Week 5: Santa

OKAY, SO...Santa nails were so fun! The base is Red Pearl by China Glaze. The white tips were done with Purity by Zoya. The black band is the black Stripe Rite and the buckle is Rising Star by OPI. I LOVE how they came out.

Week 4: Snow

Hokay, these were a pain. The bottom layer is Song by Zoya and Back in my Gloria days by Nicole by OPI. The snow flakes are Purity by Zoya. I am aware some of them don't look like snowflakes, but dammit, my eyes hurt after the first nail. All in all, I do like them. Although I am not replicating them on the other hand. I'm crazy, not suicidal.

Did these an hour later. The red is Red Pearl by China Glaze and the green is Apple by Zoya. Again, the white is Purity by Zoya. No, the snowflakes don't look as good...but damn, they were fun! Enjoy!

Week 3: Gingerbread

Alright! Gingerbread is so fun! It's super fun when you don't really have brown. You have a dark gold that hasn't been used in years. It's Rising Star by OPI. Not bad though. The white is Purity by Zoya. Why is white polish always so thick and stringy? I hate it. The red is Red Pearl by China Glaze and the green is SaGreena the Teenage Witch by Wet n' Wild. I had a good time making these! They're so fun!

Week 2: Candy Canes

Trust me, this is the only nail worth showing. The others just look terrible. Anyway, I used Purity by Zoya for the base. The red was a stripper polish by Salon Perfect. The green is Apple by Zoya painted by one of my nail brushes. I decided I didn't like the white, so I added Diamonds by Sally Hansen as a topcoat.

December Week 1: Presents

Well, to start off the week, we have presents! Since it's my birthday this week, Kat from Eccentric Whims suggested presents to symbolize Christmas and my birthday! I started with a white base, Zoya's Purity to be exact. Then I added Stripe Rite's Ocean. To make the holly leaves, I used Zoya's Apple and the red berries are OPI's You Only Live Twice. I then put on Sally Hansen's Diamonds as a topcoat. I hate white nails because it makes my skin look so damn red.

Meanwhile, here's some other nail designs I've done:

This design was created using Back in my Gloria Days by Nicole by OPI and Zoya's Mosheen! It looks a lot nicer in person, trust me. 

I never really liked Essie's colors, but I really like this one I got from Beauty First. It's called On A Silver Platter and it's gorgeous! It's also really tough. The base coat is called Ski Slope Sweetie by OPI.

October Nail Art!

Week 1: Ghosts

Week 2: Witches

Week 3: Undead

Week 4: Candy

Week 5: Jack O' Lanterns

Jen's Week 1: Ghosts

Jen wanted me to do her nails for week one so she could have some awesome ghosts! She decided on a silver background and I used a black stripper for the graveyard and then a white polish for the ghosts. I then used the black stripper to add the face to the ghosts.

Nail Art Catchup!

This was done by the wonderful Katolin and it was done with a linear halo polish she had as well a beautiful purple for the petals. The pink was done with a nice textured polish. Isn't she talented?

My first attempt to use the paintbrushes. I wanted to do fall leaves, but I wasn't sure if I liked it. I'm still not sure. 

This was my attempt at using polish to emulate a wedding dress. I'm a little obsessed with them. There are sparkly dots here as well, but they don't show up.

My latest one with blue and purple sparklies!! I like how this came out and I spent most of today chipping it off! 

Day 31: LAST CALL!

I decided to use two new polishes. One is Splash by Pure Ice. And the other is Salon Perfect's Silver Sparkle. I just tipped my nails in the silver.

Day 30: Science

I wanted to do little beakers with strange liquid in them. They didn't come out how I wanted, but hey, whatcha gonna do?

Day 29: Inspired by Sky

You ever have those really good ideas and you're so excited to try them, but they flop? Here's my really good idea:

Breakdown of what I used:

Thumb: Blu by Zoya
Pointer finger: Teal the Cows Come Home by OPI
Middle finger: You're S-Teal the One by Nicole by OPI
Ring finger: A mix of Giovanni by Zoya and You're S-Teal the One by Nicole by OPI
Pinky: Indigo by Zoya and Ice Ice Baby by Confetti

Day 28: Inspired by Ocean/Sea

I bought new polish today and had to try it out! It is OPI's Peace, Love and OPI. I love how pretty this is in the light.

On the accent nail, I added a pearl made of OPI's Totally Fort Worth It. I added NYC's French White Tip to make it look like it had a little shine.

Day 27: Inspired by Nature

Boy, I'm having a tough time getting these uploaded on time! The base polish is Giovanna by Zoya and the top dots are Kaboom by Salon Perfect. I love how it came out! It is supposed to emulate leaves from far away.

Day 26: Inspired by Book

I decided to base my nails on The Mortal Instrument's Shadowhunter runes. It's a great series. I recommend it. I will explain each symbol.

There is all of them at once. Kinda cool.

This is the rune for Soundless.

The rune for Strength.

The rune for Defend/Block.

This is the rune for Angelic Power.

And this is the rune for Love.

Day 25: Inspired by Fashion

These nails were just plain annoying. I tried to do argyle, which sucked. I tried to do gem tone argyle, which sucked MORE. And then I gave up and did nails inspired by a dress I saw a long time ago. So...there...

The purple is Zoya's Mason. I love it.

Day 24: Inspired by Art

I used to have this huge Monet painting in my old house and I loved it so much. It inspired me to paint and draw from day one! So, here are my Monet inspired nails.

I love how my thumb came out!

Day 23: Inspired by Mythology

Okay, so, I'm not going to be writing much in these and I don't think I'll even list polishes unless I have not used them before. I'm way behind and I need to catch up with Kat. So, enjoy these! I wanted to do a phoenix because I have always loved the concept of a bird that is reborn.

I really do like how the bird came out!

Day 22: Inspired by Pet

I was so looking forward to these nails! I bought a fish not too long ago and Moony has turned into a fine fish. He has some amazing colors on his fins, which is what I tried to emulate.

I used Charla by Zoya for the base and Revlon's Tantalize for the bottom. I then used my blue and black stripe brushies to create a Moony on my accent nail. I think it looks pretty good for my first attempt at a fish!

Day 21: Inspired by Comic

So, when Kat first suggested this, my first thought was Superman nails. However, I decided to be bold and try something out in grey tones like a manga.

The white things are petals blowing in the wind and the accent nail is a whole cherry blossom...or at least it should have been if I had done it right. In any case, I like how these came out. I've used all of the blacks and whites before, so you should know them by now. The dark and light silver came in a Gradient nail box that I no long remember. I put Ice Ice Baby by Confetti over it because ANIME SPARKLIES! Enjoy!

Day 20: Striped

So, I went shopping for polish. I shouldn't have, but they were on sale! I bought Zoya's Mason and used that as the base.

I then found a nail art pen in gold glitter. I can't find a link for it sadly. I painted zerba stripes because I like those better than regular stripes.

Day 19: Flower

SPARKLY NAIL POLISH! I found Zoya's Aurora and I love the effect. So purple and glitterly (it's not a word, but it SHOULD BE). I painted a flower with my Pink Chrome pen.

Day 18: Geometric

So, I wanted to do something inspired by Mondrian. If you don't know who Mondrian is, that's too bad. You're not going to understand my nails.

I used NYC French White Tip, Sally Hansen's Red Carpet, Wet n' Wild's The Wonder Yellows, Stripe Rite Black and Nicole by OPI's You're S-Teal the One.

I don't like these nails so much, but I am super proud that I remembered my art!

Day 17: Swirls

I wanted to do something different with this theme. I love doing swirls and I have some awesome polish pens. Dannii by Zoya was my base coat, followed by the Pink Chrome nail art pen. I've been into life cycles recently, so I tried to show that in my nails.

Day 16: Galaxy Nails

Look at these beauties! I love them! I want to keep them for all time!

Aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I love them. Here are the colors.

Yoga-ta Get this Blue by OPI
Storm by Zoya
Back in my Gloria Days by Nicole/OPI
You're S-Teal the One by Nicole/OPI
Ice Ice Baby by Confetti

Day 15: Water Marbling

Nope. Never again will I do water marbling.