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 :)

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.

Tigers and Lines

We had our big opening games for football last week and my little cheerleaders had to be there all weekend in the hot sun and apart from me getting really sick it was a pretty good weekend.  Since our colours are orange black and white I decided to do tiger stripes which was even more appropriate considering we were cheering for the tigers. I used Sally Hansens Sunkissed with a black nail striper from Kiss.

I also went through my photos and found some older nail art that I tried in June. I used Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Mint Sprint with Sally Hansens White On as a base and I used the black kiss nail stiper.

Tribal/Aztec Nail Art

I finally tried out the tribal/aztec nail art I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Black Out and White On with Deep Purple. I used the Kiss Nail stripers in black and white.  First picture is my left hand and for my right hand I did the exact opposite of my left also I apparently suck at taking pictures with my left hand. But overall I had fun doing this and it was a lot easier than I expected it to be.

Double Lightning Bolt

I tried out Nailside's Double Lightning Bolt Design when my nail polish started chipping.  The first one turned out really girly I used China Glaze's "Something Sweet" as the base and Sally Hansens "White On" on the tip with a silver nail striper from Kiss.

The second one turned out a lot better I used Sally Hansens "Blue It" as the base and Sinful Colors "Black on Black" on the tip with the same nail striper from Kiss.