"Snowbanks at Night" Manicure/Tutorial

Products Used:

Sally Hansen Double Duty Base/Top Coat

Julep - Lacey

Sally Hansen XTreme Wear - White On

Julep - Mia

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat

Dotting Tools

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"Preppy Peach" Manicure/Nail Art

I recently received an email from Julep with some "preppy" nail art photos in it.  I saw one similar to this and thought, " I've got some colors like that and this should be pretty simple".  And, it was!

Products Used:
Sinful Colors Base Coat
Sinful Colors - Hazard (coral/peach)
Sinful Colors - Unicorn (yellow stripe)
Zoya - Pandora (on ring finger)
Kiss Jet Dry Top Coat

"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

"Summer Picnic" Nail Art

I think I had a little too much fun with the new Sinful Colors polishes I picked up!  I was in a spring/pastel mood but didn't really have any polishes in my collection in the pastel range.  So I headed to Walgreens and picked up a few and then couldn't decided which one I wanted to use first, so I used them all!! hahahahaha

Products Used:

Sinful Colors Basecoat

Sinful Colors Starfish (pink)

Sinful Colors Skinny Dipping (blue)

Sinful Colors Hazard (coral)

Sinful Colors Tempest (lavendar)

Sinful Colors Unicorn (yellow)

Sally Hansen White On for Stamping

Bundle Monster Stamping Plate - BM19

Pure Ice - Don't You Wish (for a little sparkle)

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

"Star Spangled New Year" Manicure/Tutorial

This manicure is so sparkly and fun and sooooo easy to do.  You don't have to be great at painting your nails, there is no precision in this manicure, you can be rather sloppy and still get great results!!  Let's get started:

I started by painting one coat of Don't You Wish by Pure Ice over my entire bare nail:

Then I painted Dark Navy by ELF just on the tips of my nails.  It really doesn't have to be neat or a straight line becuase the edge gets covered.

Next I took a wet makeup sponge and painted a bit of Celeb City by Sally Hansen onto it and lightly dabbed it onto the center of my nail.

 

 

I stippled on a bit of Rockstar Pink by Sally Hansen.  It doesn't take much of this glitter polish.  It's very opaque so I just lightly dabbed it on.

Using Bundle Monster plate number BM21 I stamped a star design onto each nail with Black Out by Sally Hansen.

After applying Sally Hansen Dries Instantly Top Coat and clean up, we're all done!!  Thanks for reading and Happy New Year!!

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"Christmas Party" Manicure

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! This is the last installment in my Christmas themed manicures.  Its pretty simple but really stunning.  Everything Christmas nails should be, red and full of sparkle!  I wished the pictures captured how truly sparkly they are.  Thanks for reading and I hope you have a very Merry Christmas!!
Products Used:
Sally Hansen Miracle Cure as base coat
Sinful Colors - Sugar Sugar
Revlon - Stunning
Sally Hansen Dries Instantly Top Coat

"Braided Christmas Ribbon" Manicure

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Products Used:

Revlon Top Speed Nail Polish - Golden

Sinful Colors Nail Polish - San Francisco (Green)

Sinful Colors Nail Polish - Sugar Sugar (Red)

Sally Hansen Dries Instantly Top Coat

Holiday Gems Manicure

I got these nail stickers a couple of months ago specifically to use during the holidays.  I will have a review on them in a few days after I find out how long they wear.  Anyway!  This is the third manicure in my Holiday series.  I applied two coats of Golden by Revlon and the Sephora Nail Bling stickers in Red Chip over that followed by two coats of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly Top Coat. 

 Revlon - Golden

 Sephora Nail Bling - Red Chip

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Nail Art of the Week - Gunmetal and Purple

Once again I have drawn inspiration from ChalkboardNails blog.  I swear that blog is like crack for nail addicts!!! LOL.  Truly a great place to get inspiration from and get great reviews and swatches of the latest nail polish on the market.  Here is my take on one of her recent designs.  She used a true silver polish with a holographic bar glitter in it.  Here is the link for her Original Post.  When I looked thru my nail polish collection I was struck by how nice this Gunmetal grey looked next to the purple so I decided to go with that color combo.  I painted my nails first with a coat of Sally Hansen Miracle Cure as a base coat and followed with one coat of Sally Hansen XTreme Wear in Gunmetal.

Next I applied a stripe down the middle of each nail with Wet n Wild -Wild Shine polish in Eggplant Frost.

I then painted a glitter polish - NYX Nail Polish in Dynamic Glitter over the Eggplant Frost. 

Finally I followed with my favorite top Coat - Sally Hansen Dries Instantly Top Coat.

Simple yet stunning results and I love the way the colors look together!  Thanks so much for reading!

"Hurricane" Manicure/Tutorial

Please keep the people of my state in your prayers as Hurricane Isaac approaches.

Products Used:
Zoya - Dove
Zoya - Noel
Sally Hansen - Gunmetal and White on
Wet N Wild - Raincheck

"Bad Moon Rising" Manicure/Tutorial

This manicure came out soooooo good!  I really love the way it turned out and it was super easy.

Products Used:
Sally Hansen XTreme Wear - Celeb City
Sally Hansen XTreme Wear - Gunmetal
Sally Hansen XTreme Wear - Black Out
Sally Hansen Dries Instantly
Avery Round Labels - 3/4 inch

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"Fun with Stickers" Manicure/Tutorial

I have a new manicure/tutorial posted!!  It is super easy and quick to do.  Hope you enjoy!

Products Used:
Revlon Top Speed Nail Polish - Golden
Wet N Wild - Wild Shine Nail Polish in Frosted Fuschia
Sally Hansen Dries Instantly Top Coat
Avery 3/4" Round Labels

"Tropical Cocktail" Manicure/Tutorial

Products Used:

Sally Hansen XTreme Wear - Twisted Pink

Sally Hansen XTreme Wear - Crushed

Color Club - He Loves Me

Sally Hansen Dries Instantly Top Coat

Fimo Slices

Nail Art Rhinestones

   

"1950's Mod Polka Dots" Manicure/Tutorial

This was an idea I had been playing with for a while and I love this color combo.  I find myself gravitating to white, black and pink over and over.  I really wanted it to have a retro feel.  Let me know if you like it!

"Birds of a Feather" Manicure/Tutorial

Products Used:
Sally Hansen XTreme Wear - Black Out
ELF Nail Polish - Punk Purple
Sinful Colors - San Francisco
Wet N Wild Nail Polish - Caribbean Frost
Revlon Top Speed Nail Polish - Golden
Makeup Sponge cut into small pieces
Bundle Monster Plate - BM15
Konad Stamper
Sally Hansen Dries Instantly Top Coat

Floral Fantasy Stapmed Maicure/Tutorial