The Nightmare Before Christmas Sally Manicure: My Nail Polish Canada Halloween Nail Art Contest Entry!

Nail Polish Canada is holding another nail art contest (sign up here and vote here) and the theme this time is Halloween nails! I love Halloween to no end so I obviously had to come up with something. I saw MoYou London create a great stamping version of a Sally (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) manicure and I decided to recreate a free-hand version using some more gloomy colors. So if you like it, vote for me here (choose The Happy Sloths in the ballot). To see more pictures and see what polishes I used, click.......

Back to School Nails Featuring MoYou London Scholar Collection Nail Art Stamping Plate 01 & 03

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Hey guys, Happy Tuesday, today I have a fun (but studious) stamping manicure featuring a couple of MoYou London Scholar Collection stamping plates to share with you! As some of you might know, I graduated in May so this September I am not going back to school (yay!). However, I couldn't help but still attempt a "Back to School" nail art design as lots of them are floating around the internet lately. To see some more pictures of the manicure and the plates I used, click......

Iggy Azalea/Clueless Inspired Manicure featuring MoYou London Hipster Nail Art Collection Stamping Plate #05

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Hey everyone! Today just feels like a nail art kind of day so I'm sharing with you another look I did recently using the new Hipster Collection plate from MoYou London. This particular black and yellow plaid manicure was inspired by the skirt suit Iggy Azalea wore in her "Fancy" music video (aka the skirt suit Cher wore in Clueless).
To see more pictures of the mani and of the plate, click.......

Julep Maven May 2014 Collection: Which Style are You This Month?

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It's that time of the month again! Julep Maven box selection time! I was sort of intrigued by the colors this month so I decided to do a quick post about it. Also, the highly anticipated Plié wands are finally here as well so that's definitely something I am looking forward to learn more about.
To read more, click.......

Vote for My Easter Dotticure at Nail Polish Canada's Easter Nail Art Challenge!

Hi everyone, Nail Polish Canada is holding another Nail Art Challenge and the theme for this time is "Easter"! I didn't want to miss out so I entered my Easter Dotticure (check out the original post here)! I would really appreciate it if you voted for me here (I am entry #4). Thank you!

Vote for me, I'm entry #4!

There are some great prizes to be won and it's not too late to enter! Get your entry in here!
Thanks again and talk to you soon!

L.A Girl Splatter Effect Nail Polish in "Sprinkle" and "Sparkle": Review and Swatches

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Hey all, happy Friday! I have a couple of super fun glitter polishes from L.A. Girl to show you today. From the "Splatter Effect" collection, "Sprinkle" and "Sparkle" are two glitter polishes with various sizes of hexagon glitter suspended in clear polish. Topped over solid colors the polishes mimic a "splattered" paint effect.
To see my swatches and review, click......

Christmas Tree Manicure Tutorial

Hey guys, I am squeezing in a quick manicure tutorial for the Christmas tree nail art post I did earlier this month. So if you looking for a last minute Christmas manicure idea, why not give this a try!

Before starting your manicure, smooth out the edges of your nails with a fine nail filer, then rub your cuticles generously with either hand lotion or cuticle oil. Before you apply your polish, make sure to wipe the lotion/oil off of your nails either with an alcohol pad or a cotton ball soaked in some polish remover. This helps clean the surface of your nails, removing any oil and dirt.

For the step by step directions, click.......

Beauty Bloggers Holiday Collaboration: Ugly Christmas Sweater Manicure

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Hey everyone! Christmas is almost here and I've got a fun and simple manicure to show you today! Have you noticed how gaudy and fully decked out ugly Christmas sweaters are totally in again? It seems a lot of people are doing ugly Christmas sweater themed parties and get togethers this time of the year. So in celebration of that, I used some super adorable reindeer cross stitch patterned water decals ($5.75) from KKCenterHK to create a simple manicure that resembles the ugly Christmas sweater trend.
To see a simple step by step tutorial, click.......

Kitty in Love: Manicure Featuring Water Decal Stickers

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Hey hey hey, boy do I have some cute decals from Born Pretty Store to show you today. When I saw these kitty water decals ($2.86) while browsing Born Pretty Store's nail art supply selections, I knew I had to get them on my nails. To see a close up and the polishes I used, click......

Christmas Tree Manicure: Nail Polish Canada Holiday Nail Art Challenge

Hey everyone, I recently found out from Chantal at Chantal's Corner that Nail Polish Canada was holding a Holiday Nail Art Challenge (its not too late to enter).
There are three challenges and "Christmas Decoration" is the week two challenge. I decided to do a Christmas Tree manicure. To see what I used and what I submitted to the week one challenge, click......

Glistening Snow Flakes: Manicure featuring Water Decal Stickers

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I know it's early, but ever since I received these beautiful snowflake water decals ($2.54) from KKCenterHK I just couldn't resist doing a wintery manicure with them, so here is my glistening snowflakes manicure.
In case you guys didn't know, KKCenterHK is a Hong Kong based beauty/nail supplies online store (much like Born Pretty Store). They also carry a wide selection of water decal nail art stickers that feed my addiction. To see a close up, click......

Paul Frank Monkey in Space: Manicure featuring Water Decal Stickers

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Hey guys, happy Monday! Today I have a fun and wacky nail art water decal look to share with you all. I remember back in high school, Paul Frank merchandise was all the rage. Every cool kid had at least one screen printed T-shirts with Paul Frank's face in the front. Unfortunately, I never got a shirt like that because they were terribly over-priced. So I was quite delighted to see that Born Pretty Store had some adorable Paul Frank Nail Art Decals ($1.43, use discount code VGL91 for 10% off). To read more, click......

Feathery Fall Nails: Manicure Featuring Feather Water Decal Nail Stickers

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In the continual celebration of the Vancouver gloomy Fall weather, I have a cheery and bright manicure featuring some feather water decal stickers ($4.73)) from Born Pretty Store. These stickers are actually from the giant set of feather nail art stickers I reviewed back in May and again featured in August (it's incredibly the variety of feather designs the set includes).

*Update: It appears that Born Pretty Store no longer sells the giant sheet but now sells each feather design separately for $1.99. You still get 20 individual decals but the deal isn't as sweet anymore.

To read more, click......

Pink Gem 2.0: Julep "Mandy" and Nfu-Oh #40

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Hello guys, happy Monday and Remembrance Day! I caught a cold over the weekend so I am going to keep this post short and sweet. Back in February this year, not long after The Happy Sloths was born, I did a "Pink Gem" manicure post featuring Essie's "Shine of the Times" over a hot pink from Julep. I replicated the look during the summer using a different hot pink and a different flakie polish! Read more here......

Julep "Dianna", "Lucy", "Otte" & "Ingrid": Review and Swatches

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Hi guys! I have a bunch of Julep swatches sitting in my files so I thought I'd finally do a swatch and review spam. To see the individual reviews, click......

The Midnight Cats: Halloween Manicure Design

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Today I have sort of Halloween themed manicure for you all. I wanted to incorporate these cat water decal nail art stickers ($0.99) I purchased from Born Pretty Store, so I did a cat standing against a starry night sky design, the end result wasn't as halloween-ish as I had hoped, but I am still quite happy with it. To see the products I used, click......

Teddy Bear Nails: Manicure Featuring Water Decal Nail Stickers

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Hello everybody, I have a really cute water decal nail art for you today! I don't know about you, but I still have a very extensive collection of stuffed animals from TY crammed into the top shelves of my bookcase. I know I should probably give them away but I just can't let them go! So today's Born Pretty Store teddy bear water decal nails is dedicated to all my fluffy friends!
To see a close-up and the products I used, click......

Sticky Nails Spiderwebs & Bats Nail Stencils: Review and Photos

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Today I have a very interesting product. A shop on Etsy called Sticky Nails sells stencils for nails. The creator Iona kindly sent me one of her new Halloween Spiderwebs & Bats designs to test out. To see my full review and some more photos, click......

Ruby Slippers Manicure: Julep "Molly" & China Glaze "Ring in the Red"

Hi guys, I got a simple manicure for you guys today. Back in August I really felt like doing some classic holiday red nails so I paired my favorite red from Julep called "Molly" with a spectacular and super underrated glitter from China Glaze called "Ring in the Red". The combination is super festive, check out more pics by clicking......

Inverse Rainbow Gradient Striped Nails

Hi guys! I have a nail art post for y'all today. I know, it's been too long since I did a nail art post. The truth is, I am incredibly lazy and impatient when it comes to doing my nails so I usually stick with one color and maybe add some water decals. Today's manicure is a reverse gradient design that looks kind of trippy but is fairly easy (though time consuming) to do. To see a quick how-to, the products I used, and a close-up shot, click......