Good morning polished world!  And happy end of the month!!!  Can you believe that April is already over?  Where is this year going?  The weather here  has been so weird that to me it does not seem like it's the end of April.  It feels more like Fall.  Maybe May will feel like May and not September.  We shall see.

So, as you know a few months ago I decided to do these round up posts where I look back on my favorite manicures of the month and share them with you lovelies.  Maybe at the end of the year I'll collage all them together and do a year round up?  Or pick my favorite from each month?  Ooo I'm liking this idea, I'll have to start planning that, because let's face it, December will be here before we know it!

Let's take a look at my favorite manicures this month!  I didn't post as many because I began blogging on a different schedule, but I might be going back to posting more because I have a lot of manicures to share.

1. The One with OPI My Twin Mimmy - Love this daisy manicure I did using My Twin Mimmy from the OPI Hello Kitty collection.  Originally when I saw the Hello Kitty display, I wasn't going to get the yellow but I decided to since I really don't have many shades like this in my stash.  I am so happy that I purchased this polish because it's a perfect 2 coater, which I think is hard to find in a yellow!  I love how it looks with this design!
2. The One with Round 23 of Bestie Twin Nails with Fashion Footing - I love how cute these little happy clouds are!  This month for our BTN feature, Amanda and I decided on this cute design since April brings the happy sunny days after the cold, grey winter months!  I used my favorite blue for the base, Color Club Factory Girl.  HB Beauty Bar shared this photo on their Instagram so that was a huge moment for me, making it one of my favorites.
3. The Time We Did a Last Minute Collab (Bestie Twin Nails with 25 Sweet Pea) - That's right, two Bestie Twin Nail features in one month, but with two separate bloggers!  Sarah messaged me one night asking if I wanted to collaborate with her last minute (literally the night before posting) and of course I said yes.  I love her work and it had been a year since our last collab.  We did a tribal design using two of our favorite China Glaze polishes - Too Yacht to Handle and That's Shore Bright!  Love how this turned out!
4. The One with the Negative Space Daisies - I really wasn't sure how I was going to like this design while I was doing it.  I've done other negative space things in the past, but nothing so empty, if that makes sense.  I really, really, REALLY love the negative space look and need to try more manicures like this!  

Now let's take a look at my favorite manicures by other bloggers!!!

1. Rainbow Smoke by BadGirlNails - I'm really obsessed with the look of this manicure. I think it's such a neat effect and something that I don't think I'd ever be able to re-create.  Maybe I'll try, but I highly doubt that I'll be able to do so!
2. Bestie Twin Nails Clouds by FashionFooting - I really loved this round of BTN with Amanda so much, so obviously I picked her manicure to be one of my favorites this month.  I love Zoya Rocky, I need to remember to use that more often.
3. Blue Floral Nails by JudyRox - I love everything about this manicure.  The blue, the simplicity of the design, the fact that it's floral.  I really need to re-create this one ASAP.
4. Adorable Spring Floral by 25 SweetPea - Yup, Sarah made the list again this month.  Ever since I started this feature she's made it on the list, and that's because she keeps coming up with these AWESOME manicures!  Look at this awesome floral she created!  I really, really, REALLY need to recreate this one.  the color scheme is perfect!

Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today??  It's cold here again.  It was in the 70s last week and now it's in the 50s.  The weather is just so odd right now.  I want it to be 70 all day every day.  Although as I write this post right now it's raining outside and it's cold and I'm super cozy so it's not all that bad.

Anyways, today I am posting alongside some girls from The Nail Art Squad.  This month we decided to do puzzle piece manicures since April is Autism Awareness Month.  While I know the official colors are blue, red, and yellow, I wanted to do something a little different.  So I went with my neon pastels.

Let's take a look!

• Orly - Mirror Ball
• Orly - Liquid Vinyl
• Color Club - Feathered Hair Out to There
• Color Club - Diggin' the Dancing Queen
• Color Club - Meet Me at the Rink
• Color Club - Til the Record Stops

Until next time, <3.

Good morning polished world, and happy Saturday!!  Yes, Saturday is finally upon us!  Cannot be happier.  Excuse me as I sleep all day and lounge all night.  Last night I had a nail fail, so I assume I'll be painting sometime during the day as well.  Maybe.  Who knows.  I have quite the back log of manicures again so I could go maybe a whole weekend without painting and still have enough manicures to last me about two weeks at the rate I'm posting.

Anyways, today I am sharing with you a manicure inspired by Shannon from Coffee and Nail Polish.  Last month in my round up post, I highlighted her purple abstract manicure as being one of my favorites by other bloggers in the month of April.  I put it on my list to recreate and a week or so ago I got around to doing so.  Instead of using purple, I used a holo mint polish which is absolutely gorgeous.

Let's take a look!

• ILNP - Music Box
• Sally Hansen - I <3 Nail Art Stripers in Black and White

ILNP Music Box is drop dead gorgeous.  Two coats and you have a beautiful mint polish with a subtle holo effect.  I'm so hpapy I purchased this polish back when I went on my ILNP shopping spree.  If you are a lover of mints, then you NEED to have this shade!!

What do you think?  Lover of the abstract look?  Think it's something you'd try to recreate?

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Until next time, <3.

Good morning polished world!!!  It's Wednesday, meaning we are halfway through this busy week!  So much to do and so little time!!!  There is always time though for a last minute collaboration, and that is what I'm bringing to you all today!

Sarah from 25 Sweet Peas sent me a text yesterday asking if I wanted to by any chance participate in a last minute collab, and of course I said yes.  Since it has been over a year since we last did Bestie Twin Nails, it was about time we collaborated again!  Next time, I think we might have to do a mani swap.

Today's design is a random tribal design using some of our favorite China Glaze colors; Too Yacht to Handle and That's Shore Bright!  Let's take a look!!

• China Glaze - Too Yacht to Handle
• China Glaze - That's Shore Bright
• China Glaze - Bring on the Bubbly
• Finger Paints - Wrapped in Ribbon
• Orly - Liquid Vinyl

Oh how I love this color combination!  Too Yacht to Handle and That's Shore Bright are two of my all time favorite polishes, and together they compliment each other so well!  I remember when they first came out, I searched everywhere for them but was unable to find them.  After giving up, I found them on HB Beauty Bar and purchased both of them and was such a happy camper....until they started to run out.  Thankfully China Glaze decided to make these polishes part of their core line and I'm able to stock up at Sally Beauty whenever my little heart desires.  Speaking of which, my bottle of Too Yacht to Handle is running low again.


I love this whole manicure, especially with the gold nail.  I'm a huge fan of silver so I really wasn't sure if I was going to like the gold but I went with it anyways.  I'm so happy I did because I don't think silver would have looked as good with this manicure.  I need to come out of my comfort zone more often and use gold more.

What do you think?  Fan of this look?  Something you'd do??

Don't forget to check out Sarah's post!  She created this awesome graphic for us today.  I'm jealous of her skills.  She's also the one who created mine and Fashion Footing's BTN graphic!  Still enthralled with that one and forever in Sarah's debt.


Sarah's is better than mine!  I need to figure out how to do relaxed looking bottle shots like her!  It's like I'm gripping the bottle for dear life.  Oh well!  Still working on my technique!

Until next time, <3.