Happy 4th Of July with Stars and Sparkles!

Happy 4th of July!  I hope you’re celebrating our nation’s independence with some stars and stripes and sparkles!  I definitely themed out my work week in red white and blue with Week O’Nautical and now that my favorite summer day is finally here I’ll be doing the same, only more casually and with more sparkles (fireworks…

Mani Monday: 4th Of July Nails

The countdown to the long holiday weekend has officially begun with all things red white and blue!  And what do I coin this countdown?  Week O’Nautical!  (basically a reason to wear red white and blue with a slight nautical influence to get me through the work week for the long weekend!).  I spent my Sunday…

Mani Monday: Turquoise and Nude Nails

Coming straight off my turquoise accent obsession today’s Mani Monday is nothing but fitting, especially for summer.  Ever since I got the mark. Nail This Look Polish and Ring Set I’ve basically been wearing the shade Seafoam non stop (as seen here and here).  It pairs well with everything from yellow to pink to blue to…

Summer Summer Summer Pedi Time

Hot days, warm nights, short shorts and flip flops… summer is here!  As I get my summer glow on I need to start at the base, with a summer pedicure!  Cute summer sandals demand cute summer toes so here’s my top summer pedi shades for summer! 1.  Seafoam Mint – mark. Seafoam (from Nail This…

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…

Mani Monday – Tips and Topcoat with Julep Monaco

I’m lazy and a procrastinator.  Which also means I’m pretty good at finding quick fixes to deal with the things I meant to do and never got around to or things I didn’t leave enough time for because I spent too much time on pinterest looking at 100 different pins on how to wear a…

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…

Trending Tuesday #halloweenmanis

If the world of alicia was the internet #halloweenmanis would be trending!  With Halloween coming up next week there’s at least one thing we can do to be festive, put a costume on your nails!  I’m a sucker for theme-ing out anything and that includes my mani’s!  Check out last year’s versions here  This year however…

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…