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Eastern Cemetery

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Mill Fork Cemetery

Tonopah Cemetery

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    back on my nail game

    by Kaylah Stroup March 14, 2018

    Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red + Wet N Wild It’s Sher-Bert Day!

    If you’ve been reading The Dainty Squid for a long time you might recall a little feature called ‘weekly nail’. It was exactly what it sounds like, a weekly post featuring my nail art. I really, really loved those posts, and creating fun new designs but eventually I fell out of the habit… for a long time. But like anything you’re really interested in, after enough time, you fall back into it.

    These last few months I’ve slowly but surely been getting back into nail art. I didn’t realize just how much I missed this little evening ritual!

    Instead of going to back to the format where I share one nail design per week, I thought it might be a fun change of pace to share round ups of my recent designs. I’ll highlight which polishes I used, and perhaps talk about my inspiration. Maybe they’ll pop up here on the blog once a month, maybe a little less often but I definitely like the idea of more than one per post, and not really putting pressure on pumping out a new design each week.

    Without futher ado, here’s what I’ve been sporting on my nails recently…

    Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Fish-teal Braid + Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Barely Blue Bell

    Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red + Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Shock Wave

    Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Parrot, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Leapin’ Lilac + Palate Polish Eggplant

    Inspired by one of my favorite flavors of La Croix, obviously. So so cheesy, I know. I’ve had this idea to do a series of nails inspired by random objects for years and years. Perhaps these nail round up posts will be my reason to start…
     blue and green nail art

    Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Parrot + Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Mint Sprint

    Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red + Wet N Wild Stay Classy

    xoxo

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  • adventures in avocado propagation

    by Kaylah Stroup March 13, 2018

    In my last apartment, I went plant wild. It was the first time since moving to the city that I had an outdoor space and I utilized the heck out of it. I amassed quite a collection of plants both large and small! (Seriously, look at them all!) Sitting on my porch, with the sun …

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  • abandoned masonic hall

    by Kaylah Stroup March 8, 2018

    Four-ish years ago, this is where my soon-to-be husband took me on our very first date. For that reason alone this rotten old building is kind of special to me. I’ve been back a few times since but not any time recently. It’d been on my list of places to reshoot for one small yellow …

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    • explore everywhere
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