Neon Waterfall Nails

Man I am a horrible blogger *hangs head in shame* I'm not going to make any promises about the future. I am going to try and get myself to post more, but I guess it will happen when it happens. So on to my nails...

I've been seeing "waterfall" nails for awhile and I finally decided to give it a try. Here is my inspiration:

The Nailasaurus seems to have started this look, I may be wrong but I still love it. If you click the picture it will take you to all of her Waterfall nails and a tutorial. 

Here is my try at it, but first please excuse my dry and ugly cuticle and I missed a little bit of clean up. It was late when I was doing them and I was tired. Please forgive me my sins lol. Ok here goes:

 For the base I used Sinful Colors "Skylark" it is a great polish. The formula was smooth and almost totally opaque in one coat. I did two for good measure.I really like the color, I'm not really sure how to describe it, but I don't like I really have anything else like it in my collection.

  

 Using a striping brush I went through the colors I had picked out and placed random strokes on each nail.

 After I had used each color I went through them again to fill in any gaps I had. The polishes I used were:

 China Glaze "I'm With The Lifeguard" One of my favorite neon greens.

 China Glaze "Hanging In The Balance"

 Essie "The Lace Is On" This is a BEAUTIFUL purple polish. I just loved it even just seeing it as a few strokes on my nails.

 China Glaze "Pool Party"

 Revlon "Hypnotize"

 Sinful Colors "Glimmer"

 After I finished I decided to add a coat of "Northern Lights" topcoat because I love sparkle :)

 All in all I like how it turned out. Both hands turned out a little different. /\ my right hand

\/my left hand

 I like my right hand a little better because I made the stroke a bit longer. The left hand looks like too much of the base color is showing.

I really like how this turned out and I plan on trying it again in the future with different colors. Make sure to check out The Nailasaurus's blog to see some great nails!

Thanks for reading and I hope to post again soon.

Reindeer and Sleigh... Fail :(

Well if your reading this then the world didn't end. I figured as much. anyways, Today is Reindeer and Sleigh nails. Oh my lord, this was such a fail for me. I tried several polishes for stamping and I had to keep removing the stamping because it didn't want to fully transfer. I wanted it turn out so much different they it did. In the end I figured out what the problem was (needed more topcoat to create an even surface for the stamping), and I just gave up and said F it.

 I started out with 2 coats of Revlon "Coastal Surf" what is a pretty sky blue and the application was wonderful.

 Using a makeup sponge I did a gradient using Sinful Colors "Neptune" which is a darker blue with a silver micro glitter. I should have used darker colors to make it look more like a nighttime sky. Looks more like the middle of the day lol.

 I felt like I need a little something more so I added China Glaze "Snow Globe" to the tips of the nails to look like snow fall.

 I ended up using 2 thick coats of topcoat to even it all out.

 These are the plates I used for the stamping.

 I should have used a darker color for the stamping since you can barely see the stamping :( whomp whomp lol.

 I used Sally Hansen "Silver Sweep" for stamping. I really wanted to add a red rhinestone on the pinkie nail for Rudolph, but I didn't have enough room. whomp whomp again!

Oh No!! the present broke in half... I hope Santa has insurance lol.

So yeh total nail fail. Almost didn't want to post, but they can't all be winners. I think the nail failures are when we learn the most. I learned to make sure that my base is always even before stamping, and I need to find more polishes for stamping lol.

Thank you so much for reading and please make sure to check out the other participating below :) 

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)

Day 22: Inspired By A Song

 Today is "Inspired By A Song" day. I have a couple different songs that I've been loving right now, and not many of them I could come up with a mani idea for. The song I ended up picking is "Nothing But The Water" by Grace Potter and The Nocturnals.

I couldn't find a music video for this song, but I was about to find the song on YouTube:

 

I love this song!!! Ok on to my mani... Obviously I was going for a water theme.

 

I know, I know, I broke my promise. I said I wasn't going to do another gradient for the rest of this challenge, but I felt that a gradient was the only way to go about accomplishing what I pictured in my head. I started out with 2 coats of Piggy Polish "It's All About Blue" and also used it for the gradient along with...

 

Orly "Skinny Dip" and...

 

China Glaze "Splish Splash"

 

I think these polishes worked perfect together and created the perfect water look.

 

The gradient is very subtle but noticeable. I also found it very calming :)

 

I used OPI "My Boyfriend Scales Walls" and a nail art brush to create the sea foam from the waves, and I even included a couple birds in the sky :) This is the only polish that wasn't an untried.

 

Since I always have to add a little sparkle I sponged on a little Layla Hologram Effects "Ocean Rush" on the tips of my nails.

 

They didn't turn out exactly as I had pictured in my head but I still really like how they turned out. I love them and I really feel like I'm looking into the water.

 

I think the Layla polish is what really made it as great as it is. My nails look so much better in person, these pictures couldn't capture all of the awesomeness of them.

 

Now I have to think about what I'm going to do tomorrow for my movie nails.... totally not sure yet. Oh and just for your enjoyment this is how I had to edit all of my pictures:

My younger pup Stitch just "had" to lay on me. I just jumped up and made himself comfortable. I didn't have the heart to move him lol. He's lucky he's cute :)

 

Well thanks for reading, and check back tomorrow for my movie nails. And don't forget to check out the other ladies' blogs below:

 

Day 5: Blue Nails...And A Gradient!

 

Today is Day 5 and I'm so proud of myself that I'm still in it :). I did blue nails but I also used pink. I think the colors go well together. Without further ado here are the nails...

 

 I like how the 2 colors combined in the center and created a 3rd color, totally unplanned and unexpected, but a pleasant surprise :)

 

 For the untried polish I used China Glaze ""Fuchsia Fanatic" and....

 

 China Glaze "Turned Up Turquoise" which I also believe is an untried, but I could be wrong.

 

 When the two colors combined they created a nice purple which I really liked.

 

 I wanted to mix it up a little so I reversed the gradient on the ring finger... but I think I should have skipped it. I think it disturbs the simple beauty of this mani... but I could be wrong! lol

 

 Not being able to leave well enough alone I decided to add a coat of Sinful Colors "Pearl Harbor" which is a blue iridescent glitter in a clear base. It's very subtle, and very pretty!

 

 I know that in some of the pictures is seems to be a very obvious glitter, but it really wasn't. You would just catch glimpses and sparkles in the right light.

 

 

 I think "Pearl Harbor" is a very simple but versatile glitter to have in anyone collection. Plus at the normal prince of $1.99 at Walgreens it's a great deal. Plus you can often find it on sale for $0.99 :)

Well that's it for today. Thank you all so much for reading and please check back tomorrow for "Violet Nails" My hint for you is... I used the saran wrap method :)

 

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