My Entry to Kayla Shevonne's Indie Nail Art Contest

Press Sample Purchased by Me

Morning Friends! I hope you all had a great weekend and aren't working too hard today. I have my entry to Nail's by Kayla Shevonne's Indie Nail Art Contest to share with you today!

The whole idea behind the contest was to use indie polishes to create something and really make indie polises shine. I think my indie polishes are the stars of my collection so I went with that theme while I was brainstorming what to do.

One of the first indie polishes that I ever purchased was The Hungry Asian Sneeze Breeze and it is still one of my most beloved indies. I love this indie so much I went with this as my first indie pick. Since this is an awesome black and blue matte glitter mix I picked out other blue stars from my collection, Girly Bits Denim Diva because I love this dusty shade of blue, and Princess Polish Blueberry Jam because who doesn't love a blue holo! I picked out Cult Nails Tempest the perfect white creme and Cult Nails Fetish to round out my selection of polishes and then got to work.

On my index I started with two coats of Girly Bits Denim Diva and sponged on Princess Polish Blueberry Jam to create the holo gradient tip. Then since my theme was the stars of my indie collection I freehanded on a star in Cult Nails Tempest near my cuticle. On my middle nail I did 3 coats of my favourite The Hungry Asian Sneeze Breeze then added a coat of Seche Vite and black and clear rhinestones to add a little something extra. On my ring nail I started with 3 coats of Princess Polish Blueberry Jam then after that was dry added striping tape and then a coat of Cult Nails Fetish. I didn't top coat the nail to preserve Fetish's matte texture.

On my pinky I started with Cult Nails Tempest and then did a rough outline of a star with Fetish. I sponged on Sneeze Breeze near the tip and then reoutlined the star in Fetish. I also left this without top coat because I loved the mix of the matte glitter and matte black star. On my thumb I used Tempest and then wrote indie in Fetish and sponged on some more Sneeze Breeze and left this without top coat as well.

I absolutely love indie polishes and I'm super excited about this totally indie look that I came up with!

Indie's will always be the stars of my collection and I hope that this showed through in this manicure! :)

I had a lot of fun with this one and am really glad I decided to enter Kayla's contest! If you want to create an indie themed manicure to enter you have until April 30th and can do so here.

Hope you're all having a great Monday!

Princess Polish Must Be Jelly

Goood Morning! Today I've got some swatches of the Princess Polish Must Be Jelly Collection! This collection is full of jelly holos!! So amazing! So let's get right to it.

First up is Strawberry Jam. This is 3 coats of a rich magenta linear holo jelly. For a jelly this was really easy to build to opacity, I used the least number of coats for this swatch. I really dig this magenta pink, it's a hot colour for summer and it's squishy? Yes pleaaasseee.

Next we've got Mint Jelly. This was the sheerest of the bunch. I used 4 coats here and there is still clearly some VNL. I would almost call this colour closer to lime than mint, when I picture mint I think of a darker green. I think this layered over a darker green, or even a light green would be absolutely stunning! It is a scattered holo jelly.

Last but most certainly not least we have Blueberry Jam. You all know how crazy I am about blues so the fact that this is a bright blue linear holo jelly?! It's blowing my mind. I think I have a crush on this polish. Seriously. It's love. This was 4 coats.

This whole collection is super sparkly AND super squishy?! This is one of my favourite indie collections that I've seen. I'm kicking myself that I didn't get the rest of the collection. I can't wait to try using these in a jelly sandwich! Princess Polish can be purchased here for $8.50 for a 15mL full size bottle or $5.00 for a 5mL mini bottle. When I checked last night all but Blueberry Jam were in stock. So hurry hurry to grab yourself a bottle!

Which one is your favourite? Do you like the idea of combining holo and jelly finishes together?

Hope you are all having a spectacular day!! <3

Blue Green Studded Camo

Today I've got some random nails that I did last week late when I was done studying for the night. Not sure where the idea for these came from, I just kind of started dotting and ended up with some camo like nails!

To get this look I started off with a coat of Essence Lime Up! which is a murky lime green that I showed a swatch of here. Then I started dotting on in no particular pattern using, China Glaze Ride the Waves, China Glaze I'm With the Lifeguard, Orly Luxe, Essence Let's Get Lost, Princess Polish Blueberry Jam and Princess Polish Mint Jelly. I was digging the camo look, especially once I had added Blueberry Jam and Mint Jelly. These are holographic jellies! And they added just that extra kick I was looking for. Then to up the camo factor I grabbed my It's So Easy Stripe Rite Striper in Black and swiped some lines back and forth. Finally I added four studs from Born Pretty Store! One coat of NYC In a Minute Top Coat and I was done :)

I thoroughly enjoyed wearing these nails. The holo jelly was a super cute addition and I'm glad I added it!

I wore these nails for about four days, which is extremely excessive for me. I really did love them! I should have gotten a sun picture, but I didn't have a chance.

What do you think of my camo studded nails!? Like them? or is this a little too much for you?

I'm going home today! I'm super excited. I've been working like a dog getting all my assignments done and am officially done everything except for studying for my exams! Woooo! Tomorrow is my one year anniversary with my boyfriend so we will be doing something special :) I'm very excited!!

I hope you are all having a wonderful day! Thanks SO MUCH for stopping by! :D