Neutral Shapes

Hey guys!

Today I have a pretty fancy manicure for you.

I got this idea from a dress I saw Marie Claire magazine.

I was so excited to recreate this dress on my nails!

Well, I don't have much to say about this mani other than its neutral and its pretty simple.

The colors I used were an OPI (no name) White, Zoya Avery (Get it here!), and a Milani Black striper polish.

I used tape to create the basic shape in the center, then I used the black polish to create a stripe along one side as well as dots along the other side.

Well, that's that!
Enjoy!

Thank you for reading!

Have a great day!

C'est fini!:)

Scan me, please!

Hello again!

How are you doing today? :)

So, I saw today's brilliant manicure in Allure magazine and fell in love!
I thought.. "WOAH buddy, how creative and different!"

They are the bar-code nails!

Therefore, I just had to try it for myself.

I must say, she made it look much easier than it really was!

It took me two tries! I get frustrated easily, so this was annoying me. Plus it was sticky.

(Thanks, vodka!)

To do this cute design you will need: nail polish of choice, bar codes from a magazine, vodka (shots optional), PATIENCE, and a top coat. :)

PS: I would not recomment ThreeOlives Loopy. :p

First you will paint your nails the desired color. I chose OPI Steady as She Rose.

Once that is completely dry, you will dunk the bar code into the vodka then place on the nail, press the bubbles out, and hold in place for a few seconds.

Then you will peel the bar code off slowly. Voila!

Bar code nails.

 

 

Thank you for reading!

Have the best day!

 

Up next: Lavender Florals

C'est fini!

:)

 



Hello, Fall!

Hey everyone!

Happy FALL! It's finally here! :D

What did everyone do during their first two days of fall?

I went to a football game on Saturday.

Today, I played softball all morning and took my doggie for a walk this evening.

It was really pretty. Visit my instagram for pictures ---->

I just did my nails, of course, inspired by the turning leaves of the fall.

I think the colors of fall are so beautiful! I wish I could have  captured it better in my nails.

I used the saran wrap method with three different colors. I used Sally Hansen Emerald City, Wet and Wild Sunny Side Up, and China Glaze Lemon Fizz.

Okay, here is the look!

 

 

 

Thank you for reading!

Just a heads up, I will be doing a giveaway once I hit 50 followers! However long that may take! :p

 

Up Next: Something floral!

C'est fini!

:)



Good-bye, Summer!

Hey!

First of all, I would like to say Hello to all my new followers! Thank you so much!

I truly appreciate you all!

Today I really wanted to do a fun post saying "good-bye, summer!"

Since today is the last official day of summer (in the USA), there is no better time!

While I imagine some of you may be heart-broken that the warmest, most carefree season is over (unless you live somewhere warm all the time!), I know there are some of you who love fall!

Just like me!

:)

So... I wanted to do my nails of things that remind me of summertime.

For this manicure I used real sand that I brought back from Punta Cana on my pinkie - inspired by the beautiful beaches there. I also added a little silver starfish!

On my ring finger I used real jean material that I cut into my nail shape - inspired by cutoff denim shortie-shorts.

Then I did a orange-yellow gradient inspired by the warm summer sky!

Then I did a glitter-y blue/green combo on my pointer finger - inspired by mermaids!

Don't judge me, they ARE real! :p

I will list all the polishes used at the bottom of the post.

 

 

The colors I used were: China Glaze For Audrey on the pinkie. China Glaze Lemon Fizz and Essie Meet Me At Sunset on my middle finger. Essie Dive Bar, OPI Fresh Frog of BelAir, and Sinful Colors Hottie on my pointer finger. My ring finger is just jean held on my a base coat underneath and a top coat.

 

Some questions for you guys!

1. Would you like to see pictures of the actual polish?

2. Where are you from? I'm really interested! I think other cultures are amazing!

 

Thank you soooo much for reading! I really appreciate that you take time out of your day to visit!

Up Next: Say "Hello" To Fall Nails

C'est fini!

:)



Strawberry Jelly

Hello!

Today I wore my first scarf of the season!

I love fall weather.. it is my favorite! So I finally got to break out my fall scarves!

Thought I would share that little piece of information.

If you would like to see more little glimpses of my life follow me on instagram!

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Today, I created my first 'jelly sandwich'

Why haven't I done this before? Someone tell me!

It's amazingggg. I love the effect!

-runs to buy more jelly polishes-

It gives a muted glitter look and I love it!

The base color I used is OPI: Bubble Bath and the glitter is OPI: Gettin' Miss Piggy With It.

It reminds me of strawberries. I also wanted to add some black glitter, but I have none.

On to the nails!

 

 

And just for the fun of it (and because I am obsessed with fall) I thought I would share my favorite fall candles with you! :)

These are from bath and body works, which in my opinion are the best candles!

Lucky for me, I made it to the 2 for $20 sale so I picked up Pumpkin Cupcake and Leaves.

I absolutely love Pumpkin Cupcake! It smells like a bakery with a mix of pumpkin carving. hahaha

I know, I'm so good with my descriptions!

And I'm sure everyone knows about the infamous Leaves.

I get it every fall because it just puts me in the fall spirit and I burn like 3 of these per year.

I need to go back and buy more scents!

 

Thanks for reading!

 

Also, do you guys like when I add other little things (like candles and ellen) or no?

AND... can someone pleaseee, please help me with my layout or whatever? I'm begging you!

 

Thannnks!

Coming up next: Hand and Nail Care Routine

C'est fini!

:)

 

 

 



Disaster!

Hey guys!

Today I wanted to try what I called in my last post a "funky blue design".

Well, let's be honest... it didn't turn out they way I had imagined it.

I'm sure this dilemma has happened to all nail artists.

I was going for a futuristic design so I suppose I succeeded.

I used Essie: Mezmerised as a base color.

OPI: Gargantuan Green Grape for the bottom half of the design.

And Pure Ice: Silver Mercedes for the top half.

Then I topped that with Love My Nails: Milky Way.

 

 

I also, of course, am spending the evening catching up on my DVR'd Ellen Shows!

I can't even express how much I admire and respect Ellen!

I honestly believe she is one of the most inspiring women.

On top of that... she's HILARIOUS!

 

Plus.. she's the best dancer EVER! :p

 

 

And.. she shaves ugg boots into her dog. Sooo funny!

 

Okay, I hope the dog photo made you giggle as much as it did me.

So have a fantastic day!

As Ellen would say... "Be kind to one another"

Thanks for reading!

 

Coming up next: Jelly Sandwich

C'est fini!

:)

 



Owl Be Seeing You!

Bonjour!

How is everyone?

This design was inspired by my recent obsession with owls.

I have no idea where this came from.. oh well. I think they are cute!

Wait... I do know where I fell in love with them. I saw an owl Scentsy burner!

I thought it was adorable, so I wanted an owl on my nail. :)

The color you see on all other nails is Zoya Edyta. This color is probably going to be my favorite for fall.

Then on the "owl" finger. I used Zoya Avery for a base. Essie Set In Stones for the owl body.

Then I used little gold circle studs and beads that I got from a local beauty store for outlines.

I think it turned out cute. I'm not sure how much of an owl it really looks like though!

Just use your imagination. hahaha

Hey... I tried, okay? :)

Unfortunately, my top coat bubbled. Ugh.

Alright.. alright.. here it is!

Thanks for reading!

Coming up next: a funky blue design!

C'est fini

:)

Abstract Wine

Hi everyone! I've been spending my Sunday evening preparing for the week ahead.

I've got Breakfast at Tiffany's playing, candles lit, and nailart to post! :)

Since I'm going to New York City in a month I decided there was no better time to watch this movie.

Oh, I love New York.

Anywayyyyy... on to the nailart.

I painted my nails a really pretty gold-wine color.

I used: N.Y.C - Wing it Wine.

(Okay... I did NOT plan that! What a coincidence! haha)

I wanted to try doing a tape manicure. I really love doing this! It's so simple, yet gorgeous!

 I taped out triangle shapes on each nail and painted them in with a nude shade.

I used: Zoya - Avery.

I adore this color. It's very opaque so one coat is plenty! It makes it very easy when doing tape manicures since you have to remove the tape right away. :)

I think these colors look very nice together. I also added some gold accents!

Here is the masterpiece!

 

 

Thanks for visiting! :)



Ikat, you kat.

Today I tried a really fun manicure that I've been wanting to do for awhile now.

Yes, it's the ikat design.

This is a very on trend pattern right now!

It can be seen on many different clothes, home goods, and nails - obviously!

The colors I chose are very bright and summer-y.

I think this is a cute design, but if I were to do it again... I would NOT put three on ANY finger.

My middle finger just looks crowded and clustered.

Anyway.. I really love it. It makes my fingers look so fun!

The colors are Julep - Mandy and China Glaze - Spontaneous and two striping polishes.

Mandy is my favorite, favorite, favorite color of all time!

Hope you enjoy!

Back to Black

Today I did a gradient featuring the Maybelline Color Show nail polish that I did a post on the other day. Turns out the polish lasts really well without chipping! I was impressed so I wanted to do a little something extra to my manicure. I knew I wanted to do a gradient, but wasn't sure with which color. So as I was going through my collection, it was between chunky glitter, lilac, white, or black.

Well, I obviously chose black because.. let's be honest, I adore dark nail polish. I used a black OPI polish that has no name because it came in a Halloween kit I bought one year.

Anyway, I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out so until next time! :)



Maybelline Color Show - Fuchsia Fever Swatches and Review

Yesterday, while I was at my drugstore I saw the new Maybelline Color Show Nail Lacquer's

I decided I wanted to give one a try so I picked up this gorgeous color called Fuchsia Fever.

I was so excited about this color because I saw a Zoya polish almost the same color called Charisma!

So, I thought.. I could save some money buying this one instead.

As soon as I got home I started on my manicure!

I think the color is absolutely gorgeous!

 However, it took me around 3-4 coats to get the opacity I was looking for. That's alot especially since I'm used to only doing two coats!

Also, the polish dries really quickly which is fantastic and allows me to apply the coats at a quicker pace. When the polish dries it has a matte-like finish (you can see this in the first photo), but then I applied a top coat and they became so shiny and gorgeous!

So, overall...

I love the color.

I love how quickly it dires.

I don't love the amout of coats it takes.

I don't particularly love the finish either.

 I would give this polish a C+ grade.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th (well, it's the 5th) of July!

Yes, I'm a day late. But, better late than never.

Yesterday I went to a 4th of July picnic and firework show which was amazing.

I had just gotten home from a week of vacation so I have been a pretty busy gal.

I'm still not unpacked!

However, I wanted to take the time out of my day off to share my 4th of July manicure!

It's very simple, but super festive.

I used:

 Essie - Mezmerised

Essie - Meet Me At Sunset

 Essie - Set In Stones

OPI - Last Friday Night

 and OPI - White Shatter.

Then I had some gold stars that I added to my pinkie nail.

I hope you all had a safe and happy 4th!

Polka Dot Dot Dot

Hello again! Today I did a really fun manicure with contrasting colors.

I thought that since the weather is getting warm (or scorching in my case)

I would use some bright, fun, summery colors on my nails.

The colors I used are China Glaze - For Audrey and Julep - Mandy.

Before I forget, you can sign up for Julep Maven this month for a penny!

Yes, you read that correct. Go here: http://julep.com/?r=19060511

and type in the code COLOR2012 at checkout!

 Plus, they are throwing in an additional nail polish this month.

It's a Fourth of July themed glitter!

Using these colors I created a polka dot design.
I wanted to do a kind of polka dot gradient, but it didn't work out as I had visualized.

However, I liked it anyways!

I adore these two colors together. I think it is so fun and cute.



Hey guys! I recently wanted to paint my nails something classic, but not boring.

So I thought.. what is more classic than a french manicure?

A plain french manicure looks really nice in my opinion but can be so plain looking.

There are a ton of ways to spice up a french manicure!

You can do neon tips.

Double striped tips.

Lace tips.

Zig-zag tips.

Or in my case.. Glitter! :)

Glitter is perhaps my favorite thing to wear on my nails. It's so fun to look at!

So, I used OPI Bubble Bath for the base, and OPI basic white for the tips and then I dipped them in a silver holographic glitter. I then mixed some of the holographic glitter into an old clear top coat and painted my nails with it to get a little bit of glitter all over the nail.

I really love the way it turned out!
Do you? :)

 

Water-mani-on

Today I was inspired by the delicous and popular summer fruit...

watermelon!

Since the summer months are here I though I would try do to a manicure that is summer and picnic ready! I chose to do watermelon because it seems to be a universally popular picnic and BBQ food choice. It's very simple to do and I hope you like it!

The colors used are NYC: Polyester Pink and OPI: Who The Shrek Are You

for the white and black I just used basic striper polishes.



Meet Me At Sunset

Today I'm bringing you a gradient manicure inspired by summer sunsets.

This is my first attempt at doing a gradient type anything, therefore it's a little messy.

However, I still enjoy it very much and my camera picked up the colors to a T.

Now that I have a method down you can expect to see more (and preferably better) gradients!

Also, I want to apologize for not updating since April, but I was extremely busy finishing up college.

[I graduated in May! :D]

Then I went on a wonderful vacation. After I got home I had to get used to the daily grind again, but

I'm baaack again so if you have any requests feel free to ask!

Oh yeah, don't mind the messiness, I did not have the tools to clean up properly! 

For this gradient I used Essie - Meet Me At Sunset and China Glaze - Lemon Fizz.

Pretty Little Gold Glitters

Hi again!

Today I bring you another manicure which I find very, very girly!

I did pink, white, and gold.

The colors I used were a basic pink from the brand N.Y.C.

and a basic white from OPI.

I then used some chunky gold glitters from a nail art kit I have for my accent nails.

Without further ado:

 

I hope you enjoy!

If you have any ideas for nail art or

something specific you want to see.. let me know!

District 4 - Fishing

Hey! Here is yet another Hunger Games inspired mani.

Today's manicure is based on District 4 - Fishing.

I get most of my inspiration from the District posters if you were wondering.

Today I used quite a few colors including:

Essie: Mezmerised (base)

OPI: Who the Shrek are you? (seaweed)

Essie: Set in Stones (glitter)

Julep: Meryl (anchor)

OPI: Bubble Bath (fishies)

:)

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then enter this code at checkout: PENNY

Thanks for stopping by! :)