Nail Art January 2016: Day 04

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Today's Prompt: Sparkles

Pink: Essie Peak Show
Blue: Essie Virgin Snow
Glitter: Essie Luxeffects Frilling Me Softly

For this look, I sponged on the glitter on my whole ring finger nail. On the other nails, I used the small end of the sponge and sponged it on at the tip and slightly up. To make the gradient look a little better, I wiped a decent amount off of the brush, and then lightly brushed it toward my cuticle.

This glitter was also another glitter that my friend gave me for Christmas. It was one of the new Essie polishes that they released as part of their Luxeffects line. I loved it!

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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.

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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!

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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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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 17

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Prompt: Glitter

Blue: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Blue-Away
Glitter: Sally Hansen Insta-Ombre Grey-diant

This nail art was super easy! All I did was follow the instructions for the insta-ombre polish. Basically you paint your whole nail with a coat. Then your second coat only covers two-thirds of your nail, and your third coat covers just one-third of your nail. I brushed a little extra on the tip, too, just to make it more dense there and then fade a little better going up.

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Baseball Nails 2015 #6: OPI Umpires Come Out At Night

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Here are some more late post nails from the first of September that I did when my dad and I went to our last baseball game of the season! Well, at least more than likely. I moved out of state temporarily, and so I don't know when I can get home to go to another game until next summer. So for now, I'm just going to assume it was my last game until spring!

Anyway, I wanted to do something even more fun than my last few nail art designs that I did for baseball games, so I did three accent nails! Do they count as accent nails when there is more than there are solid nails? Anywho, I did a plastic bag nail, a chevron nail, and of course a baseball nail!

White: OPI Alpine Snow

Blue: OPI Umpires Come Out At Night

Red: Sally Hansen I Heart Nail Art Pen Red

The chevron nail was done using regular chevron nail vinyls. They can be found here.

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31 Day Challenge: Day 16

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Prompt: Geometric

Nude: China Glaze What's She Dune?

Blue: China Glaze Rain Dance the Night Away

Red: China Glaze The Heat is On

Black: It's So Easy Stripe Rite

We are over half way done! I'm so happy I've stayed on track, and I'm really happy with my work this year, too. This nail art was sort of inspired by the kit itself. I got all of the polishes, including the striper, together in a kit from Sally Beauty Supply. All of the China Glaze polishes were from the new   (ish) Desert Escape collection.

I actually made a video on me doing these, but I don't know yet what I'll do with it! It was easy, though. All I did was use nail vinyls and polish!

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31 Day Challenge: Day 12

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Prompt: Stripes

White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost
Pink: Orly Color Blast Winter Blush
Blue: Orly Color Blast A Happy...Puddle
Silver: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Celeb City

I found a couple of fun colors for this, and thought multicolored stripes would be awesome! I didn't want to do five fingers of stripes, though, so I added some fun flowers and a solid accent nail. I love this color scheme so much! It's fun and girly, and it works for lots of seasons, I think! I love pairing the dark blue with bright pink, and the silver accents, because it works for winter, but I think it could also work for spring, too, especially with the flowers on it!

For the stripes nails, I used a variety of sizes of straight Nail Vinyls, found here. The flowers were done using dotting tools. The pink and blue polish were both a part of the Elsa collection that was in Walgreens around the springtime.

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31 Day Challenge: Day 5

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Today's Prompt: Blue

Blue: Morgan Taylor Best Ball Gown Ever
Glitter: Morgan Taylor If The Slipper Fits

I was in a hurry when I did these nails, because I was doing them at 4:00 AM today, and I was also going to be in a car all day, because I'm moving! So I kept it pretty simple.

I actually really like the way these turned out, though! They are simple, but I think they are really pretty, and I really liked the colors together, and just in general and by themselves! Both of these polishes were from the Cinderella collection, and I'd only tried one more by Morgan Taylor before. I was pretty impressed!

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Essie Summer Mix & Match

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Today I wanted to share the nails I did using the entire Essie Summer 2015 collection! I have been on an Essie kick lately, and that's all I want to use. I just love the color combinations in their collections, because you can use every shade and it doesn't look like too much.

White: Private Weekend
Green: Chillato
Coral: Peach Side Babe
Red: Sunset Sneaks
Light Blue: Saltwater Happy
Dark Blue: Pret-A-Surfer

I started each nail with a white base. My thumb and index finger were done using the dry brush method. I used all of the light colors for this. The outcome with three colors makes me think of a quilt! This method is so easy, and there is hardly any drying time! If you are looking for a quick manicure, dry brushing is the way to go.


For the middle and pinky fingers, I used mini chevron Nail Vinyls. To alternate colors, I placed the color in between the chevrons using a dotting tool. You can just use the brush, but when it is such a small area, I prefer the dotting tool for more precision.

The ring finger was the plastic bag method, which I just did the other day for the first time! I really liked this method, because it is so easy. It also didn't take anywhere near as long to dry as I expected. The last nail art idea I tried with blobs of polish never dried, and I ended up taking it off and starting over. For this, the plastic brings part of the polish up, which helps it to dry quicker, because there is not as much built up polish left.

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Dry Brush and Polka Dots

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I recreated a manicure I did a little while ago but with a different blue this time! You can find the original here.

Blue: Essie Garden Variety

White: Essie Blanc

Black: Essie Licorice

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Fourth of July: Galaxies

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Here's another late post, but I did some galaxy nails for the Fourth of July!

Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright

White: Essie Blanc

Red: OPI What's Your Point-setta?

Blue: China Glaze Splish Splash

Red, White & Blue Glitter: Salon Perfwct Boom Boom Boom

Stars: Nails, Inc. Leicester Court

White Fireworks: L.A. Colors Art Deco White

I'm so into these galaxy nail designs for the different holidays!

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Fourth of July: Fireworks

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I love the Fourth of July. I especially love the fireworks! This year, I got to be up close to them, because my boyfriend is afirefighter and they have to stay close to be ready in case they're needed. I had these special nails!

Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright

White: L.A. Colors Art Deco Striper

Red: Sally Hansen I Heart Nail Art Striper Red

Blue: Milani Nail Art Blue Print

Gold: Salon Perfect Nail Art Gold Sparkle

I really loved how amazing these turned out! I usually don't say much good about my nails, but these were good and they were so easy to do!

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Mani By Annie: Fourth of July: Dots and Stripes

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Today, I painted one of my friends nails for the Fourth of July! Here's what I did.

Red: Sinful Shine Mirror Mirror

White: Essie Urban Jungle

Blue: Essie Style Cartel

Silver: Essie No Place Like Chrome

Glitter: Essie Set In Stone

For the stripe nails, I painted white, then used super skinny straight Nail Vinyls. I used a dotting tool for the polka dots, and then tape that I cut out in the shape of a heart to make the silver accent nail. It's hard to see the heart, but it's there. <3

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Fourth of July: Dotted American Flag

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Today I finally have some Fourth of July nails for you! These are inspired by the flag, but I did dots instead of stars!

Red: Sally Hansen Patent Gloss Moto

White: Pop•arazzi Icing on the Cake

Blue: Sinful Colors Blue Persuassion

Silver Glitter: Sephora by OPI Flurry Up!

The blue polish was textured, and I used Nail Vinyls to make the stripes. The silver was done using the glitter sponging method.

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Pete The Cat Nails

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Another summer rec class meant another set of nails for it! This class was based on Pete the Cat, which is a children's book series.

White: OPI Alpine Snow

Yellow: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Sizzlin' Saffron

Blue: OPI My Car Has Navy-gation

Red: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red

Light Blue: Salon Perfect Cold As Ice

Green: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri I-Rush Luck

Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright

The ring finger shows Pete the Cat himself, and the pinky is just his color. The other nails represent some of the books! The thumb is I Love My White Shoes, the pointer finger is Four Groovy Buttons, and the middle is Rocking in My School Shoes.

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Baseball Nails 2015 #4: OPI Right Off the Bat

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I went to another baseball game yesterday, so I of course did more baseball nails! I can't help myself when it comes to having a reason to paint my nails, and baseballs are so much fun!

I got a little more creative this time, adding in some chevrons, too! For the blue, I used OPI Right Off the Bat, also from their Fashion Plate collection from last summer. I really liked this polish! It only took two coats, went on smooth, and looks good! It is the tiniest bit streaky, but you can't see that on the chevron nail, which is good. It is sort of a metallic polish. It isn't a pure cream, but it's not really very shimmery, either. It does give off that metallic feel because of the streaks, though.

I felt like this was pretty similar to OPI Feeling Treemendous, but it was a little bit darker than that, and maybe not quite as shimmery. I really liked this color though, and the formula was good overall!

For the white, I used OPI Alpine Snow and and the red stitches were done using the Sally Hansen I Heart Nail Art Pen in Red. I used mini chevron Nail Vinyls.

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Spring Dry Brush

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I tried the dry brush method for the first time! I'm so excited for it, and I absolutely loved the result! I have a feeling I'll be turning to this a lot because it is so easy, but looks awesome!

Blue: Essie Garden Variety

White: Essie Blanc

Black: Essie Licorice

This was so easy to do, and I loved it. I can't wait to try it again!

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Graduation Nails

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I graduated from Community College a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to do some graduation nails, but I never got around to it. Well...I finally did!

Red: OPI What's Your Point-setta?
White: OPI Alpine Snow
Blue: L'Oreal Fluo Azur
Silver: OPI Unfrost My Heart
Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright
Yellow: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Sizzlin' Saffron

I tried something new this time when I was drawing my designs. I don't have a lot of nail art brushes, so I don't have a small detail bush. The cap and diploma were small, and I wanted to make them look good, so I used a toothpick to draw them!

I'm really happy with how these turned out! I based the idea off of what I did back when I graduated high school, but those looked awful! I've learned so much since then!

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