Fairy Dust Glitter Ombre Mani

My favorite way to cover up wear and chips on my nails is to do a glitter ombre on them! They're super easy to do and look so pretty! What I like to do is first paint a thin coat of glitter just on the tips. Then, one nail at a time, I put a glob of glitter on the tips and brush it back. Finish with a top coat and done! It looks like a fairy sprinkled some magic dust on them, right?! The pale pink is Sinful Colors in Easy Going and the glitter is Nicole by OPI in Twist of Fate. Be sure to use a fine glitter polish for this and not a large glitter, as you wouldn't get the same effect.

Fashion's Night Out Mani!

Happy Fashion Week and Fashion's Night Out!! Just wanted to post my mani for tonight before I head out! With FNO's colors being black, white, and red, I of course had to follow that color scheme on my nails! I did two firsts for me on this mani: Louboutin nails and made my own nail "sticker." I first did the Louboutin part, which is just painting red underneath the nail. I used Wet N Wild's Wild Shine #414A and also used my base coat and top coat. For the top of my nails, I used Wet N Wild's Fastdry in Ebony Hates Chris. Then, I made my own nail sticker with FNO's logo and stuck a red square gem on it! Hope everyone has fun shopping and enjoying all the festivities tonight!!

How to Make Your Own Nail Stickers!

Ever want to make a design that was too complicated to draw free-hand? I've got your problem solved! This worked out perfectly for my Fashion's Night Out nails and I can't wait to use this again!!

Orange & Turquoise Leopard Mani!

So I've posted a leopard mani before, but I just did this one and loved the color combo so I of course had to share it! I got so many compliments on them from random people!! As I've said before, they're super easy to do, but nobody believes me!! They take me literally ten minutes to do! In my post about my first leopard mani, I only put a couple of leopard spots, but now in doing this one, I think for a true leopard effect, there should be about nine spots on each nail! The colors I used for this are China Glaze's Peachy Keen and Sally Hansen's nail art pens in turquoise and black.

Watermelon Ruffian Mani

So I've been wanting to try the Ruffian manicure recently and thought it would be absolutely perfect to do it as a watermelon!! First I did my base coat, then two coats of Wet N Wild Wild Shine #454D (hot pink) and waited for it to completely dry (I'm talking next day dry). Then I took hole reinforcers and put them against the back of my nail, leaving some space, as this is going to be the green rind. (I used NYC #298 High Line Green and two coats of it.) Then I took a toothpick and black nail polish (preferably a quick-drying one like Wet N Wild Fast Dry #229C Ebony Hates Chris, so it doesn't run when you put a topcoat over it) and made three little "seeds."

 

Duh I forgot to take a picture of the hole reinforcer on my watermelon nails, but this is how to place it.

Olympic Mani!

So I'm super excited about the Olympics and have been glued to the TV watching as much as possible, so obviously I had to do my nails to show my Olympic spirit! For this mani I used OPI (I think) in Big Apple Red, but I'll double check on that later.. actually I'll check on all the colors later because I have none of the names with me now. Anywho, for the Union Jack, I did two coats of the blue, then did white stripes, and then did the red. For my Olympic ring nails I used, get this: straws. Such a smart idea, right?! A tip though, (that I got from Seventeen's post) is to coat the ends of the straws with the nail polish to get a thicker circle.. worked perf. For my gold nail I used gold foil that I got at Michael's and oh my gosh it's such a pain, but I think totally worth it. It's extremely fragile and wrinkle and rip prone, so I used a tip from the Beauty Department to pick it up with a wet q-tip and wound up smoothing the foil with it also, but as you can kinda see, it doesn't smooth that well. Before I cut the piece of foil, I did one coat of my base coat (I got this new one that I'm obsessed with.. it really helps prevent chipping!) and waited a little for it to get tacky. To finish off I did a topcoat, of course, but beware! Some of the colors run, as you can kinda see on the Olympic rings with the red and black. Hope everybody is getting into the Olympic spirit and rooting for their country! Go USA!

Flower Power

Hola! Yes, I know, I haven't posted in forever, but anyways!! For this floral mani I used Essie Tart Deco (mango), OPI Steady as She Rose (a blushy pink/purple), Revlon #85 Minted, Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure #420 Yellow Kitty, and Sinful Colors #101 Snow Me White and you're going to need a tiny paint brush (preferably an inexpensive one because it can get a little funky after using it with nail polish). First I did two coats of the white and waited for it to completely dry. Then I used the paintbrush and just splotted little circles and did two coats of each color. Then I took black polish (I think it was Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear) and dotted it with a toothpick, but I wouldn't recommend using that polish for this because it ran when I put my topcoat on it!! And I put the topcoat on like six hours after, so it was definitely dry! Also the toothpick created too big of dots on some of them, so I would suggest using the nail art pens for better control. Also, don't forget to clean your paintbrush with nail polish remover! (I did it in between each color.)

Tuxedo Mani!

So I'm obsessed with this mani! It was inspired by Zooey Deschanel's one from one of the award shows she went to! I reversed hers and just did the tux on one nail & love it!! I used Wet N Wild's Fastdry in #229C Ebony Hates Chris and Sally Hansen's nail art pens in white!

My Birthday Mani!!

Again. I've neglected this blog. I'm trying people, I am. Anyways tomorrow is my birthday (my first one I'm depressed about) and I have these fabulous gold sparkle shoes I'm wearing, so duh, I had to make my mani match! I used two coats of Essie's Tart Deco (obsessed with this color!) and multiple coats (I lost count) of Milani's Jewel FX #531 Gold (just until it was solid)!!! That's it! The sparkles shine really nicely in the sunlight also!!

Strawberry Mani!

So I knew this was going to happen. I was going to get too caught up in other things and neglect this blog, but I'm back now. School's over and I'm not working that much, so I plan on fulfilling my previous promise of posting at least one thing every week! Today I have my strawberry manicure! For this I used Wet N Wild's Wild Shine #414A, (it's a red that has a slight berry tint to it), NYC's #298 High Line Green, and any black would do, but I used Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear #370 Black Out. First I painted them two coats of the red and waited for them to completely dry! Next I just painted on green tips, then I used a paint brush to do the points, (again, I did two coats, but it could take you more depending on how much you use. I sort of globbed it on, which made it a little lumpy, but my top coat smoothed it out). Finally, I used a paintbrush, (but you could use a toothpick) to do the seeds. I did two coats, but I really depends on what black you use! Of course, a top coat to seal it all in and smooth everything out and done! It's a great mani for the summer!