Dotted Flowers

I've been seeing this dotted flower design circulating Instagram lately and thought I would give it a go.

I like this particular design because it's easy to create I don't do near enough floral designs. Let's get started!

I started off with a base of Lime Crime Peaches <3 Cream. Then I took LynB Designs Nightmare Revisited and a large dotting tool to create the flowers. After I've created the flowers I went back with Lime Crime Peaches <3 Cream and a slightly smaller dotting too and overlapped the first dots. Then I used LynB Design Nightmare Revisited to add dots in the middle of the flowers and smaller dots around the flowers. I finished this design off with a layer of Seche Vite to seal everything in. 

I wasn't sure how I would like this design but I ended up really loving it. The color combination and this flower design gives the whole manicure an almost 80's feel don't you think?

What's you favorite floral design?

Thanks loves :) 

A subtle garden

Happy Valentine's Day! I don't have a valentines-esque manicure today but I do have this super fun subtle garden design!

Green is so not my color. It's not that I don't like it, I just never reach for it, I always pick blues, purples, and pinks instead. But when I do finally grab a green polish I love the way it looks! I've created a fun a subtle garden look using Bundle Monster's Secret Garden Nail Stamping Plates and it's using not one, but three green polishes! ;)

I started with a base of China Glaze Def Defying and when it was dry I double stamped the leaf image on Bundle Monster plate BM-703 using Color Club Kismet and China Glaze Con-Fused?. Then I grabbed plate BM-710 and stamped the cute little daisy type flowers using Color Club Eternal Beauty. Finally I sealed everything in with Seche Vite.

At first I wanted a more visible design, but as I kept stamping I started falling more and more in love with this look. It's subtle but it lets just enough holographic sparkle peek through and in the sun it's just stunning.

What do you guys think? Have you bought the Bundle Monster Secret Garden Nail Stamping Plates yet? What's your favorite image so far?

Thanks loves :) 

31DC2014 Day 14: Flowers

 Happy Sunday!!

I've finally got my 31 Day Challenge 2014 day 14 nails done! I meant to do them yesterday but that cold really kicked my butt!! Thankfully I'm finally feeling better since I'm so behind on EVERYTHING! I'm really quite amazed that I've kept up with this challenge! 

Anyways, let's get on to some flower nails!

I started this design off with a base of Color Club In De-Nile. When it dried I outlined the flowers with black acrylic paint and filled them in with Lime Crime Parfait Day, Lime Crime Lavendairy, Lime Crime Peaches <3 Cream, and some light green and yellow acrylic paint. I painted the faces on with black acrylic paint and added a layer of China Glaze Fairy Dust because why not?! ;) And I sealed it all in with a generous coat of Essie Good To Go. 

Hmm not quite sure why my hands look so lobster-ish here! But oh well at least these little flowers are so cute! I purposely made them messy for a childish look. Fun right?! 

Okay guys I want to see your designs now! Post a link to your 31DC2014 flower nails in the comments so I can check them out!! 

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 :) 

Pretty Petals with Pretty & Polished

I'm sure you guys remember the gorgeous Sandy Shores that I reviewed just the other day by Pretty & Polished. Well I absolutely fell in love with it! I was going to wear it on its own for a little while but after I applied it the color was just begging for some dainty little daisies so who am I to take away that dream?!?! 

I started this design off with a base of Pretty & Polished Sandy Shores. When that dried I painted on the daisies with a small nail art brush and white, gray, and yellow acrylic paint. I sealed everything in with a good layer of Essie Good To Go and I was finished.

I really enjoy the "messy" look to these daisies. I like that they don't look perfect and I think that it gives them some character and makes the design so much more fun. Or maybe I'm just making up excuses for my shaky hand ;) LOL Either way I loved wearing this simple design on my nails.

What about you guys? What's your favorite flower?

Thanks loves :) 

Inspiration Nation: Freckled Finger Nails

Been a long time since you've seen one of these posts hasn't it? 

When I saw THIS design by Freckled_Finger_Nails on Instagram I instantly fell in love. This design has been on my mind for quite a while now and I'm so glad that I've finally been able to try it out. I'm not going to lie, it wasn't easy. I tried for hours trying to get the right technique for the water colored roses and I can't tell you how many times I failed. I finally googled some water colored nails and found the right technique! 

All you have to do is mix acrylic paint and water to make the water color mixture. Then you take your brush and draw a bumpy circle. Once the pain starts to dry I sucked up the wet part with a q-tip. Then I just kept adding circles smaller and smaller until I felt they looked rosy! 

So, I started with a base of Lime Crime Milky Ways. For my index and pinky I taped off the stripes and sponged on Color Club Miss Bliss to give it a vintage sort of look. Then I created the roses using the technique above and red and green acrylic paints. I topped everything off with some Poshe to give it a great shine.

I am so in love with these nails! I think I wore them for 4 days which is almost unheard of for me ;) Thanks so much Freckled_Finger_Nails for creating such beautiful and inspirational nail art! 

Thanks loves :) 

Mish Mash Challenge: Flowers

Hello loves!

I can't believe it's Wednesday already! I don't know about you guys but this week is just flying by! Anyways, it's time for another Mish Mash Challenge day. Today's theme is flowers and I have to say this is the first challenge that I'm not quite satisfied with. I had a super headache yesterday so they aren't as intensive as my other challenge days :( I suppose I should quit whining and just show you guys though right? LOL

I started with a base of Azature White. Then I freehanded the striped using Maybelline Color Show Green With Envy, totally mint not green -_- Then I painted the flowers... roses?... with pink and white acrylic paint and the leaves with green. I top coated and then it was done!

I really like the abstract feel to the flowers they were super easy to create, just two dots of paint and swirled together with a toothpick. Do they look enough like flowers? 

What do you think guys?
Make sure you check out everyone else's flower nails!