Spring Floral

It is still snowing on a weekly basis here and I am so sick of it. Crossing my fingers for Spring to come soon.

I applied 3 coats of Zoya Cole to my pinky, index, and thumb. Zoya Cole is part of their new Spring collection. It is a peachy orange creme color. Goes on smoothly and looks gorgeous!
Middle finger has 2 coats of Zoya Lux from their new Pixie Dust collection. It's a sparkly pink. Looks like crushed pink diamonds on my nails.
Ring finger has 2 coats of Essie Blanc. I used a makeup sponge and sponged on Zoya Cole, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow, Essie Play Date, and Essie Mojito Madness. I drew on the flowers using a nail art brush and Essie Licorice. A few spots of Essie Mojito Madness for leaves. 

Inspired by Chelsea King.

Zoya Pixie Dust : Lux

Disney's Beautifully Spriteful

I'm back from my Disney vacation! 
I brought back some Disney nail polishes. 3 in total. I'll show you the one I'm wearing today. 

This pretty gold/bronze holographic nail polish is Disney's Beautifully Tinker Bell Fantasy In Flight - Spriteful. It looks like a rainbow landed on a warm sandy beach. 
The formula was pretty smooth and easy to apply. This is 2 coats. 

Disney's Beautifully Tinker Bell Fantasy In Flight : Spriteful

Mickey & Minnie Mouse

More Disney nails! 
Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.

Pinky, middle, index, and thumb each have 2 coats of Sinful Colors GoGo Girl. 
Gold Mickey heads were created with a dotting tool using Zoya Tomoko.
Black Mickey heads were created with a dotting tool using Essie Licorice.
White polka dots were created with a dotting tool using Essie Blanc.
Ring finger has 3 coats of Gwen Stefani O.P.I Hey Baby.
Minnie Mouse head was created with a dotting tool using Essie Licorice. I used Zoya Tomoko for her gold bow. 

Disney

Toy Story

I'm going to Disney World in a few days! To celebrate, I did Toy Story nails (inspired by thepolishsquirrel.

Thumb - 2 coats of Revlon Parfumerie Autumn Spice and Essie Licorice.
Index - 3 coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow, Essie Licorice, Essie Aruba Blue, Essie Blanc, and Sinful Colors GoGo Girl. 
Middle - 3 coats of Essie Blanc, Essie Mojito Madness, Essie Licorice, Essie Aruba Blue, Zoya Hunter, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Deep Purple, and Sinful Colors GoGo Girl.
Ring - 3 coats of Essie Bikini So Teeny and Essie Blanc.
Pinky - 2 coats of Zoya Dream, Essie Mojito Madness, Essie Blanc, and Essie Licorice. 

Essie : Mojito Madness

Roses

No need to buy flowers when you can draw some.
Simple roses for Valentine's Day nails. 

Pinky, index, and thumb each have 2 coats of O.P.I Sleigh Ride For Two. 
Ring and middle finger each have 2 coats of Layla Softouch Effect #01 Marshmallow Twinkle. Roses are created with a dotting tool using Essie Resort Fling, Gwen Stefani O.P.I Hey Baby, and Essie Mojito Madness. 

O.P.I : Sleigh Ride For Two

Pink Hearts For Valentine's Day

I wasn't able to find heart glitter nail polish at any of the beauty supply stores or drugstores. So I decided to get some craft glitter from Michael's. The hearts I bought are from a brand called Recollections. 

I applied 3 coats of Essie Fiji to all my nails. I placed my hearts using a dotting tool and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Invisible. Here is a video tutorial.   

Essie : Fiji

Basics FAQ

If you're new to the nail polish world you probably have some questions. 

Here are some tips and tricks that have been compiled for your reading pleasure.

There is one thing that will help almost more than anything else, and that is practice. Everyone’s nails are a slightly different shape, their cuticles grow differently, our chemistry is not the same. No one can tell you more accurately how to perfect your manicure than you, 100 manicures from now. So enjoy the process and know that after the fails there will be a fabulous success.

Pandas And Hearts

I have to show you all how gorgeous Butter London Trustafarian is. It's a holographic green nail polish. Goes on so smooth and only needed 2 coats. 

Butter London - Trustafarian

Purple

A few weeks ago, I bought 3 pretty purple nail polish and I have been dying to try them out. 

Pinky has 3 coats of Essie Sexy Divide with Essie Play Date polka dots.
Ring finger has 3 coats of Essie Play Date with Essie Sexy Divide and O.P.I Liquid Sand Can't Let Go flowers.
Middle and index fingers each have 3 coats of O.P.I Liquid Sand Can't Let Go, no top coat.
Thumb has 3 coats of Essie Sexy Divide with Nicole O.P.I matte top coat.  

O.P.I Liquid Sand : Can't Let Go

Mermaid Nails

Mermaid nails inspired by Elleandish. 

I applied 2 coats of Essie Mint Candy Apple for my base color. 

The gradient was created with Essie Mint Candy Apple, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away!, and Essie Aruba Blue. 

Each nail was stamped with Mash plate #39 and Essie After School Boy Blazer. 

I applied a very thin layer of Gwen Stefani O.P.I In True Stefani Fashion for a glittery touch. 

Essie : Mint Candy Apple

Gwen Stefani O.P.I

I recently bought 4 new O.P.I nail polishes from the Gwen Stefani collection. I used 3 of them today.  

I applied 2 coats of Gwen Stefani O.P.I Hey Baby. It is a bright pink creme polish. I layered 1 coat of Gwen Stefani O.P.I In True Stefani Fashion. It is a very dense silver and holographic glitter polish. My nails look like a bottle of glitter threw up on a hooker. I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not. 

On a more positive note, I applied 1 coat of Lay Down That Base with 2 coats of Gwen Stefani O.P.I Push And Shove on my ring fingers. It is a chrome mirror finish (no top coat needed). It looks like someone melted silver on my nails. So fabulous. 

In the sunlight