I work in an office so my fingers take a lot of beating on keyboards, drying up due to air conditioners, radiators heating inside, and it is really cold here in the UK, which also doesn't help. Pair that up with running a nail art blog, and you really gotta look after your skin. I ...
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3rd trimester is rapidly approaching in my pregnancy, and while I am waiting for baby I wanted to dive into some of my untried polishes. One of the things I really love doing is looking for interesting polishes from indie companies. #itrustindiepolish and all that ...
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One of the things I try to do, as a nail blogger, is to make sure I try out new techniques and types of polishes. When the KIKO - Magnetic Nail Lacquer came out 4-5 years or so back, I bought the ones I could get hold of. Back then, I was still struggling with brittle nails after ...
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So excited to announce that we are expecting a little baby 1st of March 2017! #babygirl #babylykke #babyannouncement A photo posted by Dina Ramse (@secretarysnailart) on Oct 10, 2016 at 1:39pm PDT For those of you who follow me on Instagram, you might have heard the ...
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Sometimes I just feel like switching things up a little, and pull out techniques that I haven't used for a while. Since my past two posts on here has been kinda serious, I wanted to lighten up the mood with today's nails. We are revisiting Border Nails. I know some people know ...
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We have lost an incredibly talented young Norwegian lady in the Nail Polish Community to depression. She was a huge inspiration to me, and shared with us her talented works of art on Instagram and Youtube. If you are not familiar with her work, I would advise you ...
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Savina - Royalty with accent in Princess Lacquer - Reign with China Glaze - For Audrey and Savina - Royalty over, and a baby blue bow. Words become poor when we are talking about loss of a human being, and Talia was such a huge inspiration for so many people. First time I heard ...
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The story that follow is a short glimpse of my life as a young teenager, and how I learned to meditate. If you skip further down I will show you a manicure that I did using Bundlemonster BMXL-175 Work It stamping plate. The stamping plate has images related to Yoga and Meditation When ...
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Very rarely do I go for solid black polish, but this polish from Royal Polish packs just enough of glitter for it to not feel "too black" for me. Being somewhat of an Office-Goth it's a bit strange that I don't like black nail polish, I suppose that I find it all just a bit "too ...
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The title is a warning, if you are scared of Weeping Angels it might not be a good idea to continue reading this post. I was feeling inspired by My Online Shop MJ - JV - 31 stamping plate and decided to create a Weeping Angel Nail Art design.If you are not sure what a Weeping ...
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I really want to be a "Watermarble Witch", it sounds kinda awesome, and I hear Youtubers talk about it "like, all the time". This week alone I have seen 3 videos being posted where it has been mentioned. Totally crazy. Neon Watermarble using Opulent Essences - ...
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I hope you are not tired of seeing my Opulent Essences - Taste The Rainbow Collection. Today I have for you all another neon polish look. There has been a couple of comments about the wear-ability of neon polish, some of you have jobs that doesn't allow overly bright nails. ...
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This week I am celebrating my 4th year of blogging here on Secretary's Nail Art, and to celebrate with style I am trying out something a bit new in terms on nail art. Today I have for you a subtle splatter and neon gradient stamping nail art look. I am using polishes ...
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Can you believe it's been 4 years already?! It all started 5 years ago, but I didn't plunge into the blogging world for another year as I wanted to lay the grounds first, and get better at painting my nails. Back then, I didn't even know there was such a thing as nail ...
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