Autumnal Ruffian

Happy Wednesday!

We made it halfway though the week and just think... we'll be preparing to eat turkey this time next week! If you celebrate it that is :) 

Any who, I've been digging through my untrieds and trying to incorporate them into some manis when I came across this gem! Vampires Suck from Enchanted Polish, like WTF why haven't I used this yet?! It is the most stunning chocolate brown holo, EVER! Expect to see this a lot more in the future ;) 

I started with a base of Enchanted Polish Vampires Suck and when it dried I applied some Half Moon Vinyls from Stick It! Nail Vinyls just below the cuticle. I painted over the space near my cuticle with Lime Crime Milky Ways, removed the vinyl, and sealed it all in with a layer of Seche Vite. No really, it's that easy! 

Now tell me you aren't swooning over this color?! If I could add a heart face emoji here there would be about 478392062 of them ;) 

What do you guys think?

Thanks loves! 

Houndstooth Vinyls

Hey guys!

I'm super excited to share these nails with you because I am SO happy with them!

I've never created a houndstooth design besides stamping it on my nails, the idea of houndstooth vinyls were so intriguing to me I couldn't wait to give them a shot and MAN do I love them! 

I want to note that these vinyls are brand new from Stick It! Nail Vinyls and not released yet but keep an eye on her Instagram because I think they will be releasing soon! Let's get this look started :) 

I started with a base of Color Club Cosmic Fate and applied the vinyls onto each nail. Then I painted over the vinyls with Mundo De Unas Brown. I peeled off the vinyl and created a triangle shape near my cuticle with China Glaze Mingle With Kringle and outlined it with Wet n Wild Black Creme. I sealed it all in with some Seche Vite and that was it! 

I really am so in love with these! Houndstooth is such a fun design and I wish I used it more often. This look makes me feel so Thanksgiving-ish and SO ready for some turkey! ;)

What do you guys think?

Thanks loves :) 

Harvest Spikes

Hi guys!

I've been crazy about fall-esque nail designs and I think this one is my favorite to date! Something about golds, browns, and nudes together just make me ant to get my sweater and boots out! 

I started with a base of Enchanted Polish Flashing Lights and when it was dry I applied some Spike Vinyls from Stick It! Nail Vinyls and sponged over them with Mundo De Unas Brown and Lime Crime Milky Ways. I removed the vinyls and sealed it all in with a layer of Seche Vite to finish it off.

Dat sun pic doe <3 These photos don't do this Enchanted justice at all, it's absolutely stunning in real life!

What do you guys think?

Thanks loves :) 

Minty Gold Leopard Nails

Mmmm there's nothing like a good mint polish to really get you excited about doing some nail art. LOL but really mint is such a flattering polish color and I've just been obsessed with it lately so of course I had to incorporate it in some animal print nails!

I started with a base of China Glaze Too Yacht To Handle on my index and pinky nails. On my middle and ring I used Sally Hansen Real Nail Polish Strips in the gold french tip design and placed them high to create a half moon. Then I sealed them in with the clear strips that came with the package to make sure they adhere to my nails nicely. Next I created the leopard print using TLLB Spiked Hot Chocolate and Wet n Wild Black Creme. I added a dotted outline to the half moons using China Glaze Too Yacht To Handle and added a dot of China Glaze Mingle With Kringle on my index and pinky nails. Finally I sealed everything in with a layer of Seche Vite and that was it.

I really feel like the mint compliments this gold so well. It adds the perfect amount of brightness and gives it such a sweet finish. 

What do you guys think?

Thanks loves :) 

The Golden Reindeer

There's something about gold and chocolate brown together that just makes my heart happy.

No really, it's a match made in heaven! And when I think of gold and brown around Christmas the first thing that comes to mind is reindeer! So hey give the people what they want right? 

I started off with a base of The Little LacquerBean Spiked Hot Chocolate, a yummy chocolatey squishy crelly. When it dried I stamped over it using Bundle Monster plates BM-H01 and BM-417 and Maybelline Color Show Bold Gold. To finish the design off I sealed everything in with a layer of Essie Good To Go. 

I really enjoy how well the Bundle Monster plates stamp. I mean look at how crisp that reindeer is! 

Are you guys feeling the Christmas spirit yet?! What's your favorite holiday design? I'm always open to suggestions! ;) 

Talk to you all soon!
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 :) 

The almost unconventional giraffe

Good morning lovelies!

I've got some more stamping for you all today :) I couldn't stay away from my stamping plates for any longer! What can I say I have a problem so what? ;) I had this idea in my head to do a giraffe mani and if you guys read my posts before you would know that I recently tried and failed on my mom's nails -_- Well I changed the colors up and they're ALMOST giraffe-y :) They basically are but I used white polish instead of yellow... aren't some of them white though? LOL take a look!

Colors used:

- China Glaze Harvest Moon

- Claire's White Stamping Polish

Harvest Moon is still one of my all time favorite polishes. It's just so unique! I'm totally rocking these right now LOL I think I'm going to have to do them on my mom too :) 

What do you guys think?

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TIHC Day 19: Bats

Good morning all!

So get ready for two posts today because both of my challenges have challenge days today woo!!! Ok so number one is the "This is Halloween" Nail Art Challenge hosted by Lacquer Dreams and it's bats... sound familiar?? Well my last challenge day for the other challenge was bats but don't worry! I did something completely different for this challenge :) Granted I'm still not really crazy about it, I don't know what it is about bats but they apparently don't seem to like me in the nail art area -_- Anyways check out what I did this time! :) 

Colors used:
- All Polished Up Dark Blue
- Sally Hansen Hard Lemonade
- Sally Hansen Heart of Stone
- Milani Mr. Sandman
- China Glaze Fast Track
- Black Acrylic Paint
- White Acrylic Paint

So take two at the ruffian attempt... yep it's still a pain in the butt -_- I really need to watch some youtube tutorials to see if I'm doing it wrong :) 

So as you guys can see I did bats flying in front of the moon for three of my fingers and a cute little bat on my ring finger. Does that even look like a bat? I'm not even sure but I think he's cute :) So not a complete fail right? :) 

What do you guys think?

My next post is coming in a few seconds! Make sure you check out all of the other challengers!! :)