Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year! This year is the year of the Horse. I hope the new year brings everyone joy, health, and good fortune. 

Pinky, index, and thumb each have 2 coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Red Carpet. I stamped some gold swirls with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden-I using Mash plate #40.
Ring finger has 2 coats of Sally Hansen Golden-I. I stamped a pink horse with Essie Watermelon using Mash plate #42.
Middle finger has 2 coats of Sally Hansen Golden-I. Using a small brush, I wrote "福" which is Chinese for "good fortune", with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Red Carpet.  

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear : Red Carpet

Blue & Green

Blue and green nails for the Seahawks.

I went to a Korean beauty supply store and bought a few new nail polishes. One of them is Essie Shake Your $$ Maker. It looks gorgeous in the bottle. Don't let that fool you. This is absolutely the worst nail polish in the history of nail polish. It's a weird jelly neon matte combination. According to Essie, you should use a white nail polish as your base before you apply Shake Your $$ Maker. I didn't know that. I applied 5 coats of this junk to my thumbs. It looks like someone smeared mint jelly on my nails. 

Now for my Seahawks nails. 

Pinky, middle, and index finger each have 2 coats of Essie Aruba blue and 1 coat of Essie Good To Go. Taped off and applied 2 coats of Essie Blanc and 2 coats of Essie Shake Your $$ Maker.
Ring finger has 2 coats of Zoya Dream and I dabbed on Essie Jazzy Jubilant for some extra fun. 
Thumb has 1000000 5 coats of Essie Shake Your $$ Maker.  

Essie : Jazzy Jubilant

Galaxy Nails

The last time I did galaxy nails was back in October. It didn't turn out that great. I found a better tutorial this time to make this manicure much easier to achieve. 

I applied 2 coats of Essie After School Boy Blazer to all my nails. Using a make up sponge I created my nebula with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away! and Revlon Parfumerie African Tea Rose. 
For my middle finger, I stamped Saturn using Mash plate #34 and Essie Blanc. 
I applied a thin coat of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Disco Ball to all my nails for that extra starry look.  

Essie : After School Boy Blazer

Half Nude

My nails are horribly stained so I technically couldn't do half nude. 

Instead, I applied 2 coats of Essie Hi Maintenance as my base color. 
I used a dotting tool and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away! for the polka dots on my ring finger. 
I taped off the rest of my nails and applied Essie Naughty Nautical.  

Essie : Hi Maintenance

Red, Black, and Gold

After I removed my last manicure, which had at least 8 layers of nail polish, I told myself I was done with glitter for this week. So, what do I do? I paint my nails with glitter again. 

Pinky, index, and thumb each have 2 coats of Sinful Colors GoGo Girl. Glitter gradient created with Sinful Colors Paris and Selena Gomez Nicole O.P.I Kissed At Midnight. 
Ring and middle finger each have 2 coats of Zoya Tomoko. Taped off and applied 1 coat of Essie Licorice. 

Sinful Colors : Paris

Zigzag

This zipzag tape mani was inspired by Nailside. 

I applied 2 coats of Zoya Hunter on all my nails and 1 coat of Essie Good To Go top coat. Let it dry completely. Then I taped my nails and applied 2 coats of Zoya Tomoko and 1 coat of Essie Good To Go top coat. Let it dry completely. Finally I taped my nails again and applied 1 coat of Zoya Dream and 1 coat of Essie Good To Go top coat. 

Zoya : Hunter

Berry Red & Silver Half Moon

This is a really simple mani. 

I applied 2 coats of Cover Girl Outlast Crushed Berries to all my nails. Using a dotting tool and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Silver Sweep, I created a half moon. 

Cover Girl Outlast : Crushed Berries

Clearly Spotted

This was a bit of a fail. 

Pinky, middle, and index fingers each have 2 coats of Essie Blanc. I applied Maybelline Color Show Polka Dots Clearly Spotted. It looks like an Oreo milkshake. 

Ring and thumb each have 2 coats of Essie Licorice. I stamped a polka dot pattern using Mash plate #48 with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden-I. It didn't turn out well. I covered it up with Maybelline Color Show Polka Dots Clearly Spotted. 

Maybelline Color Show Polka Dots : Clearly Spotted

Clouds or Scallops?

Some people call it clouds. Some call it scallops. Here is the original cloud mani tutorial. Here is the video that inspired me today. 

Pinky, middle, and index fingers each have 2 coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Gunmetal. I gave it a matte look with Nicole O.P.I matte top coat. The little clouds were created with a dotting tool using Maybelline Color Show Audacious Asphalt. 
Ring and thumb each have 2 coats of Cover Girl Outlast Constant Candy. Clouds/scallops were created using Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away! and Maybelline Color Show Audacious Asphalt. 

Nicole O.P.I Top Coat

Mint & Silver Stamping

Nail stamping fun and easy to do. It's great for people who aren't ambidextrous, like me.  

I applied 3 coats of O.P.I Gargantuan Green Grapes and 1 coat of Essie Good To Go top coat. I let my nails dry completely before stamping with Mash plate #42 with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Silver Sweep. 

O.P.I : Gargantuan Green Grapes

49ers

Let me start by saying I don't know anything about football and I don't know anything about the 49ers. I chose to do 49ers solely based on their colors. 

Pinky, middle, and thumb each have 2 coats of Sinful Colors GoGo Girl. 
Index finger has 2 coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden-I and 3 coats of Sinful Colors Paris. 
Ring finger has 3 coats of Essie Blanc and Essie Good To Go top coat. I applied Sinful Colors GoGo Girl, Essie Licorice, and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden-I to each diamond using this tutorial.  

Sinful Colors : GoGo Girl

Revlon Parfumerie African Tea Rose

Rose scented pink nail polish. This is a bright pink color with a hint of purple shimmer. It has a slight rose scent. Opaque in 2 coats. 
This is a nail polish I see myself reaching for a lot this coming summer. 

Revlon Parfumerie : African Tea Rose