tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370662968387541742024-03-13T13:04:17.815-06:00Mary's Musings A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-82343960951708273782015-06-01T22:27:00.001-05:002015-06-01T22:27:07.603-05:00Monday Manicures Hey everyone!<br />
It has been forever since I posted on here! I recently read some of my old post and honestly it is slightly embarrassing. I was not planning on starting to post again, however I was recently talking to some of my friends and they told me I should start up again. So here is the first post of hopefully a less embarrassing summer of posts.<br />
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My eldest brother recently graduated from high school and I wore a black dress to the ceremony. I wanted to paint my nails a pretty summer color and ended up finding this gorgeous coral color from Essie called <a href="http://www.essie.com/search.aspx?q=sunday%20funday">"Sunday Funday</a>". I was extremely excited upon this find as I have been looking for a coral for a while. However, previously all of the corals I have found have had more of an orange undertone which I personally do not like with my skin tone. This beautiful Essie color has a pink undertone which I love, and is exactly what I had been looking for. Even better, it has a pretty, shimmer of gold throughout it.<br />
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As far as nail art goes, I kept it simple with a flower on my ring finger. As previously mentioned in a old post, my school does not allow nail polish other than nude and clear. As a result I have gotten out of practice as far as nail art goes. Therefore, I kept my first attempt at nail art, since around Christmas time, simple with a flower on my ring finger. In addition to getting out of practice, the busy school year has also not allowed me much time to take care of my nails, so please excuse the shape of my nails and condition of cuticles.<br />
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A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-41548151531953589252014-06-09T23:21:00.001-05:002014-06-09T23:21:03.311-05:00Monday ManicuresIt is summer!!! And that means that I can start painting my nails weekly!! So to kick off the summer, I did a watermelon design on my nails, if you have been reading my blog for a while you will know that last year I did a watermelon design where on all of my nails was the same design that I have on my ring finger. I love watermelon and it is just such a summer-y fruit, it just always reminds me of summer so I knew I had to do watermelon nails, but at the same time I didn't want to do the same design that I did last year, which lead to this design where I did the red slice of watermelon only on my ring finger while on the rest of my fingers I did the outside of a watermelon. I think it turned out super cute and can't wait to start blogging more this summer!! <div><br></div><div>Talk to you guys later! </div><div>Mary<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YMqfPqpxVNA/U5aHpvCEfOI/AAAAAAAABDw/hVa6FUpZMg8/s640/blogger-image-1099759949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YMqfPqpxVNA/U5aHpvCEfOI/AAAAAAAABDw/hVa6FUpZMg8/s640/blogger-image-1099759949.jpg"></a></div></div>A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-61665869564659253702014-04-22T15:21:00.001-05:002014-04-22T15:21:30.979-05:00Tuesday ToesI can't believe that I haven't done Tuesday toes in almost a year!! It's not like I haven't painted them in a year.. Anyway my aunt and uncle and cousins were staying with us over the weekend and my aunt gave me this really pretty coraly orange color by Essie called "hip-anema" and I decided to try it out on my toes since I have been painting them this really pretty dark brown with gold in it for the whole fall and winter, so I decided it was time for spring colors! Now, I did three flowers on the big toe, except the my white nail polish is absolutely terrible, it's goopy, and thick, and I really need a new one but I made it work for this design, it just doesn't look as nice as normal. And also my top coat is not the best top coat and it made the color darker then it is supposed to be. But in spite of those minor annoyances I actually like how they turned out! I will definitely be getting a new white and a new topcoat soon though, which will make me want to experiment with lots of new designs!:) <div><br></div><div>I hope you all have a wonderful day!! </div><div><i>Mary </i></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1UQ3Zz6H2nM/U1bPSFtUPrI/AAAAAAAABC8/sCgplGT62Pw/s640/blogger-image--1244341912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1UQ3Zz6H2nM/U1bPSFtUPrI/AAAAAAAABC8/sCgplGT62Pw/s640/blogger-image--1244341912.jpg"></a></div>A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-51964388313956625892014-04-21T20:57:00.001-05:002014-04-21T20:57:47.479-05:00Monday ManicuresI know I know..... I haven't posted since January... I can't believe it's been that long. I have been extremely busy with school and ballet and my school has spring break later then most schools where I live. And there's the no nail polish policy at my school so even though it's only two days a week I still don't have time to paint my nails and then remove it before school.. Anyway we finally have our spring break!!! And so I did my nails. Sadly because I haven't done a design since January I'm out of practice, so this design is not all that fancy. And I haven't really had any ideas for nail art... So please leave ideas down below!!!! <div><br></div><div>I ended up doing a pale pink background with little flowers all over them. I did a different design with the flowers on each finger. The flowers are darker pink with a yellow center. I picked the pastel pink for the background since pastels are very springy. </div><div><br></div><div>Again please leave ideas for nail designs as well as posts since when we go back to school next week we only have three weeks left of school before we are out for the summer!!!!!!! Then I will have lots of time to post so I want to start planning different posts to do. </div><div><br></div><div>I'll talk to ya'll in a few weeks!! </div><div><br></div><div><b><i>Mary</i></b></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4Am_5p94vAo/U1XMmTcEHiI/AAAAAAAABCs/-h4OGTgmj9I/s640/blogger-image--107908579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4Am_5p94vAo/U1XMmTcEHiI/AAAAAAAABCs/-h4OGTgmj9I/s640/blogger-image--107908579.jpg"></a></div>A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-39290913437409957272014-01-20T17:55:00.001-06:002014-01-20T17:55:24.957-06:00Monday ManicuresHello everyone!<div>Last year I did this nail design but never posted it for some reason. It is definitely one of my favorites though!! It's a really pretty winter gradient, this nail polish reminds me of winter for some reason. </div><div><br></div><div>I'll hopefully talk to you guys soon!</div><div><br></div><div><i>Mary</i></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tHDxgmgc_no/Ut23a80GkgI/AAAAAAAABAo/SMXmwy96S6A/s640/blogger-image--642338717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tHDxgmgc_no/Ut23a80GkgI/AAAAAAAABAo/SMXmwy96S6A/s640/blogger-image--642338717.jpg"></a></div>A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-34299954567547272812013-12-25T16:37:00.006-06:002013-12-25T16:37:57.517-06:00Merry Christmas and Nails!Merry Christmas everyone!! I hope you guys have had a blessed and wonderful Christmas so far and will continue to have one. :)<br />
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I didn't post my nails on Monday because I wanted to wait and see if I would get any nail polish for Christmas that I would want to use on this design, which I did so I am glad I waited. Snowflakes won from the poll so I hope you guys enjoy this design!! I did snowflakes and little snow flurries on a blue background with light sparkles, I really like how it turned out!! There will be other Christmas nails going up during the twelve days of Christmas so don't worry if the nail design you voted for wasn't the one that won, chances are it will go up later!:)<br />
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And then I was messing around with different filters and I thought this one looked really pretty, and like it was night with snowflakes on my nails. <br />
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Again, Merry Christmas and have a blessed day!</div>
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A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-24198569224325234922013-12-18T11:36:00.000-06:002013-12-18T11:36:42.148-06:00Which one???Hello everyone!<br />
So school finished last week and ballet finishes on Thursday, and now I have another problem... I can not decide which Christmas nail design to do first. Luckily it is a problem that is easily resolved with a little help from you guys:) So what I want you to do is to go to the little poll thingy on the side and vote for which Christmas/winter nail design I should do first.<br />
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<br />A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-18959999270178561312013-11-18T21:35:00.000-06:002013-11-18T21:35:27.487-06:00One year...Happy Birthday to my blog!! Exactly one year ago on my 13th birthday I started this blog. And I am very glad that I did! Even though I haven't been posting lately, but as we come up to the Holidays I am hoping to do Blogiday again, though it might not be everyday, but I am thinking about doing it three or four times a week and having a hair day (hair masks, hairstyles, hair treatments etc) a face/body day (face and body scrubs, masks, cleansers etc) a deco/craft say (holiday decorating inspiration, holiday crafts, baking, recipes etc) and of course nails. Or maybe once a week alternating these days. I am starting to brainstorm ideas for posts so we will see how many I can come up with and go from there. If you guys have any ideas leave them below!! I am really getting excited for all the holidays!! And the break from school, even though I enjoy school, it'll be nice to have a break from everything. On a side note, I am 14 today!:) Which is sort of scary now that it is starting to sink in......:) Anyway I will talk to you guys soon! (hopefully)<br />
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MaryA Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-80965915674590502312013-10-29T07:57:00.001-06:002013-10-29T07:57:06.898-06:00Monday ManicuresHey guys!!:) <div>So how is everyone? I'm good but as usual super busy, which is good but at the same time annoying since I don't have time to blog. Anyway I did some Halloween nails since Halloween is already this Thursday. I am watching the World Series so they are not as good as normal or as I would like them to be, but at least I got them painted. I did jack-o-lanterns since I don't really want to go around with gory nails. And I didn't have enough time to do anything more detailed. Hopefully I'll have time soon. </div><div><br></div><div>I know I keep saying that ill try to post, and it never happens, but I will keep trying my hardest!!:) </div><div><br></div><div><i>Mary</i><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WLRDiSDgjDM/Um--sceewgI/AAAAAAAAA_U/1t3NK8IiCZA/s640/blogger-image--1935194220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WLRDiSDgjDM/Um--sceewgI/AAAAAAAAA_U/1t3NK8IiCZA/s640/blogger-image--1935194220.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TUUCfyzv2MM/Um--qvXd-rI/AAAAAAAAA_M/o9ApgmWrLqc/s640/blogger-image-1557690054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TUUCfyzv2MM/Um--qvXd-rI/AAAAAAAAA_M/o9ApgmWrLqc/s640/blogger-image-1557690054.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eCotO5LdjWk/Um8UBglpz9I/AAAAAAAAA-8/o3sap8NHcak/s640/blogger-image--1297778837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eCotO5LdjWk/Um8UBglpz9I/AAAAAAAAA-8/o3sap8NHcak/s640/blogger-image--1297778837.jpg"></a></div></div>A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-85330491069428517132013-09-30T19:58:00.001-05:002013-09-30T19:58:32.862-05:00Monday ManicuresHey guys!!!!<div>I am so sorry I have not posted in over a <i>month!!!!</i> School started and all of our other activities so I've been <i>crazy </i>busy, plus I can't paint my nails for Monday Manicures. But this week is fall break!!!!:) so I finally got to paint my nails again, I wanted to do fall nails since I won't be painting my nails anytime soon (sadly). </div><div>On my thumb I painted a tree with all of the the leaves falling down, then on the next finger I painted bigger leaves, then smaller leaves, then bigger ones again, and finally I painted a sort of gradient with all of the colors I used. I really loved the colors I used and just wanted to do leaves since I will paint Halloween nails later in October. Again I am so sorry that I haven't been posting and I promise to try my best to post more often. </div><div><br></div><div><b><i>Mary </i></b></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mT09pD3p0_c/UkoeNrdILII/AAAAAAAAA-k/U9kPu4wJYQM/s640/blogger-image--311286339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mT09pD3p0_c/UkoeNrdILII/AAAAAAAAA-k/U9kPu4wJYQM/s640/blogger-image--311286339.jpg"></a></div>A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-82287734817872182202013-08-18T18:12:00.002-05:002013-08-25T18:00:15.738-05:00Back to School Series: Hair tutorial: Snake braid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">This is a really cool hairstyle to do when you want your hair down but still want something cuter then just down. Or when you want your hair out of your face. It is also super fast for those morning when your rushing to get out of the house. And all it takes is a couple of bobby pins!</span></div>
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A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-8060338494158751762013-08-18T17:21:00.002-05:002013-08-19T05:48:10.352-05:00Back to School Series: Hair Tutorial: Dutch Braid into Ponytail.<div>
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So today I am doing my first hair tutorial, I know I have promised to do a hair tutorial for a while but I am really bad explaining in words how to do hair... Anyway I decided to go ahead and give it a try! I will try to explain as clearly as possible, but please forgive me if I don't do a very good job. This is the first post in my back to school series.<br>
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This hairstyle is one that once you have mastered it you will be able to do it will be really fast and perfect for those days when you are in a hurry in the morning but you want your hair up all day but still want it to be cute. It is also really cute if you do some sort of sport. Gymnastics, dance, soccer, softball, etc. Because you can do this and then put the ponytail into a bun and jazz up your otherwise simple bun/ponytail. </div>
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The difference between the French braid and the Dutch braid is that while the French braid lies flat on the head, the Dutch braid pops up and you can see it a little better. <br>
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After you finish adding all the hair in that section, continue with a regular braid. and then use an elastic at the end. This will come out in the end its just to hold the braid for now so it doesn't matter if its a big elastic.<br>
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There are so many ways to jazz it up even more, on her we put a colorful scrunchie. Of course you can always add a little hairspray to help with the flyaways and help hold it in place for the day. <br>
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Don't get discouraged if you don't get it perfect the first time, it takes a little bit of practice especially if you are doing it on yourself, but once you've mastered it you will be able to do it in no time!:) </div>
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Thank you to my beautiful friend <a href="http://thegreenerleaf.blogspot.com/">Louisa</a> for modeling for me! Thanks to her I got to do a couple of posts that I will post soon.</div>
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A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-23444207954783255422013-08-18T09:08:00.001-05:002013-08-19T05:47:46.883-05:00Monday ManicuresSurprise!:) I did Monday Manicures on my friend Louisa, so here is what I did! I apologize that it's not as good as usual. I don't normally do designs on other people where the design is the whole nail. I'm used to doing it on my own nails, so sorry that it's not as good as usual. <div><br></div><div>We went ahead and did back to school nails. I've been putting off doing back to school nails because I really wish it was summer..... But my summer officially ended last week so I had to face back to school nails;) so I did rulers and apples. </div><div>When do you guys start school? </div><div><br></div><div>Talk to you soon!:) </div><div><b><i>Mary</i></b></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9FuaHiLYpoI/UhDVZfMSL0I/AAAAAAAAA6o/JLRFOuDadGs/s640/blogger-image--621097849.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9FuaHiLYpoI/UhDVZfMSL0I/AAAAAAAAA6o/JLRFOuDadGs/s640/blogger-image--621097849.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oKX6esgsJOM/UhDVbmB6eoI/AAAAAAAAA6w/KpTh9bQSnyU/s640/blogger-image--193347848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oKX6esgsJOM/UhDVbmB6eoI/AAAAAAAAA6w/KpTh9bQSnyU/s640/blogger-image--193347848.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-awTyuli4MNE/UhDVeJDUfcI/AAAAAAAAA64/fOGUwzRMnWs/s640/blogger-image-1795152118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-awTyuli4MNE/UhDVeJDUfcI/AAAAAAAAA64/fOGUwzRMnWs/s640/blogger-image-1795152118.jpg"></a></div>A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-32166702136576456312013-08-15T21:51:00.003-05:002013-08-15T21:51:22.605-05:00One of my Random Musings......Hello everyone!<br />
Long time no chat! I really miss posting! But I am really busy now that school has started, and then ballet starts next week. Anyway I just wanted to go ahead and just say hello. School has been going well and I am excited for ballet to start up again. Even though I am enjoying our new school and I am excited for ballet I still do miss summer vacation;( Ah well, there's next summer to look forward to! So how have you guys been? What have you been up to? I will hopefully post in the near future some hairstyles, I was going to post a lot this summer but then it just got to busy with preparing for our new school etc. But I have been working on some simple, fast, cute, back to school hairstyles. So hopefully those will go up in the near future. No promises though. I also have been coming up with ideas for back to school posts, so hopefully you'll see some of those too. <br />
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<i><b>Mary</b></i>A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-37026147048068033162013-08-05T21:58:00.002-05:002013-08-05T21:58:22.362-05:00Monday ManicuresHere you go! The last Monday Manicures until break! I can not believe that school starts in exactly<i> one </i>week! The summer totally flew by! It seriously feels like it was just yesterday that it was the day after my recital and summer was just starting..... I miss summer all ready... But I have one more week of summer and I intend to live it up:) Anyway here is the cherry nails that won the contest! I am sorry to those who wanted the palm trees, I personally wanted to do those but oh well!:) I like these too.<br />
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A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-59829665443043423182013-08-02T19:31:00.001-05:002013-08-02T19:31:29.109-05:00Vote!So the nail design contest came down to two nail designs. Cherries and Palm trees! I set it so you have one more day to vote between these two nail designs. Vote, vote, vote!A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-58240498982042995992013-07-29T17:39:00.000-05:002013-07-29T17:39:04.451-05:00Monday ManicuresHey guys!<br />
Back in November for my birthday from one of my awesome friends I got this cool nail polish from Claire's. It is color changing nail polish and it changes colors in the sun. Inside it is blue and then outside in the sun it changes to green. I saved it for the summer to use it since it is super glittery and summery, well it is summer now and has been for a while and I just totally forgot about it until today. So I tried it out for the first time today and it is pretty cool! It's not a huge difference but you can definitely see the difference between the two colors.<br />
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I can <b style="font-style: italic;">not </b>believe that there is only<b style="font-style: italic;"> one </b>more Monday Manicures after this one! And then no more until Christmas break!! My school starts in two weeks......... As someone said in the comments of my last post this summer has gone by so so fast:( Since there is only one more Monday Manicures I want you guys to pick what I do. So comment down below and decide among yourselves what you want me to do. And I will do my best to do it.:)<br />
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<i><b>Mary</b></i>A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-90552358502758688542013-07-27T19:09:00.001-05:002013-07-27T19:09:31.021-05:00(Very late) Monday ManicuresHello everyone!<br />
I am super sorry I didn't post Monday Manicures this past week. I forgot on Tuesday and then I was out of town and just got back yesterday evening. Anyway here is what I had on during my vacation.<br />
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On a side note how is everyones summer going? Mine is really busy. There are only two more Monday Manicures before school starts and then no more until vacation:(<br />
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MaryA Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-12258622624378421782013-07-23T11:10:00.001-05:002013-07-23T11:10:43.987-05:00Surprise!!So before I tell/show you my surprise I wanted to tell you that I will be posting Monday Manicures today. I am really sorry I didn't post them yesterday. I had a headache and really didn't feel like painting my nails since my head and eyes hurt. Anyway I am going to paint them today and I will post those as well as Tuesday Toes. Joshua, Thomas, Dominic, and I are actually going out of town today to spend time with family and so I want my nails all pretty and summery for that. :) We are coming back Friday, and I will post pictures of that when we come back.<div>
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My awesome Aunt gave my Mom, my other Aunt, and I gift certificates to go get our nails done back for Christmas, and we <i>finally</i> got around to going and using them today.. In July.... :) Anyway so we went today and got them done so this is my Monday Manicures this week. I could not get a picture that would pick up the actual color of my nails, so this is the closest I could get. Its darker and is not as orange as it looks in the picture, its a coral-y color in real life. My Mom and Aunt both got French Manicures.<br />
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A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-88956255605623865942013-07-08T15:12:00.002-05:002013-07-08T15:12:41.935-05:00News About Next Year<br />
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So I have some pretty big news, well it's big for my family, its not really going to affect you guys that much but I decided to post about it anyway because it will affect Monday Manicures. And so friends who I haven't seen or told yet will know. I don't really know how to start.... Next year we are going to go to this two day a week school. It is called Regina Caeli and I know that quite a few of you have heard about it, but for those who don't I'll explain.<br />
As I said before it is two days a week, Monday's and Thursday's. It is all day like a normal school and we go and learn the lessons and then we get work to do on the days that we don't go to school. (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday) I am really bad at explaining it so I am sorry :) But anyway the biggest thing that is going to affect my blog is Monday Manicures... There is a dress code and we are not allowed to wear nail polish except for skin colored and clear :( And of course it is on Monday.... I haven't really decided what to do yet. I could paint them Friday take a picture to post on Monday and then remove it Sunday, but that would be a lot of removing. And because we are doing Regina Caeli I am going to be even busier then normal. At least I will be able to do my toes so during the school year I might have to do Tuesday Toes instead of Monday Manicures, and then do my fingers as often I can.<br />
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This is mostly what's making me so busy this summer, my Mom has a job with Regina Caeli and has a lot of training to do for it, in addition to doing a lot of other stuff for it. And then the other reason I am so busy is just with going out of town and family coming over etc. My cousins and Grandma are coming over this week!!<br />
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This week I did a flower, I was going to do it in pink but decided to try it in blue first so I might do it in pink in a few weeks. I am going to be super busy in July but I am hoping to post at least one other post besides Monday Manicures. </div>
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A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-26605715318143263782013-07-04T11:11:00.000-05:002013-07-04T11:11:23.605-05:004th Of July Nails<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sorry I didn't get a chance to do Monday Manicures this week. Something came up that I've been really busy with. (I know some of you know what I am talking about, and have been busy with it too) </div>
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Anyway I did my nails for the 4th of July so you still do get Monday Manicures!:) I hope you all have a beautiful day! (this is for all of my readers in the USA of course:))</div>
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A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-73489955177151052692013-07-04T11:03:00.005-05:002013-07-04T11:03:51.726-05:00Happy 4th Of July!!<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">HAPPY </span><span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-large;">4TH</span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"> OF </span><span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-large;">JULY</span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">!</span><span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-large;">!</span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">!</span><span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-large;">!</span></span>A Melancholic's Musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05978424224016969379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737066296838754174.post-23976520298724627362013-06-24T19:30:00.001-05:002013-06-24T19:31:41.736-05:00Monday Manicures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I did beach nails this week!! I love love how they turned out!!!! I just love summer....(in case you haven't noticed;)) From my thumb to my pinky; Just water and sand, a palm tree on sand, water and sand with a starfish, a shell, and then water and sand again. I will most likely do beach nails again this summer, but these are the first of the summer. I really want to go to the beach right now. Like really. Let me know what you think about them!!!! Please ignore my cuticles, they are in pretty bad condition :)</div>
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