Michelle in a Nutshell

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One of my favorites! This is Lapiz of Luxury by Essie, a gorgeous "ocean blue" or "opulent azure" (what?). ...

Hi guys. I'm sorry I haven't posted in a little while. I've been going through some personal shit stuff lately so my mind hasn't really been on my blog in the past week. And, the only posts which I've pre-photographed are "Lacquer Love" posts so I'm coming at you with another nail polish post. Hope you don't mind :) ...

I love using simple scotch tape to create very easy and subtle nail art. Check out this nail look I did last June using scotch tape and some fun, bring pink polish. ...

Oh, I love me some Essie polish... ...

I only own a few China Glaze nail polishes and this is one of the newest ones. ...

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE! I just had a wonderful day and evening spent with loved ones, lots of laughs and delicious food. Oh, and some awesome gift-giving went down as well...score! Seeing as I'm headed out of the country tomorrow for 10 days and won't be able to post on here since I won't even have an internet connection most of the time, I...

I'm back with another holiday nail tutorial! Woo woo! Alright, I'll stop tooting my own horn. But hey, don't we all love nail polish and nail art? Ya...I thought so :) So, here's something I came up with last Sunday whilst hanging out at home on a cold wintery day. I was of course inspired by Christmas but I didn't want to use...

A little while ago, my friend Hollee sent me a link to a blog post featuring "candy cane nails". I've seen this idea on a few blogs and YouTube channels but I wanted to tone down the candy cane pattern to one nail instead of having it on all 10. Hollee also asked me how one should go about making this design, since...

Anyone else out there having as much fun with their Ciaté Mini Mani Month advent calendar as I am?! ...

Happy December! Yay, December is finally here. Now the joy of the holidays and Christmas can finally set in and no one has to feel guilty that they're excited for Christmas at the beginning of November (me!). And since it's December 1st, today is the day to.... ...

For my lacquered tips at the moment I've chosen this combination: Essie's Chinchilly and Butter London's No More Waity, Katie. Chinchilly is a granite gray shade without any shimmer or sparkle. Very elegant, very autumn and I think it looks quite nice with my light skin tone. I often wear this shade alone but sometimes I like to spruce it up a bit....

Attention, attention! Butter London nail lacquers (as they so sophisticatedly call them) have FINALLY touched ground in Switzerland! Woo woo! (doin' the "raise the roof" dance, oh ya) Well, I don't know if I'm the only person that got really excited by this, but I've just heard so much about these polishes online that I've been dying to try them. And they have...

Hola! Thought I'd share my nails with you guys today :) The very loved and well-known Tart Deco by Essie. Very coral, very summer, very cute! And I added one round glitter piece to each nail to make it a bit more fun (and sometimes I just can't leave my nails alone without adding just a lil somethin somethin...). I used the glitter...

Today's snapshot is another nail polish photo - who woulda thunk it! It's a newer addition to my collection, "Playdate" by Essie. It's the perfect, simple, pastel, purple shade. Very pretty and very girly :) xo, Michelle ...

Hey there, here's a snapshot of my nails at the moment :) I applied two coats of Essie's "Boom Boom Room" and let that dry completely. (Had to re-do a few nails since I didn't let the pink shade dry totally so do take my advice and let it dry - patience is key haha...) I then stuck a piece of scotch tape...

It's been a while since I've posted a "Mini Mani Update" but I'm BACK and going ahead full throttle! Or trying, at least. On Thursday I tried out some new Essie Sleek Stick nail stickers in "02 croc 'n chic" which I picked up. Unfortunately, here in Switzerland, I haven't seen a large selection of Essie's nail stickers. Most stores have 2 or...

Hi guys! Are you enjoying the weekend? :) I wanted to share my new nail look with you guys. I definitely feel Spring coming on with these nails. This is OPI's "You're Such a BudaPest" from the Euro Centrale collection. This is a perfect shade for Spring time, periwinkle-purple, I love it! I applied 3 coats, but 2 coats would have been just...

Hi everyone :) It's quite late here but I really wanted to put up a post today so I thought I'd show you my nails of the day. Unfortunately, the lighting isn't great in these photos since I didn't have any daylight left when I shot them. Hope you can forgive me! This nail polish by Essie is in the shade Midnight Cami....