Gelish Year of the Horse 2014
I’m a little late, but we’re now in The Year of the Horse according to the Chinese zodiac. The Year of the Horse started January 31, 2014 (the Lunar New Year) and runs through February 18, 2015. Last...
View ArticleRainbow Foil Nails with Gel Polish
I’ve been wanting to play with nail art transfer foils again for a while. I’ve only used them one other time, you can see that mani here. I had an idea in my head of a rainbow pattern with foils,...
View ArticleMessy Mansion Stamping: Coy Fish & Water Nails
affiliate linkspress sample This is another mani that I created using a Messy Mansion stamping plate. Plate MM29 has some awesome aquatic imagery including a coy fish, seahorse, mermaid and various...
View ArticleGelish Day Dream Confetti – Limited Edition
I happened to get my hands on a bottle of a limited edition Gelish polish called Day Dream Confetti. It’s a flakie topper and was exclusively for sale for a limited time at Cosmoprof stores (which is...
View Article3D Textured Diamond Plate Nails
affiliate linkspurchased by me I’ve seen some really cool 3D textured nails popping up on Instagram and Pinterest, so I decided to experiment to see if I could create a textured look using just...
View ArticleChina Glaze Gelaze Flying Dragon Swatch
affiliate linkspurchased by me Sally Beauty Supply had a Buy-One, Get-One Free (BOGO) coupon this week, and I took advantage of it and picked up some of the new China Glaze gel polishes called Gelaze....
View ArticleIbd Just Gel – Precious Peridot Swatch
affiliate linkspurchased by me I just bought 15 new ibd Just Gel polishes, the 8 Gelaze colors that I showed in my last post and a few Fingerpaints, so there are lots of swatches coming soon! This is a...
View ArticleBlack and Red Gothic Nails with Cross & Gelaze Liquid Leather Swatch
affiliate linkspurchased by me I picked up these cross studs from the Born Pretty Store and I’ve been trying to decide what to do with them. I was inspired by Candy Coated Talons to use red foils over...
View ArticleSt. Patrick’s Day Nail Art 2014
affiliate linkspurchased by me I’m getting in the spirit for St. Patrick’s Day with this festive nail art. I purchased some shamrock nail art stickers from Etsy last year and have kept them on hand...
View ArticleGelish Trends: Too Tough To Be Sweet & Feel Me On Your Fingertips Swatches
I’m almost done swatching all of the Gelish Trends – only one more to go after today! You can view all of my other ones over on my Gelish swatch gallery page. The first one shown here is Feel Me On...
View ArticleGelish Trends Life of the Party Swatch & Collection Overview
Gelish Trends Life of the Party is the last color from the collection that I have to show you. This one is a gorgeous glittery red that reminds me of the ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz! I think...
View ArticleUsing Acrygel for Added Strength & Nail Repairs
Everyone that uses gel polish needs to know about the “acrygel” technique. Acrygel is a combination of the words acrylic and gel. It’s a method for adding strength to your nails using acrylic powder...
View ArticlePeach Swatches: ibd Sundance, Gelaze Peachy Keen & Gelaze Flip Flop Fantasy
affiliate linkspurchased by me I don’t know about you, but I’m getting really excited for spring and summer colors. I love to wear bright, fun colors on my nails. I recently purchased a bunch of new...
View ArticleZig Zag & Polka Dot Mani
affiliate linkspurchased by me This is the mani that I’ve been wearing this week. I love that it feels bright and spring-y. I picked out these three colors as I thought they’d look nice together, sat...
View ArticleGelaze Awakening, ibd Tabloid Talk, Ink Berry Funk
affiliate linkspurchased by me I have swatches from three different brands today. I laid out all of the colors that I own that need to be swatched and put them into color groupings. These are the...
View ArticleDark Pink Swatches: Gelaze 108 Degrees, Gelaze Purple Panic & FingerPaints...
affiliate linkspurchased by me Hi everyone! I have several new shades of pink to swatch so I’m breaking them down into three groups; light, medium and dark. Today I have the darker shades to share with...
View ArticleSpring Floral Stamped Nails & ACG Flawless Swatch
affiliate linkspurchased by me I’m soooo eager for spring, I can’t help playing with spring colors even though it’s still snowing here. This mani may look a bit complicated, but it’s really just a few...
View ArticleLight Pink Gel Polish Swatches
affiliate linkspurchased by me Hi everyone. I’m working through all of my untried polishes to get them swatched, and today I have some light pinks to show you. Pinks and mauves are known to have...
View ArticleBeauty Blogazons Spring Giveaway – $500 Prize!!
The Beauty Blogazons, a group of beauty, fashion and lifestyle bloggers have connected again to give away $500 of cold hard cash to get you ready for the Spring! Will you do a major beauty haul? Pick...
View ArticleSoft Pink Rose Nail Art Using Decals
affiliate linkspurchased by me Swatching all of those light pinks the other day inspired me to do a girly design for my weekly mani. I bought some rose water decals from the Born Pretty Store a while...
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