Inspiration Recreation

This week, I have some manis that I'm really proud of. I did a few entries for contests where you recreate a mani you are inspired by. I generally get a lot of my inspiration from other nail lovers already, but this was fun to try to recreate them exactly! Hope you love them!

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This first mani was a recreation of one done by @nailartbysig a long time ago. I loved it! I started with a base of Sinful Colors Snow Me White, then free handed the blue, green and purple stripes with acrylic paint. I used a dotting tool and black acrylic paint for the polka dots.

Valentine's Day Nails

Today I'm just going to share a few Valentine's Day nails I've done this past week. Im not generally a pink lover but I like how these all turned out.


First up is my Vampy Valentine nails. For these I used a basic black base from Wet n Wild. Each color is from Elf Cosmetics. This was my first time color blocking! I need some practice but I think it came out great for my first time! What do you all think?

Next up is a another little skittlete of randomness...haha!  Stripes? Check! Polkadots? Check! Hearts? Check! On these I used Elf Cosmetics' Flirty Fuchsia, Nude and Smokin Hot. I love them!

On the next ones, I used Sinful Colors' Gold Medal and Sally Hansen's Red Carpet. This one is my favorite so far. More classy and not so "bubblegummy". Haha.

Well that does it as far as Valentine's Day nails. I'll post more as I do them!

Thanks for reading!

Nails of the Day #notd

I decided that when I dont have any new polish to discuss, I would just start sharing my "nails of the day".

These are actually yesterday's nails. I used Wet 'n Wild black and white crèmes, Sinful Colors GoGo Girl and OPI Grand Canyon Sunset. (I did the dots with the end of a paintbrush and a toothpick) :)

Thanks for checking them out! ♡

Polkadots!!

I have recently had an extreme love for polkadots!  I'd have to say it all started when I began following @youngwildandpolished on Instagram. She is amazing! 

For this mani I used GoGo Girl and Taupe it Off by Sinful Colors, as well as Black and French White Créme by Wet n' Wild. All topped of with Sally Hansen's Dries Instantly topcoat.

I am by no means a professional when it comes to nails and manicures,  I just have a deep love for them. ♡

As far as the polka dots are concerned, I have yet to purchase a dotting tool (though I really want one!). I made due with things I found around the house. For the largest dots I used the end of a paintbrush, for the medium size I used the tip of a large paperclip and for the smallest dots I used a toothpick. (I know, I know...but hey, you gotta use what you have).

The Sinful Colors Taupe it Off is from their "leather" textured line. It actually dries into a leather like matte polish. I personally didn't care for it, as it looked very dull. After I topped it with the topcoat though, I LOVED it! It has a very subdued holoed glittery appearance and sparkles in the light. So pretty! I did 3 coats of the polish with 2 topcoats.

The Sinful colors GoGo Girl is beautiful. It went on very smooth and only took 2 coats with 1 topcoat.  This will likely be my new go to as far as red are concerned.

As for the Wet n' Wild polishes, they are better than I expected for being so cheap. The black is almost opaque with only 1 coat, though the white takes at least 3.

I hope you all enjoyed my first actual nail blog! I am excited to do more reviews in the future. My goal is to find a polish that hasn't already been blogged about 100 times.

Much love!