Christmas 2015: Red and Green Galaxies

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I wanted to continue my year-long Galaxy nail series with the Christmas edition!

Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Black to Black

White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost

Red: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri-Dri Rapid Red

Green: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri I-Rush Luck

Small Gold Glitter: Avon Gingerbread Scented

Large Glitter: OPI I Reached My Gold

These were so much for me to do! I've always liked galaxy nails, and I made it through a whole year of doing them for every holiday! Well, aside from New Year, or New Year's Eve.

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.

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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.

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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

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

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

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 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 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!

Check back tomorrow for more nail art! <3

31 Day Challenge 2015: Day 1

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It's the first day of the 31 Day Challenge! I'm so excited to take this on again this year, and do even better than last year!

Today's Prompt: Red

Red: Essie Happy Wife, Happy Life
White: Essie Blanc

These were super simple nails to get this challenge started, but I really like the way they turned out! I used a small and large dotting tool for the accent nails on the ring finger and thumb.

Check in tomorrow for a new challenge!

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.

Thanks for reading <3

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.

Thanks for reading <3

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!

Thanks for reading <3

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!

Thanks for reading <3

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.

Thanks for reading <3

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!

Thanks for reading <3