Monthly Mani Favs

The One With the March Monthly Mani Favs

9:00:00 AM

Happy Friday, yes I said Friday, polished world!!  How are you all doing today?  I am beyond thrilled that the week is almost over.  It has been a super busy week, so I am beyond excited to sleep in and do nothing all weekend.

It is also March 31st which means that we are at the end of another month.  That means it is time to share my Monthly Mani Favs!  This month was kind of weird because I didn't get as many posts up as I originally planned thanks to that lovely power outage that lasted for five days.  That power outage taught me that I should probably schedule my posts ahead of time.  I do have about 5 drafts ready to go, I just haven't written the actual post.

Let's take a look at my favorite manicures for March!


  • The One With Round 34 of Bestie Twin Nails with Fashion Footing - You read that right, 34 rounds of Bestie Twin Nails with Fashion Footing.  This month we re-created an abstract design we've been seeing all over Instagram.  I didn't think this manicure was going to turn out well at all, but I was pleasantly surprised.
  • The One With the Floral Manicure - This is a re-creation of a manicure I did about three years ago.  Originally when I did this design, I used Liberty, the blue Pixie Dust.  Now I added the gorgeous Alice to my polish collection, I had to re-create the manicure using it.  Such a gorgeous purple design!
  • The One With the Bright Dotticure - Purple and mint dots over a black base?  Love.  This manicure was so fun.  I haven't done a crazy dotticure like this in a long time, so it was nice to do something simple and fun.
  • The One With the Floral Manicure Inspired By Paulina's Passion - I think this is my favorite of the whole month of March.  A pretty negative space purple rose manicure.  I am very pleased with how this turned out.
What do you think?  Fan of any of these?  Did you like the other manicures I did?

Until next time, <3.


Bestie Twin Nails

The One With Round 34 of Bestie Twin Nails With FashionFooting

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Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today?  It's Wednesday which means the middle of the week is officially here.  The weekend is right around the corner.  So is the end of the month of March.  Seriously where is the year going?  Everything is going by so fast.  Maybe because I've been so busy.  Who knows.

Today is round 34 of Bestie Twin Nails with Fashion Footing.  Amanda has abandoned her blog, so you'll have to head on over to her Instagram page to see her version.  As for me though, I'm going to keep going with this blog as long as possible.  Today for our manicure, we went with an abstract design that I've seen all over the blogging world.  Most recently, I saw Sarah from 25SweetPeas re-create the design.

Let's take a look!




Colors Used:
  • ORLY - White Tips
  • ORLY - Liquid Vinyl
  • OPI - Love Angel Music Baby
  • China Glaze - Pinking Out the Window
I didn't think that I would like this manicure on me as much as I did.  I was really upset that after two days it chipped and I had to remove it.  I really can see myself recreating this manicure with a different color combination.  That's how much I liked it.



China Glaze Pinking Out the Window is such a gorgeous pink shade.  I forgot that I even owned it, and really cannot for the life of me remember when it became part of my collection.  I feel like I used it once before, but I really cannot remember.  I'm going to have to go back through the blog and look.

What do you think? Fan of this abstract manicure?  Am I the only one who forgets that they own polishes?

Until next time, <3.

Color Club

The One With the Floral Manicure Inspired by Paulina's Passion

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today??  It's Monday which means it is the start to another fun filled work week.  Hopefully it won't be as busy as last week, but I highly doubt that.  I apologize for not getting a post up yesterday but it completely slipped my mind.  I was out late and forgot to schedule a post.  Time just ticks away from me.

Anyways, today's manicure is one that I have been wanting to do for quite some time.  After finding a beautiful purple negative space floral rose manicure by Paulina's Passion on Pinterest, I pinned it to my Nail Ideas board and sat on it for quite some time.  I loved the look, wanted to attempt it, but really did not have the courage to do so.  I didn't think it would look right on my nails at all, my roses would be messed up, and it just all around would be a disaster.

After months of procrastinating and refusing to attempt the design, I finally gathered the courage and tried it.  And guess what, it wasn't a disaster at all!

Let's take a look.



Colors Used:
  • OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls
  • OPI - Love Angel Music Baby
  • FingerPaints - Lavender Love
  • Color Club - Blue-Ming
Isn't it gorgeous?  I cannot believe how much I love this manicure.  I was super proud of myself too when I completed it and had no smudges, perfect lines, and rather decent roses.  The hardest part of the whole manicure was the tape.  The easy part was that I just had to apply a base coat and then the tape since it's a negative space manicure.  The hard part; lining all the tape up.  My OCD was really testing me with this manicure.  I'm so proud of myself for getting all the lines rather straight and evenly spaced on all the nails.



The roses on top really completed the look.  I'm so happy I stumbled across this design and that I finally re-created it on my own nails.  Thanks to the FingerPaints Gel Like Base Coat,  I was able to enjoy this manicure for five days before I finally took it off.  And honestly, it could have gone another day or so because there were absolutely no chips.  I'm in love with that base coat now.

What do you think?  Fan of this look?  Something you would try?

Until next time, <3.

Color Club

The One With the Bright Dotticure

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Good morning polished world and Happy Thursday!  The weekend is almost here, are you excited?  It's supposed to rain all weekend here, but that just means I'll have lots and lots of decent sleep.  I cannot be the only one who sleeps well when it's raining.

Even though it's Spring, I'm holding off on sharing some Spring-time manicures until it is actually warmer outside.  I do have hope though that Spring is right around the corner because I saw a red-breasted robin the other day and every morning when I leave for work you hear all the birdies chirping.

So since I am not sharing a Spring manicure today, I'm sharing a fun dotticure that I did using some of my favorite Color Club polishes.

Let's take a look!




Colors Used:
  • ORLY - Liquid Vinyl
  • ORLY - White Tips
  • Color Club - Pucci-Licious
  • Color Club - Blue-Ming
Kind of awesome, right?  I absolutely love how this manicure turned out.  The dark base, the bright dots that just pop off.  Everything about it is perfect.  Not to mention, combining mint and purple together is one of my favorite things ever.  I just love the color combination.



Pucci-Licious is a gorgeous purple shade that I actually wasn't going to purchase but am so happy that it did.  It is so perfectly opaque that it showed up perfectly when dotted over the black.  When swatched, the polish requires two coats as the first can be a tad streaky.


We all know my love for all things mint, so it makes sense that Blue-Ming would be one of my all time favorite polishes.  This one is a pure beauty alone or alongside other polishes and used in nail art.  For a swatch, you need two coats because the first is a bit patchy.


What do you think?  Fan of this dotticure?  Do you love the Color Club creams?

Until next time, <3.