Sponged Leopard

Hi! So I wanted to do something colorful and fun today :) I think I saw this over on Chalk Board Nails but I'm not sure... But yea, I remember seeing this somewhere and I thought it would be to try and replicate :)

I started off with one thin coat of Bettina Clouds, and then using a cosmetic sponge I sponged on the different colors. Afterwards I stamped a leopard print using a white polish.

I don't think this turned out that great but I still like it :)

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

• Base Color: Bettina Clouds
• Sponged Colors: Pink- Bettina #4, Green/Blue- Bettina Ocean, Purple- OPI Planks-A-Lot, Blue- Sally Hansen Blue Me Away
• Stamp Color: Luv My Nails White
• Plate: BM221

(**Bettina products sent for consideration**)

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**)

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**)

10 Day Challenge: Day 6

Hi everyone! I have some really exciting news! I have officially reached 400 followers! :D Thanks everyone! You guys rawk! In other news, something really sad happened yesterday. My nail broke. I was walking around and noticed that my nail seemed really square. I then realized it had been snapped!! Then, being the stupid person I am, I fiddled with it resulting in a really ugly nubbin. Despite my nubbin, I hope you enjoy my take on today's challenge :)

I don't know if anybody else noticed Ashley Bensons awesome nails in the September issue of Seventeen Magazine. I have been wanting to recreate them for the longest time but never got around to it. I figured now was the perfect opportunity.

I started off painting one half of the nail red, and the other half white. Then I stamped a fish scale (?) image off a Bundle Monster french tip plate. I stamped a different image on the other half. Afterwards I added little red polka dots on one half. Topped it all of with one coat of Pro-FX. Afterwards I noticed that on my red side, the "design" was black instead of red. Ashley's were red instead of black. Oh well, I don't have a stamp-able red anyway :P And on top of that, I ran out of my usual black so I had to use my backup one which isn't that opaque :/

Here is a pic of the nails:

Overall, even though they didn't turn out exactly the same, I think they look decent(: What about you??

Be sure to check out Jessica's take on celebrity nails

• Red: OPI Red My Fortune Cookie
• White: Wet N Wild White 
• Stamp Color: Bettina Secret
• Red Side Plate: BM217
• White Side Plate: BM208

(**Bettina product sent for review**)

Halloween Nail Art Series: Candy Corn Bats!

Hi everyone! Another halloween post for you(:

So this was inspired by (THIS) post by Amy from I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous(: Hahha, well not much to say... I started out with striping each color horizontally and then stamped cute bats on it afterwards.

Anyways, thanks so much for reading! Be sure to let me know what you think:)

• White: Luv My Nails White
• Yellow: Bettina Yellow
• Orange: Bettina Orange
• Stamp Color: Konad Black Pearl
• Plate: BM213

(**Bettina products sent for review**)

I Seriously Suck At Nail Art

Ever wonder why I never show free hand nail art on my blog?? Well, it's because I suck at it. Seriously, I am REALLY bad, here's proof:

AHHH!!! MY EYES, MY EYES!! My camera didn't even like it! If you click to enlarge, it's super blurry! I discovered this awesome blog the other day, Beauty by Kayla Shevonne, and I saw this tutorial she did, it looked really easy so I felt like I could do it. NOPE, I couldn't, my branches were way to fat and that caused my flowers to look weird. I actually think the flowers were pretty good, except the branches caused me to make them tiny and weird. I mean, I have a nail art brush and everything, except somehow my branches STILL turned out fat! WTH? One more thing... if your wondering what the heck it's supposed to be... it's supposed to be cherry blossoms...

But if I had to choose... my favorite would have to be my index finger.

Are you good at nail art?

• Base Color: Orly Green With Envy
• Branches: Wet N Wild Black Creme
• Flowers: Luv My Nails White and OPI Dim Sum Plum (mixed with white)

Candy Cane Nails

 Hi everyone :) Yesterday I decided to paint my nails in a candy cane design. Not sure how I feel about these yet...

The thumb is my favorite :)

So ya, not sure how I feel about it... also, I know the tape job isn't very good, but it was my first time :)

I think the thumb turned out the best. Also, if my nails were a 'lil but longer (like my thumb) I think it would have turned out better, what do you think??

• Base Color: Love My Nails White
• Stripe Color: OPI Red My Fortune Cookie
• Glitter: Finger Paints Sparkle Topcoat

Winter Manicure

 Hey everybody :) Today I did my friends nails using the same image as the last mani I posted (You can read that one here). This, I think, is the winter version, anyway, I really liked the way it turned out. Also, sorry about the bad picture, it is too wet to take the picture outside and I have really bad lighting in my room... here is what it looks like:

Again, sorry about the bad picture. Well, thats pretty much it for today, thanks so much for stopping by :)

• Base Color: Sally Hansen Celeb City
• Stamp Color: I Love My Nails White
• IP: M65