Festival Of Lights

 Today's theme is "Festival Of Lights" I've been looking forward to this one because I've been wanting to try our the string lights nail art. I wanted it to look like light strung up outside so I started with a white base.

I started with 2 coats of China Glaze 'White On White" the first coat was a bit streaky, but the second coat evened it all out. I wanted to make it look a little more like snow, so....

I added 2 coats of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri "In A Flash" which gave my nails a bit of a frosty look, which I felt gave it the perfect look.

   

 After I added a quick dry coat to the base, I used a nail art pen to create the black lines which is the "string" part of the lights.

 Then using a dotting tool I added the colors randomly to each nail. At first I thought it looked to crowded, but then I realized that's how it should look :)

 The colors I used are: China Glaze 'Dorothy Who?'

 China Glaze 'Ruby Pumps'

  

 China Glaze 'Running In Circles'

 Wet N Wild '9.0.2.1.Orange'

 and Wet N Wild 'The Gold & The Beautiful"

I really like how it turned out and I next time I'll try and space out the "lights' a little more and see how that turns out.

Thank you for reading and please let me know what you think and don't forget to check out the other ladies below :)

Oh and I have some awesome polishes set aside for my next giveaway (which will be when I reach 600 followers)

Shredded Orange!

This is a simple mani that works for the season and for Halloween. No nail art abilities needed. And it looks so pretty! Please excuse the crap clean up. I usually do my nails at night and since it was getting late and I was getting tired I kinda slacked on the clean up...but I still think the end results are nice :)

 

 I started with a glue base, and then 2 coats of Collection 2000 "Hip Hop" It's a bright orange and the formula is pretty good.

 

 I then added 2 coats of Spoiled "Vitamin C" I was going to just use this polish as the base but I realized that it is a very sheer polish that really needs underwear. I find it to be a beautiful color. It's a nice bright orange with a very strong gold shimmer.

 

 Sooooo Beautiful!

 

 Sorry for all the pictures, but I think this polish is worthy of  like nail porn :) I could stare at these nails all day.

 

 Hehe ok last one :)

 

 I then topped this beauty with 2 coats (1 dabbed on) of The Icing "Shredded" It's a really cool polish that looks like pencil shavings. I think it looks great over this polish, and just about any other polish you could put it over.

 

 This polish is a top coat eater. I'm one of those people that will pick at stuff, so I NEEDED this to be smoothed out lol. I think I did 4 coats of my clear quick dry. If I had been thinking I would have used my Gelous top coat, but sometimes I forget I have it lol.

 

 

 I just love how this turned out and I think it looks great for the fall season, and it makes a great look for Halloween as well.

 

 Well that's it for tonight. I hope you enjoyed this mani as much as I do. If you follow me in Instagram you would have seen a preview of my nails, if your not and would like to follow me my name on there is "Raeven13"

 

Thank you for reading and please remember to follow me if you haven't done so already. Thanks!!!

 

Challenge Day 2: Orange Nails & Another use for glue...

 

Day 2!!!

So I haven't fallen behind yet lol. That's good for me :) Today is orange nails. I wasn't sure  what to do so I fell back to my usual which is a gradient lol. I like how it came out. I think the two oranges blended well together and I really like them. So here they are :) Enjoy!!!

 

 I started out with 2 coats of Essie "Action" This is my untried polish for the challenge... Oh and the white "stuff" around my nails... Well I decided to try something new. I was reading how some girls were using Elmer's glue as a base for glitter polish and it made me think... why not paint the glue around my nails for easier clean up???

 

 The second color I used was Sinful Colors "Summer Peach" It's a nice neonish orange.

 

 

After I took these pictures and was editing them I noticed on my longer nails that "Summer Peach" didn't hit all the way to the tip of the nails, but I really like how it came out. I may have to try and do this on purpose sometime lol

 

 

 As you can see the glue worked out really well. This is a picture are doing the gradient with a sponge and peeling off the glue (which was fun for me lol. I like to peel stuff lol). There were only a couple little spots the needed removal, This is with out any clean up other then peeling the glue.

 

 

As always thanks for reading and make sure to check the other girls participating and to check back tomorrow!!!

 

 

Orange Gradient

I think I'm a bit in love with gradients lol. I think it's all I've been doing lately. But I still love them :) I think this is one of my favorites so far. I used 2 oranges for this mani...

Warning: Lots of pictures ahead!!!

 Piggy Polish - Damsel in This Dress and Sinful Colors - Citrine

 I love how this turned out. I wanted to wear it forever... but all manis must come off sometimes. But here is some nail porn. I couldn't beside which pics to use to I'm using them all :)\

 when I started doing this mani I didn't think there would be enough of a contrast between the 2 polishes, but I think they work perfectly together and I will have to remember this combo for the future.

Well this it for today. I hope you enjoyed the nail spam. Thank you for reading and keep tuned for my next post. Love you all my beautiful readers :)

Golden Gradient and Stamping!

Today I have a gradient I did on Sunday night. I'm really proud of how they came out. It was my first time using my Mash stamping plates and my first time using rhinestones :)

Here are the polishes I used:

 L to R: Essence "What Do U Think?, Orly "Glitz", Misa "Sisterhood", Misa "Sweet Pleasure", and and unnamed Black/Silver Dollar Store Polish

The plate I used was Mash- 36. I used the Eye of Ra image.

I started out with 2 coats of  Essence "What Do U Think?":

 "What Do U Think?" is a orange creme with a gold shimmer, which you can see better in the bottle in the pictures. It does show up on the nail. It is very pretty.

 I then used Orly "Glitz" and Misa "Sisterhood" to create my gradient. I plan on making a tutorial for the gradient soon, so please keep an eye out for that :)

 I was kinda going for a golden, desert-like gradient, Egyptian looking.

 I think it turned out beautiful.

 I wanted to add a little something more, so I did 1 coat of Misa "Sweet Pleasure"

 I love the sparkle and how subtle it is.

Using my polish from the Dollar Store, which is like a black and silver swirled together and it has a really awesome color, unlike any other black I have. I stamped an eye on each nail and as an accent I added a red rhinestone to the center of the eye on my ring fingers.

The clean-up was a bit of a pain but totally worth it. I love this mani and I almost don't want to take it off, but I can't wait to play with my Mash plates some more. I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I do wearing it.

Thank you for reading!!