Clearly Spotted Skies

Hi! Today I have a simple gradient topped with black and white glitter today.

The gradient below was a few layers of Essie Borrowed and Blue and Sally Hansen X-Treme Wear in Mint Sorbet (over a base of China Glaze Dandy Lyin' Around)

It's really subtle and I love it! Although it is slightly more vibrant in real life.

The combo reminds me of a blue sky and green grass almost.

I was lucky enough to snatch the last bottle of the high coveted Clearly Spotted from the new Maybelline Polka Dots collection in my local Wal*Mart! My store usually sucks at keeping nail polish stocked.. but it looked like someone was hiding this last one! Snooze ya lose ;)

Shown below is just ONE coat of Clearly Spotted (which I am actually considering giving away/selling, since I have something similar to it already!) 

And finally, mattified! Because I've been a little obsessed with black/white glitter and matte combo lately. I love it! What do you think? I also did this mani as part of a twin mani with my Instagram friend Melissa! So definitely check out her post about it too. And her art in general, she's amazing! 

Thank you for reading!

Independence Day!

Quick post cause it's grillin time over here at our family's house!

I started with a base of Milani White On the Spot. then I placed vertical line of striping tape on my ring and pinky finger. I sponged a gradient of China Glaze Hey Sailor and O.P.I I Saw...You Saw...We Saw...Warsaw (that'll always be hard to say...lol)

I also used a tutorial by Chalkboard Nails for these stenciled star nails! I used the same red and blue colors on a make up sponge and then carefully peeled it back while it was still wet :) All topped off with NYC topcoat.

I'm obviously ready to grill taking pictures right next to it.. lol.

 Hope yall enjoy! Have a happy and safe Fourth of July! :D

Big Sur + Gradient

A few weeks ago I volunteered for the Big Sur International Marathon! Volunteers always get a super cool t-shirt with a graphic of the race course on the front. And they say nail inspiration is everywhere so of course I had to make a little somethin!

I went off the gradient in the background because you can never go wrong with a blue and purple gradient! Plus they're my favorite colours :)

Colours I used L-R: 

• China Glaze Dandy Lyin' Around,
• China Glaze Sunday Funday, 
• China Glaze Seaspray,
• unnamed purple from L.A Colors, 
• China Glaze Tart-y for the Party!

I started with the white shimmery base for a little extra umph. And the reason I have both a dark and light blue, and dark and light purple is because I didn't have any exact colour to match the ones on the shirt. 

I used about equal parts of the lighter and the darker colour and it came out pretty darn close, if not spot on to the shirt! I was pleased!

The expo was really fun also, seeing so many from literally all over the world to come to a race! Lord knows I can't run but it was still fun to be in that type of environment. I was surprised to see a lot of Bostonians there! Especially after what happened there. A lot of them were doing the Big Sur marathon also. Two marathons in less than two weeks?! My goodness.