Drippy Paint Cans

Finally a nail art inspired by something in my own brain! Of course what do I know? This has probably been done before, but the idea hit me so here we go.

Half moons of black, silver nails. Then some freehanded acrylic paint for the sloshy paint drippings. Small white shine highlight. Then black and silver stacked dots off to the side, then a swoop of the paint can's handle. Topcoat to finish.

Sinful Colors Black on Black & Sally Hansen Celeb City, the rest are acrylic paints

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Natalie's Koi Fish

These nails are inspired by this look from Natalie over at heartNAT. It's been pinned on my "nail art inspiration" board over on Pinterest for a while now. I don't have the same polishes she used, and I don't have the fancy koi fish image plate she has, but it's still pretty cool. :)

 The polishes I used were:

Base of Orly Decades of Dysfunction. Then I sponged on - L'Oreal Macaroon Me Madly, China Glaze Flirty Tankini & Passion For Petals, & Zoya Ziv.

Then 1 coat of Essie Shine of the Times for an extra "fish-scale" vibe.

Then stamped M.A.S.H 39 with Konad black

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Rimmel 60 Seconds - Blue Eyed Girl

I found a full display of new Rimmel 60 Seconds polishes at my local Walmart. 8mL of polish for $1.50, I couldn't pass it up. And it's a blue polish! My favorite!!! A bold navy blue creme. Heavenly. 

 Pictured is 2 easy coats! Gorgeous!!!!!

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L'Oreal Spring 2013 Versailles Romance Collection

"L’Oréal Paris Versailles Collection

L’Oréal Paris introduces its newest collection with pastel hues that create a porcelain effect. Inspired by French royalty, this limited edition collection includes 6 new Colour Riche Nail shades, 3 Colour Riche Nail Lingerie shades and 6 new Colour Riche Balms. The nail colors are centered on a divine moment of bliss and the new, luscious pastel balms reflect romance and the grace of Versailles. L’Oréal has also expanded on the earlier release of nail lingerie with these Baroque-inspired styles.

·         L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche Nail - $5.99 each

o   Crème Puffs, Macaroon me Madly, Pistachio Dream, Lacey Lilac, The Palace Lift, Royally Yours"

I was sent all but the yellow one (Creme Puffs) for review. I couldn't decide which to use first, so I used them all! I put white zebra print on top to make them look even more cohesive. Individual swatches later.

Pistachio Dream

Mint green with slight shimmer. Not so noticeable on the nail. Pictured is 3 coats. 

It dried not entirely shiny, so it really benefited from topcoat.

 

 See how pretty the shimmer is in the bottle?

 It reminds me a lot of China Glaze Keep Calm, Paint On. 

The shimmer is slightly different, but they are very similar otherwise.

Macaroon Me Madly

Peachy/Coral creme pastel.  Pictured is 3 coats. If you can tell there is some settling in the bottom of the bottle. It's more yellow there. I made sure to shake it up thoroughly, but it didn't stay mixed for very long.

Lacey Lilac

 Pastel creme purple. I found this one to be the best formula within the collection. 

Easily applied with even coverage in 2 coats.

 Royally Yours

Pastel creme blue. I am a sucker for light blue nail polishes. That is my absolute favorite color to wear on my nails. Sometimes the formula can be tricky on light blues and they end up streaky, but not this one! 

3 thin coats and it was beautiful!

 The Palace Life

Light pink creme pastel. Pictured is 3 coats. I didn't have any troubles with applying it, I just feel like this color has been done to death.

*These were provided for review.*

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Beautopia Nails Floral Copy Cat

Inspired by Beautopia nails on Tumblr. More floral nails.

I really loved these and ended wearing them for 4 days last week!

I used China Glaze Electric Beat, Dance Baby, Something Sweet, Orly Fresh, Essie Navigate Her. The black was then done with a Sinful Colors black nail art striper polish.

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Nails Inc - Leather Effect - Noho (black)

This kit includes a unique matte/leather effect nail polish, studs, crystal skull embellishments, and crystal rhinestones. Very rockstar! The kit also includes nail glue and 2 wooden cuticle sticks.

This kit can be found for sale here on Sephora's website for $25.

The polish applies very easily. I found I got the best "leather" effect with 2 thin coats. When I used thicker coats, the particles didn't show a texture as well. It's like they got lost the more polish I used.

 Then I added some of the crazy cool rhinestones and embellishments from the kit.

I'm afraid the big crystal skull would not have any practical wear time because it's simply too flat. My nail beds are curved and any little thing could have snagged it off.

I also painted it on one of my cousins that was in town for the weekend and used some gold circle studs that I had lying around. You can see the difference here in how you apply the polish. The hand on top was with thin coats, the hand on the bottom ended up being with slightly thicker coats and that polish has a much glossier look and less textured.

*These products were provided for review*

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Flower - Go With The Flow-er & Cosmos-politan

"FLOWER Nail Lacquer - From the new cosmetics range by Drew Barrymore, the Nail Lacquer is ultra-shiny, long-lasting and non-chipping. The colors are vibrant and on trend, and 3-FREE 

(free of DBP, toluene and camphor).

Shades: Go With The Flow-er, That’s Just Dan-De-Lion, Fanatical Botanical, Gorgeous Gerbera, May Flowers, I Lavendare You!, Thistle or That?, Good Bud-dy, Eye of the Tiger Lily, What’s the Daffodily-O?, Cosmos-politan, Precious Poppy, First Bloom, Budding Romance, Venus Fly Trap, April Showers. 

Price: $4.98, Available at Walmart and Walmart.com"

 

Go With The Flow-er is a nude/putty/khaki shade. Pictured is 2 coats. Creme finish. Formula is fantastic! I was not expecting such great results, but it applied easily and leveled out without any difficulty. It was also very shiny on it's own.

Cosmos-politan is a medium pink with slight coral undertones. Slight shimmer visible. Also great experience with a wonderful formula. These polishes are definitely worth $4.98. That's such a great price, it's hard to pass up. I will be sure to take a closer look at what other shades are available.

 *These products were provided for review*

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Floral Water Decals

This design ended up reminding me of old china patterns like my grandmother had. I just painted my nails with Lime Crime Milky Ways and applied the water decals to cover my entire nail. The decals are from Viva La Nails, I got them about 2 years ago when I first got into nail art. They are no longer available but there are many similar designs available, here. The decals are just 2 or 3 flowers per cluster, so I just placed 2 different decals per nail to get full coverage. That's also why they're kind of chopped up in places.

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