Rainbow Pastel Colors!

This combination has really cheered me up this weekend! I'm loving the soft yet vibrant shades! I didn't have a certain pattern that I followed and chose to do each hand differently! Enjoy!

Right Hand: Green, Pink, Blue, Yellow, Purple!

Left Hand: Blue, Purple, Green, Pink, Yellow!

Bubble Gum Pink by Hard Candy

Hey There! This is Bubble Gum Pink by Hard Candy. I thought this was a great color for the start of spring. This is a baby pink with chunks of purple and white glitter. I didn't like this color much at first but after wearing it for a couple of days, it grew on me. Pretty neat, huh?

Shade lighting to show detail

Natural sun light

Tropical Flowers

Yes, I'm making 2 posts today :) I wished the photos came out better but I thought this was still worthy of a post. I used a yellow-jelly finish as the base polish and used a hot pink for the stamped-on  flower. It took a astounding 10 coats to achieve opacity with this yellow like most jelly finishes. However, I like the result -it reminds me of lemon drops!- but the formula is too difficult to work with. Moving forward, I hope you like what you see.

Tropical flowers :)

Jelly Finish! Remind me of lemon drops!

It's a little difficult to see the detailing on the flowers

Here's a close up!

Are you ready for Spring?!

Palm Trees

Happy March!

..It's still snowing in Colorado but Spring is just around the corner! I felt particularly tropical this weekend :) I used a neon-highlighter orange as a base coat and black for the palm trees. I'm starting to get a hang of this nail stamping thing! Pretty neat stuff! I can't wait to add more to my collection.

Created with Konad Stamps

Neon orange 

Close-Up. 

Pineapple Nails!

Hello Friend! I am excited to finally post a semi-sucessful nail stamping experience. This is the first time stamping has worked for me! and I am excited to share this with you :) I've tried stamping before with absolutely no luck; I got so frustrated that I gave up. This is my 1st success story and I hope to be sharing more! Although, I have yet to perfect how to center the designs on my nail, I'm satisfied with the results so far! I'll to share my tips with you below.

1. Buy a Konad plate! I've tried Salon Express and other stamping plates at Walmart and they did NOT work. You can find Konad on Amazon for $4.
2. Throw out the metal scrapper. I find that the metal scrapper scratches the plate, and scrapes off all of the nail polish-leaving you with no polish to be picked up by the stamp. Using index cards as a scrapper has been my solution!
3. Lastly, use opaque colors. Polishes that are very pigmented work best such cremes and shimmers.

Close-up! Amazing!

 gray base 

This was my 1st attempt at nail stamping with a Walmart brand and it was awful! Konad plates are the secret!

I hope to learn more about stamping and share more posts in the upcoming weeks!

Violet on Black

Hi Guys,

This is a simple post. I just painted a shimmer violet polish on a dark purple-almost black nail polish, OPI's 'Lincoln Park After Dark' to be exact. This photo was taken in the sun but the purple is more subtle in indoor lighting. It's not the most intricate design but it's something :)

Valentine's L.O.V.E Cheetah Print

This is a red spotted cheetah print look on a pink base coat. I used a black Sharpie to create the cheetah spots, and then filled in the spots with red paint. I also free-hand the love in white cursive. It took time to create so be patient. To tie the white and pink back with the red and pink cheetah print, I free-handed a small red heart. Please excuse my dry cuticles. It is winter in Colorado! And I just can't seem to control those puppies ;) Rawr.  Happy Valentines!