Hi everyone, as you know I'm preparing for the Bar Exam because I graduated. I wanted to give you all a heads up that I will not be blogging from June 1st to probably sometime in August so that I can adequately prepare for the exam. I might do some status updates throughout and always know that my nails ARE painted, but I might not be able to stay as active as I would have hoped! I'll talk to you all in August!
This is potentially the loooooooooooongest 31 week challenge you have ever seen. I've been at it since, what, December?? Maybe even before that? I'm working on it though. Trust me, we will get through this 31 Week Nail Art Challenge with each manicure being completed eventually. In any event, this week's installment of the challenge is for Week 24 (hey, we're almost done ya'll!). The theme for Week 24 is a manicure inspired by a book. I happen to be scrolling through my TV's guide when I saw that the movie Twilight was on. That's a book! I thought to myself and I sat at my desk to get started. Yep, you guessed it, a manicure inspired by one of the book's cover art. I chose New Moon because I think that was my favorite Twilight movie (but in all honesty I can't remember if I saw them all). I just like this cover because I find it very pretty. I kept the simplicity by making all my other nails plain black and focusing on the flower. This manicure has taught me one thing...I'm still not any good at nail art flowers. Practice makes perfect though! Here are my nails:
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I graduated!! Finally, after three years of law school I have my Juris Doctorate! On my way to being an Esquire!!
Turns out I graduated cum laude,16th in my division (total of 107 students) and withing the top 15% of my overall class (total of 170). I was honored to wear not one, two, three or four but FIVE honors cords! I wore a red cord as a graduate with Pro Bono Distinction (meaning I performed at least 60 hours of pro bono legal service during law school). Additionally, I wore two more cords: a dark green cord as a member of an honor society and a white cord as a member of law review. I also wore a blue and gold striped cord for graduating cum laude. Lastly, I wore a red, white, and blue striped cord as a member of the Military Law Society. I was well decorated to say the least!
It's been a while but boy do I have a ton of updates for you guys! I celebrated 5 years with my love on April 24th, I'm done law school finally, just turned 25 yesterday, and will be graduating law school on Saturday. Not to mention that my brother turns 18 and graduates from high school soon! I'll be back with a more substantial post soon but to catch you up...
It's about that time again folks...a post for the 31 Week Nail Art Challenge. Am I even on schedule with this thing still?? I had left you guys with my Week 22: Inspired By a Song nails giving a nod to Halestorm's "Love Bites (So Do I)" song and now comes Week 23: Inspired By a Film. I couldn't decide on which film I wanted to create nails for so I decided to take inspiration from Zooey Deschanel's Golden Globe nails in 2013 and this tutorial by HelloGiggles. I have created a manicure for this challenge that is truly inspired by a film....a film strip that is! Have a look:
Up next is Week 24: Inspired By a Book....hmmmm, I wonder what I'll do for that one! Check back and see.
Last night, I received a call from my teeny tiny cousin in California asking me "What do you use for nails?" Obviously this means she's starting her nail polish/nail design addiction quite early and I was happy to answer her question! I decided that it was about time to make some Valentine's Day nails what with Valentine's Day coming in less than a week, so I'm making this post to both answer her question AND to show the nails I'll be rockin' for Vday. To answer Tahlia's question, to make little hearts on my nails I use a dotting tool that you can find at Sally's Beauty Supply (or an equivalent store) or online. I checked online and it looks like there's a Sally's in your area Aunt Les! If you can find this one it's the same set I have! My set is packaged a bit differently but it's the same product. Each dual-headed tool has dotters in different sizes so you can find the perfect size for Tahlia's little nails!
This is, of course, not my first rodeo when it comes to Valentine's Day nails. I've done Hearts in 2011, Boyfriend-geared 2013, Cake Pop 2014 nails. These are the nails that I've come up with for this year:
I hope you all have special plans to spend Valentine's Day with those who make you feel special :) Hopefully Tahlia will send me an email or text with a photo of her Valentine's Day nail art!
Now that we're back on track with the 31 Week Nail Art Challenge and I am posting the one specific week per week (rather than 4 weeks in one post!), I am so excited to be posting these nails. . . because honestly I just think they're incredibly awesome. Is it tacky to think your own nails are awesome?! Hmm. Anyway, for this week of the 31 Week Nail Art Challenge we have Week 22, a manicure Inspired by a Song.
You guys know that I am awful with making decisions -- so choosing one song to inspire a manicure was pretty much impossible for me. Not surprising, right? I listen to a ton of different styles and bands because my music taste swings with my mood BUT I decided to create nails inspired by one of my newest obsessions. Have you ever heard of the band Halestorm? I saw them on September 27, 2014 with my little brother at a music festival in Baltimore. He was supposed to go with a buddy but then the friend wasn't able to make it, so natch I did my big sister duty of standing in when my brother has no one to go somewhere with. Apparently my broski has some good taste in music because I really enjoyed the Halestorm set and I decided to give their music a go when I got back home. Needless to say, I became a fan...hence Halestorm nails for this week! The band is also originally from PA (like I am) and their style is interesting to me because it's rock but it could also be classified as alternative metal (which I'm not really into so much). Moving on, the manicure I painted is in fact inspired by one song in particular: Love Bites (So Do I) from Halestorm's "The Strange Case Of..." record, which I've linked to below the photos. It's the first song on the record so it's the first song on the video if you watch it. I used the whole feel of the record for my inspiration but I added the hearts to the middle finger as a nod to the specific song, Love Bites (So Do I).
Not sure this is copyright legal but whatevs we're gonna roll with it. Their record was kind of all over the place so you will probably find at least one song you like on it! And who knows, you might just become a super fan--or at least one who paints their nails a la Halestorm, like me! Also, they have a new record dropping in April!
I think I'll tweet these to the band's twitter account . . . see what happens! I'll keep you updated.
Up Next: "Inspired by a Film." Hmmm....comment below if you have any ideas?
Welcome to another episode of QUICK-POST-THIS-WEEK'S-CHALLENGE! For this week, we have "Inspired by a Color Nails" which was honestly a somewhat unhelpful prompt to work with. Where do you go with "inspired by a color"?? I checked around on other people's blogs to try and figure out how other people attacked this week's prompt. It turns out that I am not alone here in Question mark Town. Chalkboard Nails called it a tricky prompt and said "cmon, what does that even really mean?" Nails and Noms said it was a vague theme and that the whole first week was basically inspired by a color. I have to agree with both of them! However, there was at least one person, Manicurator, that actually liked this prompt (and did a STUNNING Caribbean colors inspired manicure to boot!)! Anyway, I looked around my apartment to see what color was lacking and I decided on pink. This manicure is what I came up with that is "inspired by pink."
I used OPI I Eat Maine-ly Lobster for the base and then stamped Butter London La Moss (which I got in an Ipsy bag one month last year) with BundleMonster plate BM-207. I always forget how beautiful and simple stamping can be. Might have to start working in more stamping on this blog!
If you're doing this challenge, leave a link below so I can check your nails out!
Last night, I received a call from my teeny tiny cousin in California asking me "What do you use for nails?" Obviously this means she's starting her nail polish/nail design addiction quite early and I was happy to answer her question! I decided that it was about time to make some Valentine's Day nails what with Valentine's Day coming in less than a week, so I'm making this post to both answer her question AND to show the nails I'll be rockin' for Vday. To answer Tahlia's question, to make little hearts on my nails I use a dotting tool that you can find at Sally's Beauty Supply (or an equivalent store) or online. I checked online and it looks like there's a Sally's in your area Aunt Les! If you can find this one it's the same set I have! My set is packaged a bit differently but it's the same product. Each dual-headed tool has dotters in different sizes so you can find the perfect size for Tahlia's little nails!
