Watermelon Ruffians

Hi loves :) 

I think I was in the mood for some fruit when I thought up these nails ;) Whenever I look for fruit nails in the summer time most of the time I see watermelon nails. Good thing too because I love that stuff! lol! Watermelon is definitely one of my top 5 favorite fruits. I didn't want to do a normal watermelon mani though, I see a lot of beautiful ones around where they have watermelon tips. But I wanted to be different this time so I stared at my nails and thought, "hey, my nails actually kind of look like a slice of watermelon!" And so the watermelon ruffian was born! 

To start I painted all of my nails with two coats of Maybelline Color Show Tenacious Teal. Horrible name by the way... this polish is most definitely NOT teal -_- But that's besides the point I suppose. Then I created a ruffian using Maybelline Color Show Pink Boom a pretty light pink. When that was dry (or dry-ish since I don't have patience ;)) I used black acrylic paint and a toothpick to create the three little seeds. Seal it in with some Poshe top coat and you've got some juicy watermelon nails!

Oh! And for the thumb I started with a base of Maybelline Color Show Tenacious Teal and took a bunch of random green polishes and striped the up and down my nail to create a watermelon rind look... I can't remember all of the green polishes I used so I'll do my best to answer any questions if you have them lol!

I think the final look is really cutesy and great for summer time. Not to mention it was super easy to create and doesn't take a long time at all so you can spend more time outside in the sunshine ;)

Anyone have any favorite nail designs for the summertime? 
Thanks so much cupcakes!

Mint Manis for Taila Joy on Friday

Hey guys,

Many of you have probably heard, but the beautiful and talented Talia Joy earned her angel wings yesterday July 16th. Talia was an extremely sweet thirteen year old girl battling two forms of cancer: neuroblastoma and preleukemia. But despite her challenges she chose to live life to the fullest and was always so sweet and kind. She was also one of the most talented nail and makeup artist I have ever had the pleasure to watch. I was so very sad to hear this news yesterday and I hope that her family can find peace though this difficult time. 

The wonderful Nicole from Nail Polish Wars mentioned that the last photo Talia posted on her instagram was 4 days ago and it was of a mint green cream mani. (the polish was POP Nailglam Mint Magic.) She came up with the idea that a bunch of us should ban together and post our own mint manis this coming Friday for Talia. I think this is a great idea! 

The hashtag for the mint manis will be #mintmanisfortaliajoy

If you want to participate with everyone and link your blog up through inlinkz head over to her page HERE and she has the inlinkz code posted there. 

Sending many thoughts, prayers, and hugs to Talia's family and friends through this sad and tragic time. And many thanks to Nicole for coming up with a great way to honor Talia Joy's memory. 

Thanks so much guys. I can't wait to see everyone's mint manis on Friday. :) 

Let's get cartoon-y!

Hi chickies,

Happy Monday!! Or not so happy I should say. What is it about Mondays that just make me so irritated?! Maybe it the heat, it's been a pretty warm summer with temps in the 90's more often then not. I think its like 91 here today. Suppose I can't complain too much though I'm definitely a warm weather person... me and the winter just AREN'T friends. I mean seriously who wants to get dressed in 123785904 layers just to go outside in miserable weather and STILL freeze? Yeah I'll take this any day! lol! Anyways not that my little rant session is over I'm out of work and back to my nails and I hope you guys like what I've got on my little nubblins. ;)

I'm a little late to the cartoon nail party but hey... like I always say better late then never! 

To do these cute cartoon nails I started with a base of Wet n Wild Black Creme and then painted a ruffian in China Glaze Flying Dragon. I love this polish so much! It's a neon purple with tiny purple and blue glitters in it. Then I took Wet n Wild Black Creme again and did a black tip. I took my nail art brush and fixed the lines after wards. Then with my nail art brush I took some white acrylic paint and did a small line following the curve of my nail thicker at the top and tapering at the bottom and one small white dot after that to give it that cartoon "shine". Finally I added NYC Matte Me Crazy, a matte top coat to get my final result! Check them out :) 

I love how you can really see the glittery goodness of China Glaze Flying Dragon when it's mattified! But incase you don't like the matte look I included one shiny below that just has a coat of Poshe top coat. 

I loved this shiny too but I think the matte just brings it all together and solidifies the "cartoon" look! Which way do you like it better? Make sure you let me know in the comments! 

Oh and hey!! I just got on bloglovin'! Again... late to the party -_- But make sure you guys follow me there, and maybe help me struggle to figure it out lol!! See you there guys! ;) 
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I hope you guys have a lovely Monday and rest of the week :) 

Will you glow with me?

Hey chickies!

Happy weekend!! I hope you all had a lovely polish-filled week ;) Sometimes I love the work week.... well only when I get some nail mail! This week I finally bought my first Serum No. 5 polish! I mean finally right? Earlier in the week I saw Dayglow reviewed on a few blogs floating around the blogosphere and just fell in love. Dayglow is a glow in the dark polish and can I just say wow? This baby is BRIGHT! Like get your sunglasses on boys and girls ;)

Below is two coats of Serum No. 5 Dayglow over two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. I like to put it over white because it will save you polish... and that's precious!! Then I stamped over it with L.A Colors striping polish in black. Oh yeah, Dayglow dries a little gritty which is actually pretty cool, but if you love that smooth polish look and feel then top coat is a must! 

Look at the glow!!!! B) 

Do your eyes hurt yet?!

I LOVE the lightning bolt design! And I think it looks so cool when it's glowing in the dark. I originally wanted to stamp a little devil on my thumb and ring but the poor little guy just didn't want to come off the stamping plate :( Don't ask me who the cute little guy is on now... not sure exactly what it is. But he's sure cute right? 

So what do you guys think? Are glow in the dark polishes bad ass or what? Last night when I turned the lights off to go to sleep I literally stared at my nails for a good half hour haha! Distracting? I think so! 

Inspiration Nation: Sunset by the Palms

Hi cupcakes!

So being a nail blogger can get to be a lot sometimes. Sometimes I run out of ideas of what to paint on my nails. Terrible right? Well when this happens I love to look to my favorite bloggers for inspiration because there are so many amazing designs out there. One of my favorite bloggers is One Nail To Rule Them All. I love her nails she does such amazing designs. One of her designs immediately caught my eye and I knew I was going to have to try it. She did this beautiful sunset gradient and painted palm trees over it and you guys know I can't resist anything with a gradient in it! ;) 

So I had the day off from work today and figured it would be a good time to try this design and I'm so happy with how it came out! 

I started with a base of China Glaze Sun-Kissed and sponged a gradient using China Glaze Roguish Red and Bend Over Backwards. Then I painted the palm trees using black acrylic paint and a small striping brush. 

I decided to mattify it using NYC Matte Me Crazy like in the original and I'm super glad I did I love it even more!

And guess what?! My nails actually match for once! Well sorta anyways ;) Lol I was going to do the same design on my right hand but my sister suggested using blue instead of red and now I'm not sure which color combination I like better. I was super scared to try painting the palm trees on my right hand because I'm not nearly as steady with my left but I'm actually really proud at how they came out! 

For the blue version I started out with a base of China Glaze Sun-Kissed and sponged a gradient using China Glaze I'm With The Lifeguard and Nina Ultra Pro Blue Blaze. The palm trees are also done in black acrylic paint. 

Sorry guys no awkward attempts at modeling with my right hand... you'll have to deal with the boring pose ;) 

The red reminds me of the sunset but the blue reminds me of right after when it starts to actually get dark... either way I wanna be there for sure! LOL  

Which color combination do you guys like better? :) 

Happy... 8th of July!!

Yep this post was definitely supposed to go out on the 4th -_- oops!

So valiant effort on my part I really did try to get this post out on last Thursday but this 4th of July weekend had been CRAZY for me! On top of fireworks and parties the Summer Nationals were the entire weekend. If you don't know what that is basically its like a car show with drag races and burnouts... super fun! I literally had no time to get the post up.. today is actually the first day I had the chance to paint my nails in almost  week! 

As much as I love having fun.. it's nice that things are quieter now... more time to paint my nails ;) 

Alright better late then never to take a look at these red, white, and blue babies... or should I say red, silver, and blue? I decided I wanted my nails to look metallic this year and I'm really liking how they turned out. I started with a base of Sally Hansen Silver Sweep and then freehanded the flag design with Maybelline Color Show in Navy Narcissist and Sally Hansen Unbreakable Heart. And to add the extra sparkle for the stars I put China Glaze Fairy Dust over the blue. Tell me what you think!

I have to say I felt pretty patriotic wearing this on my nails! 

But, I've come to the conclusion that I'm never going to have pretty long nails -_- so sad. I just can't get them to grow long enough without snapping off a corner or three! Guess I've just gotta work with what I've got huh? 

So what do you guys think? Did you have a great 4th of July weekend if you celebrated? I'd love to know what you wore on your nails! ;)

Swatch and review: Azature

Hello chickies :)

*products provided for review*

I'm not technically "back" from vacation quite yet but I just had to come home quick to swatch these gorgeous polishes! The lovely people at Azature have sent me two beautiful polishes for review and I can't wait to show them to you! 

Azature is a Los Angeles based fine jewelry designer who specializes in black diamonds. Last year they put out a bottle that contained 267 carats of black diamonds and retailed for $250,000. Wow! I'd love to get my hands on that baby ;) Haha. These versions and more consumer friendly as they contain one black diamond and retail for $25. Ready to check them out?

Azature White

Azature White is a classic white polish, sure not a very original color but every collection needs that perfect white. This is two effortless coats of Azature White. It applied like butter and it has that nice, clean, and crisp look to it. 


Azature Canary

Azature Canary is a bright canary yellow with a glass fleck like finish. While it's not the best yellow for my skin tone I really love it. It has a jelly formula so this is three thicker coats. You can still see some visible nail line in natural light but that's the way with jelly polishes. Even though I used three coats it wasn't thick at all on the nail and the polish applied so easily just like with Azature White. 

And below I decided to try my hand at a skittlette! Recently Marta at Chit Chat Nails posted how she does her skittlette nails and I knew I just had to try with these two polishes so check it out :) 

So what do you guys think? Would you spend $25 on a bottle of nail polish? I'm not sure my wallet could afford it but the I think the quality of these polishes is definitely worth it. :)

Thanks for reading lovelies I'll catch ya later when I get back!