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Workman Cemetery

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that time I reunited antique photos with their family…

hair dye diaries – bright yellow + flamingo pink

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lapel pin collection – updated

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Wigwam Village #7

    Weekly Nail

    by Kaylah Stroup August 26, 2012

    Supplies used…
    Zoya Dove
    Sally Hansen Thinking of Blue
    Wet n’ Wild Wet Cement
    Zoya Dree
    OPI A Taupe the Space Needle
    Essie Sew Psyched
    Sally Hansen Gray by Gray
    Revlon Hot for Chocolate
    Seche Vite as a top coat
    Nail stickers (blogged about here // bought from here)

    It’s been a while since I’ve done half and half nails (I think this might have been the last time) and I’m hooked again. I’m especially crazy about these ones. I wanted to do something a little darker, and not to summer-y, I feel like these fit the bill well.

    Every time I start to get used to how awesome Seche Vite is I notice something new. I knew that it made my nails shiny but that first picture they’re sooo glossy. I love having really shiny nails. I don’t know what I did before discovering it. It’s 100% the best top coat out there! What’s your favorite top coat? (Also, for everyone out there that always asks how to get your nails to chip not as quickly – Seche Vite!! Give it a spin.)

    Hope you’re having an excellent Sunday!
    xoxo

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  • Girl in Blue

    by Kaylah Stroup July 12, 2012

    For as long as I can remember I’ve been interested in cemeteries, ghosts and all things macabre. In middle school I remember pouring over Haunted Ohio books, and day dreaming about visiting all the spooky places Ohio has. Many years later I’m still interested in these types things except with a little (okay, a lot) …

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  • Weekly Nail

    by Kaylah Stroup March 18, 2012

    I’m a little tardy to the party with this whole using paper reinforcement sticker to make perfect little half moons thing but in my defense – I had some vintage ones that apparently weren’t the quality that new ones are (that’s seriously a first!) and it just wasn’t working. But now that I gave it …

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  • shop