Nails On Fire Gradient

I was just trying something out with this mani.  Seeing what effect I could get by putting a crackle over a gradient.

 For the gradient I used Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Yellow Kitty, Sally's Girl neon orange polish, Essie Bazooka, and the shatter is China Glaze Cracked Medallion over the gradient.

Some Random Crackle Manicures

I thought I would post a few crackle manicures that I have done.  I know some people might be tired of seeing crackle nail polish but I like to use crackles to jazz up a mani that I am bored with and sometimes the result is something really cool, like the one from my first post where I used OPI Blue Shatter over a neon gradient. 

This first one is China Glaze Electric Pineapple with Sally Hansen Crackle Overcoat Fractured Foil.  I love Electric Pineapple so frickin much!  I know for some it is not a typical nail polish color and a lot of people may not like it, but it is probably one of my favorites from China Glaze and it's a great color for summertime.

The next one is a turquoise nail polish with China Glaze Crackle in Cracked Medallion.  Sorry but the turquoise is a color I mixed up myself with a LA Colors teal colored nail polish and white nail polish but there are plenty of similar colors out there such as, China Glaze For Audrey or Finger Paints Tiffany Impostor.  Probably my favorite combo for a copper crackle is to pair it with a jade or turquoise colored base.  It reminds me of copper when it oxidizes. You could also pair a turquoise crackle with a copper base.

This last one is Sally Hansen Salon Perfect Manicure Gilty Pleasure with China Glaze Crackle Broken Hearted.  Not sure why I like this combo so much, although I think pink and gold look so pretty together.

Hope you enjoyed! I have a few more tutorials in the works coming soon.  Hopefully a glitter gradient one and a "shabby chic" inspired one!

Girly Nails

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, my computer has been acting up on me and all of my pictures are saved on it!  I decided to show you a few girly and probably over the top manis that I have done.


This first one were the nails for my birthday!  I used China Glaze Fuchsia Fanatic on all the nails, then added New York Colors Love Letters over the top and for the accent nails I added Wet N Wild Sparked and Party of Five Glitters.  I loved the look of Fuchsia Fanatic with Love Letters over it, it was soooo pretty!

For this one I used China Glaze Gothic Lolita and Electric Beat and on the thumb I have OPI Simmer and Shimmer.  I love dotted mani's I think they are so cute and they can be toned down by doing tone on tone dots.

This last one was a manicure I did around Valentines Day, it is a bit over the top but I loved it.  I used OPI Pink Friday on all of the nails, then for the index and ring fingers I used China Glaze Crackle in Broken Hearted (haha fitting for V-Day no??), the heart on the middle finger is China Glaze Fuchsia Fanatic and the thumb and pinky have China Glaze Techno.



I am going to try and get the sponged gradient tutorial up tomorrow if I find the time, but if not I promise it will be soon!

Welcome! My first post

I have finally decided to start a nail polish blog.  I have always been interested in nail polish and I love pretty much anything that has to do with it!  My decision to finally start this blog was after finding some pictures of my nails on Pinterest that had been posted on a beauty community.  It was odd stumbling upon my nails and I think it would have made me feel better had I watermarked the picture and had just had a blog set up.  So here I am creating this!

Here is the mani that started this blog!  It's a neon gradient using Color Club Warhol, China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy and Color Club Volt of Light, and then I topped it with OPI Blue Shatter and a coat of Seche Vite quick dry top coat.