Dear readers,
It's been a long time since I last participated in the Crumpet's Nail Tarts tri-polish challenge, and there's been a a rule change, along with the new name "Tri-Polish Tuesdays", so here's a quick reminder of the rules: Each month, there are three colours that you can use in your manis (but you can now use different polishes every week instead of using the same ones all month). All manis must contain at least two of these colours and one must use all three. White, black, silver, gold and glitter are also allowed. Manis are posted on Tuesdays and that's pretty much it!

This month's colours are grey, brown and pink, which makes for some very pretty combinations. I'm joining in for week two with a Valentine's day mani (I don't actually do Valentine's day, but hearts can be pretty cute).

The polishes I'm using this month (because I did this and another mani before learning about the rule change) are LynBDesigns Eloquent Dust, Boulevard de Beauté 16 and MaxFactor Coffee Brown (22).

Peace out,
Captain Spacenails

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Dear readers,

Do you remember when I said I'd have more time for my blog on my vacation? Hah. Not that I'm complaining though, I'm doing all sorts of fun stuff and I prepared a few manis ahead of time so it's all fine.

Today's OMD challenge theme is hearts and I've got a first for you: first 3D nails! I used Pretty & Polished Liberty Bell Ruby, which has a slightly thick formula but a beautiful colour and is filled with small hexagonal and larger round glitters that appear to be metallic pink but look quite different depending on how they reflect the light.

I used three layers of it and then added heart studs from a craft pack I picked up somewhere, so they're not originally intended for nail art (as you can see in the different sizes) but they work well. I used the smallest size on the fingers and a slightly larger one on the thumb.

It just seems to be a fact that jellies look best matte (okay, let's face it, almost everything looks best matte), but here it really made a huge difference.

Let's see what heart manis the others have for us today!

15. Hearts :

The nail newbie, fresh out of heart puns

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