September 2014 Nail Art Recap

Here's the nails I did all month, until before the Zoya Ultra PixieDust swatches.

05 SEPTEMBER 2014

08 SEPTEMBER 2014

09 SEPTEMBER 2014

11 SEPTEMBER 2014

14 SEPTEMBER 2014

17 SEPTEMBER 2014

 19 SEPTEMBER 2014

August 2014 Nail Art Recap

Here's my recap of the nails I did in August.

02 AUGUST 2014

03 AUGUST 2014

05 AUGUST 2014

08 AUGUST 2014

13 AUGUST 2014

14 AUGUST 2014

19 AUGUST 2014

22 AUGUST 2014

31 AUGUST 2014

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July 2014 Nail Art Recap

Hi lovelies! While I wasn't blogging much, I continued to do my nails but just got too busy to blog about them. So here's a recap of the nails I've done in July after my last blog post. I don't remember which polishes I used on these nails, so the pictures are all I've got.

27 JULY 2014

29 JULY 2014

31 JULY 2014

I Sea The....Dream

Hi my loves! Today I have for you a simple nail art design with just flowers and the ever so beautiful Zoya Dream on my accent nails. Floral design was done with white acrylic paint.

Polishes Used:

China Glaze I Sea The Point, Zoya Dream

Momma's Nails

Hi lovelies! I've been convincing my mom for the longest time to let me paint her nails. I usually do her toe nails but never her finger nails because she says that she washes her hands a lot, blah blah blah. But because I've been bugging her about it, she finally agreed to it. So she was looking through Pinterest for inspiration and found one with a simple flower on the accent nails and of course I wanted to add a little bit of sparkle to it. So this is what it looks like...

Zoya Tomoko!

Hi lovelies! I finally received one of my THREEDOM orders from Zoya on Monday. I got Zoya Tomoko, Chita, and Chyna. I was way too excited to try all of them but didn't wanna use all 3 colors because it'll look too holiday themed. So I figured I'll use Tomoko first because it's more appropriate to summer than the other 2. I wasn't sure what design to do, so I just did a mix n' match mani. Hope you enjoy!

Minimalist Disney Princess

Good morning lovelies! Yesterday I was looking online to find some nail art inspiration, and I saw these minimalist Disney posters and I wanted to give them a try! I've done Mickey & Friends before and they weren't so great as I was barely starting to get into nail art again at that time and I didn't have Seche Vite (I think it really helps put the look together and finish the artwork). But if you wish to see it, you can find the picture here. Anyways, I wanted to give the princess nails a shot so here they are!

The Nail Art Guild: The Sea

Hi lovelies! Sorry I haven't been posted all week, I was on vacation last weekend and needed a couple days to stop being so lazy. LOL Anyways, a couple of nail artists on Instagram came up with a group called The Nail Art Guild. You can find their Instagram here. They have themes for nail art every other Friday and last week was their first. They chose 'the sea' as their first theme, and anyone can join in. If you want to see the different designs that people have done, check out the hashtag '#TNAGTHESEA' on Instagram. A lot of them are amazing, go see for yourself!

I had fun so much making these! I've actually been wanting to do boat nails for a while now, and it was just perfect timing for them to use the sea as their theme. I hope you enjoy these nails as much as I loved staring at theme throughout the weekend.

Sun-kissed Skin So Hot We'll Melt Your Popsicle

Hi Lovelies! I've been wanting to do popsicle nails in forever now. And when I got a hold of China Glaze Neon and On and On, I knew I had the perfect color to do them. So here they are! I still need practice, but I think they're pretty ok. Check my Instagram for the short tutorial I recorded on these nails.

I know my middle finger looks like just one color, but I actually did the sponge technique with 3 different colors. For more details on which polishes I used, keep on reading! Enjoy!

Jumping on the bandwagon

I've been seeing lots and lots of pictures of China Glaze Too Yacht to Handle and Highlight of my Summer on Instagram and I've always wanted them. Today, I was finally able to get them and I'm so glad that I did. I've read that the application for both weren't so great but for the brightness of these polishes, I wouldn't mind 3-4 coats of these.

Now I don't remember exactly how many coats I used, but I don't think that I went over 3-4 coats. So it's not so bad, in my opinion. Especially for how amazing they look. I just love these so much!

Anyways, this is such a random manicure that was inspired by numerous things. Also, I decided to change my nail shape. I figured I needed to try something new and thought oval nails would be awesome! Especially when my nails grow, and I thought it would be easier to maintain long nails when they're this shape. Let's see how long I can last with oval nails. (I'm a square / squoval kind of girl).

On my index finger is OPI Tiffany Case, topped with approximately 4 coats of OPI I Can Teal You Like Me.

Mr. Candiipants' Ferny Fronds

Hi guys! Today I have for you my attempt at recreating Mr. Candiipants' ferny fronds nail art. I really love the way she does them, but every time I give it a try it never looks like hers. I can never get the leaves right, it's so frustrating. So I had these nails for approximately a day and got tired of them because of how annoying the leaves looked. Anyways, I hope you like them!

Humility, innocence, and eternal love

Hi there lovelies! Here are my nails inspired by @nailstorming on Instagram, but I believe the original post is by @stylish_mom. Check out these lovely ladies' accounts for more inspiration! This design is more of a wedding themed one especially because I think white roses are for eternal love (or maybe that's just in my head, LOL). I'm not too fond of what I did on my index finger, but I was too lazy to redo them so I left them alone. Also, I posted a mini tutorial on how I did this on my Instagram.

Spring Into Pastel

Hi there! I tried to remake mrcandiipants' fern design on my ring and middle fingers but it just wasn't working out so I had to think of something else. I've always been a fan of lavender and mint grind or any sort of mellow light shaded green, and when choosing a color to go along with my base color, I figured why not give it a try. I think I could've done better with the alternating chevron design, but I think this is good for a first try. 

I have this habit of almost always topping off a gradient design with glitter top coat because it's so simple, and yet makes the gradient pop. I hope you like it!