Nail Art. Swatches and Reviews. Honest love of nail polish and all things beauty.
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Well, it’s the end of the year! It’s time for me to look back at some of my favorite arts of 2025! As usual, I’ve linked to each post so you can see specific colors and inspirations. I had some months I did a ton of arts and others where I didn’t, but who is counting? 2025 was a stressful but ultimately gratifying year. I still don’t believe I earned my doctorate! 2026 has publication goals, but let’s get to that later. For now, let’s walk down 2025’s nail art!
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Back with some quick comparisons! As I swatched this collection, I definitely felt some callbacks to prior colors. Some date back almost ten years! So let’s check out how these colors stack up together!
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Last night was the second night of Hanukkah as it started on the 14th! Chanukah (both spellings work) celebrates the miracle of the eight nights of oil that was supposed to last one night. Well, I went through my blog and pulled up some older looks and decided to recreate this ugly sweater look from a few years ago!
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I am such a broken record, but I am having the worst luck with my nails. You will see just how short and uneven my nails are but hey, I am human and I still want to do my nails. Because of that, I haven’t really been doing nail art lately. So I sat down and said let’s try something simple and boy am I out of shape with using my non-dominant hand. It’s usually not a problem for me, especially with simple designs like this but yeah, I definitely need to get back to nail art so I can be a better lefty again lol. Anyway, here is my first holiday nail art.
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Between my broken nails and the super gloomy weather, I was behind on swatching KBShimmer's newest collection. I figured let’s get this swatched so I can post it for you despite the weather. But honestly, you’ll probably be indoors most of your time in winter anyway so let’s check out these polishes.
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KBShimmer has a gorgeous offering for Polish Pickup, so let’s take a look at this gorgeous Polish (which I swatched before all my nails broke. Miss you longer nails! LOL)
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Happy December! Can you believe it? I also cannot believe the semester is ending but I am thankful! Hah! I figured with my dissertation done, this semester would be relaxing. Oh me, I was wrong. Anyway, Polish Pickup returns Friday, and I have this gorgeous offering from Stella Chroma!
