...slipping away...again!

Oye. I really need to keep up on this a lot better! It's one of my goals this year to blog a little more, but so far...I'm failing, miserably!

Yes, I'm still painting my nails.

I'm still buying polish like a fiend (ok, not THAT much).

I'm still doing mani swaps, bestie twin nail manis, still participating in polish swaps (and getting some pretty sweet stuff in the process)...but blogging about it has kind of fallen by the wayside as of late. Check out my Instagram feed @mamineedsamani or on the right side of the screen!

However................I'll have a very exciting post in a couple of months. Want to know why?

...Imgoingtopolishcon...

*giggle*

Toodles!

August Mani Swap

Hello again, lovelies! This month, I was teamed up with the amazing MonkeyTigerDragon for our monthly mani swap! I had a hard time deciding which of her manis to do, but settled on a super fun neon design.

For this mani I used Sinful Colors Snow Me White for the base, China Glaze Point Me To The Party in place of the dots, and L.A. Colors Electra, Aquatic and Mint.

Solo mani swap shot

And, for good measure, the collage! I love that she also chose one of my neon manis! She did an awesome job with it. :-) Originals on the left, recreations on the right.

August mani swap collage made by MonkeyTigerDragon

Come back soon, and polish on!
~Stacy

June Mani Swap

I took a short break from mani swaps just because I was beginning to feel overwhelmed. Well, this month, I jumped back in! Here's my mani swap with the fabulous @mani_on_the_run! I recreated her holographic/silver stamp mani, and she recreated one of my newest, and yet favorite mani's yet! OG Pacific Blue ftw!

And here's my solo shot from the swap. I used Colors by Llarowe My Broken Down Crop Duster...and oh my holo goodness! It is gorgeous!!!

See? Just look at that holo-y goodness!

Do you enjoy mani swaps? What was your favorite mani to recreate?

~Stacy

March Mani Swap

Oooooh, I love mani swaps! I love looking through someone else's art and choosing something that I love so I can recreate it. And seeing what others choose of mine? Psh, LOVE! Yeah, I'm a mushy, squishy, unicorns and rainbows kind of person. Most of the time. Ha!

Anyways. Back to nails. I've done a handful of these mani swaps in the past, and I'm hoping I'll get around to posting them on my "past mani's" page. Maybe I'll just make one big love fest post and have them all in one place, who knows! The March swap is the focus of this post, so I need to stop with the tangents.

I was paired with @baboo_does_nails this time, and MAN did I love looking through everything she has on IG. I think I picked out about 10 manis that I want to recreate, but I opted for this one because it just screams summer, and I can't wait until warmer open-all-the-doors-and-windows weather!

For this mani, I used L.A. Colors Flicker and Absolute. It's stamped with Sally Hansen White On using my Cici&Sisi plate 05. I love it!

And here is the collage with both of our recreations. She chose my quilted mani, and totally rocked it! Go check her out!

Do you enjoy mani swaps? What's your favorite design to recreate?

See ya next time!

~Stacy

February Mani Swap!

Ok, first actual picture post here! Each month, a lot of the awesome BHB ladies on BabyCenter participate in a mani swap. If you're not sure what that means, read on! Each person is partnered up with another nail enthusiast from the group. We scour each other's Instagram pages and choose a mani to recreate, without telling our partner what we're doing! It's loads of fun, and I think I've only missed a couple of them along the way.

This month I wanted to try to accomplish double duty with my swap mani. See, the weekend I completed it, I was also going to a wild game dinner. I found an absolutely gorgeous stamped mani - which I could use my Winstonia Hunter's Life plate for - and decided to run with it. Below is the finished product! Originals are on the left, recreations are on the right.

This is my final solo shot for the swap. I used Sinful Colors Man Hunt (from the Sinful Shine line) as the base color, and stamped with Essie No Place Like Chrome and my Winstonia Hunter's Life plate. It was so fun!

This was my original recreation. I used Bonita Eat, Drink & Be Scary as the base color, with Essie No Place Like Chrome and Winstonia Hunter's Life plate. It wound up being ruined due to a perfectly timed diaper change! :-)

Thanks for stopping by!
~Stacy