Ok, so it's a day later than I thought I was posting it but here it is:

Ok, so it's a day later than I thought I was posting it but here it is:  The paint job that I'm super happy with. 🙂 I guess that was my last big "Hurrah!" before school starts.

I took some time to throw down a watermark because a lot of my nail friends in groups and on Instagram keep telling me to. I would say that I'm not worried about people finding my photos and using them, but it's happened before. (I found my nails on eBay when I was shopping for nail stuff one day). LOL I was not upset, but I guess this way at least I could possible get some more traffic to my social media.

So I used another magnetic polish for this mani... actually, the same one from last time. I know it looks really different, but it's just layered over itself rather than black so that makes a difference. I did the flowers with a stamping plate from Bundle Monster and the (supposed to be) diagonal-ish lines with some cheap nail art tape I had.

Btw, these are not supposed to be French tips - I just wanted some color aside from the flowers. I used the magnetic polish again to add depth. I'm really digging that stuff! Also, I know these look spring and it's winter (so I SUPPOSEDLY should be doing snowflakes or whatever), but you guys should know by now that I do what I want. LOL

Anyway, that's it. Possibly for a while, but maybe not. I guess it depends on how this semester goes.

Tourmaline of Passion by Masura;
Bundle Monster plate BM-S183;
Reverse Stamping and Taping techniques

Finally did my nails again.

Finally did my nails again.  I'm not big on holidays, but happy whatever you celebrate!  🙂

I know that I've got a little bit of everything going on right now, but it's got a holiday-esque theme, so it's cool.  LOL  It took me longer to plan this mani than to actually put it on myself... that seems to be my holdup lately.  😕  Thankfully, I've had some extra time since school is out, so I could think on it all I wanted to.  😛

I've done a few Christmas paint jobs in the past.  I would say that I'd re-share them, but I don't know.  I don't really feel like it.  I had a friend tell me that I should start water-marking my photos and I think she's right, but that just feels like more work.  I have to think about it.  LOL  If I do re-share anything, it'll be on Instagram, though.  You should follow me there just in case.  😛  www.instagram.com/polish_ALL_thethings

May or may not update this with polishes and plates used.  Depends on if anyone cares.  My biggest regret is that you can't see the beauty of the green on my pointer finger.  It's such a deep and amazing color.

Updated to add what I used:

For this mani, I used so many different things.  Here is a list:

Pinky:

Base - Peregrination by @differentdimensionus 

Stamping - It Mossed be Love by @hit_the_bottle from @beautometry 

Red Dots - Reindeer Games dots by @vapidlacquer

Ring Finger:

Base - Hot Black to Go by @rimmellondonus 

Stamping - Sparkling Diamonds by @colorsbyllarowe

Middle Finger:

Base - DS Radiance by @opi_products 

Stamping Decal - Gold Medal by @sinfulcolorsprofessional and Reindeer Games by @vapidlacquer

Pointer Finger:

Base - Pre-Lit Opal Tree by @enchantedpolish .  It's so beautiful, but I'm a sucker for greens. 😃

Stamping - Bronze by @mundodeunas

Thumb:

Base - Joy to the Waves by @chinaglazeofficial 

Snow - White on the Spot by @milanicosmetics , Break the Ice by @wetnwildbeauty , and The Outer Edge by @chinaglazeofficial .

Stamping - Black by @mundodeunas

Plates used were BPX-L008 by @bornprettynailart , @bornprettystore , @bornprettystorenailart , @bornprettynail , @bornprettystamping .  I also used a plate labeled "HD05" that I bought from ebay a while back.

When you get an email...

When you get an email saying that you sold something on Etsy and you are surprised, because you've been too busy to think about Etsy and totally forgot you had a shop.  LOL

I got up 3 different times...

I got up 3 different times this morning to go Black Friday shopping - ON THE INTERNET!  FOR NAIL POLISH!  LOL  I probably spent more than I should have, but some of them were gifts and honestly I work so dang hard that I just wanted to treat myself.  I scored some stuff that I'm super excited about.  I can't wait until it gets here!

Finally, a nail pic! 😃

Finally, a nail pic! 😃

I don't normally take nail pics in full sunshine, but these polishes were far too pretty for anything less. I'm time-crunchy right now, so I will edit this later and add what I used, but for now, just know that I was going for a forest-y, mysterious, magical, woodsy kind of feel. Nothing in particular, although the words on my thumb might be from a book (says Shaun. I don't know.)

Research polish;
Research plate;
Stamping, Layered Stamping, and Stamping Decal techniques

When you unknowingly...

When you unknowingly put a thermal polish on your nails and wonder why it's drying into a gradient...

But then you feel excited because ZERO-EFFORT GRADIENT!!!

Wanna paint these toenails so bad! 😂

Wanna paint these toenails so bad! 😂

Shaun just made me super happy. 😀😀😀

Shaun just made me super happy. 😀😀😀

He gave me my birthday present 12 days early. It was this box of nail polish, poop, and salt that I wanted REALLY bad. 😂

I did my nails.

I did my nails.  Nothing fancy, but I'll probably post a picture tomorrow.  This is a case where I just put on a stunning polish and let her do the work.  As much time as I wasted cleaning up my dusty, neglected nail table in preparation to actually DO something I COULD have done something fancy, but oh well.  Maybe that just means that I shouldn't go a month + without doing my nails.  LOL

This was a great way to spend the morning.

This was a great way to spend the morning. I needed some nail time with a friend!

Research polishes;
Research plates;
Stamping and Stamping Decal techniques