Zoya Yuki, January 2025 Color of the Month

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So I wore these nail polishes to a baptism that was on January 11. Yup here I am two and a half months later finally posting them. I have no excuse and I am totally bummed out that these are no longer available, but I still wanted to post them because I know for myself, I actually do go back to my swatches, especially when I’m looking at purging polishes. So here they are because at least you can see the other three polishes in this quad that are available on Zoya's website.

Bumblesoaps Bath and Body Products

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Hello all! I'm switching things up a bit! When I started this blog, I used to add in bath and beauty posts. Of course, things evolve and I focus mostly on nail art but not because I don't enjoy bath and beauty products. After a hiatus, Bumblesoaps is back! I actually reviewed this brand back in 2014 (not a press sample, but a personal purchase). This post is wayyyyy overdue (like rudely overdue, I’m sorry). So let's get to it!

KBShimmer After Party, April 2025 Polish Pickup

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Polish Pickup for April is Celebrate! Let's celebrate all the things! Let's celebrate that as of this week, I am no longer a doctoral student but a doctoral candidate! Yay! You become that once you finished coursework. I took a full time course load since August 2023, including summer, so I was able to focus all my energy on that, and now I am focusing on my dissertation! YAY. Waiting for confirmation of my defense date, but it is sooner than I want to believe! Anyway, back to PPU, I have a celebration on my nails!

St. Patrick’s Day Green and Gold Nail Art

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Hello from the girl whose nails just will not grow. No matter what I do, my nails continue to break and so I finally gave up and started some swatch of some older polishes, despite my nails being short. But I decided to share some festive golden green nail art for St. Patrick’s Day before sharing the other ones. I completely missed Valentine’s Day, nail art, and Mardi Gras nail art which really bummed me out so I decided to do something for St. Patrick’s Day. So let’s check this out.

 

KBShimmer A Real Ore Deal, March 2025 Polish Pickup

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True life: I am tired. I had the worst nail break and it left me completely unmotivated to do my nails. I wore a bunch of plain colors as it grew out and these photos were taken 28 days after my break and my nails are still so short! Then you guessed it, I got the flu. One of my students came in with "just a cold"...it wasn't a cold. I have since sent out very curt emails to students about them not poisoning me. So I barely had the energy to do my nails for like 10 days.  I am so late on posting these, so let's get to it!