Valentine Skittles

Hey guys,

I decided to add a little nail art to the Design Seed Skittles I posted.  I used white acrylic paint with a toothpick to make the hearts and the little dots.  It's really simple but I thought it turned out pretty cute.

Design Seed Skittles

Hey guys,

I was on MakeupAlley the other day and someone had posted about this website Design Seeds which basically has a bunch of color combos for design inspiration.  It is great for getting ideas for mani's, either if you want to do a fun skittle mani or if you want to think of different color combos for nail art.  I can't find the pic that I was inspired by now though.  I used (from pinky to thumb) Sally Hansen Grey Area, China Glaze Make Some Noise, Color Club Get a Clue, Orly Pure Porcelain and Color Club Sheer Disguise.

 

 

 

Neon Mani With A Glitter Accent

I have been obsessed with neon colors lately!  I thought some skittles with a glitter accent would be cute.  I really like how this mani turned out.

 

Colors from thumb to pinky Color Club Chelsea Girl, Orly Glowstick, Sally's Girl no name purple neon, China Glaze Polarized, and Milani Techno Red.  Neon's are super hard to photograph so the purple and blue are a lot darker looking in person and the red has gone all glowy the way neon's do sometimes when you try to take a picture of them.

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.

Neon Skittles

I love skittle mani's, they look fun but they don't take any effort and if you can't decide what color to wear it's a great mani to choose.  For this one I used Color Clubs Electro Candy nail polishes, these are some gorgeous neon's with a slight shimmer running through them.

For neon's I usually do a base coat of white, it helps the neon's opacity and it makes them much more vibrant.



Nail polishes used from thumb to pinky Color Club What A Shock!, Ultra Violet, Electro Candy, Tangerine Scream, and Volt of Light. I put a coat of Wet N Wild Hallucinate over all of them.