Hi!

It's the end of 2014, and the Nail Snail has existed for 1 year and 4 months! Where I live there are about 1.5 hours left until 2015 :)

First, my New Year's Eve nails! I did a really simple negative space/glitter gradient inspired by @dollhousepy!

Polishes Used:
Deborah Lippmann Glitter and Be Gay & She Drives Me Crazy

And for a year in review sort of thing, I thought a "most popular posts of the year" sort of thing would be fun :)

On the blog

Most viewed: 

1 // my nail care routine

2 // pineapple nails

3 // floral nails w spring reveries collection

Most commented:

1 // galaxy nails

2 // pineapple nails (again)

3 // tape triangles

Tumblr

1 // eyes

2 // nautical nails

3 // watermelon nails

Instagram

1 // Rousseau/tropical nails
2 // sunset nails
3 // Cath Kidston

What were your favorites out of the designs I did this year?

Hope everyone has a happy, safe, and festive New Year's, and best wishes for 2015! Thanks for being such awesome readers and staying with me through my long hiatuses :)
Thanks for reading!
Lucy xx

Belated New Year's Nails & 2013 Review

Hi!

It's 2014! I have to admit I didn't have the most exciting New Year's ever -- my flight was delayed so I ended up spending NYE on a plane, with *gasp* naked nails.

Well, I guess worse things have happened.

Anyways, I felt like I was missing out on the whole festive New Year's partying thing, so I did some belated New Year's nails! 

Deborah Lippmann Fantastic Voyage and Nails Inc Baker Street 

I wanted to be able to wear these around for the rest of the week without feeling stupid, so I decided against writing a big "2014!!" on my nails.

Instead, I opted for a glitter gradient with Deborah Lippmann Fantastic Voyage (the glitter, of the Starlight collection) and Nails Inc Baker Street (the blue base). 

Uff, my skin looks so strange in this photo. //grr

I guess it would be acceptable for me to do a 2013 roundup sort of thing, but I've only been blogging since August so I'll make it really short.

2013's Accomplishments

1. Bought my first bottles of nail polish ever in March (I had worn nail polish before, but never bought any for myself)

2. Started this blog in August!

3. Learned to clean up my cuticles

4. Built a lightbox which improved my photography so much you won't even.. 

5. Learned to pose my hand

For a bit of comparison, here's a photo from one of my posts in August:

Deformed zombie-like hands. And the cuticles -- gross!

In other news, I redesigned my blog yesterday (I'm honestly ready to kill Blogger now) and I'm really happy with the new design! What do you guys think?

 Anyways.  This is becoming a super long post so I'll stop now!

Well, one last photo.

Isn't Fantastic Voyage beautiful?

Thanks for reading & be sure to let me know what you think!

Lucy xx