Monthly Nails + Pick of the Month - February

Hi, everyone!  It's time for my monthly nails again.  I've only got two this month - both from the same brand :/.  I guess I did more nail designs than planned :)...

This one turned out much darker than expected!  It's e.l.f. "Party Purple".  Not the most stunning of all colors, but a nice deep, dramatic purple.













This one is a beautiful nude color.  It's again by e.l.f in the color "Nude".  I love the color - I haven't tried nude polishes like this much but I really like it!  My reaction to this brand is not too good, though.  Although I've only tried it out twice, e.l.f nail polishes did not turn out the best.  They went on the nail kind of patchy (do not attempt two coats, or it will look even more patchy - do one thick coat) and did not last long at all!  After one day there were several chips.  But I did not expect wonders with this brand - e.l.f. polishes run around $2 a piece.  Very pretty colors, though.

The pick of the month is not too hard for me... e.l.f. "Nude" is a perfect natural color.  It really sparked an interest in me for nude polishes like this.  I think it looks great - it makes your nails look better and "polished" but isn't something too bold - although it is fun to use bold, bright colors sometimes :) Hope you enjoyed!     

Valentines Hearts

Hi, everyone!  I'm back again with a Valentines nail design.  Really cute, and I thought I would share it with you all...

It turned out really adorable and girly! :) I used one of my favorite pearly-pink polishes (China glaze "Exceptionally Gifted") on all of my nails and then used a small dotting tool (a toothpick would work fine, too) and dotted some open hearts (with a lilac polish) randomly on my nails.  Hope you liked this!
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Also, an update from the last post - I mentioned on my last blog post "Winter Frost" that the design lasted "forever", I think I might know the trick.  I've been trying out a new base coat and top coat and the last two times I used it were with the Winter Frost design and this one - this design is holding up really good, too!  So I'm thinking I found the perfect base and top coats - we'll see.  I'll have to do a lot more experimenting first, though.  I will definitely give you an update on that in the future.   

Winter Frost

Hi, everyone!  I have a new winter design!  It's very simple and uses a technique which I love to do.

You could do this design with any colors you'd like, but I chose a purple-blue and a frosty pink.  It turned out really great and reminded me a lot of a snowy winter night.  I used a purple-blue to paint on all of my nails (China Glaze "Bizarre Purple"), then I used Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in "Champagne Toast" (a favorite) and cleaned off both sides of the brush on the side of the bottle and painted it roughly half way up my nail.  I used the pink again after the first coat's dry but didn't clean the brush off as well and painted it just on the tips.  I'm not sure whether it was the polish I used or that I just painted more on the tips of my nails, but this has lasted me forever without a chip!  You definitely need to try this one out!