Delicate Water Drop Nail Art

Hey everyone! I recently received some products from Born Pretty Store for review, and today I have their colorful half water drop rhinestones.

I used them in a simple and delicate way this time. I also added some blue micro beads around them to accentuate it. I received a lot of compliments on them throughout the week.

I used a frech base of OPI – So Many Clowns…So Little Time. I then used Rimmel London – French White Tip Nail Tip Liner to create my french tip manicure. For the base of my rhinestones, I used China Glaze – Kinetic Candy, and topped all of my nails off with China Glaze – Fairy Dust. I stuck on the rhinestones and micro beads using an old, slow drying top coat.

I really like the water drop rhinestones because they aren’t your average round rhinestone.  I also like that they’re pastel because I don’t have any pastel rhinestones, either.

You can purchase these rhinestones at Born Pretty Store. Be sure to use my coupon code (CY5J61) for them or any other nail art product!

Thanks for reading!

*Rhinestones provided for honest review

Faint Holographic Galaxy Nails

I’m finally able to post up to date nails because these don’t exactly have an expiration date like holiday themed nails. Actually, these were the nails I wore for New Year’s. They were originally inspired by Doctor Who because I was going to add a red bow towards the cuticle (to represent the 11th Doctor), but decided against it. Some other time, my dear. Some other time.

I used China Glaze – When Stars Collide for the base and sponged on China Glaze – Get Outta My Space, Cosmic Dust, Don’t be a Luna-tic, Take a Trek, Funky Fingers – Jester, NYC – White Tip, and Rimmel London – Silver Bullet. I also used KleanColor – Holo Chrome and Savvy – Touch of Glitter to accentuate some areas. I added some holographic star glitters and made some stars using a white striper. I added a coat of China Glaze – Fairy Dust over it all.

These nails were lots of fun an rather subtle. Next time I’ll use more white so it’s a little more visible.

Thanks for reading! I hope everyone’s doing well :)

Black and White Slanted Checkered Nail Art

This week’s nails were inspired by these ones. I am a complete fan of black and white nails. I think they look classy regardless of the design. Polka dots, stripes, checkered, houndstooth (one of my fav patterned nails I’ve done), etc.

For these nails I used a white base of NYC – French White Tip as my base, and used a black Stripe Rite to create the pattern. My non-accent nails have a base of Rimmel London – Green With Envy with hot pink rhinestones applied towards the cuticle.

What are your views on black and white nails?

On a completely unrelated topic: I finally attempted to take my drivers license test… and I passed!! WHOOO! When I stopped the car, he asked me how I thought I did and I was still really nervous and kept staring at the steering wheel and said “I don’t know,” in the most worried voice. He told me I was his first pass of the day :D We went in the DMV when it was over and my mom gave me this worried look and later told me that she thought I failed because my face was soooo red! haha! I was soooo nervous though!
So, yeah, I’m feeling pretty good. I’m done worrying about one of the most important tests in my life. Until a few months when I can take my practical (theory) test for Cosmetology. One step at a time…

Thanks for reading!!

Sparkling Stripes Nails

Today’s nails are super simple, but oh so pretty. There wasn’t much of any inspiration behind them. I was actually in search of a different polish when I went to the store, but as I assumed- it was gone. But you know what they say: “If you can’t find what you’re looking for when you go to the beauty store, then buy something else you like, but didn’t have the intention on buying in the first place”… or something like that :)

Needless to say I did not leave empty handed. I welcomed a new nail buffer and Seche – Collage Overlay when I got home. It was a pleasant surprise to find Collage Overlay, though; I think it was a limited edition polish a few months ago?

I didn’t really know what I wanted to do with my nails, but I did know I wanted to try out my new polish, so I just applied three coats of Rimmel London – Magnetise, and then applied one coat of Seche – Collage Overlay. I did have to pick out most of the white glitters, however.

To trick myself into thinking I was all artsy and creative that day, I created an accent nail, using Orly – Au Champagne as my base, then made one stroke of Sally Girl – Sparkle down the center of my nail. I then used a silver Stripe Rite striper to outline Sparkle. To add even more sparkle, I placed a colourful crystal rhinestone from Born Pretty near my cuticle.

These nails bubbled a little bit because I am impatient and don’t know how to let layers of polish dry. It’s not super noticeable though, so I kept them on until I noticed a chip.

Thanks for reading!! Are you guilty of buying polish you were not in search for?

Metallic Strokes Nail Art

Once again, I have let blogging slip away from me. Not cool. I know.
These nails are actually from two weeks ago. I have a lot of catching up to do…

For my base, I believe I used Rimmel London – French Rose, and then used the entire Mirror Metallics collection by Essie to create the brushstrokes.

I really like these nails because they are so delicate and neutral. They were also super easy to create (However, not so easy to capture in a photo).


Thanks for reading and looking as always !
Have a SPECTACULAR day!

Delicate Purple Bow Nail Art

Before I go into my nail art, I would like to first point out that I hate the cold weather. It makes my nails super brittle, and they broke once more. *sigh* Nevertheless, I can deal. It actually causes me to go out of my comfort zone a little, and venture into rounded nails. I really like rounded nails (mostly on others) because they just seem so delicate and dainty.

Onto the nails!!

I’ve really been enjoying all of the sheer polishes I have, lately. Again, something that is a bit beyond my comfort zone; I’m used to opaque polishes, where you can’t see my free edge.

I used Rimmel London – French Rose for my base, then used Julie G – My Private Palace for my glitter gradient.
I made the outline of my bow using a black stripe rite striper, then filled it it using e.l.f. – Lilac. I then used a white polish to make my dots.

Have a great day!

Oz: The Great and Powerful Inspired Nails: Logo

Great news! Oz comes out this Friday in the States!! By now a lot of you are probably getting sick of hearing about it from me, no? Even if you are, I still hope you’re not annoyed with my Oz themed nails :)

 

I used two coats of Rimmel London – Camouflage for my green base on my ring fingers, then used Orly – Glitz for the Oz logo. On the rest of my nails, I used two coats of Orly – Glitz, followed by one coat of OPI – When Monkeys Fly!.

When Monkeys Fly! is a really pretty glitter from the new collection by OPI inspired by the new Oz movie. The only problem is the large gold glitters tend to curl.



I hope to be able to create more Oz inspired nails after seeing the movie (no worries- I won’t give away any spoilers. However, I may be inspired by something from the movie, but I’ll do my best to stray away from them… No promises though!)

Off to see the Wizard!

Oz: The Great and Powerful Inspired Nails: Flying Creature

Hello all! Is anyone else super excited for the new Oz movie? I sure am! Only one more week!

The little flying creature that resembles a sea monkey inspired my nails this week. I think he’s adorable, but everyone else I talked to begs to differ. Unfortunately, the lighting wasn’t agreeing with me today, so the quality of the pictures isn’t too great :(

 

For my blue base I used Sally Hansen – Blew Me Away! then used Savvy – Mango for the base of the creature. I created a few highlights using L'Oréal – Pink Me Up!. I mixed some Pink Me Up! with black in order to create some shadows, along with the mouth. I used black and white polish to make the eyes.

I used Rimmel London – French Rose for my french base for the rest of my nails. I made a black french tip using Wet n Wild – Black Crème.

My inspiration:

Source

Thanks for reading!

Eyeball French Tips + A Halloween Visitor

Since I haven’t done any actual Halloween nails this year, I decided to go for some eyeball tips.

I used two coats of Rimmel London – French Rose as my base, and then added two coats of Finger Paints – Gallery Glam to my tips. One each nail I added a somewhat large white dot, and added either a blue (I think I used L.A. Colors – Splash), green (Finger Paints – Go Van Gogh!), or brown (China Glaze – Mahogany Magic) dot to make the iris. Next, I added a black dot in the iris to make the pupil. The final step for the eye was to take a striper dipped into red polish to make the blood vessels. I added a few coats of a glow-in-the-dark polish at the tips, so that is why it looks a little bulky and uneven.

The day I painted my nails, I also saw a little bat attaching himself to my patio umbrella:

Isn’t he adorable? This makes me want a bat as a pet :)

Sunset Gradient Nails

Today’s challenge was to be inspired by a color. The color I chose to be inspired by was Rimmel London- Sunset Orange. I’m not sure you could even think of anything else than a sunset when reading that name. So, clearly, my choice was a gradient sunset. I used the following polishes: Sally Hansen- Mellow Yellow for my yellow, Rimmel London- Sunset Orange for my orange, and Jesse’s Girl- JulieG for my pink.

Don’t you hate when your top coat messes up your nails? This is the most bubbly I’ve ever seen my nails! I think it’s because my top coat is getting a bit old. the problem is I still have half of the bottle, so I want to use it up. I should try thinner in it. Do you think that it will hurt it? I’ve never used thinner in a top coat or base coat before.

Tomorrow’s nails will be inspired by a song. Hmm…. I have so many ideas in my head! I guess I should start to narrow it down tonight!

Rimmel London-Camouflage

Today is day four of the 31 Day Challenge, and the color was green. As I mentioned yesterday- do not own a lot of green polishes, so it was a little difficult picking one out to match my mood today. I chose Rimmel London’s Camouflage. I think it may have been one of my first green polishes, yet remains more commonly worn than my other greens.

Tomorrow is blue. I have a lot of blue, so the only problem is deciding on which one to wear.

Chicken nails

I might as well say these nails are for Easter… (but they’re not). It is actually a strange story:

My friend just bought six chicks and she somehow came up with the conclusion that I am after them and I am going to eat them. I had to prove to her that I will not eat her chickens, so I decided to show some love the best way I know- nails!

Thumb – brown eggs, Index finger – chicks, Middle finger – white eggs, Ring finger – chicken, Pinky finger – chicken footprints

It is a little hard to see the chicks, and I’m actually kind of glad because they didn’t come out the way I had hoped.

Yet again, I wasn’t having a good picture day, and most of them came out blurry, so my apologies for that.

On my thumb I used Nina Ultra Pro – Leaf Me Alone and I also added a green shimmer on top of it. On my middle finger I used Sinful Colors – Mint Apple.

I used OPI – Italian Love Affair on my index finger. On my ring finger I used China Glaze – Solar Power. On my pinky I used Rimmel – Magnetise.     

St. Patrick’s Day Glitter Gradient nails

I have meant to make this post since Sunday, and am just now getting it up. I’ve been busy with a few things, and then this post was pushed back further when I forgot to take pictures of the gold polish. Then once I finally took pictures, I realized I took pictures without the SD card in my camera, and didn’t want to take the time to figure out how to do it that way. So anyway, I am finally ready for this post…

I haven’t been able to take good quality pictures lately. So, here they are:I decided do a green glitter gradient on the tips at first, but then decided to go for something a little more obvious for St. Patrick’s Day (the pot of gold).

It may look like I was just lazy and painted the gold everywhere, but I was neat at first with the application until I decided to make it look like it was over flowing.

I applied a french base a first, then I used a cosmetic sponge to apply green polish, then I randomly swiped on some green glitter polish. To make the pot of gold, I made a small simple black pot, then I sponged on some gold nail polish, then to make the gold a little more sparkly, I sponged on some gold glitter. Done! Good luck with this design if you decide to recreate it! It’s pretty easy.

The polishes used:

• Call You Later – Sinful Colors
• Camouflage – Rimmel London
• Goldmine – Wet n Wild
• All About you – Sinful Colors