JORD Watch Review + Nail Art

Hi guys!

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I have a different sort of review for you all today. Dan from JORD Watches contacted me and asked me to review one of their watches. If you don't know who JORD is, they are a line of luxury handcrafted all-natural wood watches. I took a peek at their website and fell head over heels for the Cora Purple Heart & Pearl because I had the BEST complimentary nail art idea ;) 

Ready to check it out?

For my nail art I started with a base of Essie Blanc and layered Pretty & Polished Opal over it. I applied some half moon vinyls from Stick It! Nail Vinyls and painted over everything with OPI German-icure. I removed the vinyl and added some golden dots with Maybelline Color Show Bold Gold. I sealed everything in with a layer of Seche Vite to finish it off!

I am in love not only with this manicure but this gorgeous watch! It's so comfortable to wear and the deep wood compliments almost everything! 

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Thanks loves :) 

Rainbow Pastel Half Moon Nails

Hey guys! 

I'm so happy that I'm getting back into doing gradients. I really wish I didn't wait so long to go out and buy more cosmetic sponges because I honestly forgot how much I loved this technique. It's so versatile, there are so many different things you can do, radial gradients, vertical, horizontal, spot. The list goes on! I'm sure I'm probably boring you guys with my rambling so let's get on with the real reason you guys are here... NAILS!

Okay I started this look off by applying hole reinforcement stickers at the top of your nails near the cuticle. Then I placed a piece of tape over the small hole in the stickers so that no polish would leak through there. Then I applied my polishes to my cosmetic sponge to create the gradients. The colors I used were: Essie Boom Boom Room, Lime Crime Peaches <3 Cream, Lime Crime Crema De Limon, OPI You're Way Outta Lime, and Essie Rock The Boat. I sponged on the gradients, peeled off the stickers and applied a layer of H&M Jo is in the House over just the gradients. Then I outlined the top of the half moons with OPI This Gown Needs A Crown. I sealed all of that in with a coat of Seche Vite and finally added a heart rhinestone to each nail.  

These took FOREVER! But it was so worth it because I'm obsessed with the outcome! It's so girly and sparkly and just so many things that I love. They make me think of spring time and warmer weather and right now that's just what I need ;) 

Keep an eye out on my Instagram and YouTube channel for tutorials on this look a little later today!

What do you think guys?

Thanks loves :) 

31DC2014 Day 18: Half Moons

Day 18 of the 31 Day Challenge 2014 is half moons and I was so excited for this prompt! 

I had this great idea in my head to combine a half moon manicure with an outline technique and the end result is awesome if you ask me ;) 

Alright I started off with a base of Color Club Look, Don't Tusk. When it dried I created the half moon with a small nail art brush and Lime Crime Parfait Day. When all of that dried I outlined everything with the same brush and China Glaze Pool Party. I sealed it all in with Essie Good To Go and the design was finished. 

I just love when an idea works out, it doesn't always happen for me but when it does you better believe I do a pretty fantastic happy dance ;) LOL 

Okay guys it's your turn! Post a link to your 31DC2014 half moon nails in the comments so I can see!

Thanks loves :) 

Zebra Half Moons

Freehand zebra print...

Not exactly my forte, I definitely need a lot more practice but I'm proud enough of these to show them to you guys :) Plus, I did some half moons using my current favorite color, CHina Glaze Too Yacht To Handle! ;)

Let's get started!

I started off with a base of Essie Blanc on all of my nails. When it dried I painted on the half moons with China Glaze Too Yacht To Handle. I created the zebra print using Wet'n'Wild Black Creme and outlined the half moons with Color Club Beyond. I added some Essie Good-To-Go and a rhinestone on each nail to finish the design.

I know I still need some practice with the stripes but overall I'm pretty proud of these zebras! And I quite like the contrast between the dark zebra print and the bright mint. 

So tell me guys, what's your favorite animal print?

Thanks loves :) 

Moon spikes

It's moon time!! Again!

I loved my half moon manicure so much from Valentine's Day I just had to do another! This time I grabbed some neons and went to work!

I started with a base of Essie Blanc and waited for it to dry. When it was dry I taped off my nails and added a hole reinforcer sticker to create the moons. Then I sponged over it using China Glaze Pool Party and China Glaze Orange Knockout. I took some white acrylic paint to create the spikes and black acrylic paint for the dots. I sealed everything in with some Poshe top coat and the design was finished.

I love the unconventional look of the spike-y half moons and the black really stands out against the neons! Watch out for some more fun moons on this blog soon to come! ;)

Thanks loves :) 

Create A Little Love on Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day Cupcakes! :) 

I hope you are all having a wonderful day! Mine's been ehh, I had to work and my boyfriend took a trip to Maine [I live in Massachusetts] with his dad and some friends to go snowmobiling for the weekend so I'm a bit lonely. I won't bore you with the details but we haven't been this far away from each other ever so I'm sad but trying to stay cheerful! Hey, what can ya do right? 

Love means something different to every person, to me it's finding that one person you can be completely yourself with, and also someone who makes you want to be a better person, someone who inspires you. I'm so incredibly grateful to have been lucky enough to find that special someone and even though he's four hundred and something miles away, his heart stays here and I know he'll be home soon :) Oooooh muuuuuuushy ;) LOL 

So I started with a base of Essie No Baggage Please and used the saran wrap method to add Essie Blanc, Lime Crime Parfait Day, and China Glaze Pool Party. When that was dry I painted the half moons on using Essie Blanc and used a dotting tool to create the 'doily' effect. I added some small dots in the bigger dots using Lime Crime Parfait Day. After that I used Bundle Monster BM-426 and stamped the love letters with L.A. Colors Striping Polish in Black and filled in the empty space with OPI This Gown Needs A Crown. I top coated with some Poshe and the design was finally finished! Whewwwwwww!

Look at those chubby little fingers!! You know what they say, the camera adds ten pounds LOL! 

But seriously I have a question for all of you, since my boyfriend is away on a trip will YOU all be my valentines? ;) 

Thanks loves :)

Moonin' it

Good morning!

Whew well Blizzard Nemo is officially over!! By the way what kind of name is Nemo?! Could they have picked a more harmless name for such a strong storm? I mean really come on people!! Hah! It's a miracle that we didn't lose power the wind was whipping the other night! After the snow stopped I went out to measure and it looks like we got around 27 inches. Absolutely crazy. We spent all yesterday digging ourselves out so I was too tired to paint my nails more then once! Ridiculous right?! LOL 

When I sat down to paint my nails I realized I've only done two half moon manicures on this little blog! I've decided to make that three today :) Check them out!

Colors used:
- Zoya Storm
- China Glaze Escaping Reality

And with some light to show you the loveliness that is Zoya Storm :) 

Loving this color combo! I wish the half moons were all even but ehhh it's still pretty! 

I hope everyone who was affected by the storm stayed safe! 

So what do you think?

Thanks for reading guys! :) 

Under the sea!

Hi guys :)

I'm really excited to show you all my mani for today! It's mermaid inspired because that's the first thing I thought of when I picked up a new polish I bought the other day, that polish being Claire's Drops of Jupiter which is part of their Starstruck Collection. I wish I had taken a picture of just the polish because it's beautiful! Although it's slightly more beautiful in the bottle because it is a lovely teal with a purple duochrome that doesn't seem to want to transfer onto the nail too well. It's still pretty none the less :) Look at what I came up with :)

Colors used:
- Sally Hansen Golden-I
- Claire's Drops of Jupiter

You can't see it well but I did stamp over Drops of Jupiter with BM-201 using Sally Hansen Golden-I. It's subtle but very pretty :) I did the half moons using the paper hole protectors and then added the "glequins" (as Sam over at The Nailasaurus brilliantly made up :)) using some clear polish and a toothpick.

I really love how these came out!! What do you guys think???

Thanks for reading! :)

Half moons with Sinful Colors Purple Diamonds

Hey everyone! 

Today I have a half moon/ gradient manicure. Sorry for all of the gradients but I just can't get enough of them! The Nailasaurus makes them so easy to do I find myself doing them all the time so bear with me guys lol. I started out with a base coat and then four coats of Sally Hansen Nearly Nude in Natural Pink. I almost wish I had picked a more opaque polish so I didn't have to wait SO long for them to dry. Then I used paper protectors and cut them in half and put them at the base of all of my nails. Then I used The Nailasaurus' technique and applied Sinful Colors Purple Diamonds on a makeup sponge and sponged them on my nails. I think I went over them about 3 times. I pulled off the paper protectors, added some top coat, and viola! Pretty half moons!

For my ring finger I just added silver rhinestones that I bought off of ebay. I might go back and add them to all of my nails though I really like that look.

What do you guys think? 
Thanks for reading! :)