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2016 Grammy Awards (David Bowie Tribute)

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'xoxo Joanne' I'm back in time for half time! Gaga takes the world's biggest stage tonight! 💅🏈💖🎤💚🎶💕

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Gaga X Grammys The red carpet heavyweight champ returns to the Grammy Awards tonight, where she's both nominated and performing! Images clockwise from bottom left: 2010 press room, 2012 audience, 2010 red carpet, 2015 red carpet, 2011 red carpet

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The Countess IV x American Horror Story: Hotel AHS: Hotel wraps up with the season finale tonight, and The Countess looks wouldn't be complete without her dastardly glove! Glitter painted glove, with nails, repurposed costume jewelry pieces, and 3D sticker embellishments. A few tutorials for the glove can be found on YouTube! See previous posts for Countess nail art! X PPU 💅🏨🛎🗝🚬💋🔪💀 Follow on Twitter for more updates: @ PolishedPawsUp

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"Free...My...Mind": ArtRAVE III x Backdrop and Tour Book Images A requested design: faux fur, crystals, glitter, and raver beads! X PPU

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The Countess III x American Horror Story: Hotel Gaga as The Countess in the "Above & Below" AHS trailer, with 3D puffy paint-under polish details.

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The Countess II x American Horror Story: Hotel The Countess wears a Valerj Pobega dress in episode 1. See last week's nails on the blog!

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"The Countess I" x American Horror Story: Hotel Gaga makes her television debut tonight, and I'm back with new nails to match! 💅 Thank you to everyone for the continued support of this blog!

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POLISHED PAWS UP returns tomorrow with new Gaga nail art updates!

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"Hail To Venus" x ArtRAVE II

Fuchsia Power, Sun Kissed, Blue Me Away by Sally Xtreme Wear, Gum Drop by Revlon, Glowstick by Wet N Wild, iridescent glitter and rhinestones, and a faux fur pom pom charm!

The final ArtRAVE show is being livestreamed from Paris by Yahoo today!

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"Aphrodite lady, seashell bikini" x ArtRAVE 

Pink crushed shells from Pretty Woman's Seashells nail art kit, Girly by Revlon, whole shells, pink half pearls and Koons-blue rhinestones.

Did these for my show! X

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"Act like a Swine" x SXSW Festival Set (3.13.14)

White, black, and Glowstick by Fergie for Wet N' Wild.

Watch the now infamous performance with Millie Brown here!

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"Your new look's ethereal" x Epix Premiere (1.23.14)

Gilty Party by Sally Salon basecoat x As Gold As It Gets by Essie topcoats x Nude Now by Sally Salon x gold rhinestones

See her full gown here!

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"Versace promises I will dolce vita" x Versace SS14 Campaign 

Gumdrop by Revlon, Nude Now by Sally Salon, Celeb City by Sally Xtreme Wear, Fimo clay and chain.

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I'm back for the new year with some changes to the blog! I'll be streamlining posts and designs for you guys, and updating as much as possible! X

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2009 American Music Awards: Back in '09, shortly after The Fame Monster's release, Gaga performed at the AMAs in a light-up skeletal outfit, later saying that the pieces were a commentary on the industry's ridiculous beauty standards.  Watch the performance here!  Gaga takes the AMAs stage again tonight on ABC!

Colors & Materials Used: Sand Topaz (Essie), white puffy paint, and glass rhinestones.

I used an oddly angled image here to better show the "3D" quality of the puffy paint (which is difficult to control and not recommended for tiny details!) 

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Saturday Night Live (2011): Gaga returns to the SNL stage tonight to perform and make her hosting debut!  She last appeared on the show in 2011, promoting Born This Way and performing the album's namesake single, along with Edge Of Glory and Judas.  She performed on a customized black and gold striped set, which included 'hatching' out of her egg (vessel) once again, which had been redesigned as the fanciest eggs around: "Beluga Gagaviar No.1".

Colors & Materials Used: Black shimmer base of Midnight In NY, appropriately (Sally Salon), Blue Me Away! (Sally Xtreme Wear), Glitz (Orly), with iridescent Hidden Treasure (Sally Salon) thumb base.  Other materials are rhinestones and layered black sequins.

As always with videos, it's must easier to see the details while watching them, instead of in screencaps.  Watch the performances in the links above!

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ARTPOP Album Cover: "Suddenly, the Koons is me!"  Gaga enlisted artist Jeff Koons to create the sculpture in her namesake for the ARTPOP cover, which is depicted collaged over pieces by Botticelli and Bernini.  In appropriate Koons fashion, limited edition hand-laid foil font versions of the cover have been released, as well (hence the silver leaf).  The album officially hits stores tomorrow!

Colors & Materials Used: Water-marbled Hot Magenta (Sally Xtreme Wear), Tart Deco (Essie), For Audrey (China Glaze), Kiss Me Here (Pure Ice), and white. Silver leaf, printed Gaga, and star + "gazing ball" embellishment stickers.

The long awaited artRAVE event takes place tonight in New York (as well as live streamed online), where Gaga will perform and sculptures by Jeff Koons, including that from the album cover, will be on exhibit. Congratulations to all the lucky fans who will be there!

Old designs for The Fame and The Fame Monster covers are here.

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