Red & Gold

Red and gold! I rarely ever use red polish- so this is definitely different then my usual go to shades of pink and glitters. For this design I used Wet n Wilds Red Red, which is super shiny and bright. The gold is from Sinful Colors nail art collection called Flower Girl. For the fine lines I used my 10mm mash brush and for the cheetah print I used a small dotting tool.  :)

She's back!!

Been digging through my polish looking to use some that I haven't in a while or ever! I have a huge amount of blues, turquoise, and teals that I never use! (I think I buy 2 or 3 of these colors every time I go to a SJ Sharks game) anyways this mani is  kinda unfinished, want to add a bit to them still,  but I thought it was kinda cool and different..   

More to come! 

Ahh finally a few finished ones to add: I luved the purple striping tape :))))

Random Ones

Just throwing up some random nail art from the last few weeks, not much else to say but I took pictures of them so I figured I'd share em, even if they're not the best.... I'd have to research every color used, so I wont list em, but I can find out if anybody ever wanted to know, as if there's a million people lookin at this blog...

 

Pink, Gold and White.

Inspired from some nail art I saw on FuckYeahNailArt tumblr, couldn't find the original source- but this is my take on it, super pretty colors together, I luv gold polish and with the pink- so girly.  

 

 

 

 Gold, Black and Glitter Cheetah

I wish I'd taken more photos of these guys, they came out pretty well.

I got a little carried away with the glitter, and maybe a little confused as far as cheetah vs leopard print.

Either way, they were fun, and great practice with striper brush. 

 

 

 Light and Dark Pink Cheetah (or leopard?)

-still confused hahaa-

Another bad quality photo by Anna.

 

First day of school nails, very well received, ok well maybe only my new communications professor actually said something but I knew everyone was lovin' em! ;) Unfortunately I used a crappy top coat that smeared and totally cracked the design by day 2 :(

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pink Ombre

1st Successful Ombre Nails!

 

 

The right hand was tricky.

A little messy still.
 

I've practiced the ombre/gradient look before, but hadn't found the right color combos or technique that worked for me until now. I've tried multiple tutorials online, The Nailasaurus has a great one, but I found the makeup sponge to be messy and time consuming, though does give great results, if you practice it enough.
So I randomly grabbed some colors I hadn't used in awhile:

My longtime favorite Classic Coral Creme, is a sparkly bright pink with an almost sheer finish. I love it! I'm pretty sure I've never used the purple one before, but it's light, sparkly and blended perfectly with NYC's Wall Street, a creamy light pink.  I used a dotting tool for the dots on the accent nails.

Considering I wasn't even planning on doing a gradient look, and only had a limited time to get em done, (happy hr ends at 6,) I think they came out quite well. Oh and btw I did most of my right hand while driving (a stick shift) to Chevy's- Now that's talent. Oh yeah I topped these off with a glittery top coat- Wet n Wild's Hallucination, which actually came off a little chunky and thick, if I'd had more time, I would've searched for an easier to apply glittery finish. This one's gotta be a few years old, and could use some thinner but it did the job. I will say this again, bad photo quality I KNOW, I suck. One day, I will use a real camera! hahaa

More old Mani's

Oldies but goodies...

Pinks, Glitters, freehand stripes & dots



Purple manicure. Not a big purple fan.

I went through a pink and glitter phase for quite awhile.

San Francisco 49ers nails!

So plain!

Oldies

I have been so lazy about painting my nails, it's despicable the way my nails look right now- chipped neon pink on one hand and a few sparkles on the other hand that I have been picking at for the last two nights... pretty ugly.
Since I haven't done anything new in awhile, I just decided to upload some old mani's I had posted on my Face Book page. Please forgive once again the bad photo quality of these.. and I promise to use a real camera next time I post!

Bubble Gum Pink tips with glittery half-moons.

Obnoxiously Bright.

Pink!

Free-hand mani and a rhinestone decals.

More Glitter!

Really wanted to do something "Springy", but ended up going a  little "Blingy" instead!

Indoors. (Still haven't gotten around to using a real camera) Love that they look so tinfoil-silver like, and not purely glittery. I bet this would look cool over a black or darker polish.

Outdoors in the shade, iPhone camera couldn't focus on it in the sunshine, too sparkly!


For these nails I used the 2 bottles on the left : NYC's "Tribeca Silver" for the base coat.  I love how this polish dries super quickly! I topped it with L.A. Colors "Sparkling Diamonds" from their Color Craze Collection. I love that both of these polishes cost only $1.99!

For the pinky I used  the 2 bottles on the right:  Icing's "Epic Winning" and L.A. Girls Glitter Addict's "Provacative"  I probably used at least 3 coats of each... lost track as I was pretty  engaged in my Pretty Little Liars marathon :)

Before I say goodbye to these, I'm going to try to coat them with a matte finish just to see how it looks. (not much into the matte look yet)
Next up?- Hello Kitty Nails for my niece's birthday party!