Glitter Matte

The last few weeks of the semester.. Boy, do I need some support to keep my mind focused!! How are you all keeping up? I just had to do my nails, so I used the simplest, fastest way to accessorize nails... glitter!

I bought this awesome NYC's Top of the Gold top coat at Target some time this year, but I haven't used it. I thought it was about time to change that!

I used two coats of Sinful Colors' Black on Black as the base color. I wanted the gold flakes to be concentrated on the bottom with a glitter gradient going towards the cuticle. I applied the glitter on two times and it was set; the flakes are really packed into this polish so it didn't need additional coats. Love it!! I topped it off with NYC'S Matte Me Crazy because I  can't get enough of black matte. Personally, it's 100x better than its glossy counterpart.

I also tried Top of the Gold on a matte, raspberry toned polish. It looked good in person, but the flakes got lost in the camera.

Tamara

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is upon us  and I decided to do my first nail art for the occasion!

I used two coats of white polish on my ring finger - Sally Hansen's Hard to Get - and two coats of NYC's Park Ave on the other nails. On the nails with Park Ave, I did a gradient of Sinful Colors' All About You which is a gold glitter polish with specks of red in there. On the white nail, I went in with paints to create a little turkey. 

Top coat and done.

 Happy Thanksgiving!

Tamara

Support

After the recent ISIS terrorist attacks in Lebanon and France, my sister suggested that I do a design in support of the nations hurting from the violence. 

I used Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails Hard to Get and NYC's Sidewalkers on my ring finger.

 On my thumb, middle finger, and pinky I decided to paint shapes of France, Iraq, and Lebanon with their flags inside of the country. For Iraq's flag, I wasn't able to fit the entire Kufic script into the country. It wasn't meant to be offensive or anything, I just ran out of room. I painted the globe with that portion of the world on my pointer finger with burning buildings on my ring finger to signify the bombings. 

Clear coat. Prays to everyone killed, harmed, and affected. ✌✌

Tamara

Wallpaper

My first try at a full nail stamp, and I think it was a success! I ended up getting pen ink on the pinkie before I had a chance to take pictures..

I used three coats of NYC's Mulberry Street. The only strange thing about the polish I have is that it has a really sharp, old polish smell that I really only get with old polishes. Besides that, it's a great neutral color.  I used Sinful Colors' Mesmerize and Winter Wonder for the stamp colors. I didn't realize how gorgeous Winter Wonder was! It looks like a galaxy was bottled in there! 

No top coat of this one, just a coat of NYC's Matte Me Crazy. 

You da best matte.

Tamara

Fall Sunset

This is a very old design I did maybe two or three years ago on my sissy's nails. I remember using watered down paint and dabbing it on with.. something.. Maybe a sponge, maybe just my brush back then. Dark purple to yellow-orange paint for a sunset with black, bare trees in paint. I believe I used a top coat, waited for it to dry and then applied NYC's Matte Me Crazy - blesses for matte.