Lady Bug Nails.

It's been a while since I've thought of a new animal manicure to try, but for today's manicure I ended up deciding on lady bugs. 

Of course I wanted my lady bugs to be a little extra fun so I chose to start with a glittery base, two coats of Sephora Formula X Atom + Eve over Bellisimo Calgary Flame. The black and white I used were my current favorites, Sally Hansen Hard To Get and Sephora Formula X Dark Matter. 

Watercolor Triangle Nails.

It has been a while since I've done a manicure using the watercolor technique but it's one of my favorites because you can get so many different looks with it. And today's manicure is one of my favorites that I've done using this technique. 

I started by creating the watercolor design on my nails and then used striping tape to help add black to the sides of my nails, creating the triangle shape. I finished things off by adding rhinestones (which are from an old wheel I purchased on Amazon.)

The polishes I used in this design were Sephora Formula X Dark Matter, Sally Hansen Hard To Get, OPI Don't Mess With OPI, Nails Inc. St. Martin's Place, Nails Inc. Baker Street, and Bellisimo Calgary Flame.

Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Nails.

I've mentioned before that I think fruit manicures are very cute and fun, so of course when I saw this tutorial for chocolate covered strawberry nails I had to do my own version! I've done strawberry nails before but these designs are quite different so I thought it would still be interesting. 

The polishes I used are Bellisimo Calgary Flame, OPI Don't Mess with OPI, Sephora Formula X Dark Matter, and Essie Very Structured,

Close-Up Flower Nails.

I always love a good floral design, and today's manicure is no exception. For this design I decided to do just one flower on each nail and do a much more zoomed in design which is something I hadn't tried in the past. 

The polishes I used to create this design were Bellisimo Calgary Flame, OPI My Very First Knockwurst, and China Glaze VIII.

Glam Snowflake Nails.

It's been snowing all day here and I decided I needed a manicure to match. I posted a stamped snowflake design a little over a year ago, so I thought it would be a great time to try freehand snowflakes.

I also chose to not use the typical snow-y manicure colors and went with polishes that would match my style and wardrobe a little better. I used Bellisimo Naples Night Out for the base color and Orly Rage for the dots and snowflakes. At first I was thinking I would stick to just snowflakes on my nails, but after I started I decided to add lots of dots to mimic snow. Plus, I happen to think dots done in Orly Rage are super pretty!

When I decided to try doing snowflakes in an untraditional color with an unexpected background color I wasn't sure if it would end up translating well, but I was very happy with the color combination when I finished. I love how it mixes things up a little.