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A Work in Progress...


I have always had a love of makeup. 

My first memories relating to makeup are of my Godmother getting ready for work and letting me try on her lipstick. I must have been around four years old and I remember feeling so grown up.

I wasn't allowed to truly wear makeup until I was in high school. Once I started wearing makeup I would rarely be seen without it on. For me wearing makeup gives me more confidence in myself. I find I am able to hold my head higher when I'm wearing my "mask."

When I got pregnant with my son in 2012 I for the first time started going to work without makeup on. I was just too exhausted to bother with my usual makeup routine. This continued throughout my pregnancy and for the first year of my son's life.

I have recently rekindled my love for make-up. It is the one thing that I truly do just for myself and have found that it has helped me to regain a sense of self after pregnancy. 

My newest discovery is that I have an obsession with nail polish in particular. Within the last few months I have changed from someone who rarely paints their nails and owns only a bottle or two of polish into a bit of a polish monster. I paint my nails every two or three days (sometimes more) and my collection is well over 40 bottles at this point. 

I find myself shopping for polish daily, signing up for monthly subscriptions, making my own nail polish, and crafting with polish. So here is where the blog comes in...

I'm not sure what the end result of this blog will be. I have so many ideas, from polish reviews and swatches to franken recipes. It is a work in progress...so please bare with me.

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