nails!

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I wanted to welcome in the new year with some sparkles! Why? Well because who doesn't like sparkles?! :D

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Monday, December 30, 2013

Music Monday: "Watch All The Colors In Your Spectrum Fade Grey."

Hello darlings!

I'm in a better mood today! Yay! The fact that I get 3 days off from work might be a bit of an influence on that haha. Anyways, today's Music Monday is a bit different. Up until now I've been recreating album covers but today's post was actually inspired by song lyrics and a bit more abstract! 

So let's get into to!

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"Put yourself in my place for just one day. Watch all the colors in your spectrum fade grey.
            - The Story So Far

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Sunday, December 29, 2013

Christmas Winter Challenge: New Year's Eve

Hello darlings!

I'm back again for the last day of the Christmas Winter Challenge! This has been a fun challenge! I didn't feel that the prompts were all that limiting which was nice but I think at the same time, it made it harder to come up with ideas haha. I guess that's a bit of a lose-lose situation there for me isn't? Haha

Anyways, onto the nails!

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Glequins and sparkles! That photographed horribly! WOO! Meh /:

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Weekly Recap 12/22 - 12/28

Hello darlings!

I'm back again with another recap!


Oh man, so many nails on the blog this week haha. I'm going to go ahead and give myself a pat on the back for keeping up with all the blogging. Is that okay with you? Haha I hope you nodded in agreement and if not, well, I'm going to do it anyways! :P 

I'm a bit borderline on how I feel about this past week on the blog. I'm really happy with my Music Monday, snowmen, and swatch post but the rest of it is making me feel a little blah. I think I'm in a nail art slump lately. I just feel like I keep doing the same things over and over again. I think the Music Monday posts are the only thing that are really pushing my nail art skills. I don't know. We'll see how this week goes. Maybe I just need more challenges to do!

Here are the remaining prompts for the Christmas Winter Challenge:

Today's song:
New Found Glory - Make It Right

Thanks for reading everyone!

-Marisa! (:





Friday, December 27, 2013

Christmas Nails: Tribal

Hello darlings!

I'm back again today! I just wanted to show you guys quick what I wore on Christmas!

So onto the nails!
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A little Christmas tribal anyone? (:

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Indie Fridays!: Live Life Polished - Blueberry Surprise + Glitter Mania

Hello lovelies!

I'm back again with another installment of Indie Friday! Today I'll be wrapping up my Live Life Polished polishes. I saved my favorite two polishes for last! So let's get into it!

Here are the polishes!

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I'm starting this post off with Blueberry Surprise!

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Tri-Polish Challenge: Raven Skittles

Hello lovelies!

I'm back again with another post! This time it's the final Tri-Polish Challenge for December! Let's get right into it!

Have some more nails!
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 I chose purple as my accent color for today's post, even if it became more of a dominant color....shhhh it'll be our secret! (;

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Christmas Winter Challenge: Winter Characters

Hello lovelies!

I hope that everyone who celebrates Christmas had a wonderful day yesterday! I had a great time hanging out with my family! I'm going to keep pushing right on along with the blog because the Christmas Winter Challenge is back again today!

On to the nails!

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I'm sorry but how adorable are my little snowmen? I was so happy with these nails! :D

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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Skittles Wednesday: Christmas Edition!

Hello darlings!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! to everyone that celebrates! If not, HAPPY WEDNESDAY!! I'm going to try and keep this quick. My brother said he's waking me up at 8:30 am and its currently 3:45am....oops.

On to the nails!

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I wanted to post another Christmas-y manicure! So I did!

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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Tri-Polish Challenge: Snowflakes

Hello darlings!

It's Christmas Eve! Gah! I still haven't wrapped my Christmas presents and I get to spend today at work then at a family dinner. Whoops....Oddly enough, I think I end up wrapping all of my presents on Christmas Eve though....sooo yeah, pretty typical for me. Haha I'm a procrastinator for life!

Anways, the Tri-Polish Challenge is back today!

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I had to try snowflake nails! Like come on! Snowflakes are so pretty haha

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Monday, December 23, 2013

Music Monday: The Maine's ...And A Happy New Year

Hello lovelies!

Christmas is on Wednesday! Gah! I figured out what I'm doing for presents so I have a bit of running around to do before work today, but we're pretty much in the clear (: Work is probably going to suck though....I sliced my finger on a cardboard box last night while working. Not fun! Even worse because I went to take off my nail polish and acetone accidentally touched the bandaid (a weird cotton-y one from work) and soaked in until it reached my cut. That hurt a bit....a lot a bit D:

Anyways, today is Music Monday and I kept it Christmas themed!

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I think these are adorable! :D

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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Christmas Winter Challenge - Food

Hello....again!

Today is another day of the Christmas Winter Challenge! Which huh reminds me that I've bought like 1 Christmas present hahahahah whoops....I started making things for people but I've kind of gotten behind. Oops. 

Anyways, on to the nails!

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Candy nails! Sweet! (;

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Weekly Recap 12/15 -12/21

Hello!

I'm back again with another recap!





Wow, a lot of nails on the blog this week haha. Honestly I'm a little shocked, double posting on some of the challenge days is weird haha. Ah well, I like keeping up with the challenges! They're fun! Even though I'm struggling with the Tri-Polish Challenge a bit this month.

My favorite nails of the week are a tie between the Hello Fascination nails and my ice cream skittles! I love how fun both of them were. Did you have a favorite? I know I mentioned it earlier in the week but I finally built a light box, so hopefully some photo consistency is coming to the blog! I actually ended up painting all the nails for the week minus 1 post yesterday whoops. But I'm excited to show you what's coming to the blog this week!

Here are the remaining prompts for the Christmas Winter Challenge:

Today's song:
The Story So Far - Quicksand

Thanks for reading and check back later for another Christmas Winter post!

-Marisa! (:





Friday, December 20, 2013

Indie Fridays!: Live Life Polished - All Red-y For You + Mean Green

Hello lovelies!

I hope everyone's week has gone well! I actually have tomorrow off from work which is rare haha. I really need to catch up on painting challenge nails and I'm having Doctor Who withdrawals, so I'm looking forward to it! Anyways, I'm back again with another installment of Indie Friday!

Today we're continuing on with Live Life Polished starting with All Red-y For You!

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I unknowingly swatched Christmas colors for this week haha!

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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Tri-Polish Challenge: Festiveness Gone Wrong

Hello lovelies!

I'm back again with another nail post! Today is the Tri-Polish Challenge! I'm just going to get right in the post.

So, yay, nails!

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I'm not really sure what to say about these haha, meh.

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Christmas Winter Challenge - Toys

Hello darlings!

It's Thursday woo! Guess who found out her grades for this past semester! I ended up getting a 3.8 which I'm shocked, I haven't done that since freshmen year haha. Also, today is my last day shift at work before I go back to my night shifts. Which means that I can finally sleep!! I'm in a good mood today haha.

But ranting aside, on to the nails!

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Today's theme is toys, so I painted toys! Uhm yup!

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Skittles Wednesdays: Deconstructed Ice Cream Pop Art?

Hello lovelies!

Does anyone else feel like this week is dragging? It's only Wednesday! Maybe I'm just tired, I'm not used to working day shifts at my job. Or maybe it's the fact that I've had to brush a good few inches plus of snow off my car every single day I've been home. Woof, central New York man. Not cool. 

Anyways, I'm back again with another Skittles Wednesday post!
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Does my wacky title make a little more sense now? It randomly just popped into my head and I was like "yeah, go for it!" (:

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Tri-Polish Challenge: Polka Dots

Hello darlings!

Remember that time when Marisa totally forgot that the Tri-Polish Challenge was a thing that happened every month? Oh wait....that's what happened this time around. Haha oops. So I completely forgot about the challenge this month and was just going to pass on participating but at the last minute I decided to join! So yay Tri-Polish Challenge is back!

On to the nails!
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Polka dots! Lots of polka dots! Poorly done polka dots! But polka dots!

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Monday, December 16, 2013

Music Monday: Breathe Carolina's Hello Fascination

Hello lovelies!

I've been home for 2 days now and I'm heading back to work today. Not too pumped about that and I'm super nervous about my nails. They're pretty long for me and I used to get breaks even with my nubs over the summer, but we'll see. Anyways, today brings another post for Music Mondays!

Here are the nails!
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These kind of remind me of some super funky french tipish manicure. Maybe? That might be a really far stretch haha.

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Sunday, December 15, 2013

Christmas Winter Challenge - Christmas Traditions

Hello lovelies, I'm back again!

I have to keep this post quick because my internet is being really slow. And uhhh, it's 6am and I haven't gone to bed yet....whoops. So yeah, Christmas Winter Challenge is back again today!

On to the nails!

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Presents for everybody!! As in on my nails and you can look at them! They're presents for your eyes (:

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Weekly Recap 12/8 - 12/14

Hello darlings!

I'm here today with another weekly recap, can't believe that I've been doing this for 5 months now haha!




A lot happened on the blog this week! There was some challenge manicures in there, which my winter nature nails seemed to be quite popular so thanks for that! I introduced 3 new features to the blog that I'm super pumped to continue on with! My Riot! nails were a personal favorite just because they were Paramore haha! Which were your favorite?

I'm back home for winter break now, which means a few things for the blog. I currently don't have a lighting setup so photographing nails can't exactly happen yet. I'm working on making a light box. I have all the posts ready for this week but just bear through the wonky lighting situtations. Also, I start back working tomorrow where I'll be working 25-30 hours a week. I'm a cashier so I can't really guarantee the state of my nails, they have a tendency to break during my shifts ): So, I'll keep you guys posted on how things are going!

Here are the upcoming prompts for the Christmas Winter Challenge:

And today's song:
Transit - Please Head North

I'll be back later with another Christmas challenge manicure!

-Marisa! (:






Friday, December 13, 2013

Indie Fridays!: Live Life Polished - Goodbye Summer + What Happened To Blue?

Hello lovelies!

I have another new feature for the blog today! I've ranted on the blog before about my love for indie nail polish but I've never really shown off any of my collection. So, I figured why not start swatching them for the blog! I've decided that I'm going to break these into 2-3 polishes per post to avoid them being to picture heavy. I'll go through by brand until I show off all my pretties, which uhhh won't happen anytime soon haha.

So to start off my first Indie Friday post, I'm starting with the brand Live Life Polished and I'll be showing Goodbye Summer and What Happened To Blue?


I'll start off with with Goodbye Summer!

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Christmas Winter Challenge - Holiday Colors

Hello darlings!

Today is my only final! Gah, I'm so pumped because then I'm pretty much done for the semester other than one more online biology quiz! I plan on taking my final, taking a nap, and then painting my nails and watching Doctor Who for the rest of the day (:

Anyways, I'm back again today with the next Christmas Winter Challenge post!
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I'll just give everyone a minute to take in all that sparkle! (:

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Skittles Wednesdays: Purple and Brown + 100th Post!!

Hello lovelies!

Today is actually the first day this finals week that I haven't had to go to something school related, woo!  Sadly, today will be spent studying for my one and only final tomorrow. Woof. Anyways, another new feature on the blog! I think we all know that I love skittles manicures, so why not dedicate an entire day to them every week?!

Hahaha, uhm, yeah, on to the nails!
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LOOK AT ALL THE SKITTLE-Y GOODNESS!

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Sparkling Floral Blues

Hello lovelies!

So, remember when I said that finals week would be easier than having classes? Hahaha haha ha, well. I'm still not sleeping at night because I have stuff to do and I'm currently writing this post over finishing a project. Whoops! Anyways here are some nails I did with my old nail shape!

On to the nails!
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More stamping! I told you all this is beginning to be an obsession!

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Monday, December 9, 2013

Music Monday: Paramore's Riot!

Hello darlings!

I'm back today with one of the new features that I'm going to have on the blog! If you've been reading my blog, you would know that I end every post with a "song of the day." I kept throwing around the idea of doing music inspired nails and because I'm *super* original, I came up with the idea of Music Mondays! Mondays will have nail art inspired by anything music related, album covers, song lyrics, band members, anything!

So let's start with my first Music Monday manicure!

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You know I had to start with Paramore nails! They're my favorite band and I've been meaning to do these nails for a super long time!

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Sunday, December 8, 2013

Christmas Winter Challenge - Winter Nature

Hello!

I'm back again with a second post for today! Woo! Today is the 2nd day of the Christmas Winter Challenge and let's just get right into it.

Here are my nails!

Today's prompt is winter nature so I tried painting a snowy landscape scene! Eh

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Weekly Recap 12/1-12/7


 Hello lovelies!

Here's this week's recap:

The 33 Day Challenge is over! Gah! I'm super happy with how I finished out the challenge and I'm super proud of the tribal nails that I painted for the last day. I'm sad to see the challenge over but I'm a little relieved haha. I already joined in on another challenge though and my first post for that was the Christmas lights. This challenge only posts twice a week so that's nice.

Here are the prompts for that:

Now that the 33 Day Challenge is over, I've decided to start some new features for the blog just to keep myself on top of keeping with interesting nail art. I'll share what these are over this upcoming week but I hope everyone enjoys them because I'm pretty excited for them!

Also, I'm done with classes and only have finals week to survive through! I should be able to dedicate more of my time to the blog now so that'll be great for everyone! Unless of course, I get caught up with watching Doctor Who again haha. I ended up watching like 8 episodes yesterday and finishing the season I was watching! I was so sad to see the 9th Doctor go but David Tennant is really nice to look at sooooooo, yeah, uhhh, I'm excited to keep watching haha (:

Today's song:
The Starting Line - Island

I hope you enjoyed reading and I'll be back later with my next Christmas Winter Challenge post!

-Marisa! (:






Friday, December 6, 2013

33 Day Challenge - Day 33: Freestyle / Re-create Someone Else's Manicure

Hello darlings!

Today is my last day of classes!!! WOOO!! And it's the last day of the 33 Day Challenge!! BOOO! I'm super sad to see this challenge be over. I feel like it's helped me push my nail art and blogging abilities in such a short amount of time. I feel like I owe a lot to this challenge and all I can do is hope to keep getting better!  

Anyways, here are my nails for the last 33 Day Challenge prompt!



Today's prompt was to re-create someone else's manicure! 

More after the prompt:

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Christmas Winter Challenge - White Christmas

Hello lovelies!

I'm back today with a post that's on time! Yee! Only one more day of classes, a "week" of finals and some final projects (I only have 1 test!) and then I'm free!! I'm so excited :D But anyways, I've decided to join in on another nail art challenge! I feel like they really help push me into doing better nail art, so I'd like to keep it up. This one is even Christmas themed!

Here are my first post for the challenge!
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The first prompt of the challenge is White Christmas, so obviously I painted my nails blue and made my Christmas lights neon haha

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

33 Day Challenge - Day 32: Shapes

Hello lovelies!

I'm so sorry that this post is so late! I went to write this post the other day to find that all the pictures of the nails I did for this prompt were gone D: I meant to repaint them yesterday haha, but after being awake for 50+ hours straight, I uhhh kinda passed out after class and never got around to it. Whoops, so I just painted these! Woo!

Here are my nails!
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You guys get to see my new nail shape too! I was tired of them breaking on the corners so I rounded them off a bit! They're growing on me, still not 100% though.

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Stamping Squared!

Hello darlings!

I found time to write another post! Woo! I think once I survive my classes today the rest of the week should be relatively easier (KNOCK ON WOOD). I have to do my 10 minute presentation today which seems to be the thing that is taking up so much time. Ahh, enough school talk!

On to the nails!


GUYS! LOOK!  I stamped decently!! TWICE!

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Monday, December 2, 2013

33 Day Challenge - Art Featuring Your 3 Favorite Polishes

Hello darlings!

I have a super quick post you all today as it's 8:30am and I haven't finished any of my homework that's due today....I really need to stop procrastinating....but anyways today is the last Monday of the 33 Day Challenge! Gah!

Here are my nails!


I think we all could have guessed that these were going to end up being blue haha! (:

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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Blogger Friendship Award!

Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi!

I'm back today with another post! WHAT?! Wasn't I just complaining about having too much homework to do about 2 hours ago? Yeah, well, I work better when under pressure (hence why I always wait till the last minute to do my work). OR I'm just really good at procrastinating and starting this blog has given me a justifiable reason to procrastinate. You're pick (;

Rant aside! I was nominated for another award! This time it was the Blogger Friendship Award and I was nominated by Lucy from The Nail Snail! Make sure to check her out!


I guess the rules of this is to just 7 little known facts and then nominate 7 bloggers at the end? If not, sorry, but uhm yeah! Let's go!

  1. If you haven't guessed by now, I'm currently writing this post rather then writing my 10 page paper that I need to finish so I can write my 10 minute presentation due Monday! WOO!
  2. I drink a ton of coffee and am always looking for new, little coffee shops. 
  3. I don't really like watching movies, I'd much rather marathon a season of a tv show. The last movie that I really liked was Now You See Me.
  4. I have an online shopping problem (:
  5. I love old, tacky floral prints/patterns.
  6. I hate wearing sneakers. There's snow on the ground right now and I'm still wearing ballet flats.
  7. I listen to a lot of different music, anything from hardcore to pop punk to alternative indie rock. 
And now for my nominations! This part is still hard haha.

  1. Brethil from Druid Nails
  2. Laura from Lucky Lucky Lacquer
  3. Jayna from The Sequined Nail
  4. HG Nail Design
  5. Glam-Madam
  6. Kim from A Polished Addiction
  7. Emily from An Accent Nail
Thanks for reading guys! Hope you're ready for the last week of the 33 Day Challenge!

-Marisa! (:


Weekly Recap 11/24-11/30

Hello darlings!

Here's this week's recap:

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I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! This week was another full week of challenge nails and I managed to use blue polish in every single one of them haha whoops. I'm really happy with all the nails I posted for the 33 Day Challenge this week.  I'm undecided whether my nails for the lines prompt or the same pattern, different colors prompt are my favorite. Probably the same pattern, different color nails only because I was able to use indie polishes muhahaha. My indie obsession (and collection) has been growing non-stop lately.....Sorry wallet.

Did anyone do any Black Friday or Small Business Saturday indie shopping? I was trying so hard not to but I ended up buying 8 Lucky 13 Lacquer polishes. Oops. But I finally own all of her Harry Potter collection and some of her Doctor Who collection! I just recently started watching Doctor Who, I'm only on episode 6, but SWOON. I'm in love with a tv show, not sure why it took me so long to start watching it. I picked a bad time to start watching it though considering I have a ton of final projects due....

Here are the upcoming 33 Day Challenge prompts:
THIS WEEK IS THE FINAL WEEK OF 33DC! I don't know if I'm sad or relieved. I came up with some "features" for the blog to keep myself motivated to do creative nail art, so make sure to check back for those. I *might* also be taking part in a winter challenge but I'll keep that a secret (; I wouldn't want to actually get festive for once, now would I haha. 

Also, this is my final week of this semester and I have a ton of work to do. So please bear with me if I get a little behind commenting back. Thanks for understanding!

Today's song:
All Time Low - Backseat Serenade

Thanks for reading!

-Marisa! (: