Macaron Nail Art with Anchor & Heart and Stella Chroma

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You knew I had to combine the polishes from Anchor & Heart and Stella Chroma. They both chose an inspiration picture of macarons! When I saw them together, I instantly got vibes of cotton candy macarons! Check out my collage below to see what I mean. I totally need one now!

Macaron Nail Art with Anchor & Heart and Stella Chroma

Anchor & Heart Sweet Little Cookie, February 2018 Polish Pickup

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Oh hey there! We are still cruising down the street of sweets and today, I'm sharing Anchor & Heart's Sweet Little Cookie. Again, I love macarons, and I want 50 different macaron inspired polishes. I'm good with two at least. This polish is so complex, so let's get into it!

Anchor & Heart Sweet Little Cookie, February 2018 Polish Pickup

Stella Chroma O' Macaron, February 2018 Polish Pickup

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All these Sugar Rush-themed Polish Pickups are making me hungry! And now we are on to some of my favorite sweets, macarons! Since I'm in NYC, I have super easy access to so many macarons, but apparently not blue cookies and creme ones (trust me, I looked for this polish! LOL). Stella Chroma nailed her inspiration!

Stella Chroma O' Macaron, February 2018 Polish Pickup

Stella Chroma Chocolate Orange Emulsified Sugar Scrub for Polish Pickup February 2018

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Polish Pickup's theme is making me crave all the sweets. Stella Chroma's sugar scrub for this month is a serious throwback for me. Remember those chocolate oranges that you would slam on the table to break them?! My siblings and I used to fight over who got to slam them. Was it more fun to slam than eat? Not sure. But now I feel the need to hunt one of these down and test this theory!

Stella Chroma Chocolate Orange Emulsified Sugar Scrub for Polish Pickup February 2018

6 Harts Raspberry Ice February 2018 Polish Pickup

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Oh hello there. I'm back with more Polish Pickup shades. This one is a doozy, and in a good way. It's basically a one coater, it stamps, it's vampy, it's sexy, it's amazing. This is 6 Harts Raspberry Ice!

6 Harts Raspberry Ice February 2018 Polish Pickup

Pusheen 2018 Calendar Series Lazy Pusheen Nail Art

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Pusheen is back!! I've decided to bring back the series for 2018. Pusheen is a cat after my own heart. A purrfect weekend equals donuts, games, and fluffy pillows. I really have so much fun doing these arts!

Pusheen 2018 Calendar Series Lazy Pusheen Nail Art

Alter Ego Good N Plenty, February 2018 Polish Pickup

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Another day, another candy-inspired nail polish! Now, I'm not a fan of Good & Plenty at all, but my mom LOVES this candy. I don't understand it at all. But when I think of this candy, I think of my mom. I literally caught her eating some the other day! So when Alter Ego told me her polish was inspired by this candy, I couldn't wait to see it! It happens to be a color my mom would love.

Alter Ego Good N Plenty, February 2018 Polish Pickup

Colors by Llarowe Gumballs, February 2018 Polish Pickup

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It's time to start sharing colors from February's PPU! The theme for February is Sugar Rush. Colors by Llarowe was inspired by this picture of rainbow gumdrops and focused on the blue for her polish, Gumdrops. This is a super fun theme for Valentine's Day month, where it's a day all about the candy (at least, for me LOL).

Colors by Llarowe Gumballs, February 2018 Polish Pickup

China Glaze Sin-derella

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Happy weekend! Hope you had a good one! I wanted to share a quick NOTD of my manicure since Thursday. I had fully intended on doing art over this color, but I just couldn't!

China Glaze Sin-derella

Beauty Big Bang Chameleon Flakies

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It's Friday! Do you have any plans this weekend? I'm seeing some friends from out of town and finishing up my syllabi for my courses that start next week! I'm kicking off the weekend with some chameleon shift flakies from Beauty Big Bang, so let's dive in!

Beauty Big Bang Chameleon Flakies

Stella Chroma Winter Trio Gradient

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Good evening! Yesterday was my mom's birthday and so I spent all day with her and we had a fabulous dinner and I brought a Junior's cheesecake and yum! I had this post for yesterday, but ran out of time to type it out! But luckily, you can be prepared since this Stella Chroma trio releases tomorrow!
 

Stella Chroma Winter Trio Gradient

Beauty Big Bang Metal Nail Art Stamper and Scraper

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I can never have too many stampers. I love the ease of double stamping with clear stampers, but the length of the barrel and the enclosed barrels, causes many problems. Well, I have a solution and it's with this new Beauty Big Bang stamper!

Beauty Big Bang Metal Nail Art Stamper and Scraper

Beauty Big Bang Silver Mirror Chrome Nail Powder

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I've tried some holo and loose flakies powders, and finally tried chrome powder! Now, these are usually for gel polishes, but I'm using it with normal nail polish, and well, I'm obsessed! These are so crazy in person, you have no idea!

Beauty Big Bang Silver Mirror Chrome Nail Powder

Stella Chroma Winter Trio, Swatches and Review

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Hello There! Today I have the newest collection from Stella Chroma! I've definitely seen a trend of indies sort of ditching collection releases to participate in themed groups and things like Polish Pickup, so I'm really excited to see Stella Chroma's inspiration from the woods and winter. I love a cohesive release like this, but it's also small enough so you don't have to forgo your group purchases. Inspired by winter, these beautiful polishes are stunning and perfectly match their inspiration.

Stella Chroma Winter Trio, Swatches and Review

Winter Pusheen Box, Unboxing and Thoughts

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Hello All. If you don't remember, I received a wonderful birthday gift from nail polish friends, a year of Pusheen box! I'm sad that I'm already on the third one so that means one more. You can see the summer box here and the fall box here. As you can see in my review, I wasn't impressed with the fall box as I love Pusheen things, but I don't want shower curtains, bath mats, and pillows. I draw the line there. This month totally redeemed the meh-ness of the fall box, so let's check it out!

Winter Pusheen Box, Unboxing and Thoughts

Morgan Taylor Thrill of the Chill Hunter Master Art

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I was going through my stamping plates and saw a moose image and for some reason, decided I must use the Morgan Taylor Thrill of the Chill collection with this image. I've had the plate next to the collection for weeks, and finally got a moment to do it! Well, if you're wondering about my title, when I showed these nails to my boyfriend, he said they were Jagermeister nails, LOL. The liquor bottle does have a similar theme, but I was going more for cabin in the woods sweaters LOL.

Morgan Taylor Thrill of the Chill Hunter Master Art

Morgan Taylor Thrill of the Chill Winter Collection, Swatches and Review

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Winter is in full swing, but I am not cut out for these negative wind chills. This is not normal NY weather! On the other hand, I am totally digging this winter collection from Morgan Taylor. These are the cremes I want and miss from them!  I'm also loving the in between holiday and spring collection. Usually, most companies have a lull, so I'm excited to see a new collection, and a great one at that! I previewed this collection in some nail art last month, and you can check that out HERE.

Morgan Taylor Thrill of the Chill Winter Collection, Swatches and Review

Noodles Nail Polish Rockefeller Rink with Snowflakes

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And just like that, the first week of 2018 is over. I've been very good about purchasing nail polish because I REALLY want to have zero untrieds. I've decided to use up all my untrieds during the first month of 2018. So this polish was my first from Noodles Nail Polish, that I bought during Polish Con! I only have 6 more untrieds, so I can totally achieve my goal!

Noodles Polish Rockefeller Rink with Snowflakes

Zoya Kisses Pastel Jellies, Swatches and Review

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It's the end of the week and the end of the first week of 2018! I'm ending it with a rather soothing collection. Zoya released an in-between transitional collection called the Kisses Pastel Jellies. I was dreading this collection because of the word "jelly." I have a very opaque free edge and usually jellies are super sheer. Well, color me surprised, because I love these! Check out why below!

Zoya Kisses Pastel Jellies, Swatches and Review

Alter Ego Rose Quartz, January Polish Pickup

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I have one more Polish Pickup to share with you! This is a super delicate pink polish, which actually has me smitten for Valentine's Day! This polish is named after its namesake, Rose Quartz. Just look below, isn't it exact?!

Alter Ego Rose Quartz, January Polish Pickup

6 Harts Mojave Jewel, January Polish Pickup

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Polish Pickup gets bigger each month! This month is probably the largest! If you've read my blog, you know I've featured 6 Harts before. After a little hiatus, she returned last month during the Polish Pickup and I'm so glad. This month, she's here with a polish inspired by Mojave Turquoise, and it is oh so pretty!

6 Harts Mojave Jewel, January Polish Pickup

Stella Chroma Forgot the Crystals, January 2018 Polish Pickup

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Oh hello there! Are we ready for a few Polish Pickup posts? January's theme is Crystals/Gemstones. This theme is a little overdone, in my opinion. Almost every group custom I've ever see is pictures of rocks. But people are getting super creative and I love it! Stella Chroma got her inspiration from a movie, and I'm totally down with that!

Stella Chroma Forgot the Crystals, January 2018 Polish Pickup 

Welcome to 2018 Nail Art

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Happy first day of 2018! As I've done in years past, I want to kick off 2018 with what I wore last night. I did a 2016 and a 2017 version of this manicure in black and gold. This year, with my newfound love of loose chameleon flakies, I wanted to do a rainbow version, and I love how it came out. I love starting the new year with nail art, as that's how I started this blog!

Welcome to 2018 Nail Art