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.

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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

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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OPI Hawaii Mix & Match

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Today I wanted to share with you what I did the other day using some more of the OPI Hawaii collection. So far, I love that collection! I bought 9 of the 12 polishes, and they are all so fun and pretty.

Purple: OPI Hello Hawaii Ya?
Green: OPI That's Hula-rious!
Orange: OPI Is Mai Tai Crooked?

The ring finger was the plastic bag method (again) and the middle finger was done using single chevron Nail Vinyls. The flowers were done using basic dotting tools.

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Mani By Annie: School Spirit Single Chevron & Glitter

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My sister needed her nails repainted the other day, and so she decided she wanted something to support her husband's soccer team that he coaches!

White: OPI Alpine Snow
Purple: OPI Do You Have This Color in Stock-holm?
Glitter: Milano Jewel FX Gold
Striper: Salon Perfect Nail Art Striper Gold Sparkle

The school colors are purple and gold, so I went with just two accent nails and painted the rest a solid purple. The accent nails included one nail of all gold glitter which I sponged on using a latex free cosmetic sponge. The chevron nail was done by painting a white base to start, then using the single chevron vinyls from nailvinyls.com. Once those were on, I painted purple on top, and removed the vinyls. To add the glitter, I used the striping polish and just traced the lines with it to add a little more fun to it.

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Watermelon Accent Nails

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Watermelons have been everywhere this summer. I feel like everyone has done watermelon nails before, including me about three years ago, but I was so inspired to do them, that I felt I HAD to! I came up with the idea because I really wanted to use this coral colored polish, and when I was trying to find a match for it, I sat the green next to it and that was the first thing I thought of!

I didn't want to do watermelons on every nail, because...well, I didn't. So, I decided to make the watermelon the accent, and stick with single color nails for a couple, and a chevron with those colors as another.

White: Zoya Purity
Coral: Wet 'n Wild Megalast Warm Filter
Green: Wet 'n Wild Megalast Tree Hugger

Black: Salon Perfect Oil Slick

To do the multi-colored chevron, I placed the vinyls down, then used a dotting tool to put the different colors in between each sticker, peeling them off as I went. To make the watermelon, I painted the nail white, then used a French guide Nail Vinyl to block off where I wanted the white. Because of that, the white is thicker than I wanted, but it made it a lot easier, so it was worth it. I then used a dotting tool to create the seeds!

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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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Baseball Nails 2015 #5: OPI Short-Stop!

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The other night I went to another baseball game with my family, so I decided to do more baseball nails in honor of it! I needed a chance to change my nails again.

The polish I used was OPI Short-STOP! I used two coats of polish here. It was a great formula, but I felt like it was a very typical red. It was a cream formula, so removal wasn't bad because I didn't have to worry about it being a mess.

I used OPI Alpine Snow and Sally Hansen I Heart Nail Art Pen in Red. I used Nail Vinyls in order to make the chevrons on my middle nail. These were the mini chevrons.

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China Glaze Spring Mix & Match

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I still have some of the China glaze Road Trip collection questions to try out, so I decided to do a mix-and-match with them! I love mixing and matching my nail vinyls with dots and different simple designs. I also like trying to find polishes from the same collection that go really well together. I think these worked great!

White: China Glaze White On White

Pink: China Glaze More To Explore

Blue: China Glaze My Way or the Highway

For the half moon and chevron nails, I used Nail Vinyls. For the dots, I just used my dotting tools in two different sizes.

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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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Pink Mix & Match

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I finally painted my nails again! I took my nail polish off Friday night, and I finally painted these on Tuesday. I went four days without anything on my nails! I was feeling uninspired, but I've started to get some good ideas flowing again, so I'm really excited to try a few things now. I've found that after doing a bunch of challenges, I have trouble coming up with nail art ideas, because I get used to being prompted, so I rely on that to help me.

What I finally settled for was a mix and match in all pink and white. I love the way this turned out. Absolutely love it.

White: Essence Wild White Ways
Pink: Essie Just Stitched
Glitter: Nails, Inc. Westbourne Gardens

It was super easy to do. I used Nail Vinyls to make the chevrons (the regular/medium size), a dotting tool to make the dots on my pointer finger and thumb and then I sponged on the glitter for my ring finger.

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Memorial Day: Chevron Flag

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Today I did some nails for Memorial Day! I love doing patriotic nails, and starting now, that'll be the majority of the nails I do until the end of the summer.

Red: OPI What's Your Point-setta?

White: Essie Private Weekend

Blue: Wet 'n Wild Megalast Coast to Coast

Silver: Glam Chick (no name)

Stars: Sinful Colors Star Blast Off

For the star nails, I simply painted them blue, and then fished for the star glitter in Star Blast Off and placed them where I wanted.

The chevron nails were painted white first, then top coated with HK Girl fast drying top coat. Once it dried, I placed mini chevron vinyls on it, painted it red, and took the vinyls off immediately.

To get the silver glitter opaque, I sponged it on. I used Glisten & Glow CTRL-ALT-DEL as a barrier for easier clean up.

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Mix & Match Spring Nails

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Today I wanted to do something fun, so I did a mix and match with some spring colors! The Essie colors are from their spring collection.

Purple: Essie Flowerista

Nude: Essie Picked Perfect

Glitter: OPI Snow Globetrotter

I used a dotting tool for my thumb and pointer, and Nail Vinyls for the chevron nails.

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Mani By Annie: St. Louis Cardinals Nails

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Today I wanted to share some nails that I did on my sister a few days ago! She requested some festive baseball nails based on several pictures she had seen on Pinterest.

White: OPI Alpine Snow

Red: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red

Silver: Pure Ice

I used Nail Vinyls for the chevrons that can be found here. The STL decal was bought from @lashesfordaysblog on Instagram. Her website is here.

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#NailArtApr: Day 30

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Today's prompt: accent!

I wanted to do two accent nails for this, because the past two manicures I did only had one accent nail, and I was ready for a change.

Marroon/Purple: OPI Sleigh Parking Only
White: OPI Alpine Snow

I started by paint all nails in Sleigh Parking Only, then applying a quick dry top coat. Once the top coat had dried, I used Nail Vinyls and the white to make the accent nails.

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#NailArtApr: Day 02

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Today was the first day of Nail Art April hosed by @californails on Instagram! The prompt for this was Pastel.

Purple: Wet n Wild Megalast Reject the Mainstream

Tan: Wet n Wild Megalast A Latte Love

Both of these polishes are from the new Wet n Wild Megalast Silver Lake collection. I used nail vinyls to make the chevrons, and a dotting tool to make the dotted nail! These were super easy, but I loved them!

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Blue and White Dots & Chevrons

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I probably need more creative titles to my designs. But oh well!

The past couple of days I have been wearing this manicure, which was my blue and white mix and match type nails.

Blue: OPI Feeling Treemendous
White: OPI Alpine Snow

The chevrons were done using nail vinyls and the dots were done with dotting tools!

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St. Patrick's Day: Shamrocks & Chevron

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My nails today are my first St. Patrick's day nails of the year! I did shamrocks, with an accent chevron nail.

White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost

Green: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri I-rush Luck

Gold: OPI 50 Years of Style

The chevrons were done using nail vinyls. I did a white base, put down the vinyls, and then painted green. I free-handed the gold accent. All of the shamrocks were done using different size dotting tools.

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Pink & Gray Mix and Match

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This manicure was 100% inspired by Nailstorming. You can find her on her website or her Youtube channel. She does designs like this a lot and I just really wanted to try it...and I loved it!

Pink: China Glaze Pinking Out the Window
Gray: Zoya Carey
White: Nicole by OPI Yoga Then Yogurt
Glitter: China Glaze Dancing & Prancing

The chevrons were made using Nail Vinyls. I used a dotting tool from Amazon for the polka dots, and the sponging method to apply the glitter.

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The Nail Art Guild: January 31

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The prompt for the bi-weekly nail art guild for today was rainbow!

I actually did two designs for this, and I hated the first one. I did it last night, and when I woke up this morning, I took it off and went with this new design that I thought of while painting the others.

Being a rainbow, it clearly took a lot of polish. The colors are as follows:

Red: Nicole by OPI Please Red-Cycle
Orange: China Glaze Stoked to Be Soaked
Yellow: China Glaze Sun Upon My Skin
Green: Studio M Neon Greenlight
Blue: L'Oreal Fluo Azur
Purple: China Glaze X-ta-sea
White: Nicole by OPI Yoga Then Yogurt

For my index and ring finger, I painted red, yellow and blue on, each taking up about a third of my nail. Next, after applying top coat and letting it dry completely, I placed on some skinny chevron nail vinyls. They can be purchased here. I then went and painted orange, green and purple in the spaces between them.

On my thumb, I did an ombre using all of the colors, and then put dots on top with the white polish. My pinky was a white base and dots using all of the colors, and I kept one nail, my middle finger, simple with just a couple of coats of white.

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