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Homemade Photo Light Box

Homemade Photo Light Box

Lookie what I made!  It’s a light box for photography.  I always struggle to find the right spot for lighting when I take pictures.  Indoor pics at night seem to turn out dark and miscolored, and sometimes the daylight shots are just too bright, so I looked into light...

Chickettes.com: Orly Go Deeper Swatch

Orly Go Deeper Swatch

Oh yea… I have a new favorite sparkle polish.  This is Orly Go Deeper.  The glitter goes on so smoothly and evenly and it has just the right amount of tint in the base.  I had pretty even coverage with 2 coats, but I went for three for the...

Chickettes.com: House of Gelish Fall 2012 Collection Color Swatches

House of Gelish – Fall 2012 Collection

The new House of Gelish Collection has just been released!  These are really chic colors.  I purchased my collection on ebay and prepared the swatches below as soon as I got my shipment so that I could share the colors with you.  I love, love, love the blue!  Each...

Chickettes.com: How to Remove Sparkle Polish

How to Remove Sparkle / Glitter Polish

The first time I tried removing sparkle polish the traditional way it took almost 30 minutes and I was extremely frustrated. It was like rubbing a wet cotton ball on coarse sandpaper… not very effective.  I previously wrote an article on how to remove gel nail polish, and wondered...

Chickettes.com: Halloween Nail Art - Frankenstein

Halloween Frankie Nails

Here’s another cute Halloween design… it’s Frankie!! This is done with China Glaze Grape Juice and China Glaze Cha Cha Cha , and a black striper.

Chickettes.com: Daisy stamp with colorful Gelish polishes

Colorful Daisies with Gelish

Today’s manicure is colorful and cheery! I polished each nail a different color and applied a stamp to the accent finger. I then colored in the stamp with my other colored polishes. Gelish polishes used: Gossip Girl (pink), Starburst (purple), Sheek White, and Oocha Coocha Bing Bang Bam (teal...

Milani Jewel Nail Laquer

Milani Jewel Nail Laquer

I totally stink at taking pictures of glitter polish, but these were the best two I could produce (out of like 100 shots). I’m totally obsessed with glitter polishes right now. I just bought several new bottles, so this is your warning that there are likely more glitter pics...