Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Rainbow Leopard!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while! I have been soooo busy! I have a super cute and fun manicure today! Rainbow Leopard nails!! It's so fun and I feel like this represents my personality so well! I used my Konad stamping plate m57 that has the leopard print. I used a base color of Zoya Purity first, a really pretty and creamy bright white! When the base was dry I stamped the leopard print using Sinful Colors Black on Black (this was before I heard the awful thing that Sinful Colors did). After I finished stamping, I used a dotting tool and dotted China Glaze neon colors (yeah, I know I bought 9 of the 12 colors in the new neon collection) into the leopard print. For my neon colors on my left hand I used Surfin' for Boys (hot coral), Sun Worshipper (hot orange), I'm With the Lifeguard (bright green), and Beach Cruiser (hot purple). I used the same colors for dotting on my right hand except instead of using the purple I used Sun-Kissed (neon yellow). It was alot easier than it looks and it attracts alot of attention and compliments! One of my favorite manis of all time!



Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Freedom Nails!

Happy almost 4th of July! I knew I wanted to do a 4th of July mani and I just bought Baker Street by Nails Inc. and knew I wanted to incorporate it because it's such a pretty cobalt blue! I also got Zoya Maura, a really pretty and bright red! So on my left hand I painted four of my fingers with the red color, and my ring (accent) nail with the cobalt blue color. On my right hand, I painted four fingers with the blue and my accent nail with the red. After I painted my nails and let the color dry, I stamped my nails with my Konad plate (m79) that has polka dots. I did white polka dots using Snow Me White from Sinful Colors. This turned out so cute! Freedom nails!!

Left hand.

Right hand.

Presh!

Excuse my to-do list written on my hand! Lol



After my sweet mother saw my nails, she begged me to do her nails patriotic as well. This shocked me since she only paints her nails red and has for years! So I did her patriotic nails! American flags on her thumbs and polka dots on her nails!! I'm so proud of her for branching out! Maybe next week we can move to neons! Lol, baby steps!

So proud!!:)

Her base color is The Color of Minnie from OPI. The blue is Baker's Street, and the white stripes are Zoya Purity. Polka dots in Snow Me White from Sinful Colors.


Close up!



Happy Fourth! Remember that our freedom isn't free! God Bless America!
And Switzerland:) (I am half Swiss after all:))

Neon Skittle Nails!

I've seen alot of "skittle" manicures lately where people paint their nails with bright colors in an ombre fashion, so I decided to try it myself. I used 5 China Glaze neons, 4 from their new collection, and 1 from last year's neon collection. I used Surfin' For Boys, Orange You Hot?, Sun-Kissed, I'm With The Lifeguard, and Towel Boy-Toy. I also used Lynnderella Connect the Dots on top because I love how the glitter looks over neons!

Two coats of each color, one coat of CtD, and one coat of Butter London topcoat in direct sunlight.

Left to right: Surfin' for Boys, Orange You Hot?, Sun-Kissed, I'm With The Lifeguard, Towel Boy-Toy.