Nudie Ruffian

Sometimes simple is the best thing you can do.

Don't get me wrong I love crazy fun colors and intricate and beautiful designs but sometimes I like the simple and clean look of a natural manicure, like this one!

I started off with a base of OPI Alpine Snow and when it dried I painted the ruffian using a small nail art brush and Colors By Llarowe Hot Buttered Rum. I sealed it all in with some Seche Vite to finish off the look!

I absolutely LOVED wearing this look! So simple, so pretty! It was nice to take a short break from color and do something like this, I don't think I use these colors near enough.

What do you guys think?

Thanks loves :) 

Twins Tuesday: Jelly Sandwich

ITSSSSSSSSSS TWINSIE TUESDAY!!

Whoops! I fell off the Twinsie Tuesday wagon and I feel terrible! I kept meaning to make up posts and do the challenges but my job always seemed to get in the way T.T But "know on wood" things seem to be settling down now and I think I'm slowly finding my rhythm again so Twinsie Tuesday should resume it's regular schedule here on my little blog :)

Anyways, the theme for today is Jelly Sandwich! I have to confess something, I've never actually done a jelly sandwich manicure X.X Shhhhhh I am a jelly sandwich virgin no more! I love this sweet and soft look, it's super subtle but isn't that what a jelly sandwich is about?!

I started off with a base of OPI Bubble Bath. When that was dry I added a layer of OPI Pirouette My Whistle and added another layer of OPI Bubble Bath over that. I sealed everything in with a  layer of Seche Vite and finished this design off with a quick coat of NYC Matte Me Crazy.

This is such a soft and feminine look and it has just enough visual intreset to keep us polish addicts entertained ;) I have to say I liked this design a lot more then I thought I would. It's opening up a whole new slew of polish combinatations and I can't wait to try them out!

What do you guys think? Don't forget to check out all of the other girls and see what they've come up with, I know I'm super excited to see all the jelly sandwiches ;)

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Kristine at Pink and Polished Nails

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amanda at Amandalandish

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Thanks loves

Kristine :) 

Nude and White Floral "Lace"

One of my most favorite color combinations has to be the nude and white combination. It's so clean, fresh, and beautifully classic. 

That being said I have a super fun and fresh nude and white floral "lace" design to share with you all today. I don't believe that this particular stamp is supposed to be a lace design but I think that stamped over nude like this gives it a pretty lace effect. So I'm calling it lace. The end. 

I started this design out with a base of OPI Bubble Bath. I absolutely love this shade its the perfect nude and it makes your nails look clean and polished which is so important for a nail blogger like me because my nails get really stained from all of the different polishes I wear. When Bubble Bath was dry I stamped over each nail using Bundle Monster plate BM-204 and PMTG White Undies. I sealed all of that in with a coat of Seche Vite and finally added one coat of NYC Matte Me Crazy for a beautiful matte finish.

I could have worn this design for weeks! I'm totally smitten with it. The matte finish gives the classic color combination an almost edgy finished look and it's just perfect <3

Whats your favorite color combination? Let me know in the comments!

Thanks loves :) 

Neutral Chevrons

Happy Monday!

I'm happy anyways because I'm already out of work! Woohoooooo! LOL

I'm getting ready to release a special duo from my brand, The Little LacquerBean, and I thought I would give you all a sneak peek of one of the polishes! The duo is a neutral pair and the color I'm showing you today is called Sweet Irish Cream. Sweet Irish Cream is a creamy nude polish with a hidden sparkle and holographic finish. It's such a pretty nude and it's universally flattering, how about that?! :) 

I've paired Sweet Irish Cream with Color Club Cosmic Fate. I should have totally rethought this LOL Cosmic Fate is incredibly holographic so it dwarfs the holographic sparkle on Sweet Irish Cream but trust me it's there ;) I used my chevron vinyls to create the chevrons and sealed everything in with Essie Good To Go. Wanna see?

As much as Cosmic Fate dulls the sparkle I absolutely love this combination! So neutral but so sparkly! 

What do you think?

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 :) 

Pretty & Polished Sandy Shore and Summer Love

Hey guys!

*press sample*

I've got some super gorgeous Pretty & Polished polishes to share with you today so I'll skip the small talk since these speak for themselves ;) 

Sandy Shores is a gorgeous beige nude linear holographic. Seriously a nude holo, can it get much better then that? The holo is subtle under normal light but flash and sunlight really bring it out. The formula was great, nice and creamy and easy to apply. Below is three thin coats with top coat. The first photos are under normal light and the second photos are with my camera's flash. I should also note that the top coat didn't seem to dull the holo. 

Sorry for the blurry pic, my camera couldn't focus on all the prettiness ;) 

Summer Love is a pretty rose linear holographic. The holo is stronger in this one as opposed to Sandy Shore. You all know I'm a pink person so this one stole my heart! The formula was the same as Sandy Shore, a bit more pigmented though. Below is three thin coats with top coat. The first photos are under normal light and the second photos are with my camera's flash. 

Pretty & Polished retails between $7.50USD-$9.00USD for 15mL polishes. You can buy these two pretties and many others at www.shopprettyandpolished.com. Stay up to date on all new polishes, product releases, and sales by following Pretty & Polished:

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What do you guys think? Will you be picking up any of these colors?

**Products in this post were provided by Pretty & Polished in exchange for my honest opinion. For more information see my disclosure policy. 

 Thanks loves :) 

Glitter gradient take two!

Good morning guys!

I hope everyone's Saturday went well! I was running around like a crazy person... not exactly sure why but it happens far too often -_- lol! But the good news is I did end up getting most of the stuff I needed for my 1,000 GFC follower giveaway which I should be posting within the next couple of days I just need a few more things!

So you want to know about the nails now don't you?! I decided to try doing a glitter gradient again because I got some new glitter polish ;) LOL I used the amazing Lucy from Lucy's Stash's tutorial to do it and I think it turned out even better then last time! Take a look :) 

Colors used:
- Lime Crime Milky Ways 
- Orly Bubbly Bombshell

I still need to work on the whole getting sparse-er as the glitter goes down the nail but I would venture to say that this was pretty successful! 

So what do you think?

Thanks for reading :) 

Blazing stripes

Good morning!

Well it's back to normal today... wishing I could have just one more snow day just to get past Monday ;) 

But enough whining and on to the nails! I had no idea what I was going to do on my nails the night I did these all I knew is I definitely wanted to use Zoya Blaze. I've been neglecting my three Zoya's from the Ornate Collection and I have no idea why! These polishes are some serious gorgeous-ness! Anyways, I'm not sure I really love the end result but we win some we lose some right? Oh and I know the lines are crooked on my middle nail -_- haha!

Color used:
- Zoya Blaze
- Lime Crime Milky Ways
- Sally Hansen White On

I think what I don't like about it is Milky Ways is far too light! And The stripes don't really let the beauty of Blaze shine through...

But it's on my nails so that means it gets a spot on this blog! Lol!

So what do you guys think?

Thanks for reading :)

The Lazy 15: Gradient

Good morning all my lovely readers :)

Today is the second installment of The Lazy 15 and it's my favorite: gradients! It's no secret that I'm obsessed with gradients. You can get such a beautiful mani that looks difficult to do but it really isn't. But what might be surprising is that I didn't really like the way this gradient came out :( In person though, I did like it but when I photographed it you can't even really tell its a gradient :( I tried to do a gradient french and because the colors were so close together my camera had a hard time distinguishing them. *sigh* I tried to edit it so that you guys can see how pretty it really was but you've gotta look kind of hard so I'm sorry :( But take a look anyways!! :)

Colors used:
- Finger Paints Paper Mache
- Sally Hansen Nearly Nude Naturel Pink

It really was pretty I wish you guys could see it better :( Oh well it is what it is ;) There will be more gradients on here soon enough to make up for this one!! 

What do you guys think??

Thanks for reading and make sure you check out all of the lovelies below!! :)

Sad face :(

Good morning everyone,

So I had an amazing manicure that I was really excited to show you guys today.... but it seems that my camera and I are no longer on speaking terms :( It has decided that it won't let me charge its battery and will stay one for about 2.5 seconds before turning itself off again. Darn! Well off I go to Best Buy before work to see if the nice people can fix it! Just what I wanted to do right? Nottttttt :( But oh well I need to get it fixed ASAP if you guys don't want to start seeing some lovely Iphone pictures :) I know I don't want to see them *sigh*

But anyways, good thing I had a few pictures as back up, I knew they would come in handy! This manicure that I'm about to show you I wasn't sure if I was going to show you guys at all but it seems I have no other choice lol. Ok so "framed" manicures seem to be on the rise lately, I see them everywhere and have always admired them. I've never been brave enough to actually attempt one because me and straight lines just don't work well together :) So you guys are going to have to deal with my semi-framed semi-gradient manicure instead! :) I actually do really like the concept of this idea but.... it was my first try and as we all know first try's are usually messy and not always our best work. I will definitely try this manicure again (hopefully when my camera decides to work for me again) but for now I give you guys my first try :)

Colors used:
- Orly Decades of Dysfunction
- Sinful Colors Let's Talk

Look at those purple fingers! O.O

So there you have it my "mehhh" gradient-framed-messy manicure! Hopefully I can try this again soon and show you guys a better one :)

What do you think? Do you like the idea of a framed gradient manicure??

Thanks for reading guys :) I'll update you on the camera status as soon as I can :)

***UPDATE*** My camera has been returned to me and it works! It seems there was an issue with the charger so the nice people at best buy gave me a new one for free! Woohoo :) You will most likely see a second post in the near future because i just can't wait to show you my mani from last night I'm so proud of it :)