November Nails

Here are some lovely neutral nails with a nice mix of tan and taupe. 

 I used OPI Did you ear about Van Gogh? and ASP Tame me Taupe. Simple and pretty!

 I've been wanting to try some gingham and here it is! 

For this mani, I used TruGel Marshmallow, ASP Tame me Taupe, OPI Did you ear about Van Gogh?  and ASP Studio 54.

These is my sister's mani for her mother in law's fall wedding. Have I mentioned lately how much I love glitter???

 I used Gelish Plum and Done, Gelish Meet the King and Gelish All that Glitters.

And some more of those autumn browns! 

 I used Gelish Sweet Chocolate, OPI Did you ear about Van Gogh? Gelish Meet the King and Gelish All that Glitters. 

And another plain and simple mani. I LOVE this color! 

 This is TruGel Blue Topaz and it might be my favorite color right now. It has the prettiest sparkle in the sunshine. 

 And my first snow flake nails of the season!!!

 I used Gelish Bashful, Orly Gumdrop and some stamping with konad white. 

 Argyle!!! This is another one I've been looking forward to trying out. Nothing beats a nice cozy sweater, right? 

 I used ASP Tame me Taupe, OPI My Vampire is buff, and Gelish pumps or cowboy boots?

Glitter, neon, hearts and stripes! Favorite things! 

 I used Gelish I'm brighter than you, TruGel Marshmallow, Gelish Meet the King and Gelish All that Glitters. 

Thanks for reading, 

See you Monday!

Hand Painted Halloween!

Candy Corn and Jack O' Lanterns!

I used: Gelish Black Shadow, Finger Paints Rococo Orange, TruGel Marshmallow, Gelish Arctic Freeze and a bit of yellow and green. 

This one isn't totally halloweeny, but the black and gold give it a lovely dressed up feel I think. Like a masquerade ball. 

I used: Gelish Black Shadow, Gelish Meet the King, Gelish All that glitters is gold, and a bit of white art gel. 

I did a mani similar to this a ouple weeks ago, but it was so much fun I had to do it again!

 I used: Gelish Amazon Flirt, Gelish Anime-Zing color, Finger Paints Appetite for the Archetype and a bit of Gelish Black Shadow for the art work. I also added purple rhinestones and some craft store glitter. 

How cute are these Halloween Beauties?!?

I used: Gelish black Shadow, TruGel Marshmallow, Finger Paints Rococo Orange, and TruGel Toxic. 

This may be my favorite manicure this week. I LOVE nightmare before Christmas and I was really hoping to do some nightmare nails. Yay!

I used: Gelish Simple Sheer, Gelish Black Shadow, Gelish Anime-Zing color, TruGel Smoke and Mirrors and a bit of white art gel. 

Quick Frankin Nails. Seriously fast but still way fun. 

 I used: Gelish Black Shadow and Gelish Amazon Flirt. Thats it!

Last but not least, Harry Potter Nails!!!

 I used: Gelish My Forbidden Love, Gelish Meet the King, Gelish Black Shadow and white art gel. 

Thanks for reading, 

See you Monday!

Cameras, anchors, doggies, mermaids and...the Rebellion!

I had a busy week of nails! So many manis, so much cute! 

 This mani/pedi is modeled by the lovely Jane. It really couldn't have turned out any better! 

 I used, TruGel Marshmallow, ASP Blue Crush, Gelish Meet the King, Gelish All that glitters is gold, and Gelish Black shadow. I stamped the hearts with Konad and hand painted the cameras. 

This next one was so fun because not only did I get to do a way cute mani, I also had a nice long chat with my good friend Christy who I haven't seen in a long time. 

For this one, I used Gelish After Dark, Gelish I'm brighter than you, Gelish Night Shimmer, Gelish Waterfield and TruGel Marshmallow. All the art is hand painted. 

This are my nails this week. I was REALLY TIRED so I skipped the nail art and just went for a classic pink mani. I kinda love a one color manicure every so often. I find it visually relaxing. I used Finger Paints Passion for P-Ink.

The ring was a gift from my sister. Its a wiener dog, if you cant tell, because I LOVE my looooong dog and everything that has anything to do with them. 

 He's the cutest thing to ever live! 

 Next we have Ariel's Little Mermaid nails, Modeled by the lovely and talented Emma who was headed to a California Beach Vaca and for sure needed mermaid fingers! 

I used Gelish Radience is my middle name underneath Gelish Just what I wanted for the green, ASP Cutie Coral and TruGel Just Peachy for the rest. 

My final manicure today is this totally amazing Star Wars Mani. I love Star Wars but I will admit that I was not previously familiar with these two symbals. The red is for the Rebellion (think Princess Leia) and the black one is for the Empire (Darth Vader). I think the other nails speak for themselves!

 A huge thanks to Megan and her very pretty fingers for the chance to try something new! 

 I used: TruGel Marshmallow, Gelish Black Shadow, Gelish Waterfield, and little touches of some other colors for the nail art. 

Thanks for reading,

See you Monday!

July Make-up post (of a million manicures)

I have not posted to this blog in FOREVER! July is a busy month! 

So, without further ado, here is what I've been up to!

This lovely neutral ballet French Tip Mani is modeled by my very good friend Wendy. It was done using OPI Did you ear about Van Gogh? and OPI Coney Island Cotton Candy

These next three pictures are crappy because I took them with my phone but the nails are so pretty I didn't want anyone to miss them :)

So here is one of my favorite manis ever, modeled by the wonderful Melissa. 

For this I used Gelish Cashmere Kind of Gal, TruGel Marshmallow, Gelish Gossip Girl and various shades of regular polish to complete the roses and leaves. 

And another crap picture, this one is my nails while I was on vacation. 

I used, Gelish Black Shadow, Gelish Gossip Girl, TruGel Marshmallow, and RCM Staycation. 

 How pretty are these???? 

 I think this is my new favorite summer color. Its so pretty and bright and is such a bright pop of purple-i-ness! 

I may not have done any nail art on these, but I did do a matching mani/pedi so I think that counts for something!

For this I used Gelish's Anime-Zing Color. LOVE!!!

I did these this afternoon on my friend Andrea and I really really love how they turned out. So understated and beautiful. I especially love the white accent nail! 

 For this I used, Gelish Mint of Spring, Gelish Kiss me I'm a Prince and TruGel Marshmallow. 

And an itty bitty brush!

 These gorgeous glitter fade and camera nails are modeled by the adorable Emma! 

I used Finger Paints Appetite for the Archetype and TruGel Marshmallow. I also used my stash of glitter and used my itty bitty brush again. 

I got into the glitter again for this one! plus Gelish Pink Smoothie and a bit of Gelish Arctic Freeze.

Ok, when I said all those other mani's were my favorite, I was just kidding because THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE! 

 My Good friend Kasey is wearing these fantastic nails and really, they couldn't be any cuter. 

I used ASP Blue Crush, Gelish Meet the King, Gelish All that Glitters is Gold and TruGel Marshmallow. Then I stamped some hearts on with Konad's black polish. 

 These cute hands belong to my favorite 6 year old, my sweet daughter. She wanted me to try out this cool stained glass technique and she has been sooo careful with them ever since. 

 And finally, the last manicure of this very very long post...

My mom's vacation nails! 

 How cool is that? I got this idea from Sierrasnails_ on Instagram and I can truthfully say that this mani got more compliments than any I've ever done.