TGIF: Earthy Aqua Gradient

Thank God it's Friday everyone! This week has absolutely been so very hectic for me, with school and tennis, and I'm still trying to balance everything out!

I started off two dreamy coats of Earthy Angel, and then sponged on Bettina Aqua, and then a little bit of Zoya Zuza. Afterwards I stampeded over it using Silver Sweep... You can't see it IRL, but Aqua actually turned the stamping gold, so on top is silver and on the bottom is gold... It looks cool. 

Oh... And the photos look a lil bit weird because I am using a new camera and I'm trying to find out how to use it, lol.

Thoughts??

-Kelly xx

• Base Color: Color Club Earthy Angel
• Sponged Color: Bettina Aqua
• Sponged Color #2: Zoya Zuza
• Stamp Color: Sally Hansen Silver Sweep
• IP: BM212

(**Bettina Product sent for consideration**)

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

Happy Late Blog-O-Versary!

Hi everyone! So... My blog-o-versary was on July 25 and I forgot.... So... Enjoy this late post :)

I was hoping it would be a little bit more pink, it looks a bit orange, but I'm still happy with the outcome :)

Hope you all have a lovely day, I'm off to tennis now! xx

• Base Color: Bettina Yellow
• Coral: Sephora by OPI I'm Wired
• Stamp Color: Konad Black
• Plate: BM208

(**Bettina products sent for consideration**)

OPI Did It On 'Em

Hi! So it's Monday... And it's been kind of a crappy morning >.> I woke up with a sore throat :( Anyway, I decided to do my nails. Hope you like!

I started off with two coats of OPI Did It On 'Em. Interesting color... I like it though. It's one shade lighter than OPI Who The Shrek Are You, or at least in the bottle. Let me know if you want a comparison :) Formula was similar to WTSAY, meaning, it was kind of patchy and stuff, I needed three coats to even everything out. Dry time was a little on the slower side. But besides all that I really do like the color :)

  Afterwards I sponged on a blue color and the stamped over it. LOL. Another gradient... I don't know why but I love doing them. I'll have something different for my next mani, I promise, haha :)

 Thanks so much for reading and be sure to let me know what you think! :)

• Base Color: OPI Did It On 'Em
• Other: Fly
• Stamp Color: Konad Black
• Plate: BM201

NOTD: Another Gradient+Stamping

Hi! So, ignore the horrid title of the post ^ I suck at making names... Like seriously. I think the hardest part of blogging, for me, would be thinking of a title for the post >.> Anyway, so I sat down in my little polish station today, with not the slightest idea of what I was going to put on my nails. After like 10 minutes of staring at my polishes, I thought it would be a fun idea to try a white fading into gold shimmer. Afterwards I decided to stamp over it.

YIKES! I know, lots of photos, but I couldn't decide which ones I liked better. I started off with two buttery smooth coats of Bettina Clouds, and then afterwards I sponged on OPI Rising Star, Take The Stage!, Warm and Fozzie, and then afterwards I applied one thin coat of Sephora by OPI Wired About Shimmer. And then to finish it off, I stamped on a fun image using Konad Black SP. 

  I personally loved the way this turned out, what about you? Be sure to leave me a comment letting me know! 

• Base Color: Bettina Clouds
• Sponge Colors: OPI Rising Star, OPI Take The Stage, OPI Warm and Fozzie
• Other: Sephora by OPI Wired About Shimmer
• Stamp Color: Konad Black 
• Plate: BM203

(**Bettina product sent for consideration**)

OPI Gradient!

Hi everyone! Welcome back to my blog! I wanted to quickly thank everyone who participated in my poll :) But I also wanted to say that I'm super stupid because the summer collection is already out... I guess I should have checked before I started the poll, haha. I felt like an idiot once I went on the website. Anyway, I'll order the polishes sometime this week! Thanks for being patient! Ok, enough blabbering, onto the photos!

I started off with two flawless coats of OPI Fly, a gorgeous... Teal (?) color. Like honestly, it's so pretty. It's a little bit more green than in the photo's though. Afterwards I sponged on OPI Dim Sum Plum.

 Oh, and I know I have like three pictures but here is a picture my dad took of my nails at Queen's Bath on some lava rocks. Ignore my ugly wrinkly fingers, haha.

 Anyway, thank you so much for reading and be sure to let me know what you think! :D

xoxo

• Base Color: OPI Fly
• Sponge Color: OPI Dim Sum Plum

10 Day Challenge: Day 8

Hi everyone! Welcome to day 8 of the challenge. Today's nails are supposed to be inspired by a movie.

Up is one of my most favorite movies of all time so I thought it would be perfect for this challenge. These nails were inspired by the scene where Mr. Fredricksen and Russel are just taking off and they are in the sky.

 On the ring finger I have a ton of balloons and then on the middle and pinky finger, I have a little more balloons then the sky and some clouds. For the sky/clouds, I started off with one coat of Bettina Vintage Jean then sponged on some white. For the balloons, using a big dotting tool, I would dot a couple colors, then take a smaller dotting tool and drag the polish a little bit down so the shape would be more "balloon-ey". I did that about 2-3 times using different colors. Topped it all off with one coat of Pro-FX.

Thanks so much for reading and be sure to let me know what you think! :)

Be sure to check out Jessica's take on today's challenge!

• Sky: Base Color- Bettina Vintage Jean, Clouds- Wet N Wild White
• Balloons: Blue- Bettina Indigo, Yellow- Bettina Art Deco Yellow, Orange- OPI Bet It All On OPI, Purple- Zoya Kieko, Green- OPI Jade Is The New Black, Red- Bettina #156

(**Bettina products sent for review**)

Readers Request: Fall Mani + Rising Star

Hi again(: Today's mani is another reader's request. She asked for a fall mani using gold and orange. What better way to combine colors than a gradient! :)

Wow. That was a lot of photo's. Ok. So I have been meaning to swatch Rising Star for the longest time but I never got around to it because gold doesn't look that great on me :/ But when this request came along, I thought it was the perfect opportunity. Rising Star is a gorgeous orange based gold. Very "warm". It's a foil. This was surprisingly opaque so I only needed two thin coats. Dry time was fast.

For the manicure, I started off with two coats of Rising Star, sponged on three coats of Take The Stage! (I posted two photos of what that combo looked like) and then very lightly sponged on one or two coats (I can't remember) of The Show Must Go On!.

Anyway, thanks so much for reading and be sure to let me know what you think! And if you have any requests, let me know! :)

• Base Color: OPI Rising Star
• Second Sponged Color: OPI Take The Stage!
• Third (Last) Sponged Color: OPI The Show Must Go On! 

Halloween Nail Art Series: Witch Nails

This is my take on witch inspired nails(:

Alright so there is a lot going on here. The rainbow background is supposed to represent a witches brew, which is filled with a bunch of random things. Hence, the different colors. And just for fun I added some glitter. Afterwards, I just stamped on a little witch hat(: Even though these are super strange, I couldn't be more happy with the way they turned out! :)

I started off with two coats of Zoya Shawn and then sponged on Who The Shrek Are You and Bettina #27 on opposite sides. Then I added blue to the corner of the purple, and orange to the corners of the green. Afterwards I added a thin coat of a green glitter by Sinful Colors. 

In other news, this is the last entry in my Halloween series 2011 :( I'll have a recap post later this week so you can see all the manicures included in this series in one place. I had a blast working on this fun series and hopefully you all liked it :) Oh, and I did do a traditional Halloween gradient but it turned out kind of... bad, so I don't think you guys want to see it, haha. But if you do just let me know!

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

• Base Color: Zoya Shawn
• Sponge Colors: Blue- OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui, green- OPI Who The Shrek Are You?, purple- Bettina #27, orange-Bettina Orange
• Glitter: Sinful Colors Call You Later
• Stamp Color: Konad Black Pearl
• Plate: BM209

(**Bettina products sent for review**)

Halloween Nail Art Series: Creepy Vines

I saw (THIS) look by Rebecca Likes Nails the other day and I just knew I had to recreate it.

Ok, so I started off with with black nails and then sponged on green. Afterwards I stamped on some vines. I think this turned out great! I wish there was a bit more green, but I love the "creepy" effect.

Thanks so much for reading and be sure to let me know what you think! :)

• Base Color: Wet 'N' Wild Black Creme
• Green/Sponge Color: OPI Who The Shrek Are You?
• Stamp Color: Konad Black Pearl
• Plate: BM224

Halloween Nail Art Series: Ghost Nails

Hi! So I have about 4 more Halloween manicures on my list so hopefully I will be able to do them all this week. As for today's nails, a Halloween series wouldn't be complete without ghost nails! :)

Ok, so today's ghost nails are pretty simple, haha. I wasn't feeling that creative today :( But, to add some depth and just because I love sponging, I sponged on a little bit of a blue and a little bit of a sheer silver. It's a little bit hard to see though.... oh well :P

Anyway, thank you so much for reading and be sure to let me know what you think! :)

• Base Color: Zoya Kelly
• Sponged Colors: Blue, Bettina Indigo, silver shimmer, Sinful Colors Out Of This World
• Stamp Color: Sally Hansen Silver Sweep
• Plate: BM223

(**Bettina products sent for review**)

Halloween Nail Art Series: Haunted House Nails

Hi! Another Halloween manicure for you(: Ok, so these are supposed to be haunted house nails, but the house looks more like a church. Oh well, close enough :P

The original idea that I had in my head was an indigo base with some purple and glitter sponged on top to represent the sky and the stars, with a little green hill and the haunted house planted on top. Then I realized my nails are too tiny for that, haha.

After that failed, I thought about it for a while and decided to sponge a "simple" version of my idea. So the purple is supposed to represent the night sky, and it blends into a green which is supposed to be the grass. It's a little bit difficult to see in the pictures but the house is much more visible IRL.

Anyways, thanks so much for reading and be sure to let me know what you think!

• Base Color: Bettina #27
• Green/Sponging: Zoya Shawn 
• Stamp Color: Konad Black Pearl
• Plate: BM224

(**Bettina products sent for review**)

I did a guest post over at The Manicured Monkey!

Hi! Just wanted to let everyone know that I did a guest post for Kristen over at The Manicured Monkey. If you haven't checked out that blog yet, definitely do! Kristen has awesome stamping skills and takes great swatch photos(: Click the picture to be redirected to the blog post.

Thanks for reading!

Halloween Nail Art Series: Pumpkin Nails

Hi!! Today is the very first day of my Halloween Nail Art Series, or HNAS, haha. I decided to start things off with something really simple and something that screams Halloween. Pumpkins.

I think these turned out super cute(: I started off with 2 coats of Bettina Orange (darn it! My Bettina's are supposed to be on vacation! Oh well :P ), then sponged a little bit of Tanzy to the tips just to add a little sparkle... that and I am kind of obsessed with sponging. I then stamped this super cute little pumpkin with vines (?) on top afterwards. To add some shine I topped everything off with one coat of Pro-FX Top Coat.

So, what do you think?? :)

• Base Color: Bettina Orange
• Sponge Color/Shimmery Orange: Zoya Tanzy
• Stamp Color: Konad Black Pearl
• Plate: BM224

(**Bettina products sent for review**)