A Hint of Pink

This past week has been so stressful; i have an impromptu speech in class tomorrow and I'm not good at improvising! The dress attire is business type so I decided to take my Halloween nails off and go for something a bit more neutral and classy. Luckily I picked up this nail polish today from Old Navy while shopping for a shirt.

Tip Toe Nail Polish; color: "Ballerina"; $3.50
Note: The writing on the polish says Tip Toe, I just accidentally took a picture of the French side. ha

I usually have a problem with nail polishes that are this light but for some reason I really like how this looks. It is much more pink in person and the color just looks so delicate and feminine. The only downside is that it applies a bit opaque so you have to do about 2-3 coats before getting the actual color. I definitely need to go back and pick up some more colors, especially because they are so affordable. 

Halloween Nails- Spider Webs and Bats

So I haven't been blogging for a while, I've been really busy with school, sports, and a new baby in the house! I'm going to try getting back to posting more often so here's a quick explanation on my black and white Halloween nails.

1. The first thing I did was start off with a top coat. Next I painted my ring fingers white and the rest black. 

Sinful Colors- Basecoat,  Love & Beauty- Black #10222A, NYC-French White Tip #134

2. Next I used my nail stamping tool from Konad and image plate from Bundle Monster to stamp spiderwebs on all of my nails. I added an extra bat on my ring fingers.

Bundle Monster- Image plate BM13, Konad- Nail stamping tool+scraper

3.End with your favorite top coat and you're done! Simple as that. 

***I also did my little cousin's nails.. she wanted candy corn fingers! :)

Painting little nails is so much harder than my own.. there's never enough room!

4th of July- Nails + Event

Yesterday was a great Independence Day for my family and I. The day started off with the family playing baseball down the street from my house. Of course my team won, and after that we all got ready for a BBQ at my uncles house. Before I left I decided to quickly do my nails somewhat like the American flag.

1. The first step was to paint all my nails a flat red, except my ring fingers which i painted a metallic blue.

2. Next I added white stripes across the red nails; these came out a bit crooked since i was just using a nail polish with a fine tip.

3. Last I used bundle monsters BM21 image plate with the stars on my ring fingers. Just add a top coat & clean up any mistakes and you're done!

 

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Family BBQ. That's me behind the two little girls and next to the woman in the red shirt.

me and my bf watching the fireworks

Mint Nails

Mint nail polish has been really in this spring/summer so I decided to buy myself a bottle and try it out for myself.
The nail polish i bought was Sally Hansen's Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear in the color "Mint Sorbet" from Rite-aid for about $3.

I didn't really like the color on my nails by itself so i decided to add white polka dots the next day. Kept the look simple, yet cute.

The nail polish was nice and thick so I only needed one coat and it lasted me a while without chipping. That's always a plus.

Spring Romance

It's Spring time and i decided to use a new lavender nail polish I bought that would be perfect for the season. To top off the look I added a simple daisy print over it. Let me know if you like it!

  To get the Look:

1. Start with your favorite base coat and then paint your nails your favorite lavender nail polish. I used NYC's "Lincoln Square Lavender"

2. Next, using Bundle Monsters BM16 image plate, dab some white polish over the daisy print and scrape off the excess nail polish with your Konad scraper. 

Daisy print is in the upper right corner of the plate

3. Roll the Konad stamp over the image to transfer it onto your nail.

4. Repeat this for every nail, add a top coat, and you're done!

Rainbow Zebra

So its the week before finals and what do i choose to do? My nails! (I'm such a procrastinator so i'll probably be doing all of my studying last minute). Anyways, For my nails I used 4 different nail polishes to create a rainbow/fadeout effect and used a zebra print stencil over them. I smeared a few of my nails because i'm too impatient to wait!

1. I used 5 different colors below, starting with the blue at the cuticle and moving my way down to yellow at the tip.

Nicole by OPI "loyalty to royal-ty", Finger Paints "Aren't you glad-iolous?", Revlon "Fuchsia Fever", L'Oreal Parish "Mango-Get-em", Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear "Mellow Yellow"

2. Using Bundle Monsters BM16 image plate, dip some black nail polish over the desired print (Zebra print on lower left corner). Then use your Konad scraper to wipe off the excess nail polish from the plate. Quickly roll the Konad stamper over the image and then roll the image onto your nail. Top your nails with your preference of top coat and you're done.

Polka Dot Rhinestone

May 22, 2011

Okay, so i did my nails a long time ago but never had anywhere to post them! So here's a look at how they came out and what products i used.

1. So I started off with making a horizontal line across half of my nail with the color "Pop of Poppy" from OPI's Nicole line. (I got this on clearance from Target for $1.76! original price $7)

2. Next I added silver rhinestones across the nails with Kiss' "Maximum Speed Nail Glue."

I picked up the rhinestones with a nail dotting tool for better precision of placement on the nails.

(Both the nail dotting tool and the rhinestone wheel where purchased from Ebay for $1 each. The glue I bought at Walgreens for $2.49)

3. Last i dotted the pink of my nails with a white nail polish. I used Kiss' "Nail Artist Paint & Stencil Kit" which costs about $7 at Walgreens. When you're done just add your favorite top coat and you're done!

(I lost the silver cap to the white so thats the reason it looks all nasty!)

***Hope you enjoyed the look and try it out for yourself! <3