So I have gone entirely down a rabbit hole of cat eye gel polishes at this point, I've gotta be honest. I decided on a bit of a whim to pick up two of the Born Pretty Sea Blue Cat Magnetic Gel Polishes recently and pretty much as soon as I tried one of them out I went and ordered 5 more. Like, honestly, it was love at first cure, pretty much. I actually did do nail art with that look, but I didn't film it so I didn't both photographing it, especially since I knew there was likely going to be a LOT of nail art coming up featuring these polishes.

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Well, I can officially say that I'm down a gel polish rabbit hole at the moment and I'm having a lot of fun playing around with techniques and designs that I never really had a chance to play with because I've always used traditional polish. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm still a huge fan of traditional polish, but there's definitely a brand new spark of creativity that has come with being able to try out different things using gel polish. For today's mani, I'm dipping into some gel liner polishes that I picked up recently and I'm super, super in love with how this one turned out.

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Ever since I was a teenager in my high school art classes I've been drawn to the pairing of green and purple. I think it's just an elite color combo and there are as many versions of it as there are shades of purple and green and they just so frequently work beautifully together. For today's nail art, I grabbed for a cool toned sort of lavender purple and a beautiful turquoise that's really balanced, I think, between blue and green. Some might argue that this pairing isn't really a purple and green, but I think it fits the criteria - and I also just really, really think these shades work beautifully together. 

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A few years ago when I was very first experimenting with gel nail art, I first tried out the 3D cable knit nails technique and ever since I've considering trying it out again but I've never actually gotten around to it. Finally, I decided I wanted to give it another go and see how much time and experience impacted how it all came together. It's actually a sort of interesting exercise and one I'm now considering playing around with more because I feel like I can definitely see the improvement both in my skills but also in my confidence when it came to putting together this mani.

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I'm having a bit of a moment right now with figuring out how to create dynamic designs using one single full cover stamping image and it's actually a really fun exercise. Honestly, with today's mani I wasn't entirely sure that I was going to be able to make it work, but I actually really, really love the final product and it has me inspired to try out this technique with different vibes and themes. 

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Two years ago I did one of my all time favorite nail designs, inspired by the incredibly beautiful coats that were on display at Joe Biden's Inauguration. I mean, honestly, every skittle mani I've done since that one has been measured against it even though it was, by far, one of the simplest nail art designs I've ever posted here on the blog. I definitely had that one in mind when I was putting together this mani, keeping in mind the richly pigmented shades that I used and the contrast of the black graphic design. This mani is definitely its own thing, but the inspiration definitely did come from that time we were all in love with the coats.

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I will be the first to admit to you that my skills when it comes to gel polish are a little bit newbieish and because I'm a perfectionist who really, really doesn't like to be bad at things that can have the outcome of me avoiding it entirely. That said, I'm really kind of in love with some of the things you can do with gel polish that you just can't with traditional polish and I'm hoping to really work on my skills in the medium this year and play more with some of those techniques. For today's mani, here's one of those techniques that I just sort of decided to give a go... and then promptly fell absolutely madly in love with.

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I have to admit, this is one of those mani's that just sort of happened on the fly. I didn't actually go in with a plan, I just sat down at my nail desk and randomly picked a stamping image and sort of went from there, making decisions on the final look as I went, and I'm honestly... sort of madly in love with what came out of it. It's actually a really, really simple design that I think would be perfect for stamping beginners, but it also has enough interest and impact that it gets me excited as well. 

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My stamping plate collection has continued to grow and grow over the years and it's gotten to the point now where I definitely have some plates in my collection that I haven't gotten around to trying out yet and I really want to put in an effort to finally pull them out and use them this year. One of those plates is KADS Fashion 094, which is admittedly sort of a weird plate that I knew I wanted in my collection but I wasn't entirely sure how I was going to use. I finally pulled it out for this mani and I really couldn't be more thrilled about this first design that I created using it.

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After going so hard on themes the past few months, I'm definitely finding myself drawn to more abstract nail designs at the moment, so I suspect that's a lot of what you'll be seeing here on the blog for the next few weeks. The stamping plate I used for this one has actually been sitting in my collection for months now and I just hadn't gotten a chance to use it, so I was super excited to finally reach for it and put something together with it. I kept it pretty simple stamping-wise, though I will say that the overall design did end up being quite busy. Still, I love how it turned out. 

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