Sangria!

I had a BBQ tonight and I made sangria for the party last night.  So, it became the theme of my manicure.  I even painted my toes the same and added the fruit to my big toe.  The Sangria was delightful and so was the BBQ!

I painted first two coats of Zoya Jolene and then followed with one coat of Sienna.  I added the fruits from Cina's Fruit Salad decal package which I got for my birthday.  The fruits are so cute!  I used two coats of Seche Vite to smooth out the final look.

Quiet As A Whisper

I purchased a new color yesterday and wanted it to be the highlight of my manicure, so this is a super subtle design.  I really like it because it feels sneaky--so pay attention, I'm only going to whisper.

The base coat color is China Glaze Towel Boy Toy.  I used DV8 with Konad Plate m63.   Two coats of Seche Vite finished the look.

Much Love!

I spent the weekend with 5 wonderful girls and great friends.  I had such a great time and wanted to dedicate this manicure to you guys!  Much love, always!

I painted 3 coats of China Glaze Shocking Pink with a coat of Orly Oh Cabana Boy.  The hearts were made with Bundle Monster plate BM09 and the color Millennium.  Hearts were filled in with the 5 colors, Sun Worshiper, In The Lime Light, Sexy In The City and Essie Hello Yellow, Perky Purple.  I coated with one coat of Seche Vite.

To Scales

I'm going the the cabin this weekend for a little girls weekend and a little R&R.  So excited.  I did a water theme with fish scales.  I'm moderately happy with the results.  I really wanted them to look more textured and luminescent as I see fish scales in my mind, but what I tried only yielded semi-decent results....

with flash:

I layered the following colors for the fish skin: China Glaze Solar Power, Emerald Sparkle, In Awe of Amber, Zoya Charla, Yasmeen.  I then used Konad Plate m57 with Liquid Leather first and then Millennium.  To finish the look, I matted the entire nail with Essie Matte About You followed by a center stripe of Golden Enchantment with Seche Vite to shine that center stripe (my attempt at dimension for the look scales give).  Oh, and be proud of me, I recalled all these polished from memory since mine are packed for the cabin!!!

Inverted French Manicure

So I've done variations of the French manicure, the Reverse French manicure and the Ruffian manicure.  This is my "invention" (of course, I can only claim I had the idea in my mind without any influence--not that no one has done this before).

The pink color is China Glaze Sexy Silhouette and the silver tip is Essie Steel-ing The Scene.  I coated twice with Seche Vite top coat.

Manicure......The REMIX!

I had two events this weekend--a birthday party and a wedding. I wanted to do a manicure I could wear to both, but I decided instead to change the look by changing the design. I started with the "tiles" manicure and to change the look to "argyle", I repainted my ring finger and added black tips and a Konad design. It was fun to use the same manicure and change it pretty completely!  

Tiles


Argyle

For "Tiles" I used a base two coats of China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint on bottom and two coats of L8R G8R (a holo nail polish) on top. I added two rows of square gemstones and Seche Vite for the top coat.  

For "Argyle" I added to the above color scheme with China Glaze Liquid Leather to the tips with a glitter polish Golden Enchantment. I used Konad Plate m60 with OPI Golden Rules and another coat of Seche Vite.

Hotter Than The Sun

I'm in a neon mood.  July is hot and it's living up to the hype--I'm hot!  I'm just a product of my environment.

I first painted a base coat color in China Glaze White on White.  I used Celtic Sun, Sun Worshiper and Orly Passion Fruit for the marble colors.  I topped the marble with two coats of Seche Vite.