I'm not gonna lie - my brain is absolutely LOVING having a theme again. As soon as I transitioned into thinking about doing Valentine's Day nails, my brain immediately had about a million ideas and a lot of energy and desire to get them done. I just love a theme - it gives my brain something to latch onto. For this mani I also used a new-to-me stamping plate from Hit The Bottle that I've been dying to use since I got it months ago and a super pretty new gel polish from Born Pretty. All in all, I'm super excited about this mani!

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I must say, I'm still pretty neck deep in a bit of a January fog and definitely lacking in both energy and inspiration just in general, not just with my nails. That being said, I got some new PR goodies from Born Pretty last week and there were definitely some items that I was really excited to play around with. For today's mani, I used two of those new products to create a really quick and easy gel mani that is incredibly beginner friendly - and cute, to boot!

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With everything 90s having such a moment right now - seriously, the fashion makes it feel like I've gone in a time machine back to junior high! - I've been really enjoying leaning into the nostalgia. One of the prints that was sort of ubiquitous back then was the classic white and yellow daisies on a black background print. I feel like we all had something in this print back then - most likely a dress with a circle skirt that fell to or just above the knee. Just me? Anyway, I was feeling inspired by this particular slice of nostalgia for this week's #CBBxManiMonday nails, so I leaned in!

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I had the idea for today's mani when I was almost asleep one night last week, which should have ensured that there was no way I was going to end up trying it... and then it just stuck in my head and I had to figure out if it was even possible to get the look that I had in mind. This can always be an issue when it comes to actually getting a design from my imagination onto my nails, since my imagination has zero constraints. Anyway, it turned out that it actually came together really smoothly and easily and I got to, once again, utilize the new Whats Up Nails Bloominosity Collection* for something other than its intended use. 

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A few weeks ago, there was a group on Instagram doing a nail art collab and they decided to use one of my designs as inspiration. I honestly didn't think that this mani was going to be as popular as it ended up being, but I'm so thrilled about it. It occurred to me when I was looking at all of those recreations using those winter shades that this mani could very, very easily be translated to pretty much any season or occasion, so I decided to recreate it myself using pastel polishes rather than those richly saturated shades I used for the original.

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When I tell you I was excited about the new Whats Up Nails Bloominosity Collection*, I was REALLY excited. I love Whats Up Nails Stamping Polishes, so I'm always excited about a new launch, but I was particularly excited that they were doing a collection of pastels. Pastel stamping polishes aren't as common as one might hope and I pretty frequently do find myself wishing that I had a full rainbow of them in my collection - and now I do! As soon as I had them in hand, I wanted to use them and I was 100% ready to go fully kitchen sink with them... so I did! Minimalist, this mani is definitely not. 

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