31 Day Challenge - Day 25 - Inspired by Fashion

What better cartoon fashion than Cinderella's Glass Slipper? I had no choice but to use Sinful Colors Cinderella and Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Glass Slipper! 

I used Color Club Starry Temptress Topcoat and China Glaze Fairy Dust for my little glitter swirls on the other nails. 

Here is a gif tutorial of how I painted the thumb nail.

And some pictures of Cinderella before the nail art, just because....Disney Princess Cinderella Night-Light By Idea NuovaDisney Princess Cinderella Night-Light By Idea Nuova

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Mermaid Nail Art

I was inspired by Rebecca once again. It was this look here. I didnt' have the same colors, but I just wanted to go for a teal glittery look stamped with the grid image.

I started with Orly Halley's Comet. This is 2 coats.

Then I applied one coat of Sinful Colors Nail Junkie for some added circular glitter. It kind of reminded me of sunken treasure at this point.

Then I stamped using Bundle Monster BM 209 and China Glaze Adore

Enjoy!

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NYX Acid Pink with Sponging

You guys! It's been so long since I have blogged! Moving is such a drawn out process! I am happy to say that we are slowly getting back on track enough for me to get back on a regular posting schedule. :)

This post is simple, but I figured that was the best way to find my blogging groove again. I recently made a Cherry Culture haul that you will be seeing more of in the future. 

Today I am showing you NYX Advanced Salon Formula in Acid Pink. I really like this line of polish. There are some unique shades as well as more simple colors that all have a great formula. Acid Pink is a super bright hot pink with some bluish shimmer. Dustin sponged white at the tips and I layered Sinful Colors Pinky Glitter over the top to make the look cohesive.

I really liked this look. It was a fun twist on a french mani that was more "me". 

Thanks for sticking with me through my short hiatus! :)

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NYX Soft Teal + Springtime Dots

Hi everyone!

Today's post is short and sweet. I am sharing with you some nail art that is another idea from Pinterest. I love all the inspiration from there!

This is a really easy and quick mani. All you need is dotting tools and a few different colors. I chose NYX Soft Teal as the base, with Sinful Colors Unicorn and Wet n Wild Dreamy Poppy for the dots.

This is a favorite color combo of mine, but I say that a lot...I just LOVE color in general! ;) Pin It

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Galaxy Tutorial

Here is how I created the background to the Marvin the Martian nails. I largely followed CutePolish from YouTube's tutorial here.

Start with black nail polish. This is Sinful Colors Black on Black.

Lightly sponge on some white in random shapes & directions. Sinful Colors Snow Me White

Sponge some yellow to the centers. Barielle Lemondrops.

Sponge on some pink around the edges. China Glaze Dance Baby mixed with a little bit of Orly Terra Mauve.

Sponge some dark blue polish around the edges to fade it into the black. Barielle Berry Blue.

Add some tiny white dots of polish either with a toothpick or paintbrush.

Add a coat of tiny glitter polish. China Glaze Fairy Dust. Seal with topcoat!

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Pastel Sponging with Stamping

Hi guys! Today's my birthday AND Dustin's last day of class before finishing school...so it's a good day!

This isn't what I am wearing for my birthday, I will probably post that tomorrow. I saw an easy way to do this look on Pinterest instead of trying to make a perfect gradient by hand. I started with a white base. Just paint the sponge directly with all the colors and dab it once on some paper and then the nail and it's done! Maybe you already knew about that. haha

This is Sinful Colors Unicorn, Beautiful Girl, and Sweet Dreams.

To add a little something, Dustin did stamping that was fun and springy!

Love it! Have a great day! :)

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Sinful Colors - Flutter & Glass Pink

I picked these two up the other day because I really loved the glass fleck in Cinderella and these had the same look in the bottle. And my selection of pinks is not as broad as it should be. So I added to the stash.

Left is Flutter, Right is Glass Pink

This is 3 coats of Flutter. It is a good bit darker than Glass Pink, but significantly more opaque. This was my favorite of the 2. Very pretty shimmery glass fleck bits too.

Glass Pink is quite sheer. This is 3 coats and I couldn't see additional coats becoming more opaque. It's just too sheer of a base. I see where there might be some women who are looking for a very subtle polish, this polish would work for that. It just doesn't work for me. I have a bit of staining from constant polishing, and this doesn't do anything to camouflage them. So it's too sheer for me.



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Hunger Games Nail Art

I'm not entirely sure when I'll be able to see the Hunger Games movie in theaters, but I'm excited about it! I thought the books were fantastic, and the movies look like they will be amazing! So here is some Hunger Games Nail Art in honor of the movie's release.

 Before you read further, here is a disclaimer: This nail art was accomplished after a very long day. I had been awake since 5am and worked a 12 hour shift. I finished these nails at 9:30pm but my brain was fried and running off diet coke only, so I apologize in advance that they are not more perfect. Lol

My left hand ring finger features the "Mockingjay." Yes mine looks a bit wonky and inbred, but whatever....

 The other nails are China Glaze Stone Cold from what else? But the Hunger Games collection.

My right hand ring finger features some flame nail art because by now you might have heard.... In the book, Katniss' nails are painted with flame nail art for the opening ceremonies of the Hunger Games.

I'll show the exact polishes I used below, but I topped the flames with Essie Shine of the Times because those flakies have always made me think of fire embers. It was difficult to capture in a picture, but it really adds a special touch.

Polishes used:
Sinful Colors Black on Black
China Glaze Stone Cold
Color Club Gingerbread Man

for the flames:
China Glaze In Awe of Amber
Hard Candy Lava
Sinful Colors Let's Meet
(not pictured Essie Shine of the Times)

Happy Hunger Games Everyone!

Just on a side note, I'm considering buying this shirt. It's hilarious.

"Bake bread with Peeta - Skinny dip with Finnick!"

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31 Day Challenge - Day 14 - Flowers

Did you guess this one right? Flowers! How could I not do "Flower" from Bambi!? It was a perfect match.

You can also check out this other Bambi design I did a while back.

I started by painting all of my nails with Sinful Colors Black on Black. The middle nail is painted with SPAritual Eye of the Beholder with black acrylic paint already started for Flower's outline.

Then white acrylic paint. You can see I just splotched on the flower shapes on the non-"Flower" nail.

The rest I think is pretty self explanatory....

2 thick coats of Seche Vite to even everything out!

"Delicate" is next! Whatever shall I do? You'll have to wait and see! It's a good one!

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