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I participate in the Reddit Gift Exchange and this time I did the nail and makeup exchange. I was really excited about this one because I like getting my nails painted and recently have started to enjoy painting my own nails and even trying out designs. It seems like I can’t go into Ulta or Sephora without purchasing nail polish regardless of how many colors I have. I actually put a self-imposed ban on my nail polish buying leading up to the exchange (and even that I broke…)

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I didn’t do this one myself, I used my Christmas gift from Brianna to treat myself to a gel mani. Its sparkly teal with orange glitter – I feel like a mermaid!

Anyway, my gift arrived today and I couldn’t be more thrilled!! It is a DIY nail art book and some nail art brushes.  My Santa included a super nice note and she totally got me the perfect gift. Honestly I would already be trying them if I didn’t get the above gel mani last Friday 🙂  Give me at least another week

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So thank you thank you thank you I can’t wait to try it out!  I will definitely post an update when I try my first design.

In the meantime to hold you over (cause I’m sure you need that) here are some recent manis I did myself:

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Butter Knackered – this is the polish I broke my ban to buy. It was the last one left and too pretty to pass up!

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Butter Rosie Lee – so much glitter!!!! Butter makes the best glitter polish I know, only issue is getting it off.

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These are actually Sally Hansen nail stickers. Great for a quick mani and have some cool designs. I hope to be doing designs like this myself now!!!!