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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A Frosty Accent

Here is a simple look I wore today with an otherwise "busy" outfit. 

(I had a dressy navy tank with a navy and ivory hounds tooth pencil skirt.I wanted the skirt to be the focus, not my nails.)

 The polish is Wet N Wild Break The Ice. Then I stamped the image from BM-314 with China Glaze Millennium. I attached some silver "glequins" from Born Pretty store in the wet topcoat.

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Tammy Taylor - Dazzle Rocks Nail Polish

These are her Dazzle Rocks Nail Polishes, various color glitters suspended in a clear polish base.

I can't find them on the painful Tammy Taylor Website, so I don't have a link or prices... Sorry.

They are each labeled with "Dazzle Me Up" red, blue, or black. The silver one is different, it's Dazzle Me Up Stardust and my gold bottle is missing a label, so I don't know if it's called gold, or something fancier.

 

For each of these swatches I used one coat over the colored nail polishes so you could see the opacity. The ring finger nail shows 3 coats of the Dazzle Rocks nail polish over my natural nail.

 

Stardust over China Glaze Laced Up

 

Mystery gold color over Sinful Colors Endless Blue

Blue over Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Green With Envy

Black over Sally Hansen CSM Lavender Cloud

(I really like how it's a mix of black and silver)

Red over theBalm Mellow Yellow

The glitter polishes were easy to apply and the glitter seems to disperse evenly without any extra effort. Each of them are pretty topcoat hungry in that it looked best with 2 coats of Seche Vite topcoat.



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Doctor Who Tardis Tutorial

The Tardis design from this nail set is actually pretty simple. So here is a how-to.



 

Start with a base coat to protect your natural nail.

Paint a solid silver polish, I used Sally Hansen Celeb City.

Top it with 2 coats of a silver glitter, or holographic polish. I used Shimmer Polish Alice.

 

Use a nail art striper brush to create the 2 lines shown on the left.

Then fill in the space between those lines.

I used Sinful Colors Rainstorm.

 

Add the extended pieces to the roof line.

Outline the entire Tardis with a black striper polish.

I used Kiss Nail Art Striper in black.

 

Add 3 lines down the middle, like pictured.

Then add the other lines to make the outer ones rectangles.

 

Draw a line halfway down the center of the rectangles, and then 3 lines crossways.

Use a white striper polish to fill in the topmost section.

I used Kiss Nail Art Striper in white.

 

Outline the white section with your black striper to neaten up the edges. Then do the crosshatching in the window section.

Then add the lettering. I find letter really hard to do using a striping polish, so I used acrylic paint and a skinny brush to achieve legible words. (Acrylic paint is easier because it is a thinner consistency.)

 

Then apply topcoat once everything is dry. I used Seche Vite.

 

I hope this helps you!

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Stone Cold Ruffian

This is my first time to attempt a Ruffian manicure and it went very well actually! 

I started by painting my nails with 2 coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City.

Then I used the brush from the bottle of China Glaze Stone Cold to form the Ruffian manicure. I started by just painting it like I normally do with my nails starting at the cuticle (in this case a distance from the cuticle) and brushing toward the free edge. Then to perfect the Ruffian line, I found it best to go back with a 2nd coat and turn my same brush (from the bottle) perpendicular to my nail, and go sideways and straighten the line. I hope that makes sense. Lol

What do you think about the Ruffian? Love it? Or leave it?

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Barielle Haul - Part 1

Hi guys! I recently acquired lots of Barielle polishes. I got them through the online deal site Hautelook for $4 each. They just came in the mail and I can't wait to show them to you. I will split this up into 4 parts so as to not overwhelm you with pictures all at once. :) I'll show you each row in a single post and save the 10th polish wonder for it's own special post at the end.

Top Left is - Out Grey-geous

I was disappointed in this polish. :( The bottle is gorgeous. A silver metallic with fine gold shimmer/glitter. But it looks so dull on the nail.

 It was very thin formula and this was 3 coats. Honestly, it might have helped to have a 4th coat because I still noticed some visible nail line at certain angles.

 You may be able to see the gold shimmer on the middle nail is this picture. I was hoping it would be more present, but it was hidden the entire time.

Top Middle is - Wrap Me in Ribbon

The formula of this was also very thin. It required 3 coats for opacity. The color is a deep pink metallic.

 It's a nice color that I actually didn't have already. So I'm happy to add this shade to my stash. I just wish it were opaque enough to stamp with.

Top Right is - Polished Princess

A metallic medium grass green. Same story with this one, 3 thin coats until opacity. Not opaque enough to stamp with. :(

 It's quite a vibrant and eye catching shade. It fits well within my collection.

Come back tomorrow for more Barielle!

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