Christmas 2015: Gingerbread Man and His House

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Another new design that I never did anything like last year was a gingerbread man. I saw so many different designs on Instagram and Pinterest, I was inspired to do more than just the single cooke man on a nail or two. The gingerbread man face and body nails were inspired by @cutepolish on Instagram and YouTube. I got the idea to do the house by @gabbysnailart.

Brown: OPI Going My Way or Norway?
White: Salon Perfect Sugar Cube
Black: Salon Perfect Oil Slick
Red: Pure Ice Lady Liberty
Green: Pure Ice Free Spirit

Nail Vinyls: Snail Vinyls
Matte Top Coat: NYC Matte Me Crazy

I liked the way these turned out for the most part. I wasn't going to wear them for long, so I didn't want to spend too much time on them. Because of that, I left out teeny tiny details, which I was torn about how I felt about them. I liked the simplicity of the details, because I had so many different designs, anyway. But, when I saw other people's gingerbread designs on Pinterest, I felt like I saw more details which made it look more put together.

I think the matte top coat definitely helped make the manicure, though, and I'm really happy I added that last minute!

Thanks for reading <3

Christmas 2015: Santa's Suit

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A couple of years ago, I did an accent nail on my sister of Santa's face (unfortunately, I don't have a picture for that…) Then, last year, I did a Santa face with his suit on the rest of my nails. This year, I wanted to do something different, and add a new design in the mix. I settled on his suit, hat, and face!

Nude: Essie Brides to Be
Red: OPI What's Your Point-setta?

White: OPI Alpine Snow

Black: OPI Black Onyx

Gold: OPI 50 Years of Style

Pink: Orly Color Blast Winter Blush

Underneath the hat, I used the base polish color of the nude, just to make my "naked nail" look better than it actually did. Plus, I'm not one for negative space, so I had to make it look perfect enough it couldn't actually be negative, or naked.

These were really fun and easy to do, and they don't require any top coat layers (which means more time to dry) so even though they are detailed, you can take some time with it! I liked the way they turned out a lot, and I think I'll do them similar next year, too! I also think I want to do the elf the same way, and incorporate his hat into it in a similar style.

Thanks for reading <3

Christmas 2015: Nativity Scene

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These are the nails that I wore on Christmas Day, because they are very important to me. I loved this design when I saw it last year, and knew I wanted to do it this year. I was inspired by @nailstorming on Instagram.

Light Blue: Essie Mint Candy Apple

Medium Blue: Essie I'm Addicted

Dark Blue: Essie Hide & Go Chic

White: Maybelline Color Show Porcelain Party

Black: Maybelline Color Show Onyx Rush

These were fun to do, and I loved doing the gradient for the background of it.

Thanks for reading <3

Christmas 2015: French Tip + Glitter

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Every year on Christmas Eve, we go out to church, and have a nice dinner and exchange presents with my brother and his family. We always dress up for Christmas Eve, so I wanted something that looked nice and formal, so I thought a nice French manicure with an accent glitter nail would be perfect!

Nude: Essie Brides to Be

White: Essence Colour & Go Wild White Ways

Glitter: Sinful Holiday Rebel

I sponged on the glitter, and used French tip guides from Essence to create the look!

Thanks for reading <3

Christmas 2015: Dangling Ornaments

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Last year when I got done with Christmas designs, I thought of a couple of things I never did. Ornaments was one of them! I wasn't sure exactly how I was going to do them, but then I got my vinyls in the mail, and there were ornaments in the holiday pack I ordered! This design was inspired by @DripDropNails on Instagram.

White: OPI Alpine Snow

Red: OPI Cinnamon Sweet

Green: OPI Christmas Gone Plaid

Gold: OPI 50 Years of Style

Black: OPI Black Onyx

Ornament Vinyls: Snail Vinyls

These turned out pretty cute, and I wish I could have worn them longer! I got sick, though, and had to take them off quickly to get more looks in before Christmas.

Thanks for reading <3

Christmas 2015: Stockings Hung by the Chimney (with care)

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I wanted to do something different than I had been doing. So for these nails, I made it look a little more like a picture than nail art, which is something I used to do a lot more of.

Gray: Essie Cocktail Bling

Brown: OPI Going My Way Or Norway?

Black: Essence Colour & Go Black is Back

Green: OPI Christmas Gone Plaid

Yellow: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Hard Hat

Orange: Nicole by OPI Fresh Squeezed

White: Essence Color & Go Wild White Ways
Glitter: China Glaze Loco-motive

Charm: Cina
Stocking Vinyls: Snail Vinyls

I didn't leave these on for very long, and I'm okay with that. I wasn't crazy about these for long term nail art, but they still look pretty fun!

Thanks for reading <3

November Favorites

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I am getting these up earlier than last time, because I need to be ready for December and year-end favorites!

Manicure Favorites

Stamped Leaves and Trees: Unfortunately, this post was supposed to be my first entry in the Themed Thursday November. However, I never finished any other days, because November was so crazy busy for me. Oh well! Maybe I'll finish them before the end of the year and we can all laugh about it and it can be better late than never. Regardless, I loved how these turned out, and they were so much fun to do. I'm also proud because it was my most successful stamping ever (by far)!

Fall Dotticure: I loved these nails so much! I loved the color combination the most, I think. Between that, and the fact that they were fun and festive, but still totally wearable for pretty much anyway made them perfect.

Other Favorites

• Dotticures. I always use dots as my go-to when I don't know how else to accent a manicure. But out of the only five manicures I did in November, three of them had dots in them! Apparently it was a good month for my dotting tools….when they got used.
• Fall. One thing that all of my manicures had in common was that they were all fall related. Either the polishes came from a fall collection, or they were directly fall related (leaves, turkeys, and pilgrims). It makes sense, because I spend all of October on Halloween, so I need to catch up on my fall nails in November!

New Tries in November

• Watermarble with painting on top. Does this count? I've done water marbles before, but I never added things on top. I just let the water marble sort of "speak for itself" and let it be the accent. But this time, it was the background for the turkeys!

Okay, so I didn't do so good with nail art this month. I was bad about about painting my nails in general, but on top of that I didn't do anything exciting or new, really. December will be better, though, and I will have a TON of Christmas designs!

Thanks for reading <3

Christmas 2015: Packages and Bows

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I wanted to sort of recreate my present nails from last year. My favorite thing about them was the 3D aspect when I incorporated a bow stud on some of the presents. I did more this year, and did presents on every nail.

White: Essence Colour & Go Wild White Ways

Gold: Wet 'n Wild Megalast Pot of Gold

Blue: Pure Ice I Pledge Naillegiance

Red: Pure Ice Lady Liberty

Green: Spoiled by Wet 'n Wild Green to be Heard

Black: Essence Colour & Go Black is Back

Silver: Wet 'n Wild Megalast Strobe Light Stunner

Black Bow: KISS Nail Art 3D Stud kit
Silver Bows: Sally Beauty (discontinued item)

The black bow comes off very easily, because of how large it is, and it isn't touching the nail at all points. The silver ones stay on longer, because they are flatter against the nail, and touch in more places, because they have a slight curve, like the nail.

These definitely aren't practical in every situation, but they are fun for maybe a party, or somewhere you won't be using your hands a lot.

One great thing about these particular polishes are that no polish cost more than $2.00! I like using cheaper polishes sometimes, because then it is easier to duplicate, because you can more easily purchase the polishes.

Thanks for reading <3

Christmas 2015: Pink-ified Christmas Cheer

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I love red and green together, don't get me wrong. And I especially love them together at Christmas time. But after doing my nails nearly every day and with the same colors every time, I felt like I was running out of polishes to use, and I wanted to do something different. Then when I was looking around on Instagram and Pinterest, I saw several options for pink Christmas nails! These were inspired by @gabbysnailart on Instagram.

White: Essence Wild White Ways

Light Pink: Orly Color Blast Winter Blush

Dark Pink: Orly Color Blast Magical Voice

Silver Glitter: Pure Ice Pure Icicles

The glitter was actually painted on like regular polish here. The tree was done using a tape to create the shape, and then a fan brush and both pinks. The thumb has a snowflake over a gradient, which I did using a sponge. I used nail vinyls to create the lines for the candy cane stripes.

Thanks for reading <3

Christmas 2015: Candy Canes

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I loved these so much when I did them last year, I decided to do them again!

White: OPI Alpine Snow
Red: China Glaze Peppermint to Be
Silver: Essie No Place Like Chrome

I used nail vinyls to create the stripes and chevrons. This year, I did smaller chevrons than last year, and I think I like this look better. I also used a shimmery red, instead of just a cream red. I was really happy with how these turned out! It makes me want to redo them again next year, but I also want to experiment with more candy cane looks.

Thanks for reading <3

Christmas 2015: Elf Nails

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For this look, I wanted to do something fun instead of all elf faces and elf suits. I decided dots matched well with the elf and suit, so I put those on a couple of nails.

White: OPI Alpine Snow
Black: Zoya Willa
Green: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri I-rush Luck
Red: OPI Amore At The Grand Canal
Gold: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Golden-I
Yellow: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow
Nude: Essie Brides to Be
Pink: Orly Color Blast Princess Ping

For the red dots, I went with the sort of more scattered and random look to add to it. I made some changes to the elf face nail, and the changes were inspired by @PrincessLexiii on Instagram.

Thanks for reading <3

Christmas 2015: Holly and Splatter

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I wanted to do something a little different for this nail art look. I decided the accent of a splatter nail or two complemented the holly and bell nails well.

White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost

Red: OPI Ro-man-ce On the Moon

Green: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri I-rush Luck

Gold: Essie Good As Gold

To do the splatter nails, I used coffee stirrer straws, because I heard from someone they work better, and they definitely do! The rest was freehanded.

Thanks for reading <3

Christmas 2015: Rudolph and Clarice

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I knew I wanted to do reindeer nails again, but I didn't want to do exactly what I did last year. So, what I did was base these reindeer more off of the movie Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. I put Clarice on my index finger, Rudolph on my ring finger, and just a regular reindeer on my thumb.

Tan: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Bare It All
Light Brown: OPI San Tan-tonio
Dark Brown: Essie Little Brown Dress
White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost
Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright
Pink: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Straw-ready
Red: Revlon Revlon Red
Glitter: Sinful Colors Decadent

Thanks for reading! <3

Christmas 2015: Trees

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These trees were a great, cute idea. They were festive, and people thought they were cute. Well, what they saw of them. The only problem is that they came off super quickly, because I wasn't able to top coat due to the flocking powder.

Cream: OPI My Vampire is Buff

Red: OPI Ro-Man-Ce On The Moon

Green: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri I-rush Luck

Glitter: Pure Ice Bling On The Holidays

Flocking Powder: Bundle Monster

Studs: Sally Beauty "Oh So Easy"

Stripping Tape: Amazon

For the trees, I put top coat on top of the base polish, and let it dry completely. Once it was dry, I used two pieces of tape and made a triangle shape. I painted it with a thick coat of green polish, and removed the tape immediately. Before the polish could dry, I dropped some flocking powder on it. To top the trees, I used some studs and stripping tape.

Thanks for reading <3

Autumnized Galaxies

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I did these nails just like all my other galaxies, because it's been almost a whole year worth of galaxy nails! These were really similar to my Thanksgiving galaxy nails, but I added some green, and used different glitter!

Brown: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Cococa A Go Go
White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost
Red: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red
Orange: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Pumpkin Queen
Yellow: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Sizzlin' Saffron
Green: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri I-rush Luck
Glitter: Pure Ice Bling on the Holidays

I think I may have liked these better than the Thanksgiving ones, because these were more unique!

Thanks for reading! <3

Thanksgiving 2015: Galaxies

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Today, I wanted to share my galaxy nails that I made for Thanksgiving, even though it's late! These were really fun to make, and I even made a tutorial for them!

Brown: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Cococa A Go Go
White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost
Red: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red
Orange: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Pumpkin Queen
Yellow: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Sizzlin' Saffron
Small Glitter: Maybelline Color Show Veils Rose Mirage
Large Glitter: Essie Luxeffects Summit of Style

If you want to see how I did them, check out the video on my YouTube channel here!

Thanks for reading! <3

Christmas 2015: Christmas Lights

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My first Christmas nails of the year! I was so excited about these, and I am so happy with how they turned out!

White: Zoya Purity
Black: It's So Easy Stripe Rite Striper Black
Red: Revlon Revlon Red
Green: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Tan Lime
Yellow: Zoya Darcy
Blue: Orly Color Blast A Happy...Puddle

These were really easy to do, but they did take a bit of time. The longest part was drawing the string, because I wanted them to look perfect for it! So I went over the black a couple times in places to even it out and make it smoother.

Thanks for reading <3

Thanksgiving 2015: Watermarble Turkey

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These cute watermarble turkeys were 100% inspired by @banicured_ on Instagram! She did such a good job, I really wanted to try. Last time I did water marble, it actually worked out really well, so I was actually excited to try again!

Red: China Glaze Tip Your Hat

Orange: China Glaze Stoked to Be Soaked

Yellow: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow

Brown: Essie Partner in Crime

White: Salon Perfect Sugar Cube

Black: Salon Perfect Oil Slick

I am so happy with how these turned out! The turkey and water marble were complimented a lot, and my sister loved the dots so much I had to do the same thing on her in Christmas colors!

Thanks for reading <3

Thanksgiving 2015: Pilgrims

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A day or two before Thanksgiving, I decided to do some cute Pilgrim nails!

Black: Salon Perfect Oil Slick

White: Salon Perfect Sugar Cube

Nude: Essie Spin the Bottle

Brown: Essie Partner in Crime

Yellow: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow

Green: Pure Ice Free Spirit

I freehanded everything for this manicure! I wasn't super excited or happy with it, honestly. Which I always hate when I'm that way, but I didn't even finish my right hand with it, because I didn't like it very much at all.

Thanks for reading <3

October Favorites

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These are excessively late, I know. But things were absolutely crazy in November, between my boyfriend coming to visit, going home twice, Thanksgiving, and plenty of work to keep me busy. Things have calmed down a little, though, so I can relax finally, and catch up on here!

Manicure Favorites

Fuzzy Monsters: These turned out so well, and I didn't want to take them off when I had them on! They were inspired by Chalkboard Nails, and the link to her manicure in is the original post!

Candy and Chevrons: I obviously love chevron, and I love candy, so this manicure was the perfect mix. I also loved how the chevrons all went together, but were somewhat less traditional Halloween colors.

Other Favorites

• Halloween. I mean, duh. It was October, so for me, that means all Halloween, all the time. Which is funny, because I don't really like Halloween. I like the cute parts of it, though, so I had fun with that!
• Purple. I had a lot of fun using purple in my manicures! It is a little less traditional Halloween color, but you still see it. I liked including that in manicures to mix things up a little every time.

New Tries in October

• OPI Infinite Shine. I had never tried any sort of long lasting polish before this, but I went out of town for nearly a week, and I did not have the time to paint my nails while I was there, so I wanted something that would last during the trip, and look professional. I did a french tip with the Infinite Shine polishes. I was very impressed with them! They looked like gel, and lasted a long time, but were so easy to remove when it came time!
• Glitter Placement. I'd never done a glitter placement before! I tried one time, but I didn't even get done before I gave up because I wasn't using a good glitter for it, and I didn't like the colors either, I don't think. But when I did my glitter pumpkin this year, I used did placement on a couple of nails!

Thanks for reading <3

Fall China Glaze Dotticure

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I know, it has been forever! I've been bad about doing my nails this month anything, what with the holidays, and I've been really busy in school, and just with life. I've been so exhausted it's been hard to motivate myself to paint my nails period. But I have painted them several times, but then I haven't posted about them! So, it's catch-up night!

Gray: China Glaze Change Your Altitude
Green: China Glaze S'More Fun
Blue: China Glaze Sleeping Under the Stars
Glitter: China Glaze Let's Dew It

I absolutely loved this manicure! I loved how the nail covered in dots has the green dots thrown in. I feel like I placed them perfectly, and it doesn't have a pattern, which is exactly what I was going for!

Thanks for reading <3

Themed Thursday November: Week 1

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I know this is late, and I did just do them, but I decided to take part in Themed Thursday November! I'm super excited to do this challenge. I miss doing challenges now, because I've done several, and I really love giving myself more ideas and stepping outside of my box! This challenge is hosted by @wondrouslypolished and @thenailartchallenge on Instagram.

Theme: Autumn
Prompt: Leaves

I decided for this one, I would do some stamping! I was kind of stuck on what I wanted to do for leaves, because it is so broad. Then, I went through all of my stamping plates, and I found several cute ideas!

Off-White: OPI My Vampire is Buff
Light Brown: OPI San Tan-tonio
Dark Brown: Essie Little Brown Dress
Red: Essie With the Band
Orange: Essie Color Binge
Green: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri I-rush Luck

Stamping Plates: W113 & W119

Thanks for reading! <3

Wet 'n Wild Fall Dotticure

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I got most of the Wet 'n Wild Fall 2015 polishes a while ago, and I decided to use most of them in a manicure!

White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost
Red: Wet 'n Wild Megalast Stop and Mel-the-Roses
Blue: Wet 'n Wild Megalast Pop-Up Bluetique
Charcoal: Wet 'n Wild Megalast Keep Vinyl Alive
Dark Plum: Wet 'n Wild Megalast Gettin' Inked

This was so simple to do and didn't take very long! I did dots on four of my nails using different sized dotting tools, and for my ring finger, I used the plastic bag method!

Thanks for reading <3

Halloween 2015: Galaxies

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I know this is super late, but I'm finally getting around to posting about my last Halloween nails that I did for actual Halloween! I decided to do some galaxies again, because clearly I love them. These were so fun to do, and I love the way they turned out!

Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright
White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost
Orange: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Pumpkin Queen
Tiny Glitter: Sally Hansen Insta-Ombre Grey-diant
Small Glitter: Salon Perfect Trick-or-Treat
Large Glitter: Salon Perfect Spider Legs

These were simple to do, and not even too time consuming this time! I started with the black base, and then sponged on white, then orange in some diagonal and different shapes. I was sure to leave some white showing this time, because I only had orange otherwise! Then, I went in with the tiny glitter, and covered the nail with that. Next, I used the small glitter and was sure to not get any large glitters, because the polish is actually a mix, which includes some large circles. I took this and applied it lightly to the nails.

Then, I picked out some orange glitters out of the large glitter and placed them in certain spots to be the big stars. My final step was to hand paint some tiny pumpkins in areas to fill the space even better.

Thanks for reading <3

Halloween 2015: Chevron & Candy

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Next up for Halloween nails…chevron! I love chevron, and I love candy. So what could be better than mixing them?!

Black: China Glaze Liquid Leather
White: China Glaze White on White
Orange: China Glaze Home Sweet House Music
Purple: China Glaze Violet Vibes
Green: China Glaze Treble Maker

For the chevron nails, I used some chevron nail vinyls, and started with a white base. Then I painted the desired color on top, and finished it up by using a small detail brush and adding the black lines in for accent. And then, for the candy nail, I just used dotting tools and the same small detail brush.

Happy Halloween! <3

Halloween 2015: Fuzzy Monsters

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Today I want to share my last couple of Halloween designs! First up, these cute, fuzzy monsters, inspired by Chalkboard Nails and the Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat. The post that inspired them can be found here.

I loved these cute monsters that she created, and I recreated them back before I was blogging, and I thought they were so cute! I knew I had to do it again when I got this special Halloween Fuzzy Coat last year.

Purple: Wet 'n Wild Megalast Thrift Shopaholic
Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright
White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost
Orange: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Pumpkin Queen
Fuzzy Coat: Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat Witch-ful Thinking

I love the way these turned out! I used the polish brush to create the body for the monsters, and to add the fuzzy coat. I used a small detail brush from Winstonia and dotting tools for the remainder of the details.

Happy Halloween! <3

September 2015 Favorites

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I can't believe October is almost over and I haven't even posted my September favorites!

                                

Manicure Favorites

Neon Gradient: I loved the color of this gradient! I was so happy with how well the colors blended together, and I just loved the colors in general. They were done with all polishes front the Essie Neon 2015 collection.

Pink Dotticure: Again, with this manicure, I loved the colors that I used together. They flow well together, and I also loved the different dot designs that I used on each nail.

Floral and Stripes: I was so in love with these nails! I loved how the colors could work for spring or winter, but the flowers made it more spring. These were different than things I usually do, because I don't do a lot of stripes.

Dotticure Half Moon: These half moons were different than anything I'd ever done, but I'm really happy with how they turned out. They still show the effect of a half moon, but are fun and different looking than most half moon manicures.

Pastel Galaxies: I was inspired to do these nails by The Nail Trail. I love these, because they are basic galaxy nails, but more unique! They are a little more subtle, too, which makes them fun, because they do not have the black polish underneath like most do.

Watermarble Accents: These were some of my all time favorites. I finally had a very successful watermarble attempt, which is crazy for me. I am very happy that I didn't do all of my nails in watermarble, because I think that has always been one thing I didn't like about it. It looks like too much, and it is a lot of work. But these are perfect just having two nails of it!

Tinkerbell: These were just some fun nails for me. I thought they all went well together and were cute, and I loved the colors, too!

Other Favorites

• Dotticures. During the early days of the 31 Day Challenge, I did a lot of dotticures for the color days. I also changed up the half moons into dotticure half moons, and things like that. They were just so fun and easy, and I love how quickly I can get them done. Especially when you are painting your nails every day.

New Tries in September

• Zebra Print: I'm not usually one for animal print, so I only ever try new animal prints when the 31 Day Challenge rolls around. I decided to try another print I hadn't done before, and that one was the zebra print. It was actually sort of fun to do, and looked pretty cool, too!
• Swirl Vinyls: I have never tried any sort of "swirl" or "cyclone" vinyls until one of the last days of this challenge. They were alright, but I need to work with them more to see how much I really like them.
• OPI Colorpaints: I only used these once, but it was the first time. They were pretty cool, but I definitely need some more experimenting with them before I know how I feel about them for sure.
• Gingham Print: I've never done this design, and it was fun doing something a little different than I ever had before! It's a pretty cute design, and a fun accent nail at times. Especially for summery things!

Thanks for reading <3

Halloween 2015: French Tips

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Last week I went out of state to a national conference related to my work. It was a very professional event, so I needed something that was professional. I thought that wearing a french manicure would be perfect! I wanted it to still be a little festive, though, so I had one accent nail which was a black and white glitter.

For the first time, I used some long-lasting polishes, in this case OPI Infinite Shine. I was really happy with the results this time! I was not exceptionally rough with them, but I didn't always think about being careful with them. They were barely looking different at the end of the week! The nails of french tips were nearly perfect still, other than maybe one nail that chipped in the tiniest. The nails with glitter chipped more, but the glitter was not a long-lasting polish, I just topped it with that top coat.

Nude: OPI Infinite Shine The Beige of Reason
White: OPI Infinite Shine Non-Stop White
Glitter: Sinful Colors Splatter Spell

I'm really happy with these nails, and with the color of the nude for the french nails!

Thanks for reading <3

Halloween 2015: Stripes and Glitter

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I do dotticures so often, I thought I would mix it up this time and try some stripes instead! I love the way these turned out, and I love the accent nail with black glitter.

The stripes were done using some straight vinyls in different sizes. I painted the base white and then used a brush to fill in some of the stripes. Once they were done, I used the silver and added a couple accent stripes to make it stand out. To put the glitter on, I used a latex free makeup sponge to apply it.

White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost
Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright
Orange: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Pumpkin Queen
Silver: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Celeb City
Glitter: Sally Hansen Luxe Lace Ruffle

Thanks for reading <3

Halloween 2015: Glitter Pumpkins

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I'm so behind on posting my Halloween manicures! I've been really busy this month. I got the flu a couple weeks ago. And, since I moved recently, my parents came and visited this month for a long weekend. I also went out of state for a large national conference for almost this whole week! It's been crazy, basically. But I still have been painting my nails, so here is the first one to make up!

I wanted to do some pumpkin nails, with different sizes. The accent nail was a glitter jack-o-lantern, and I used the glitters to do a glitter placement, making a dotticure nail with tiny pumpkins, and then a mid-sized pumpkin on my index finger!

Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright

Green: China Glaze Treble Maker

Orange Glitter: (no name polish from Meijer last year in a pumpkin bottle)

I really love the way these turned out! I wore them for a while because they were so cute and fun! Does anyone else like the girly Halloween nails? I'm not much for gore or creepy things, but these are fun and festive still, yet cute and girly!

Thanks for reading <3

Halloween 2015: Haunted House Accent

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Today I did my first very Halloween-y manicure! I really wanted to do a plastic bag nail, so I used that and a simple dotticure so I could feature my haunted house on my index finger.

White: China Glaze White On White
Black: China Glaze Liquid Leather
Orange: China Glaze Home Sweet House Music
Gold: Pure Ice Studette

This was really simple to do. I used a medium-small sized dotting tool for the middle finger dotticure, and a nail art brush from Winstonia to paint the haunted house on my index finger. The ring finger and thumb were the plastic bag method!

Thanks for reading <3

Black and Gold Line Work

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I'm finally back with more nail art! I painted these a couple of days ago, I just never got the chance to post them. I've seen this design all around before, but I don't know who the original creator is. This was really simple to do!

Black: OPI Black Onyx
Gold: OPI Liquid Sand Honey Ryder
White Striper: Salon Perfect Nail Art White Out
Gold Striper: Salon Perfect Nail Art Gold Sparkle

For this design, I started with the black base, and then freehanded the lines on there with a white striper.  Once that was dry, I went over the lines with the gold striper. I went over some areas twice just to make sure the gold was opaque enough.

Since the nails are mostly black, these are a little Halloween-y! I like how they are classy, too, though!

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31 Day Challenge: Day 31

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Prompt: Honor Nails You Love

White: OPI Alpine Snow
Red: OPI Amore at the Grand Canal
Orange: China Glaze Home Sweet House Music
Yellow: Zoya Darcy
Black: Essie Licorice

It's the last day! I can't believe I finished the challenge again this year, and I even finished it on time! I got behind for a few days, but then I got caught back up, and I'm so excited about it. I feel so god about having it done now.

I was completely inspired by @banicured_ on Instagram. I did the gradient, and then hand painted the design on top of that.

Thank you so much for following me throughout this challenge again this year, and I can't wait to try again next year!

31 Day Challenge: Day 30

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Prompt: Inspired by a Tutorial

Silver: OPI ColorPaints Silver Canvas
Pink: Essie Brides No Grooms
Black: Essie Licorice

These were inspired by @simplynaillogical on Instagram! She did some with swirls and cat vinyls, but I just choose some swirls! I really liked the pink, black and silver, and I liked how it was sponged on in a different pattern than your typical gradient. It was fun to do, except using those swirl vinyls. Those were difficult to use, and get off of the sheet.

For the style, I made four corner in alternating colors on the sponge, and then sponged it on on top of the silver with the vinyls already down.

Check back tomorrow for the final day of the challenge!

31 Day Challenge: Day 29

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Prompt: Inspired by the Supernatural

Green: Essie Vibrant Vibes
Skin Tone: Essie Perennial Chic
Tan: Essie Picked Perfect
Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright
White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost
Yellow: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Sizzlin' Saffron
Blue: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away!
Pink: Orly Color Blast Princess Ping
Silver Glitter: China Glaze Fairy Dust
Gold Glitter: Pure Ice Studette

This is probably my least favorite prompt. In general, I don't like things that are "supernatural" or anything like that. I don't know why, I just don't. I think in general they are creepy, to be honest. But I've realized that there can actually be some fun takes on things that are technically supernatural! Today, I was inspired by fairies, so I made Tinkerbell nails! I love the way they turned out, too! I actually did them while watching the movie, Tinkerbell. It was so cute! I had never seen it before, but decided that now would be the time to watch it.

I used a nail art brush and a dotting tool for everything except the middle nail, which is inspired by her dress. I used striping tape for that to make the zig zag, because I wanted it deeper than a chevron would do.

The swirly fingers are inspired by the fairy dust that appears behind them and around them as they fly, and then her face is my ring finger, her dress is my middle, and my index finger is her wings! The face was inspired by @lauramerino on Instagram!

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31 Day Challenge: Day 28

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Prompt: Inspired by a Flag

Blue: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri In Prompt Blue
Yellow: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Sizzlin' Saffron
Dark(er) Blue: Orly Color Blast A Happy...Puddle
Red: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red
Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright
White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost
Tan: Essie Perennial Chic

For this nail art, I was inspired by the Wisconsin state flag! I recently moved here, so I thought it was a good idea to do one to sort of "commemorate" it. That way, when I look back at this challenge, I'll always remember which year it was I moved! Not that I'm likely to forget, but it was still fun.

I used a detailing nail art brush from a pack of brushes from Winstonia.

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31 Day Challenge: Day 27

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Prompt: Inspired by Artwork

Index
Yellow: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Sizzlin' Saffron
Green: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Green With Envy
Blue: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri In Prompt Blue

Middle
Blue: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away!
Yellow: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Sizzlin' Saffron
Pink: Orly Color Blast Magical Voice

Ring
Orange: China Glaze Home Sweet House Music
Blue: China Glaze Boho Blues
Purple: OPI Lost My Bikini In Molokini

Pinky
Red: Revlon Revlon Red
White: Essie Blanc
Black: Essie Licorice

These nails were inspired by Andy Warhol artwork. I got the idea to do Warhol work from Chalkboard Nails. Her post can be found here. The specific specific colors come from this photo below.

Image credit: Online Tech Tips

More specifically, this cropped area here.

Check back tomorrow (or later today) for more nail art! <3

31 Day Challenge: Day 26

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Prompt: Inspired by a Pattern

Red: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red
White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost

This pattern was really simple! I used some vinyls from Twinkled T, which can be found here. The pattern is pretty obvious, which is an EKG reading. I thought of this because my boyfriend in an EMT and that pattern came to mind, and then I had the vinyls, too!

Check back tomorrow for more nail art! <3 (and me catching up!!!)

31 Day Challenge: Day 25

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Prompt: Inspired by Fashion

Gray: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Show Steel-er
Orange: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Pumpkin Queen
Gold: Sally Hansen Color Foil Liquid Gold

I know, I'm finally behind. And I hate it! But I'm working on catching up. I went home for the weekend to visit family, and I was so busy that by the time I went to get in bed at night, when I would normally do my nails, I was too tired! I'm going to get caught up quickly, though, and I'd like to still finish on time!

These nails were inspired by a dress I saw from New York Fashion Week from this Fall 2015. The picture can be found below!

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    Image credit: EOnline

31 Day Challenge: Day 24

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Prompt: Inspired by a book

White: Essie Blanc
Light Green: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Mint Sorbet
Medium Green: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Green With Envy
Dark Green: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Tan Lime
Gray: Essie Blanc + Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Show Steel-er
Tan/Peach: Essie Perennial Chic
Brown: Essie Little Brown Dress

I know, it's late. But I had a good reason! I was traveling today, and the wifi at the airport and on the plane were awful. Plus, I forgot my dark brown polish, which I needed, and it was back here at home, so I had to wait until I was here to finish it up!

I was inspired by the book Matched by Ally Condie. It's the book I'm currently reading, and have been for a while now, but I haven't had a lot of time to read with work and school and moving! Life gets crazy sometimes.

To make the ombre look, I used a latex free sponge and did a gradient on top of white with all of the greens. The details were painted with a new nail art brush from Winstonia store!

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31 Day Challenge: Day 23

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Prompt: Inspired by a movie

Light Blue: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Breezy Blue
Medium Blue: China Glaze UV Meant To Be
Dark Blue: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Blue It
Nude: Essie Brides to Be
White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost
Yellow: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Sizzlin' Saffron
Silver: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Celeb City
Dark Brown: Essie Comfy in Cashmere
Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright
Medium Brown/Tan: Picked Perfect
Pink: OPI Suzi Shops & Island Hops

Today, I was inspired by the movie "Cinderella!" This was more on the Disney animated version. I did her face, which was inspired by @lauramerino12 on Instagram. She did these cute little princess faces a couple of years ago, and I loved them! The other nails include the clock on my index finger, the glass slipper on my pinky, and her dress on my thumb. The middle nail is her silhouette, which is a decal I got here from Twinkled T.

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Summerized Galaxy Nails

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Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright
White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost
Red: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red
Orange: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Pumpkin Queen
Yellow: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Sizzlin' Saffron
Small Glitter: Pure Ice Studette
Large Glitter: Essie Rock At The Top
White Striper: Salon Perfect Nail Art Striper White Out

I finally did my summer version of galaxy nails the other day! I figured since it's the first day of fall, I should finally post them so I have no outstanding posts going in to fall. I love the way these came out. They are so much fun, and I love the colors together. It even looks pretty galaxy like to me, and not too whimsical! I hope you guys like them!

Thanks for reading <3

31 Day Challenge: Day 22

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Prompt: Inspired by a Song

Red: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red
Orange: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Pumpkin Queen
Yellow: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Sizzlin' Saffron
Green: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri I-rush Luck
Light Blue: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Blue Away
Dark Blue: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri In Prompt Blue
Purple: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lively Lilac
White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost
Gray: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Show Steel-er
Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright
Gold: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Golden-I

Song Inspiration: Long Live by Taylor Swift

In case no one has noticed from the past challenges, I love Taylor Swift! I was listening to this song and I just had this image of nail art, and this is what I got! I know it's a lot of polishes, but that's because of the confetti. So, the lines of the song I got this from, starting at the index finger...

Dragon: "I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you."
Crowns: "We are the kings and the queens / You traded your baseball cap for a crown."
Confetti: "Hold on to spinning around / Confetti falls to the ground"

And that's it! Check back tomorrow for more nail art! <3

31 Day Challenge: Day 21

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Prompt: Inspired by a Color

Glitter: OPI Baroque...But Still Shopping!
Gray: OPI I Cannoli Wear OPI
Green: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Tan Lime
Gold: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Golden-I

The color that inspired me was the glitter polish that I have on my pointer and pinky fingers. It is from the new OPI Venice collection. I love it! The color itself is beautiful, and I love the way I was inspired. I made my middle and ring fingers look like money floating around, because it talks about shopping! I don't know why, but this is just what I was feeling, and what I got inspired to do, and since that is the prompt of the day, I went with it.

Check back tomorrow for more nail art! <3