4th of July Mani

Happy Independence Day! I know my post is late. I was having a polish block. I didn't know what I wanted to do! I have seen so many great 4th of July manicures all over the place. I tried to do something cute to my toes and it ended up a horrible mess. So, I took a break and just recently finished up my manicure.

Of course my colors are red, white and blue. I went for an abstract star look. I started with a base coat of White On and then, using a small art brush, I did a rough freehand star-ish outlines.

4th of July abstract stars

Colors used:
   ● CHINA GLAZE Frostbite
   ● SINFUL COLORS Ruby Ruby
   ● SALLY HANSEN xTREME WEAR White On (300)

Very rough star-ish (emphasis on the "ish") outlines, indeed. Regardless, I think it's fun and patriotic!

I hope you all have a safe and fun holiday! HAPPY 4th OF JULY!

Thanks for popping in!

Red, Orange & Yellow + Crackle

Hello, lovelies. I hope you are all having a fine and dandy Friday.

Last night I painted my friend Stephanie's nails. I  sponged on an orange, red & yellow gradient which I topped with a black crackle (China Glaze Black Mesh).

Yellow, Orange & Red Gradient

Black CG Crackle on top

Colors used:
   • CHINA GLAZE Lemon Fizz
   • CHINA GLAZE Black Mesh
   • SINFUL COLORS Ruby Ruby
   • SALLY HANSEN xTREME WEAR Sun Kissed 150

Who says crackle has come and gone, pssh. Granted I do not see myself picking up any new crackles at this point in time, but that doesn't mean I can't still enjoy the ones I have! I've done Melissa's (my other sister) nails with crackle and she really liked it too.

Thanks for popping in!

Ladybug Toes

Thanks for coming back to see my nail art! It's toe nail art, but it's still cute. I came across the most adorable ladybug pedicure on Pintrest the other day and I HAD to re-create it for myself. Unfortunately because of all of the re-linking on Pintrest, sometimes the original link gets lost as with this photograph. So, I am so sorry I don't know who to give credit to. Here is my re-creation:

ladybug pedicure

Colors Used:
   ● SINFUL COLORS Ruby Ruby
   ● KONAD Special Polish in Black
   ● White Acrylic Paint

This is SO cute for summer, amiright?! I am super pleased with the results of my work and I love it. I first painted 2 coats of Ruby Ruby then using a small art brush I free handed the black half circles and line. With a dotting tool I added the eyes and black dots then after it was finished drying I topped with Seche Vite to smooth out the look.

I love jazzing up my toes because I usually can keep them the same for a few weeks.

Thanks for popping back in!

GLITTERBOMB

I'm back again today! A Facebook group I belong to has Monday Nail Art Challenges that has a theme for your Monday Mani each week. This will be my first time taking part and this weeks theme is Glitterbomb! So, when I hear glitter I usually shy away just because I hate taking it off. Lame excuse though, right? So I decided to try out a jelly sandwich, which I have been wanting to do for a while. A jelly sandwich is a layer of jelly polish, glitter, jelly polish. It just looks like squishy goodness. So, here is my glitterbomb jelly sandwich!

squishy goodness!

Fun, huh? I don't really own many jelly polishes, I wish I had more. This one is SINFUL COLORS Ruby Ruby and WET n WILD Prancer. As far as my layering went there are 2 coats of Ruby Ruby, 2 coats of Prancer, 1 coat of Ruby Ruby and then it's topped with Seche Vite. Here are some shots of Ruby Ruby alone without top coat.

I guess I am photobombing to go with my glitterbombing. That is a lot of red! :-) Ruby Ruby is my first Sinful Colors polish and I picked it up today. I had hopped to get Cinderella as well, but my Walgreens was out. It's not a bad thing though since I have all my beautiful Zoya's on the way soon!

I hope you all had a lovely Monday and thanks for popping in!