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Bohemian Blends Deep Dish Blueberry Pie Wax | Indie Pickup August 2018 - Press sample

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a great Friday so far. I'm double posting today because I have brand new limited edition wax from Bohemian Blends (aka Bohemian Polish) to share with you. If you're familiar with the Polish Pickup you might have heard that all of the non-polish items have been separated into a brand new shop called the Indie Pickup. August is the inaugural month for the Indie Pickup and Bohemian Blends is part of it!


This month's Indie Pickup theme is "musicals" and the shop is packed with all sorts of musical themed products. Bohemian Blends Deep Dish Blueberry Pie was inspired by the musical Waitress. I can't think of a more fitting blend!


Aren't her labels just darling? I love that homey touch!


Bohemian Blends Deep Dish Blueberry Pie wax is free of mica and glitter which means it's super easy to clean up. While I love mica and pretty wax, I prefer easy clean up over everything.

And we're back! I figured two days of Monstera was probably the cap for you all, so today's look is * drumroll please * yet another gradient! I really didn't plan these looks out in advance, so I did a bunch of gradients without really thinking about it. I can't say that I hate it either.


For this look I started with a base of Morgan Taylor My Main Freeze. It's a soft white that really makes neons pop.


Once that had ample time to dry I blended drops of Morgan Taylor Limonade In The Shade and Oh Para-chute! on MoYou London Tropical Collection 13 for the leaves.

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I hope you all aren't tired of plant manis because I have another Monstera nail art look for you today. Right now Monstera are all the rage, but especially Monstera deliciosa. I wanted to do a freehand take on this cutie for a local plant exchange I attended a few weeks ago. While this may not be the best Monstera nail art it is my first. I have a feeling it will only improve with practice.


For this look I started with a base of Zoya Rumor. This is one of twelve new colors in the brand new Zoya Element collection (full swatches coming soon!).


Once Rumor had time to dry I created the Monstera leaf shape using Zoya Hunter. I went back in with Zoya Arbor to create the stem and veins.

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We're half way through the week! I swear Digit-al Dozen weeks seem to fly. For today's look I wanted to play around with gradients and color a bit more.


For this look I started with a base of Morgan Taylor Days In The Sun. It's a sweet, buttery yellow with a slight pink shimmer. The shimmer is a bit difficult to capture in bright lights but it's quite apparent in regular lighting situations.



From there I created a gradient by dropping random drops of Morgan Taylor Limonade In The Shade and Oh, Para-chute! on the leaf images on MoYou London Tropical Collection 13. Once I had enough drops on my plate I gently scraped through my image a few times to partially blend the colors.

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It's day two of the Digit-al Dozen "Tropical". This one is kind of a nail fail for me. It turned out nothing like I had hoped. I didn't have time for a redo, so I'm sharing it anyway. Unfortunately not all nail art turns out the way we hope.


For this look I started with a base of Zoya Devin. I love this stunning purple, and will have plain swatches of it for you soon!


For the rest of the mani I blended a gradient of Zoya Hunter, Ellie, and Sandy. The stamping images used in this look came from MoYou London Tropical Collection 13. If you don't have any of their tropical plates I highly recommend picking one or two up. They are some of my favorite tropical images to date.