Pink, Gray, & Chevron

Inspired by a Pinterest find of course. This one. Chevron nails are sooo easy with the zigzag craft scissors. The perfectionist in me doesn't like freehanding them because I can't get the lines crisp enough.

The colors I used are:

China Glaze Something Sweet

Sally Hansen Celeb City topped with 3 coats of China Glaze Fairy Dust

Essence Movie Star, masked off with tape then Sally Hansen Whirlwind White.



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Candy Conversation Hearts Tutorial

 The popular candy hearts image plate is back around! The first manicure I did like this (here) is well circulated on Pinterest and I often get questions on how to recreate it. So I'm visiting it again and I made sure to take pictures along the way to share with you.

Here are 2 different collage images that you can click on to enlarge and see each step, but I'll also outline it.

1. Base polish is China Glaze Agent Lavender, 2 coats.

2. Then I used the Nail Art Diva "From the Heart 1" image plate to stamp the various heart shapes. This plate is no longer available on Amazon, but here is a link to "From the Heart 2" which will give you a similar outcome. I used the following polishes: China Glaze Lemon Fizz, Spontaneous, Dance Baby, Re-fresh Mint, Color Club Get a Clue, & Essence Bad Girl.

3. As you can see it is difficult to get a solid heart to transfer. The outline is at least defined, so then I took a small nail art brush and filled in the hearts with polish.

4. I applied a coat of Seche Vite topcoat to thoroughly dry all of the layers, so that I could stamp again without smudging all of the hard work up to now.

5. Then I used Nail Art Diva Heartfelt Red to stamp the different quotes. I sort of like that the wording doesn't transfer perfectly clean.... Because the real conversation hearts are actually like that too!

6. Finished it off with a matte topcoat to give it the chalky appearance. I used Essie Matte About You.

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Recreated Pretty Polish

I simply had to recreate this look from the Nailasaurus. I thought it looked stunning! I prefer how it looks on her nails though, the accent nail of studs sits awkwardly on my nail. I think maybe my studs are too big compared to hers.

I didn't have the exact polishes she used, so I used Lime Crime Milky Ways & Essence Multidimension The One and Only. Both sized studs are from Born Pretty.

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Milani Jewel FX - Fuchsia

Milani recently released some new glitters in the Jewel FX line. Check your store's regular display. That's where I found these. They didn't set them out on a special display. So far I've worn this one. It was a pretty awesome glitter bomb.

This is 2 coats over Essence Dress To Party.

This is 2 coats on a swatch stick so you can see how opaque it is. Not quite on it's own unless you're willing to apply 4-5 thick glitter coats. The good news is that it spreads very easily and evenly. And Dress To Party was an almost perfect match to the color of the glitter. That perfection that falls between pink and purple. :)

 It was very blingy and eye catching!



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Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears

Allison suggested these, but I actually already had them in mind too because I loved this show growing up!

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears aired from the mid-80s into the early 90s. Yes, it was loosely inspired by the gummi bear candies. They live in secret around a medieval kingdom, constantly on the run from bad ogres, and they have magic spell capabilities.

Thumb is Zummi Gummi.

Index is Sunni Gummi.

Middle is Tummi Gummi.

Ring is Grammi Gummi. (resembles a Care Bear though!)

Pinky is Cubbi Gummi.

Tutorial if you're interested:
I started with Sally Hansen Celeb City

I realized I wanted to change Grammi to Essence Cute As Hell Bad Girl.
All future details are acrylic paints.

Also a quick comparison of shiny topcoat vs matte topcoat. Which is your preference?
Shiny

Matte

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