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Simple dots nail art – Breathe – Spread Indie Love

February 4, 2016 by Lesley 2 Comments

Simple white dots over blue holo nail polish
simple dots

Spread Indie Love is an Instagram movement that was created to counter the negativity that was running rampant in the indie nail polish community about a year ago. Each month, an indie maker is chosen to shower with love by doing manicures made with their polishes, and posting them with the hashtag for that maker and #spreadindielove. Continue Reading

Review: Clear jelly stamper from Born Pretty Store

February 1, 2016 by Lesley Leave a Comment

Clear Jelly Stamper set
Clear Stamper Set

I’m really excited to share my first product sent for review today. It’s the Clear Jelly Stamper set from Born Pretty Store. I’ve got two manicures to show you that I made with this stamper set. Read on to find out what I thought, and for a discount code at the end.

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Simple Halloween Mani – notd

October 30, 2015 by Lesley Leave a Comment

Simple Halloween Dotticure in orange, grey, and white
Simple Halloween Dotticure in orange, grey, and white

I’m really (unreasonably) excited to show you this cute and simple Halloween mani. All you need is a dotting tool or a cut toothpick (so you have a larger tip to work with) and a few colours of seasonally appropriate nail polish and you’re set! I really love this look for when you’re kinda sorta into the Halloween mani spirit, but you really can’t be bothered to do something super complicated. I wanted something sort of subtle, so I chose grey instead of black, and I used a paler orange to keep things from being too attention grabbing. Continue Reading

Love Song challenge mani

February 13, 2015 by Lesley 1 Comment

Black music stamping over rose copper with red textured sweetheart tips

 

At the end of January, I joined a challenge group called Nail Crazies Unite. Week one only got posted to my Instagram and the Facebook group, but this week I am on top of things enough to get Week Two – Love Song up before the deadline. I had a pretty spectacular fail with my first attempt at a love song manicure, which involved double stamping over the red textured polish you see in this manicure, and you can see that on Instagram as well, but let us never speak of it again. Take a peek after the jump to see what finally worked for me. Continue Reading

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Hi, my name is Lesley Penney, and I first got into nails in the summer of 2014. I love nail art, cats, reading, and sushi, and I blog with the help of two feline assistants keeping an eye on me. I'm a Canadian living in the south San Francisco Bay area, trying to escape the heat.
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