Very Simple Striped Nail Art

Hi, everyone!  I just wanted to share with you all my newest nail design,

So super simple and awesome!  I have a whole video on how I did this, so check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggY3uZuArIM thanks for checking in!

Monthly Nails + Pick of the Month - June

Hi, everyone!  Well, the year is half way over!  I really can't believe it went by that fast, but, that means it's time for another "Monthly Nails"!  This time I have four different polishes to show!  So, lets get started...

The first is Essie "Play Date".  It was a really pretty color.  It took two coats to make it opaque, but it wasn't very streaky.  Nice wearing time and a good polish overall.

The next one is a Revlon Scented polish (not much of a scent) in "Mad About Mango".  I thought it was pretty good.  I'm not sure if this was two coats or one.  I think it was pretty similar to the regular line of nail polishes Revlon has, just a very slight scent of mango which kind of disappears after the top coat.

This one is Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in "Mint Sprint".  I'm not a big fan of this line of nail polishes.  I usually enjoy Sally Hansen nail polishes, but the Insta-Dri formula dosen't work great.  The color was pretty and not too terribly streaky, but it did not last long on the nails before chipping.

The last one is Covergirl Outlast Stay Brilliant in "Peaches and Cream".  These polishes are supposed to be used without a top coat, which I thought was kind of neat and time saving.  However, I had a problem with it taking a very long time to dry, so I got a few smudges before it completely hardened.  While the color was very pretty, I didn't think the nail polish worked very well.  It went on very streaky, and even after two coats it was very hard to even out.  It started chipping fairly quickly, too.

So... for the Pick of the Month, it goes to... Essie "Play Date".  I really enjoyed the color, and the nail polish worked fairly well.

I hope you all enjoyed this long post and please don't forget to leave a comment telling me your thoughts!  As always, don't forget to follow my blog for more updates!

Turquoise Stone Nails

Hi, everyone!  Sorry for the big gap in posts here, but this has been my first nail design since last month.  I recently saw missjenfabulous nail tutorial on turquoise stone nails (click here to watch her tutorial), and had to try it myself.  It took me forever to do this (maybe more than an hour), but I thought the result was really nice.  However, just be warned it got really messy (add on about another 15 or 20 minutes for clean up).  It really wasn't that difficult, though.  Anyway, here it is...

I got a little fancy with the pictures :) Let me know what you think of it and if you'll try it sometime!

Monthly Nails + Pick of the Month - May

Hi, everyone!  It's time again for Monthly Nails!  May was an awesome month for nail polish - lots of great finds!  But I feel like this is going to be kind of boring...

Other than my two designs I did this month, the plain nails were both pink - almost the exact same shade, too!  This one is Zoya "Lara"... really great nail polish, as well as the next one.  It was opaque, so I only needed one coat for this.  It didn't last a very long time on my nails, but it wasn't awful, either.

This one is OPI "Kiss Me on My Tulips"... yes both of these look almost exactly the same, a hot pink, and applied and lasted the same, too.  It was also opaque (only one coat) and the lasting time was about the same as the Zoya polish.  This one might be a little more deeper, maybe more magenta, but on the nails it would be hard to tell.  They're both really pretty, and almost exactly alike, so there's no pick this month!

Simple Flower Nail Art

Hi, everyone!  I recently did a video on this really cute, simple flower nail design and I thought I'd share it on my blog, too.

It's perfect for spring/summer and really easy to do!  Here's my video on how to do it.. flower nail art  The colors go so well together!  I hope you enjoyed!

Feathered Nail Art

Hi, everyone!  Going blog crazy - aren't I?  I painted my nails a few days ago with this feathered nail polish by Nails Inc. and it turned out amazing!

The picture makes it look a lot less vibrant than it is.  It's a beautiful minty nail polish (Essie's "Turquoise and Caicos:) with the Nails Inc. feathered nail polish on top (in the shade "Brighton").  It reminds me a little of a robin's egg.  One of my new favorite designs for sure :) This is definitely an easy one too.  Hope you enjoyed and will try this yourself.

Glitter Design

Hi, everyone!  So, last weekend I was shopping and I saw a picture in Sephora of these nails with glitter near the cuticles... and I thought, why not? :)

I kind of liked it.  I think it might be better if the glitter kind of "rained" down the nail (without such a sharp edge like I did).  Not my favorite, but it gave me a new idea, so maybe I'll try something similar again.