Quote from Scorpion Goddess on November 19, 2024, 10:55 am

hey loves! for this week I will say, I fell very behind. however!!!!! once I finally sat down to do my xxl nail set, I slayed it!! I am legitimately so proud of myself!

click here to see the nails and be sure to lmk how you think they turned out!

I wanted to share with you all how I ended up going from feeling so lost with what to create, to, creating this beautiful, stunning, amazing nail set!

so, if you guys read my reflections from last week then you already know I opened up about sort of submitting to my journey and letting go of my expectations, to an extreme. this nail art challenge is all about self-improvement. I know a lot of times, inside out mind, we know what we are capable of... but on the exterior, we have a tendency to disposition ourselves from obtaining the successes we deserve. one way I am personally guilty of that, is, by being such a control freak. I kept thinking and thinking inside my head, of what I wanted to create for the xxl design and I just couldn't come up with anything! and that began to hold me back on my challenge! I was falling weeks behind between my own complacency and the fact I was working a lot, so I was kind of busy.

one thing I absolutely hate, is excuses. even though my mind was really playing all sorts of tricks on me, I knew deep down that I could not fail myself by continuing to make excuses! I needed to get this done and I wanted to really do a great job! so, I started by first sizing out my nail tips. once my tips were pulled out and sized, I had an idea of what canvas I would be working with, which was one less thing to set me back. I was already giving myself an awesome head start, despite my inner warfare.

once my tips were set out and my canvas was envisioned, then I decided to do some other work, like unboxings and filming a few other designs I may have needed to get done. by that time, I was feeling a bit more optimistic and there were 2 gel polish colors by Madam Glam that I truly wanted to create a nail set with! even at that point, I STILL could not envision a design! but, I sort of had a feeling in the back of my mind that I wanted to create something rosy, and floral. with that, I simply trusted myself by using the two colors I had chosen, to paint a base layer onto the nails and then letting the rest of the design just flow to me.

as I was painting the base layer, I was torn because I didn't want to just have a solid base, but, I also didn't feel like drawing out a frenchie design. I noticed myself feeling like I was making excuses again. so, I instantly held myself accountable and starting painting a French-tip on some of the nails, as I wanted. and, immediately, my confidence was boosted! I still didn't know what the design would be, but, it didn't matter because I was one step closer and I didn't make an excuse and end up with a base layer I wouldn't be happy with. since I was feeling much happier and the progress was amazing, I decided to follow my intuition and go with the rosy, floral design I had in mind.

the next setback I had, was that I wanted to try to incorporate a 3rd product that I needed to test out for a product review. I wanted to try the holographic chrome gel, even though I had not worked with the product before. and, of course, I began feeling a little anxious again. the uncertainty of how the product would perform and whether it would look as I had envisioned, gave me an uneasy feeling. however, instead of thinking up any excuses, I just went for it and trusted the process! I was happy with the results. I was proud of my perseverance.

could you have imagined there would be such a rollercoaster of emotions when simply creating a nail design? I can admit, I never gave my old nail tech enough credit for all of her hard work when she would redo my nails for me every single week LOL! hahahahaha. iykyk 🙂

once I was able to execute the paisley design with the chrome gel paint, I knew the rest was going to be a breeze! so, I got to get some extra practice with drawing strings of leaves and roses. I was so happy and feeling so careless and accomplished by that point, even though I still wasn't finished.

I just want you all to know, the rollercoaster of emotions we endure through our nail art, is a wonderful and constructive, safe-place that we have created for ourselves. we are free to feel, and work through every emotion, while creating beautiful nail art and enjoy the subtleties of self-expression. I hope my post inspires you and, I hope you are able to inspire others through your amazing art and perseverance!