New Years...Kind Of?

Hey guys! I hope everyone had a great Christmas! Here today with a sort of New Years themed mani, the colors are but the stamp...well you can decide!

My old man picked out a silver and gold metallic polishes and said do something with these lol....well my brain is fried so I kind of had no idea what to do!

I started with two coats of Essie As Good As Gold, and two coats of Pure Ice Silver Mercedes on alternating nails, I then used Sinful Colors Black on Black and Bundle Monster BM-320 for the stamp. I've loved this one since I first got them but this is my first time using it :) Once I was done I topped it all with China Glaze Fairy Dust.

Like I said New Years colors for sure, the print? Well who knows, but it's still fun!!

What do you guys think?

Until next time! Happy painting!

Fall Paisley

Hey guys! Check it out, two posts in a week!! I've gotten pretty much caught up on homework and projects that are due in the next few weeks, so I've got some time! Yay!!

Today I did another fall related post, I was hoping I'd have leaf image on one of my plates, but I didn't so I improvised. I used Zoya Austine and Barielle Gold Digger as a gradient using a makeup sponge. These two look beautiful together!! I did the sponging twice on each nail so that it was a little more opaque. I then used Bundle Monster BM-315 plate, along with Kleancolor Espresso to stamp the paisley image onto my nails.

The look is very understated and I absolutely love it! They aren't so in your face, but just soft and beautiful! Perfect for fall :)

The last pic btw is to show you that I make a mess like everyone else when I sponge and stamp! haha :)

What do you guys think?

Until next time! Happy painting!

Brown and Gold for Fall!

Hey guys!! Yes I know you're in shock that I'm posting! I've been keeping up a bit more with my Facebook page (link is on the side, go like me!) because it's quick and easy to do from my phone. But for the most part I have been SLAMMED with school!! Only a month left until break!

So today even though I'm not a huge fan of really dark colors I decided I wanted to do some brown. Thanksgiving is less than a week away so I figured it would be appropriate. Doubt it'll be on more than a few days, but ya know ;)

So I've got two coats of Orly Buried Alive as a base, its got this beautiful golden shimmer in it, and then I did a glitter gradient with Essence Snow White The Huntsman, which is this super pretty golden glitter. I'm digging the end result!

What do you guys think?

Until next time! Happy painting!

The Mans Pick day 2

Hey guys! Here today again with another pick by the old man! I figured I'd give him a week or so to show me his creative side ;)

So for today's mani he picked OPI Just Spotted The Lizard as my base, and he picked Color Club Almost Famous for my stamp from BM-316. I don't know what it is with him and this plate and yellow, *shakes my head* men!

So I used two coats of the OPI, I do really like this polish. I've used it before here, it's got a beautiful shimmer in the sun too! So his idea was the moon image from this plate would look awesome in the yellow over the duo-chrome. Well it's not bad but it's not super noticeable either.  But seeing the super close up of the stamp, I really like the pattern in the moon!

So what do you guys think? He's not doing too bad for a guy so far ;)

Until next time! Happy painting!

Lucky Nails!

Hey guys! Here today with some more St. Patrick's Day inspired nail art :) This one is also super easy for anyone to do, which is always a plus too!

I started with two coats of white, then using Kleancolor neon green and a dotting tool I made little four leaf clovers on each nail, I then used China Glaze papaya punch and a long skinny nail art brush to brush on three small stripes of orange from the left side of my nails, using a dotting tool again I used Orly gold rush to make 7 gold dots (or gold coins) from the orange stripes around the clovers, I tried starting them bigger and making them smaller. And last but not least I covered it all with China Glaze fairy dust (aka leprechaun dust this month).

I did the four leaf clovers on purpose, but didn't realize I had done 7 gold dots until afterward, then it dawned on me! Lucky nails! Maybe I'll have some luck with this mani ;)

What do you guys think?

Until next time! Happy painting!

China Glaze Champagne Bubbles

Hey guys! Today we are checking out China Glaze champagne bubbles, which was one of the 2011 holiday polishes.

This baby tricked me!! I thought it was just a champagne/yellowy color...yea well there are little silver glitters in it too! I honestly thought while I was painting I had done a horrible job taking the facets of fuchsia off lmao!

Took two coats to get it this color, and I really like it!






What do you guys think?

Until next time, happy painting!

New Years Eve nails, happy 2012!!

Hey guys! Happy night before 2012! Hope everyone has a fabulous night tonight, but please make sure to have a DD if you plan to drink! Please have fun but stay safe!!

We will be staying in since there is no such thing as being able to find a sitter on NYE lol...we might go over to the old man's families house (where everyone ends up at some point during the night) but I'm undecided if I want to try and put our son to bed there or wake him up :/

Anyway I wanted to do fun nails even if I didn't leave the house all day!

I used Wet N Wild ink well as my black base (one coat) then I sponged on Color Club gingerbread in a gradient tip, did the same thing over the golden color is China Glaze shooting stars. On my ring finger did a "2012" and a firework with a rhinestone in the middle in silver. Tada! It's quick, easy and beautiful!








What do you guys think? Looks like I'll see ya next year ;)

Until next time, happy painting!

Holiday glitter nails!

Hey guys! Like normal I was digging through my untired polishes trying to come up with something I could do that would be festive for the month of December.

I ran into China Glaze twinkle lights and decided I *had* to use it!







I started with a base I've used before, but was perfect to layer under China Glaze twinkle lights, it's Finger Paints scenery greenery, and was a perfect green to match this gold/red/green glitter. I used my tweezers to hold a small piece of a makeup sponge and I did a gradient tip with the glitter. I'm not huge into any of these three colors, but I loved this. I even put it on my Pintrest and had a bunch of people repin it! Too bad my blog wasn't attached ;)

What do you guys think?

Until next time! Happy painting!

Gingerbread man inspired nails

Hey guys! Once again in keeping with the Christmas theme, I decided I wanted to do something along the lines of a gingerbread man, without being too literal!

I went through my untired polishes and came across two that I thought would be perfect, so off I went!






As a base I started off with two coats of OPI you don't know Jacques suede, then I used Color Club gingerbread man on the tips, using a small nail art brush I used white to look sort of like frosting, and the red and green to resemble the buttons on gingerbread men. I thought it came out pretty cute! and I am in love with the suedes!!

What do you guys think?

Until next time! Happy painting!

Day 15, Wet N Wild 24 Carats

Hey guys! Day 15 (although today is actually day 16! sorry!!) and we are still moving right along!



My old man says to me "use something...orangish" so I had to look to see if I had anything of the sort lol...Wet N Wild 24 carat was close, it's gold and orange. It's one of the new color icon colors they have out, and I didn't realize it was bar glitters...I'm not a fan, BUT I'm wearing it anyway :P It took two coats, and is going to be a b***h to get off!! Glitter herpes as Rebecca calls it!!






What do you think?

Here are the others doing the challenge

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer
Alyssa at Always Polished
Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty
Ashley at Follow the Yellow Polish Road
Caitlin at Something Creative
Carly at Lacquered Lover
Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!
Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art
Chelsea at Pretty and Polished
Gwen at Pudgy Nails
Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails
Jacki at Adventures in Acetone
Jamie at Nails Adored
Lindsey at Nailtopia
Natalie at Gems in a Bottle
Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel at Cherry Glam Girl
Sarah at Lucky Lacquers
Shaina at Haute Lacquer
Thalie at Glazed Talons
Taylor at Nailed to the T

Until next time! Happy painting!