Valentine's Art Idea 1

Sorry for the sudden absence again but life was getting a little hectic so I had to stop blogging for a bit, but as always, I kept painting my nails.
So this nail art idea came from a picture one of my friends found on facebook here. I changed some things up but feel free to do it like the original or add your own twist on it!
I used China Glaze Ruby Pumps and Champagne Kisses as my base colors, A-England Perceval for the hearts, loose glitter from Born Pretty Store, and acrylic paint for the black details. Then I decided it needed a little more and added Lynnderella Undead Red to the tips for a glitter gradient on my red nails. Ok, onto the pictures! Hope this gives someone an idea for nail art!

And, just because I can, a glitter macro!

I love Undead Red! If you want a similar glitter for a lower price, Sea Lore Arista is very similar! The glitter shapes aren't exactly the same, but the types of glitter are super similar including the holo pieces.

Hope you enjoyed the first of my nail art series, and let me know in the comments if there's something you want to see in this series or otherwise!

Janelle

Nail Art Say What?

I apologize in advance for the quality of these pictures! My camera was on the wrong setting (for some strange reason) and these pictures came out grainy and I didn't realize until after the design was removed from my nails. I plan to have more nail art on the blog in the future, so I will make sure the settings on my camera are right before photographing next time. =)

So, Valentine's Day is coming up and I figured it was a good excuse to do some nail art! I started out with a base of Zoya Pippa on my nails and my accent nail was one coat of Deborah Lippmann Ray of Light over 2 coats of Color Club In The Limelight (a supposed dupe for DL I Know What Boys Like). The hearts were drawn with acrylic paint and then topped with topcoat. Pippa had a decent formula, a little streaky, but if you let it dry a little between coats, it evens itself out. It was very strange. I used 3 coats here but it was fine with 2 to the naked eye.

I really wish I had better quality pics to show you. Well, that's all for today, have a wonderful weekend and since it's a three-day weekend for me, I'll see you all on Tuesday! 

Happy Polishing (and MLK day!),

Janelle

My 4th of July Mani

This has been my most time consuming mani to-date. And it's not even that great. Oh well. I'm honestly really lazy and don't feel like writing out the polishes I used, but here's a pretty comprehensive list:

Zoya Kimmy

NYX Girls Ink Heart

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City

SH Insta-Dri Whirlwind White

SH Insta-Dri Rapid Red

China Glaze Fairy Dust

Various acrylic paints

Hope you enjoy my mani. I'm not a really big fan of it, but since it took forever, I'm settling and plan on doing a much better one for next year.

Happy Independence Day,

J