Jack-O-Lantern Nails

Hi guys! Hope everyone had a fun weekend.  I'm sure a bunch of you guys did tons of fun things for Halloween. I went to a couple themed haunted houses and screamed my head off for most of the time so I'd say it was fun. Here's one of my Halloween manis I did this year. I used OPI My Gondola or Yours and stamped using MoYou London Festive 16 in Mundo de Unas Orange. The orange glitter is Zoya Pixie Dust Dhara.

Red, Black, & Lace Nails

Hi loves! Quick post today. Here's Essie Sugar Daddy stamped using Bundle Monster's collaboration plate with Yagala BM-XL208 in Mundo de Unas Black. Red is OPI Over and Over A-Gwen and black is Zoya Pixie Dust Dahlia.

Watermelon Nails with MoYou London Tropical 08

Hi Beauties! Hope your week started off good so far. Here's another summer mani I did a couple months ago. I meant to post it before summer ended, but oh well, it was still 90 degrees where I am in California today so I would say it's appropriate. It's China Glaze Shore Enuff stamped using MoYou London Tropical 08 in Mundo de Unas Green and Neon Pink. My ring finger has Zoya Pixie Dust Arabella. 

Hugs & Kisses for Valentine's Day

Hi loves! I'm trying to get a good amount of Valentine's nail art posted before it's over and I can't use those stamping images for another year lol. Last year at this time I was so busy with my new job and I was taking my blogging break so I'm happy to finally put my Valentine's stamping images to use.

I made this gel mani with Gelibility, but my mistake was that I used a red crelly. From now on, I won't be using a crelly or jelly with Gelibility since mixing Gelibility dilutes the polish. It doesn't make much of a difference with cremes, but with OPI Red Hot Rio it took me 4 coats for opacity!

I used OPI Red Hot Rio, Zoya Pixie Dust Chyna, and Morgan Taylor All White Now and stamped using Bundle Monster BM-411 in Mundo de Unas Black.

OPI Don't Bossa Nova Me Around, Konad M79, & Bundle Monster BM-317

Hi beauties! Whomp whomp--back to work tomorrow and I start school again this week. The good news is that it's my LAST semester of school and I doubt I'll ever go back. This semester won't go by fast enough. Today I have a Gelibility gel mani I did a week ago. I used OPI Don't Bossa Nova Me Around and stamped using Konad M79 and Bundle Monster BM-317 in Mundo de Unas Black. Glitter is Zoya Pixie Dust Dahlia. I absolutely love how these turned out! I got the inspiration from my one of my boss's blouses lol.

Mint & White Christmas Sweater Nails

YAY I made it to Saturday! This has been one of the longest weeks ever. Worked 68 hours this week and saying I'm pooped is an understatement. What's worse is that I was supposed to have a couple weeks off from work for winter break, but now I will be on call. Waaah there goes playtime for my nails. Oh well, at least I have some posts saved up that I was able to do over the Thanksgiving break.

Today I have some Christmas sweater nails! I know you've probably seen a ton, but how could I go through the holidays without doing some? I used Morgan Taylor Mint Chocolate Chip and stamped using MoYou London Festive 04 in Mundo de Unas White. The glitter is Zoya Tomoko. You can't tell from the photo, but I turned this all into to gel using Gelibility! I've been wearing this mani for the past 2 weeks and I'm ready to remove it today with my new Steam-Off gel removal system from The Painted Nail! I'll be reviewing Gelibility and the Steam-Off gel removal system in future posts. Keep your eyes peeled!

Mustache Nails for Movember

Wow November went by fast! Before the month ends, I gotta share this manicure with you guys that I wore a few weeks back for Movember! I wasn't really sure what the real meaning of Movember was besides guys growing mustaches and nail addicts doing mustache manicures so I decided to look it up. In case any of you didn't know either, men grow out their mustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men's health issues like prostate cancer.

I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and stamped using MoYou London Hipster 07 in Mundo de Unas 2. The pink creme is OPI Suzi Has A Swede Tooth and the pink glitter is Zoya Pixie Dust Arabella.

I had all of last week off and did some swatching (haven't done that since last year in December!) and a lot of manis to share with you throughout December. Can't wait to share them with you all!

Creepy Halloween Crawlers

Happy belated Halloween! Unfortunately I'm 2 days late posting these, but the good news is I was able to do 3 Halloween manis which was more than I could have hoped for. I worked on Halloween and it was nice because one of my co-workers brought a huge bag of wings and different headbands and costume pieces so I used a tiara and some fairy wings. I suppose I was a fairy princess. After work Mr. HeartNAT and I went to my sister and her husband's place for a night of scary movies which was perfect since it was rainy. Onto my nails!

Index and middle: Color Club Harp On It stamped using Bunny Nails HD-C in Mundo de Unas #2.
Ring: China Glaze Liquid Leather stamped using Bunny Nails HD-C in Color Club Harp On It.
Pinky: Zoya Pixie Dust Dhara (with top coat).

Undead Halloween Nails

Hi loves! Are you surprised that I'm actually posting 2 days in a row? I kind of am. Today I'm sharing my second Halloween themed manicure. After this one I have one more to share with you. My Halloween spirit honestly starts and ends with my nails, but that's better than nothing right? I know some people like seeing what costumes people have for Halloween, but I personally enjoy seeing what everyone comes up with for their Halloween nails. For this I used China Glaze Liquid Leather and stamped using Bundle Monster BM-H08 in Konad Princess Apple Green. The glitter is Zoya Pixie Dust Dahlia. So what are all of you lovelies going to be doing for Halloween this year?

Purple Sugar Skulls

Greetings to all of you spooktacular people! Halloween is fast approaching and I'm just getting around to posting some Halloween themed manicures. I did this one a couple weeks ago and I really loved how it turned out. I've waited almost a whole year to use this plate, but it was worth the wait. Here's OPI Skating On Thin Ice-land stamped using MoYou London Artist 11 in Mundo de Unas 21. The glitter is Zoya Pixie Dust Carter. I purchased my first Zoya Pixie Dust polishes about a month ago and so far I'm loving them! My next couple manicures will feature pixie dust polishes because I'm hooked!

San Francisco 49ers Nails

Happy Football Sunday everyone. I've been watching the 49ers play every week, but today is extra special because I'm going to watch them play against the Seattle Seahawks in San Francisco today! It'll be the first football game I attend and I'm super excited. I should really go to sleep now, but I want to share my mani that I just finished! I used Zoya Ziv and did advanced stamping using My Online Shop MJ XXIV in Konad Red filled with OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. The red nails have OPI The Spy Who Loved Me. This wasn't my first attempt, but I changed it to this because the first mani I did was too busy. I'm really happy with how these turned out!

Winstonia Store--3D Nail Art Charms Review

Happy Humpday! Today I have some 3D charms to review from Winstonia Store. I received 2 different designs: heart charms with rhinestones and bow charms with pearls. Check out the super girly manicures I created with them!

Zoya Layla and Color Club Harp On It with 3D heart charms.

China Glaze For Audrey and OPI Liquid Sand Solitaire with 3D bow charms

I applied the charms using topcoat, but if I were to wear them out, I would highly recommend using nail glue instead. Nail glue would help the charms to adhere to the nail better because the charms are large and not all of the bottom surface is flush to the nail. What I did like is that these charms were easy to apply, are super eye catching, and reusable. I will admit that at first when I got them I thought they might be too big, but after putting them on, I really loved how pretty and girly my nails looked. You can purchase a set of 10 3D charms here for $4.95. Use code "HEARTNAT" for 10% off this item until Aug. 31. 

Zoya Ziv & OPI Anti-Bleak Zig Zag Tape Mani

Hey loves! Quick post today. I leave to camping tomorrow and I haven't packed anything yet. YIKES.
Don't worry, I already did my nails LOL. Today I have a tape mani I did for a contest on Instagram. I haven't done a tape mani since January and these didn't really come out as planned, but it happens to the best of us so I decided to post it anyways. I used a base of Zoya Ziv, applied some triangle tape pieces, and then used OPI Anti-Bleak. It still looks fine, it just didn't come out very explosion looking like I had intended =P Hope everyone has a good weekend, I know I will!

White to Yellow Spring Gradient

Hey lacqueristas! I did a bright white to yellow gradient a couple weeks ago for the start of Spring. I'm kind of late posting these, but I've been so busy that I just haven't had time to edit pics. I used a base of Zoya Purity and did the gradient using Zoya Purity, China Glaze Lemon Fizz, and China Glaze Happy Go Lucky. I topped it off with a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust. I couldn't figure out what to put over the gradient, but I think it looked awesome on it's own!

China Glaze Mimosa's Before Mani's & Konad M82

Hey lacqueristas! Today I have a pretty floral manicure that I actually got to wear for a full 4 days! That's rare for me with nursing school. I got the China Glaze Avant Garden Collection and this is the first polish I decided to use--it's my absolute favorite from the bunch! Here's China Glaze Mimosa's Before Mani's stamped using Konad M82 in Konad White. The gold is Zoya Ziv.

Zoya Goldie & OPI Skyfall Striping Tape Mani

Hey beauties! Quick post today. Today's theme in the January nail art thing I'm doing is burgandy. I didn't have much inspiration for this so I did a quick striping tape mani using Zoya Goldie & OPI Skyfall. My cleanup isn't great because the bristles in my cleanup brush started to all fall out!

Guest Post for Blog Nailed It

Happy Friday! I did a guest post for the lovely Katy over at Blog Nailed It. To see what I used for this Koi fish nail art check out the post here.

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!

Zoya Toni & Natty Giveaway Sponsored by Verve 360 Hair Salons in Pittsburgh

Good news ladies--I have a giveaway for you today! I was contacted by Verve 360 hair salons in Pittsburgh and they are kind enough to provide the prize for this giveaway. One winner will receive Zoya Toni and Zoya Natty from their fall "Designer" collection. I unfortunately do not own these myself to show swatches, but you can head over to Mimi/Makeup Withdrawal's blog and check out her swatches here.

This giveaway is open to the US (contiguous US only, no Hawaii or Alaska) and will end on 12/29/12. The winner will have 48 hours to contact me to claim their prize, otherwise another winner will be chosen. Fill out the widget below to enter:

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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.