31DC2013: Day 15 Delicate Print

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Good Morning friends!

Today is pretty much the halfway point in the challenge! I can't believe we are already halfway through, this month is flying byyy! Today's prompt is delicate print. I have to say this is my least favourite day of the challenge. What exactly is meant by delicate? Plus the word print is in there. I struggled hardcore with this one. I don't think I'm entirely satisfied with what I came up with, but here it is regardless!

For these nails I started off with Color Club Metamorphosis a beautiful teal glassfleck from last years Spring Collection. From there I used my favourite cut down nail art brush to freehand a delicate pattern in Orly Luxe.

This was one of those manicures that I had no idea what I was going to do when I sat down and my first nail was a shot in the dark! I do like the final outcome, but I'm just not sure how delicate they are! My roommate says they are more pretty than delicate lol.

Well what are your thoughts on these delicate nails?! Do you think these fit the theme?

Be sure to check out The Lacquerologist to see what Emily has come up with for delicate print today! Also be sure to ENTER OUR GIVEAWAY!
Check out last years delicate nails here! Color Club Metamorphosis Orly Luxe

31DC2013: Day 12 Stripes

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Good Morning friends!

So full disclosure before we get to today's nails. When I was painting these I completely thought that the prompt for today was lines instead of stripes.So my manicure is a little more linear than stripey, but it still kind of fits in with the theme! Right?!

I actually really love these! I started out with OPI My Vampire Is Buff on my thumb, index and ring nails, Color Club Metamorphosis on my middle nail and Orly Luxe on my pinky. Then I went to work with my smallest cut down nail art brush and Wet n Wild Black Creme and just drew lines changing directions every so often until my whole nail was covered!

On my middle nail I did a gradient with Metamorphosis and Color Club Sky High and then created the small triangles with Luxe and outlined them with black creme. On my pinky I tried to do the opposite and created the triangles with Metamorphosis and Sky High and then outlined them in black.

I really liked wearing these nails! I'm also quite proud of my fine line work here :) What do you think of these nails?! Do they fit the stripe theme?

Be sure to check out The Lacquerologist to see what Emily has come up with today! Also be sure to enter our giveaway!
Check out last years striped nails here!

The Digit-al Dozen September Spectacular: Blue

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Afternoon loves!

So in addition to the 31 Day Challenge I am also taking on The Digit-al Dozen's September Spectacular! I love being a part of the Digit-al Dozen group. The ladies involved are so talented and some of the nicest people I have had the pleasure of 'meeting' in the nail world! I posted yesterday about the wonderful giveaway that we are hosting over the next 2 weeks and today's the the first recreation post! I was not a part of the group until this past January so these first few days are brand new to me. So excited!

Today's theme is Blue and I decided to keep it simple. I love the combination of blue and gold together to decided to pair them and create a ruffian!

The gold I used was Orly Luxe and the blue is China Glaze Ride the Waves. I went with different finishes to try and get some contrast, which I really liked! You can see some visible nail line here, but in real life it was not visible at all.

I am really excited to see what the rest of the lovely girls have come up with so make sure you check them out below! Hope you're having a great day!

31DC2013: Day 1 Red

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Gooooood Morning!

Today is DAY ONE in the 31 day challenge and I am super excited to be starting this again for the second year in a row! Day 1 is Red. Again this year instead of just posting a swatch I have decided to do some nail art inspired by the colour to make things a little more interesting.

When I was in Juneau, Alaska I had the amazing opportunity to go to The Red Dog Saloon. We arrived in Juneau at 7AM and went to see a glacier first thing and were back in town by 10:30. So instead of just walking around we decided to head to the famous Red Dog Saloon and have a beer at 10:30 in the morning! The Red Dog Saloon really is a place to see, they still have a woodchip floor and an old man playing 1920's style music. This place was hoppin' so early! In Canada you can't even serve alcohol until 11AM! We got to sit and enjoy an Alaskan Summer Beer after the magnificence of the glacier. This was for sure one of the highlights of my trip so I thought I needed to recreate the symbol on my nails!

I started off with Sally Hansen Rapid Red on all my nails. Two quick coats and I was ready for some art. On my middle two nails I depicted the saloon doors and the Red Dog symbol in the middle, copying the shirt that I had bought there. On my index and pinky nails I wrote Red Dog and on my thumb I created the Red Dog symbol!

On all my nails the white I used was, Cult Nails Tempest, the black was Wet n Wild Black Creme and the gold I used was Orly Luxe. All of the work was done with my favourite cut down super small nail art brush!

Going to The Red Dog Saloon was for sure one the the highlights of my trip to Alaska and I had a lot of fun creating this look on my nails! I think many of my upcoming nail art looks will be inspired by some of the amazingness of Alaska. I hope you are all ok with that!

Make sure you head over the The Lacquerologist and see what Emily has come up with for her Day 1 Red nails! Also if you haven't already be sure to enter our giveaway! :D

The Digital Dozen Does Fashion: Snakeskin and Stripes

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Morning Dolls!

It's mid week in Fashion week here and today I have some nails inspired by a really cute outfit I found on Pinterest! As usual I was browsing around for inspiration and found this outfit that was screaming to be turned into nail art.

Here is the outfit, which can be found here.

On my thumb and index nail I was replicating the shirt of the outfit, so I used Cult Nails Scandalous. Not only because it was the perfect colour, but it's also a jelly adding to that sheer quality of the shirt. I added the gold stripe down the center, with Orly Luxe to capture the gold zippers.

My middle nail is replicating the snakeskin bag. I started off with OPI My Vampire is Buff and then sponged on Essence cafe ole, OPI You Don't Know Jacques and black creme. I went over snakeskin pattern with my small nail art brush and MVIB. On my last two nails, replicating the skirt, I started off with Cult Nails Tempest and then using a dotting tool and black creme I created the dotted pattern on the skirt.

I love this outfit and this is something I would love to wear! I'm a fan of all the aspects and it translated nicely into nail art.

Would you rock a look like this? Either on your nails or as an outfit? Check out the rest of the Digit-al Dozen below!

Glitter Snowflakes

After I got such a positive response from the glitter snowflake that I did in this Wal-Mart Wednesday I decided to grab some glitter from Born Pretty Store and try again as a full mani!

I started with Orly Mis-Conduct this raspberry scattered holographic is stunning. AND it was a one coater! Loved it.

Then I grabbed some Born Pretty Store loose glitter and started adding pieces of snowflakes. My original idea was to do all my nails like my ring nail, but I decided to see if I could switch it up! My ring nail is for sure my favourite though.

The holo plus glitter combination is crazzzy. In the sun this was so reflective and sparkly. My camera for sure had a little freak out trying to capture this.

Do you like my pieces of snowflakes? You can pick up this 12 pack of glitter from Born Pretty Store for only $6.45! Also use my 10% off code SA7X31 for even more savings. Hope you're having a great day dolls!

Products in this post were provided for my honest review. 

New Years Eve/Birthday Nails

Hey friends!

So this post is way delayed. But better late than never right? These are the nails that I wore for New Years Eve and my birthday! The holiday season was so busy that one of the requests I made for my family on my birthday was to let me have a few hours to sit down and actually be able to do my nails. This is what I came up with!

I wanted to do a skittles mani because they are my absolute favourite type of nail art. I can never decide on one print so skittles let me do a little of everything! I was wearing a gold sequin skirt and a black top for new years so that is where my colour scheme came from.

I used black creme, Orly Luxe and Alter Ego Goldpanner as my main polishes. From there I added glitter, bullion beads rhinestones and my nail art brushes to create some fun looking nails to ring in the new year! I did my right hand as well to amp up the whole skittle look!

I did a 2013 on my left thumb to ring in the new year and 22 in bullion beads on my right hand to symbolize my getting another year older!

I quite liked these and hope you do too! I had a fabulous new years and birthday. What did you do to ring in your new year? Are you having a good start to 2013?

Are you a fan of the black and gold combination? Hope your Monday is treating you well my dears!

Red Knitted Sweater

Afternoon folks!

The other day I was browsing through Shutter Stock for some nail inspiration. Seriously this is such a great place to find inspiration! I came across a really cute Red Knitted Sweater that I thought would translate nicely into nail art. I'm not sure it completely came out how I was imagining, but I'm pleased with it!

I used Orly Candy Cane Lane as my base which is a super glossy crelly red from the Orly 2010 Holiday Collection. This was my first time using this polish and I really like it! Two easy coats. The design is two reindeer, two evergreen trees and a snowflake on my thumb!

For the details, all I did was take my needle point dotting tool and Milani White On The Spot and create dots following the pattern on the sweater. I like how my 4 fingers came out, but my thumb is another story. I got the top half of the snowflake, but I didn't clean my dotting tool enough on the bottom half so it doesn't look even at alll.

You may notice my nails are super nubs right now. When I was wearing my Cutest Santa's Ever nails I got a major chip on my index nail. I had to file them down as short as they can be without bleeding. So I'll be rocking the nubbins in my next few posts! I like short nails, but these are suppaaa short.

What do you think of this design? Would you try something like this? Do you wear any knitted sweaters like this around Christmas?

This is the last day to vote in Nail Polish Canada's nail art contest! If you like my Christmas Wrapping Paper nails I would love your vote! Or vote for whichever nails you like best :) Vote Here!

Glitter, Skulls and Herringbones

Today I have some nail art inspired by a few different manicures that I've seen around. I was digging through my inspiration folder the other night and came across this utterly amazing manicure done by Very Emily and knew that I was going to do nails inspired by it. I have also seen an amazing herringbone print on a few blogs lately from the tutorial by Miss 80 Million on YouTube. I really wanted to do both of these, so I put them together to create a mash-up of inspired nails!

To emulate Emily's look on my index and pinky nails I used Orly Christmas and while the second coat was still wet I sprinkled on some loose red glitter from Dollar Tree. On my middle nail I used Wet n Wild Black Creme and then freehanded on the skulls and x's using a striping brush and Milani White On The Spot. For my herringbone nails I followed the tutorial and used White On The Spot as my base then stamped with Black Creme and BM-201. I added the lines with It's So Easy Stripe Rite Black.

I had NO idea how the loose glitter was going to play with top coat so please excuse the glitter all over my hands, I wanted to snap a few pictures before adding any in case it was a hot bleeding mess.

Thankfully with topcoat I loved these nails even more! The topcoat really brought out the sparkle and shine from the loose glitter and I was staring at these allll day long. I used a coat of Gelous and then 2 coats of NYC In a Minute Top Coat. Loose glitter is hunnnnnggrrry. It really likes to nom on top coat because I had to add another coat in the morning because my nails were crazy bumpy even with Gelous and 2 coats of NYC.

I quite like the combination I came up with here! My skulls aren't near as good as Emily's but I really do love the skull and glitter combination. It's so fun with just that touch of rock.

What do you think of these? Are you ever inspired to mash-up two manicures you love to create something new?

Hope you're having a lovely day!