Metallic Dotticure

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I have got something completely different for me today.  I started with a really sheer off-white base and then added metallic dots in different sizes.  I just used three different sized dotting tools for this and I placed the dots randomly on my nail.  This looks so cool to me, I love the sheer base where you can see your natural nail through it, I can't wait to try this with other colors!


Colors used: Wet N Wild 2% Milk, Orly Luxe, Rage, and Dazzle

Water Spotted Nails

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So I decided to try out the water spotted technique that everyone has been doing lately.  I  first saw this when Cute Polish on YouTube posted a video on it several months ago.  If you would like to watch the video go here.  The technique starts off very similar to water marble nails using a cup of water and dripping polish on the surface of the water.  But for this you use only one color and you will need some kind of alcohol based spray (hairspray, body spray) I used a body spray but I think next time I will try hairspray to see if I get a different result.  You drop the polish one drop at a time until it spreads over the surface of the water, I did three to four drops for each nail, after you have the polish in the cup you need to spray the surface with your alcohol based spray.  This will cause the polish to separate and that is how you get the spotted look.  This was my first time doing this and I seemed to have a hard time get the polish to actually spot, I think my water was a little to cold for one and I think I should try a different spray next time.  Anyways this was actually super easy to do and you get such a cool look from it!  Make sure you cover the skin and some of your fingers with tape or Vaseline before you do this because you will get polish all over your fingers and it is HORRIBLE to clean up.


Colors used:  Orly Royal Navy and Orly Dazzle

Lorelei's Tiara

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I have an simple (for me anyways) mani today.  I am in love with Sinful Colors Endless Blue but I didn't feel like wearing it on it's own so I decided to add an accent with it.  I did something a little different with my accent than I usually do. I did the accent color on my pinky and ring finger only.  I really liked the look of it!  I think a pointer and thumb accent combo would be cute too.

Colors used: Sinful Colors Endless Blue and China Glaze Lorelei's Tiara

 

 

 

 

Tribal Striping Tape

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I played around with my striping tape this weekend and I think I am finally getting the hang of this striping tape!  I love the design I came up with on my middle finger, I think it looks so cool.  

I used OPI My Vampire Is Buff, Essie First Timer and Orly Shine

 

 

 

Stars and Stripes

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I am trying to do more nail art lately, but I have been feeling really uninspired.  It may be time for some new nail art supplies!  This mani turned out different than what I had pictured in my head but it is still pretty cute.  I used China Glaze Bahamian Escape, white acrylic paint, inm Northern Lights topcoat, and some nail art confetti/glitter that I got at Dollar Tree.

 

 

 

 

Mani Spam

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I have been slacking on my blogging lately, sorry about that.  It just seems like there hasn't been enough time for anything the past few weeks and I got sick last week.  These are some random swatches of mani's that I took pics of but didn't really think they were worthy of a post.  Either because I didn't like how the pics came out or I did a crappy application or something.  I promise I will have some good posts really soon!

 

 

 

 

Orly After Party and Essie No Place Like Chrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sally Hansen Smooth and Perfect Fog and inm Northern Lights holographic topcoat

 

 

 

Orly Cotton Candy and Revlon Starry Pink (Popular)

 

 

 

Essie Topless and Barefoot and China Glaze Blonde Bombshell

 

 

 

 

Happy New Year!

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Hope everyone had a safe and happy New Year.  I have my very first mani of 2013 to show today.  I had done a different mani for New Years Eve and it got destroyed before I could get any pictures of it, so I did this one yesterday.  I love feather mani's they always looks so delicate and pretty!

I used OPI Skull and Glossbones, China Glaze Polarized, Wet N Wild I Need a Refresh-Mint and an Amuse white nail art pen.

 

 

 

 

Christmas Jelly Sandwich

Another Christmas/Holiday mani today.  Sorry I just can't get enough of Christmas themed nails right now!  I wish the jelly polish had come out whiter than it did, I guess I need to find a different white jelly than the one I have because it always seems to look more like a pale yellowish nude than a white on me.   I used OPI Don't Touch My Tutu!, my Christmas glitter franken and INM Northern Lights top coat.

 

 

 

 

First Snowfall

I have a kind of holiday inspired look today.  I think this is a really easy way to do "holiday" nails  without having to do any kind of nail art.  I used Sinful Colors Rise and Shine and OPI Piroutte My  Whistle.  I thought that the glitter looked a lot like falling snow and with the green base it look even more like snow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Glitter Gradient

Can I go ahead and start doing Christmas nail art now?  I having been itching to do some holiday themed nails and I think since Thanksgiving has passed it is appropriate.  My base is China Glaze Make Some Noise and the glitter is a franken.  I used an Wet N Wild mini from a few holidays ago it is a red glitter with large hexagon and small round glitter pieces, then I used the silver hexagon glitter from Sally's Girl and Sinful Colors Call You Later which is a green and gold glitter mixture.  I was going for a China Glaze Party Hearty esque franken (man I regret never getting this one!), it is not an exact dupe but it will do!

Spiderwebs

I am trying to churn out as many Halloween themed nails before Wednesday as possible haha.  I always have all these ideas for Halloween mani's and then time gets away from me and I end up not doing most of the ones I planned on!

I used Wet N Wild Black Creme, Color Club Pucci-Licious, Cover Girl City Lights and a silver striper polish

 

 

 

 

 

31 Day Challenge, Day 19 Galaxies

I love Galaxy mani's they are really so easy and look so dimensional and cool!  If you want to check out my tutorial for a galaxy mani go here.

I used a base of China Glaze Stone Cold (sort of in love with this one right now a perfect one coater) Sinful Colors Bikini, Sinful Colors Rise and Shine, OPI Did It On Em', Sinful Colors Cinderella and LA Colors Color Craze Sparkling Diamonds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

31 Day Challenge, Day 9 Rainbow

At first I figured I would just do skittles for this one but I decided to try something different.  I have seen this mani on either Pinterest or Beautylish and loved it so I figured it would be perfect for this challenge.  This is what is nice about doing this challenge to, it has made me try new things!


I used LA Colors Color Craze Live, Zoya Maura, China Glaze Papaya Punch, Finger Paints Lemon Sour, Color Club Twiggie, and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Pacific Blue.

 

Sorry for the reflection of the flash in this one, metallics are so hard to photograph with flash or in direct sunlight

 

 

 

 

 

A Couple of Pretty China Glaze Polishes

I have a bit of an obsession with China Glaze nail polishes and I just sort of realized how many I have!


First up Grape Juice

And Hologram

Another Thunder Up Mani!

Okay I have done yet another (but probably my last for a little while) OKC Thunder mani today.  I went with a Splatter  manicure today.  Not sure how much I like this one.  I hate where the blue and orange overlap... 

I used Orly Dayglow as the base and splattered with LA Colors Color Craze silver (sorry I have no name for it but any silver will do), ULTA Blue Streak and OPI Y'all Come Back Ya Hear?.

Nail Art

I figured I would post a few nail art designs that I like to do today. 

First up is a dotticure, this pretty simple to do and all you need is a bobby pin or a toothpick.  I used and dotting tool which you can get at Sally's Beauty Supply.  This is Zoya Maura and Purity.  I love this one!

Next up are a couple of aztec mani's, these are some what hard to do especially when you are trying to do the nail art with your non-dominant hand.  But if you go slow and try to keep your hand steady it is pretty easy and turn out looking really cool.  I used pastels for both of these but you could use any color and they would look really good with just one base color instead of skittles.  I used a stripper polish from LA Colors, the Art Deco ones, you can find them in a bunch of different colors at Dollar Tree.

Lastly is a marbled manicure, this probably the only way I will ever where marbles as a few accent nails.  I am not the best at them and they are a pain in the butt to do from my experience.  But they look really cool when they are done.