City Skyline Nails.

I did nails inspired by Maryland earlier in the week, so it seemed necessary to follow up with New York nails! NYC is my favorite place, and it definitely deserves a little nail art in it's honor. 

A skyline design seemed like the perfect choice, and I very fittingly chose China Glaze Skyscraper as the base color. Skyscraper is a gorgeous color, I'll have to try to use it more often. For the actual design I used Wet n Wild Black Creme. The finishing touch was a little extra glitter in the sky, which was from  Icing Magnetic Attraction.

Fred Flintstone Nails.

Today's nails are a simple design inspired by Fred Flintstone. I saw a bunch of other designs inspired by his attire and had to give it a shot for myself.

I started by painting all of my nails OPI A Good Man-darin is Hard to Find and added the black triangles with a Sally Hansen nail art pen. Then I did the tie with Sally Hansen Brisk Blue and outlined it with Wet n Wild Black Creme.

Purple Dot Border Nails.

Border nails have been becoming increasingly popular lately, and I think this is an easy and fun interpretation of the trend!

I went for a purples on purple look, which didn't photograph the greatest. (All the colors are more discernible in person.) The base color for this manicure is Julep Taylor. The different dots are OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender, OPI Done Out in Deco, China Glaze Spontaneous, and China Glaze Go Go Pink.

I really like the subtlety of the monochromatic design, but this would be fun to try in a bunch of different colors!

Beachy Crab Nails.

After seeing this manicure during my search for inspiration, I decided that crab nails were a must-do. As I mentioned earlier this week, my current focus in on summer, and it's only a matter of days now until I return to Maryland for the summer. So, crabs are the perfect nail art choice. 

This manicure doesn't show much of the base, but it's a gradient that is supposed to show where the ocean meets the sand. I started with a base color of Zoya Jules, which is like a prettier version of wet sand. Then I created the gradient with OPI Ogre the Top Blue, LA Colors Static Electricity, and Wet n Wild Blue Wants to be a Millionaire. The crabs were done with CND Flashpoint with Wet n Wild French White Creme and Black Creme for the eyes.

Sunset Palm Tree Nails.

With finals week just starting my mind is already on summer, so I thought I would do nails that spoke to that. 

For the sunset gradient I used CND Yellow Bicycle, OPI Hot & Spicy, OPI A Good Man-darin is Hard to Find, and China Glaze Rich & Famous. The palm trees were painted with Wet n Wild Black Creme.

Tricolor Wave Nails.

Today's design is nice and simple, but bright. 

The colors I used were China Glaze Tree Hugger, OPI Ate Berries in the Canaries, and Sally Hansen Brisk Blue.

Silver Flower Nails.

This is a pretty simple design. I used BM-224 to stamp the design, for whatever reason this design never stamps perfectly. The larger flowers always end up blurring a bit, but I still think it worked out okay. I stamped with Sally Hansen Silver Sweep. The base color on my nails is Wet n Wild Buffy the Violet Slayer with a coat of Sally Hansen Laser and then a coat of Sally Hansen Byte. My accent nail is LA Girl Overdose, which is also dotted in the centers of the flowers.