Guest Post by Colores de Carol

Morning dears! Carolina, who runs the blog Colores de Carol has kindly accepted to guest post for me! Carolina and I go back from way before I started blogging. She was in my birthday group, and when I decided to go the indie route, I created a polish inspired by her :) Her nail art skills are the top of the game, and she is one of my favorite bloggers to follow. Enjoy what she prepared for you! 

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Hello Lovely Ladies, I'm Carolina and I run a nail art blog called Colores de Carol. 

I am so thrilled to be here on Karine's blog today! 

I hope you all enjoy the nail art I've prepared for you.

Guest Post by A Girl and Her Polish

Hello ladies! The talented Katee, who owns the blog A Girl And Her Polish is taking over today! If you don't know Katee, she is THE stamping master!!! She always has amazing nail art combinations, and really takes stamping to another level. Being members of the Nail Challenge Collaborative got us to bond and I am so pleased with what she prepared for you. Enjoy!

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I am so excited to be guesting for Karine today! She is such an awesome lady and nail blogger! We have gotten close through our nail challenge group and I am always amazed with the designs she comes up with! You ROCK lady!!

For my guest post I decided to share a very easy nail art technique.  If you happen to follow me you probably know that stamping is the technique that I use a lot but I am not sharing that today. I have done a couple how-to stamping posts and I wanted to do something that is not that difficult.  Granted stamping isn't that difficult but it can take awhile to get good at it.

Another technique that I love, and is easy to do, is the Saran Wrap technique.  If you haven't done this yet I highly recommend it!  For today's how-to I used Karine's favorite colors, blue and purple!

I started with three coats of Essie To Buy or Not To Buy.  This is a thinner Essie that can be a little streaky but it is a gorgeous purple with a subtle blue shimmer.

Guest Post by Liesl Loves Pretty Things

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How are you doing ladies? Please meet Liesl, the talented writer at Liesl Loves Pretty Things. We started our blogs around the same time and developed a camaraderie as we followed each other's blog grow. I am always captivated by Liels' dexterity with words. Truth is her posts are the only ones I read entirely, usually I just scroll directly to the pics :p I hope you enjoy what she has prepared for you!

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Hi, everyone!  I'm Liesl and I run the blog  Liesl Loves Pretty Things.  Karine's been a blogging buddy since I was a baby blogger and my photos and nails looked a tad different and I didn't think I'd *ever* reach Karine-like quality.  The fact that she's asked me to guest post for her is a REALLY BIG DEAL to me and to say that I'm flattered would be an understatement of epic proportions.  

So here's the thing-- I swatch.  And make half cracked attempts at beauty blogging.  And post way too many pictures of my cats.  That is my blog.  A highly talented artist like Karine asking for nail art from moi is a leeeetle bit scary but I accepted the challenge and hoped I wouldn't find any new and innovative ways to botch the simplest of techniques.  It is with that statement that I proudly present to you my first ever saran wrap mani, featuring Butter London Poole (blue) and Sunbaker (burnt orange).

Guest Post by Nails for the Sake of Sanity

Hello my dears! Today, my guest is Kelly from Nails for the Sake of Sanity that I met last year in the Nail Challenge Collaborative. I have to confess that the originality of her blog's name got my attention and got me curious. She has very creative nail art ideas as you will see below. Thank you Kelly!
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Hello everyone!! I'm Kelly from Nails for the Sake of Sanity. I have to say, I was super excited when Karine asked me to contribute a guest post to her blog while she's traveling - not only because I love her blog, but also because this is my first guest post EVER! :)

Karine asked us to think of what our favorite kind of nail art is, which is really hard for me because I love it all!! What I ended up realizing is that my favorite kind of nail art is actually freehand interpretations of real life things. Whether it be animals, other things in nature like trees, flowers, geometic patterns, etc. I just really like freehanding things that you might also find in real life. :) 

SO! Which brings me to my post. I have been meaning to try this design for a while, and I thought this was a perfect opportunity. Today, I have created for you - a Koi Fish nail design! Check it out :)

Guest Post by A Little Polish

Hey lovelies! It's time for Stephanie from A Little Polish to take over my blog. We met over a year ago in the Nail Challenge Collaborative, where we got to bond over each other nail art. I love what she prepared for you ladies and will definitely give it a try. Thank you Steph!

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Hello Loves! This is Stephanie over from A Little Polish. I was really honored when Karine asked me to do a guest post for her while she is travelling; her nails always look awesome, she is super created and we have become nail friends for a while now through our participation in the Nail Challenge Collaborative.

Karine asked me to share with you my favorite type of nail art so I knew exactly what I wanted to do. If you read my blog you know it as a striped gradient, but I have also heard people describe it as tie die/drip mani.

Guest Post by I Feel Polished

Hey lovelies! This is the 1st installment of guest bloggers on Karine's Vernis Club. I have a handful of friends who will share their favorite nail art technique with you. Let me introduce you to the adorable Heather from I Feel Polished  who kindly accepted to do another guest post for me :) I loved the sugar spun nails she shared with you more than a year ago, so of course I thought of her to keep you ladies in awe while I'm away. For the newbies, Heather and I met in the Florida Polish Society group and I became a fan of her blog where she shares simple, yet amazing nail art techniques. Thank you Heather!

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Hello again, everyone! It's Heather from I Feel Polished! When Karine asked me to write a guest post for her again, I was honored! I had a blast last year with my sugar spun nails! 

Since I do mostly nail art on my blog, Karine wanted me to do some nail art for all of you using my favorite technique! Therefore, I have a fun striping tape mani today! I absolutely love striping tape! It's my go-to nail art method because it's easy to use and you can finish with some really amazing looking designs created with just a small roll of tape! I buy my striping tape on Amazon and it's super cheap for a ton of tape!

For these nails, I began with a base of two coats of ellagee's Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel, a soft pinkish lilac with a really fine holographic shimmer. 

Fall Into Autumn Challenge #10 - Favorite Sweater

Good morning! This week's theme for the Fall nail art challenge I'm taking part in is "Favorite sweater". I was more excited about this theme because argyle nail art was on my to do list. On to the pics!

Bonjour! Cette semaine, le thème du défi nail art d’ automne auquel je prends part est «Pull préféré". J'étais plus intéressée à ce thème parce que j’ai toujours voulu essayer l’effet tissu argyle sur mes ongles. Place aux photos!

Gradient nails tuto

Hello! Some of you requested a long time ago a gradient tutorial. I did it but I'm so sorry to only post it now. I hope the ease of it will make you want to try! It's the technique that I  use for all my gradients. A gradient is a mix of colors that fade into each other. Not to be confused with ombre or skittles.

Bonjour! Certain(e)s d'entre vous m’ont demandé un tutoriel sur le nail art dégradé. Je l'ai fait mais je suis tellement désolée de ne le publier que maintenant. J'espère que la facilité de celui-ci vous donnera envie d'essayer! C'est la technique que j'utilise pour tous mes dégradés. Un dégradé est un mix de couleurs qui se fondent l’une dans l'autre. A ne pas confondre avec l’effet ombre ou skittles.

How To - Inlinkz thumbnails

Good afternoon!
After seeing the April Showers Bring May Flowers family album, a few of you asked me how to add thumbnails to your blog. It might seem complicated at first, but it's so easy when you get a hang of it. Let's start!

Step 1 - Go to the Inlinkz website. Create your account and wait for your activation emails. Make sure to check your spam folder as I received mines there.

Black Roses' Bed - Tutorial

Good morning!
I always wanted to freehand a rose nail art but always procrastinated and ran to my stamping plates, but now it's no more in my to do list :) The dress I am wearing today inspired me to do this black roses manicure. I love how it came out. I only used a dotting tool but next time I'll try a fine nail art brush. Let me know what you think about it!

Flakies and Glitter manicure- Tutorial

Good morning!
I'm wishing you a beautiful start of the week! I'm exhausted as I spent time packing and u hauling. I got to go to the beach, which was the only relaxing part of my week end. I'm taking a deserving break and wish it could last more :) Ok on to the nails. I didn't know what to do so I picked some random untried polishes and came up with this reinvented french manicure. Hope you like it!

Firework nails- Tutorial

Hello!
I kind of regret having this on today because I will be packing like crazy. Let me show you the pics before anything bad happen to this manicure lol. I hope you like it :)

Love me, love me not- Tutorial

Morning lovelies!
Just sharing this lovely design inspired by love. It's cheesy but I like it lol. Let me know what you think about it :)

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Ring nail art - Tutorial

One of my friend just got engaged! She lives more than 6,000 miles away from me, and I wanted to do an engagement themed manicure to celebrate! I love how it turned how, let me know what you think!

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Gold and silver nail art - Tutorial

Hey!
I'm testing my nail art skills. I'm getting better but I'm no expert. I love fast, cute and easy nail art. Not too much bla bla today, just pictures :)

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Framed nails- Tutorial

Yep, I had to try it! Framed or Border nails is the name of this nail art. You either like it or not. I was in between and intrigued, so I decided to give it a shot. I went with a "centered" version instead and it was easy to achieve. On to the pics!

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Leopard tape manicure- Tutorial

Hello!
I received some stripping tape so I decided to play with it. It's the second time I'm using it and I still have to get a hang of it. I wanted to do a holographic tape manicure, but it's raining today :( So I got two polishes received in a swap and let my creativity do the rest. On to the pics!

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Preppy nails - Tutorial

Morning!
Hope you are having a wonderful start of the day. I was playing around with some polishes I received in a swap and came up with this cute design to match my all - white outfit. I'm not really satisfied with the end result, now I'm thinking that I should have added some white hexagons too. Oh well...

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Corset nail art - Tutorial

Hello!
Phew I was expecting a disaster with this manicure, but I somehow managed to avoid it. I have a nail art bucket list and decided to do more of those, so I picked the corset manicure for today's nails. I love how versatile this look is because it can work with any base, and it does add a sexy look. On to the pics!

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