Essie Jamaica Me Crazy & MASH 39

Hey beauties! Today I have a mani inspired by something I saw a couple of days ago in the movie The Last Samurai. Katsumoto's samurai sword was kept in a fuchsia cloth with gold fans on it and I had the perfect idea for a mani. I used Essie Jamaica Me Crazy and stamped using MASH 39 in Essie Good As Gold. I love getting inspired by random things! Where do you ladies find your inspiration?

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Do you ladies remember the butterfly wing manicure I created last week? I entered it into a contest so if you liked it, please vote for me here--I'm entry #11--Natalie Niu.

China Glaze Electric Beat & Nubar White Polka Dot

Hey loves! Today I have a very simple mani using China Glaze Electric Beat and one coat of Nubar White Polka Dot. I mentioned in my last post that I'm doing a little January nail art thing on Instagram and today's theme is "subtle snow." I don't really care much for this mani, but at least I got to use 2 of my untrieds. White Polka dot was a little difficult to use because I had a hard time getting the hex glitter on my nails, but it totally worked for this "subtle snow" theme.

China Glaze First Mate & Red Angel RA-110

Hi my polished pretties! Short post today. For this half-moonicure I used China Glaze First Mate and stamped using RA-110 in Essie Penny Talk. This is a really random mani for me because I'm doing this January nail art thing on Instagram and today's theme is navy blue. It's a color I have rarely wear and I had to think hard to come up with this one!

China Glaze New Bohemians & Nailz Craze NC 01

Hey beauties! Today I have a beautiful butterfly wing mani that I will be entering into Nailz Craze stamping contest. I used the same method to do my base as I did in my pastel mani. In case you missed it, I used Miss Jen Fabulous's tutorial here. I started off with a base of China Glaze Rare & Radiant and made the blobs using China Glaze: Unpredictable, Want My Bawdy, Deviantly Daring, and No Plain Jane. I stamped using NC 01 in Konad Black. I added dots using white acrylic paint. Clean up was a pain, but I'm so happy with the result!