Cherry Blossom Nails

Hello my beauties! I'm so proud of the nailart that I'm going to show you today! It is inspired by a Robin Moses nail art design that I found on her YouTube channel. I used a base of OPI Alpine Snow and the rest is acrylic paint. This post is a little pic-heavy because I took somewhere around a million pictures and had quite a bit of trouble paring them down!

 

 

Pink Fishtail Mani

Hey everyone, I hope your week is going well so far! It's gonna be quick again today because I waited until the last minute to post and I really need to get to work!

 

This design was inspired by Chalkboard Nails YouTube tutorial which you can find here! The polishes I used were a base of two coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Bubblegum Pink and White On. Then at the tips is Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Sonic Boom which is and awesome pinkish red color that I absolutely love! I accidentally smeared my dots on the index finger so close your eyes when you get to that one!

 

And GUESS WHAT??? I've finally gotten around to doing some YouTube videos!! I would be honored if you would give them a peek HERE! Also, be sure to leave me comments letting me know what tutorials you would like to see!

Abstract Stripes and Dots Nails

Good morning everyone, how are you all doing this fine Tuesday? I'm COLD!! When I went to take the kids to school this morning it was 12 degrees - brrrrrr! I had a pretty quiet weekend but I kind of like it that way. I haven't painted my nails in about 4 days so I'm really hoping to have time to do that very soon because I'm starting to jones for a nail polish fix!

 

I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do when I started this mani. I just grabbed some polish, a striper and a dotting tool and this is what came out of that! The base is two coats of Wet 'n Wild Megalast - Wet Cement. I really love this color!! It's mostly a brown but it has a touch of gray in it and it's a truly lovely neutral. Then for the stripes and dots I used Wet 'n Wild Megalast - On A Trip, NYC In A New York Color Minute - Lexington Yellow, China Glaze - For Audrey and OPI - If You Moust You Moust.

 

I really love how this turned out - what do you think? My husband even commented that he liked that and he usually couldn't care less - score!

 

Purple Polkadot Nails

Helloski! How is everyone's Thursday so far? My week has been a bit of ups and downs but I'm still here and that's what counts, right?

 

I've got something simple for you today! I painted a base of 2 coats of Barry M - Berry Ice Cream and then slapped on some striping tape in a diagonal line across all 5 nails. This was a LOT harder than I thought it would be! You can see that in some places the strip of dots is thinner on some fingers but I think it turned out fairly well! The dots were made using the following colors, China Glaze - Gothic Lolita, a England - Avalon, Avon Nailwear Pro + - Decadence and NYC Long Wearing - French Tip White. I got this idea from a pin I saw on Pinterest but, unfortunately, the pin was not linked back to the source and there was no watermark. What do you think of this? I kinda think anything with dots is good!

 

 

 

Also, PLEASE help me make fabulous YouTube video tutorials by answering a couple of questions and giving me your opinions HERE! I appreciate you all so much!

 

I WANT YOU! (To help me with video tutorials!)

Hello my lovely readers!!! I am gearing up to begin making YouTube tutorials and I would sincerely love your suggestions and opinions! If you would like to answer some questions for me, that would be totally awesome!

1.) Which of my manis would you like to see a tutorial of? Or is there something that I haven't done that I could try and do a tutorial of?

2.) Do you prefer videos with no speaking, videos that are done with voiceover or videos where the artist speaks during filming?

3.) Do you prefer for tutorials to be short and edited - like under 3 minutes or would you like to see a real-time video even if it takes 10 minutes?

4.) What do you love or hate that other YouTubers do in their videos?

5.) Any other suggestions/opinions???

If you would please take the time to answer some or all of these or just give me your opinion then I would greatly appreciate it!! Thanks lovelies!

Neon Stripe Nails

Hello Tuesday peeps! Sorry I didn't get around to blogging yesterday, Mondays always seem to be here and gone before I can even think about it. It was a great day though and I even managed to squeeze in a nap!

 

I really love today's nail art and I'm pretty proud of how it turned out! Not only that, but it was easy and that's always a plus in my book. I think I'm finally getting the hang of this whole striping tape thing. Although I do have one role that has a crinkle in it and as I unroll it, it splits and really cheeses me off! The colors I used for undies, starting with the thumb are two coats of each of the following, Illmasqua - Prosperity, China Glaze - I'm With The Lifeguard, Catrice - Twist of Lemon, China Glaze - Papaya Punch and OPI - Kiss Me On My Tulips. The black was, of course, a England Camelot. I can see I'm gonna need a backup of that beautiful baby!

 

That's right...I have pink bubble wrap - who's jelly now? XD

 

Sorry for the tip wear, I decided to wait until the next morning to take pics and that was not the right decision!

 

I miss you guys, what's been going on with all of you - you've been so quiet! Hopefully you're just busy being fabulous!

Random Hearts Mani

It's Friday, it's Friday, oh yeah, oh yeah it's Friday! Can you tell that I'm excited about it being Friday? It's been a pretty good week though, I can't complain! How have all of you been doing?

I am so proud of these nails today, they turned out so much better than I thought they would! I never have time to do freehand art so this was really a treat! I've been seeing so many cute heart manicures going around and I was getting a little jealous! Of course, all those little pictorals that show you how "easy" it is to make a perfect heart are full of bunk! I made the two little dots and then used a brush to try to drag the polish down to a point to make the perfect heart and what I ended up with was not very heart-like! So I figured out my own best method. When I first did the hearts I wasn't too impressed with them but once I added the white highlights they really came to life! I also like the randomness of them. I really have an issue with randomness. I see all those awesome dotticures where the dots are randomly placed and they are so cute but every time I try to recreate it, it turns out a hot mess! I'm pretty sure that "random" is a skill all it's own and certainly one that I haven't mastered.

The polishes used here are a base of 2 coats of China Glaze Hang Ten Toes. This is such an awesome pink, I'm really loving it! Then the hearts are made using Catrice - Twist of Lemon, Barry M - Indigo, China Glaze - I'm With The Lifegaurd and the highlights are done with NYC Long Wear - French Tip White.

Simple Glitter Nails

I've got something simple yet beautiful for you today. This gorgeous pink jelly is Pink Shock from Maybelline Color Show. I really loved this polish, it is so vibrant and squishy! But I couldn't leave it all alone so I gave it a friend and topped it with one coat of Jordana Gemstones. This glitter is gorgeous! What do you think? Pretty right? Happy humpday y'all!!

 

 

Electric Grape Love

What is round, purple and hums??? No, not THAT!!! Ahh ver! An electric grape!! I love that joke and I love this polish! This is Electric Grape by Jindie Nails! The first coat is a great magenta color and it gets more purple the more coats you apply. This was two coats and actually looks more purple in real life but I had a hard time getting the camera to capture this beauty! It's a gorgeous squishy jelly and it's awesome!

 

Sammiches Are Good!

I just love that all of you get to come along with me for all of my nail art firsts! This time around it's my first jelly sandwich! I'm not sure what took me so long to getting around to doing this but I suppose it was my lack of jelly polishes! When I saw this yellow jelly, however, I had to have it and I picked up the glitter polish at Walgreen's and had a $1 off coupon so it only cost about $2! I really like how it turned out and will likely do one again soon!

The polishes I used are Revlon Top Speed in Crystal Glow and the glitter is Wet 'n Wild from the Fergie collection called Kaleidoscope Eyes. What do you think, did I do okay?? My only problem I ran into is that I'm NOT patient and I sat down and did all 3 layers, one right after the other so it took FOREVAH to dry!!