Flower French Mani

Hey lovelies! Just a quick NOTD. I want to get better with free hand designs so I've been practicing with water colors. Here's my 10 minute mani.

Pink is Music to My Ears

Hi ladies. I hope you're having a great Wednesday! I have another pink mani to share that was inspired by a pair of press on nails I saw while shopping for Halloween stickers. I can't remember if they were pink, but I decided to go with it because its my favorite color and perfect for Breast Cancer Awareness month.

I prefer to use inexpensive polishes for nail art, especially if I'm not sure I'll like the result. So for today I used WnW Flirty Rose Creme. It looks much better outside of the bottle and is the perfect bubble gum pink! I layered it over white to show its true color. Hope you like it!

Products used:
Wet N Wild - Flirty Rose Creme
Wet N Wild - French White (base)
Konad - Plate M73
Bundle Monster - Plate BM 21
Kiss - Silver Glitter Nail Art Paint
Essence - Nail Art Stickers

Thanks for stopping by!

PHD Tips Challenge

Who says short nails can't have any fun? Check out my funky french on my new shorties. They were created for PHD's nail "tips" challenge. If you haven't already check out the other hot designs here.

As you can see I barely have any nails tips. But with tape and foil I was able to create some =)

Of course I still love long nails. Here's a throwback from July using the same foil (Roman Marble from Dollar Nail Art).

That's all I for today! Have a great Monday and thanks for stopping by!!!

Golden American Manicure

Hope you all are having a great Tuesday! Here's a simple French using the Essence stamp kit from Ulta. I used Borghese Cristallo Shimmer over an American (French) manicure done using a Nailene kit. This was super easy to do. The French can be done free-hand because the stamps help hide imperfections. I used 2 coats of Shimmer because I wanted a golden appearance.

Snake Skin Foil

Good morning Sunshines! I'm still working through my new foils and today I'll show you the snake skin design.

I selected a green base for this look but I think it would look great over neutrals to give a true snake skin appearance or over brights for a more unique look. The cool thing about the foil is once you apply the top coat it gives a slightly textured appearance.

For the base I used China Glaze Tree Hugger and a black Kiss nail art striper to create a fine line.

I hope you enjoyed this wild look. Thanks for stopping by and have a happy polishing day!

Essence Nail Art Stampy Kit

So I finally broke open my Essence Kit. I’m probably the last nail fanatic in the world to get my hands on this little jewel.

The images are cute and very similar to the Konad floral designs. They are a little thicker but that's great for beginners because they won’t dry out as fast. Overall it’s a great buy for $3!!!

Here’s the design I came up with. I used Konad M19 for the French tip and each of the 7 floral images.

Images without rhinestones & topcoat.

Top coat

3-D Nail Flowers

Yay! The sun is out today (happy dance) and I'm posting early in an attempt to get some sleep tonight. Lately, I haven't been able to get to sleep before 1a.m. Probably due to the 5-6 cups of coffee I have a day.

Today I'm wearing a super quick and easy pink on pink mani. Sometimes I forget how convenient nails stickers are, as they provide instant professional-looking results. For the pink french I used CG strawberry fields and SH Strong Blush as a base. I started to add rhinestones but after yesterday's fiasco I decided against it (ha, ha).

Zebra Skittles

Happy Friday!!! I hope you all are doing well and ready for a long weekend. I wanted to do a fun mani using the new Wet n Wild colors and I got this idea from a LHCF member.

The colors I used are WnW:
Lime - Mint Fusion
Orange - Candy Apple Twist
Yellow - Lemon Drops
Purple -Berry Jubilee.

I also used French manicure stickers that were part of a Nailene kit, Konad plate M57 & Color Club "Where's the Soiree" black. I normally use Seche Vite but this time I used Poshe topcoat and the zebra design immediately smeared. So I switched back to Seche.

This is a fun mani for the weekend that will go great with different summer outfits. And of course dear daughter wanted to get in on the fun so I painted her toes. At first I thought the zebra print would be too mature but the bright colors soften the look.

WARNING!!!!! THERE ARE TOE PICTURES BELOW!!!! LOL

Well I hope you guys enjoyed this mani. I'll try post my Memorial Day mani soon. Have a great Holiday!!!