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.... ...