Rainbow Glitter Gradient Tutorial Video!

Hello my lovelies!! 

I have something really special for you guys today, 

A brand spankin' new video tutorial!! :D 

In this tutorial, I show you how to do my Rainbow Glitter Gradient that I did for Flip-Flop February! 

I hope you enjoy, let me know in the comments what you think! 

:)

(If the embed doesn't work for you, click/copy&paste this link: http://youtu.be/lzUjw8tvoyY)

I hope you guys like it! I think it's my favorite one I've done so far! :)
<3

French Mani Fun - Leopard Print Acrylics!

Hello my lovelies! I'm sorry I've been so MIA lately, I needed to take a little blogging hiatus for awhile.
But I'm back now, and I have some fun posts coming up for you guys! :)

Today I have a French Mani Fun post!! :)

So I recently had to cut my natural nails back down to nubbins, (sad day!:( ) so I was playing around with my falsies the other night and came up with this little look!

I used Kiss Nails DIY Acrylics, then cut some Sally Hansen Salon Effects into shape and made a leopard print French Mani! OF COURSE  I did rainbow, you know how I do ;) LOL!

The finished product:

My Right Hand:

 

(P.S, sorry about the wonky little hand pose here. We all know how my my righty does not like to cooperate with me! :p)

I really loved how these came out, I think these are probably my favorite set of falsies I own now! 

I will for sure be breaking these babies out again! :)

Luck of The Irish Challenge: Day 2!

Hi olives! It's time for Day 2 of the St. Patty's Day Challenge!

Today's theme is Pot O'Gold/Rainbow, so I made a rainbow leading up to a pot O'Gold! :)

I used Layla Hologram in "Mermaid Spell" for the base, cuz I thought it would make a cool little magical sky base. :)

I hope you guys like it! I really like how this one came out!

Don't forget to check out the other bloggers manis! :D

Dipped in Lacquer

College Polished

Kate Kreates

Galactic Lacquer

Makeup and Nails, Not War

Seriously Swatched

Tes Did It Nails

Jilltastic Nail Design

My Vanity Basics

Peace Love Lacquer

I’m Just Me…ChiChi

XO, Noelle

Flip/Flop February Day 27: Recreate Someone Else's!

Hi guys! It's Day 27 of Flip/Flop February! Tomorrow's the last day! I can't believe February went by so quick. This year is already flying by and I still keep saying 2012 LOL.

So today's theme is really fun, you get to recreate someone else's mani! And let tell you, it was soo hard to choose which one to do! All the girls in this challenge have been so creative, it was really difficult to settle on which one inspired me the most.
But, I finally settled on recreating the mani that Corrine from Galactic Lacquer did for her Rainbow day!

Here's the link to her original post:
http://www.galacticlacquer.com/2013/02/flip-flop-february-rainbow.html?

She did this goooorgeous mani with a blue backdrop, and rainbow dotting all the way down. I love it! :)

So here's my attempt to recreate it! (Hers is soooo much better!! Lol:) )

For this mani I used a base color of Essie - Lapiz of Luxury
And then for the rainbow dots, I used:
N.Y.C. - Big Apple Red
Wet'N'Wild Shine - Sunny Side Up
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Mellow Yellow
Ulta - In The Lime-Light
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - The Real Teal
Wet'N'Wild Fast Dry - Buffy The Violet Slayer
Then I sealed with one coat of Seche Vite top-coat.

Don't forget to check back in tomorrow for our final day! And as always, go check out all the other bloggers manis! :)

Flip/Flop February Day 16: Animal Print/Stripes!

Hi lovies! It's time for Day 16 of the Flip/Flop February Challenge!

Today's Flip/Flop was Animal Print/Stripes.
So what did I go with? Well both, kind of. Zebra Stripes!! (Surprise, surprise! ;p)

And, in typical me fashion, they're rainbow zebra stripes! :D
This is actually my first shot at freehand zebra stripes, and I love the way they turned out! :)

To do these nails, I started off with a base of Sinful Colors - Snow Me White.
Then I sponged on the rainbow gradient using:
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Twisted Pink
Sephora by OPI - And A Cherry On Top
Wet'N'Wild Shine - Sunny Side Up
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Mellow Yellow
Ulta - In The Lime- Light
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - The Real Teal
Wet'N'Wild Fast Dry - Buffy The Violet Slayer
Then I used a black Sally Hansen Nail Art pen to freehand the zebra stripes, then sealed it with Seche Vite top-coat! :)

As always, please make sure to go check out all the other bloggers manis!

Flip/Flop February Day 11: Splatter/Cocktail

Hi Lovies! Today is Day 11 of Flip/Flop February!

Today's Flip/Flop is Splatter/Cocktail.
I decided to go with the Flip since I've been wanting to try out Splatter for awhile now.

I went with the straw splatter technique, which is where you get a little bit of polish on the end of a straw, then blow on the other end to splatter the paint across your nail.
And yes, it's just as messy as it sounds.

By some miracle, I was able to keep my clothes and workspace clean. I used a paper plate, and just silently prayed that it would all stay on there, which it did. Phew!
But still, it was a messy explosion of FAIL. LOL.

I think maybe I needed to use a smaller straw? I just used a regular sized drinking straw, but it was really difficult to get all the polish into the end, I had to keep dipping and felt like I was wasting a lot.
I've heard of people using thin straws or coffee stirrers, that's probably what I should've done LOL. Oh well. :p

I honestly couldn't even tell you what colors I used, because I just kept grabbing random colors in a desperate attempt to make it look presentable. Which I failed horribly at lol.
But I can tell you my base colors,
the white is Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
and the black is N.Y.C. - Black Lace Creme.

So that's my failure of the day. Its terrible and I'm sorry.
I promise tomorrow's is better! :p

And as always, go check out all the other manis!! :)

Flip/Flop February Day 6: Fan Brush/Glitter Bomb!

Hello again lovies! It's time for Day 6 of Flip/Flop February!

Today's Flip/Flop is Fan Brush/Glitter Bomb. Unfortunately, I don't have a fan brush yet. I wish I did, and if I did you can bet your keister that I would've used it today, but alas, I do not. SOOO I did glitter bomb!! And I mean, how can pass up glitter bomb anyways? I'm like a walking glitter bomb!! xD
As my favorite quote says: "Some girls are just born with glitter in their veins." Yeah, definitely me. And Ke$ha. We got that in common. :p

On to the nails!!
Rather than just doing one shade of glitter, I decided to do like, a million. Ok well, six. Because the silver nail has two types of glitter on it. Overkill? I think not. You can never have too much glitter. NEVER I say! So yeah. They're sort of Glitter Skittle nails! :D
Side Note, I'm sad that because its blue, you totally can't see the shatter effect of the Blasted polish. I will properly swatch that soon, I promise! :)

This is how I did it:
Thumb: Base-coat of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Pink Satin, two coats of Wet'N'Wild Shine - Sparked.
Index Finger: Base-coat of Sephora by OPI - Already Famous, three coats of Sephora by OPI - The Only Gold Top-Coat For Me.
Middle Finger: Base-coat of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - The Real Teal, two coats of Sephora by OPI Blasted - Turquoise Glitter.
Ring Finger: Base-coat if Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Celeb City, one coat of Sephora by OPI - Justa' Pinch Of Glitter, followed by one coat of Sephora by OPI - Meet Me At The Disco.
Pinky: Base-coat of Sephora by OPI - And A Cherry On Top, three coats of Sephora by OPI - Merry Me.

So that's my glitterbomb! KABLAMO! ;p

And as always, please make sure to go check out all the other bloggers creations!! :)

Flip/Flop February Day 1: Gradient/Skittle

Time for day one of the 28 day Flip/Flop February Challenge!

Today's Flip/Flop: Gradient/Skittle!

So for today, I decided to combine the flip and the flop, and went with a rainbow skittle gradient! :)

These are sososososososo fun!! They make me want summer really bad LOL.

One thing I have to say though, is that my camera decided to be a weirdo with my blue and purple gradient LOL. The blue looks periwinkle, and the purple looks blue. Which they're not, at all. Oh, camera. LOL.

I felt like it was missing a little something, so I went ahead and added some glitter. Because you know me, everything's better with glitter! Some girls are just born with glitter in their veins. ;)

The polishes I used were:
Red: Sephora by OPI - And A Cherry On Top
Orange: Wet'N'Wild Shine - Sunny Side Up
Yellow: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Mellow Yellow
Green: Ulta - In The Lime-Light
Blue: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - The Real Teal
Purple: Wet'N'Wild Fast Dry - Buffy The Violet Slayer
Glitter: Sephora by OPI - Meet Me At The Disco

Please make sure to go check out all the other bloggers participating in the challenge! :)