Cashmere Matte Nails

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Today I needed some super quick and simple nails. Thankfully, these Essie Cashmere Mattes are the perfect solution! They dry super quick, but they go on so well, too. I wish I would have done the opposite color combination, but I like this one, too.

Nude: Essie All Eyes on Nudes
Black: Essie Spun in Luxe

Ta da! That's all I did. Literally. Painted all nails but my ring finger with the nude, and then the ring finger was my accent that I did in black. I was able to do these right before bed, but there was no worry about dry time, then top coat, then more dry time!

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April Showers

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It is supposed to be pretty rainy and stormy for the next few days in my area, so I created some stormy nails! I did something like this last year, and I liked them, but I really wanted to recreate them. I have seen several people do things like this, but I'm not sure who the original creator was!

Dark Blue: China Glaze License & Registration Pls
Gray: Essie Petal Pushers
Light Blue: China Glaze Dashboard Dreamer
Yellow: Color Club Almost Famous
Fast Dry Top Coat: Glisten & Glow HK Girl
Matte Top Coat: Sally Hansen Big Matte Top Coat
Shiny Top Coat: Sally Hansen Big Shiny Top Coat

These nails were super easy to do! I started by painting the base, then I used a dotting tool for the clouds, lightning bolt, and raindrops. Once that was dry, I added a quick dry top coat, and later a matte one. To finish it off, I went in with the shiny top coat over the raindrops to make it look more like water. I sort of wish I would not have made the raindrops in color, but maybe I'll try that another time!

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Valentine's Day: Love Letters

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Today I did some cute love letters for Valentine's Day!

I was inspired to do the large letters by Nailstorming and The Nail Trail. They both did cute manicures like them, and it reminded me of something I did last year, but bigger! The smaller letters were based off a nail I did last year, which I do not remember seeing anyone else do just like that. Finally, my mailbox was based off of a clip art image I found on Google. I thought it would be fun to bring in a mailbox for this, because where else would we put all those letters?!

White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost

Pink: Essie I Pink I Can

The details were all Salon Perfect stripers in White Out, Black Ink, Silver Pleated and Red Laser.

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Superbowl XLIV Nails: Patriots

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I created nails for both teams this year, because I am not a huge sports fan in general. I do enjoy the Superbowl, though, which is why I still made nails for it!

These nails were similar to my Seahawks nails. You can find the details about those here.

My thumb was done the exact same, using Zoya Pixie Dust Chita, for the field, and the Salon Perfect Nail Art striper in white. My accent nail with the Patriots logo was done with Nicole by OPI in Yoga Then Yogurt for the base, and then Sally Hansen nail art pens for the details!

My red and blue nails were Wet 'n Wild Megalast in Echo Dark and Rouge 66. These were both from their fall 2014 collection. For the football nail, I used Essie Partner in Crime as the base, and Salon Perfect striper in white. This time, I used OPI Ice-Bergers and Fries for some dots on the football. I felt like this made the football look more realistic, and fun!

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Valentine's Day: Mini Matte Multi-Colored Hearts

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Today's mani was brought to you by the letter "m!" These actually originally started out as going to be conversation hearts, which is why I chose the colors that I did, and had them multi-colored. Once I got into them, though, I realized that they were way to small to have to go in and write letters on.

I really liked the end result, though, especially once I added the matte top coat on top. Mattifying it did give more of a conversation heart feel, but it still was not exactly what I wanted for that effect. These were super simple though, and did not take as long as I feared they would. I worked fairly quickly, though, because I put all polish colors on my palette at once, and I wanted to be able to layer them. That meant working with some speed, or else the polishes would goop up on the palette.

My colors were:

White: Nicole by OPI Yoga Then Yogurt

Orange/Peach: Maybelline Color Show Bleached Neons Bleached in Peach

Green: Maybelline Color Show Bleached Neons Lime Accent

Blue: Maybelline Color Show Bleached Neons Day Glow Teal

Purple: Maybelline Color Show Bleached Neons Ultra Violet

Pink: L'Oreal Acid Watermelon

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Superbowl XLIV Nails: Seahawks

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Congratulations to the Patriots on their big win on Sunday!

I painted my nails for both teams this weekend, because I'm not a big football person, so I was indifferent on who won. I enjoyed doing them both!

First up is the Seattle Seahawks! For the blue polish, I used Revlon Urban, and the green was Finger Paints Silkscreen Green. The white base for the logo nail was Nicole by OPI Yoga Then Yogurt, and for the design I used Sally Hansen Nail Art Pens in silver and blue.

The football was done using Essie Partner in Crime, and the football field base was Zoya Pixie Dust in Chita. For both nails, the details were Salon Perfect striper in white. I put matte top coat on all but the football field, using OPI Matte Top Coat.

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#NailArtJan Day 28

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Today's prompt: Match OOTD! (Outfit Of The Day)

Today, I wore one of my favorite outfits to work. I have been wanting to create this shirt pattern on my nails, and I finally had the chance and reason to!

The white and red polish were Nicole by OPI Yoga Then Yogurt and Please Red-cycle, and the black polish was Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright. The stripes were done using Salon Perfect Nail Art stripers in Red Laser and Black Ink.

Here is a picture of my shirt that inspired it. With it, I wore a red cardigan, and plain black pants.

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31 Day Challenge: Day 27

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Today's theme: Inspired by artwork!

I was inspired the painting "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gough. Most people have seen this painting before, so it's pretty recognizable. Here is a picture for reference and those that don't know it.

I even did the same painting last year! It was no where near this good, and I still think I could have done better! I am pretty proud of these, though!

There were a lot of polishes used for this. The base color was Wet n Wild Wild Shine Here Comes Trouble. The sky was done using the dry brush method with nail striper polishes. I'm not sure who came up with this method originally, or even who to credit for it. The colors I used were scattered and layered to create the effect of the sky in the painting. I used Salon Perfect Nail Art Blue Skies, Kiss Nail Art Pearl Blue, Kiss Soft Blue,  and Milani Nail Art Blue Print. The white streaks and star/moon halos were Sally Hansen I Heart Nail Art Striper White, and the stars and moon were done with Yellow.

The final touch, and my favorite part, was the castle. I used Salon Perfect Nail Art Black Ink for it. This striper worked perfectly for it. It looked good against the background color I chose, and it looks fairly accurate! I loved this nail! This polish dried to a matte finish, and is what inspired me to top the whole thing with a matte top coat.

Overall, I am very proud of these nails, and I loved them! I honestly had to talk myself into taking them off to continue with the challenge. It was a tough one to do!

I also included a couple of glossy shots, just for fun. :)

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31 Day Challenge: Day 12

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Today's theme: stripes!

For this, I really wanted to use a couple of new stripers that I had from Salon Perfect. It was kind of inspired by plaid, but I wanted to keep it a little simpler, and use less stripes than plaid would have.

My base color was Zoya Carey. For the stripes, I started by putting down the pattern that I wanted in white, using Salon Perfect Nail Art in  White Out. For the colors, I used Salon Perfect Nail Art in Pretty in Pink and Spring. Once it was done, I topped it with NYC One Minute Color in Matte Me Crazy.

I really like the way this turned out, but I just need to get better at making good stripes.

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*All polishes were purchased with my own money. All opinions are truthful and my own.

31 Day Challenge: Day 13 (Tutorial!)

Day Thirteen: Animal Print

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Mellow Yellow

Essie in Little Brown Dress

China Glaze Matte Magic

I decided to do giraffe print for today because 1) it's easy, and 2) I never seen many giraffe nails, or tutorials, if any! So I decided to make a tutorial of my own!

1. Start with clean, unpolished nail. Add a base coat.
2. Paint nail with yellow nail polish. I used Mellow Yellow by Sally Hansen. Add several coats until it is a solid yellow. It does not need to be absolutely perfect, because a lot of it will be covered up.
3. With a large dotting tool, create splotches with a brown nail polish. I used Little Brown Dress by Essie. I just tried to make the spots look as close to giraffe spots as possible, but I did not want every nail to look the same.
4. Once it is dry, put a matte top coat on top, to make it look more like an animal. I used Matte Magic by China Glaze.

And that's it! It was really easy, and other than waiting for the colors to dry to ensure there was no smearing, it did not take very long at all to do!

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