Blue Sideways Gradient Nails.

The sideways gradient is one of my favorite designs I've done, so I decided to go for it again with a different color scheme.

The colors I chose this time were LA Colors Static Electricity, China Glaze Spontaneous, and Sinful Colors Hottie. The rhinestones I finished things off with are from Amazon.

Warhol Flower Nails.

I saw a manicure inspired by one of Andy Warhol's Flowers paintings over a year ago now, and I finally got around to creating my own version! 

I really love how it turned out. I used Wet n Wild Black Creme for the base color, and the green I created by mixing OPI Who the Shrek Are You? and Sinful Colors Envy. I mixed CND Bicycle Yellow and American Apparel Neon Yellow for the yellow flower. The other flowers are OPI Ate Berries in the Canaries, OPI A Good Mandarin if Hard to Find, and Sally Hansen Lively Lilac.

And here is the painting for comparison!

Mermaid Tail Nails.

I started my attempt at mermaid nails yesterday but wasn't liking how things were going, so I decided to put it on hold. After looking at my half-finished manicure some more, I decided that I didn't want to just scrap things completely because I really liked the soft teal gradient (it ended up photographing a bit more blue, but the tealness is very evident in person.) So I stuck with that and decided to go in a different direction.

The design I stamped with is from the BM-209 plate, and I stamped with Sally Hansen Silver Sweep.

For the gradient I used OPI Mermaid Tears and China Glaze Shower Together, with Sinful Colors Hottie over top. And here is a picture of the gradient on it's own just because.

Born Pretty Plate M71 Review.

Today I have my last Born Pretty Store review for you! This time it is for another nail art item, the M71 plate, which comes with a stamp and scraper. 

Usually when I stamp designs on my nails I use a full nail image (like this one) so I played around with the plate a little before deciding on a manicure. All the images stamped well, and the stamp and scraper measured up to the ones I already own.

A lot of people prefer rubber scrapers or credit cards, but I always feel like I get a better scrape with a metal scraper. I'm happy to have another since mine is always a mess. The stamp is a lot different than the one I'm used to using, which is longer and double ended. But this short one is very easy to handle.

Now back to the manicure I decided on...

I didn't want to just stamp onto a solid base color, so after some consideration I started on an ocean-like gradient. I used OPI Ogre the Top Blue and OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue, an then I added a layer of Sinful Colors Hottie. After than I added a very thin coat of Wet n Wild Teal of Fortune. Then I decided to try something new out, and added a few flakes of chunky teal glitter from Julep. After letting all of that dry I stamped the dolphin image from the M71 plate in Sally Hansen Silver Sweep. The final touch was one more thin coat of Teal of Fortune.

And here is a closeup...

This is just one fun option you can get from this plate, which along with the stamp and scraper costs $3.88. And once again here is a 10% off coupon code for you! 

Twister Nails.

When I went to do my nails yesterday all I knew was I wanted to do something with the rainbow and something with dots. From there I basically just winged it, and ended up with something sort of Twister-esque.

The colors I used were CND Flashpoint, CND Electric Orange, CND Bicycle Yellow, Sinful Colors Envy, LA Colors Static Electricity, and China Glaze Spontaneous. The base is Sally Hansen Whirlwind White.

This is a really simple design but I like how colorful it is, it's nice and cheery. Cheery nails are definitely a mood booster during midterms! (Which are almost over...which I think means time to treat myself to a few polishes or nail tools.)