Earn Your Stripes

Hey again! Here is day something or another of the 31 Day Challenge, I can't remember. But I do know its stripes for today! I already had Tart Deco on, and since its such I nice color I decided to put it with today's challenge.

I kept it really simple today, just a chevron accent nail. I haven't played with my stripers much so this was fun. 

I used:

Essie Tart Deco

Clair's White Nail Art Pen

Clair's Black Nail Art Pen

Well thats all I have for today, I REALLY gotta finish cleaning my room now xP. At least I have Harry Potter to listen to ^-^.

Essie- Tart Deco

This is the first of many swatch posts to come in the next few weeks, I went on a huge online spending spree when I got my debit card. This was the first polish to get here, its one of two polishes I ordered from Target. About ten minuets after the postman rang the door bell (and after my dog had gone mad barking) this polish was on my nails and getting photographed.

The formula went on very thick and would have only needed one coat, but I was cleaning my room and moving my hand around a bit and it slid a little leaving kinda see-through spots. This was my fault, I think I added a very thick coat that caused it to slide. Its a great pinky-orange shade, a nice salmony color. I fell in love with it at first sight, as I have been wanting a color like this for a while and struck out with Revlon's Infamous when it wasn't quite right, but Tart Deco is spot on.

I can't wait for my other polishes to get here so I can show you guys! :D

Connect the Dots

Hola :) I have here day 11 I believe of the 31 Day Challenge, polkadots!

I used:

Sally Hansen Co-balt Blue

Sally Hansen Brisk Blue

Midgi Light Blue Pen

NYC French Tip White

I really love gradient dotticures, they're bubbly and fun :). Super easy to do too, bonus. I can't wait to try a couple more color combinations with this look, the possibilities are endless!

Pretty in Pink

Hello my lovelies, how was your first day of 2013? Mine was wonderfully lazy, watched lots of Dr. Who. While watching the mad man and his blue box I cranked out this look for you :)

Today when I thought about doing a manicure I thought, "PINK!" What better way to start the year, very first manicure being pink. So with pink in mind I took a look-see at the 31 Day Contest to see if pink could work with the next challenge, and I thought day ten's gradient criteria would be lovely. I stamped houndstooth over it to give it more spunk and ta-da! I'd say 2013 is off to a good start.

I used:

Essie We're In This Together

Venique Hot Date

Sally Hansen Black Out
BM-322

Notice the watermark? I finely figured out how to make a decent one without photoshop, seeing as I don't have photoshop. It makes me feel more, official is a good word ^-^. I also feel very accomplished for pushing myself to finely get it done too. So what manicure did you start the year off with?

Bringing in the Newyear

Happy New Years Eve everybody! Are you going to a party tonight? Staying in with family? Stocking up on your own fireworks? Whatever you're doing I hope your nails are fabulously festive as well! I myself am going to a local dance with my friend Alyssa, and I still have yet to pick out an outfit. At least I have my nails covered! ^-^

Fireworks! I love how these turned out, usually I have a really hard time replicating fireworks. With the new year coming up, do you guys have any resolutions? I usually don't do them, by telling myself its something I HAVE to do it then usually never gets done. But, this year I do have one that I will be able to stick to. Throughout the year 2013 whenever something good happens I'm going to write it down and put in in a jar, so at the end of the year I can open it up and see all of the cool stuff thats happened :).

I used:

Sally Hansen Black Out

Stripe Rite Yellow

Stripe Rite Hot Pink

Clair's Neon Green Nail Art Pen

Clair's Blue Nail Art Pen

Clair's White Nail Art Pen

Stripe Rite Silver Glitter

Have a safe and happy New Year!

Polish the Rainbow

Hello chikas! Today I bring you day nine of the 31 Day Contest, rainbow nails :). This is literally a skittle manicure, take a look!

Polish the rainbow, taste the rainbow! Although I'm sure these skittles wouldn't taste very good xP. I love skittles, except for the purple ones. I never eat anything purple, ever, to avoid the possibility of it being grape flavored. I love grapes, just not that crappy fake grape flavor. Blegh. It started in kindergarten when I was given a glass of grape juice, and then proceeded to spit it out when my tastebuds were assaulted by the gross flavor. Another thing about purple skittles, my philosophy has been and allways will be that love is somebody you can give your purple skittles to. Yes, its flawed, but it works for me :).

I used:

NYC Plaza Plumberry

Clair's Lime Green Nail Art Pen

Revlon Red 

NYC Spring Street

Clair's White Nail Art Pen

Steampunk It

Have you guys heard of Steampunk? You should Google it, its worth a Google (high five if you get the reference.) Steampunk is basically a genera of style or art, and has a lot of other sub groups like Clockpunk, Biopunk, Dieslepunk, Atompunk, Cyberpunk, Nanopunk, Mythpunk... The list goes on and on. My sophomore year we created ray guns out of water guns in art class in a Steampunk style in art class. While doing this we used a paint called Rub-n-Buff. You basically put the paint on, then buff it out so it gives the object the appearance of being worn and old. I took this technique (sorta) and applied it to my nails.

Instead of applying the paint then rubbing it off, I just dabbed it on in the same kinda style it would be with a q-tip.

I used:

Sally Hansen Black Out

Sally Hansen Silver Sweep

Sally Hansen Gone Grey

Maybelline Bold Gold

For my ring finger I used actual Rub-n-Buff. If anybody can tell me a real polish with that color, I will love you forever.