Tis the Season

So it's been a while since my last post, between work and more work plus holiday shopping and celebrating everyday normal activities took a bit of a backseat. Here i have Candy Cane inspired design where using nail taper i was able to create a really clean design.

My pointer finger was just an experiment with a different design and my pinky was a mistake but Im actually really happy with how this turned out ^_^

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree...!

So I was really excited to do a Christmas tree and Ta-Da! It's a really simple design but I like how it turned out.











What I used:

Milani- "Twinkle"
Seche Vite (Top Coat)
Brucci Acrylic (Basecoat)
Nails Inc- "Chelsea"
China Glaze- "Four Leaf Clover"
OPI- "Be-Claus I Said So" (ornaments)














       

As usual there's the issue of properly trying to capture glitter on camera

In this up close shot you can see the purple glitter more clearly

Right hand


In other news my Bundle Monster case came!

Happy Polishing!

Let it Snow Let is Snow...

HAPPY DECEMBER! I truly love this season. The lights, the music the warmth and the SNOW! Well... there's no snow yet but hopefully my gradient attempt can inspire mother nature. :)

Here's what I used: 

I was trying to do a bit of a snow effect to jump start my Christmas nail chain using the gradient effect from The Nailasaurus. Also, because I wanted my base to be dark I used Konad nail stamping polish as  the lighter blue so it would be opaque enough.

My Casualties:

Thanks for your time!

Tea Baggin' and more

So I have taken the plunge and become a Julep Maven! Nowadays I find myself with so many colors I don't know what to do with them. With being a Maven I automatically get sent 2-3 polishes a month, kinda like the Sephora birthday gift- only every month. So this month I received:

Rose oil for cuticles 

Nail glitter, Bornpretty.com

Toni & Michelle

I'm hoping to get alot out of the rose oil because with this cold weather my nails and hair need serious moisturizing attention. Hence my need to tea bag my nails. Teabagging is a technique where you use a stretching material with nail glue or clear polish as a mini bandaid when you have a tear in your nail.

Just nail glue and piece of teabag

With rose oil and coat of clear polish 

Once filed and buffed it's polish as usual:

one coat

Thanks for reading!

A Bed of Roses

So it's been a bit of time since I've written because I was on vacation. 

Jamican sunset

I'm back for a quick post. Let me preface my pics by saying I have been dying to use nail foils and they finally came in the mail! For this post I used a base coat of Essie- "Blanco" and Nail Foil Design- "English Rose" (which I got from ebay). I used two different top coats because a lot of reviews complained of wrinkling that happens with fast drying. So I used Sally Hansen first and Seche Vite for longevity and shine!

Before the clean-up and top coat

Left hand with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear- "Invisible" and Seche Vite 

Right hand with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear- "Invisible" and Seche Vite

Glitter: Shine Vs. Matte

So I'm trying to get into glitter, mainly because this whole matte glitter trend is really wowing me right now. But I didn't want to totally discount the joys of glitter with shine, after all it is the original way to go! So for my shine glitter example I used one coat of OPI: "Big Apple Red" which is a great jelly red and then two coats of OPI: "Be-Claus I Said So". For the kisses I used Bundle Monster 02.

  

 

I tried to take pics of this glitter in different lights but I still feel the overall shine of this polish wasn't represented 100% by the camera.

VS.

Next I used a matte glitter that I've been dying to use since the first time I saw it, Amy's Nail Boutique: "Pink Lemonade".

 My amateur palm tree is my attempt at free-hand designs... I really have to brush up on my free hand skills! Thanks for reading and Happy Bloggin'!

Stamping Leaves a Great First Impression!

Every time I think I have a favorite nail design style I discover something new and decide instantly that THIS must be the greatest thing ever. At least until tomorrow when I see something else that grabs my attention. Thats what happened with nail stamping, so many options, so easily done and only so many fingers!