St Patrick's Day nails

Hello!

I finally have my lightbox and my lighting got ten times better with the new bulbs I got! Yay! Now just gotta figure out where I'm going to be setting my hand for the photos! 

So today I have for you some St. Patrick's Day nails. A stamped gradient over a gradient. Awesome! 

Look at how different this photo looks from the rest!

Here is what I used for this design.

Zoya anchor base coat

Zoya Tomoko pixie dust

OPI Amazon Amazoff 

China Glaze Shore enuff

MPolish Apricot Delight, Sweetclover and Bells of Ireland

Seche vite fast drying top coat

Pueen plate SE03A

Stamper and scraper 

Clean up brush

Latex free make up wedge

Wish I would've taken photos as I went a long but I totally forgot!

Here's a collage I did to try to decide which pose to use. I went with the usual with the help of my nail friends :)

And an outside shot.

So what do you guys think about the design? The pose? The lighting? Hope you guys like how everything is turning out. Thank you for stoping by :)

Chevron multichrome flakie nails

Hey there!  Anyone out there? Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to myself lol.  That's one reason I haven't posted anything and because I feel like I haven't had anything post worthy. Can't believe I'm saying that and I barely started this journey.

Anyway here's a mani I had been wanting to do for a while. In the end I couldn't get a good photo. I'm still messing around with the lighting and lightbox. Hopefully next week I'll get the lightbulbs I ordered.

It looked so pretty in real life. The photo came out blurry or grainy. I seriously can't wait till my pictures look better!!

Items used in this mani

Zoya anchor base coat

Essie I pink I can

ILNP Luna multichrome flakie

Thick chevron vynils from glammymani.com

Latex free cosmetic wedge

Seche Vite top coat

Pink Malibu clean up brush from Joliepolish (etsy)

There's a short tutorial for this on my Instagram @anas_manis :)

So what do you guys think of this look?

Thanks for reading. See you next time :)

Watermarble decal

Hey chicas. 

Today I have for you a tutorial on how to make watermarble decals. I've done these about twice before. I've seen it done many times and I don't know who started it originally so I don't really know who to credit. If you know comment below :)

So ever make a watermarble design that looks so pretty but then find out you just can't transfer that to your nails? It either gets all goopy, the colors mix into eachother after sticking your finger in, or you just don't want to deal with the mess of cleaning up. I know there's many variations of liquid latex/peel off glue being sold right now, but I don't have any of them. I either use tape, school glue, or harass my joliepolish brush from Joliepolish lol. 

So if you don't want to deal with any of that make some decals :)

For this design I really wanted to use specific colors because I thought they would look great together. After trying three times I said f*** this I'm making a decal!! Lol. 

Here's what was used.

-Zoya Anchor base coat 

-For my base OPI Alpine Snow

-Sally Hansen Pacific Blue, bubblegum pink, mellow yellow, and golden-I

-NYC grand central station

-Pink Malibu clean up brush from Joliepolish (etsy)

Not pictured

-A small cup (empty applesauce cup)

-Room temp tap water

-a needle to make the design

-scissors 

-acetone

The one color that kept messing up after dipping my finger in was Golden-I. That's why I decided to go this route.

Get the polishes you're going to use first. I find that most Sally Hansen Xtreme wear polishes work really well for watermarbling.

-add a drop of polish of every color one after the other 

-using a toothpick, dotting tool or needle make the design you want

-let it dry for a couple min. I let mine dry for about 30 min

-once the decal has hardened take it out and cut the part of the design you want to use. The good thing about this is you can use more parts of the design for the rest of your nails if you want.

-add a little top coat to your base and stick the decal to your nail

-clean around your cuticule with a brush dipped in acetone

-top coat

And you're DONE!! 

Easy right? Have you tried making watermarble decals before? I hope this helps someone out there! Any questions please ask! Hope you guys enjoyed this post. See you next time :)

Leopard print nails

Good morning my lovelies. 

Today I have for you a leopard print  skittlette. When I see something I like or a nice design I imagine it on my nails. I can't be the only one that does that. I do that a lot!

Here is the design on my nails.

The inspiration behind it was from a photo in the JCpenny lookbook that I got in the mail. 

Here's the photo.

Isn't that outfit cute?

Here is what I used for this design.

Zoya Anchor base coat 

China Glaze liquid leather (black)

China Glaze flip flop fantasy (neon orange)

Sinful Colors 24/7 (neon pink OF)

OPI my boyfriend scales walls (off white)

Julep Tatum

DIY black sheer polish

NYC grand central station top coat

Straight vynil from glammymani.com

Pink Malibu clean up brush from joliepolish (etsy)

Some outside shots

So what did you guys think of this design? Would you wear the outfit? Leave your comments below. 

Thank you for reading. See you later :)

PS. There will be a tutorial on my Instagram @anas_manis

Oscars dress inspired nails

Every Thursday there's a weekly challenge in a board I'm a part of. This week is inspired by an Oscars dress. I didn't watch the Oscars this year so this was a bit of a challenge for me. I had to google the best dressed. I liked a lot of the dresses but they were too simple. I like to challenge myself so I kept looking. Then I found one but it was from Vanity Fair Oscars party. Still counts right? Right?

Anyway my inspiration was Selena Gomez's back dress that she wore to the Vanity Fair Oscar party.

(Photo taken from Google)

This was kind of hard for me because the idea I had didn't work. But I found a different way. 

Here's the design I came up with. 

Some stamping with black stripes over it. I think it turned out ok.

Here's what I used

Zoya anchor base coat

Zoya Willa (black)

OPI Glints of Glinda (sheer nude to hide my stained nails)

Sally Hansen Xtreme wear Golden-I

NYC grand central station (fast drying top coat)

Stamper and stamping plate from Bornprettystore (plate BP-02)

Pink malibu clean up brush from Joliepolish (etsy)

Vynils from Glammymani.com (not pictured)

If you want to see the super fast and short video for this mani head on over to my Instagram @anas_manis :)

So what do you guys think? Did I nail it? Lol Hope you liked it. Thanks for reading. Hasta mañana :)