Dressed Up Nails

I'm Whitney. I'm 27. I paint my nails and then I take pictures of them and then I post those pictures on the Internet! My blog lives at dressedupnails.com. Please check my FAQ before asking questions :) Email me at [email protected]!

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Okay well I did nail art for the first time since June last night! It's all designs I've done before and the color scheme is my favorite that I've used about a million times but what better to do after a 4-month hiatus? At least I can still wield a tiny brush somewhat effectively! I'll blog soon but I was too excited to wait haha.

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I was craving a deep red last night and @chinaglazeofficial Merry Berry was the perfect one! Also love these studs from Winstonia. Super simple but I've gotten a lot of compliments on them!

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Sinful Colors Green Ocean over black, I literally wept tears of joy when I put this on. The pic does noo justice. It's all sizes of iridescent glitter and flakies that shift from green to blue to purple and I'm in loooove. Also I have baby nubs again because I don't paint my nails enough and they keep breaking UGH

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Oh what up you guys I'm still alive!!! I've been working a whole lot and dealing with a lot of stuff in my personal life and just haven't had the time or motivation for nailz lately. This is the first time I've painted them in weeks and the first time I've done anything fancy since July! Thank you sooo much to everyone who's left me comments, emailed me, and sent me messages over the last couple months. I've been a little blown away by how kind you guys are. Hopefully sometime soon I'll be able to really get back into the swing of things! (this is @zoyanailpolish Monica with gold holo foil from Born Pretty Store!)

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Y'all. I cannot for the LIFE of me get a pic that even comes close to the glory of @opi_products Jinx in real life. It glows and sparkles like the embers of a freakin fire. Seriously one of the prettiest polishes I've ever worn. I'm tempted to just quit nails and wear this forever.

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@opi_products Honey Ryder is the absolute truth, I've basically just been staring at my nails and crying all day

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Whoa I've been MIA for almost 2 weeks now! I've been so busy I haven't even had time to paint my nails but once in two weeks SADDEST THING EVER. Plus I've been having severe computer problems which have made blogging impossible anyway. So this is what I'm wearing now which will never make it to the blog because I lost two studs before I even took pictures haha! @opi_products Fly with square studs from @winstonia_store. Super simple but I like them!

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Today is the first day of another Digit-al Dozen theme week, and this week's theme is BOOKS! I painted the picture from this cover of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye for my first mani of the week. I almost never paint real pictures on my nails and I'm pretty proud of how these turned out! Read more at the full post.

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Working on my nails for the first day of the Digit-al Dozen's book week this week! Kinda wanna leave them like this, I'm diggin on the random blobs of color for some reason

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My friend Erin asked me if I was "like a Disney princess or something" when she saw these nails and I had to say yes because these are kind of totally Disney-princessy. I'm also kind of in love with them. Read more at the full post!

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@coewless tagged me to do #mynailsandmydrink like a week ago sooo here it finally is haha. All three drinks I'm hanging out with right now plus a sneak preview of some nails I did last night that I'm in loooove with (hopefully I'll get a real pic up tonight!)

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Re: that anon - the pain could be anything from an allergic reaction to an infection of the nail bed, or you just have sensitive nails. Give them a break from polish for a while. Talk to a doctor if you're concerned. Make sure you moisturise your nails regularly and if it continues, use nail polish with milder (3-5 free) or natural ingredients.

Hope this helps the anon with hurty nails!

Another reply from another anon: For the other anon with hurting nails. I had this for the first time yesterday and i repainted one hand then got too lazy to do the other. I noticed one thumb stopped hurting and the unpainted one kept hurting. So i painted it and it stopped hurting.

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Hi pretty unicorn!! I love unicorn and I love all of your artwork! Your nails are awesome, your work are awesome, YOU'RE AWESOME! I've just seen your page and I can't get enough. I'm hook to it and I can't help but read all your blogs and all of the question and answers since January of 2012. I'm a fan now whitney. You're great and I totally admire you! :D Will visit your page always even if I don't have any social networking account. Stay awesome! :) - Jhed :D

this is just basically the best message ever. thank you so, so much!

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I love SO much of what you post. and I love YOU for saying 'anyway' instead of 'anyways.' #thelittlethings

LOL so awesome, thank you!

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PLEASE HELP! I always wear nail polish and today I had to take it off for an audition and ow my nails hurt so bad!! It's hurt like this before and I found out that if I clip them, it goes away but my nails aren't even long right now!

I have no idea what this is or how to fix it, I'm sorry! Anyone else have some advice?

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Will you post a picture of all of your nail polish? I want to see how much you actually have haha

I probably will at some point in the future, but right now my polish lives in 2 wall racks, 3 drawers, and a spice rack on my desk, so it's not really all together or organized haha. One day!

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Orly Pink Pixel with nail art and topcoat! After wearing Pink Pixel on its own for a day I couldn't help arting on it and making it all shiny and sparkly. I love these so much! More at the full post.