Category Archives: nails did

February Nail Art Challenge: Match OOTD, Studs, Floral, Animal Theme

Trying to finish up the nail art challenge and yup, I’m behind haha. So here’s my catch up mani combining four prompts: Match OOTD, Studs, Floral and Animal Theme. I used the seven new glow in the dark colors that will be available for pre-orders in March and will be generally available in April.

February Nail Art Challenge: XOXO, Hearts & Pastel

Yup… I’m behind… again. So it’s time to combine some challenges to catch up. It’s what I do 🙂 Plus I somehow broke my nail and had to go down to nubs. So for XOXO, Hearts and Pastel, I used the colors from the China Glaze City Flourish Peonies & Park Ave collection, which are […]

OPI x Gwen Stefani Collection

When OPI annouced last year that they were collaborating with Gwen Stefani for a collection, I’m sure every No Doubt and polish loving girl out there just went SQUEEE! Gwen Stefani is pretty damn amazing, talented and fashionable. When the colors were released all I could think was there was so much potential, but nothing […]

February 2014 Nail Art Challenge

I’m trying to stick with my nail art resolutions for the year and that’s blogging and doing nail art more and hey, look! It’s a blog post and it’s going to be about nail art! Yay me 🙂 If you’re on Instagram, you need to follow Californails. Every month she comes up with a nail art […]

Talonted Tips: Gradient

What You’ll Need Base coat 2 polishes (can be more) Makeup sponge Something to use as a palette for any excess (paper, parchment, foil, etc.) Top coat STEP ONE Apply base color Paint nails your base color. Use the lighter of the 2 polishes, this will make it easier for the other color to show […]

Zoya Fall 2013 PixieDust Collection

I think of all of the textured polishes out there, Zoya’s PixieDusts are my favorite. It’s got a great range and coverage. Here is Zoya’s 2013 PixieDust Fall 2013 collection. I used 2 coats for all colors. Tomoko is a light champagne yellow with silver and gold sparkle. Chita is a forest green with some […]

Bellskandi 1961

Bellskandi 1961 is a fun thermal polish that turns a sheer milky white (think OPI Don’t Touch My Tutu!) when warm and a mint green when cold. I had absolutely no application issues, shown below are three coats of 1961. When warm: When cold/transitioning: I’m a sucker for mint, so a mint thermal is right […]

Love, Preview Giveaway!

Hi lovers and friends! As you know, a big part of Serum is that I make a charitable donation every month based on my sales. So when I got inspired by Polished by KPT‘s Eyes on Indie party, I thought what a great idea, we should have something like this in Southern California too. So after […]

Pink Lantern Returns!

Hi ladies! It’s almost October and do you know what that means? It’s Halloween, breast cancer awareness month and… Pink Lantern returns! If you remember from last year, it’s a pink version of Day Glow that I made to incorporate both breast cancer awareness and Halloween. How? Well, Pink Lantern is pink that glows an […]