Warm Stripes

2 Jun StripedShirt (5)WL copy

Super easy mani today.  It’s inspired by an Old Navy shirt that I picked up on clearance a few weeks ago.  This actually took a deceptively long time to do.

I only have one off white, creamy colored polish; OPI Swedish Nude.  While I love the color, it’s got awful coverage!  This took five coats for acceptable coverage.  Five coats!  I should’ve started with a coat of white, then put Swedish Nude over the top.  I did the stripes with a thin striping brush.  My stripes are Sinful Colors Nirvana (brown), Milani Pink Hottie, Sinful Colors Pull Over (yellow), and Julep Alicia (coral).  I finished it off with Poshé.

Who has a good recommendation for a warm, off white, creamy colored polish with good coverage?  Five coats is not acceptable!

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Brick Nails

1 Jun Brick (14)WL copy

I love these nails!  I’ve had bricks on my “To Do” list for a while now.  Why did I wait so long to try it?  Oh wait, that’s right, it took forever!  That’s why!

Of course I didn’t anticipate that.  I initially thought I would start with red and fill in the grout lines with a thin, striping brush after the fact.  I decided against it because I didn’t want the lines to be too straight.  I wanted it to look  imperfect just like real brick.

I started with a base color of Essie Power Clutch then sponged some Sally Hansen Wet Cement over the top of it virgated effect.  To make the bricks I went back in with Julep Boris & Nicole and a small dotting tool.  I love the dimension!  I’m keeping this one on for a few days.  I love it and it was a ton of work, so it deserves to stay put for a while.

Who would’ve thought that brick nail art would have been so fantastic!  This mani was super easy to photograph too.  Bonus!

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Beachy Gradient

31 May Gradient_ocean (9)WL copy

Do you see the ocean?  When ever I ask my husband what my mani reminds me of he never has the right answer.  Waves crashing on a sandy beach is the right answer.

I’ve never lived anywhere near a beach and I’m afraid of deep water, but sitting on a warm beach, listening to the waves crash sounds fantastic!

Sometimes I just start looking through my polishes and figure out what to do with my nails.  This was one of those days and this was the result.  An oceany, beachy gradient.  My deep ocean color is OPI Yodel Me On My Cell.  The lighter water color OPI Sea Ya Later Sailor.  My beach is a combo of Jordana Chiffon and Icing Glimmer.

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Cherries Nails

30 May Cherries (3)WL copy

One of my favorite things about summer time is cherries.  I love cherries; especially Bing!  I had an idea to do a cherry mani a while ago.  I was needing some inspiration today, so I went to my “To Do” list and decided to bust this one out.

It was actually pretty simple, just took some time.  I’m sorta bugged that my ring finger looks a bit like an apple rather than a close up cherry.  I guess, if you took a close up picture of a cherry, it would look like an apple though.  This mani just makes me happy.  They’re cheery cherries!  :)

I started with NYX Girls White as my base.  It’s a really thin white.  It took four coats to get descent coverage.  The only plus to a super thin formula like that is that I didn’t get any bubbles in those four coats.  My cherries are China Glaze Velvet Bow and OPI Black Cherry Chutney.  My polka dots are China Glaze Starboard and the stems are a mix of Starboard and Finger Paints Sketchy Character.  I topped it all off with Poshé.

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Twinsie Tuesday: Holographic Polish

29 May

Tuesday!  Totally feels like a Monday because yesterday was a holiday that felt like a weekend.  I love long weekends.  I had a great Memorial Day and I hope the rest of you did too.

Today we’re all showcasing holographic polishes.  I’ve been holding on to a beauty for a while and I’m glad I did so that I can show it to you today.  I give you Glitter Gal 10 to Midnight.

I’d had been eyeballing this polish for a while and just couldn’t take it anymore.  I wish it was a bigger bottle; it’s just a mini.  I layered this over CND Asphalt which is a dark grey with a blue undertone.

I took several dozen pictures with different lighting settings on my camera and actually under different lighting sources.  It was dark when I did this, so there are no sun pictures.  The first three, above, are incandescent lighting.  Below, are all fluorescent.

Look at that bottle shot!  You can see every color of the rainbow in that bottle!  I love it!

Isn’t that gorgeous!  I haven’t had a chance to see this in the sunlight yet, but I’m sure it will be spectacular!

Be sure the check out all the other holos today:

Amanda of Amandalandish
Anna of Going to the Showing
Anne of Grape Fizz Nails
Ashley of Art Evolve
Brandi of The Collegiate Nail
Chelsea of Nailed Blog
ChiChi of I’m Just Me…ChiChi
Cordia of Srsly Swatched
Jenn of All That is Gorgeous
Jenna of I’m Still Thinking
Katherine of Haul of Fame
Marisa of Polish Obsession
Meredith of Polish and Charms
Nory of Fierce Make Up and Nails
Sarah of See Sarah Swatch
Tara of Polishy of Truth

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