Folk'n' Fall

Folk art inspired halloween + fall nails!
Ombre V, Stripes, small hexagonal glitter, and jewel cabochons

what i used:
O.P.I. - palm springs delight + Love & Beauty - orange for the ombre base
Kiss (striper) - neon orange +  Kiss (striper) - bronze for the "V"
Sinful Color (striper) - bad chick + Kiss (striper) - black
Orange metallic hexagonal glitter + red and black jewel cabochons.

purple panel ikat

purple nails ready for spring!

What I used:
O.P.I. - natural nail strengthener
O.P.I. - natural nail base coat
Love & Beauty - lavender
Love & Beauty - sheer purple glitter
Nail Star - white striper (108)
Nail Star  - wine striper
Nail Star  - black striper (109)
Kiss - soft purple striper
Kiss - bikini pink striper
10 PNL - perfectly clear (401)






and of course my nail design wouldn't feel complete without embellishments!
so i added small soft purple rhinestones at the top and base of my nail design and soft purple nail art beads in a random pattern on my thumb and ring finger for statement nails!

Easter double fade

For this look I first created a color fade between two spring shades of Sinful Colors, Sinful Colors- lets talk and Sinful Colors - innocence. Lets Talk is a really nice deep purple and innocence is a nice limey green, both creme polishes. The area where they meet becomes a subdued purple grey.

Next to spice it up I created a color fade with four small sized nail hex glitters ranging from deep metallic blue (at the base of the nail) to metallic purple, then next to an iridescent lilac (where it becoes that purple grey) and finally at the tips silver hex glitters. Then added a small clear rhinestone at the tip, cuz i love them.

Happy Easter!

pink + purple ombre layered!

As i said i'm really into the layered look lately...

First the ombre: I applied two coats of American Apparel - coney island which is an awesome opaque baby pink. I then applied one layer of Sally Hansen Diamond Strength - pink promise (#06) which is a tinted baby pink sheer micro glitter, and looks awesome over pinks and other warm colors.  Next i used Love & Beauty - lavendar, Kiss - soft purple striper and O.P.I. - funky dunky to finish the pink to purple ombre.

The layered design was created using Kiss - red wine (striper)  for the outline. I then filled in random sections of the design using Nail Star -  metallic opaque silver, and Kiss - gold glitter striper.
Seche VITE - fast drying top coat .... end.

teal tie-dye

For this design I wanted to create a sort of died fabric effect using this awesome TEAL color I just received from a friend. All this requires is a base color and a minimum of 3 striper polishes, or 3 colors and thin brush to get this look. Because I was using a green-teal base I chose colors that I felt would compliment but not overpower the base.

After O.P.I. - natural nail base coat I applied 3 layers Milani - fresh teal  Next I used Kiss- blue striper to start the dyed pattern, I choose this color because It was similar to the teal, and tied the teal and the rest of the palette together. Next, keeping in mind that I just used blue, I choose Kiss - soft purple striper and followed along the outside of the blue patter. I then did the same with my final color Kiss - red wine striper outside the light purple. I then used 1-2 coats of Seche VITE - fast dry top coat.

pink ombre polka dots

Hey guys,

I apologize for being so absent lately, however something so sweet just happened....So i just received a sort of care package jammed in my mailbox from a friend, she gave me 14 nail polishes that she didn't want! So amazing! they've all only been used once or twice too! (thanx Amara! :) )
One of the colors I received was the awesome barbie pink, although i don't wear pink a lot, it is my FAVORITE kind of pink, and i am constantly looking for the perfect barbie pink. Anyways So i decided that I would make an ombre using a second barbie pink! (amazing) and a darker O.P.I. magenta for the tip! This is only my second or third time doing an ombre, an i almost wish it was a more drastic color fade, NEXT TIME.

For the base color I used NYX - flash, 3-4 coats, its a dusty pink creme, that looks super plastic-like on, (i mean that in a good way, of course.) Next using a makeup sponge I added Anise - a bud for you, pink creme, also super fake looking, and really bright. I love this color! Last for the darkest part of the color fade, on the tip, i used O.P.I. - jewel of india, magenta jelly, with a really nice luster.

With the dotting tools my sister got me for christmas, I made my polka dots using Nail Star - white! 

I guess i was feeling girly today?!

thanx for stopping by.

24 days of XMAS Challenge : Day 22

❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉

Better late than never... Here are my day 22 of the 24 days of xmas challenge nails, with the theme ELVES or ELF. I wanted create a nail design that could work with this theme without having to do a portrait or a specific object of or relating to elves, although no looking back on it, if i were to redo this design I'd probably do something relating to a toy shop. However I've been making presents all day and therefore I have little energy left for intense nails right now. The part of the elf i drew inspiration from was ELF TIGHTS (or socks, stockings w.e) What is always used in depicting christmas elves, other than pointy ears , being small in height (with the exception of Will Ferrel) and hats are their brightly colored stockings! Some are solid in color, but most are striped and range in mixes of yellow, green, white and red. 

To make it a little more fun I used a nail polish base and striped with rhinestone cabochons, creating a OMBRE-STONE effect from one nail to the next to try and make the colors work together!

 They go as such, from thumb nail to pinky nail.

yellow + red - red +white - red + green - green + white - green + yellow.

Again, starting with the thumb I used Urban Outfitters - orange 3 (its more of a golden yellow than orange) about 3-4 coats, then used red rhinestone cabochons. Next nail I used Ruby Kisses - french White, also 3-4 coats, and then used both red and white rhinestone cabochons to break up the design a little. The middle finger has a Chanel - nirvana, 2 coats (gorgeous color with a light gold luster) and used red and green rhinestone cabochons to ease transition into the next nail. The ring finger uses the same Ruby Kisses - french white, 3-4 coats as a base, and like the index, has white cabochons alternating in, but with green. Finally On the pinky I used the same orange 3, 3-4 coats, and only incorporated green rhinestones for the stripes. 

This time I used O.P.I. - top coat instead of my usual Seche VITE.

Unfortunately I broke my pinky nail yesterday so the nail looks disproportional to the others. 

WE ARE ALMOST DONE!!! Tomorrow (today) is the last themed nail before a manicure of choice!

Suitably it is SANTA themed nails!

To see more of ELF themed nails check out these ladies blogs:

❅ nails and stuff ❃ obsessed with glitter ❇ paint that nail ❄ red hair and black nail polish ✺ Ruby's Nails ❅ finger painted ❃ My Polish Stash ❉ Me, Myself and Nail Polish ❇  KK Nails ✺ Life with Salpi ❅

Thanx for stopping by :)

❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉

24 days of XMAS Challenge : Day 20

❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉
FOUR DAYS LEFT! CRAZZZYYYY! 


SLEIGH/SLED was the theme for today! I chose to do santa's sleigh, reindeer flying over the moon. :)
I used a mix of nail polish and acrylic paint which allowed for a much smoother (less sticky) application of my design.

The color fade background was done using a base of Sally Hansen - marine scene (#23), 3 coats, and acrylic paint.  On top of that I used NYC - starry silver glitter (#105) which has a nice mix of silver and iridescent micro glitter mixed with medium sized hexagonal blue and pink glitter in a clear polish... It's really pretty! For the design I used all acrylic paint, and then sealed it with the amazing Seche VITE - quick dry top coat.


Tomorrows theme is REINDEER

To see more SLEIGH/SLED themed nails check out these ladies blogs:

❅ nails and stuff ❃ obsessed with glitter ❇ paint that nail ❄ red hair and black nail polish ✺ Ruby's Nails ❅ finger painted ❃ My Polish Stash ❉ Me, Myself and Nail Polish ❇  KK Nails ✺ Life with Salpi ❅

Thanx for stopping by :)

❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉

24 days of XMAS Challenge : Day 9

❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉
Hey guys, sorry no time for posting, i have company and so this is a super rushed and kind of late post.
so these are my RED AND GREEN themed nails. I wanted to do a super drastic color fade and have it be sort of a gothic holiday +  JEN KAO inspired holiday nails.
unfortunately i did not have time to take adequate pictures but this was the best I could do.

What I used is Revlon- red (#680)  and Sinful Colors -HD nails (#926). 

black was done with Ruby Kissed Black Eutopia

and then Seche Vite - quick dry top coat

More RED AND GREEN nails can be seen HERE:

❅ nails and stuff ❃ obsessed with glitter ❉ Polish, Oh My! ❇ paint that nail ❄ red hair and black nail polish ✺ Ruby's Nails ❅ finger painted ❃ My Polish Stash ❉ Me, Myself and Nail Polish ❇  KK Nails ❄ My Wet Nails ✺ Life with Salpi ❅ The only way is Nails! ❃

Thanx for stopping by :)

❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉

24 days of XMAS Challenge : Day 2

❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉

hellooooo all, here is my SNOWFLAKE nail design!!! (idky but this challenge puts me in a really good mood!) For todays design i wanted to incorporate a few things: [1] snowflakes (of course!) but especially that no two snowflakes are alike! [2] a color fade to emphasize a sky changing from day to night, and [3] a VGAP to create movement! I also really LOVE the VGAP (its so sexy, right?!)

for the base (after the OPI- natural base) I put one sheer layer of Sally Hansen - shell we dance? (#160), for the blue color fade sections, (which are hard to see in some of the pictures, sorry!)  starting at the base I used Milani - art deco blue (#95), Love & Beauty - indigo, Love & Beauty - royal,  and finally O.P.I. - austin-tacious turquoise at the tip of the nail. For the snowflakes I used Kiss - white striper, and last i used NYC - starry silver glitter (#105) just in center over the gap. Then i topped it off with Seche VITE - quick dry top coat.

For those of you who are doing this challenge, i hope you are having as much fun as i am! :) and i can't wait to see how the rest of the challenge looks!

Also, be sure to check out the rest of the ladies who are getting their nails into the holiday spirit!

 Nails and Stuff, obsessed with glitter, Paint that nail, Red hair and black nail polish, Ruby's Nails, Polish, Oh My! finger painted, My Polish Stash and starting a bit later in the challenge wickless and polished! 

thanx for stopping by :)

❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉❄❇❅❆✺❃❉

Ps: my blog is working again! yayy! :)

copper coated

I don't know what it is about Forever 21 nail polish, Love & Beauty but it just works for me. They come in so many colors, luster's, (did i mention this brand is only$2.80 a bottle!!) and even SCENTED nail polish now? where have i been, because this is news to me!? I must have looked like a weirdo in the mall, eager to try the new scented nail polish i whipped it out and took a big sniff... then realized spectators might find sniffing nail polish questionable. btw straight out of the bottle...it still smells like regular old nail polish.
The image your seeing above however is not the scented nail polish but two new colors that i could not wait to try out! my camera broke a few days ago (several posts ago) so my pictures are pretty crappy, but bear with me!
anyways so the two colors your seeing above are
Love & Beauty- "rust" (so awesome on) and Love and Beauty- "mint" (which if you buy this brand you'll realize they recycle names A LOT!) this particular mint had a metallic green sheen to it.
I call these nails; OXIDIZED COPPER, a sort of ode to jewelry.
to get this effect you; 1. put a few layers of rust (i put 3 down because i wanted it to be extra shiney)
2.a layer of mint 3/4 of the way down.
3. a second layer of mint 1/2 way down
4. final layer of mint 1/4 of the tip of the nail.
the mint nail polish is very sheer so it does not require the sponging technique to achieve the desired effect.

stoned: the many facets of nail art

today i was interested in really challenging myself both skill-wise as well as patience. honestly i almost reached my breaking point with this nail, hence this design only made it on the thumb. I wish that i could have had this on all of my fingers, but i probably would have lost my mind. Anyways one day i will work on a simplified version, but until then here is the cushion cut diamond nail that i attempted.

base coat // cushion cut diamond drawing

close, kinda?

victorian daisies // midnight

Midnight daisies was a fun little experiment using 3 colors gradient base, glitter striper, white striper and football shaped white and baby blue rhinestone cabochons.
my gradient consists of
"grey"-love and beauty
"indigo"-love and beauty
"royal" love and beauty
i actually really love this line of nail polishes, their colors aren't too diluted so you never need more than two coats to get a fully opaque coat. They also don't take too long to dry and are under $3.00 a bottle!
The next step involves using a gold glitter striper, drawing a horizontal line that seperates the grey from the blue tones. Next you'll want to place the football shaped cabochons starting on top of the gold stripe. I used white for stones for my index, middle and pointer fingers in a line, and alternated blue and white on my pinkies and thumbs.
For the Final step you will need a white striper. first on the tip of your finger nail make little dashes that point either left or right depending on the curve of your cabochon. next make dashes around the rhinestone that is on top of the gold stripe only (this should be be the one furthest from the tip of you nail). Finally  make 3 dashes in the center along the rim where the cuticle grows,  this should connect but not touch the "flower petals" from the rhinestone daisy, creating a victorian inspired floral pattern.

fireworks

abstract gradient fireworks.
I had just picked up some new striper nail polishes and was too excited, this became my solution for trying all the new colors but still have some cohesion