Sparkley Holiday Spirt Nails

Its almost Christmas! Its almost Christmas! Its almost Christmas!

You cant tell I'm excited at all can you?! Christmas is my very favorite time of year, the lights, the snow, the scents....ugh I just love it all! As usual I had to get my nails holiday ready, this is the look I went with this year:

The Colors I Used:
Jessica - Merlot, Sally Hansen - White On, Del Sol - Heart Breaker and Sally Hansen - No Chip Top Coat

So Christmasy and so much fun! Loving the sparkle on my middle finger nail!

(Click here to see how I made the candy cane stripes on my ring finger)

Nice Fall Nails

Brown, yellow and gold are really pretty colors for fall but I really don't look that good in any articles of clothing that are these colors so I only use them on my nails this time of year.

Revlon's Foxy, Elf's Golden Goddess and Sally Hansen's No Chip Top Coat

I painted all my nails with a coat of Foxy then I painted another coat of Foxy on all my nails except my ring finger. I then painted two coats of Golden Goddess on my ring finger. I topped it all off with the Top Coat.

“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.”

-John Donne

Nummy Halloween Nails

Last October I went for a more "spooky" Halloween themed nail design so this year I wanted something a bit more fun...this is what I came up with!

My weapons of choice: Sinful Colors - Black On Black, Cover Girl - Lemon Drop, Maybelline - Sweet Clementine, Sally Hansen - White On, Wet N Wild - 469 and Sally Hansen - No Chip Top Coat

 I painted two coats of Black On Black on each of my nails except my ring finger. On my ring finger I painted the base of my nail with Lemon Drop then painted the middle with Sweet Clementine and topped it off with White On which ultimately made a candy corn nail! After my ring finger dried I painted a thin layer of the Wet N Wild polish over it to give the nail a bit of a sparkle. I then painted each nail with the No Chip Top Coat.

Fun right?!

Easter Nails

With Easter being this weekend I painted my nails with pretty pastels.

I used Love & Beauty Purple, NYC Cashmere Creme, Pure Ice Jack Pot, Love & Beauty Sage, Sally Hansen White On and of course my Sally Hansen No Chip Top Coat.

I picked a color, picked a nail and painted the nail with 2 coats of the color I picked. 

HAPPY EASTER!

Lucky Nails

St. Patrick's Day is this weekend so I gave my nails a lucky, green and gold make over.

I used Love & Beauty in Sage, Elf in Golden Goddess and my Sally Hansen No Chip Top Coat.

I painted 3 coats of Sage on all my nails but my ring finger nail. I then painted 4 coats of Golden Goddess on my ring finger nail. I finished them off with one coat of my No Chip Top Coat. 

 "For each petal on the shamrock
This brings a wish your way -
Good health, good luck, and happiness
For today and every day."
~Author Unknown

Flirty Valentine's Day Fingers

Here is my fun and flirty Valentine's Day nail idea:

 My supplies: Pure Ice in Jack Pot, Sally Hansen in White On, Wet n Wild in 469, Sally Hansen No Chip Top Coat, scissors and some painters tape.

 I painted all my nails except my middle finger nail with two coats of Jack Pot then painted my middle finger nail with two coats of White On. After the polish had dried a bit I painted two coats of 469 on just my middle finger nail over the White On. I then let the polish dry completely.

 I cut a small piece of the painters tape off the roll and gently folded it in half, don't press it together completely or you will have a hard time unfolding it. I cut a small half a heart shape in the middle of the tape then unfolded the piece of tape.

 I placed the tape on my middle finger nail making sure the heart shape was in the middle of my nail. I then pressed down on the tape so it was completely stuck to my nail so that the polish wouldn't seep under the tape.  

I then painted a thin coat of Jack Pot over the heart cut out and let it dry for a bit then painted another thin coat over the cut out again. I let it dry for a bit more then gently pealed off the tape. I placed the same piece of tape on my ring finger nail again making sure the heart shape was in the middle of my nail and pressed it down completely. I then painted two thin coats of White On over the heart cut out and let that dry for a bit then painted one coat of 469 over the White On. I then gently pealed off the tape and let the cute hearts dry before I painted the Top Coat on each nail.

 Fun And Flirty!

Simple Super Bowl Nails

Tonight is the big night, Super Bowl 2013! Who are you going to be cheering for? Since my team, the Seattle Seahawks, aren't in the Super Bowl *sniff sniff* and my family is from San Fransisco I will be cheering for them (I wont be heart broken if they lose though....Michael Oher is awesome!)

Of course I had to do my nails for the big event, I wanted something subtle and simple and this is what I came up with:

I painted all my nails with two coats of a red polish, NYC-Big Apple Red Creme. After the red polish dried I wrote XLVII on my thumb nail with a white nail art pen, Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen-White. And after the writing dried I painted all my nails with a clear coat, Sally Hansen-No Chip Acrylic Top Coat.

If I were going to cheer for Baltimore I would of painted my nails purple and used a black nail art pen to write XLVII.

New Years Nails

"Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!" 

- William Arthur Ward

Two coats of Sinful Colors Black On Black then two coats of Elf Golden Goddess on my ring finger.

Holiday Nails

I decided last night that my nails needs some Christmas pizazz! Here is what I came up with:

I used Maybelline Express Finish in Plum Intense, Wet N Wild in 469, Sally Hansen in White On and tape.

I painted 2 coats of Plum Intense on each nail then painted over that with one coat of Wet N Wild. I let it dry completely then put a piece of tape just below the tip of each nail creating a line. I then painted the tips of my nails with White On and when it got tacky I took off the tape leaving a white French tip on each nail.

Nature Fall Nails

I found inspiration for this design when I looked out my kitchen window and saw all the beautiful yellow, red and brown leaves blowing around in the crisp fall breeze.

I used Sally Hansen's White On, Sinful Colors Morning Breath, Sinful Colors Ruby Ruby, Revlon's Foxy and two small leaves. I painted two coats of Foxy on all my nails but my ring finger nails which I painted with two coats of White On.

I painted the tip of one of the leaves with Morning Breath and placed the painted part on my ring finger nail over the White On polish making a leaf imprint. I repeated this step with Ruby Ruby and Foxy.

Don't leave the leaf on your nail for to long or it will dry and wont come off.

After the leaf prints dried a bit I painted all my nails with a top coat.

"Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree."-Emily Bronte

Halloween Nails

Since Halloween is right around the corner I wanted to give my nails a Halloween make over!

The colors I used: Maybelline Sweet Clementine, Sinfil Colors Black On Black, Wet N Wild 469 and Sinful Colors Nail Art in Bad Chick. I also used some regular tape.

I applied 2 coats of Sweet Clementine.

Then I placed a piece of tape diagonally across my nails and painted the corner of my nail with a thick coat of Black On Black.

I let the Black On Black polish dry a bit before I took off the tape.

After I pulled the tape off and let the black polish dry completely I painted a light coat of the Wet N Wild color and let that dry. Then using the Nail Art Bad Chick polish I drew 3 diagonal lines from the corner of my nail and let them dry. I then drew 2 lines going through the diagonal lines making a spiders web.

"BOO!"

Breast Cancer Awareness Nails

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."-Helen Keller. 

Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month I wanted to paint my nails to show my support. Here is what I did:

I used Sinful Colors in Ruby Ruby, Sally Hansen in White On, Sinful Colors in Dream On and Wet n Wild in 469.

I applied two coats of Sinful Colors Dream on.

I then applied one coat of Wet n Wild's 469.

I didn't have a light pink color so I mixed Sinful Colors Ruby Ruby and Sally Hansen's White On.

With the wooden skewer I used to mix the red and white colors together I drew a ribbon in my home made pink color on my ring finger. I then applied a top coat to all of my nails.

Football Nails

My fantasy football draft is tomorrow so I am having a couple of friends from the league over for a little draft party and being the person that I am I wanted to paint my nails appropriately!

All I used was Revlon's Foxy and Sally Hansen's Nail Art Pen in White.

I applied 2 coats of Revlon's Foxy on all my nails.

Then drew football laces on my ring finger nail with the Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen. I just wanted the design on one nail but putting it on all your nails would be super cute too.

My mini football nail!

Team USA All The Way

My family has spent every night parked on the couch cheering on all the Olympians since the 2012 Olympics started. So to show my support and love for the games I decided to give my nails a patriotic Olympic make over.

I used Sally Hansen's White Out, Sinful Colors Ciao Bella, Stop Nail's Color Nail Pen in red and Sally Hansen's Nail Art Pen in white

I painted two coats of Ciao Bella on all my nails except the nail on my middle finger which I painted with two coats of White Out

I then drew red lines with the red Color Nail Pen over the White Out

Then using the white Nail Art Pen I drew the Olympic circles on my ring finger nail and painted a blue line over the White Out and red stripes on my middle nail with the Ciao Bella blue

Yea USA!

My Tribute To A Tragedy

Two nights ago a horrible senseless tragedy accord in Aurora Colorado, a town not to far from where I live. My heart is very heavy and all the victims and their family and friends are in my thoughts. To show my support I painted a black ribbon on my ring finger, a tribute to the lives lost and all the lives affected by this horrific crime.

I used SinfulColors Black On Black, Sally Hansen White Out, Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen in Black and Sally Hansen No Chip Top Coat

I painted 2 coats of Black On Black on all my nails except my ring finger which I painted with two coats of White Out

Then using the Nail Art Pen I drew a small black ribbon then painted all my nails with the top coat

"If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them." ~The Crow