Gradient

I tried a gradient! Ii was surprisingly easy, and I used tape around my nail just like water marbling to make the cleanup a lot easier. I’m not big on the colors, but they do go well together. And after a few days I added the… confetti? Hahah, it’s not really sparkles, so yeah. I love it! The only thing is that I was picking at it, I’m really bad at that. The two colors are again, from the Dollish Polish mature collection, and I’m not sure about the confetti, my mom got it off of ebay…
Dollish Polish - Check Out Those Sweaterpuppies
Dollish Polish - Dining at the Pink Taco
Connect the Dots

Watercolor!

Watercolor nails! Love the way this turned out, and it wasn’t as hard as I thought it was going to be. Base of China Glaze - White on White, and I just added dot by dot of color, and spread it out with a paintbrush dipped in 100% acetone.

China Glaze - I’m With the Lifeguard (green)
CND - Yellow Bicycle(yellow)
Essie - Fear or Desire(orange)
I’m not sure on which pink I used… I can’t remember hahah…
And of course, top it off with a coat of Seche Vite!

Sorry!

I've been moving into college, and just got my internet set up today, also, I'll be going through Sorority Recruitment, so this week will be slow :(

Water Marbling!

Second time water marbling :) the first time I tried, it was just so sad... but after using filtered water this time, and working a lot faster, it worked out pretty well I think! I got so many complements on these, it was crazy. So many of my friends asking me to do their nails hahah! I got a few bubbles though, you can see on my left hand middle finger, how do you prevent them!? I started off with a base of white, China Glaze - White on White and after it dried, did the water marbling! I started off doing one finger at a time, but after getting impatient... I started added two into one cup hahah.

Yellow - CND - Bicycle Yellow
Pink - Essie - Mod Square
Purple - Essie - Play Date
Orange - Essie - Fear or Desire

Soft Pink

 I loved the way this turned out, the light pink is so soft, like a ballerina! But the silver specks underneath it add just enough. I'm so big on layering glitters and sparkles under transparent, jelly polishes. I used one or two coats of OPI - You Calling Me a Lyre? and added another two coats of China Glaze - Luxe and Lush topped off with another coat of OPI. The first picture, I'm using a lamp but the way it looks in natural light it just too good.

Mmmm Matte Black

After the beads on my ring finger fell off, I didn’t want to redo my entire manicure! I added two coats of Essie - Matte About Me, which is fricken FANTASTIC by the way, I love the matte finish. I then did a little fishtailing on my ring finger :) base coat of black, then alternating little swipes of polish. A normal black, another black with my matte coat, and China Glaze’s… Stone Cold I think? It’s not in front of me, but it’s from the Hunger Games collection.
There’s nothing I love more than a matte black :)

"kaviar"

"Kaviar" accent nail manicure! I didn’t want to do an entire "kaviar" manicure, because I’m assuming these little beads won’t stay on for long, and that would be hell for me to deal with hahahah. But I absolutely love this, it looks so so cool. I took these pictures after a night with them, and already the tip beads are falling/fell off :( I’ve seen these done with a thick top coat to keep them on, but I just don’t like the way it looks… I think it defeats the purpose! The black I used is my normal China Glaze - Liquid Leather. And the beads I just got from my mom, she has an entire arsenal of tiny beads!!