Sparkly Neon Zebra Leopard Gradient Awesomeness

Hiya!

I love these nails SO MUCH. The title of this post comes from the ridiculously long file name I gave these when saving to my computer :D

I did a variation of this on a nail wheel a long time ago, but wanted to stick with a more similar colour scheme. I am sorry to report that these photos don't do this justice at all--the neon is so bright in real life. But click the jump to see more!

EDC-Inspired Water Marble with Butterflies

Hello my beauties! And welcome to all my new viewers! I seem to have a recent jump in pageviews--I hope you like it here :) (I just miiiiight be doing a giveaway soon, so spread the word!)

For now, I want to show you some funky nails inspired by a really cool outfit my friend made for EDC this year!

Happy "Good Time To Be In North America" Week!

Hiya! Happy Canada Day & Happy July 4th! The USA and Canada are so close together, and so are their big celebration days, so I decided to combine them into one fabulous red, white, and blue manicure:

Outdoors in shade

Nina Star Bright & Striping Tape Bow: An Impractical Yet Adorable Mani

Hola, mis dulcitos! :3 Who's ready for a mani that's pink and girly and entirely impractical to wear whilst doing anything, but is super cute?

Nail Wheels for Art Show [pic-heavy!]

Hiya! Today's post will be a first for this blog, and I'm pretty excited about it! But first... *tosses hair* notice anything different? Hehe :) I've been playing with the blog layout and background. I love the blue glitter, and I think the lighter body colour in here will make the pics look better. What do you think?

Okay... *deep breath* here goes!
Last November, the office where I worked held an art show/craft fair. Quite a few of us have artistic hobbies--one lady makes scarves, another does jewellery and metalwork, one of my friends makes the most beautiful soaps, lotions, body products, etc, and yet another friend paints on canvas. There are so many talented people there and it was so much fun!

My contribution was designing some sets of false nails (and sold four of them!), but I also made these nail wheels just for display, and I've wanted to show them to you for a while:

This is a REALLY picture-heavy post (I'm talking like, 15 in total) ... so the rest are after the jump!

Nina's Funky Gradient + Black & White Glitter

Hello hello! I found a brand I had never tried before (although I'm certainly familiar with it) at Sally's not long ago: Nina Ultra Pro! These are nice polishes--good pigmentation, nice formula, the flat-yet-rounded brush that makes painting really easy. I dig 'em! The shades I picked up were Violet It Ride and Cobalt, but I think I'll try to grab more of them soon.

As soon as I brought them home, I thought they'd look great in a gradient manicure with some black and white glitter added, so that's exactly what I did!

preeeeeeeeeeeeeetty

I painted on one coat of Violet It Ride, then applied the two colours side by side on a makeup sponge to create the gradient. It didn't take much for this one to be opaque, but Cobalt is quite sheer and took several thin coats. I ended up painting the very tips with it, because I wanted the transition to blue to be complete and not just purple all the way up--although that middle shade with the two combined is fabulous, isn't it?

Violet It Ride on its own, because, reasons. I love this shade.

The black and white glitter is actually from Sally Hansen! I love that they've jumped aboard what the indie brands started. It's called Strobe Flash, and it's part of their Limited Edition Fall 2013 Xtreme Wear Collection. No, you do not have to say that five times fast! This fall collection is full of fun glitters--some white + another colour, some more traditional metallic glitters in various shades--in a clear base. 

This one is packed with glitters, but the base is a bit thin, so you'll need a couple of coats. On the plus side, the thin base + their nice clear-bristled brushes makes it very easy to pick out the larger pieces and place them where you like.

Topped it all with Seche Vite.

without flash. Looks ever so slightly more pink and less violet in this photo. The topcoat is so squishy-looking!

... I just liked this pic, idk

WARNING, grossness below if you don't like feet. I absolutely hate them >.< but I loved this mani so much I did a matching pedicure, and wanted to show them off together. Feel free to close the window now if you don't want to see it! Otherwise, click the jump...