Watermelon

Hello! I know I haven't posted in a while, but I'm making up for it with new nails!

I do like how these turned out. Watermelon is one of my favorite summer fruits. That and cantaloupe. So juicy and delicious! Yum! The green is Watermelon Rind by China Glaze. Perfect for these nails. It's kind of a blue green, but I categorized it as blue by accident. Oh well. It should be fine there. The pink is Anaka by Zoya. The black seeds are painted with a black stripper. I encourage fruit nails in the summer. They look so cute!

Warriors: Jayfeather

Hokay, so I wanted to do another warrior on my nails because...yay. I like several characters, but I decided I wanted to use my new silver pen. Jayfeather is the name of the grumpy blind medicine cat from ThunderClan.

The base is Orly's Close Your Eyes. The silver is Sally Hansen's silver pen. The black is my black stripper. The blue eyes are Vintage Vincent. I also wanted to try my hand at doing something on the other hand. 

ThunderClan symbol! Yay!

Warriors: Hawkfrost

I began reading Warriors again and I decided I wanted to do nails involving my favorite cats. I started with my favorite villain. This is Hawkfrost. He's insane and one of the main reasons I like the books. Even after he dies, he continues to be a primary source of evil. I can't draw cats all that well, but I think I did okay. I based his design off of this. The background is Logan, then my black stripper, then Rikki by Zoya for the leaves. The forest represents the The Place of No Stars, also called the Dark Forest. This is like kitty cat hell.

Black and White Splatter

Katolin and I were talking and she suggested doing Kaboom! by Salon Perfect on top of black. I was going to do it and then I got the idea to use Revlon's Graffiti top coat over alternating black and white nails. The white is Blanc by Essie and the black is Black Swift by Milani. For once, there is no Zoya, lol.

Snow Leopard

So, there is a story behind these! I got some new Sally Hansen nail art pens. I got silver and white. I really really wanted to try them out. I already had Mason by Zoya on my nails, so I did a few experimental lines. Then I decided I would do all my nails! This is the silver pen.

Tiptoe through the tulips

So, may years ago, I did a painting for my mother that included tulips on a green background. I did the same for my nails! The background is Apple by Zoya. The pink and pink white are actually acrylic paints. The stems are Logan by Zoya. I was very proud of these, but these were killed by the dog not too long afterwards.

Yes, she thinks she's people.

Pokemon: Dragonair

My friend and I decided to do Pokemon nails a while ago. She did the entire grass starter set and I do one pokemon. I decided on Dragonair nails since I think the blue dragon thing is just adorable! I used Dream by Zoya for the other nails. Blu by Zoya is the base of the accent nail. The skin is Aqua by Sinful Colors. The white is Purity by Zoya. I think the eye is Mason by Zoya. I think I might do more Pokemon in the future!

Evil Eye Charm Nails

These are not my hands. These are my co-worker's nails. Marina is her name and she is a wonderful person. She saw my nail art and wanted some for herself! She is obsessed with the Evil Eye charms and wanted nails inspired by them. I used Zoya's Dream for the base, Essie's Blanc for the white, Zoya's Blu for the lighter blue and the very center is Zoya's Storm. She seemed very pleased with these and I like how they look too!

Disney Princess Nails

Earlier this year, I wanted to do a series of Disney princess nails, so I began with the first Disney princess. I absolutely hate Snow White, but I wanted to be accurate with who I started with.

I don't remember what I used for the gold, but I think it's Rising Star by OPI. The blue is Dream by Zoya. The accent nail is Storm by Zoya and the tiny red bow is Blaze by Zoya.

Next was Cinderella. Again, I don't like her so much. I went for a more simple method this time. I used Kiss Me at Midnight by OPI. The stars are a sticker.

And Aurora nails! I still don't like Aurora (AKA Sleeping Beauty), but she is a classic. The pink is Paloma by Zoya. The crown is Rising Star by OPI....and I don't know what the gold is.

Finally! A princess I like! Ariel nails are Hazel by Zoya with scales made of Charla by Zoya. The red is Red Carpet by Sally Hansen.

Tell me I'm Frozen

Frozen was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. It had romance, adventure, insanity, cuteness and great character development. I loved it. Disney hit a home run with that. I decided to do nails inspired by the movie. My friend Katolin did the same type of inspiration for her nails. However, I also decided to add inspiration from a song called 'Frozen' by Within Temptation. It's one of my favorite songs and I will add it below. Here are my nails.

The dark blue is Song by Zoya. I like the deep blue and I think it's a great base coat that isn't too distracting. The snowflake (snowflakes are HARD ok) was done with Purity by Zoya. The overcoat is Mosheen by Zoya. I can't say I LOVE these nails, but I am proud of them.

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?