Valentine Nails

Happy Valentines Day to all my Love Bugs :)

I did my Valentine look this year using my Konad nail stamps. The picture below features me holding my nail stamper so that you can get a better look at the tools that I used to create this look!

May your day be filled with love!

Variety Nails

Sorry I've been gone so long! My schedule has kept me busy and away from blogging recently but I've still been able to keep up painting my nails!

Here are some of the nails looks that I've been wearing these days:

Back to School Nails

It's that time of year again to go back to school!! In honor of my first day of school, I painted my ring fingers and thumbs so they looked like tiny lined pieces of notebook paper! I used a striper nail polish to do the striping.

I'll see you next time! And good luck with your own start to autumn!

Watermelons

Hey everyone!

Can you believe that summer is almost here?! I'm getting so excited to enjoy all of my favorite summer activities soon! One of the things I like to do during the summer is slice up a big juicy watermelon and eat it by the pool! Unfortunately, I don't have a pool and I haven't been to the grocery store in a while to get a watermelon...but I do have nail polish!  For this watermelon nail design, I used OPI Come to Poppy, Sally Hansen Teal, and a black nail striper.

See you next time!

Pink & Black "Lace" Nails

Hey everyone!

So this weekend I'm attending a formal event so I decided to do some fancy nails! For the pink base I used OPI Feelin' Hot-Hot-Hot and then I used a basic black to do the "lace." I used my konad stamper kit but unfortunately, I don't actually own a lace stamp so I improvised and used this curly flower vine stamp.

I hope you enjoyed this weeks post! See you next time!

Scribbles

Hey Everyone!

This nail look is fun and easy but it still gives some great pizzazz to your nails.  I painted my nails with Island Girl Aloha Dream that I got in Hawaii a couple years ago.  Its so fun and bright and definitely fits my mood recently!   Then I took a Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen in white and scribbled a few horizontal lines per nail and voilà!

Thanks for stopping by and see you next time!!

P.S. Sorry for the disastrous cuticles! Its been a stressful couple of weeks!

Stripes

Hey there!

So this week I did a fun stripe-y nail look.  I painted every finger except for my ring finger and thumb with Essie Ole Caliente.  I painted my thumb and ring finger with OPI Suzi and the Lifeguard.  Then after letting my thumb and ring finger dry, I cut up pieces of tape and laid them horizontally on those two fingers.  I painted over the tape withe Ole Caliente again and let that dry.  After that, I just peeled the tape off and I had stripes, easy peasy.

Thanks for tuning in! Have a wonderful weekend!

Cloud Nails

Hey all!

So this is a fun nail look that I did for a sunny weekend here! I used OPI Suzi & The Lifeguard for a pink base. In order to create the "clouds," I dipped the end of a makeup brush in Essie Ole Caliente and Essie Lilacism and made big dots/blobs on the tips of my nails. I put Ole Caliente on and then layered with Lilacism to create multi colored clouds.

Some Favorites

Hey all!

My good friend Suzanne recently passed this article along to me about the newly released Spring Must Haves nail polish by Lucky Magazine.  In light of the magazine's favorites, I thought I'd share some of my all time favorite nail polish products!

Seche Clear and Seche Vite are my favorite base and top coats.  They are both super protective and the top coat has a great shine to it.  

Drying Drops by Nicole by OPI have literally been a lifesaver.  They dry my nails lightening fast so when I have no patience (aka all the time) I can put these drops on my newly painted nails and bam! they're ready to go.

These are my absolute favorite pinks.  The one on the left is OPI Come to Poppy and the one on the right is Sally Hansen Shrimply Devine.  I've owned the Sally Hansen one for far too long but I absolutely love it!

These are my go to favorites if I want to add a little sparkle to my life.  Sally Hansen Gem Crush Showgirl Chic is on the left.  OPI Up Front and Personal is on the right.  In my opinion, every nail polish beauty needs to own something sparkly for now and then (or for everyday).  I'm currently trying to get my hands on Lynnderella nail polish which is beyond sparkly and into the world of OMG ITS SO GLITTERFUL!!  If you've never heard of Lynnderella, I highly recommend googling it.  

These last two are just some of the other colors that I tend to turn to most frequently.  On the left, OPI Mermaid's Tears from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection and on the right, Essie Lilacism.  

See you next time!

It's Finally Happening

Happy Valentine's Day! This is officially my first post on my new blog! I'm somewhat of a noob when it comes to blogging so bear with me as we go on this blog extravaganza together!

To begin this very first post of mine, lets talk about love. I'm sure a few of you groaned when you read that last sentence but what can I say, I'm a sucker for anything romantic. Yesterday was Valentine's Day which meant the future school teacher inside me decided to wear a pink t shirt to celebrate the day. And as you'll soon find out, I'm a bit of a nail polish geek so of course, I had to paint my nails to match the holiday.  To get the heart effect on my nail I used Konad stamping plate m46.

I also like to be quite crafty which leads me to my next point in this post. I think the best way to show someone how much you love and care for them is not to buy them the most expensive and flashy thing on the market but rather, make them something. I've recently really been getting into homemade gifts because they're extra thoughtful for the people you love. Plus its usually a lot cheaper so if you're a college student like myself, you're all about cheap goodies. This Valentine's Day I made my (super cute) boyfriend a candy card. A friend of mine had made me one back in middle school but I couldn't remember what she wrote so I googled some ideas and ended up tweaking most of them so they were perfect for a Valentine gift.

I probably should have given him an appointment to see the dentist too. 

Anyway, that's all I have in regard to lovey doviness so come back next time for some more goodness!