Glittery Mermaid

I am in love with these right now! The extra sparkle from the glitter really pulls the look together. 

Sparkle Sparkle

Arabesque

I received a beautiful nail stamping plate from bornprettystore. 

Red, White, and Blue

July 4th is perfect for barbeques, getting together with friends and family, celebrating, parades, and flag inspired nails! 

Flag nails

Aruba Blue

Essie Aruba Blue is one of my all time favorite blue nail polishes. It is a stunning sapphire blue that looks amazing on anyone. It applies nicely and is opaque after 2 coats. I love Aruba Blue when it's glossy but I get crazy over it when it's matte. 

Essie : Aruba Blue

Entrancing Emerald

While looking through Pinterest, I happened upon these insanely gorgeous emerald chandelier earrings. I used them as inspiration for my mani. 

Sally Hansen Triple Shine : Archipela Glow

Badgley Mischka Entrancing Emerald Earrings

Hawaii Sunset

More Summer time nails! A gorgeous sunset in Hawaii. 

Hawaii Sunset

Beach Nails

It's almost Summer time! If you're going to the beach, you're going to need some beach nails. 

Seashells and starfish on the beach

Zoya Charisma & Mosheen

Here is Zoya Charisma and Zoya Mosheen. Gorgeous, isn't it?

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

Aruba Blue & Silver Glitter Gradient

If I had to choose one television series to represent NYC, it would be Sex and the City. I love Sex and the City and would have marathons when I couldn't sleep. The nails I did tonight were inspired by a very important scene from the first movie. When Big proposed to Carrie with those gorgeous blue shoes. 

Essie Aruba Blue and silver glitter gradient 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

Bossy Boots & Cheeky Chops

More Butter London nail polish! Ulta had a sale on Butter London for 1 day only: 2 for $15. I bought 8 of them. 

Cover Girl Outlast Timeless Rubies

I have been wanting to matte my nails for the longest time but couldn't figure out how to work it into my nail art. 

Today I did a quick paint job and wasn't a big fan of how this color looked on me. So I thought to myself, hey! I could matte it! Matte top coat looks so incredible over glitters, metallics, and foils.  

Here's an older post of how it looks shiny. Timeless Rubies is a dark pink color with bronze and pink glitter. The color is somewhere between bronze raspberry.

This is 2 coats of Cover Girl Outlast Timeless Rubies and Nicole O.P.I Matte Top Coat. 

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

Glitter Half Moon

We got more snow last night. Luckily it wasn't the blizzard they predicted. So here is something bright and fun on this cold snowy day. 

I applied 2 coats of Essie Watermelon to all my nails. I used a small nail art brush and Butter London Scallywag to create the glitter half moons. 

Essie : Watermelon

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

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