31 Day Challenge - Day 17: Glitter

Ok so I'll admit that this is cheating. These are the nails I wore for NYE. But they're still glitter!

They're pretty simple and self explanatory, actually. I'm not going to write too much in this post. 

It's just a nude nail with a rainbow glitter gradient. I apologize for the somewhat-crappy photos, I took them before cleanup, and with my weird bathroom lighting, it makes the colors look all weird.

But you get the point. 

The nude is my old nude polish (I just got OPI's Don't Pretzel My Buttons! *squeeeal) Sephora by OPI Don't Feed the Hand Models, and the glitter is Nicole by OPI's Rainbow in the S-Kylie from one of the Kardashian collections. 

I love the look of nude nails with colored glitter. It just makes me so happy. 

Hope y'all are having a great February so far! 

xx

31 Day Challenge - Day 16: Tribal

As I stated in a previous post, I tend to directly copy other people's manicures. I don't personally see any problem with this, so I don't think it strange, like other people do. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, y'know.

So anyway, when I saw these nails on Instagram, I thought they were really interesting and original. I wasn't super enthusiastic about doing traditional tribal print, and wanted to do something a bit different.

(I didn't have a light gray, so I used nude)

I love these! I think they turned out pretty well, for my first complicated free-hand design! (:

My mom pointed out that they're not necessarily "tribal" but I think it's close enough. It's vaguely tribal looking. 

Polishes used:

Red: Essie Olé Caliente

Black: OPI Black Onyx

Nude: OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons

White: Orly White Out

Blue: Sephora by OPI Natural Environ-mint

Yellow: Sally Hansen Lightening

I used Revlon Colorstay Basecoat, as usual, and topped it all off with a coat of Sally Hansen Instadry Top Coat

Detail brushes from Urban Outfitters.

Thanks for reading!
xx

31 Day Challenge - Day 15: Delicate

When I see a manicure that I like, I tend to not only draw inspiration from the original photo, but copy the whole manicure entirely. So the other day, I found this wonderful girl who does Once Upon A Time inspired manicures. OUAT is one of my favorite TV shows and I plan on copying a lot of her manicures in the future. Anyway, I had just been looking for inspiration for these nails when I stumbled across her blog, and her Mary Margaret inspired nails just fit the prompt perfectly. I had been wanting to do something with nude or light pink and a sort of lacy design, so I just decided to recreate her nails, using polish instead of doilies.

This is the photo I went off of (I cropped it a bit), and a reference shot of Mary Margaret from the show.

 And this is my interpretation!

I'm currently trying to reshape my square nails into a more oval shape, which is why they look a bit weird.

The nude color is Sephora by OPI Don't Feed The Hand Models, and the white is Orly White Out, freehanded with a tiny brush.

I personally really like how it turned out! Very girly and delicate.

Thanks for reading

xx

Black & Silver Chevron Nails

This is a manicure I did a little while ago, hence the bad picture, but I really like the way it turned. It was my first time trying a tape mani, and it worked pretty well. I was inspired by a picture I saw on kellyvoo's instagram.

Colors used:

Sephora by OPI Don't Feed the Hand Models

OPI Black Onyx 

Sally Hansen Silver Sweep

Sorry for the short post, my mom's been getting on my case all day to get off the internet.

See ya tomorrow!