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I've always had a little bit of a thing for nail art that reminds me of vintage wallpaper. I don't know what it is, but particularly if it feels like it would have fit perfectly adoring the walls of a midcentury modern space, these types of wallpaper patterns just do it for me. That being said, it's really only about half the time that I'm actually shooting for that vibe and the other half of the time it sort of just... happens. Luckily, in this case, that is definitely the vibe that I was going for. From the really warm color palette that feels straight out of the 60s to the sort of trippy stamping design, this is all wallpaper all the time. And I love it!

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A few months ago, now, I was filling up my cart over at Harlow & Co and got a very, very random urge to try out some water decals. I've used water decals a few times in the past and I think they're a really great way to easily and quickly create some intricate nail art designs, but personally they just aren't something I reach for using all that often so this was a little random but I went with it. I decided to pick up the sheet I used for this mani because I just loved the colors and overall vibe of the really distinctly fall leaning designs on it and now the time has finally arrived to use it!

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Very much like the Coffee & Donuts themed mani I posted earlier this week, I knew when I picked up the Manitude x Sip It Stamping Plate that I was going to be doing some version of this mani this fall. There's just something about the warm coziness of a nice cup of tea during the fall months, but also I felt like this was a great opportunity to create a really beautiful, saturated color story to bring together the tea theme - perfect for fall!

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When I sat down to plan out my September nail art plans this year - not something I do every month, but something kind of necessary when staring down the gargantuan task of Halloween approaching - I knew that I absolutely needed to include this mani in this month's posts. Pretty much as soon as I saw the Pueen Animal Safari 01 Stamping Plate*, I was inspired to put this together and what ended up on my nails is pretty much bang on exactly what I pictured in my head, which is definitely not always the case. But I'm pretty in love with the final result and super excited to share it!

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When I was first thinking of ideas of how to use the Manitude x Sip It Stamping Plate, today's mani didn't even occur to me. In fact, I have some other mani's coming up that will feature the designs that initially drew me to pick up this particular stamping plate. In fact, I was actually initially thinking that there was no way I would be able to make these particular designs work and then... lightbulb! Immediately this design started coming together in my mind and I just absolutely had to get it onto my nails. Cue immediate obsession!

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I have to tell you, I sort of had this exact mani planned for this month for a while now, but it as also an entirely different mani than what I ended up creating just by virtue of the color story that I went with for it. That's one of the cool things about nail art, in my opinion, especially when it comes to stamping. It would be easy to assume that a mani featuring one full cover image on every nail could really only be one thing, but you can really play around with mood and intention by changing the polishes you use to put it together. All of that to say...

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I think it can be pretty easy to get stuck in the warm toned pumpkin spice of it all come fall, but I also really love to go for ashy cool tones at this time of year as well and I think they deserve some love also...Sso, of course, I decided to grab for some gorgeous polishes that for some reason always make me think of fall and put together this simple and yet pretty intricate abstract inspired by this gorgeous mani I saw on Instagram a while back and just fell in love with. 

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So, like a lot of people, my excitement for fall to come basically starts on August 1 every year. Clearly smack in the middle of the hottest summer months of the year it doesn't really make sense to start daydreaming about cozy socks and sweaters and all of the warm soups and hot spiced beverages and... I swear, I could go on forever. Anyway, I know I'm not alone in this, and one of my favorite things about fall when it comes to nail art is getting to bust out the fall colors. I absolutely love fall polishes, so of course there's gonna be a skittle or two on the roster as the weather starts to get cooler. 

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Oftentimes when I first look at any given stamping plate, there are one or two images that really stand out to me and that I can't wait to get on my nails. Sometimes, though, I hold off because somehow I convince myself that I don't want to waste it - as though I can't go back and use it again. I swear, sometimes I feel like these posts when I describe my thought process are like therapy - really going into the weird and specific ways that my mind processes things. Anyway, I've been wanting to use the stamping image I used for this mani for a while now, but I really didn't want to waste it. I don't think I did!

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