Pastel Rose

Bringing you all some cute, pastel roses today! I used two coats of Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear Mint Sorbet as the base. I love this polish; it's the perfect mint green for spring and summer. 

I know that I've seen roses done in this manner before, but I couldn't find any one blogger to credit. Just know I didn't come up with this type of rose nail art!

I used Wet N Wild's Megalast Sugar Coat and Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear Lacey Lilac (really cure pastel colors that I cherish) for the roses.

I had to to do several applications of Sugar Coat since it's so light, but the purple only took two. 

I could not find the right light to show off how adorable this mani was: sunlight washed out the colors, but light was needed to illuminate the roses. Sadly, the pictures don't express how precious they are in person.

Definitely trying this out with different colors!

Tamz

Glitter Crossroads: Take Two

I decided to do the same design from Friday (here), but with different color combinations. My sister's nails got three coats of Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails Limestone; a great creamy lime green polish. 

I used copper glitter for the X's with Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails Hard to Get as the outlined accents. The middle finger got outlines on all four sides to create an accent nail instead of using a stamp in this design. 

Top coat to keep the glitter sealed, and done!

Tamz

Glitter Crossroads

I've been busy the past two weeks, so I didn't get a chance to do any nail art. Back to normal again!

I started with two coats of NYC's Times Square - I love this polish. It's a perfect light, creme red.  I wanted to stamp the same pattern onto all of my nails, but I could only get one complete transfer onto my nail finger. The stamp was done using Sinful Color's Rain Storm. I had to rub off the attempts with an ear cleaner dipped in nail polish remover and then apply another coat of Times Square.

On my other fingers, I used aqua glitter to create mismatched glitter crosses with outlines of the glitter done in Rain Storm to tie in the accent stamp nail into the others. I brought in glitter into the stamp by placing pieces into the circles of the design. 

Excuse the glare. It was gloomy all day yesterday -  either there wasn't light or there was major glare.  

I'm going to try this mani out again on my sister's nails with different color combos immediately!

Tamz

Maleficent

Hello all! Today's mani was inspired by the magnificent film Maleficent. I watched it last week and it's a must see. My sister is a super fan of Sleeping Beauty, and she even loved it. 

 The Forest/Wall of Thorns are in both the old version and new adaption, so I chose to depict them. I wasn't sure how to go about creating them - animated thorns or realistic - luckily I saw this picture on Facebook that really grabbed my attention. 

I used two coats of Sinful Color's Black on Black to begin with. Next, I painted a large, white circle using a small brush and Sally Hansen's Hard to Get that covered most of the nail. I kept applying polish until the circle was solid, no specific number of coats. 

Once the white dried completely, I used the same brush to apply two to three of a bright, lime green neon. The nail polish bottle doesn't have a name on it besides Color Zone. I only know that I bought a three pack of orange, pink, and green neon polish for under $4. 

Once the green dried, I used black acrylic paint to make the curling thorns from the picture above. I love, love, love these nails. I could not stop looking at them, the way the black paint seamlessly blended into the the polish left me in awe.

Sun glare. Opps

I am definitely going to try these out again with other combinations of colors!

Tamz

Tropical Flowers

I noticed that I have been doing a lot of simple nail designs lately, so I wanted to amp it up this week. I used two coats of Wet N Wild's I need a Refresh-Mint on my sister.

I looked to this tropical flower tank top for inspiration for this mani. It has a one stroke look that I haven't learned yet, so I wasn't able to achieve the same look. I like the result none the less. I used acrylic paints for all of the flowers and leaves with a top coat on top. 

Left hand

Left thumb

Right hand

Right thumb

Different flowers compared to the tank top, but still cute! I only wish I made the flowers bigger and that they overlapped each other.

Tamz