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 :)

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:

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Thanks for reading!

New York Color–Peach Sparkle

I should have posted these pictures earlier because Peach Sparkle is a limited edition polish- So, I hope if you want it you will be able to get it!

Peach Sparkle looked pretty sheer in the bottle, so I put it over Savvy – Mango.

In order to see the shimmer, you basically have to be in the right light, at the right angle. However, I think it looks pretty even when it isn’t in the right light or the right angle.

It is supposed to be a dupe for Nars – Orgasm. I didn’t know that when I picked it up. I just bought it because I thought it was pretty, but knowing that is is a dupe for a pricey polish is just (peach) icing on the (mango) cake!

I also took a picture of the bottles together so you can see how similar they are.

While I used Peach Sparkle with Mango, I believe it is a buildable polish if you don’t have a polish very similar :)

New York Color-Lavender Cupcake, New York Color-249B & Orly-Oui, Savvy-Gotcha Grape

Day 6 of the 31 Day Challenge- while I thought it was going to be the most fun of the challenges so far, I was wrong. COMPLETELY WRONG! Today was awful!

This is my final result of today’s challenge. I used New York Color’s Lavender Cupcake.

My excuse for the photos being blurry is that it had just stopped raining, and it was getting late.
Before I had a decent result today, I first had on Savvy’s Gotcha Grape.

It is a very pretty polish, but I didn’t have time to take pictures today before leaving the house (while they were tacky). They were smudged and the tips looked pretty bad once I got home

(the little dots on my nails are raindrops. It began to sprinkle once I started taking pictures)
Next up is the result of me trying to create a smudge-free purple manicure:


This is New York Color’s 249B. While, these nails are smudge free, they are not purple. I thought for some reason that this looked purple in the bottle. After realizing it was burgundy, I thought I could try putting a purple polish over it to make it actually look purple. I chose Orly’s Oui…

…and again, it proved to be a bad choice. (please excuse me not cleaning up my cuticles!) At this point, it was actually raining, so these pictures were taken underneath my deck.
Please tell me that I am not the only one who has bad nail days! Today was just a mess. I hope tomorrow ends up nicely, especially because the challenge is black and white. I don’t really have any room for error with black, considering it usually turns my cuticles black once I take it off!

Savvy-Mango & Sally Hansen-Set The Stage

I want to get rid of a few pictures I’ve had on tile for a while before I post anything new (with my newly shorter nails). This post features Femme Couture Savvy’s Mango and Sally Hansen’s Set The Stage.

These pictures don’t do much justice to Mango. Even when I bought it I wasn’t super crazy for it, but it truly is a beautiful polish!

I put one coat of Sally Hansen’s Set The Stage on my ring finger. I believe that the two polishes make a perfect match.

I’ve been considering doing more swatch related posts. What do you think? Was this a good start?

Nerdy Nails

 

Who is up for some fun chemistry nails? They are very colorful and attention grabbing(..of course I didn’t give anyone the chance to notice them, since I was so excited about them that I waved them in everyone’s face ).

Potassium is green (Wet n Wild – Jade), Copper, gold, silver, and mercury are purple (Savvy – Gotcha Grape), lead and tin are blue (Rimmel – Green with Envy), nitrogen and hydrogen are white (Orly – Au Champagne), and oxygen is magenta (New York Color 239).

I love how bright they are compared to what I have been wearing. It makes me miss summer!

If you were to recreate this nail design, you could use your favorite elements and the colors of your choice.

I’m highly considering making a series of “Nerdy Nails,” so don’t be surprised when it comes! Actually, you can probably expect some next week!

Bargain Shopping!

I went to Sally’s with only the intention on finding a few Finger Paints Special Effects, but only found two. With my luck, they were the same (Flashy). I guess that’s good though, since it made the decision easy (I didn’t want to buy all of them…Okay, I did want to have all of them; I just didn’t want to buy all of them since I’ve been trying to save money). On the plus side, I checked out their clearance rack and found one of Orly’s Stone Cold. I guess they are also getting rid of all their Savvy polishes too since they were all on the rack as well. There were a lot to pick from, but I decided on just two: Touch of Glitter and Cotcha Grape.

                    Touch of Glitter^                                                                             Flashy^

I also went to Dollar Tree, trying to find some drawer liners. I couldn’t just pass the beauty isle! I’m always curious to see what they get in. I found this pack of nail accessories. I didn’t really need the rhinestones; I bought it for the glitter and stars.

Instructions were included, but I already know how to do everything. I suppose a beginner might need them though. It’s actually a great starter kit for nail art. I usually order my nail accessories online for cheap, but I couldn't pass this up!