Don't Bossa Nova Me Around because I Don't Give A Rotterdam

I did a simple floral mani tonight because I wanted to use my 2 new O.P.I nail polishes. 

Cupcake

My sister brought back some Kiko nail polish from her stay in Europe. 2 of them were from their cupcake collection. So of course, I have to use them for cupcake nails! 

Kiko Cupcake : #655

Cupcake

I'm very excited to show you all this. It is my first time doing advanced stamping. It took a few tries but I think it looks pretty cool. 

Essie : Turth or Flare

Roses

Originally, I wanted to do a delicate vintage rose mani. I don't know what happened. 4 of my 5 fingers are pretty and delicate. But I have this yellow and green index finger that's in your face loud. It's like that game, find the thing that doesn't belong in the group. I like it. It's different, and different is good. 

Pow!

Pink and Blue

My new stamper came today! I had to prep it because it wouldn't pick up the image. All you need is a nail filer/buffer and buff the soft part until it picks up the entire image. It took a few tries but it finally worked and it's perfect. This stamper is best for pattern stamping. It contours to your nails, which makes it much easier to get complete coverage. 

Butter London : Fruit Machine floral nail stamping

Lemon Jelly

I avoided doing a Jelly Sandwich manicure for a long time. It doesn't seem to look right when I attempt it. I recently saw one I liked so I tried to recreate it. It still looks weird on me. Maybe I'm not doing it right.

Essie Turquoise and Caicos jelly sandwich with lemon accent nails

Polka Dots & Glitter

I saw this mani on Pinterest and saved it so I could recreate it. Here is the original source.

The colors are so adorable together and I love my glittery silver nail. 

Essie : Resort Fling

Bad Nail Day

Earlier today, I saw these awesome nails by @lauramerino12 on Instagram. I attempted the nail art and it turned out quite lovely. When I applied my top coat, it smeared so badly, I removed them. 

Essie : Cocktails And Coconuts
Essie : Under The Twilight

Then & Now

My first blog post was 9/29/2013. I posted these nails. 

So here I am, 6 months later, and I have to let you all know that practice really makes a big difference. 

My recreation of Marc Jacob's daisy nails. 

Pinky and index finger each have 3 coats of Cover Girl Outlast Constant Candy. I used a dotting tool and Zoya Tomoko for the golden dot. 
Middle and thumb each have 3 coats of Cover Girl Outlast Constant Candy. I used a dotting tool and Essie Blanc and Zoya Tomoko for the daisies and dots. 
Ring finger has 2 coats of Zoya Tomoko. 

Outdoors

Pastel Floral

I pinned this gorgeous pastel floral mani on Pinterest and can't wait to show you how adorable it is. 

Pinky has 3 coats of Essie Play Date. 
Ring finger has 3 coats of Essie Blanc. Flowers were created with a dotting tool using Essie Play Date and Essie Mint Candy Apple. I used Essie Luxeffects A Cut Above for the glitter placement and flower centers.
Middle finger and thumb each have 3 coats of Zoya Pixie Dust Lux.
Index finger has 3 coats of Essie Mint Candy Apple.  

Essie : Mint Candy Apple

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

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

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

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

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

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!