Holographic Burst Nails.

This manicure was inspired by one I came across on facebook and tracked back to this blog post. I loved the idea of having a little bit of awesome holographic shimmer peaking out from under a creme polish. 

For my design I used Milani Hi-Tech and Sally Hansen Lickety Split Lime.

Hi-Def Flakie Nails.

Today's manicure is all about very simple layering, but produces very fun results. 

This is my favorite manicure for anytime I want my nails to look cool but don't have time to do any actual nail art. By layering a few polishes and adding a flakie polish on top, you can get a very eye catching look very quickly.

I've tried a few different combinations, but my favorite is OPI Inc with Sally Hansen HD Laser and Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure. Hidden Treasure and the HD polishes go perfectly together!

Purple Layered Dot Nails.

I wanted to do a manicure using Chanel Paradoxal because it's one of my favorite polishes, but I've hardly gotten any wear out of it! I ended up deciding on a layered dot design with Paradoxal as the base color. 

The polishes I used to make the dots are China Glaze Below Deck and OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender.

Neutral Nails.

I mostly wear black clothing, so I wear a lot of bright polishes. But from time to time neutral nails are fun too, and you can never go wrong with black and grey combinations. 

For this design I used CND Oil Slick, CND Asphalt, and Milani White on the Spot.

Tie Dye Paisley Nails.

I really love today's manicure! I used the same technique I used for this design, but this time with pastels. And I like the results even better than I did last time. The pastels create a really soft and pretty tie dye effect. 

I painted all of my nails with Milani White on the Spot as a base to create the tie dye over. Then the pastel polishes I used were Orly Pixy Stix, Orly Spark, American Apparel Office, OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender, and Revlon Blue Lagoon.

The perfect finishing touch to complement my tie dyed nails was stamping with the Born Pretty Store M64 plate (reviewed here.) I stamped with Konad Special black polish.

I'll have to come up with more designs I can use the watercolor technique for because I'm really loving it at the moment!

Sweet Candy Nails.

Today's manicure has a theme I love, candy. The base color is one I don't think I've used for nail art before, Julep Maya. The design is done in acrylic paint and I added a bit of glitter with Color Club Starry Temptress. 

Four Corners Nails.

I realized I hadn't used striping tape in a while and decided to do something simple with it. 

The base color for the manicure is OPI A Good Mandarin is Hard to Find and the other color is OPI Ate Berries in the Canaries.