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Morning lovely people! Before we get started here, I just want to give a shout out to Charlie, who is THREE today! This is Charlie this morning:

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Happy Birthday, Charlie! We are in love with you.

So, lately I've been obsessed with nail art. There seems to be a trend going around, and maybe I'm late to the party, but it's a GREAT party. I always get a gel manicure before I go on vacation, and my friend recommended Vanity Projects before we went to Costa Rica - she had gotten some cool manicures there. Their Instagram is chock full:

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Right!? So fun! I had a good experience there but I was a little disappointed in myself for not being a little more adventurous (I got a rose gold mani with a simple design on each index finger). Well, this weekend I'm attending the Monarch Workshop and I really want to look ON POINT! So I've got to figure out what kind of design I want to do...

For more simplistic yet still daring ideas, I found a spot called Paintbox that's been getting a lot of hype:

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A little more subdued, but still awesome!

And lastly, my friend Emily just told me about Ten Over Ten, which does nail art with regular nail polish (which Vanity Projects doesn't like to do):

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Hmm, the Jury's out. I would LOVE to hear your suggestions. Get at me!! xoxo

 

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97d4378d09a8d18d5b387da670f7fd46 This week inadvertently turned into travel week, so I had to finish it up with a beautiful picture of Costa Rica! Raven and I are getting so excited for the trip, it's all we've been talking about. Today, I'm getting a gel manicure at this place, which my friend recommended. Any fun ideas for the manicure?  I haven't decided whether or not I'll be posting next week, but I'll be sure to Instagram some pictures, so please follow along! What are you up to this weekend? I hope you have a wonderful one, and here are a few of my favorite links this week:

Affordable summer wines.

Kerry Washington is perfect.

Another shopping app. Hmm.

Advice for getting paid as a creative.

How sexy is this dress? (eco friendly clothing line!)

A series of photographs depicting anxiety. I thought this was awesome.

I want to get my hands on a few of these tees.

How to buy art.

xoxo!

 

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