Sponging fun!!!

I went on a sponging spree. I love sponging. It is sooooooo simple. I have a tutorial HERE


This is Seraphina, Cassedy, and Belinda

 This is Giovanna, Neve, and Claudine

 Truthfully, I don't remember what this is.

 This is Channing, I THINK, Mason, and Jem I loved this one, it reminds me of an autumn sunset.

Striping Brush

I painted my nails with Blaze accented with Seraphina (which happens to be my favorite whitish polish of all time) then took a striping brush and striped with Storm.

I wore this for NYE. I matched my make up. with it. :)

Dry Drag

This is an odd thing I learned from a friend, you take most of the polish off of the brush and put it on...

I was going to do it as a monkey see monkey do mani, but it didn't turn out how I wanted. She used pink and purple, I used Sailor, Neve, and Pepper.

 

 

Satin and Cashmere Watercolors!

I love doing watercolors. It is SOOOO super easy!!! if you want a tutorial, I have one HERE

The first one is with the Cashmere colors Flynn as the base, Hunter, Sailor, and Livingston water colored on top. Those colors are available here (Zoya Cashmere and Satin collection)

This one is Mason, Giovanna, and Neve fromthe Satin Collection

Christmas in FEBRUARY?!?

Yeah, Christmas in February!!! These are the mani's I wore during Christmas week.

Both were done with Ziv, Logan, and Blaze over a random white.

I am excited, I FINALLY got Zoya Purity!!! I can't wait to use it as underwear!!! 

Random fun with Pixie Dusts

To be honest, I can't remember what I used on some of these.

I know this one is Carter, Arabella, Dhara, and Tomoko

 This one is Tomoko dotted and stamped

 This is Dahlia painted over striping tape

navy/green zoya

A friend had a wedding to go to. The colors were light green and navy. She asked me for some ideas on how to do her nails. This is what I cam up with using Zoya Apple, Ibiza, and Trixie

My favorite is the index finger.

g-g-g-g-GHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOST!!!

Again off the challenge

This is Sally Hansen Lavender Cloud covered in Orly Au Champange which WOULD be my favorite white, but it's so sheer. I love it. It's slightly sparkly, and just so beautiful! dotted with just a plain black.

 Flash

No flash

Watercolor Tutorial!!!

So I've done a watercolor before. I got so many compliments on it I have done it 3 times since. Then I was asked to do a tutorial. So...Here it is. This is going to be a little wierd, but yeah...It's pretty easy!

First off, materials. You will need:
nails painted a base coat (I used Lavender Cloud)
a thick fast drying top coat (Seche)
as many colors as you want to watercolor (I used Kelly, Ibiza, and Tru)
a quarter inch paint brush (Or, the brush you use to clean up your mani)
Acetone

I know I have Dove pictured above, but I tried it with Dove and it was too light, I went with Kelly.

so a small dot of polish, take your art brush dip it in acetone, and with a light touch (as to not go through the seche, which I did a couple of times) move it around, make a design. Repeat with other colors.

Pretty easy, huh?

Here, watch this video. There is no loud goofy music, I'm not even talking in it. you can just see what it looks like. I know it's blurry. If I ever do another one I will try to do it better.

This is the finished product.

Try this!! It is incredibly easy!

Ladybugs!

I have a thing for ladybugs. I just find them interesting. They are tiny, and always busy, always seem to have a schedule, always on the move. I love them. When I was a kid, I used to sit under a huge ash tree in our back yard. It was ALWAYS covered with ladybugs.

So this is Julep Leighton, stamped with KleanColors Metallic Green, and hand drawn ladybugs. topped with Seche Vite :)

water colors part II

Continuing from yesterday, this kinda reminds me of marble countertops...

This is Spoiled Visually Slimming, Zoya Dove, ChG White On White, and OPI Rumples Wiggin'

Then because everything is better with sparkles...

Thanks for reading!

water colors...

Sarah @ Samariums Swatches did this AWESOME Water color mani. I LOVED IT!!!

(I like this better than marbling, I think)

So, I did my own version! This is Lavender Cloud with Spoild Toad-ally Amazing, CC Pucci-licious, and OPI Funky Dunkey.

Please ignore the angry cuticle. :( I have been chewing on my cuticles. I promise, I'll stop.

 Then, I covered it with Northern Lights.

Tune in tomorrow for the other half of this mani...i like it more than this one.

What Cattitude?!?

This is OPI Whats with the Cattitude, stamped with KleanColors Metallic Sapphire, and dotted with KleanColors Metallic Fuscia. I LOVE THE METALLICS!

I was thinking,  if I ever hit rock bottom and have to sell my collection, there are a few polishes I will NEVER sell...My KleanColor Metallics will NEVER, EVER be one of them.

Do you have a some polishes that will never, EVER leave your side?

Splat, Splat goes the cat...

This was my first splatter. and I used all holos.

CC Wild At Heart, DV8, Sexagon, BFF, and OPI DS Signature.

Galaxy Nails

a couple of months ago there was a challenge for galaxy nails. Here were mine.

RIP polish in Black Magic, sponged with Skull and Glossbones, Mermaid Tears and Funkey Dunkey topped with Fairy Dust.

Braided Matte

Last night, I was having a hard time getting inspired. So was Jeanie @ Midnight Manicures. She asked for suggestions. Again, the lovely Amanda showed us THIS Braided/Fishtail Nail Tutorial. I wanted to try it.

This is Zoya Dovima, Veruschka, and Savita.

OK, so the first nail did not turn out like I expected...This was using the polish brushes...

I had to rethink my execution.

AHH, THATS more like it!!! These were done with a brush a little thicker than a striping brush.

I see a christmas mani like this in my future!

and the finished product. one with Seche on top, and the crap nail.

This was relatively easy once I used the right tools!!!



Rock "star" mani

One of the nail groups I belong to on Facebook has a theme Monday. This week is Rockstar. I went heavy emphasis on the stars.

so, lots of pics (because they are all holo.)

I used, OMG, DV8, IDK, GR8, 2NITE, BFF, Revvvolution, and Metallic Fuschia. OH, and Black Hologram striper from Art Club.

On to the pretty...