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For this week's #CBBxManiMonday, I sort of ran out of time and had to throw something together at the last minute, so I just sort of decided to try an idea that had been bouncing around in my head for a couple of weeks and hope it worked out. It definitely came together on the fly and I actually quite like the final product, so I'm excited to share!

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Sometimes when I sit down to do a mani, I have a completely different idea in mind than what I ultimately end up with and this is definitely one of those times. I had actually intended this mani to be much more of a watercolor design with some high contrast stamping, but in the end I'm actually pretty glad that I had the stumbles that I did along the way because being forced to rethink mid mani definitely changed things up and led to a mani I think is really cute. 

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After last week's faux watermarble design, I decided that I wanted to do another one this week using completely different techniques to get a totally different look. One thing I love about faux watermarble stamping is that you can do a million different things with the base to give yourself a million different designs. Also, it's been a while since I had done a smoosh, which is one of my favorite base techniques for stamping, so I grabbed for my favorite pastel neons and went for it. 

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Nail stickers have never really been something I've reached for all that often, but recently when I (like everyone else) got sucked in by the ads for Temu, I decided to pick up a few sheets and see how I liked them. While I don't think I'm going to switch over to being a full time nail sticker kind of girl, I do think they're handy to have in your collection for when you're in a hurry or are looking for a style that might be a little bit more tricky with stamping. Anyway, let's get to the nails, shall we?

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I must say I am a huge, huge fan of doing gradients with stamping polishes. And I know, I'm maybe wasting them when I could be using regular polish and saying the stamping polishes for stamping, but they're just so pigmented and work so beautifully... Anyway, for today's mani, I used a pairing I don't often go for to create these pink and yellow faux watermarble nails and I just love it!

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I have to admit that I've had today's mani in mind for literally months now ever since I received the Whats Up Nails B075 Somwhere In Bee-Tween Stamping Plate*, but I got it in my head that it was going to have to wait for spring. Because this is definitely how my brain works. Anyway, I'm super excited to finally put together this mani and share it for this week's #CBBxManiMonday, so let's go!

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For some reason that I absolutely can not explain, I associate purple with May and I always find myself reaching for purple polishes at this time of year. For today's nail art design, I actually took my jumping off point from this stunning purple stamping polish from Pueen called Charmed Lilac and I went from there to put together this quite simple but (I think) pretty cute stamping design. 

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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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When I'm rushed for time or just lacking in inspiration, there are definitely a few go to nail art designs that I tend to default to and today's mani is definitely one of them. Admittedly, I left this week's #CBBxManiMonday to the very last minute and when I sat down to do my nails, I basically had nothing in the tank, so I grabbed for some gel polish since there's no dry time to deal with and a new-to-me stamping plate that I've been wanting to use for a while and I just went for the old standby.

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