"Not a Mint Julep" Nail Art/Manicure

I just got my first Julep box and couldn't fight the urge to use all of the polishes that came in it.  Now that I look at the picture I can see what I would have done differently, I would have only done the glitter on my ring finger.  But overall I think it came out pretty cute.  Not sure if I like the Julep polishes though.  I found them to be quite thick and took forever to dry.  What do you guys think of them?

Products Used:

Sinful Colors Base Coat

Julep - Mackenzie (green)

Julep - Alice (Lavendar)

Julep - Paris (Glitter)

Sally Hansen XTreme Wear - White On

Kiss Jet Dry Top Coat

Super Easy Nail Art

So I've been having more fun with my new polishes.  I watched some easy nail art tutorials that MissJenFaboulous did on youtube and had to give a couple of them a try.  Here are the manicures I tried out this week:

Products Used:

Sinful Colors Base Coat

Sinful Colors - Unicorn (yellow)

Sinful Colors - Hazard (coral)

Sinful Colors - Skinny Dipping (blue)

Kiss Jet Dry top coat

Products Used:
Sinful Colors Base Coat

Sinful Colors - Tempest

Sally Hansen XTreme Wear - Deap Purple

Sally Hansen XTreme Wear - White On

Kiss Jet Dry Top Coat

"You're Dotting Me Crazy" Nail Art

I did another manicure inspired by MissJenFabulous on Youtube from her series of Easy/Beginner Nail Art.  I've kinda been stuck on polka dots or my dotting tool in general lately.

Products Used:

Sinful Colors Base Coat

Sinful Colors - Starfish (pink)
Dots:

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Black Out

Wet N Wild - Burgundy Frost

Zoya - Dove

Color Club - Clambake Coral

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - White On

Kiss Jet Dry Top Coat

"Tiny Bubbles" Manicure/Tutorial

Teal has become a new modern holiday color.  I've been seeing it pop up more and more in holiday decorations, makeup and nail art.  It took me a while to figure out how to incorporate it in a manicure that it would be the feature color but still have a holiday feel to it.  I paired it with silver, because everything looks festive with silver, sparkle and shine!! LOL  I called this "tiny bubbles" because it made me think of a festive holiday cocktail.  Hope you enjoy!

I started with a base coat of Sally Hansen Miracle Cure and followed that with one coat of Celeb City also by Sally Hansen in the Xtreme Wear line.

Next I applied one coat of Stunning by Revlon for added sparkle.

With a medium sized dotting tool I applied random dots of Rise and Shine by Sinful Colors and White On by Sally Hansen to each nail.

On my thumb and ring finger I applied a smaller dot in the middle of each dot in the opposite color for a little added interest.  I finished with one coat of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly and cleaned excess polish from my cuticles.  Super easy and oh so cute!!

Easy Halloween Manicure

Products Used:
Sally Hansen Miracle Cure
Sally Hansen Hard As Nail Extreme Wear: Sun Kissed
Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear, Crushed
Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear, Black Out
Nail Art Dotting Tools
Sally Hansen Dries Instantly Top Coat

How to do it:
One coat of Miracle Cure as base coat.  One coat of Sun Kissed with one coat of Crushed over that.  Using a medium sized dotting tool and Black Out, make polka dots on thumb and pinky. I used the same dotting tool to spell out BOO on my middle three fingers.  Follow with one coat of top coat.  I used the two oranges to acheive the shade of orange I wanted.  You could mix up your polka dots with different colors like white or green.  There are so many ways you could adapt this many to suit your personal taste and the polishes you have on hand.  Have fun!