Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is the perfect holiday to do some super girly manis that you wouldn't normally do.
A few weeks ago, I posted a Valentine's Day watermarble mani, but I have 3 more festive manis for you. If you're following me on Instagram, you've probably already seen them. There are some quick video tutorials on my instagram as well.

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Valentine's Day Water Marble

Last week I won Pipe Dream Polish's A Night in Vegas giveaway. I received them very quickly and was so excited to start playing with them. Here in New York we were snowed in from the blizzard, so what better time to do a water marble mani! I knew I wanted to do something for Valentine's Day and I came across a great tutorial from MySimpleLittlePleasures. 

Pipe Dream Polish - A Night In Vegas Collection

Subtle Gradient Autumn Leaves

This Thanksgiving I decided to skip the turkeys and do Autumn leaves instead. This was a very easy mani and only took a little over an hour. The final look is beautiful and will be perfect for my family's Thanksgiving feast.

Subtle Gradient & Autumn Leaves

Red, White, and Blue

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

Flag nails

Red, Gold, and Blue

In my attempt to create nautical nails, I created 4th of July nails instead. So, this is kind of a fail. 

Zoya : Dream

Green

More green for St. Patrick's Day. 

Kept it simple with this mani.

Pinky, index, and thumb each have 2 coats of Zoya Hunter. 

Ring and middle finger each have 2 coats of Maybelline Color Show Brocades Emerald Elegance. 

Zoya : Hunter

Rainbow

While searching for rainbow images on Google for St. Patrick's Day nails, I came across this gorgeous watercolor rainbow art. It reminded me of the Nailasaurus nimbus technique. I had to try it. 

I applied 2 coats Disney Beautifully Ocean Mist to my pinky, middle, index, and thumb.
For my ring finger, I applied 2 coats of O.P.I Alpine Snow. My rainbow consisted of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Deep Purple, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed, Essie Aruba Blue, Essie Mojito Madness, and Sinful Colors GoGo Girl. 

Disney Beautifully : Ocean Mist

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

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

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!

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

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

Breast Cancer Awareness

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Here is a pretty manicure. I used Cover Girl Outlast in Constant Candy for my base coat. The pink glitter gradient is A Cut Above from Essie. A dotting tool was used to create the pink ribbon with Madison Ave-Hue from Essie. 

Pink glitter gradient
Pink ribbon