The countdown to the long holiday weekend has begun! In the world of alicia I countdown by wearing red, white, and/or blue with my favorite, nautical influence aka Week O’Nautical! Lets get this party started with mani Monday! Left to right: Avon Smooth Beginings Base Coat, Essie Camera, mark. Tinseltown and mark. Blue Bella. Free-handing nail art doesn’t always look 100%…
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Mani Monday – Easter Nails
Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail! Hippity hoppity, hippity hoppity Easter’s on its way! Time to prepare your Sunday best in the ultimate of all things spring for your Easter outfit! Regardless if your day involves a visit from the Easter Bunny, Easter service, Easter brunch or an Easter ham theres a…
Mani Monday – St. Patrick’s Day Nails
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Hope you’re wearing your green so you don’t get pinched! I def am taking any reason to theme out the day in my green white and gold! For today’s festive mani I used Julep Lucky on my ring and thumb (green glitter also worn last year!), for my middle I used…
Mugshot Monday: Zoya Cho
A huge nail trend for late winter early spring is nude nails. They were all over awards season on plenty of celebrities. Most top brands released a nude in their collections, including Zoya’s full on nude collection, the natural collection, being a huge hit. I think this time of year we like a clean, natural…
Boom! And Just Like That It’s Fall…
Welcome Autumn! Usually the first day of fall is barely noticeable in Nor Cal but this year it went off like a bomb! It went from hot and sunny, to windy, to rainy and cold, to brisk and sunny all in the last weekend of summer/first weekend of fall. Where did my summer go? I…
Fall IT Shades – Essie For The Twill Of It vs. OPI Peace & Love & OPI
Word Of Alicia: The IT nail polish shade for fall is going to be a chameleon metallic, a multi-dimensional deep metallic that changes with light and direction. Close follow ups will be deep blues and shimmering berries. With the 2013 fall releases you’ll see this trend, and I have to say I’m liking it!…
S.O.S. Save My Nails 4 Weeks to Restore My Nails – Results!
If you recall, I had some serious nail issues this summer, so I decided to give them the attention they need. So I put together a little plan (see the plan here) with what I thought would help. After week one I definitely saw my pitfalls, being consistent! After the 4 weeks and now…
S.O.S. Save My Nails! – 4 Week Plan To Restore My Nails
My nails have been in bad shape for quite sometime now. They’re brittle, peel, break, snag and my cuticles… yuck! I’ve always had nice strong healthy natural nails so I’m so over this. I touched on it in Wednesday’s Wear and Share post but I’m going to take the next 4 weeks and really see…
Happy 4th Of July Nails
Celebrate our nation’s independence with your friends and family and fireworks! I know I will be enjoying some pool action, hot dogs and smores! All of which I’ll be doing with these red, white and blue nails! I used Essie’s White Out for my base, except on my pointer where I used Essie’s Midnight Cami. …
Black and Blue
It’s no secret I’m a sucker for an all black ensemble. Besides being slimming, it also is the perfect canvas for your accessories! My latest accessory obsession is anything in this summer blue, shades of turquoise, ocean and sky! For my black canvas the dress and belt are vintage mark, check my sale section often…
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