Cotton Candy Gradient

Hellooooo. So. Slowly easing myself into blogging. Hopefully once I start school again my schedule will be more... Sorted out. Right now I wake up at like 9:00-10:00 and stay in my pajama's unless I have like three hours of tennis or going somewhere with my friends.

I started off with Pink Friday from the Nicki Minaj collection. I am not of a pink wearer so I actually haven't tried it (but I've dabbled a bit with it) until now. I was originally going to add the blue right away but I was in a hurry and left it pink-- Which I ended up loving for some reason-- for a couple days before adding the rest of the nail art.

I started off with two coats of Pink Friday which is your average light/medium pink Creme. Nothing to special, but for some reason I liked it (excuse bubbling on ring finger i was in a hurry). I then sponged on a bit of For Audrey and then stamped over it using a silver polish. It's sort of hard to tell, but the design is sort of a fish scale look... Not sure. A girl from my tennis class said it looked like mountains. Haha. The image was on a french tip plate so I did have to stamp it twice.

Anyway, I hoped you liked it and be sure to let me know what you think! xx

• Base Color: OPI Pink Friday
• Sponged Color: China Glaze For Audrey
• Stamp Color: Sally Hansen Silver Sweep
• Plate: BM217

(Late) Easter Mani!

Hi everyone! Happy Late Easter! I meant to post this yesterday but it was so hectic and busy that I didn't have any time, but hey, better late then never, right?

This was inspired by decorated pastel Easter eggs! I thought of it the other day and I thought it would be really fun to do :) All of the designs/dots were made with a small dotting tool :)

What did you wear on Easter?

Thank you so much for reading and be sure to let me know what you think!

• Blue: China Glaze For Audrey
• Yellow: Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow
• Pink: OPI Pink Friday
• Purple: Bettina Haze

(**Bettina product sent for consideration**)

Christmas Nail Art Series: Christmas Ornaments

Hi everyone! Only a couple days till Christmas! Todays nails were inspired by the ornaments on a Christmas tree :)

I started off with two coats of Bettina Mojito. A gorgeous green! Formula was spot on, dry time was average, and Mojito dried shiny!! I love it!

I then stamped an ornament image using a red polish, and the filled in the ornament with the same red polish to make it "pop" more. Afterwards I grabbed a bunch of colors that resembled my actual ornaments on my Christmas tree, and then dotted them on using a small dotting tool to represent lights and other ornaments.

So ya, super simple but I hope you like it nonetheless!

Anyway, that's it for today! Thanks so much for reading and be sure to let me know what you think! :)

• Base Color: Bettina Mojito
• Stamp Color: OPI Wocka Wocka
• Plate: BM225
• Dots/Ornaments: Gold-OPI Bling Dynasty, Blue-OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui, Red, OPI Wocka Wocka, Green-China Glaze Tree Hugger

(**Bettina product sent for review**)

China Glaze IDK

Remember when I mentioned last week that Keani and I both bought China Glaze holo's? Well, this is the one she got(:

First of all, these photos do it no justice. It's about 10x more holo IRL. Second of all, excuse the nasty bubbling. My nails are a little stained so I decided to use a base coat and for some reason it bubbled :/ 

IDK is a light-ish purple linear holo. I don't really care for it indoors, but when it hits the sun, BAM! Gorgeous-ness. This is 2 coats.

Afterwards, I stamped a houndstooth design on the thumbs. I was going to do all my nails but then I got lazy and then sun went away so I am probably going to do it tomorrow:) I'll show pics if you want. 

• Base Color: China Glaze IDK
• Stamp Color: Black Pearl
• Plate: M63

China Glaze 2Nite

Walking to the bowling alley, my friend, Keani, discovered this little nail salon that had a bunch of China Glaze polishes in the window... that's when I spotted it.... China Glaze IDK. "But Kelly, the title says China Glaze 2Nite." Long story short, Keani ended up buying IDK and I bought 2Nite. Prepare yourself for a pic heavy post filled with holo awesome-ness!!!!

Oh.My.Gosh. Like seriously, when I went outside to take pictures I literally shrieked of excitement. Also, if your wondering, this baby only cost me $8! YAY! One lemming crossed off on my wishlist:)

2Nite is this stunning periwinkle linear holo. Dry time was lightning speed. This is 3 coats, no topcoat.

I asked the lady if she had DV8 but sadly, she just sold the last bottle :( She did write down my name and number just in case she happened to get more in. Crossing my fingers!!

Do you own any polishes from the OMG! collection?? What are your thoughts on this one?? :)

CRAZY DOTS!!

Tons and tons and tons of dots....

Like I said... tons and tons of dots :) I think it turned out cute... what about you?? :)

• Dots: purple- OPI Planks-A-Lot, blue- Sally Hansen Blue Me Away, yellow- Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow, orange- OPI Bet It All On OPI, green- China Glaze Tree Hugger

Reptile Skin....

Quick post today....

I wanted to shatter all of my nails except my shatter polish wouldn't work for me... it wouldn't crack :( So I went with this instead. It sort of reminds me of lizard/reptile skin....What do you think?? :)

• Base Color: China Glaze Tree Hugger
• Stamp Color: Konad Black Pearl
• Plate: BM215

Zoya Kieko

Here it is, my first Zoya beauty(:

Kieko is this gorgeous magenta berry color. It's so pretty. The formula on this was amazing!! The best I have probably ever used! Coverage was very even and smooth. It was sort of a mix between a jelly and a creme. When it dried it dried shiny and a little bit squishy so be careful... you don't want to ding it. This is two coats.

The only problem I had when using Keiko, was that is started peeling the very next day! Maybe it was because I used a cheap basecoat?? Or maybe the wrong type of top coat?? I am not sure... I'll try to experiment with different topcoats, ETC.

Overall I am absolutely in LOVE with Kieko and the brand Zoya and this is just my first polish! I can't wait to try Tanzy. I ended up just stamping my thumb... didn't want to cover up that beautiful color!

• Base Color: Zoya Kieko
• Stamp Color: Luv My Nails White
• Dots: blue- China Glaze For Audrey, green- Carla #25
• Plate: BM212

China Glaze Tree Hugger

Well, I finally decided to swatch Tree Hugger.

This gorgeous green is Tree Hugger. It's basically the color of a green apple with a subtle blue/green sheen. The formula on this was great, I had no problems with application. This is 2 coats with no topcoat.

I absolutely love this color, do you own it?? Do you like it??

epic, Epic, EPIC FAIL! (I like the idea though)

 Hello(:

I like the idea that I had but it just turned out messy and yucky and just plain awful! My stamping was way off and my stupid matte topcoat smudged everything... Sad thing is, is that I worked so hard on this!! It took my like... 30 minutes!! (I'm slow... don't judge, lol)

Well, I guess I have my good days and my bad days...

Also... I don't know what is up with the quality.. having camera problems...

The next couple of days I will be packing!! Finally coming home(: I'll do my best to try and squeeze in a post before I leave. Once I am home I will be on my regular schedule, with all of my polishes so yay! More variety!! lol

Anyway, like I said, nice idea but EPIC fail.
Thanks so much for stopping by(:

• Base Colors: China Glaze For Audrey, China Glaze Tree Hugger
• Stamp Color: Black Pearl SP
• Plate: M57
• Hard Candy Matte Topcoat