Lacquer Legion: Adoration

Hello lovelies!

Surprise! I'm back again! This post was another reason why I pushed back my Indie Friday post this week because I didn't want to bombard you with three posts today. The Lacquer Legion is back today and this month's theme is adoration!

I wonder if anyone can guess what I adore with these nails! Take a guess….or read after the jump….

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 28 - Art Nouveau

Hello lovelies!

Today is the last day of the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go challenge! This month flew by so fast, I don't even feel like the challenge started! It's been a tough month with all the posting but I'm so happy that I took part in this challenge. I feel like my nail art abilities and confidence have really been pushed. Thank you Missy! (:

Onto the nails! 

I hate ending challenges, it's so sad D:

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Golden Oldie Thursdays: Orange

Hello lovelies!

I have another post for you today! I'm going to keep this one quick!

Onto the nails!

So! Many! Exclamation! Points! Sorry! (;

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 27 - Pointillism

Hello lovelies!

Can you believe that tomorrow is the last day of the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go challenge?! I feel like this month flew by. I'm sad to see the challenge go but I think the crazy posting schedule that I set up for myself was a bit much. 11 posts a week is a lot haha, whoops.

Anyways, onto the nails!

I think I've come to the conclusion that I really honestly don't like doing dotticures…weird since they used to be my favorite thing ever….

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 26 - Graffiti + 200th Post

Hello lovelies!

Look, a post that's on time! Woo! Not having class is nice since I got to spend all day painting my nails and doing absolutely nothing school related! And I totally lied yesterday about that being my 200th post….whoops. I accidentally counted drafts posts in my total count….so today is my 200th post! 

Anyways, onto the nails!

I'm so happy with how these nails come out! I was so worried about this theme too but I love these!

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Tri-Polish Challenge: Striped Triangle Tips

Hello lovelies! 

I finally wrote this post! Woo! I'm being semi-productive today, kinda. I really just want to curl up in bed right now but I have to be up at 6am tomorrow. I'm scared to take a nap because I know I won't sleep later. Blah!

Anyways, onto the nails!

Today is the last Tri-Polish post for this month! I'm so excited for new colors (:

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 25 - Watercolor

Hello lovelies!

I promise I didn't forgot about you guys!! I accidentally fell asleep last night after my night class and doing laundry (I did my 2nd presentation too, and I think it went pretty well for finishing it at 3:30am the night before haha!). But I fell asleep before midnight and ended up sleeping until my alarm went off for class today! Great for me, bad for my homework and writing posts. Oh well, I'm back now! And my afternoon class was cancelled so yay, time for the blog!

And that was a big rant, sorry! Nail time!

More abstract nails and I love these ones too!

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FingerFood Theme Buffet: Week 8 - Cute

Hello lovelies!

I'm back again. This is the final week of this crazy posting schedule, whew! I think for next week, I might just have like a "nail art detox" week where I do some simple designs. Maybe, it might be a needed break.

Anyways, onto my cute nails for today! 

I had to do bow nails! 95% of the time I have a bow in my hair, so it was bound to happen to my nails!

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 24 - Abstract

Hello lovelies!

I hope you all had a lovely weekend! Mine was spent doing the usual homework and I even ended up pulling an all-nighter Saturday night to try and get ahead on stuff. I didn't get ahead and now I feel like falling asleep at work…..whoops. 

Anyways, onto to the nails!

I love these nails a lot! I think they're a nice palette cleanser to all the bright polishes I normally wear.

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 23 - Oils

Hello lovelies!

Look! I came back! Except this time it's a nail art post. Yay for the pretty things! Let's just get into it!

Onto the nails!

I keep wanting to type "Yay" for some reason and I don't know why. If this whole post turns into "Yay, this" "Yay, that," I'm so sorry haha!

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Weekly Recap 2/16 - 2/22

Hello lovelies!

I'm back today with another weekly recap!

• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 16 - Doodles
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 17 - Animation
• FingerFood Theme Buffet: Week 7 - Abstract
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 18 - Sci-Fi
• Tri-Polish Challenge: Studded Gradient
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 19 - Game Night
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 20 - Pop Culture
• Golden Oldie Thursdays: Chevrons
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 21 - Snow Day
• Indie Fridays!: Star Crushed Minerals - Heavenly Gold + Deep Aqua Gold + Mango
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 22 - Surrealism

Another week with a ton of nails!! Woo! I've kept up so far, I just need to push through this last week of February. I've been painting my nails all day so hopefully I can at least get the first half of this week's nails done. I hope you're all ready for some awesomeness though!

This was another week where I'm happy with what went up on the blog. There were a lot of fun manicures and I finally got to do Dalek nails!!! Gah! I can't even pick a favorite for this week because I liked so many of them. I'm also super proud of my indie swatches, I definitely think I'm improving with them! We're also coming up on the final week of the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go challenge D: I'm actually going to be super sad, I think this challenge has really pushed me to try harder and I'll miss that.

Here are some of the challenge themes coming up:

And a song for you:

Kitty Pryde - Okay Cupid

Thanks for reading guys and check back later for a nail art post!

-Marisa! (:

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 22 - Surrealism

Hello lovelies!

Today marks the final week of the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go challenge! Gah! I only have 1 other manicure painted for this upcoming week painted so far…..whoops. I've got my work cut out for me this weekend haha. 

Anywho, onto the nails!

The only thing that pops into my head when I look at these is Ke$ha….I don't even like Ke$ha, ugh.

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Indie Fridays!: Star Crushed Minerals - Heavenly Gold + Deep Aqua Gold + Mango

Hello darlings!

I'm back again with another post for you and this time it's more indie polishes! I'll be showing you the remaining polishes in my Star Crushed Minerals collection.

Onto to the nails!

This first polish is called Heavenly Gold!

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 21 - Snow Day

Hello lovelies!

Guess what?! I had to do that presentation that I've been stressing over all week last night and it actually went really well!! I remembered everything I was going to say and didn't mess up my timing! I'm so happy! It feels like a big step forward in getting over my anxiety. Plus, it's Friday!! Woo!

Anyways, onto the nails!

There's only 7 days left of the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go challenge! Gah, I'm going to be so sad!

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Golden Oldie Thursdays: Chevrons

Hello lovelies!

Did you miss me? Probably not….is it possible to be that annoying blogger who posts too much? I feel like I might be being that person this month if said thing exists. Meh, I'm still having fun and I like what I've been creating!

Anyways, weird rant to the side, nails!

I love these nails so much!!<3

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 20 - Pop Culture

Hello lovelies!

Can you believe that it's already day 20 of the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go challenge?! Like what! I feel like it just started yesterday!

Onto today's nails!

 This was another theme that I had trouble with haha. You should probably expect to hear this from here on out till the 28th!

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 19 - Game Night

Hello lovelies!

Halfway through the week! Woo! Today will be spent doing work non-stop….boring! I have my internship and then I have my presentation that I really need to practice for on Thursday! Gahh, I'm getting nervous again D:

Anyways, I like today's nails so let's get into it!

Please tell me someone knows this game! I'll put what it is after the break!

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Tri-Polish Challenge: Studded Gradient

Hello lovelies!

I'm back again with another post! Wow, crazy right?! As much as I'm enjoying all of these challenges and the nails that I'm painting for them, I'm ready to get back to only having to write 1 post a day haha. 

Anyways, Tri-Polish Challenge is back again!

This month's colors are brown, grey, and pink in case if you forgot!

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 18 - Sci-Fi

Hello lovelies!

I hope your Monday treated you decently! I just realized how much work I have due this week and next week, none of which I'm close to finishing and I only have challenge nails painted up till Thursday! Whoops…..anyways, Nail-Art-A-Go-Go is back!

Onto the nails!

I finally got the chance to paint Dalek nails!!! I'm so in love it hurts<3

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FingerFood Theme Buffet: Week 7 - Abstract

Hello lovelies!

I'm back with more nails!! Today's theme for the FingerFood Theme Buffet is abstract! Let's get onto the nails!

Nail time!

I think I must have accidentally knocked a camera setting because these photos look messed up too. Meh, I liked these nails too!

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 17 - Animation

Hello lovelies!

I don't feel like complaining about the fact that it's Monday so we're just not even going to bother….or was that just a complaint….? Uhm, mmkay, awkward. Moving on!

Nails!

Look at how cute my little dude friend is!!

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 16 - Doodles

Hello lovelies!

I'm back with another post for you all and this one has nail art! Woo! I really like these nails so I'm just going to let the pictures do the talking.

Onto the nails!

I totally understand why the doodle nails are part of the Art History section because let's be real here, doodling in my notebook is the only thing that kept me awake during my hour and half art history lectures…I don't do well in lecture classes….

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Weekly Recap 2/9 - 2/15

Hello lovelies! 

I'm back again with another weekly recap!

• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 9 - Inner Geek
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 10 - Night Sky
• FingerFood Theme Buffet: Week 6 - Hearts
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 11 - Wallpaper
• Tri-Polish Challenge: Watermarble
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 12 - Camouflage
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 13 - Hearts
• Golden Oldie Thursdays: Valentines
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 14 - Sweets
• Indie Fridays! Star Crushed Minerals - Red Blackberry + Magenta
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 15 - Round & Square

I'm still keeping up with all my challenges! Woo! I don't think anyone understands how happy that makes me! I've pretty much been painting all of designs on Friday and Saturday because I don't have time during the week, but I'm still holding on!! And I'm super happy with everything that went up on the blog this week :D

This upcoming week will be filled with more challenge nails and my Friday indie swatches. The Nail-Art-A-Go-Go challenge is entering into it's Art History stage, which not only brings back bad memories of my Art History classes (these were absolute torture) but means that the prompts are getting harder! I really had to think about a lot of these upcoming themes and I haven't even painted some of them yet….whoops.

Here are some of the upcoming themes for the challenges I'm doing:

And song for you all:

Mixtapes - Sunrise

Thanks for reading guys and check back later for another post!

-Marisa! (:

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 15 - Round & Square

Hello lovelies!

Guess who's classes got cancelled yesterday! Mine did! I wish I could say that I had a productive day but I actually spent a good chunk of the day sleeping, whoops. Anyways, the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go challenge is now entering its Art History section, which means harder prompts. 

Let's get into it!

I think this might be the first time that I'm actually enjoying pink polish…..o.O

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Indie Fridays! Star Crushed Minerals - Red Blackberry + Magenta

Hello lovelies!

I have another post for you all today! I'm excited for this post because I feel like these are my best swatches to date! Hopefully they can only get better from here :D

Today's Indie Fridays post features the the brand Star Crushed Minerals.

Onward to the nails!

I'm going to start this post off with the polish Red Blackberry!

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 14 - Sweets

Hello lovelies!

Hope you're all ready for the weekend, I know I am! I guess I can't really complain though because my afternoon class and presentation were cancelled yesterday due to the snow storm and then my morning class today was cancelled! I'm hoping my afternoon class gets cancelled too, but I think I can manage 1 class today haha.

Anyways, onto the nails!

I painted chocolate nails! You know those fancy little chocolate candy things with the drizzly stuff? Yep, those ones haha!

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Golden Oldie Thursdays: Valentines

Hello darlings!

I told you I'd be back with another post! 

Let's get right into it!

More Valentine's day nails…..woo? Sorry about gross cuticles too, I bought a different nail polish remover and clearly it sucked….

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 13 - Hearts

Hello lovelies!

I'm going to try and keep this post short. I accidentally fell asleep last night well doing homework in bed and slept for 6 hours….Good for me, bad for my homework….I woke up cuddling with my laptop too, uhhh yeah. Mmkay. Moving on! Good news! My presentation got postponed for another week because of the snow storm we're supposed to be getting today! Now I can actually practice!

Onto the nails!

Today's theme is hearts, probably because Valentine's day is tomorrow. But I don't like Valentine's day so I painted some weird dripping hearts!

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 12: Camouflage

Hello lovelies!

Wednesday! Halfway through the week! Woo! I really like today's nails so I'm going to keep my complaining to a minimum!

Onto the nails!

I think this might my all time favorite color scheme EVER! I love it so much!

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Tri-Polish Challenge: Watermarble

Hello lovelies!

I told you I would be back with another post! I really should be practicing for a presentation later on this week, but oh well. We have presentations like every 2 weeks in this class and we're not allowed to use notes! LIKE WHAT?! I've never done that before! I'm so nervous D:

Anways, I like today's nails!

I told you that I would be playing with water marbling more! I like how these came out!

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 11 - Wallpaper

Hello lovelies!

I hope you're all doing well! I'm running on 32 hours of no sleep and am forcing my way through my homework. Ugh, I'm having a hard time keeping up on my work this semester and I don't know why. I haven't done nail art in like 2 days either and I'm still not able to keep up /: Woof. Over it.

Anyways, onto the nails!

Not going to lie, I really hated these nails when I first painted them. But now looking back at them, I really like them!

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FingerFood Theme Buffet: Week 6 - Hearts

Ello!

I'm back again! You all knew that was coming, and you all probably think I'm crazy for posting so much but hey, it's cool :D 

Anyways onto the nails!

Glequin hearts? Possibly? Haha (Didn't I start my earlier post like this too….whoops).

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 10 - Night Sky

Hello lovelies!

*Insert complaint about Monday* Yep, that happened haha! I hope you're all ready to take your Monday on and hopefully your Mondays aren't as long as mine are. Anyways, Nail-Art-A-Go-Go is back!

Onto the nails!

Blobs. Blobs of colors. Blobs of color = Night sky? Possibly? Haha

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 9 - Inner Geek

Hello darlings! 

I'm back again with another post for you! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend! I didn't get even close to as much homework done as I wanted D: But I got a lot of other things done so I can really focus today and work hard.

Anyways, onto the nails!

Virtual hi-five to whoever can tell me what molecule this is!

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Weekly Recap 2/2 - 2/8

Hello lovelies!

It's time for a recap!

• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 2 - Jewel Tones
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 3 - Warm Vs. Cool
• FingerFood Theme Buffet: Week 5 - Birthdays/Celebration
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 4 - Monochrome
• Tri-Polish Challenge: Bike Pattern
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 5 - Contrast
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 6 - Neon 
• Golden Oldie Thursdays: Green
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 7 - Primary
• Indie Fridays! Sick Lacquers - Graffiti + Aqua Moon + Morning Snow
• Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 8 - Still Life

Oh my. I showed you guys 13 different manicures this week and wrote 11 posts….and I loved every minute of it! I'm having a lot of fun with the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go challenge! It's pretty challenging but I like being pushed to try new things. I'm also really happy with the nails I did for the FingerFood Theme Buffet this week and the Golden Oldie Thursdays challenge :D

For this upcoming week on the blog, I'll be continuing on with all the challenges! I'm still ahead on painting my nails, I'm falling a bit behind but I'm still pushing through. The Nail-Art-A-Go-Go is entering it's Art 101 phase, which means that things get a whole lot more complicated. I'm excited!

Here are some of the upcoming challenge prompts!

And today's song:

Paramore - Ain't It Fun

Thanks for reading guys and check back later for a nail art post!

-Marisa! (:

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 8 - Still Life

Hello lovelies!

Does anyone have any interesting plans for this weekend? If so, I'm going to vicariously live through you since mine will be spent doing homework D: Ugh. Anyways, the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go challenge is moving into it's art 101 stage. This is when things start getting difficult!

Onto the nails!

This post is bringing back bad memories of my freshmen year Beginning Drawing class. I probably spent an equal amount of time that semester in the drawing studio as I did sleeping….and I wish I was kidding…

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Indie Fridays! Sick Lacquers - Graffiti + Aqua Blue Moon + Morning Snow

Hello lovelies!

I'm back again with another post as I promised! I decided to keep showing you guys my indie polishes while the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go challenge goes on because I like writing these posts and I want to improve my swatching.

So, today I'm back with more polishes from Sick Lacquers!

Onto the polish!

This first polish is called Graffiti.

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 7 - Primary

Hello lovelies! 

It's my favorite day of the week!! I have a presentation and an art auction to get through but then I get to spend my weekend doing homework! Woo! Anyways, Nail-Art-A-Go-Go is back. Can you believe it's already been a week?!

Onto the nails:

This remind me of the circus and I have no idea why haha!

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Golden Oldie Thursdays: Green

Hello darlings!

I'm back AGAIN! Bet you didn't see that one coming….even though I might have mentioned it in my earlier post…..maybe….whoops. Oh well, I'm back with more nails for you all!

The Golden Oldie Thursday challenge RETURNS! 

What if I just typed my WHOLE post with random emphasis on random words? Can that be a THING or no? Haha okay, that got weird. Uhm, yeah, green nails!

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 6 - Neon

Hello lovelies!

Did anyone else get a ton of snow yesterday!? Like wow! I had the worst time getting to my internship just to find out that only 2 of the other designers showed up. I got my car stuck in a parking spot too but luckily a super nice mechanic just happened to be driving by and gave me a hand. But man, I really hope classes get cancelled today!

Anyways, Nail-Art-A-Go-Go is back! Nail time!

These nails make me so happy to look at! :D

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go: Day 5 - Contrast

Hello lovelies! 

I hope you're all doing well and are staying safe! Supposedly, where I live we're supposed to get a pretty bad snow storm today /: My college already cancelled classes! I don't even have classes on Wednesdays just my internship -_- Anyways, Nail-Art-A-Go-Go is back!

Onto the nails!

More drip nails! Yup, I told you I'm super into drip nails now!

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