Valentine Hearts

Hey there!

Happy Valentine's Day! If you don't celebrate then happy Tuesday!

I recreated a design I did last year but with some Zoya Pixie Dusts. I think I like last years better. 

Zoya Nail Polish Zooey

 I did two coats of Zoya Zooey from The Seashells collection and applied one coat of Seche Vite. Then I did some hearts on the corners with Zoya Chyna. I didn't apply any more top coat because I like the texture.

Here's a look in the sun. I love the sparkles! What do you guys think? Click HERE to take a look at last years design.

Hope you guys enjoyed this look. Thanks for stopping by :)

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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!

EA Polish Swatch & Review

Today I have some swatches from EA Polish. I received these a couple weeks ago but as some of you may know I'm barely catching up.

EA Polish is a vegan, non-toxic, cruelty free nail polish and accessories brand. I've swatched for them before but they have changed their look since then.

Let's take a look at these two polishes; Up All Night and Investment. And Check out the awesome mug they sent me as well! I love having my coffee from it!

EA Polish Up All Night

 Up All Night is a plum purple creme polish. Swatch shows two coats plus top coat.

EA Polish Investment

 Investment is a very pigmented teal green creme. It's a beautiful one-coater. Swatch shows one coat plus top coat.

I love doing gradients so I did a gradient using these two colors.

I couldn't stop there so I sponged on Zoya Monet and topped it with Matte Velvet top coat.

What do you guys think of these shades? Let me know below!

You can find these two colors and more at eapolish.com Each polish retails for $8. You can also find this mug and more accessories on their site. Use my discount code to get 15% off anax15.

Thank you for stopping by :)

The Lacquer Ring: Lace

Hi lovelies!

I haven't done any prompts for The Lacquer Ring and I decided to come back to it with the lace prompt. I love lace nails. I have several plates with lace designs but for this I decided to freehand it since I haven't done that in a while either.

Let's take a look at how it turned out.

Sinful Colors Mint 2B Cool

I rushed a bit through it but I love how this looks matte. I used Sinful Colors Mint 2B Cool, two coats, and used Salon Perfect Oil Slick for the black lace and a thin stripper brush from bornprettystore. Topped it with Seche Vite top coat and Zoya Matte Velvet top coat.

I was actually inspired by some tattoos I have pined on Pinterest. I really want to get a tattoo like those two middle nails. I love how pretty those kind of tattoos look.

I hope you all enjoyed this look. What do you think?

Thank you so much for stopping by. Don't forget to leave me a comment :)

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An InLinkz Link-up

Powder Perfect To The Moon and Back Swatch & Review

Hey lovelies!

Today I have a swatch and review of Powder Perfect To The Moon and Back, my first Powder Perfect! This is a Live Love Polish Exclusive Limited Edition. I'll be showing you some stamping over it using a stamping plate from Bornprettystore as well. So let's get right to it!

Powder Perfect To The Moon and Back under indirect light

To The Moon and Back is nude holographic polish with tiny silver flakes. My swatch shows two coats plus Seche Vite fast drying top coat. 

Macro under indirect light

I took some photos under direct daylight bulbs to try to show you the holo. It's so pretty that I think my photos don't do this polish justice!

Under direct light

Macro under direct light

BP-X08 bornprettystore.com

I used the butterfly image from stamping plate BP-X08 from bornprettystore.com to stamp over this pretty nude polish. I used Salon Perfect Oil Slick (black polish) and a clear stamper as well.

Butterfly stamping over To The Moon and Back

I loved this polish. Indoors it looks like a normal nude polish but in the sun you can see the gorgeous holo and silver flakes! Formula was great. Self levels very well after the second coat, dries fairly quickly and it smoothes out with top coat. I'll sure be getting some more Powder Perfect polish in the future!

Powder Perfect polish is handmade in Australia and cruelty free.
This polish is available now at livelovepolish.com. If you're new to livelovepolish sign up with an email and get 10% off your first order. They offer free US shipping on orders over $39.


Thank you for stopping by :)

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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!

#TheLacquerRing: Seafoam Green

Last month I was invited to participate in a group called The Lacquer Ring on Facebook. Some awesome ladies are in there so I was very excited to join! There's nail art prompts about every two weeks (twice a month) and I haven't been able to participate until now.

This week's prompt is seafoam green. There's so many shades that could be seafoam green so I went with something as close as possible. Let's take a look shall we!

Polish pictured: Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet

Items Used

OPI I Cannoli Wear OPI, Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet
Sinful Colors Mint Apple, Seche Vite top coat, Zoya Matte Velvet top coat
Latex free make up wedge
Not pictured: glammymani vynils, clean up brush

I started off with an off-white base. I used OPI I Cannoli Wear OPI. Then I applied some single stripe vynils from Glammymani.com close to the tip of the nail. Using a latex free makeup wedge I did a gradient using Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet and Sinful Colors Mint Apple. I did about 3 passes on each nail. I quickly removed the vynils and applied a coat of Seche Vite top coat. 

Pictured Zoya Matte Velvet top coat

Then I applied one coat of Zoya Matte Velvet top coat. I actually prefer the matte version of this. What do you guys think?

Take a look at the other ladies work following the InLinkz link below.

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Bestie Twin Nails With Thedotcouture

I took a bit of a blogging break and now I'm back with these twin nails with my nail sister Thedotcouture.

I love twinning with Jenny! We noticed that we always end up doing similar manis with out meaning to so we decided to actually do twin manis.

I found the inspiration photo on Pinterest like always. Take a look at our collage.

Polish pictured Sinful Colors Nirvana

I used Sinful Colors Nivana as my base and dry brushed Zoya Ana over it. I added the black flowers with a dotting tool and top coated with Seche Vite top coat. I wanted a matte look so I used one coat of Zoya Matte Velvet top coat.

I love how these look! What do you guys think? 

Check out Jenny's blog and Instagram for her solo and to see all her amazing manis!

Thank you for reading!

I promise I'll try to post more often :)

St. Patrick's Day Collab

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

Are ya'll wearing your green? My daughter was asked to wear green today for preschool but unfortunately she has no green. So I sent her in a yellow top. Close enough right?

Anyway back to nails. A group of awesome ladies and I are part of The Nail Art Squad and we did our first group collab for St. Patrick's Day. I'm so excited to be a part of this group! They're all wonderful and so sweet!

The Nail Art Squad

Here's our collage. Didn't they all turn out lovely?

Below you will find the links of the ladies who participated in this collab. Give them a follow and check out their solos on their Instagram pages.

25_sweetpea

PolishandBeyond

coffeeandnailpolish

nbnailart

LaLaLoveNailArt

RockYourNails

TheLittleCanvas

RuthsNailArt

Dsetterfield74

MyNailpolish_addiction

AlondraLovesPolish

Polish pictured China Glaze Shore Enuff

I used China Glaze Shore Enuff, Zoya Tomoko and Shinespark Polish 90's Kids Collection over Holographic Pearls. My four leaf clovers could use some work but I was in a bit of a rush. I still love how these turned out!

Hope you all enjoyed today's post. If you celebrate St. Patrick's Day stay safe!

Thank you for reading :)

Neon Fishtail Nails

Hello!

It's been a bit cloudy around here so I did some bright nails to cheer me up. I have only done the fishtail design once before and I really liked it so I wanted to try it again.

So let's take a look at these neon nails.

Matte neon nails

I started with a white base of Sinful Colors Snow Me White plus top coat. I cut up small pieces of striping tape and set them all aside so they would be ready.

I started applying the tape in a fishtail pattern after the base was completely dry. Then with a detail brush I filled it each section with a different colored polish. I worked one nail at a time to avoid the polish from drying too quick. I removed the tape as quickly as possible and cleaned up around the nail. Applied one coat of Seche Vite top coat followed by one coat of Zoya Matte Velvet top coat to finish the look.

Here are the polishes used:

Sinful Colors 24/7 (original neon)

Fresh Paint Honeydew

Fresh Paint Guava

Zoya Matte Velvet top coat

Not pictured:

Sinful Colors Snow Me White

Seche Vite top coat

Striping tape

Scissors

Detail brush

Clean up brush

Fresh Paint polishes can be found at Five Below stores.

Hope you all enjoyed this look. Let me know what you think of it below.
Thank you for reading. Happy Monday :)

Stained Glass BTN With Pish

I got the opportunity to do Twin Nails with my dearest friend Karen from pish.posh.polish. If you aren't following her yet you definitely should! 

We were inspired by a pastel stained glass phone case I found. 

Take a look at our collage. I love how they both turned out. They look so awesome together!

Here is my solo. We decided to make them matte and I love it! 

In between shot before cleanup

I started off with a white base and then on a latex free make up wedge I added little drops of different polishes and dapped it on my nail. I had to reapply polish on the wedge after every two nails. I did about two or three passes on each nail to make it opaque. Then I top coated and with my detail brush and black acrylic paint I started drawing in some lines. I sort of outlined where each color was. 

After I was done drawing the lines I waited for them to be fully dry and top coated with Zoya Matte Velvet top coat.

I really liked them that I did the other hand as well. 

Hope you guys enjoyed these as much as I did! Thank you for reading :)

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