Orange you glad I chose you?

A few weeks ago I went to get a pedi/mani. Now.......I normally don't pay for manicures cause I'd rather paint my own nails, but this was a deal, so....I had to get both. When I picked out my manicure color I was looking for something in a bright, fun, coral shade....so I picked a color by Essie (sorry...I forgot the name of the polish) that I thought was going to end up being a pretty coral shade, but it ended up looking orange.....sadness came over me.....and then the next day the color started chipping. Chipping is clearly another reason why I strongly dislike getting manicures, aside from not having the patience to sit there for lengthy amounts of time while they apply coat after coat after coat of product on my nails. So......from this chipping situation an idea arose in my brain!!! And that idea was to paint over them! So I did. Now...I'm sorry for not taking a before picture, but the original color on my nails was the orange shade, I went from there and just picked out a few colors I thought would look good with the orange polish.

 

I basically used a combination of mint, white, and my trusty turquoise/teal nail polish.......that guy never lets me down I tell ya! In case you haven't read my previous posts, the turquoise/teal color is China Glaze's "Aquadelic" & I'm in love with it. The white polish is by Sinful Colors in "Snow me white", and the mint color is Sally Hansen's Xtreme wear in the color "Mint Sorbet." For the shape I created, I either used those French manicure tip stickers like Nailene's perfect tips, or I used a really thin nail art brush and just freehanded it. Then after the colors have somewhat dried a little bit I go over them with a quick dry clear top coat like "Out the door" or "Seche Vite", those are my go-to fast drying top coats. I'm going to include a close up of the colors on my nails below

 

 

You can't see the "mint sorbet" color too well in this picture since I auto corrected the picture, but if you look at the one below, you can see it a little bit better.

 

Or...maybe not so much...LOL....but trust me when I tell you that it went really well against the white & orange polish.

I hope you guys liked the color combination I chose to show you today, eventually I will post a step by step of how I achieve these looks, in the meantime enjoy my nail art!

 



Let's continue with my turquoise obsession...

Ok, so as I stated in my previous post I AM currently obsessed with turquoise nail polish. Right now I'm all over China glaze's "Aquadelic," it's just so pretty and I am trying all these different color combinations I'm loving!!
Here is another color combo I created with that nail polish.

I really like the combination of white, turquoise & silver. For the white, I used Sinful Colors nail polish in "Snow me White" and for the silver I used Kiss Nail art in the color "Silver glitter" which has a really thin brush that you can maneuver pretty easily. You could probably find them at your local drugstore, I got mine at Walgreens when they were having a sale on them. On the middle finger I used this Silver Nail Art Decorating kit by Essence, which I got at Ulta. I used the one that looks like confetti, with a dotting tool, clear nail polish and a lot of patience I picked the confetti up one by one and placed them in a somewhat straight vertical line down the center of my finger after I applied a bit of clear nail polish so that it would have something to adhere to. It was a little time consuming but I was really happy with the outcome. Plus I really enjoy spending time doing my nails, so the time it takes to do them doesn't bother me.

Here's a closer look at them. For the triangle shapes I use tape to form the shape and then fill in with the desired nail polish color, I wait about 10 minutes to make sure its dry before I pull the tape off and usually it comes out good. I then go back over the sides of the triangles with a thin nail art brush and the other color to create a nice contrast between the base color and the triangle shape color.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this look. I'll be posting more of them up soon. Thanks for checking out my latest post :)

My current turquoise obsession

And so it begins.....my current obsession with turquoise nail polish. I recently bought China Glaze's "Aquadelic" nail polish, and I must say......it really got my turquoise obsession going. It's just such a pretty color. The things I can do with that polish........I mean......the color combinations are endless! Needless to say...I'm excited about it and all the different looks I can try with it.
And so I present you with my first color combo with this nail polish.

I used China Glaze in "Aquadelic" on the thumb and pinky, a neon pink by Sinful Colors called "24/7" on my middle finger and half of my ring finger, and lastly Sinful Colors in "Snow me White" on my index finger and the other half of my ring finger. Also on my ring finger is a peacock leaf nail sticker that I got as a sample in a magazine. That was initially my inspiration for this color combo, but I wanted to incorporate the turquoise color in there too.....so I did. Some would say that it doesn't really go with the rest of the color combination.....and you know what I say to those?......I do what I want! LOL To each their own......I was pleased with the outcome. The next day I decided to take it one step further and do more to them though.

So I just got some scotch tape and made a triangle shape, painted the insides...and voila! That was the end result above. My favorite was the thumb of course. Well, this definitely won't be the last you'll see of the "aquadelic" polish.....I have created many more looks with it, which I will post up soon.
Hope you enjoyed!