I've always loved the butterfly nail designs that I watch much more talented nail artists than myself do every spring and summer with the beautiful backgrounds and the hand painted butterfly wings, but... just never had the confidence. HOWEVER, that was solved for me in the way a lot of nail art dilemmas were solved - with stamping. I've been keeping this mani in the back of my head ever since I got the Whats Up Nails B025 stamping plate last fall, waiting for the warmer months when my very specific brain would decide it was time. And... it's time!

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It really isn't lost on me that for this week's Spring themed #CBBxManiMonday, I could easily have done some snowflake nails because as I type this, we're having a blizzard. I mean, of course we are, it's Winnipeg and the early, dry spring that we had was much too good to be true. However, I'm choosing to stick with the optimistic and expected version of springtime with today's mani using shades that just scream spring to me and maybe a slightly unexpected design. 

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We've definitely gotten to the point where the days are getting longer and there's something about the sweet spot we're in right now - when I get to the point in the evening when it's time to relax and take a  breath, the colours of the sky are just absolutely beautiful. So, of course, that's the reason that to me this is a springtime sunset gradient mani - I have a strong and very positive association with these colours in my head that I associate with this time of year. 

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I find that when I go deep into a theme, it can be hard to pull myself out of it and find my creativity again, which is a little bit of what happened after I went hard with Easter themed nails - I ended up in a bit of a creativity hole. But then I saw an Instagram video that supermuch inspired me, so I marinated on it a little bit and then came up with this design that isn't entirely what I was intending it to be, but I still think I really enjoy. Honestly... I'm a little on the fence still.

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SPRING!!! We had our first bonfire this past weekend and got to see some friends (outside, distanced and masked) that we haven't seen in about 6 months. I am so very much here for spring. I'm also really, really excited for spring nail art - which is our #CBBxManiMonday April theme! Today's mani is pretty much as spring as it gets, as far as I'm concerned... You know, other than the fact that the base polish I used is called Snow Globe (although that's also pretty springy here in Winnipeg as well.)

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I don't know what it is about spring, but it seems like every year as soon as spring hits I find myself with a renewed desire to do gradients. Although, now that I think about it, it may honestly be because my favorite gradients are in fresh spring shades. For today's Easter mani, I went full out with just straight up pastel candy shades to create a gradient that looks yummy enough to eat and, not going to lie, I'm fairly obsessed with it. 

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So the thing is... I don't handpaint often when it comes to nail art, but when I do it's super easy and basic and if it needs finer details I tend to go in with stamping, like I did for today's mani. This mani was inspired by this one, from When Beauty Calls By Georgina on Instagram, but of course I to put a little bit of my own personality into it with a speckled indie base polish, a matte finish, and some seriously chubby little buns. 

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My favorite part of Easter is pretty simple - Cadbury Mini Eggs. In my opinion, they're just a pretty perfect seasonal candy and I never don't enjoy them. I've done Mini Eggs inspired Easter nail art before and I'm sure I'll do it again in a classic speckled skittle fashion, but this year I wanted to do it a little bit differently and add some negative space stamping for a little bit of a different look. I mean... who doesn't like some cute little eggs?

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Man, I love a theme. Honestly, I'm kind of amazed that I haven't jumped on every possible holiday I could to create themed nail art - in fact, I'm kind of shooken that I missed St Patrick's Day, but... it happens. Anyway, Easter is a great theme for a few pretty obvious reasons. Pastels are great for nails. Honestly, I get SO EXCITED for pastel season because I just love working with them, I love the manis that I create with them, and I feel like they're really universally flattering. Also, bunnies are adorable and easter eggs are... a treasure trove of design possibilities. Anyway, I love a theme and I am going to ride this theme into the ground possibly... but here is my first 2021 Easter themed mani!

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I will fully admit that I'm pushing it this week when it comes to our #CBBxManiMonday green theme - I'm just had no green inspiration left and my mind is fully immersed in thoughts of spring - but I did manage to get a little bit of green in there. I didn't actually intend to sit down and do a "cottagecore" but it just sort of evolved that way and when I was about halfway through doing it, I was just like, "Huh, this seems... like cottagecore to me!" So I rolled with it... as you do. 

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