Hello and welcome to 25 Sweetpeas! I hope you are having a wonderful day! Today I am super excited to be posting 3 new manicures, all of which are themed around a particle colors scheme that I am so so SO very obsessed with. Which I will talk about throughout this post. So lets get to chatting and checking out these nails!

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Well hello there! Long time no see, or chat! LOL! Its FINALLY time for a new Sweetpeas Picks. Its way overdue too. The last one was in November, and then I kinda just dropped the ball because I started uploading daily to Youtube until the end of the year. It was a lot of fun, but also consumed a decent amount of time. Needless to say that time of the year was one of the busiest times so this kinda got left behind. However, no longer, we are back, and the  Sweetpeas Picks revival has begun because I love these posts and they are going to be fun to write. :)


1. I have made more time to read. Well not really, but over my Holiday Break I did read a bit! I am really enjoying Meg Cabot No Judgements, which I finally started! It takes place on a Fictional Island in the Florida Keys, and its about a Hurricane, and while its a fictionally names Hurricane, it was inspired by Irma according to some interviews I read about the book. So thats kinda cool, mainly because I did go through that Hurricane so I can totally get it.



2. I watched the most recent season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and without spoilers, that ending! Gosh! Wonder how long until we get to watch it!



3. On the topic of shows, I also watched and finished the second season of Lost In Space. It was pretty good until the last few episodes, those were kinda meh in my opinion, and I just didn't like the ending.



4. I recently discovered Gia Graham on Instagram and I just love her work, and the color story of her account. It's just lovely and inspiring. I feel like I'm afraid of color, so I signed up for her emails, where she has a monthly color palette and oh my! I LOVE it! Its helped me get out of my head and little rut I have been in, and I am soooo thankful for that. I needed it. So you should totally go check her out! Here is her Instagram, and this is her Website. Also for her art pieces she has time lapses for each of them, and its fascinating! Seriously, I just want to go watch them all. :)



5. While on the topic of Instagram, I just saw THIS account and whew! NutmegandHoney, Meg has such pretty art in various forms. Seriously, go check out her profile. Its full of color, fun designs and some amazing looking sweet treats. I love the mix of the different art forms.



6. I don't know if I have talked about this before, but I have started to Batch work for my blog and Youtube, and its so helpful! With the exception of "For fun posts" lately everything you would have see on my blog or YT is what I do consider Batch worked. Basically means I have split it all up into tasks, done one major steps one day, and another on another and so on then I have time off actually. Granted this is hard to do at times since a lot of the content I create is fast paced and the mail system has a lot to do with it. But.... Its super helpful! Here is a quick little run down of how I do this specifically for me.

• I use my built in computer Calendar, and know that I traditionally only post on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, then I take a look at release dates of what I have to swatch, when it needs to go live, and pick the best date for the said collection and then I put it on the calendar in green. Having it on a digital calendar allows for me to move things around and add in other last minute things when needed. 
• Then I take a look at the sizes of collections, and required deadlines, and then swatch. This involves all of the photos. I will try to do 3 or more posts worth of photos in one night. The amount really varies depending on collection size. If I am swatching a 12 piece collection most likely I will split that up in to a few nights. However if I am working on quick lil single releases or trios/duos I will get quite a few done in that night. 
• After I have all of my swatching done I will be done for that night, desk/studio wise anyway. I then may then start cropping photos, and editing and watermarking while watching a movie If I feel like it, if not I will just do this over the next few nights while watching something. Mondays Bachelor night is always good for this. :)
• On a separate night I will then film all of the video clips needed for the polishes I swatched.
• Then I take a night or two off from painting to just do computer work. Editing the videos, and blog posts do take time but when you get on a roll you can get a lot done in one night.
• This then allows me to take a few nights off a week to explore one of my other creative outlets or do absolutely nothing which can be nice every now and then. Plus this allows me to have weeks of content done at a time, and I can just not worry about it and just focus on whatever crazy idea comes to mind. :)

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Painted Phalanges is ready for the New Year with this new Pantone Inspired polish. With the Color of the year being Classic Blue I am super excited for all of the blue polishes, and this one is really fun so lets check it out!

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Hello there and welcome back! Today I have another new Glisten & Glow to show you! This one is a new one called the Mystery Polish January 2020, and its super fun, coming out on the 10th so lets go!

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Hello there everyone and welcome back! Today I am so excited to be showing you some really fun blue polishes that Glisten & Glow will be releasing on the 10th! The Birthday Duo is what I am talking about and its just lovely. The duo is to celebrate Jill's Birthday, the creator of Glisten & Glow, and its fabulous so lets check it out!

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Hello and welcome back! Today I have a new collection to show you from Moon Shine Mani. Its called the Primetime Lovers Collection and its actually installment 3 of the collection. Is REALLY pretty so lets go check it out!

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Hello there and welcome back!! Today I have a super excited polish to share about, plus obsess over so lets get right to it! Moon Shine Mani is adding a polish to the Project Dupe It Collection and this month its all about China Glazes Flip Flop Fantasy! Eppp!!! Couldn't be more excited! So lets take a look and have a fun chat about it because I'm SO excited!