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!:)

Polish Haul!

Hey everyone! :)

How are ya'll doing?

I am fantastic! Thank you for asking! :p

So, I apologize for the small break I took this week.

As some of you know, I went to NYC over the weekend.

Then when I got home Sunday I had to play a double-header for softball.

That makes for a long day... especially when you're tired.

Then I did have the day off Monday, but I spent the day cleaning! Yes, I cleaned... over doing nails!
What is wrong with me?

Oh yeah... my room was a disaster hole.

I also play volleyball Tuesday's and Thursday's. I've been pretty busy.. it is quite difficult to recuperate after a three day weekend! 

Tonight... I hosted an Arbonne party! Have any of you heard of this?

It's pretty great stuff! I found out about it when I went to a bridal show.

It was REALLY fun. I found the make-up I want to wear for my wedding... I think...

There are soooo many decisions to make! Goodness gracious!

Oh my lanta! I apologize for my life story!

On to the haul already!

 I went shopping on hautelook (http://www.hautelook.com/short/3BneA) during their Color Club sale

They had some really great things on there, but I ended up getting two mini sets.

I got them pretty quickly and was extremely excited!
I got eight colors total including: Style Icon, Muse-ical, By Design, In The Limelight, Ho-Ho Holly, Berry and Bright, Gift of Sparkle, and Snow Flakes.

On to the polish... Beware of pictures!

 

In The Limelight is a true periwinkle, light blue. It is probably my favorite out of all these! The blurred photo shows the true color in my opinion, so I included it.

 



Muse-ical is a very flat, glamorous, and edgy grey. It is very opaque and can be worn with one coat.

 

 

By Design is a medium-dark plum shade. This is also very opaque and one of my new favorites!

 

Style Icon is deep red. It is very classic and perfect for the fall season! Seen below is one coat.

 

Okay, now for the glitter polishes. I only did one nail per color because, let's be honest here, I did NOT want to remove glitter from all my nails four different times! Do you blame me? :p

 

Berry and Bright is a deep red with silver and blue micro glitter.

 

Ho-Ho Holly is a very deep green with blue undertones and gold shimmer. I am so in love with this color. It's perfect!

 

Snow-Flakes is an orange-pink flakie polish. 'nuff said. It is an EXACT dupe for Essie Shine of the Times.

 

 

Gift of Sparkle is my number one favorite out of all my new polishes. It is a purple microglitter base with loads of holographic glitter. It is so beautiful, I can't handle it!

 

 

Woah dang! Is it really midnight already? Where does the time go?

Thanks for reading!

Hello to all new followers! You guys are the best! (hugsss) :)

Now I am going to lay in bed and do a crossword puzzle. How old am I anyway?

 

 

 

C'est fini!

:)

 

Illegal Leopard

Hey everyone!

I hope your week is going well! I'm going to New York City this weekend! YAY! :D

I'm too excited for words.

Anyway, today I did a wild leopard manicure with red polish as a base.

I don't have much to say for this one other than I love how it turned out

and it is my favorite manicure I've done so far!

I hope you enjoy!

I used NYC Big Apple Red (interesting, haha), Zoya Avery, and a no name OPI black :P

 

 

 

Thank you for reading!

I'll be back Monday -- with a small polish haul!

 

 

C'est fini!

:)



Gradient Flowers

Hi Guys!

The other day I was browsing the internet (surprise, surprise) when I came across some street fashion on a website that I can't remember! :(

It was a site that showed everyday people with really great style!

Anyway, I saw a girl who was wearing an ombre purple shirt with a metallic floral necklace.

 I thought it was gorgeous and I wanted to use it as inspiration for nail art!

Thus, the gradient with metallic flowers!

The colors I used are: OPI Steady As She Rose, China Glaze Spontaneous, and OPI Designer De Better! I also added little gold glitter to the center of the flowers!

Here we go...

 

 

Thank youuuu for reading!

Until next time...

 

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!

:)



Hand and Nail Care Routine

Hello!

As promised from my last posts, here is my hand and nail care routine.

A bit late I may add. I apologize for that, but I visited a friend I hadn't seen in awhile!
I had a fantastic time and it was great to catch up!

So, a day late... here is my hand and nail care routine.

I usually do this 2-4 times per week depending on how dry my hands/cuticles are.

I am a huuuuge fan of Mary Kay Satin Hands. It literally is the best hand mask and scrub out there.

As for the lotion. There is nothing spectacular about the Mary Kay one, so I use whatever is striking my fancy at the moment. I used it here for the simple fact that it was available and part of the set.

PS: I purchased this on my own and I am not affiliated with Mary Kay nor am I a Mary Kay consultant.

Just to be clear, I use lotion on my hands constantly - not just when I do this routine.

Okay...

Here is what my set looks like. I have the peach scented one... it is the BEST!

It is available here. Or you can get the unscented one here.

 

The very first thing I do is wet my hands to moisten my skin.

 

Next, I will use the Satin Hands Hand Softener (I leave this on for about 3 minutes)

 

 Then I squirt a pump of the Hand Scrub on to my hands and massage it into my palms, backs of my hands, fingers, and between fingers. The scrub has bead-like things in it as well as tiny micro-scrubbie things - yes, my descriptions ARE fantastic. :p

(This is my favorite part by far! It feels so good!)

 

 After that it is time to rinse with warm water. I make sure all of the scrub is washed off completely.

Then I pat my hands dry with a hand towel.

 

Finally, I moisturize my hands with lotion.

 For cuticle and nail care I use these two things. Yep! Only two things.

I use Cuccio Naturale Cuticle Conditioning Butter Stick and any nail file that I have lying around.

This is what the stick looks like. 

 

 I glide the stick over each cuticle on both hands then I gently rub it in with my fingers.

This makes my cuticles feel heavenly!

 

After that step, I file my nails in whichever shape I desire at the time (currently it is a square nail) then I use a nail hardener on them and that's it! :)

 

Thank you for reading!

Up next: A good-bye to summer mani

 

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! :)