Nude, Gold, and Black Clouds

Hey lacquerheads! Today I have some cloud nails I did a couple weeks back to go with a LBD I wore to my very first club... and I'm 23 lol!! It was fun and my nails went well with my outfit. I was going to do chevrons at first, but as others have said before, the formula of Essie's Mirror Metallics are a little difficult to work with so I had to start over and I did clouds instead. I used OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons, Essie Good as Gold, and OPI Black Onyx for this. It's the second cloud mani I've ever done and it's still the quickest and easiest nail art I know how to do!

**Edit: A few of you have asked how to create this design, so here is the link to Nailside's tutorial that I used.

China Glaze Summer Neons and BM 319

Good morning! Today I have something very bright to show you, so get out your sunglasses! I was playing around with my China Glaze Summer Neons and I came up with this. I used a base of Zoya Purity and then randomly sponged on China Glaze Orange You Hot?, Pink Plumeria, I'm with the Lifeguard, and Sun-Kissed and then stamped using BM 319 in Konad Black. Kind of funky, but I love these kinds of colorful manis =]

OPI Black Onyx and Konad M69

Happy Friday! School is creeping up on me and I'm dreading it. I am trying to use some of the new polishes I got this summer before I become too busy to use them, so here I used my China Glaze New Bohemian Luster Chromes. I was going to pass on them entirely, but after I found out they work for stamping.. well you know what happened lol. For this I used OPI Black Onyx and stamped using Konad M69 in China Glaze's Deviantly Daring, No Plain Jane, Rare & Radiant, Swanky Silk, Unpredictable, and Want My Bawdy. It came out even better than I had hoped! I have only seen them stamped over black, but I'll try them over some more dark colors when fall comes around.

China Glaze Summer Neons 2012 Collection Swatches

Happy Humpday! Today I have swatches of China Glaze's Summer Neons 2012. I know there are swatches that have been out for awhile already, but the nail store I go to got them kinda late and I wanted to play with them before my summer vacation ends so here they are! There are 10 neons with shimmer and 2 vibrant jellies. All are shown with topcoat.

Ride the Waves. As you can see, it's a jelly and I still have some VNL after 3 coats so I probably won't be wearing it alone.

Splish Splash

Under the Boardwalk. This jelly was perfect in 2 coats.

Beach Cruise-r

Sun-Kissed

I'm with the Lifeguard

Orange You Hot?

Surfin' for Boys

Hang Ten Toes

Love's a Beach

Flirty Tankini

Pink Plumeria

Feel free to click on the photos to enlarge them. You'll be able to see all of the fine shimmer in them that makes them unlike any other polishes I own. I have not been too fond of neons in the past because they can be tricky to apply and usually chip quicker than other polishes, but not with these. I'm not sure if it's the shimmer in them that makes it different, but these are much easier to apply and last as long as other non-neon polishes I own. My only complaint is that they take quite awhile to dry. At first I was doing 2 coats of each, but then started doing 3 thinner coats to allow them to dry better. I'm kind of sad summer is coming to an end, but that will not stop me from wearing these!