Zoya Maisie and Bundle Monster 301

Happy Friday! I finally did my nails today after having them naked for an entire 2 weeks. I'm going through withdrawals over here! It feels so wonderful right now to have polish on my nails lol. For this mani I used a base of OPI Black Onyx and added a coat of Zoya Maisie on top. I stamped using BM 301 in Konad Princess Apple Green.

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

Mermaid Nails

Happy Sunday beauties! I'm super busy right now with my school work so it's another short post today. Here are some mermaid nails using 2 coats of Orly Mermaid Tale over 2 coats of Zoya Ivanka stamped using Konad M34 and MASH 39 in Konad White. Too bad I'm not doing the 31 day nail challenge right now, I could've so used these for the day inspired by a color! I wanted to try the glue base coat on these, but I decided not to because I used Zoya Ivanka before the glitter. Has anyone tried using the glue base coat with some colored under wear before applying the glitter polish? I'm super curious if it works.

If Nautical Nonsense Be Something You Wish...

...SpongeBob SquarePants! Okay either you sang along or you think I'm a weirdo. I have some nautical nails for you lovelies today. I used Cheeky, Bundle Monster, and MASH plates to create it so I'll just get straight to it. 

Index: China Glaze Man Hunt stamped using MASH 46 in Konad White and then stamped using BM 206 in China Glaze Passion

Middle: China Glaze Hey Sailor stamped using CH 49 in China Glaze Passion

Ring: Zoya Purity stamped using CH 36 in Konad Red

Pinky: China Glaze Man Hunt stamped using CH 36 in China Glaze Passion

Zoya Layla and Orly Flash Glam FX Sashay My Way

Happy Tuesday! Short post today. It's my first day back to nursing school today and I have to leave soon. I'm super bummed I won't be able to do my nails as often especially because we're not allowed to wear nail polish to clinicals. Here's a palette cleanser for me, it's still very bright, but there's no nail art. Very weird for me! Here's Zoya Layla and Orly Flash Glam FX Sashay My Way. I put used China Glaze GR8 as a base for the gold in case I had any bald spots. Glad I used it because I do if you look closely =P

Zoya Purity and FUN2

Hey loves! I'm so bummed this is my very last weekend before school starts again next week. I won't be able to post that often because the nursing program I'm in keeps me super busy, but I promise I will post as often as physically and mentally possible. I think I may actually ask some people to do guest posts, something I have never done before! Anyways, to end my summer right, I wanted to do an awesome mani for you all so I did one I've been putting off--a Louis Vuitton inspired mani! I've used this image before, but with different colors. I used Zoya Purity and stamped using FUN2 in Konad: Yellow, Sky Pearl, Princess Apple Green, Psyche Pink, and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri: Orange Impulse, Lively Lilac, and Presto Pink. If you're interested in purchasing the plate, you can buy it from Ninja Polish or FAB UR NAILS.

Zoya Purity and BM 322

Happy Friday lacquerheads! I just used this same stamping plate in my last post, but I love all the big patterns on it that I wanted to use it again. I decided to do a pink and white houndstooth design. I used Zoya Purity and stamped using BM 322 in Konad Psyche Pink. Can you see the pretty shimmer in Psyche Pink? The contrast of the pink and the white is much more noticeable in person and it looks so cute if I do say so myself! Mr. Heartnat even told me my nails look cool on his way out this morning. That must mean they're pretty awesome lol.

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.

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 30: Inspired by a Tutorial

Happy Saturday loves. I'm almost at the end of the challenge, one more day! I have no idea what I'm going to do tomorrow for the challenge, but I want to finish off strong. I really enjoyed today's theme. It's inspired by a tutorial. This kind of gave me the opportunity to try something I've pinned or always wanted to do, but never got around to it. The one I did today is from a tutorial by Sarah at Chalkboard Nails and you can watch her video tutorial here. It was pretty easy, mine do not look perfect like hers, but I'm still super happy with how they turned out. I used China Glaze Electric Pineapple, China Glaze Papaya Punch, and Zoya Reagan. I really want to try this one out again!

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 28: Inspired by a Flag

Happy Thursday! Today's theme is inspired by a flag. I was going to do an American flag one, but with 4th of  July coming up, I thought I'd hold off on that and do something else. I chose to do the black and white checkered flag of NASCAR. I used Zoya Purity and stamped using MASH 38 in Konad Black. I didn't stamp all the way up with the stamp because honestly, I was not looking forward to cleaning up black Konad polish off of my cuticles.Topcoating this was scary, but luckily I got no smearing.

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 26: Inspired by a Pattern

Good morning! Today's theme is inspired by a pattern. I also have had this one planned out for a lonnng time. When I first saw the new MASH plates, this was the first image that caught my attention and I knew I would do picnic nails using it and a new polish I had just bought. For this picnic table cloth look I used Zoya Purity, stamped using MASH 50 in Konad Red, and added a coat of Nubar Black Polka Dots to look like little ants. I got the ants idea from Sarah at Chalkboard Nails. I think these are so adorable!

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 24: Inspired by a Book

Happy Sunday lacquerheads! Today's theme was such a tough one for me--inspired by a book. I RARELY read. I was so close to doing children's books like so many who have done the challenge before me or even copping out by painting my nails different shades of gray (for the book Fifty Shades of Gray). After surfing the web and going through my plates for some inspiration, I finally landed on Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll. Here's what I used:

• Index: Zoya Purity stamped using BM 311 in Konad Red, then stamped using BM 302 in MASH Black 
• Middle: China Glaze Starboard stamped using MASH 32 in China Glaze Passion
• Ring: China Glaze Happy Go Lucky stamped using Konad M65 in Konad White, then stamped using BM 302 in Konad Red and Konad Green
• Pinky: China Glaze Dance Baby stamped using MASH 46 in Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lively Lilac. 

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 23: Inspired by a Movie

Hi beauties! Today's theme is 'inspired by a movie.' I watch tons of movies so I actually didn't have any trouble with inspiration like the other 'inspired' days. Plus my new 2012 Bundle Monster plates arrived yesterday and it had perfect images I could use so that made today even easier. The movie I used as my inspiration is Mean Girls. It's the movie that invented Pink Wednesdays for nails so I'm hoping most of you have seen the movie. Ok so here's what I used: (index) Zoya Shelby stamped with BM 223 in Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Presto Pink, then stamped using BM 307 in Konad Black / (middle) China Glaze Sugar High stamped using BM 303 in Konad Red / (ring) Zoya Shay with rhinestones / (pinky) Zoya Shelby stamped using BM 221 in Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Presto Pink, then stamped using BM 213 in Konad Black. Sorry for the long list, here are the pics!

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 13: Animal Print

When I think of animal print, I right away think of leopard or zebra print. As you can see, I tried to stay away from that and decided to do peacock print for my animal print nails today. I have seen so many beautiful peacock inspired nails, but my favorite has been this one by The Polished Perfectionist. I decided to  recreate hers for today's challenge. I still like hers better, but I'm pretty happy with how these turned out! I used a base of China Glaze Holly and then did a gradient using China Glaze Holly, China Glaze First Mate, and China Glaze Grape Pop. I stamped using BM 212 in China Glaze Passion. I added dots in Zoya Ivanka, Zoya Charla, and Zoya Mimi.

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 8: Metallic

Happy Friday! Today is moving day. Let's see how my nails fare this weekend. We'll see what my post looks like Monday lol (my other ones are done already). Today's theme is metallic so I decided to use a base of Zoya Goldie and made some heart shaped leopard spots inspired by a pin of a mani I saw by iiamjelly. The spots are made of China Glaze Mahogany Magic and the black is OPI Black Onyx. I hated how the spots were coming out so then I started using a nail art pen in black lol. This is what I get for not stamping. Decent, but not up to my standards!

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 7: Black & White

Hi guys! It's my husband's birthday today so a big Happy Birthday to him <3! Today's theme is black and white so I used an image I've been wanting to use for awhile now. I used Zoya Purity and stamped using Konad M80 in Konad Black. I was deathly scared to put topcoat on this one! I added some L.A. Colors Art Deco Silver Glitter in the center of the flowers.

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 5: Blue

Happy Tuesday! Today's theme is blue so I decided to go with a mermaid's tail look. I think it came out pretty awesome! I used a base of Zoya Wednesday and sponged on random spots of Zoya Zuza, Zoya Meg, and China Glaze Blue Iguana. I stamped using MASH 39 in Konad White.

Here's the base before stamping. I would totally wear this on its own!

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 1: Red

Happy June 1st! What better day than to start the 31 Day Nail Challenge than the first of the month. I have been wanting to do this since the end of last year, but I wanted to make sure I started it when I had enough time--like my summer vacation!

Today's theme is red nails. This look is inspired by the talented Kayla Shevonne! I used a base of Zoya Purity, taped, stamped in Konad M57 in Konad black, taped again, then used one coat of China Glaze Hey Sailor. This was not my original plan. My original plan was ruined because the darn red was not opaque enough to cover the black stamping so I had to start a different idea all over again =[  Stay tuned!

Not sure who to give credit to for creating this, but thank you!

Orange and Pink Gradient and Mash 42

Good morning readers! I was inspired by a mani that Rebecca did recently, and I wanted to try out something similar. I've also been seeing a lot of orange/pink gradients lately, but the one I loved the most was by Makeup Withdrawal. For this I used Zoya Arizona and Zoya Lara and then stamped using MASH 42 in Konad White. I just got my MASH plates and this was my first time using an image, but it worked perfectly and I had no issue transferring the image. Can't wait to play with my MASH plates more! If you're interested in purchasing them, they're available here and shipping is free for a limited time!