Fun Leopard Nails.

Today's manicure was an easy one to decide on, I knew I wanted to do a freehand leopard design and I wanted to use Orly Rage as my base color. It's a gorgeous polish that I haven't worked into my nail art enough. Then I chose to do the leopard spots in China Glaze First Mate and Shocking Pink, which ended up being a very fun color combination.

Born Pretty Detail Brush Review.

I reviewed the other Born Pretty Store products I received most recently at the end of August, but I was holding off on the last product I had to review. That product is this single Born Pretty brush. I waited a bit longer to post about it so that I could work it into my nail art routine and try it out for a few different manicures.

I reviewed a BPS brush set a few months ago, but I thought it would be helpful to talk about an individual brush. And a detail brush is what I reach for most often when I'm doing any freehand nail art. I'm always looking for new detail brushes since they get worn out, and this one is a nice size and has made a nice addition to my nail art supplies.

My brushes definitely take a beating from all the manicures and all the acetone, so this brush's $1.32 price tag is perfect, that way if it starts getting worn out it is no big deal to replace!

If you're interested in ordering this brush or anything else from BPS, you can use my 10% off coupon code, BRJ61.

Simple Suede Nails.

Adjusting to my busy fall semester schedule has helped lead me to a new appreciation of the OPI Suede  polishes. I've had a few that I've used from time to time for a while, but never felt they were particularly special until now. 

They apply super easily, and then dry super fast. What more can you ask for out of a polish? 

For this manicure I used OPI I'll Always Have Paris Suede and OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede.

Strawberry Nails.

I think fruit makes for really cute manicure inspiration, I've already done watermelon and kiwi in past blog posts. Deciding on which fruit to do next wasn't hard after I saw this manicure. I really liked the idea of using bullion beads for the seeds of strawberries. Placing all the beads ended up being a bit tiresome, but the results are definitely extra cute. 

I used China Glaze Ahoy! and Watermelon Rind for the strawberries, and used the bullion beads that I reviewed here.

Sheep Nails.

I knew I wanted to do a freehand design for today's manicure, but couldn't decide on anything. After a few failed ideas, I found inspiration from this manicure. And I think the results are super cute!

I did a gradient with Revlon Blue Lagoon and China Glaze Tree Hugger for the sky and the grass. For the actual sheep I used acrylic paints.

Dotted Circle Nails.

I had a color combination picked out for a manicure, but no design, so of course I decided on dots. 

The base color is OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue and the dots are China Glaze Shower Together, OPI Ate Berries in the Canaries, and Wet n Wild Silvivor.

Gradient Half Moon Nails.

I was cleaning my computer desktop off today and among many inspiration photos was this one, and I knew it had to be my next manicure.

For my take on the design I used OPI Mermaid Tears as the base color, and added the gradient with OPI Who The Shrek Are You?