Color Club NOTD

Loving this dusty purple from Color Club's Back to Boho collection! How awesome is it that you can get whole Color Club collections at Ross for only $8?

Colorful tips

Been super busy lately. So I am experimenting today with posting from my iPhone. Let me know what you think!

Today's mani is a base color of Zoya Pinta with neon green and pink tips from an Art Club striper kit.

Let me know what you think!

NOTD: Plum Butterflies

Simple look for you today. Recently I went out and got a few colors from the Sally Hansen Salon Complete line. Last week I showed you the adorable Fairy Teal And today I have Plum Luck stamped over Plums the Word with Bundle Monster 205.

I think plum is such a fabulous fall color! I'm so existed that Plum Luck stamped so well! I'll have to keep that in mind for future looks!  This is my first time using this design, and I have to say, I love these bigger images Bundle Monster gave us in their latest set.

Crazy Animal Print Nails

Confession time: I have a very crazy pair of pajamas! And every time I wear these, I think omg I have to do a nail look inspired by these jammies! Here is the inspiration fabric:

And here are my nails:

This look was achieved by started with a white base.  I then sponged a light purple, a light pink, dark pink, and dark purple to create the gradient look.  Then, I used a black striper to draw the zebra stripes and the leopard spots. 

So, what do you think?  Did I match my inspiration well?  What weird things have inspired your nails lately?  Let me know in the comments!

Halloween Week Day 4: Spider Web Nails

Hi guys! Hope you are enjoying this week of Halloween looks so far! Today I have another purple look for you:

Base color is "Let's talk" by Sinful Colors. Spider web and spider are from Bundle Monster BM13. I added a red rhinestone to the spider to make it look like a black widow and so it would stand out a little better on the purple background. What do you guys think?

Halloween Week: Purple Sparkly Skull Nails!

Starting off a week of Halloween nails with my favorite of the five manicures I've done so far.  For some reason, I think purple is the best color of fall, so I have broken the tradition of typical Halloween colors, and done not one, but two manicures with purple as a base!  LOL!  I'm such a rebel.

Base color for this look is China Glaze Flying Dragon (Neon) The skull was stamped twice on each nail from Bundle Monster 211 stamp with konad white polish, and then I filled in the eyes with my dotting tool using Milani's Purple Gleam. 

Hope you like this fun non-traditional Halloween manicure!  I can't wait to show you what I else I've created!  XOXO

Light Purple Polka Dot Nails

Lately, I have been working on a lot of nail looks with my dotting tools, and I thought it would be a good idea to do a week of dotting tool looks, and a dotting tool-torial at the end of the week to help expand your skills! :)

I think to get comfortable and good with your dotting tool, the first look you should master, is an all over polka dot look, like the manicure I'm showing you today. My tip for manicures like this is to start with a center line of dots, and then do lines of dots in the alternating lines beside the center line, trying to keep the spacing as even as possible.
 

The base color for this cute manicure is Revlon Lily.  This was such a sweet little manicure :)

Zoya Purple Ombre Nails

I don't think it is a secret around here that purple is my favorite nail color. In my polish collection it is definitely the most purchased color. So when I was looking for a simple manicure when work was stressful I knew I wanted to do an ombre in my favorite color: PURPLE!!!!

Here is the lineup of the colors I used, all from Zoya of course: Perrie, Marley, Malia, Lael, and Pinta

And here is the final manicure!  I kept it really simple with no additional stamping or decoration.  Zoya makes such gorgeous purples.  Each and every one is unique. 

Are you a fan of the ombre manicures?  Doesn't Zoya just have the most perfect purples? 

Summer Fruit Week - Day 4: These nails are GRAPE!

These nails would be great for a wine festival! I started with a base of Revlon Lily.  OMG, what a stunning lilac color!  I just love it!  The color went on really smooth and dried fast, yay!

On top of Lily, I stamped grapes from Bundle Monter's BM108 plate using Zoya Pinta.  I added the green stems using Sally Hansen Lickity Split Lime and an art brush. Note to self, when the camera says it needs new batteries, it means it!  And will not focus properly without them :(  Sorry about the blurry photo.  I hope you get the idea of what it looked like.  I really liked how this came out. 

Are you excited about the stunning conclusion of Summer Fruit Week tomorrow?  I'm definitely excited about having another giveaway!

Purple Nails with Silver Stamped Tips

I love purple.  It is just my favorite color ever!  When I look at my polish collection, purple definitely outnumbers the rest.  When trying to pick a color recently I picked this new e.l.f. color called Royal Purple.  I got it from Ross in a three-piece set for super cheap.  Then I did the tips with Silver Sweep with a design from Bundle Monster plate 218.

I really like this tip design!  And this color is just GORGEOUS!!!!  I love deep shiny rich purples like this.  I wish Bundle Monster had more all over designs like this one.

What is your favorite polish color?  Have you tried the new Bundle Monster tips.

Drag Marbling Purple Roses Tutorial

Pretty little manicure for you today.  I tried my hand at drag marbling and created the following:

My base color for this manicure is Zoya Marley.  Here is a swatch:

Sorry for the lack of cleanup on this pic.  Marley is such a pretty color. With drag marbling, when you lay down your base color, you will want to do the last coat pretty thick, and start working with it wet.  So, for this manicure I worked with one nail at a time.  Here is how I laid out my polishes on a piece of scrap paper:

With a thick coat of Marley on one nail, I took my dotting tool and put a big drop of my darkest color: Zoya Pinta and started to swirl it and mix it with my base.  Like this:

Then I added Zoya Lael and a bit more Marley to my nail with my dotting tool, and did some more swirling:

Then I added some leaves using CQ mint Green.  Here are some more shots of the final product:

Simple Little Pleasures has done some amazing things with drag marbling and water marbling.  If you haven't checked out her YouTube video tutorials or blog yet, what are you waiting for?

Hope you liked this little tutorial and this mani!  Have you done a drag marble mani yet?  I'd love to see it!

Wink Wink Twinkle

Guess what I found at Ross this week?

Hello Beautiful! I have been wanting the Color Club Starry Temptress collection ever since it was announced.  It just screamed perfect summer color to me!  I snatched up the last pack from Ross on Tuesday for only $8!!  I definitely think all my summer pedicures will be from this collection.  Who doesn't love sparkly neon toes?  But this collection isn't just great for the toesies, I am not afraid of a little neon on my nails!  So, my first manicure with the Starry Temptress collection is using the purple in the middle.  I *think* it is called Wink Wink Twinkle, but Color Club doesn't label their bottles, so this is just going off the back of the bottle.

Here is a swatch of Wink Wink Twinkle with the Sparkle top coat and Seche Vite on top.

I stamped a design from BM206 using Sally Hansen Silver Sweep and added a rhinestone in the center.  I really love the final outcome of this.  This collection was totally worth all the swooning and hunting down!

A couple of tips with this collection that I've found:

• These are neons, so they dry matte, and you'll want a top coat to make it shine
• If you plan on stamping, do so BEFORE adding the sparkle top coat.  I did not do this, and I think my designs came out a little messy because they didn't go down on a smooth base. 

Hope you have a fantastic weekend!  Here in the states we have a holiday on Monday, so I'm REALLY looking forward to the three day weekend.

NOTD: Purple HOLO!

Hello lovelies, Any one else been through Blogger withdraw over the past day? The weekly nail blog roundup has been delayed because of blogger being down. Expect that sometime over the weekend. In the meantime, here's a simple manicure I did this week.

This adorable purple holo is Color Club Fashion Addict. The stamp is BM08 in konad special black polish with pink rhinestones as an accent.

My birthday giveaway ends on Sunday, so this is your last chance to get your entries in!

Have a great weekend!

Purple Holo Gradient

I love purple!  It is my favorite color!  I must have every shade of purple imaginable in nail polish, so a gradient combining some of my favorite purples was inevitable!  I started with a new purple I just got at Target.  Sonia Kashuk's Violetta:

 Then I sponged a dark purple sparkle - China Glaze C-C-Courage.  This blended so well with Violetta, I didn't photograph it thinking it would show up well.  Then I added Milani 3D Holographic Hi Res at the top, and that's when the magic happened!

It's so pretty!  I love it.  I tried adding some star embellishments from Dollar Nail Art to this, but it looked AWFUL!  Lately, I feel like I just don't know well enough to leave a good thing alone.  Last night, I just put a simple color on with no stamping because I just had no creative juices flowing.  I hope you'll still like my blog if I just post solid colors sometimes, and not always art. 

Yazmeen + Faye = BFFs

Not sure how I feel about the final outcome of this manicure, which is a shame because I love the color combination.  I started out with Zoya Yasmeen:

Then I added Faye to the tips.

 

Then, I added stars trailing down using Faye.  This manicure shined so beautifully in the sun, I had to post that as the final shot.

 

What do you think? I'm wishing I would've stopped at the french, and maybe done a different angle on the french.  Oh well, I can always try again!  That's the fun with polish, right? :)

Trying my hand at a tape manicure

As I work through my Zoya Intimate collection, I decided to try a tape manicure!  As soon as I saw Dannii and Marley in real life, I knew I had to pair these two together in a manicure, so with some tape and my dotting tool, I created the following:

What do you guys think?

Target Polish Haul

Hit up Target for some goodies last Thursday, and here's what I got:

From left to right is Milani Neon: 503 Totally 80's, Sinful Colors Frenzy, Sinful Colors Let's Talk, and Milani 3D Holo 514 Hi-Res.

Was really feeling the Milani Neon because I also have Milani Neon 504 Fresh Teal that would match it *perfectly* so look out for a fully neon manicure soon!