Holo Dandelions

Hiya! I had on this double accent look with China Glaze - Are You Jelly and Glistening Snow and I decided it needed some spicing up!

Rainbow Gradient Stamping

I was in the mood for some nail art after a not so good day. I felt like a gradient but didn't have time for a base and multiple sponge layers. So of course I gravitated towards stamping. I wanted to try some more gradient stamping anyway, so I combined the two! I stamped using this flower design from MoYou Pro Plate 11.

My cuticles are rough. Been a tough week yall I'm sorry lol.

Square Hue: Fifth Avenue

Sally Hansen X-Treme Wear: Sunkissed

OPI: I Just Can't Copeacabana

OPI: Jade Is the New Black

Nails Inc: Baker's Street

Wet n Wild: Who Is Ultra Violet

Base: OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls

I hope you liked this! I enjoyed the look overall but wish I had picked a better stamp and tried to get the color transition more centered on the nail. It was actually hard picking colors! I really don't have a lot of range in shades in each of the rainbow colors. Must. Buy. More. Polish.

P.s my right hand is a gold polish. Like the gold at the end of a rainbow. ;)

Rain Forest Flowers

 Hello all! Ah Wednesday... not Monday and not Friday but almost there. Hope you're all pushing through the week! I have my first pretty successful stamping decal manicure today! I say pretty because there's still a few kinks I need to work out in my technique but I thought it was very much worth sharing with you all.

The colors are Kiss Me I'm Brazilian (gorgeous darker shade of the classic bubblegum pink) and AmazON...AmazOFF (stunning deep jade/teal with hidden shimmer) from the new OPI Brazilian collection. And lemme tell you I am in LOVE. Perfect 2 coat formula on both. It's the first collection I purchased almost every polish from! (except Rio Red, I Sao Paulo Over There, Next Stop... The Bikini Zone.) Instead of individual swatches I want to incorporate them into nail art. It's faster for me and hopefully more fun for you! I still may do a plain swatch here and there because lemme tell you, these colors... whew. Gorgeous. Onward!

The lily/floral design is MoYou Pro Plate 11 and there are reverse stamping/decal methods out there but I used the one where I painted and sealed my design directly on my stamper. Here is a great and clear video by the stamping queen showing you how! For my own decal I used Pretty & Polished Swift Sparkle top coat. 

I hope you enjoyed this look! It reminds me of being in a lush rain forest surrounding by bright tropical flowers. Or in the words of my uncle, "a floral bouquet of understated elegance!" Great job O.P.I!

Neon Cornflowers

 Mmmmm TGIF! And payday for a lot of people (including me!) Hope everyone is kicking the weekend off right. This flower design isn't a cornflower, my titles are usually just mashing whatever manicure colors I have on together.

 I'm excited to share this look with you because I am pretty darn proud of how it came out. 1. I love the colors. 2. Uh, floral stamps. Hello! 3. I used to be terrible at pairing colors together (no I'm not color blind) but my color matches were never real winners in the past. I am definitely getting better with this.

Base: China Glaze - Electric Beat (stunning cornflower blue, perfect in two coats)

Stamping: China Glaze - Highlight of My Summer (gorgeous NEON mint color I picked up just for the name, but ended up loving. And it's marvelously opaque for stamping. Win.)

Flowers: MoYou XL stamping plate (Pro 06).

Also this is what I think of when I think about Friday being pay day. 

Quick post: Satin Flowers

On Wednesdays, we wear pink.

Base: OPI - Hey Baby

Stamping: OPI - Love. Angel. Music. Baby 

Design: MoYou Pro Plate (14)

 Thought it would be fun to include an awkward bottle shot :) I am soooo in love with this gold satin/matte finish. Good job O.P.I!

Vampire Blossoms

I can't help but make weird titles...

But here's an idea I had in my head and it came out pretty nice! The base is the ever so popular OPI - My Vampire is Buff and I stamped over it with Rimmel London - Posh Pink which is excellent for stamping. The design is, you guessed it, MoYou! Pro Plate 14. I can't help but do anything but stamping now that I bought some more plates. The combinations are endless.

My pinky smeared... currently out of my favorite HK Girl topcoat and I'm feeling lost without it obviously!

After I put down MVIB, I also painted one coat of China Glaze - Fairy Dust. I can't believe this amazing glitter topper is discontinued?!

Hope you liked this simple look. Thanks for reading :)

Gradient Archways & Berry Rose Triangles

   Hello! Here are two manicures I didn't get enough photos of, so I thought I would combine them into one post.

Both stamping images are from MoYou XL Pro Plate (02)

The base for the first is Square Hue - Westminster, a creme polish in a color I would describe as an off white/french vanilla color. I got it in my Square Hue monthly description box and it took three coats to reach opacity, but I have decided I love it! I don't have enough off whites in my collection. 

The stamping colors are A-England - St. George and Dragon. These two colors were made for each other! And they are perfect for stamping. They are holographic but of course the sun was not out for me to get another picture.

This second manicure I think is kind of a miss, because the metallic seemed to dry too fast and I didn't get to pick up some of the triangles. But oh well! I liked the color combo and thought it was decent enough to post. I'm all about the progress.

The base for this manicure was OPI - Ate Berries In the Canaries a gorgeous purple berry color. I love it! I stamped with Essie - Penny Talk a bold copper/rose gold shade that works amazing for stamping.