Mix and Match Valentine's Day Nails

Hello there!

Today I have my first nail design for Valentine's Day. I can't wait to do more before Valentine's gets here! I did a cute little mix n match. Let's take a look at it.

Left to right: O.P.I Infinite Shine Primer, Gloss,
Black Onyx, Big Apple Red

 I used O.P.I Infinite Shine polishes for this look. I started out with the the primer/base coat. Then I applied two coats of Black Onyx on my index, middle, and pinky nails and two coats of Big Apple Red on my thumb and ring nails. I waited for about three minutes for the final coat to dry. I did a dotticure on my thumb, index and ring nails. On my middle nail I wrote out the word Love in white and went over it with Big Apple Red. I did the same thing with the tiny heart on my pinky.

O.P.I Big Apple Red

I waited for everything to be fully dry before using the Infinite Shine Gloss top coat and I floated the brush. I didn't want anything to smear.

I really love how this turned out. It kind of goes with the Love tattoo I recently got on my ring finger (insert cheesy face here).

Let me know what you guys think of this look. Thanks for stopping by :)

O.P.I You're Such A Budapest Nail Art

I've been feeling a bit sad lately and the weather isn't helping at all. It's been very cloudy and cold. So I needed something to cheer me up a little. I used one of my favorite O.P.Is You're Such A Budapest. It's a very pretty lavender shade with subtle shimmer through out. One of my first O.P.I polishes I bought when I started this obsession a little over 2 years ago.

O.P.I You're Such a Budapest

 You're Such A Budapest shown in three thin coats plus top coat under one daylight bulb. Formula is a little thin but I love the color.

I added some pink flowers to the corners using O.P.I Kiss Me I'm Brazilian and some off white dots.
Feels so springy and it makes me happy!

I decided to make them matte so I added Zoya Matte Velvet top coat. I actually think I like them better shiny vs matte. What do you guys think?

Well thank you guys for stopping by. Hopefully our weather gets better! I need some sunshine!

Waterfall Nails

Waterfall nails for #twinsietuesdaynailart hosted by @99probsbutmynailsaint1 I've done the technique called waterfall before but I wanted to do something different this time. 

I looked up some waterfall wallpapers and paintings and found one I really liked.

inspiration

It looks gorgeous! But there was no way my nails would come out like that so I changed up some of the colors and went with a sort of a painted look.

I started out with an off white base. I used two coats of OPI I Cannoli Wear OPI no top coat. 

OPI I Cannoli Wear OPI

Then I took out a lot of blue, green, white and purple polish along with some acrylic paint, some latex free makeup wedges and my brushes. 

I outlined where the waterfall would start and end and went off from there.

Waterfall nails

Here is the final result. The pose is super awkward for me but other than that I think it came out ok. What do you think?

Check out the tag #twinsietuesdaynailart on Instagram to see everyone who participated on this prompt.

Thank you for stopping by!

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

I have these yummy looking nails today for day 12 of 14 days of Valentine's!

Valentine's Day is two days away and one thing I would like to get that day or any other day besides nail polish would be chocolate covered strawberries!

OPI Chic From Ears To Tail

I was inspired by some dark chocolates with strawberry filling and a wallpaper I found on Pinterest. The wallpaper is white with some chocolate covered strawberries and hearts. I tried this look on a white base but it just wasn't photographing right. So I did it over pink Instead.

I used three coats of OPI Chic From Ears To Tail plus top coat. I did random strawberry shapes with red polish, added the stems with green acrylic paint and for the chocolate part I used brown polish. I added some random dots and hearts and top coated. I topped it off with Zoya Matte Velvet top coat.

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Another look at these strawberry nails with my chocolates. I was eating these while I painted. And no I didn't share lol.

I hope you guys enjoy this look!

Thank you for reading! :)

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Pink-Red Gradient

Hello!

We're on day 10 of our 14 days of Valentine's series hosted by Polish Galore! 

For today's post I did a textured gradient. Let's take a look!

Zoya Chyna

I used Zoya Chyna pixie dust and OPI Pussy Galore liquid sand in this gradient. I applied Chyna to half of my nail and Pussy Galore on the other half then applied both to a latex free make up wedge and sponged on two coats. I didn't apply any top coat since I loved the sparkle and texture of it.

I had to clean up around my nail with a brush and acetone since I didn't apply tape and I've been out of liquid latex for a while.

OPI Pussy Galore

Here's another look at this pretty gradient. I really liked this but it was a pain to take off! I would totally do it again though!

What do you think of this look? Do you like textured polishes? 

We're so close to our final post for this series!

Thank you for looking. Happy polishing! :)

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Purple gradient nails

Hey beauties!

So I thought I was out of my funk but nope. I can't seem to get inspired to do nail art. I gave it a try today and I think it came out ok. 

I did some stamping over a purple gradient. It looks blue for some reason though.

Picture polish M Polish OSTP!

Macro

I started with two coats of OPI You're Such A Budapest

OPI You're Such a Budapest two coats no topcoat

And since I'm out of liquid latex I put tape around my nails and sponged on OPI Do You Have This Color in Stock-holm? along with You're Such A Budapest.

Pictured polish Do You Have This Color in Stock-Holm?

Remember those days using tape? Lol

Gradient top coated with Seche Vite

For the stamping I used a FB group custom from M Polish called Oh Shit That's Pretty! And a plate gifted to me in a secret Santa swap.

Stamping plate JQ-03

Charm item #21397 from bornprettystore.com

For another look I applied this charm provided for review from bornprettystore item #21397 in option #8 with some flat back opal pearls around it. I thought it was going to be a bit smaller or maybe my nails are too short for it. So for now it feels too big for my taste.

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I hope you guys enjoyed this post.

Thank you for reading. Happy Friday!

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Marbled Peppermint Nails

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Hey lovelies!

So sorry I haven't been blogging as much. I promise I'll get back to it after the holidays are over.

Today I have some peppermint nails using the dry marble/drag art technique. These were originally inspired by Karen from pishposhpolish.com. I got out my polishes to recreate her candy cane design, which you can see here, but then I remembered seeing some peppermint cookies on Pinterest and did that instead.

Take a look at the final result.

Marbled peppermint nails
Polish pictured OPI Solitaire

Not every nail came out the same but I loved these! I wore them to my daughter's holiday party.

Seche Vite top coat, OPI Pussy Galore, OPI Solitaire, Zoya Chyna

Here are the polishes I used:

OPI Solitaire

OPI Pussy Galore

Zoya Chyna

Seche Vite top coat

Nail art striper brush from BPS

I did one coat of OPI Solitaire and let it dry. Then I went back and did a second coat. I added some drops of the red and pink polish to my DRK Mat and with the striper brush I quickly drew some vertical lines on my nail. I cleaned off my brush and alternated some horizontal lines to make the marbled look. I let everything dry for a bit and then did one coat of Seche Vite top coat.

You have to do one nail at a time and work quickly or else your polish will dry. You don't want it to dry while you're working or you'll pull the polish too much.

Here's a macro of one nail so you can see the design a bit better.

macro of ring fingernail

And here is the inspiration photo. Don't these look yummy?!!

Peppermint cookies

What do you guys think of this look? I hope you guys like these like I do!

I think I'll be trying to make those cookies as well!

Thanks for reading!

Bestie Twin Nails with @color.obsessed

Hello my friends!

It's BTN time again! This time I did BTN with @color.obsessed from Instagram. We decided on a design from a gorgeous dress I found on Pinterest.

Here is the collage.

Top myself
Bottom @color_obssesed

I love her version. It's so pretty! Don't you think?

My solo:

Polish Pictured OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue

I did a blue gradient followed by a glitter gradient and then a coat of fairy dust from China Glaze. Final step was stamping. I stamped an image from Pet'la Plate Flake No More with M Polish Bronze. I also used the clear jelly stamper to help me with my placement. If anyone wants a review for that stamper leave a comment below. 

M Polish Bronze

Gradient before the stamping

I used OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue, No Room for the Blues and Rimmel London Blue Eyed Girl for the gradient. I sponged on Revlon Holographic Pearls on the tips and then applied a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust. Topped it off with one coat of Seche Vite top coat.

Matte version

I wanted to see how it looked matte so I applied one coat of Zoya Matte Velvet. I loved it so much more! I didn't want to take it off ever!

Macro matte version

That's it folks. If you have any questions leave them below. I hope you guys enjoyed these BTN.

Follow @color_obsesed on Instagram to see her lovely work.

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OPI Starlight Collection 6 piece set swatch & review

**press sample**

Hey lovelies!

Today I have six polishes from the OPI Starlight Collection. The full OPI Starlight Collection consits of 18 shades. The set I received includes Cosmo with a Twist, Center of the You-niverse, I'm in the Moon for Love, Press * for Silver, By the Light of the Moon, and Infrared-y to Glow.

Let's get started!

OPI Starlight

Cosmo with a Twist

First up we have Cosmo with a Twist swatch shows two coats plus top coat. This shade has subtle blue and purple shimmer throughout in a navy colored base. Formula was smooth and is easy to apply. I didn't have any staining issues with it. The shimmer really liked to stick around after removal. I really love this one!

OPI Cosmo with a Twist

Cosmo with a Twist macro

Center of the You-niverse

Center of the You-niverse swatch shows two coats plus top coat. Formula was smooth and easy to apply. This polish has matte hex glitters in different sizes and silver shimmer throughout in a blackened base. The hex glitters are tough to see in photos but they're in there and they like to stick around after removal too. I like this shade because it's a bit different than what I'm used to. Might not be everyones cup of tea though.

OPI Center of the You-niverse

Center of the You-niverse macro

Center of the You-niverse matte macro

I'm in the Moon for Love

I'm in the moon for Love, swatch shows two coats plus top coat. This is an eggplant colored shade with shimmer throughout. Photo taken under direct daylight bulbs to show the shimmer. Formula was a bit runny and kind of flooded my cuticles. Might have been a me problem though. I didn't have any staining issues. I love this shade!

OPI I'm in the Moon for Love

I'm in the Moon for Love macro

Press * for Silver

Press * for Silver, swatch shows two coats plus top coat. Formula was ok. This has some bronze like shimmer throughout that can be seen in the macro. The name has silver in it but this doesn't look silver to me.
Honestly I wasn't impressed with this one.

Press * for Silver

Press * for Silver macro

By the Light of the Moon

By the Light of the Moon, swatch shows two coats plus two coats of top coat. Ok this one is interesting. It has silver hex glitters in different sizes in a metallic base.  It seems like the sister of Pineapples Have Peelings Too and Baroque but Still Shopping. I don't know why OPI has been doing these types of polishes. I know some people like them. I don''t know how I feel about them. Not even two coats of top coat helped to make it look smooth.

OPI By the Light of the Moon

By the Light of the Moon macro

Infrared-y to Glow over Press * for Silver

Infrared-y to Glow, swatch shows two brushed on coats over Press * for Sliver. This is an interesting glitter topper. The shapes seem to be shaped like boomerangs or something. I've never seen this type of glitter before. I love the small holo hex glitter and wished it had more of that.

OPI Infrared-y to Glow over Press * for Silver

Infrared-y to Glow macro

And there you have them! Six shades from the OPI Starlight Collection. I really only like three of the six but I'm going to try and use them all in different looks. I already did a couple looks featuring some of these shades and you'll be seeing them soon on my Instagram page. What do you guys think of these shades? Let me know in the comments below.



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