St. Patricks Day

St. Patricks Day

I did these nails in March of 2012. Their recent pinterest attention prompted me to link back to my blog instead of imgur. 

These were done using two shades of green in Sally Hansen XtremeWear. The technique is called water marble. For great tutorials, search Simple Little Pleasures Water Mable on YouTube. Her videos taught me. The ring finger is a gold polish from Sephora. 

ON HIATUS

I get a few random views from Reddit and Pinterest links, so I thought I'd mention that my blog has been inactive for months because I am currently working on my Masters Degree (in addition to teaching full time). I occasionally have time to PAINT my nails. I never have time to POST them anywhere. 

See you all in June!

Lipstick Nails

These were inspired by CutePolish, who has a YouTube tutorial showing a similar concept. I strayed a little from her design. 

Valentines Tic-Tac-Toe

Idea from @Nailstorming

WILL WORK FOR POLISH

A friend asked me to come do nails for her daughter's slumber party. I was promised birthday cake. What I also got was the greatest little polish gift! 

Manicures Done: 

Cows

Zebra with pink french tips

Yellow with purple flower accent nail

Turquoise with glitter

Christmas Holly

Rocking Christmas

I did these nails very quickly, as I only had 20 minutes until I needed to be on my way to a Watsky Concert

Never heard of Watsky?

WELL CLICK HERE!

You're welcome. 

The guy at the door doing wristbands certainly enjoyed my Rudolf. :)

Vintage Blue PolkaDot and Roses

I was inspired by nails originally done by @lovessweetas, who tweeted her creation. They were later pinned onto Pinterest, where I found them. 

I could NOT master the roses, so I created my own technique to apply them. 

After painting my nails blue and applying random white dots, I chose two tones of pink and blobbed each on a piece of paper. I used a large dotting tool and dipped it into the dark pink, then immediately into the light pink. When applied to the nail, it created a marble effect. This effect was also used on my Rubber Ducky nails. 

http://lacquerloft.blogspot.com/2012/05/rubber-ducky-youre-one.html

Afterwards, I applied a some glitter and a Seche Vite top coat!

Blue: Finger Paints Tiffany Imposter

White: Sinful Colors White

Light Pink:

Dark Pink:        - Neither of these polishes have labels, they came with an old makeup set. Use any color                                   you like in two shades. 

Fall Pumpkins

What says "Autumn" more than pumpkins? These nails were created freehand using a small brush and some patience!

Blue: Finger Paints Tiffany Imposter
Dark Orange: Sally Hansen XTremeWear Sun Kissed
Light Orange: Sun Kissed + White
Green: Sally Hansen XtremeWear Going Green
Brown: Sinful Colors Nirvana

Hot Pink Zebra

This mani/pedi was created using:

Pink - China Glaze Pink Voltage (Neon) - This polish is very matte without a top coat.
Glitter - Sinful Colors Queen Of Beauty

The zebra stripes on my ring finger were created using my Konad nail plate and Konad black polish.
The zebra stripes on my toes were free handed, using a tutorial by CutePolish for guidance. See her tutorial on YouTube.
I dabbed the glitter on heavy at the tips to attempt a gradient effect.

Hootie WHOOO

Another teacher and I both have owl themed classrooms this year. 

I did these manicures for our first week of school! I used SinfulColors from Walgreens and dotting tools. I did mine freehand, but you could use page reinforcer stickers to guide the outline of the owl. After doing some research, it seems that this blog may be the original source of the tutorial that inspired mine.

http://cindyblogs-nails.blogspot.com/2010/07/nail-art-owl-tutorial.html

Pink: Sinful Colors Easy Going

Brown: Sinful Colors Nirvana

Orange: Sally Hansen XTremeWear Sun Kissed

Baseball Nails SF vs. LA

Panda for Pablo Sandoval 

 1...2...3...4.. I declare a thumb war ! 

Polishes Used: 

Sally Hansen Xtremewear Sun Kissed (orange)
Sinful Colors White
Sinful Colors Black
Sinful Colors Blue
Magic Nail (Art brush - skinny) Red
Dotting Tools and a thin brush! 

Curiouser and Curiouser

Card water decal and clock water decal are sold in different sets at this website: http://www.bornprettystore.com/

4th of July

Polishes:

Sally Hansen XTreme White On

Sally Hansen XTreme Blue Me Away

Sally Hansen XTreme Cherry Red

(This brand water marbles VERY WELL and is inexpensive at Walgreens)
Glitter is Sinful Colors Queen of Beauty

Konad stamp plate m3

Stars: Konad Red

Gradient Sunflowers

My best friend is getting married, and this is her flower/color scheme. Brainstorming bridesmaid nails. These looked a little different in my head. A second attempt would be better, I think. 

Happy Fathers Day

Cinco de Mayo, Mexican flag nails.

Earth Day

Masquerade

This year was the third annual Masquerade Fundraiser for a project in my home town. Last year I matched my nails to my shoes. This year, I matched them to my mask :) 

2013 

2012