The Digit-al Dozen does Albums: Fall Out Boy's Infinity on High

The Digit-al Dozen does the Color White: Hand-Painted Swan

The Digit-al Dozen does Paper: 3D Paper Airplane

Little Black Dress: Spring 2017 Collection Swatches

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Nails Inc.: The Mindful Manicure - Collection Swatches

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Little Black Dress Lacquer: Valentine's Day Duo 2017 - Swatches and Heart Print Nail Art

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Sally Hansen: Digital Overload - Partial Collection Swatches

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The Digital-Dozen does Traditions: Day 4 - Christmas Lights

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Orange, Purple & Green

Barielle: Hot Chic - Fall 2015 Collection Swatches

Anonymous Lacquer: Rainbow Brights Collection + LE Trio

Anonymous Lacquer released her Rainbow Brights collection (my original swatches and review here) a couple months ago, and recently created an additional limited edition trio to go with them (black capped bottles). 

For the sake of consistency, I've reswatched the original collection plus the three new ones, and will have a 15% off discount code for you at the end of this post to pick the collection up!

Warning: This post is very picture-heavy!

Twinsie Tuesday: Shimmer - CDB Lacquer "Passionate"

Checkered Floral Stamping (Untriedicure #16)

Twinsie Tuesday: Blobicure - Cool Colors in Strips

The Twinsies are back with blobicures! 

What in the world is a blobicure? Well my friend, it is only the easiest nail art technique ever! It is basically the step before marbling a drag marble. Put down a thick coat of polish and immediately, while it is still wet, dot on small dots of another color and let them spread a little on the wet base color. Bam! Instant nail art!

Leesha's Lacquer - Minnesota Nice Collection

Today I have swatches of a new-to-me indie brand called Leesha's Lacquer. This is her Minnesota Nice collection. Of five polishes, there are two glitter toppers that can be built to opacity on their own, and three colored shimmer polishes with sparkle.

Being from the Midwest myself, I love seeing a collection inspired by my area of the country! Since these dry semi-matte for the most part, all of my swatches are shown with a coat of Seche Vite glossy topcoat.

Cotton Candy to Vampy: Thermal Chevrons

I recently received some pretties from Born Pretty Store, and I always have fun with thermal polishes (read: a kid in a candy store), so I started playing with one (#110), Parrot Polish Black Cherry (another thermal), and chevron nail vinyls. Above is both polishes in their warm state.

The warm color reminds me of cotton candy, but they turn dark and vampy when cold!

Mommy's Mani Monday: Floral - Half Moon Daisies

Welcome back to another Mommy's Mani Monday - a more cheerful start to one of the worst days of the week! :)

Our floral prompt this week was very vague, and I decided to keep it simple with some daisies.

Warm Studded Skittles

Today's mani serves three purposes: Day 23 of #TwinkieNailArtChallenge "earth tones", Day 25 of #NailArtJan "studs", and Day 27 of #AmysUntriedJan "fairies". 

Formula X - Volt

This mani is another double duty mani. Day 4's theme of Californails #NailArtJan challenge on Instagram is "sparkles", and Day 6's theme of Amy's Untried Challenge #AmysUntriedJan is "Magic".

Considering the beauty of this polish, in and of itself, is so magical, I think it perfectly qualifies for both challenges!

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

I've had my only Colores de Carol polish for a little while and finally wanted to get around to using it.

I've also been participating in a few challenges. I rarely do, but thought as I might as well, just for fun. One of them is Amy's Untried Challenge. The Day 3 theme is "goals". 

I contemplated this theme for days, and finally figured out what I wanted to do. It's a little bit of a stretch, but here goes....

Lately, I've been trying to go outside my comfort zone when it comes to food. I'm a very picky eater, so I've been reluctantly trying some new recipes. They haven't been horrible, and obviously eating something new hasn't killed me yet, so I really don't know why I am so uptight about trying different stuff. I guess I know what I like, and if I know I like it, what's the point in getting something I'm not sure if I like or not? I know, I know. You won't know if you like something unless you try it. But why? I know I like the other one, so I might as well just stick with it.

Anyway, mint chocolate chip ice cream is one thing I've never eaten. So I thought it could be a representation of my trying new foods.