Twinsie Tuesday: Fandom

Hey guys!

I've got some exciting news to share with you all today! The wonderful girls of Twinsie Tuesday have been kind enough to invite me to join their group. I'm super excited because all of the girls are so sweet and they have some really great prompts to get my gears turning again ;) 

Twinsie Tuesday is a group of lovely ladies (linked below) that post a new manicure every Tuesday following a given prompt. I think this is such a great idea and I'm so pumped to see everyones manicures every week! 

The prompt this week is Fandom. Fandom is basically something that you are a super fan of. It can be a book, hobby, movie, tv show, basically anything that you're crazy about. For me it's a television series, Pretty Little Liars. I'm absolutely obsessed with this show! My best friend and I get together every week to watch it, I don't know what I'm going to do when it's over! 

Ready to see what I created?

I started off with a base of WetnWild Black Creme. Then I used the dry brush technique to add OPI Push & Shove and Color Club Beyond. I went over it with some more WetnWild Black Creme to tone down the strokes. Then I added a coat of NYC Matte Me Crazy to give this part a flat finish. When that was dry I took Dior Marilyn and a straw and splattered it all over my nails. I cleaned up the splatter and added my red accents using some red acrylic paint. No top coat for this one because I wanted the matte and shiny part to really contrast. 

Love the messy, bloody look to these nails, they make me think of PLL which is never a bad thing ;) 

What are all of you guys crazy about? Tv show? Movie? Hobby? Let me know in the comments!

Don't forget to check out all of the other Twinsies!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amanda at Fashion Footing 

Amber at Nails Like Lace 

Bridget at A Painted Nail 

Chelsea at Nailed Blog 

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi 

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer 

Kristine at Pink and Polished Nails 

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished 

​Lisa at The Polish Playground 

Marisa at Polish Obsession 

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les 

Savannah at Addicted to Polish 

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Thanks loves :) 

Christmas Eve Dots

It's Christmas Eve! 

I really just love Christmastime, the excitement, the mystery, the friends and family. Sure it's stressful but when it comes down to it, it's always a holiday to remember. It's a little bit crazy here so I'm going to keep this post short and sweet ;) 

I started off with a base of OPI Bubble Bath. Then I took a few different dotting tools and created the dots with China Glaze Just Be-Claws, China Glaze Con-Fused?, Maybelline Color Show Bold Gold, and Sally Hansen Silver Sweep. I sealed it in with Essie Good To Go and that's it. 

Ahh, nothing better then a simple dotticure. I love designs like this because you can create them in so little time so they're great when your rushing around for the holidays and still want to make sure your nails are looking fabulous. 

What are you wearing on your nails for Christmas Eve?

Thanks loves :) 

A pre-Thanksgiving water marble

Happy Wednesday before Thanksgiving loves!

I hope you are enjoying today, it's snowing here and aside from running around like crazy I'm totally loving it! Yeah I know I'm one of those weird people that love the snow LOL. Never know how much we're going to get though, Massachusetts is so unpredictable.

But anyways, I've done a lovely pre-Thanksgiving water marble manicure to share with you guys today. I made sure to pray hard to the water marbling gods and they answered! They did confine me to two colors though, I tried to add gold and they were like "Hey Kristine! Stop pushing it or you can f*ck off!" ;) Want to check out what I managed to do?

Alright, I started off with a base of OPI You Don't Know Jacques! on all of my nails. Then I taped them off and created the water marble using OPI You Don't Know Jacques! and Color Club Cosmic Fate. I removed the tape, cleaned up, and applied Essie Good To Go to finish it off. 

I don't know about you guys but I'm so loving tone on tone, or close to tone on tone manicures lately. Especially with neutral colors like these. So fall appropriate but they still have so much visual interest. And I mean holo... come on do I have to say more? <3 

If you're celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow don't forget to do some stomach excercises today! And by that I mean eat, eat, eat! Have to make sure you've got ample room to fill up with turkey ;) 

Talk to you guys soon!
Thanks so much loves :) 

Bloody Halloween

Happy Wednesday!!

How are you guys doing today? I'm kind of moping around, I seem to be getting another cold... thanks to my boyfriend! He always says its allergies.... LIAR -_- Lol!! But I'm chugging orange juice and honey like it's going out of style so maybe I can stop it ;) Hopefully anyways!

But let's get to the real reason you guys are here... nails! I've been doing some more cutesy Halloween designs lately but I think it's time for something a bit more gory don't ya think? So how about some blood splatter nails?!

I started this design off with Essie Blanc. When it dried I used OPI Big Apple Red and a straw to create the blood splatters. I cleaned up and sealed everything in with Essie Good To Go and that was it!

What do you think?! I was pleasantly surprised at how easy these were to create, they took me about 30 minutes from start to finish and the final result is just SO cool! I definitely have to try this in some other color combinations, any suggestions??

Thanks loves! :) 

31DC2014 Day 31: Honor Nails You Love

I had big dreams starting this challenge, dreams of finishing this challenge on time and with designs that I'm really proud of. I wasn't sure that it would be realistic, this month has been so incredibly busy for me, working two jobs, opening up my indie polish store, and doing this challenge. But some way or another I finally made it and I can honestly say that I'm so proud of my designs! And I'm so happy that you all stuck it out with me and I hope that you liked what I came up with! It's been a trip, a long one at that, but it's been so fun, it's challenged my nail art skills and it's made me a better artist!

Aww mushy stuffs X)

Anyways let's get on to why you guys are really here... NAILS! The last prompt of the 31 Day Challenge 2014 is Honor Nails You Love. I knew exactly what I was going to do before I even started this challenge. Sarah from Chalkboard Nails has always been an inspiration to me. Her blog is actually the very first nail art blog I ever found and she is the reason that I decided to start blogging. Everything that she does is flawless, and I'm not just saying that, go check her out and you'll see what I mean! And not only is she a talented artist, she's also one of the nicest people I have ever "met" (hypothetically speaking anyways ;)) I've got to say she actually followed me the other day on Instagram and I did the biggest happy dance ever! Among many of the awesome designs she does, she did a distressed nail art look (with tutorial) that I've been drooling over forever! So I decided to recreate it, with a few different colors, for this prompt! 

I started off with a base of Essie Blanc. When it was dry I followed her tutorial to create the distressed look with Lime Crime Lavendairy, China Glaze Too Yacht To Handle, OPI Push & Pur-Pull, and Wet n Wild Black Creme. I sealed everything in with some Essie Good To Go and that was it!

I'm so happy I chose this design to recreate because I am in love! It just looks so fun and punk-ish.... I almost even feel like a bad-ass.... almost ;) 

But for real guys I recommend you checking out Sarah over at Chalkboard Nails if you haven't yet, you won't be disappointed!!

It's your turn now! Post a link to your 31DC2014 day 31 nails in the comments so I can check them out!

Thanks loves :) 

31DC2014 Day 28: Inspired By A Flag

Ahoy!!!

The prompt for today's 31 Day Challenge 2014 is Inspired By A Flag. I was going to do the American flag but looking back on my manicures I've done at least two American flag manicures so I really wanted to change it up this time so......... PIRATE FLAG! I can't believe I never thought of doing this before, I love pirates and pirate flags! Want to see what I came up with? Keep on reading then :)

I started with a base of Essie Blanc on my pointer nail, Maybelline Color Show Bold Gold on my middle, Wet n Wild Black Creme on my ring, and OPI You Don't Know Jacques! on my pinky. On my pointer I used OPI Big Apple Red for the stripes and then I took Zoya 18K and E.L.F Gold Star to create the "gold" on my middle. I painted the skull flag on my ring using white and light grey acrylic paint and finally I painted the peg leg wood pattern with NYC Royal Chick. I sealed everything in with a generous layer of Essie Good To Go and that was it!

Love, love, love this! The only thing that I don't like is that my pirate skull looks a bit too happy... ;) LOL But really, I need to do more pirate themed manicures, it's just too much fun! 

But now it's your turn! Post a link to your 31DC2014 Inspired By A Flag nails in the comments so I can see!! 

Thanks loves :) 

31DC2014 Day 24: Inspired By A Book

A told B, and B told C, "I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree!"

Okay guys, day 24 of the 31 Day Challenge 2014 is inspired by a book. The book I chose is my all tie favorite children's book, "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom". It doesn't matter that I'm 23 now, if I see this book you better believe I'm going to read it!! ;) LOL I chose to create another stylized interpretation of the book cover, ready to take a look?

I started with a base of China Glaze Escaping Reality on my pinky, OPI Hi! Pumpkin on my ring and middle, and a half and half combo of both colors on my index. When they all dried, I created the dots on the pink parts with a large dotting tool and some orange acrylic paint. I created the palm tree leaves and coconut with green and brown acrylic paint and finally I sealed it all in with Essie Good To Go and that's it :) 

Love love love this! It may be simple, but it reminds me of my favorite book and that will always put a smile on my face! What do you guys think?

It's your turn now! Post a link to your 31DC2014 day 24: inspired by a book nails in the comments so I can see! 

Thanks loves :) 

31DC2014 Day22: Inspired By A Song

Happy Monday!! 

Not sure what's happy about it... Mondays suck!!!! But at least it means a new prompt for the 31 Day Challenge 2014: Inspired By A Song. 

I don't know if many of you know but I'm a huge country girl, I love me my country music! So today's nails are inspired by a country song of course ;) And the song is "Leave the Night On" by Sam Hunt. This song is my obsession right now and it meant I could do a night sky gradient! I've been itching to do a night sky gradient forever and now I can finally say I've done it ;) 

Want to know how I did it?

I started off with a base of Essie Blanc. When it was dry I created the gradient using Wet n Wild Black Creme, The Little LacquerBean Blue Ribbon Baby, and OPI Push & Pur-Pull. I added in some silhouette mountains with black acrylic paint, some stars with white acrylic paint, and a good coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust on everything but the mountains. I sealed it all in with some Essie Good To Go and that's it! 

I've never done a night sky gradient before but I have to say I'm happy with the way that these turned out! I definitely want to revisit this technique so be on the look out for some more night sky nails in the future!! 

Okay guys I want to see your Inspired By A Song nails! Post a link in the comments so I can see them!! 

Thanks loves :) 

31DC2014 Day 9: Rainbow Nails

It's day 9 of the 31 Day Challenge 2014 and the theme is RAINBOW!!!!

I'm so pumped, I love doing rainbow nails! I know you guys don't see many on my blog but trust me, combining all those colors just makes me all happy inside :) 

Ready to see what I came up with???

I started by painting on the red section with a small nail art brush and OPI Big Apple Red. Then I followed the line and created the rest using OPI Juice Bar Hopping, OPI Candlelight, OPI You Are So Outta Lime!, Nina Ultra Pro Blue Blaze, and OPI Push & Pur-Pull. Once all of the lines were created I top coated with a super secret special holographic topcoat... hint, it's mine and it's part of my soon to be released Halloween collection and it may or may not glow in the dark ;) After that I sealed everything in with a generous coat of Essie Good To Go! 

So how about that holographic top coat?! It may be my favorite from my Halloween collection from my brand The Little LacquerBean! Keep an eye out for the release date, it's coming up soon! But for now feel free to check out the store and check out my Welcome To The Country Fair Collection and my variety of nail vinyls HERE! 

But I'm super loving on these nails and I'm so heartbroken that I will have to take them off in just a few short hours!! I guess I have to have fun with them while I can! ;) 

Okay guys it's your turn! Post the link to your 31dc2014 rainbow nails in the comments so I can see!

Thanks loves :) 

31DC2014 Day 8: Metallic Nails

Well it's day 8 of the 31 Day Challenge 2014 and you guys know what that means... time for some metallic nails!! 

I was super excited for this day because I had such a fun manicure in mind, and it actually came out somewhat how I planned ;) 

I knew right away that I wanted to test out some of my The Little LacquerBean nail vinyls and combine them with a shiny, rainbow-esque design. So check out what I came up with!

I started off with a base of OPI Push & Shove on all of my nails. When my base was dry I placed some TLLB wave nail vinyls (You can buy them HERE) on each nail. I painted over each nail with Sally Hansen Cobalt Chrome, SH Minted Metal, SH Liquid Gold, and Essie Penny Talk. I removed the vinyls and topped everything off with some Essie Good To Go and my design was finished. 

I just love the subtle rainbow finish to these and they were SO SHINY! If you know me you know I can't resist anything shiny! Yeah I'm one of those simple people ;) And that's just perfectly fine by me! 

Okay it's your turn! Post a link to your metallic nails in the comments so I can see them!!!

Thanks loves :) 

31DC2014 Day 4: Green

What do you think of when you think of green? Limes? Grapes? Leaves? Clovers or watermelons?

Me? The first thing that always comes to my mind is luscious green grass. And that's exactly what I did for day three of the 31DC2014, green grass, with flowers of course!

Now, there's actually quite a few green polishes used here but you can't really tell! I started off with a base of Blackheart Beauty Jealous Type. When it was dry I used OPI You Are So Outta Lime!, China Glaze Con-Fused?, China Glaze Running In Circles, Maybelline Color Show Tenacious Teal and a small nail art brush to add tiny vertical dashes all over the nails until I filled them completely. I sandwiched all it in with another thin coat of Blackheart Beauty Jealous Type so you could just see bits and pieces poking through. Then I took white acrylic paint and Lime Crime Crema De Limon to create the daisies on top. I sealed it all in with some Essie Good To Go and the design was finished. 

I can almost smell that fresh cut grass when I look at these nails! And I'm really happy with how the base turned out. 

Okay it's your turn! Post the link to your post for the 31DC2014 Day 4: green in the comments!

Thanks loves :) 

31DC2014 Day 3: Yellow

Woah.

I mean am I the only one surprised I've made it this far? LOL I kid now but for real this is going to be a struggle. Once the easy color ones are out of the way it's just going to get more difficult to keep up.

So let's enjoy it while it's easy! Day three of the 31DC2014 is yellow. I have to confess, I don't really love yellow nails, I don't know what it is really but yellow polish just really isn't my thing. But that's what this challenge is about right? Venturing out of your comfort zone :) 

I started off this design with Color Club Look, Don't Tusk. When it dried I free handed thick yellow stripes with Lime Crime Crema De Limon. Then I used a small nail art brush and OPI You're So Flippy Floppy and added in the squares where the yellow lines crossed. I finished off the design with a generous coat of Essie Good To Go. 

Surprisingly I didn't hate these as much as I thought I was going to. I *almost* even like this yellow look! Almost... don't get too excited ;) LOL

Post your links to your posts for the 31DC2014 yellow theme in the comments!

Thanks loves :)