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Week 02: Game of Thrones

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So right this moment, I’m missing the season premiere of Game of Thrones because my mom doesn’t have HBO and she wants me to watch The Bible with her. I have to admit, Jesus (played by Portuguese soap opera star Diogo Morgado) is really hot. Just saying that probably costs me points in Heaven or something.

Anyway, so I’ll be watching the opening of season three on HBO Go after Vikings. But in the meantime, here are my Game of Thrones inspired nails. Several weeks ago I saw this tutorial by IndigoNova and I knew I wanted to do this design for this week. I’m not a Lannister fan, no matter how awesome Tyrion is (especially after reading Feast of Crows and Dance with Dragons, where his character gets butchered). I am, however, a fan of the amazing Queen Margaery of House Tyrell. As of book five, she’s the only one winning the game of thrones. I also adore the love story between her brother Loras and her first husband Renly Baratheon, and I think her grandma is pretty damn amazing (and she’ll be played by Miss Emma Peel in the show, so she’s twice as kickass).

Click here to see the House Tyrell-inspired manicure

Week 01: Easter

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So Pintrest and YouTube and Instagram are full of ideas for Easter nails, but I wanted to keep things pretty simple. I love the look of polka-dot nails, so I went with a skittles mani in spring colors and simple dots. It didn’t take too long, since the dots weren’t fussy, and I like how it came out. I only photographed the one hand, but my right hand has the same base colors in a different order, and different colored dots, so they’re not exactly mirror images.

Click here to see the Easter-inspired nails

A year of pretty hands

So my friend Becca and I have recently got into nail art and have gone a little wild with polishes and manicures. I’ve been reading a lot of nail polish blogs, and many of them commit to a new manicure every day, or at least several a week. That’s way too tough for me, but I wanted to try something fun and ongoing. So Becca and I modified the 31-day challenge to a 52- week challenge, taking a lot of the prompts and adding our own. Each week, we’re going to post pictures of our manicures. Mine will be here and on Instagram, and Becca’s on Instagram.

Here’s our challenge list! I’m pretty excited for a year of pretty nails.

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