Stars & Chevron Stripes

Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts. I would've posted something yesterday, but when I was going to do my nails the power went out. Anyways, here's my 4th of July mani. I wanted to do a few, but I've just been busy the last few days. For this mani I used OPI Swimsuit... Nailed It and OPI Danke Shiny Red and stamped using PUEEN 24 and PUEEN 03 in Konad White. I would've used some other images, but I'm so anal that I like to use images in the same set or brand lol, psyyychooo.

Memorial Day Nails

Happy Memorial Day everyone! Today I have a mani to celebrate the holiday and I used my new Winstonia plates. I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and stamped using Winstonia W107 in OPI I Saw... U Saw... We Saw... Warsaw and Konad Red. I wish I had Konad Blue because I had to try so many different blues to stamp with. I'm glad I finally found one that worked! So what's everyone up to for today--BBQ, Memorial Day nails? Whatever it is, I hope everyone has fun and has a mani just as fun.

St. Paddy's Watermarble

Goodmorning readers! I just spend a long time trying to get my blogger page to look normal. I think there was an update and now everything looks out of whack! Did anyone else notice this happen to their blog as well? Oh well, I will try to figure it out later. Today I have a green and orange watermarble for St. Patrick's Day that is coming up in a few days. I used a base of China Glaze Def Defying and then marbled with China Glaze Def Defying, China Glaze Starboard, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed, and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Green With Envy. I really like how these came out. When I have a successful watermarble, it makes me want to do another one right away!

OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls & Bundle Monster BM 317

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Here's the 3rd mani I did for Valentine's Day. I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and stamped using BM 317 in Konad Red. The glitter is China Glaze Love Marilyn. I did all 3 of my vday nails a few weeks ago and my nails today are just nude. Blah! Oh well, I got an awesome gift from my hubby today--tons of nail polish! What is everyone wearing on their nails today?

Here's only part of my Valentine's Day gift from my hubby. Isn't he the best?! I got OPI's Euro Centrale Collection, OPI's Disney Oz the Great and Powerful Collection, Color Club's Halo Hues 2013 Collection, a couple of China Glaze's Biz n Pieces polishes, and Essie Sugar Daddy. I'm a happy nail polish addict today! =]

China Glaze Surreal Appeal & Cheeky CH53

Hey lacquerheads! Here's the second Valentine's themed mani I did and it's my favorite of the 3. I used China Glaze Surreal Appeal and stamped using Cheeky CH53 in Konad White. The glitter is China Glaze Glistening Snow. Aren't they so adorable?! I entered these into Orly's From the Heart contest on Facebook so if you ladies can vote for me here that would be awesome! My entry is called "Love Letter" and it's under Natalie Niu. Thanks ahead of time!

China Glaze With Love & MASH 39

Happy Friday! I did 3 Valentine's Day themed manicures a couple weeks ago before school started--and I'm glad I did because otherwise I wouldn't have time to do any. Here's the first one. I used China Glaze With Love and stamped using MASH 39 in Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Silver Sweep. For the glitter gradient I used Essie Set in Stones.

OPI Black Onyx & China Glaze Beauty Within

Happy New Year! Today I have my New Year's Eve mani that I wore last night. I used OPI Black Onyx with gold hex glitter and China Glaze Beauty Within. I wanted to use more hex glitter, but I was having a slightly difficult time making my lines straight so I re-did it with less glitter. Hope everyone had a fun evening last night and had a great start to the new year!

China Glaze Holly-Day & Bundle Monster 04

Merry Christmas loves! Here's what I wore for Christmas Eve & Christmas Day. I used China Glaze Holly-Day and stamped using BM 04 in China Glaze Passion. My accent nail is China Glaze Angel Wings. Hope everyone had a lovely holiday and got lots of nail polish!

Peppermint Candy French Tips

Merry Xmas Eve everyone! Short post today because I have 3 family parties to go to today. For this mani I used Zoya Purity and stamped using Red Angel RA 110 in Konad Red. Hope everyone has a lovely day with their family and friends!

China Glaze Winter Berry & Bundle Monster 314

Happy Friday everyone! Today I decided to use an image I've wanted to use for a long time, but I guess I've kind of been "saving it." Do any of you ladies ever do that when you like an image so much, but don't want to just use it for a random mani and "waste" it? Maybe I'm just a little crazy. For this mani I used China Glaze Winter Berry and stamped using BM 314 in Essie Good as Gold. My accent nail is OPI DS Indulgence, it's such a beauty!

China Glaze For Audrey & Bundle Monster SE1

Hi beauties! I'm totally enjoying the beginning of my break so far because I have so much time to do my nails now. I got the special edition Bundle Monster plate last week and have been dying to use it. Here's my first mani with it. I used China Glaze Glistening Snow and China Glaze For Audrey and stamped using BM SE1 in Konad White. It's so girly and sparkly!

Christmas Chevrons

YAY, I'm officially on winter break! I have one more semester left and then I'll be an RN! Anyways enough about school, I'm pretty sure my last few posts included me whining about it lol. I have been wanting to do some festive manis so I got right to it. I did this one really quickly so I can do another mani, so don't mind any imperfections =P I did a simple chevron design using A England Perceval and Zoya Holly. It's simple, but I really like how it came out.

Christmas Sweater Nails

Happy Friday! The holidays are just around the corner so I did some festive nails for today. I saw a Christmas sweater inspired mani by The Nail Network and I just had to re-create it because it's brilliant. Here's China Glaze With Love stamped using BM 14, BM 214, and Konad M57 in Konad White. I did a full mani so I ended up stamping 30 times! A little time consuming, but the end result is so worth it. My final is on Monday so you won't hear from me until after it's over. Wish me luck!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Turkey Day loves! I did a quick Thanksgiving mani that I'm not even wearing today. I only have a few days off from school so I'm gonna try to do my nails a few times while I can lol. I used OPI Call Me Gwen-ever, Color Club Almost Famous, China Glaze Adventure Red-y, and China Glaze Mahogany Magic. Hope everyone has a lovely Thanksgiving with their families. I'm so thankful for all of my followers and for my husband who buys me all the nail polish I want <3

Candy on Candy

Happy Friday! I'm trying to get my Halloween manis in before the end of the month, so here's something sweet for you, candy! I stamped some candy over candy corn nails. For the candy corn base, I used Zoya Purity, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed, and China Glaze Happy Go Lucky. Then I stamped over that using BM 306 in Konad Black. Too sweet or just sweet enough?

Pirate Hello Kitty, Argh!

Hey loves! Halloween is less than a week away and I'm finally getting around to doing some Halloween nails. I hoped to get around to doing some sooner, but now will have to do. Here's a Hello Kitty Pirate themed mani. She's cute as a pirate, or probably anything for that matter! Here's what I used:

Base colors: OPI Black Onyx, Zoya Arizona
Stamping Colors: Konad Black, Konad White
Image plates: FUN 2, BM 317, CH 49, CH 36

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! I had a huge nail fail today =[ My "nail time" was kind of cut short today so I don't know if it was because my polish wasn't completely dry, but I experienced topcoat shrinkage for the first time ever. I was pretty bummed out and I decided not to take pics with my DSLR. I'll post my iPhone pic I took because it's more forgiving than an SLR pic. The blue is China Glaze Man Hunt, the white is Zoya Purity, and the red is China Glaze Adventure Red-y. If I didn't have shrinkage, I think it actually would've turned out pretty cool.

Memorial Day Nails

Happy Memorial Day! I decided to do some American Flag nails in honor of the holiday. I got a request to do these on my Instagram account and it is the first time I've ever done a request--not that I can remember getting any lol. For my thumb and index I used China Glaze First Mate with a coat of China Glaze Blue Year's Eve stamped using MASH 49 in Konad White. For my other 3 fingers I used China Glaze Hey Sailor with a coat of China Glaze Ring in the Red stamped using MASH 46 in Konad White. Hope everyone has a safe holiday!

Easter Water Marble

Happy Easter loves! I couldn't decide what I wanted to do for Easter nails so I decided to do a water marble. It came out very uniform--success! I used a base of China Glaze White Out and marbled with O.P.I. Did It On 'Em, O.P.I. Fly, and O.P.I. Pink Friday from the Nicki Minaj Collection. They worked really well to marble with! I was going to use pastel colors, but I figured for all the work it takes to do a full water marble mani, I want colors that pop. Hope everyone has a great Easter!

St. Patrick's Day Mani #2

Happy St. Paddy's Day--and happy 90th birthday to my grandma!  Today I have a pretty cool mani that is inspired by the famous Robin Moses! She is so inspirational and talented! This is my first time drag marbling and I think it came out pretty cool. I used a base of L.A. Girl French Manicure Creme Brulee and then drag marbled using NYX Girls Luscious Green, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On, and L.A. Girl Disco Brites Can U Dig It. I added some gold glitter using L.A. Colors Art Deco Gold Glitter. Then I stamped using BM03 in Konad Apple Green. The transfer of my stamp sucked as do most of my images from the first set of Bundle Monster plates that I own. I thought it ruined my mani, but it would've been a pain to take it off so I left it there.