piCture pOlish Fool's Gold

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Hello lovelies! I have another piCture pOlish to show you today! This one is a 2014 collaboration shade created with the amazing talent that is Sammy of The Nailasaurus. She is another blogger that I follow religiously and try to emulate in her well thought-out nail art, among other things. I was so captivated by this shade when it came out and just knew I'd love it once I finally got my hands on it. You can read all about Sammy's inspiration for her collaboration here.

G.N.O.M.E. Box January 2016

Hey there! I have some gorgeous polishes to show you that I just acquired a few days ago. These three polishes are part of January's G.N.O.M.E. (Glitter Nerds Of Magical Existence) Box. I had never heard of this box before, I had gnome idea it existed. Apparently it is a regular collaboration with the makers Stardust Polish and Rica. I got turned onto this box because of the guest collaborator this month, Philly Loves Lacquer. The PLL polish was too stunning not to notice! I've tried the brand before and was pretty sure it would be a win (I swatched her Spring collection last year). I have been wanting to try more indie brands this year and I thought this would be a great chance to check out a couple more. These don't officially go on sale until Friday the 15th, but they had a kind of pre-sale on Saturday and I bought mine then. I was super impressed that they arrived in the mail two days later!

Cubbiful Inspired Polar Bear

Hello there! Today I have cute and wintry mani for you. If you don't recognize it already, this is recreation of Cubbiful's adorable Polar Bear Nails. When I saw her mani I fell in love with it with many audible "awww"s from me. I decided to be brave and try it myself. And while I still enjoy Mina's version better, I think my effort is commendable.

Up A Tree

A few weeks back Alison from ALIQUID Lacquers had a nail art contest with the theme "Young At Heart". I gave it some thought on what that meant to me. The one thing that came to mind when thinking about what makes me feel young at heart was climbing trees. In my original Instagram post I wrote, "One of my favorite childhood pastimes was climbing trees. If you couldn't find me, I was probably up in a tree. I was quite the tomboy back then. On the rare occasion I will still find myself high in the branches of some tree looking out through the leaves and it brings me back to more innocent days."

piCture pOlish Allure

*provided for honest review

Hiya there! Today I bring you another lovely piCture pOlish shade. This hot and sassy polish is named Allure and is a collaboration shade created with Instagramer Nina_D83. I love seeing collaborations done by artists that I follow and that inspire me. And if you're not following her work, you seriously need to check it out!

A England Gradient Snowflakes

My first nail art of the new year! Well actually I did this mani about three weeks ago but haven't had any time to edit photos and write a post. I thought I was mostly prepared for the holidays but as usual I was wrong. Now that things have chilled out a little I am hoping to be more active on my blog!

This was the first time using my new A England Wuthering Heights and Cathy. I had swooned over photos of these polishes for months. Then I finally bought them and it still took a few weeks to try them out. Let me tell you, they did not disappoint! I'm still so, so in love. I had two different ideas for this mani, so I decided to try them both. 

Nail Polish Society Goals For 2016

Happy New Year my wonderful Society Sisters!! The best of wishes to you all!

Today's post is a brief reflection of this past year and my hopes for the year to come. I considered doing a roundup post for the end of the year, but I didn't feel like there was a whole lot to roundup. Instead I'll do a short list of the best moments of the year.

1. Having my baby
2. Buying our house
3. Getting a minivan

An obvious benefit to moment #1 is not being pregnant any more! Seriously, why do pregnancies take so long? Now that 2015 has been succinctly summed up, I would like to start looking forward to 2016. This is a tricky one for me because I'm trying to figure out how high to set my sights. I mean, I believe you can only succeed as far as you set your goals. At the same time, I don't want to be more disappointed with all the things I'm not able to accomplish. So I'm going to start with some more achievable goals before I get too deep. I'll admit, I'm kinda a wuss when it comes to failure. 

2016 Goals:

1. Read 20 books
2. Find additional goals that I am sure to achieve 
3. Deal with failure better?

I want to spend more time on my blog this year. I want to improve my nail art, swatches, photos, layout, consistency... basically everything. Just how I'm going to achieve these things I haven't figured out yet. Until then I'm going to try and have a great attitude and lots of hope!

xx Emiline xx