For the movie inspiration, I went with the latest movie adaptation of F. Scott Fitgerald’s The Great Gatsby. That book/movie is all about the glitz, glamour and disillusionment of the 1920s. And of course, all I can think of is how great art deco looks in black and gold. Colors used: Essie Licorice and OPI Love. […]
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For metallic nails day, I knew I wanted to do something with black and gold. I love those colors together and it looks so chic and classy together, doesn’t it? So for today’s mani, I decided to do an updated version of one of my more famous manis. This was when I just really started […]
It’s blue for the 31 Day Nail Art Challenge and I am going to try some turquoise gemstone nails! Another surprise, I’ve never tried splatter nails either. So perfect way to get turquoise nails is with some splatters! Colors used: Essie In the Cab-ana, Orly Luxe and OPI Black Onyx. To do these, I started […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I hope you all had a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Be sure to grab those great Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, because you know, we all love to shop! Just in time for the ultimate shopping weekend is the release of the Holiday13 Collection. Let’s take a look: Friendly Tiffs: There’s no need for […]
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 […]