Gray & Gold Glitter

Found a gorgeous design on Pinterest. I couldn't find the source so I'm not sure who to credit for such a genius idea. 

I applied Loreal Eiffel For You to all my nails. 
The glitter gradient on my ring finger is Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Disco Ball, Sinful Colors Paris, and Nicole O.P.I Selena Gomez Kissed At Midnight. 
Gold stripes are striping tape with top coat to seal it in. 

Loreal : Eiffel For You

New Year's

Blue and gold glitter to ring in the new year.

Pinky, ring, and thumb each have 1 coat of Sinful Colors Blue By You and 1 coat of Maybelline Color Show Brocades Beaming Blue.
On my middle finger, I applied 3 coats of Essie Blanc. Using a dotting tool, I alternated between Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Pink Satin and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden-I. I wrote 2014 with a striping brush using Sinful Colors Blue By You.
Index finger has 1 coat of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden-I, 1 coat of Sinful Colors Paris, and 2 coats of Nicole O.P.I Selena Gomez Kissed At Midnight. 

Happy 2014!

Berry, Pink, and Brown

Couldn't wait to play with the new nail polish I bought today. 

Cover Girl Outlast Timeless Rubies is dark pink with pink and bronze glitter. Opaque in 2 coats.

Revlon Parfumerie Autumn Spice is a dark brown with bronze and copper glitter. Opaque in 2 coats. It smells like cinnamon. The scent is very strong and I can smell it without putting my fingers to my nose. 

Cover Girl Outlast Crushed Berries is a deep burgundy that is almost purple. Opaque in 2 coats.

Cover Girl Outlast : Timeless Rubies
Revlon Parfumerie : Autumn Spice
Cover Girl Outlast : Crushed Berries

Not Totoro

What was suppose to be Totoro nails ended up looking like some sort of grey animal. A cat? A seal? Maybe even an owl? 

Pinky and thumb have 2 coats of Maybelline Color Show Impeccable Greys.
Ring has 2 coats of Maybelline Color Show Impeccable Greys. Taped off and applied 2 coats of Maybelline Color Show Audacious Asphalt.
Totoro/cat/seal/owl has 3 coats of Audacious Asphalt. It's tummy has 2 coats of Essie Marshmallow. Eyes are 2 dots of Essie Blanc and topped with Essie Licorice. Whiskers and tummy fur is Essie Licorice. 

Totoro nails?

Christmas Tree

4 new polishes to play with!

Maybelline Color Show Brocades in Emerald Elegance is a gorgeous glitter emerald. 2 coats for opaque color. Really pretty and perfect for my Christmas tree nail art. 
Maybelline Color Show Brocades in Gilded Rose has gold fine glitter with larger pieces of pink glitter. 2 coats for opaque color. 
Revlon Parfumerie in Wintermint is a scented polish. After your polish is dry, it smells like mint candy. It is light green with green glitter. 2-3 coats for opaque color.
Sinful Colors in Gogo Girl is the perfect creamy red. This is my first Sinful Color nail polish and I can't believe how great their formula is. Almost opaque in 1 coat. 

Pinky and thumb has 2 coats of Sinful Colors in Gogo Girl and Maybelline Color Show in Gilded Rose for glittery tips. 
Ring has 2 coats of Sinful Colors in Gogo Girl. Christmas tree is Maybelline Color Show in Emerald Elegance, Maybelline Color Show in Gilded Rose, and Nicole O.P.I in Always A Silver Lining. 
Middle and index has 2 coats of Revlon Parfumerie In Wintermint. 2 dots of Sinful Colors Gogo Girl.  

Christmas Tree Nails

Purple Matte Glossy Tips

This is a super easy manicure. 

I applied 2 coats of Nicole O.P.I Show You Care and 1 coat of Essie Good To Go top coat. This helped my nails dry quicker. After the nails dried, I taped off the tips and applied Nicole O.P.I matte top coat. I removed the tape while nails were still wet. 

I didn't add another top coat with the matte top coat. 

Nicole O.P.I : Show You Care
Nicole O.P.I : Matte Top Coat

Mint & Gold

Picked up Mint Candy Apple from Essie and Kissed At Midnight from Nicole O.P.I Selena Gomez collection on Saturday at CVS.

I applied 2 coats of Mint Candy Apple from Essie. Then dabbed on Disco Ball from Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear and Kissed At Midnight from Nicole O.P.I Selena Gomez collection to achieve a glitter gradient look. 

Mint & Gold

Blue & Silver

I bought some new polish today and could not wait to try it out. 
My Essie First Base base coat has not been doing too well with all the red polish I used recently. My nails are heavily stained. 
For this manicure, I used Orly Bonder, which is part of the new polishes I bought.
Pinky, ring, & thumb has 2 coats of Aruba Blue from Essie. 1 Coat of Essie Good to Go top coat. 1 Coat of Nicole O.P.I matte top coat. 
Pinky tips are Always A Silver Lining from Nicole O.P.I using striping brush (no top coat). 
Ring and thumb's polka dots are Always A Silver Lining from Nicole O.P.I using dotting tool (no top coat).
Middle and index has 3 coats of Always A Silver Lining from Nicole O.P.I. Taped off and applied Aruba Blue from Essie and Nicole O.P.I matte top coat. 

Blue & Silver

Snowflakes... again

The best time to practice nail art is right before you remove your old polish. In this case, I liked it so much I decided to keep it for a little while longer. 
I recently purchased a pack of Winstonia brushes (available at Amazon) and what a difference! 
For colors and info please check my previous post. 

Snowflakes nail art

Candy Cane

Another festive mani! 

Here I applied 2 coats of Berry Sweet from Nicole O.P.I for my pinky, middle, and index fingers.

For my ring finger and thumb I applied 2 coats of Mer-Maid For Each Other from Nicole O.P.I. 

Candy Cane is made with dotting tool using Blanc from Essie. Striped with Berry Sweet from Nicole O.P.I.

candy cane nails

Messy Snowflakes Cute Penguin

December is here! Get ready for lots of winter themed nails this month.

I really messed up these snowflakes. I thought I could finish it nicely before my littlest one woke up from his nap. Right after I finished my cute penguins, the little guy woke up. Lesson learned - no nail art until the boys go to bed at night.
My penguins have 1 base coat of Licorice from Essie. 2 coats of Blanc from Essie for it's tummy. Dotting tool to make the beak and feet using Sunkissed from Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear.
2 coats of Bikini So Teeny from Essie and 1 coat of Disco Ball from Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear for my snowflake's backdrop. Blanc from Essie to make my messy snowflakes.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear : Sunkissed
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear : Disco Ball
Essie : Licorice
Essie : Bikini So Teeny
Essie : Blanc

Navy & Gold

In my last entry I talked about my disappointment with As Gold As It Gets from Essie Luxeffects. I used it over a gold polish thinking the gold glitter would enhance my gold base. So wrong. 

This time I used 2 coats of As Gold As It Gets from Essie Luxeffects over 2 coats of After School Boy Blazer from Essie. It's a subtle shimmer that is quite different from the usual gold glitter polishes. 

In the sunlight