Mish Mash Challenge: Music

Happy Wednesday lovelies!!

I'm sure you guys all know what Wednesdays mean around here right? Mish Mash Challenge time!!! Woohoo! Today's theme is Music. I actually wasn't really looking forward to today's theme because I had no idea what to do. I thought about picking a song to illustrate but then I couldn't think of a song. Then I thought maybe a cd cover... but all the music I listen to have people on their covers -_- 

So how about some music note nail art instead? LOL 

To start off this look I used a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. When that was dry I took my nail art brush and some acrylic paint to create all of the designs on my nails. I actually got my inspiration for my ring finger HERE. Then I added a layer of China Glaze Fairy Dust because every mani needs to sparkle!! ;) Add some Poshe after that and this look was finished!

For not being excited for this challenge day I'm actually really happy with the way this turned out. I haven't done nail art like this in a while so it felt good being able to sit down and spend time on this mani. 

What do you guys think? What's your favorite kind of music? 
Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to check out everyone else's designs for today I can't wait to see how everyone interpreted today's theme! :) 

Groooovy man

Hi dolls

I'm back again for some more water marbling torture ;) I see a lot of gorgeous water marble designs using neon rainbow colors and just knew that I needed to try it. I'm glad China Glaze polishes are so good for marbling because almost all of my neon colors are from them! Now let's get this mani done shall we?! ;) 

I started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. A perfect muted white that I use under all of my neons to really make them pop :) The I used China Glaze Pool Party, Orange Knockout, Orly Highlighter, and Nina Ultra Pro Blue Blaze for the marbling colors and did a flower-ish design on my middle, ring, and thumb. On my index I did two coats of China Glaze Pool Party and on my pinky I did two coats of Orly Highlighter. Seal it it with a great top coat and you're all done! 

UGH! I wish my camera didn't hate neons -_- I tried to color correct these and China Glaze Pool Party just refused to look color accurate! It much more pink and neon then my photos show. But despite my camera having a fit I really loved the way these turned out. They were super bright and have a certain 70's feel to them don't ya think? ;)

Groooovy dude B)

Inspiration Nation: Glitter Tips

Hey chickies!

Ready for another Inspiration Nation post? My inspiration this time comes from another blogger that I follow like... religiously lol! She's super sweet and her nails are always flawless! Not to mention she's so talented!! I'm talking about the lovely Marta from Chit Chat nails :) Marta is pretty well known for her skittlette manis but she does something else that I really love.. faded glitter tips! She's done a bunch of them and every time I see one I drool all over my keyboard! She's actally written up a tutorial for how she does them too. 

To start this mani I did two coats of an unnamed sheer pink polish... It was just one of those weird ones I got in a package at some store. But it works great to make my nails look unstained so I'll take it! ;) Then I took a make up sponge and ripped it in half so I had a little bit of a jagged edge. I do this so the color gradient part isn't such a straight, cut off line. Then I did the gradient tip with Zoya Zuza, a beautiful shimmery teal. When that was dry it took Orly Mermaid Tale and placed the glitter from the tip of my nail all the way to the middle. Finish off with some top coat and you're good to go!

Not only is the final result super pretty but it's actually really easy and not time consuming. Tips like these will definitely be making a repeat appearance on Pink & Polished so I hope you like them! ;) 

Thanks loves!

She's Country

Hi lovelies!

I'm super excited about today's nails because they mean I'm off to have a great time! ;) I'm a country girl at heart and once a year some amazing country singers come to Massachusetts for the Country Music Festival and this year I actually get to go! My first concert ever... I mean I'm 22 and never been to a concert before no big deal right? ;) lol! For those of you who love country music like me this year we have Eli Young Band, Kasey Musgraves, Eric Church, and Kenny Chesney. I'M SO EXCITED! 

So you know what this calls for right? Country Fest nails duh! I wasn't sure what I wanted to do but then I figured what's more country then red, white, and blue? :)

To start these nails I painted a base of Azature White. When that was dry I used a ripped up sponge and randomly sponged Nina Ultra Pro Blue Blaze and Color Club Over the Moon. on my thumb and ring finger. I tried to give it a sort of distressed denim look. I used white acrylic paint to create the stars. On my index, middle, and pinky I used some striping tape and took Dior Marilyn and Julep Demi and sponged over the tape using the same method before. After I pulled off the tape I top coated with Poshe and I was almost done. When that was dry I decided to layer NYC Matte Me Crazy over the whole mani to finish the flat distressed look. The bottom two pictures are after the matte topcoat.

I just love when an idea in my head turns out the same on my nails! LOL! What do you think? Country enough? I'll be sure to keep you all updated on Instagram on the whole day so make sure you follow me! ;)

What's your favorite kind of music?
Thanks dolls! :) 

Mish Mash Challenge: Nail Art Technique You've Never Tried

Hi chickies!

Happy hump day! You know why I like Wednesdays so much? Because it means another challenge day from the Mish Mash Challenge hosted by Kimber's Lacquer Korner! Yay!!! Today's theme was something kind of cool: a nail art technique you've never tried before. There's a million and one different nail art techniques I haven't tried yet so I was pretty excited for this day. I knew whatever I chose would be challenging, and it was ;), but I always love a good challenge!

I've been seeing water spotted nails floating around the blogosphere a lot lately and knew I had to try it out. Water spotted nails always seem to make me think of one idea, turquoise stone nails. YES! 

I was correct in thinking that this would be difficult though -_- I followed the tutorial from Lacquerstyle she made it super easy to follow! And even though they didn't really end up looking like turquoise stones I still quite like them! ;)

I started with a base of Zoya Zuza on all of my nails. Then I ripped up a makeup sponge and lightly sponged Sinful Colors Mint Apple randomly. When that was dry I used a new piece of the sponge to dab on Sally Hansen Golden-I randomly as well. Then I put a drop of Wet n Wild Black Creme in a cup filled with water and sprayed some hairspray on it to create all the holes in the water. I dipped each finger in quick to get my design. Top coat with some Poshe and this design was ready to go! 

Why is this so blurry?!?!? -_-

And to make it look even more rock-like I added NYC Matte Me Crazy to take away the shine. I really like it this way!

I wouldn't necessarily call this a 'fail', more like a 'needs improvement' ;) But that's ok because practice makes perfect right? And even though it was a bit frustrating and they didn't really turn out looking like turquoise stones I still think the final effect is pretty cool!

Have you tried water spotted nails yet? What's your favorite color combination? 
Thanks guys and don't forget to check out everyone else's designs I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with! 

Adding some love

Cupcakes!!!

Remember my super holographic gradient from the other day? Well I decided that it wasn't quite holographic enough ;) Since I always love the way a gradient looks after you stamp over it I wanted to give it a try and figured you can never have enough of holographic polishes!

After I did my gradient with Color Club Kismet and Over the Moon, I took Color Club Beyond, a stunning black holographic, and stamped over the gradient using BM-322 from Bundle Monster's 2012 nail plate set. Some more Poshe top coat and this mani is done!

I have to say, I loved the gradient alone... but the stamping adds so much more to it. I think I wore these nails for a good 5 days before I even thought about taking them off. This has got to be one of my top 10 favorite nails I have ever done!

What do you think about stamping over a gradient? Pretty or just too much?

Color Club gradient

Hi chickies!

Anyone else obsessed with holographic polishes this summer? I literally can't get enough of them! Whenever I don't know what to put on my nails I always end up using a holographic polish some way. Most of the time it's one of the Color Club Halo Hues because they are definitely my favorite holographic polishes to use. The linear holo effect they give off is super strong. And what's better then a strong holographic you ask? How about a strong holographic gradient?! ;) 

I feel like this blog has been lacking in the gradient department lately. It's not that I don't love gradients... because I really do.. it's just it's so time consuming and I hate taping my nails and I hate that the clean up process is so much more! But that's just my laziness talking ;) I sucked it up and ended up doing one of my favorite gradients to date!

I started with a base of Color Club Kismet, a beautiful pale green holo. Then I used a make up sponge loaded with Kismet and Over the Moon and created my gradient. Top coat with some Poshe and you're done! This was super quick and easy!

Look at the rainbow amazingness!

Another thing I love about the Color Club Halo Hues... they are really easy to clean up! I'm not sure if it's because they are a holographic polish or what but they are super easy to get off of my skin. This mani was so simple! It took me like 20 minutes and it's so eye catching!! Especially when the sun came out!

What's your favorite holographic polish?