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

Rainbow and Roses

Hi everyone! Quick post today! So exhausted... Long day today. I went walking for like a mile today with my friend, then walked a mile to get to the tennis courts, and then played three hours of tennis in the brutal heat. And then I had to make myself dinner, and now I am baking cookies. I can finally sit down! Going to eat my cookies, rest my feet, and enjoy an episode of Bunheads.

I was feeling fun today.. Not entirely crazy about it but I seriously need to post something :/

Anyway, enjoy, and I hope you all have a wonderful day/night xx

• Base Color: bettina clouds
• Colors: Pink- OPI Pink Friday, Green- OPI Did It On 'Em, Blue- OPI Fly
• Stamp Color: Konad Black
• Plate: M54

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NOTD: Tuesday!

Hi. The bad post title strikes again. Anywho, quick NOTD. Not much to say about it so I'm just going to get strait to the photo :)

I was planning on doing something with a little bit more effort but for some reason whenever I put this color on I love it so much I don't want to cover it up.

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

• Base Color: OPI Designer...De Better
• Stamp Color: Konad Black
• Plate: BM204

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**)

(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**)

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

NOTD: OPI Who The Shrek Are You?

Hi! Here is my mani that I have been wearing the past couple of days...

I sat down in my little "polish station" and for some reason Who The Shrek Are You really spoke to me. Anywho, this is two coats, but on my right hand (not pictured) I used three. Formula was better than I remember. The first coat was streaky but the second was fine. On my right hand I got bald spots so that's why I applied a third coat. Dry time was fast.

Thanks so much for reading! What are you wearing on your tips today??

Tribal Nails!

Hi everyone! So I finally got around to doing tribal nails! :)

I started off with two coats of Bettina Clouds, which is seriously the best white I have ever used. All of the whites I have tried in the past are nasty, streaky, and look like I painted my nails with white out.  The formula on Clouds is amazing and smooth...  It's a "real" white but it's... soft... like, not as stark. It's amazing and so pretty...

Afterwards I sponged on a bunch of different colors and then stamped on a fun polynesian-esque tribal print.

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

• Base Color: Bettina Clouds
• Sponged Colors: Orange- Bettina Art Deco Orange, Yellow- Bettina Art Deco Yellow, Navy- Bettina Indigo, Red- OPI Red My Fortune Cookie
• Stamp Color: Konad Black 
• Plate: BM221

(**Bettina products sent for review**)

Christmas Nail Art Series: Christmas NOTD

Hi everyone! Here is my Christmas mani! :)

I started off with two thin coats of OPI Designer de Better. A gorgeous silver foil with copper particles mixed in. It made it look sort of a rose gold color... very pretty. Formula was spot on and dry time was fast. 

Anyway, thank you so much for reading and let me know what your wearing on your tips this Christmas day!

Merry Christmas everyone!
xoxo

• Base Color: OPI Designer de Better
• Stamp Color: OPI Wocka Wocka
• Plate: BM205
• Ribbon: OPI Warm and Fozzie

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**)

NOTD: OPI Wocka Wocka+Excuse Moi!

Hi everyone! Quick NOTD, I am going to a Christmas party later and wanted something festive and glittery on my tips :)

Wocka Wocka is officially my new favorite red. The formula is so buttery smooth, it's seriously opaque, and dry time is fast! WW is your perfect "glowy" red. It has very fine micro shimmer. This is two thin coats. 

Afterwards I layered two coats of Excuse Moi! on top. A gorgeous pink glitter 

Just for fun I added a Santa belly on my thumb. It is kind of sloppy but I still like it! Thinking about doing a full manicure...

Anyway, I hope you like it and be sure to let me know what you think! 

• Base Color: OPI Wocka Wocka
• Glitter: OPI Excuse Moi!
• Santa Belly: OPI Wocka Wocka, Wet N Wild White, Wet N Wild Black, Sally Hansen Silver Sweep

Christmas Nail Art Series: Santa Hats

Hi everyone! Welcome to the first day of my Christmas series! But first of all, yes, I did cut down my nails again... But that's besides the point, anyway, I wanted to start off with something festive... Santa hats!! :) I saw (THIS) post on a blog and I knew I wanted to recreate it! :)

I started off with one thin coat of a glitter topcoat, then took a christmas red and free-handed little triangles (I used the actual polish brush). Then I took a big dotting tool and using a white polish I dotted the little puff ball on the top of that hat. Afterwards I took a small dotting tool and dotted the bottom puff strip on the hat.

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

• Base Color: Finger Paints Sparkle Top Coat
• Red: OPI Wocka Wocka!
• White: Bettina Clouds

(**Bettina product sent for review**)