Welcome to My Nail Art Adventure

Welcome to my Blog! This is something I have been wanting to do for several months now. I have put it off & put it off for a while now with so many excuses. But it is now time to either start writing or forget about it. If I wait until I am "Ready", it will never happen.

I guess first off I should let you know a little bit about me. My name is Rhiannon. (RYE-ANN-ON NOT  Ree-Ann-on  and NOT  Ree-Anna). I am 33 years old. I live with my wonderful, supportive boyfriend and our beautiful Boston Terrier, Idgit.

I have been obsessed with makeup ever since I was a child. Wearing bright, wild colors created many issues for me while growing up (and being an adult) in a very small town. But I never changed who I was. I have always painted my nails and according to friends, had a pretty large polish collection.
(If they could only see what it has now become.) But, I have never really been too "into" Nails like
I have always been "into" makeup. I have also been an artist my whole life - Drawing & Painting.

Nine months ago, we moved to a new city where we didn't know anyone else. During that time, I developed a love for nail polish, nail art, pretty much anything to do with nails period. My stash grew quickly. I have acquired many supplies and equipment during this time. To the point it looks like a nail salon in my living room. Thankfully, my boyfriend is very supportive and doesn't complain.
In addition to Nail Art Supplies, I also acquired a collection of textbooks/educational books and basic supplies for acrylic nails, UV Gel nails, etc. This has become a hobby that I do something with Every day without fail.

When I would get new polishes, I found myself hitting the Internet to find out more about the brand and collections. That is how I discovered  the wide world of nail blogs. I was fascinated to read other nail bloggers and see swatches of polishes and nail art. Being in this new place with a new hobby and not having any one to talk to about it made me think about starting this blog. I know my boyfriend gets tired of hearing about it and looking at polish, new nail art designs and my progress learning acrylics and gels. Even tho he is always very sweet about it.

Not knowing anything about blogging, I set out to learn all I could before actually starting to post anything. I started researching how to start a nail blog. I thankfully found many helpful bloggers who have written very informative posts. Without them, I probably would not be writing this now. I would like to shout out a HUGE thank you to the following Bloggers, these posts linked below have made it possible for me to start this project:

Vampy Varnish: How to Start a Nail Polish Blog Part I
Vampy Varnish: How to Start a Nail Polish Blog - Part II
Vampy Varnish: Tips & Tricks of Beauty Blogging
Nails by Kayla Shevonne: How to Start and/or Grow Your Nail Polish Blog
The Nailasaurus: How to Get Ahead in Nail Blogging
The Nailasaurus: Oh Snap: How I Take My Pictures
Chalkboard Nails: Nail Photography Basics (Part I)
Chalkboard Nails: Intermediate Nail Photography: The Light Box (Tutorial)
Will Paint Nails for Food: The Beginner Blogger's Bootcamp: Kickstart You Nail Polish Blog *
    * This Link is to the first of 10 posts in this amazing series.

I can only hope to have a Blog half as good as any of them. Maybe they will stumble across my blog one day. I am still trying to figure this whole thing out, so please bear with me as I learn how to use Blogger, learn how to blog period, learn how to take decent photos, and learn more nail art techniques. I started Rye's Nail Art Experience on a Facebook Page before I started posting here because I was comfortable with using Facebook. Hopefully I will get this whole Blogger thing down in time.

I have also been learning so much from YouTube that it is unbelievable. I discovered Robin Moses early into my nail art adventure and she has been such an inspiration. I have learned so much from her. Her work is AMAZING!!! Truly, in everything I do now, I am inspired by Robin Moses.
If you have never seen her videos, you MUST check them out. This is the video that started it all, once I saw this, I was hooked.

To end my first post, I thought I would share a photo of my little assistant, my sweet puppy Idgit. She is our baby. Thank God she is such a good puppy and does not get into any of my nail supplies.

I am so sorry for such a lengthy first post. Thanks so much for reading.  Hope you follow me and  stick around for my Nail Art Adventure to come.