Birthday & Gradients

Still loving the gradient trend as you will soon figure out.

I used For Audrey and Peachy Keen by China Glaze with Konad m57 plate.

I recieved tons of compliments on this mani while at work.

I used China Glaze Celtic Sun with Four Leaf Clover and OPI's Fly at the tip.

This mani was extremely bright and it matched by glow stick bracelet perfectly haha.

This would have to be my least favourite out of all the gradient nails I have done.

I used China Glazes Sweet Hook with For Audrey.

Only 45 more days till Hawaii I'm dying here haha. Hawaiian themed nail art will hold me over until we leave.  I used Sally Hansen's Mellow Yellow and Sunkissed.  I used a nail art brush from Kiss for the palm tree.

I turned 20 on August 8th and I wanted to do something cool with my nails. I couldn't just pick one thing to do so I did them all haha.

Index: Base colour is China Glaze For Audrey with a Kiss striping brush for the bow.

Middle: China Glaze Sweet Hook as the base and Kiss striping brush for the stripes.

Ring: The heart is OPI's Red Lights Ahead Where? I used China Glaze Peachy Keen, Re-freshmint, Something Sweet for the dots and For Audrey for the bottom of the cupcake.

Pinky: China Glaze Something Sweet with Sally Hansen White On for the dots.

Thumb: OPI Metallic 4 Life as base with OPI Red Lights Ahead Where? other candle is China Glaze Re-freshmint and Sally Hansen's Mellow Yellow as the flame.

Index: China Glaze Sweet Hook with Kiss striping brush.

Middle: China Glaze Re-freshmint with a Silver Kiss Striping brush.

Ring: Essie Set In Stones.

Pinky: China Glaze Something Sweet.

Thanks For Looking :)

Pretty Little Accent Nails

 Pretty Little Liars is back for season 3 on Tuesday I was bored and decided to make some nail art for the premiere that is what I came up with. I was inspired by this picture below:

This was my first time actually putting words on my nails and as you can see I did a pretty terrible job haha but I tried.  I used China Glaze's For Audrey for the base then sponged Sinful Colours Black on Black for the cloud look.  I used China Glaze's Hang-Ten Toes for the pinky which was inspired by Alison and of course I had to put the signature

-A mark

I can't wait to see some of the awesome manicures they always have on Pretty Little Liars.

I went to the states and found a coral nail polish that I actually liked its Sally Hansen's Coral Reef I also found Essie's Set In Stones while I was down there. My camera had a hard time trying to focus because Set in Stones was so sparkly.

Lastly I have China Glaze's First Mate with Essie's Shine of Times on top I'm not sure how I feel of this combo yet.

Tribal & The Beauty Department

I have discovered The Beauty Department website and I love their nail art tutorials so I decided to try some out for myself.

First one I tried was their "The Bow Mani" I used China Glaze's For Audrey as the base and I painted the tips of my nails with Sally Hansen's White Out and I used my Black Kiss nail striper for the bow.

 

The second one I did was "Nautical Nails" I originally used blue for the stripes but they did not turn out well at all haha so I used my black and white Kiss nail art striper for the stripes and used a toothpick for the red heart.

I love doing tribal nails and I did this mani a long time ago I was mainly trying out different colours and I think I like this one better than the one I did originally.  I used my Kiss white and black nail art stripers (of course haha) and the blue is China Glaze's Frostbite.

This is my first yellow nail polish and after seeing Nailside's Black and White Tribal design I had to try it with Sally Hansen's Mellow Yellow.

On a side note some of my nail art made Pinterest and my mom who is hooked on Pinterest is freaking out and telling everyone, haha gotta love moms.

Easter, Broken Nails and Gradient

For Easter I decided to do something simple seeing as how I had to work the day before.  I brought out my two favourite pastel colours.  I used China Glaze's Re-freshmint with China Glaze's Sweet Hook.  I then used one of Kiss' nail stripers for the silver triangle.  No tape was needed for this :)

I've been loving the gradient nails lately I used China Glaze's For Audrey for the lightest blue followed by OPI's Fly and then Sally Hansens Blue It and finally I used Essie's Mesmerize. The zebra stripes were Konad's m57 plate.

While I was at work my nail broke while opening a box it managed to stay on for a day and a half and when I finally bought nail glue it came off.  However I did find this awesome way to repair your nail even though I never got to try it :P  Check it out: http://musicalhouses.blogspot.ca/2010/07/how-to-fix-broken-nail-with-diy-tea-bag.html

Working all weekend is never fun but at least my nails were. You can also see that my nails grow really fast because this was two days after my broken nail came off. For the colours I used Sally Hansens Sunkissed with FingerPaints Expressionist Red.

Starfish

I booked my trip to Hawaii for September and seeing how it's a long way away I decided to paint some starfish on my nails.  I used China Glaze's For Audrey then I used Peachy Keen as the starfish with white dots on. 

September can't come soon enough!

Konad, Gradient and Belated St. Pattys

Finally got my hands on the m57 plate from konad now I don't feel so bad when my nails get ruined at work haha.  I used China Glaze's Peachy Keen with Sally Hansens White On.

 Next up was technically my Valentines Day nails I'm only like a month and a half late.  I used China Glaze's Something sweet as a base then added OPI's You're A Pisa Work with a random red polish I had and I put OPI's Black Shatter on top.

Now here is my late St. Patricks Day nail art. I used China Glaze's Four Leaf Clover as the base then painted a four leaf clover with a brush over Sally Hansen's Black Out.  Four Leaf Clover is impossible to photograph no matter what you do it will always look different.

I really need to start posting these pictures on time more often haha. :)