Chatty Manis! Health + Wedding Planning Updates!
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As someone who is trying to deinfluence myself from buying polish, I prefer polish UA-camrs like you who don't just do swatch and reviews. I love seeing declutters, budget talks, and searching for dupes within an existing stash. I prefer watching people like you, Nicole, and Linry who are honest about the fomo and impulsive nature of this hobby, as well as the buyer's remorse. I unfollowed all the nail polish brands on Instagram, but I still love polish content that isn't an ad, so I'm happy you don't just swatch and review so I can still engage with the hobby while not feeling the need to buy. I love the variety of your videos!
Yes! I agree. Whether it's nail polish or art supplies, I am tired of youtubers who focus on hauls and acquisition; it's nice when people USE what they buy. And then use it again.
I’m in agreement about the organization. If things are all whacky and disorganized it’s unsettling even if it’s out of sight. I decided to go through my stash and get organized and have a place for everything. I’m on a no-buy for a while as I just bought a car. Previously not having a car payment meant I had extra cash. Now the budget is tight. And my plan is to dive in and enjoy all the polishes I already bought.
make the content you’d want to watch, goofball! but with that being said, i love these videos where you’re just painting and chatting, doesn’t even have to be nail art. it’s like im hanging out with a friend and i like it
I love this mani especially the bug... very elegant!. I had 3 weeks to get married and still get compliments on how special it was. Very minimal , grabbed gerber daisies at a flower stand and handed each guest one. My dream dress I found in about 45 minutes. Had my 2 best friends sing my song and play piano, then went tent camping in death valley . 20 years last friday❤. Whatever you do will be perfect as long as it makes you feel like you🎉 sounds like you two need to find an all inclusive resort. There are many
I'm still eager for a label tier list video where you can reprise your roast of Glisten & Glow. 😂 Or you could do bottle shapes, name/bottle/logo rebrands, a tier list of just every freaking line from Sally Hansen...I feel like there's a wealth of fun content there.
I absolutely love the fact that Rob protects your nails. What a man.😊
At first I wasn’t picturing your vision. But once you finished, I love them!
I love Bridgerton!
My dream honeymoon would be Ireland. Rent a cottage in a smaller area near the coast and just chill out for a week or so.
Ive been liking videos where people make curated collections with their stash based on their favorite movies and tv shows. Even a video showing off all the polishes you have bought based off your favorite tv shows or movies would be fun to watch.
I was the last of my friend group to get married. After 4 weddings, I learned a very valuable lesson for my own wedding: comfortable shoes! If your feet love flip flops, wear those down the aisle. Don’t feel pressure to wear fancy shoes at all. Unless you want to of course.
100%!
a good long dress can cover a multitude of sins 🙂
On the honeymoon question, the best advice I got was to remember that a honeymoon is less about your ultimate vacation and more about what you're going to feel like doing right after you get married. And predicting that depends on a lot of factors: your temperament, how complcated and intense your wedding is likely to be, how much you're DIY'ing for the wedding, your travel style, and how easily you get overstimulated. My wedding was small but we did a LOT of it ourselves, and I just had this instinctive feeling that a low-key honeymoon would be better for us. We took a bigger trip about three months before the wedding that felt very honeymoon-like (in fact, I found out later my mother was terrified we were eloping!), but for our actual honeymoon we went to the mountains an hour and a half drive from our house and spent 4 days hiking, watching movies, and eating dinner in tiny family-owned restaurants. It was perfect for that moment. I absolutely could not have handled getting on a plane and coordinating some complicated vacation right after putting on the wedding. But that's me and us. Someone else might feel super fired up for an adventure after their wedding.
I love this style of video! I also enjoy duping videos, collection reviews, destash and organising, favourites, nail art and jelly sandwich videos, a bit of nail care too. Would love a video discussing different undertones of blue! I pulled out my blues and there’s dusty blues, greeny blues, sapphire blues, navy, saturated blues, neon blues…
You did a video awhile back where you picked out polishes to match your favorite Tv-show, maybe do that again with Bridgerton or Shrek?
Honeymoon maybe South Africa?
video idea: picking out a summer nail polish rack
honeymoon: I went to Napa, it was very romantic and we got so much free champagne!
shoe inspo: I wore cheetah print flats to my wedding, but one of my friends wore strappy crystal sandals to hers and they were sooo beautiful.
My sister wore cute sparkly sneakers and I loved them! This was like 20+ years ago and the 1st time I ever saw that. I think it's probably much more common now. I like these chatty do nails with me type videos. Very chill.
Girl! I feel your stress when it comes to unorganized polish drawers! My whole nail room is a disaster right now. I keep saying “this week I’m gonna get my nail room back in shape”…needless to say, it’s still a mess! Lol! Maybe I can get it together next week (but don’t hold your breath). 😂
As far as shoes for your wedding, I’d suggest something cute for the ceremony but then something comfy for the reception. I wore some kitten heels for the ceremony and then wore my cowboy boots for the reception. Nobody could see them under my dress and it made it so much easier to dance and mingle afterwards. My sister in law followed my suggestion and she wore some converse under her dress.
For honeymoon: seeing people who couldn't make it might be a unique, good idea 💰 Otherwise, how about an island from your bucket list?
For your channel: maybe revisit your topic Tuesday? Also, follow Linry's project dupe it idea! It helps me to think more rationally about whether I need polishes from all the great collections, and revisit all my existing polishes. ❤
Now cleaning bathroom will be more plesent:)
I won’t be at PBE to harass you this year but I will be there next year 😂. The nails look great! I hope you had fun at the wedding and best of luck continuing to plan your own.
Good luck with the wedding planning! My vote for a honeymoon destination would be Hawaii. If money were no object, I would go to Bora bora. For future video ideas - I love the idea of “shopping my stash” to try to dupe new polish releases, especially since I feel like I have so many in my collection!
P.s. I think any of the BKL Lemon siblings would look amazing as a wedding polish.
I just put on 'Spread your wings' & it's so delicate & ethereal but also super shifty in certain lighting.
The reflective glitter adds a perfect amount of twinkle 😊
My husband is the same way about protecting my nails. ❤ as for the shoes…Ok it sounds crazy but hear me out..wedding crocs with like Pearl or gemstone jibbitz. 😂 whatever you choose make sure that your shoes are REALLY comfortable because you will be standing a lot.
I love this type of content. Just sort of chilling and hearing thoughts and opinions. My nails are not well (won't get into details), so I'm needing to take a moment to let them grow away from harsh chemicals for a bit, and watching a video like this lets me live vicariously haha.
As for wedding shoes, I wore brown oxford's that my dad gave to me (they used to be his haha). It felt appropriate since I'm not a super traditionally feminine dresser myself.
I don’t like heels either but maybe a wedge heel sandal would be comfortable. Then you could match your nails and toes. Loved this video. I was in the middle of painting my nails when I started watching this. Perfect timing and content. Love your mani!
I love the paint and chat videos! If you're still looking for content ideas, I loved the video you did where you shopped your own stash to make an Over the Garden Wall "collection". Would love to see more of those for different series, books, etc!
Also, as a fellow craft enthusiast I would love to see a video of you comparing nail polish to yarns, embroidery floss, etc 🧶
I have fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue, and I completely understand your exhaustion and tired brain 💜
I also take my rings off when I do my nails cuz I'm scared to get acetone or polish on them.
I live in Washington state and going into fall and winter, there are even billboards that appear to help educate people about the link between vitamin D and MS. Pretty standard in my experience for doctors to suggest (non horse pill sized) vit D here just because of our northern lattitude (tip when you get to maintenance mode, calcium chews are a good twofer to get both calcium and D....in a "candy" form 😅)
How about some mani videos where you feature a polish from your collection that you've never worn yet? It doesn't have to be a weekly thing, but maybe a chat and mani once or twice a month?
I like watching you stamp because you seem so relaxed doing it. You're the person who actually got me into stamping (because you made it look easy).
Some version of ballet slippers in lieu of the heels? There are people on Etsy who do custom ballet flats.
Swatch and reviews are fun, but I prefer your destash, or chatty videos like this one! I just enjoy your talking about polish or talking in general, lol ❤
For your honeymoon, you need to decide if you want tropical or not, and if you want a resort or not. We chose a tropical, all-inclusive resort and it was wonderful! I would have to research to see if it’s still there (this was 25 years ago), but it was worth every cent. You could have a destination, like, say, Ireland, where neither of you have ever been, or even choose something like Iceland! The world is yours to explore 💖🫶🏼
Considering my queue right now was your Know Your Stitcher and then this video back to back, I'll watch whatever you want to make! It's your channel, have fun with it! I enjoy everything from the swatch videos, destash, and these more hang out type videos.
Hm... for the honeymoon I have no experience for it, but I know the hot springs in Iceland are nice! They're near the main city and you can literally get a bus from the airport directly to the hot spring resorts. We just went to Iceland in April and it was super pretty, we did the whole circle of the country but Reykjavik was really nice and walk-able (we even went to a 1 Star Michelin restaurant and it was like a 7 minute walk from our air bnb). I also had the best clementines in my life there, which is unrelated but important nonetheless.
I feel that I have to take my rings off during painting, because I do not want to accidentally get polish on my rings! This mani turned out so pretty! Glad your wedding plans are falling into place.
I would love to see how you categorize your swatch sticks. Like just by color? How do you decide where metallics, glitters, shimmers, etc. go?
I really enjoy your content because it isn't latest greatest focused all the time. New releases are fun and all, but I like seeing new stuff to do with my old polish! As someone else said, make what you'd watch and we'll all be happy!
Our honeymoon was in Italy. My husband is part Italian and speaks enough to ask directions etc... We are comfortable travelers who avoid stress when we can. We like to book fly/drives and make reservations just for the first and last couple days so we're not worried about where we're staying the day after and before travel. For Italy we stayed the first two nights in a town called Como on Lake Como ~ unbelievably picturesque mountain lake town in northern Italy. We then drove around Italy, staying 1-2 nights at each stop ~ Florence, Bologna , Sienna and Rome before finishing the last few days in Venice (personal favorite) where we got to ditch the car before heading in (by then we'd had enough driving!). We're both foodies, so finding unique local places to eat was a fun game and found us meeting great people. We went to see the stuff we felt like and didn't go running from one "must see" to the next like the tour groups. Did we "do it all", no absolutely not. Did we have fun and enjoy the experiences we sought out ~ hands down yes! It was also special to exploring a place one of us knew and loved and enjoyed sharing with the other person. I got to see a place he had a connection to, and he got to see it through fresh eyes of someone close to him. We both thought that added a lot to the experience, specially as a honeymoon. Didn't hurt that it was October so the weather was still nice, but it was NOT tourist season :-).
Forgot to say - if you want a super low stress, just focus on each other and let someone else make ALL the decisions with NO driving or booking rooms, restaurants...I have to say the couple of cruises we have tried were amazing (both for continuing ed for our jobs, but no less fun when there are minimal lectures!) One to Alaska, one Bermuda. I have to say Alaska is absolutely amazing ... you can go on as many or few excursions as you want, go out dancing and drinking or hide away together in your room. Never thought I'd like it so much, but everyone was super nice, and I'll never forget watching the whales following behind us sending up periodic sprays snorting into the air (definitely recommend a room at the back end of the boat...quieter and great views!)
I would love to see some videos on you trying to dupe popular polishes that aren’t available anymore (and if you find it on a resale page how much it’s going for). Or have viewers (or a color generator) randomly pick 2-3 colors and you do a mani with those colors.
From the PNW and the lack of vitamin D is REAL. When I was younger I never seemed to notice, but since hitting my 30s, if I don't get daily vitamin d supplements I just never stop sleeping or feeling run down. Like 3 hour naps every day after work on top of a full nights sleep. I also recently discovered my blood sugar levels were out of wack, and keeping those more level has also helped.
I enjoy all sorts of videos. This type of video is great when I need to just unwind or do sitting down chores like folding laundry. I get so inspired watching your destash and favorites videos. I would love to see dupe/comparison videos. I think right now with everyone trying to save a little money and not get fomo, it would be good to remember what we might have in our collection that might be close enough (or better!)
Fatigue can really affect being able to think and come up with ideas, too! It's possible that the vitamin D deficiency fatigue has given brain fog as well, because it costs energy to use your brain for more than the most basic things when you are tired. (Speaking from experience with chronic fatigue)
For the honeymoon we did a smaller trip to Nova Scotia. We did a bigger trip after we saved up. We loved St. Lucia, Anse Chastine was a beautiful all inclusive resort.
You can declutter makeup (specifically eyeshadows) and instead of throwing them/some away, use it to make your own polish. That's what I'm thinking about doing with my palettes that I decluttered.
I love these types of videos! It really does feel like we are just hanging out ❤
The vitamin d and lamp will really help! Ive done the horse pills a few times but overall I am good with just over the counter vitamin D and the lamp during winter. Hope you start feeling better soon.
Those nails look fantastic! I appreciate you sharing with us. I also appreciate the non-swatching content that you post. New polish colors are nice. Seeing different ways to use what you already have is even better.
It must be so nice to have a sister that is wedding planning too. Have someone to ask questions & bounce ideas off of!
Cruises are fun. We went on a Mexican cruise for our honeymoon.
There’s some cute flats out there that would be great wedding shoes and if they’re not super comfortable for all night change into something more comfy for the reception. I was rocking flip flops at my reception.
Honestly, I loved the way your mani came out!! It looks so elaborate imo. But it was fairly easy to do!
I did Costco flowers for my wedding and they were so inexpensive and I loved my flowers. We did all of the bouquets, table things, boutonnieres, etc.. and saved probably thousands of dollars by doing it ourselves. And this was a hundred years ago so I'm guessing we would have saved millions in todays day and age. I can't think if you mentioned a cake or desserts but honestly Costco cake is delicious and it would be so easy and cheaper to get a big ol Costco sheet cake and have a small table cake if you guys want to do the whole cutting of the cake thing for all to watch. And then the sheet cake gets cut in the back and no one sees you have a sheet cake, if you care about that thing.
Planning a wedding is stressful if you put all of the emphasis on the wedding. It's just a party so... it doesn't have to be the PERFECT INSTAGRAM WEDDING/RECEPTION. We went to Cabo for our honeymoon and ate chips and guacamole for a week and it was fantastic. We didn't do any excursions, we stayed at the resort the entire week. It was great. If you want to be real fancy, I have been to a Sandals resort and they are fabulous.
See you at PBE!!
We're probably going to do costco desserts as well! They're cheap and I think they're delicious. I don't wanna break the bank on a cake I probably won't even get to eat lol
When my husband and I got married we chose to put a down payment on a house rather than do a honeymoon right away.
However, we did do a "honeymoon" about 5 years later and chose thailand. We spent 12 days and split it up between tiny little rustic huts for $12 a night (right on the water!) And nice air bnbs with private pools with AC. We are thinking of planning another trip there for his 40th in a couple years.
You made this look so simple
You've definitely been missed! So happy you're feeling a bit better and hopefully the lamp will help next winter season.
I went to an all-inclusive resort for my honeymoon. It was in Turks and Caicos, but I'm sure you could find one on any tropical island. Cruises are fun, too. 😊
Now I *NEED* to know what 'Garden Formal' dress code means! 🤯🤣
I hope someone at the wedding explained it lol
I'm amazed that you did a full nail art Mani in just over 30mins - this would take me at least 1.5hrs (if I could stamp) it turned out so great 👏
I thoroughly enjoy chill & chatty videos like this, nail art is always welcome, I loved Topic Tuesdays.
Budget talks are one of my fave nail-related videos, dupe-it videos, destashing, reorganization etc
I'm far more interested in nail related content that isn't a straight up swatch & review, because I see a lot of that already.
Hope the Vitamin D treatment helps you feel a lot better - it's no joke, I've been there & it takes a while to get your levels up to a reasonable level, so keep at it 🥰
P.s. My only advice about wedding shoes is to avoid ballet flats at all costs (unless you genuinely find them comfortable) - every time I have to attend a wedding I end up panic buying a cheap pair of ballet flats - they are the devil's shoe to me! 😂
love the mix of videos you do, and glad you feel better! My dh got me an engagement ring on our 20th anniversary (we were too poor for diamonds way back when, lol), and it was important to him that it be big and sparkly, and it was important to me that I could wear it ALL THE TIME, lol. I know me, and I would leave it somewhere and that would be tragic. So I have a nice sized pear shape solitaire that has good prongs and a hidden halo for support. I say just get used to wearing it always (I do take mine off if I'm mixing meatballs or something weird like that, and I put it in my jewelry box so I know where it is and it's safe!). All this to say- wear it and don't take it on and off, that's a recipe for losing it! engagement rings are usually pretty darn sturdy, they're supposed to be worn all the time, so you should be good (and yours is lovely!!)
Honeymoon Idea (If you like tropical)-Excellence Playa Mujeres, Mexico. Beautiful resort, great food! We loved it so much we’ve been back 3 more times!
We went to New Orleans and later went to Disney. Disney was surprisingly fun as adults with no kids.
We did 2 weeks of backpacking and mountain biking in New Zealand, which was amazing, but perhaps not your style! I do highly recommend NZ and the day trip to snorkel with the seals! 🥹 so cute!
Lovely mani and it felt great to see you using one of your true favorites! I recently reorganized my collection and I feel that it is time to go on a low buy and enjoy what I have including some of my favorites. I love shopping one's stash videos, building racks, books and movies may sound like a good idea but I probably won't know a lot of what's hot these days.
As for honeymoon, my ideal non-road trip type of honeymoon would be Puerto Rico or maybe Hawaii but I'd rather not deal with the time difference. I am horrible with jet lag.
Thank you for your chatty company while I got some swatching done! I'm so glad you're feeling better and your wedding planning has been smooth sailing. I wore Tieks shoes for my wedding, they are super cute flats with a blue bottom so you can check that "something blue" box lol. For the honeymoon it sounds like a resort would be perfect but be careful where you go, some of the 'all inclusive' resorts are full of people who will constantly bug you for tips or trying to sell extra services and make it hard to relax so just check reviews carefully but I'm sure you will do that anyway!
Also I'm so glad you're having fun watching Bridgerton! I resisted it for a while but then started watching after season 2 came out and love it so much lol
We are in love with Virgin Voyages, an adults only cruiseline. They have sailings from Miami and San Juan, as well as European destinations. If this option was around when we got married, we would have had the BEST honeymoon.
I love Grays Anatomy too! And as for content, I love everything you already come up with! I’m all for a mixture of different things.
Your mani looks great! And I like your nail length.
A video you did that was a lot of fun was matching your mani to an inspiration photo (this was a Christmas video)
Ooh, I loved that one too! It was very fun; and I tried to match one of those manis as well!
Have fun at the wedding. Thank you for spending some time with us.
I bought two pairs of shoes for my wedding, some cute ones from David’s bridal and some Tom’s ivory lace ones that don’t match my dress but are super comfy for the reception. Also have fun at stitch con! I’m going to try and go next year with my mom and maybe pbe this year but we will see since I’m getting married in sept and probably should avoid pbe.
I really loved the DRK diy nail polish kit video. It made me pull out my own kit and make some polishes. It was a fun experience to watch the video and have my own mini lab going as well.
Very nice! I tried stamping before (epic fail). I'm going to try again; this is so pretty! Loved this video! Felt like we were chatting! lol And without going into too much detail, because this comment will get way too long, but we share a lot of the same sentiments on a few things; British shows, Shonda Rhimes, etc. As for the honeymoon, think of what's on your bucket list; like where do you want to say you went and would regret if you never did? Thanks for sharing!
Happy to see this video pop up! Glad you’re feeling better, I am on high dose vitamin d as I live in the Midwest also. This mani turned out great! Thanks for sharing.
But was there crab?
Is there a pair of tennis shoes or flats you love but usually wouldn’t splurge on? I would go for it if you aren’t buying heels for the wedding. Every time you wear them afterwards it will remind you of the day.
Swatch and reviews aren't really my favorite type of content anyways. They're obviously useful for when I'm planning a purchase, but otherwise I prefer more chatty content where people share their thoughts on whatever nail-related topic they want to talk about (it can be silly "hot takes" type of content or more serious topics about overconsumption). Since you haven't been buying much polish lately, I think it would be a great time to talk about some of the older polishes you have. Perhaps do a month of only wearing older forgotten polishes and then share your thoughts in a monthly roundup (like are they comparable to new releases in finish and formula)? Or dupe out new collections with your stash? And if you don't want to do nail art specifically, maybe you could do a video about fun skittle manis and base+topper combos? I've also been enjoying nail polish streams as I paint my own nails, so wouldn't mind more of those either. Anything nail-related that you enjoy filming, honestly.
Honeymoon idea: anywhere in Italy or southern France!
I'm getting married in 2 months and we still don't have a set plan for our honeymoon. We'll probably do it next Spring instead of right after the wedding. Butttt...my dream honeymoon location is St. Lucia!
I actually used yellow converse to match my flowers bright yellow sunflowers 🌻 😊. The dress was long enough to cover them most of the time. Honeymoon ideas Cancun Mexico they have nice resorts with everything included and if you wanted to go and site see you could include it too.
I love watching your channel. You are one of my favorites 😍
I love your bottomless stamper! Where'd you get it?
Your mani is beautiful!
What are your plans for food at the reception also your cake
Poland is more and more popular:) orginal destination:) food is super good:) and its very safe:)
Bridal dresses are ridiculous. I remember that the size I needed was 12 higher than my normal dress size. Ridiculous.
I'm still fairly new to your channel, are you fairly close to Ohio? I'm in Ohio, I'm about an hour south of Cleveland.
Go to Singapore for your honeymoon!
3:35 im doing this but i know its real
Come to South Africa 🇿🇦 for honeymoon either Cape Town or private game reserve to see lovely animals and insects 🎉🎉
Have fun at the wedding. Thank you for spending some time with us.