Disney Princesses Challenge, aka I Hate Disney Part 4: Sleeping Beauty

(symbolic shackles!) Today’s Disney theme is Sleeping Beauty (1959). As far as I’m concerned, Snow White (the second in this princess series) and Sleeping Beauty are pretty much the same damn film, just released 22 years apart. The things that annoy me are just the same: passively hanging around cleaning for a flock of short people, being frightened in woods …

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Artsy Wednesday: Fishtail Braid

Today’s Artsy Wednesday theme is fishtail braid nails. I’ve wanted to try this out for a while, but it seemed so messy – I’m glad I tried it though! Base colour is Nicole by OPI City Pretty Rose, braid is ulta3 Metal and Black Satin. For a good braid, you want very opaque colours (preferably one-coaters) but unfortunately the black …

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Artsy Wednesday: Candy/Sweets

  This Wednesday the theme is Candy/Sweets. I had a bunch of ideas, but I ended up back in my comfort zone – freehand colour blocking with cremes. Sorry if you’re sick of these! I’ll be more adventurous next time. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that I hate liquorice. Hate it. But when I was a kid, these …

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