What You’ll Need Base coat Dark polish for base color Light color for the galaxy 2-3 bright colors for the galaxy Makeup sponge Something to use as palette for any excess (paper, parchment, foil, etc.) Dotting tool or toothpick (optional) Glitter polish Top coat STEP ONE Apply background color Paint nails a dark shade, preferably […]
I’ve seriously been failing at this challenge, but can’t get mad when I’m busy making some new polishes! Here’s what I did for Cutesy, Animal, Stripes and Ombre. Cutesy: I used Zoya Avery and some floral nail stickers I got from Born Pretty Store. Animal: These were done with Essie Brooch the Subject, Essie School […]
There’s still over a month of summer, so let’s embrace all the fun colors! Essie’s Summer 2013 is bright, vibrant and shimmery. Shown below are three coats. Full Steam Ahead: Take the helm and embark on a fantastic voyage. This medium toned lilac nail polish with a pearlescent punch steers you in style. Naughty Nautical: […]
I finally got my brushes for my full-sized bottles, so what’s the first thing I did? Bottle up some desperately needed bottles of the Glowmeleon polishes and Sky Lights of course! I did this mani a while back for just this occasion. Here I used Burning Orchid for the base, Eternal Sunshine and Sunset Flare for […]
Let’s just take a moment here… yup. Look at all that gorgeous multi chrome color shifting goodness. These multi chrome color polishes are from the lovely Barbra of ILNP. For the swatches below, I used three coats. Generally, with duochromes, I would recommend painting one coat over black. 1: because this intensifies the color shift […]
Essie’s Fall 2013 collection For the Twill of It is gorgeous and rich. So cozy up to these amazing fall colors. For the Twill of It: Darling, you don’t need a reason to suit yourself in this compelling rich maple with reflective olive shimmer. Not quite exactly sure how this is “maple,” but still pretty. […]
I had a case of the Mon-daze, so what I needed was a coffee pick me up… on my nails 🙂 Here’s Serum No. 5 Rise and Grind over Zoya Louise. Rise and Grind was released last year for FW12 and is now only available through select stockists and can be included in the Surprise […]
What You’ll Need Base coat White nail polish 2-6 colored polishes Medium to large nail art brush Acetone Top coat STEP ONE Your canvas Paint your nails white and apply top coat. This will make sure that the acetone will not affect the white base. STEP TWO Creating the watercolor Beginning with your chosen color […]
For the third challenge, character, here’s my take. I used Zoya Bobbi as the base and stamped some Hello Kitties with China Glaze White on White.
Since doing Serum, I haven’t had as much time to do nail art or really swatch the many bottles of untrieds I have. Luckily there’s a person on Instagram that goes by Californails that creates monthly nail art challeges. Not a daily-who-has-time-for-that challenge, but something more flexible for those that don’t have time to do […]
