Sweet Baby Octopolish!

 I wasn't ready to let go of purple, so the next pastel mani is lavender candy hearts for Valentine's Day. all pics indoors, bright CF lighting I've started this look with 3 coats of Rescue Beauty Lounge Will They Won't They, a slightly greyed lavender with subtle aqua metallic shimmer. For the adorable hearts, I'm using the utterly fantastic Let's Converse plate from Lantern & Wren.  It has hearts and heart outlines in 2 sizes, and literally dozens of candy heart sayings, ranging from traditional to cute to anti-V-day.  There's even a tiny alphabet in the same font if you want to make up your own sayings, or use someone's name.  Because the detail in this plate is very fine small lines, I did have to make a couple attempts to pick up some of the images, but ultimately each of them worked out great.  I love this plate and probably will continue to use it every year .  Grab yours direct from Lantern & Wren . ~Michelle 

 For Valentine's Day, I go either one of two ways - jaded and "screw this greeting card holiday stuff" or else as cute as possible.  This year has been tough on everyone, and the man and I have gone above and beyond in taking care of each other, so there's just no way I can be jaded about love right now.  outdoor, overcast daylight for both These little tablets of sugar were universal for our childhood, and I'm still known to munch a few if they come my way this time of year.  I've done candy hearts before , and I swear it's the cutest, most instantly identifiable as Valentine's look possible for the holiday.  This time, I picked up a fantastic new plate called Let's Converse from Lantern & Wren that contains a huge variety of sayings (plus an alphabet if you want to make your own!), and little hearts that are ideally sized for most anyone's nails.  I started with 2 coats of Cameo Colours Victims Aren't We All (ok, I can't be all sw...

 As a scientist, I'm unapologetically liberal in my political leanings, and WOW did I breathe a sigh of relief this week!  A celebration of a peaceful transition of political era was most definitely in order. outdoor, cloudy daylight I've started with a trio of polishes with quite different holo finishes.  My index nail is Dance Legend Triumph, a navy with larger silver holo flake.  My middle finger is Shleee Ghostly Snapshot, a lovely iridescent white with a light scattering of very fine holo dust.  The red nails are Emily de Molly Understatement, a jelly packed full of holo glitters. indoor, bright CF lighting Over my variously sparkly red, white, and blue base, I've layered Justice Ginsberg's dissent collars in silver holo, and the feminist power symbol in blue holo, all in celebration of our first black woman elected to the Vice Presidency.  Images are from a custom Lantern & Wren plate memorializing "The Notorious RBG," which stamped great. indoor,...