Monday, December 31, 2012

Rainbow Dot Nails

I've seen this style floating around the Internet lately, and seeing as how I can't let a rainbow pass me by, I decided to give it a shot.  I received a set of dotting tools for Christmas- yay!- so this was my first shot at using them!  Very cool!





Not too shabby!  There's a few things I would do differently next time, but overall I think it was fun and bright and cute for the end of 2012!

Products Used:
LA Girl Matte Black
Zoya America
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lightening
China Glaze Gaga for Green
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Brisk Blue
China Glaze Gothic Lolita

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

My Christmas Day Nails- Snowflakes and Santas

Stamps and freehand!  I haven't done either in a long, long time.  I loved these for Christmas, and my family loved them too!  I got an entire set of dotting tools today, so expect some polka dot manis in the future!





Santas!


Bonus Phone Pic:


Products Used:
China Glaze Electric Beat
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Silver Sweep
Essie Pure Pearlfection
BM 14
SH 17
Zoya America
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Petal Pusher
China Glaze Dance Baby
Wet n Wild 449C



Monday, December 24, 2012

Green and Gold Winter Holiday Mani

Simple, subtle, lovely!  Like gold decorations on a Christmas tree.  I needed something quick that I could wear to work, and this was it!  I'm loving this deep green- I used a brand I've never used before- something cheap from Target because I was in a hurry.  And I was pleasantly surprised!  The perfect green for what I wanted.







Products Used:
Sonia Kashuk Emerald City
Essie As Gold As It Gets

Thursday, December 20, 2012

NOT a Gradient! Wow! Glitter instead


A break from gradients for me.  This one was especially difficult to capture on camera.  I used two red glitters- one micro and one chunky- and the microglitter just did not want to capture on my camera!  Trust me though, it was very lovely and I got compliments at work.  The different size/shape glitters gave it interest and depth without being too much.  Sometimes I feel juvenile in glitter manis- which is fine most of the time!  But this one seemed work appropriate, and definitely appropriate for the Holiday season!






Products Used:
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Red Carpet
Priti Polish in Union Jack

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Candy Stripes

The kids really loved this one!  It didn't come out exactly as I had planned (I was hoping for more, thinner stripes) because of the thickness of the brushes, but I still think it came out really well!  One of the kiddos smelled my nails (and probably would have tried licking them a second later) so I guess I will take that as a success!

P.S. Yup- Another gradient!





Products Used:
Zoya America
Wet n Wild 449C (note to self- unpack the rest of your nailpolishes, it has been 6 months since the move!)

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Long Time, No Blog- Winter Gradient

Wow ok so the last time I posted was in August.  I've been awful.  Terrible.  Working two jobs plus my etsy shop has really been kicking my butt, so much so that I hardly even have time to paint my nails at all, let alone do anything worth blogging about!  So I'm hoping to start managing my time a little better and to step my nail game up.  The holiday has really inspired me to get crackin- not to mention I am getting MARRIED in 5 months and really need to knock this nail biting habit by then.  So here's hoping I kick off and keep this thing going!  Starting off with yet another gradient--






Awww yea.  It's no secret that I love a good gradient.  They're super fast, super easy (minus the cleanup) and they look like you spent a ton of time on them.  I got a bunch of compliments today at job #1, so I would consider that a success.  Although they chipped after a day and a half- I blame that on super short stubby nails.  I really love these colors for winter- I wanted to do silver snowflakes or polka dots on top but I just loved them the way they were.  Maybe next time!

Products Used:
Revlon Top Speed Royal
China Glaze Electric Beat
Essie Borrowed and Blue