Nails by Laura

Just a fun little blog keeping track of my tries at nail art, promoting my handmade & handmixed nail polishes & nail sets, and dropping a few hints & tips I pick up along the way (:

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Okay, here is the haul for the 100 Follower Giveaway! 

THIS IS A PROMOTION FOR MY FACEBOOK PAGE, NOT TUMBLR: You need to be Liking https://www.facebook.com/NaisByLaura1 to be entered!!

GRAND PRIZE WINNER will receive: * OPI Shatter in Navy * China Glaze Light house * Color Club Antiqued * Sally Hansen Nail Growth Formula * Nail clippers, a metal nail file, nail buffer, and orange stick. * Sally Hansen Quick Color Top Coat & a Cuticle and Nail Moisture Treatment Pen * AND, a large bottle of my very own Bedazzleberry Rose!

RUNNER UP will get: * Bedazzleberry Rose * Sally Hansen Nail Growth Formula * & a small custom color (or color of your choice). 

THIS IS A PROMOTION FOR MY FACEBOOK PAGE, NOT TUMBLR: You need to be Liking https://www.facebook.com/NaisByLaura1 to be entered!!  Winners will be selected by Random.org on May 4th. TO GAIN EXTRA ENTRIES: EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU GETS ONE FREE ENTRY! Sweet, right? *Post a picture of you wearing NAILS BY LAURA and get another entry! *Comment on this status (or post on the wall) telling me what you'd like to see from Nails by Laura in the future, and your favorite current item. THAT WILL GET YOU TWO MORE ENTRIES! (I'll accept either if you can't think of both!)  *SHARE my page on YOUR page for all your friends to see- Tell 'em about the giveaway! And tell them that by sharing it, you get FIVE more entries!!! Easy, right?? *And finally, have a blog? Tumblr, blogspot, livejournal, I don't care. Post a blog telling your followers about this give away (copy and paste this status if you want!) with a link to the page, and you will get FIVE MORE ENTRIES! Post a link in the comments to get your free entries! That's potentially an extra THIRTEEN entries after your one freebie! I'll be using Random.org to select a winner, So... may the odds be ever in your favor ;)

THIS IS A PROMOTION FOR MY FACEBOOK PAGE, NOT TUMBLR: You need to be Liking https://www.facebook.com/NaisByLaura1 to be entered!!  NOW THE RULES: *You must have this page Liked to be entered.  *You must STILL have it Liked at the time of the drawing or I will pick another winner * Unfortunately, to win, you must live in the US- I can't ship polish internationally :( Sorry!

Did I mention this is for my Facebook page? https://www.facebook.com/NaisByLaura1

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My Facebook Page is having it's first big GIVE AWAY!!! That means free shit, people!

So go there, and read the details! 

https://www.facebook.com/NaisByLaura1

Yes, that's a typo. No, it's not wrong.

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LOTS of new items in the shop, and coming soon!

Go check me out! http://www.etsy.com/shop/nailsbylaura

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My latest endeavor, "Black Tie Affair" is now available in my shop. It's only been listed a couple hours and I've already sold a few! So, get it while it lasts! With my suppliers' base shortages, who knows when it will be back?

A few other glitters, and the Hunger Games line are all also now available. Shop link in the source.

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My blueberry scented glitter in action!

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See these polishes? 

The red (with black glitter), and the blue glitter? 

THEY'RE SCENTED.

Strawberry and Blueberry.

AND I MADE THEM.

Coming soon to the etsy.

What other scents might you be interested in for a scented polish?

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A custom order I had last week. They were based on specific brand colors, I LOVED doing this. It was, as per usual, difficult to photograph-

The grey is a light grey base with a VERY slight blueishpurple shimmer, and blue flakies. It turned out great, if I don't say so myself.

The other is a deep blue polish. It should have had a solid copper shimmer but unfortunately the polish was altering the effect and it was coming out more purple. I added some things and played around and it turned out beautiful, though not an exact dupe. Lucky for me the customer LOVED it.

The small bottle photographed is one of my core polishes, "Bedazzleberry".

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Some of the eye shadows accompanying my Hunger Games nail polish- "From the Ashes", "Mockingjay Pin", and "Girl on Fire". More to come.

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Coming for Spring! My uberpopular "Bedazzleberry" is getting a shimmery pink sister!

Where "Bedazzleberry" is a flat light mint, the sister polish will not be flat, just slightly pearly, with a little extra glitter!

Now, I think I need a third to make this a trio! I'm thinking white, but what would YOU like to see??

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A first glance at the impending flakies.

This is an excellent example of "Buy my polish so I can get a better camera to show them to you", am I right? All I can say is that photos don't do them justice.

These will be available as Just Flakes, Flakes with Shimmer, and Flakes with a Slight Pigment. As you can see from the black and gray bottles, I'm working on having the flakes in solid pigment. The gray works, I'm tweeking the black!

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Some of the custom blues you can see at BLUEBERRY EXPLOSION

651 Parkway, Suite 109 Gatlinburg, TN 37738

GRAND opening April 2nd!!

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Here's your first look at my Hunger Games polishes! I'm not done here- some may not make the cut, but there will definitely be others added!

Bottles:  Capitol Celebration, Mockingjay Pin, From the Ashes, Build Me Up Buttercup, Snow Day, In the Meadow, and Girl on Fire.

Not pictured in the bottle is the black, "Coal Miners Daughter", which needs work- it's a black polish with gold flakies but, I need to tone down the black so you can see the gold!

Snow Day is another flakie- Gold flakes in a sheer, shimmery diamond base. 

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"There aren't enough good words to describe how gorgeous Laura's polishes are - or how lovely she is to communicate with! She designed two absolutely incredible custom polishes for me and really brought the ideas to life. Complex, interesting, and just flat-out beautiful. I also ordered a core polish that is just as fabulous. Laura is a true artist!"

How friggin' nice is this?!?! And I don't even know her! I expect this kinda glowing review from my friends ;) But strangers? Made my day, had to share!

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My interview nails tomorrow. Actually, they were my super fun tiger stripe nails, but I have an interview tomorrow, and no time/interest in changing them :D

I don't think I will ever get sick of this design. It's so fun & incredibly easy.

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Hey followers! NAILSBYLAURA product now available in a store front!

BLUEBERRY EXPLOSION 651 Parkway, Suite 109 Gatlinburg, TN 37738 Isn't that exciting! If you're in the area, stop by for their big opening on Monday March 26th!!

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Unpopular Opinion #1

I think China Glaze really dropped the ball on the names & colors for their Hunger Games line. 

I don't know why I numbered this, like it's gonna recur. I just really don't like that line.

What do you think of it? How could it have been better? Would you be interested if I were to bust out some HG colors?