Pastel Gradient

Time for some spring colors!

This is Zoya Sweet and Blu. Blu is such a beautiful color. It's the perfect baby blue color :)

Bonus Tutorial!

There we go. Not terribly original but I like it. I needed something pastel and spring and this fit the bill.

Thanks for reading!

Bi-textural Chevrons (With Picture Tutorial!)

A co-worker friend requested I do chevrons. I've never done them before and they were on my list, so I figured, why not?

Here's what I came up with.

This is a-england St. George (I seem to be on a St. George kick) and Zoya Nyx. Nyx is from Zoya's newish line of liquid sands called Pixie Dust. It dries to a gritty, glittery, glorious texture.

I love mixing textures. I think it really adds another dimension to manicures. Here's a big pic to zoom in on all that glittery goodness:

And here's a picture tutorial!

You will need:
Two contrasting colors (or less contrasty if you want a subtle effect)
Striping tape (or scotch tape cut in very thin strips)
Scotch Tape

That's it! I hope you like it! I'm recovering from a very annoying cold, so I'm a little brain dead. No witty commentary from me this week, I'm afraid.

Thanks for reading!

Don't Look at Me, I'm Naked!

So I took off my polish the other day and realized my nails had gotten crazy long for me.

Talons! Claws! The Horror! Actually, I was pretty proud of myself. My nails tend to break pretty quickly around this length. But alas, knowing that fact, I filed them down to a more manageable length.

My St. Paddy's Day marble is still going strong. I'm debating taking it off and doing something else for tomorrow. Maybe.. I have a couple hours to myself right now. We'll see.

Anywhoozle, thanks for reading!

St. Patrick's Water Marble

Yup. It's been a while. I keep going back and forth on whether I want to move my blog here or not. It seems like most of the big-name blogs are on Blogger, and the interface is easier to work with for me. It's probably better to do it now than later.

Okay, I've decided. Welcome to my Blogger Blog!

Here's my second ever water marble for St. Paddy's! (Click any pic to embiggen)

The thumbs are clovers!

Yay! So I think I solved my water issue. I'm using room temperature distilled water and the polish is spreading beautifully. Yeah I have to buy it by the gallon, but I'm just using a little at a time and it's worth it to have more detailed marbles.

|The polishes used here are a-england St. George (dark teal) and CG Running in Circles (emerald glitter). I've discovered that the a-england polishes spread REALLY well but marbling uses so much polish that I don't think I'll use them again. a-england is too expensive and beautiful to waste.

I'm really happy with these. I wanted to do clovers on all of my nails but it was surprisingly difficult to get the clovers small enough to fit on my thumbs, much less my teeny tiny pinky nails.

Well, I hope that these pictures count as a decent come back. Tonight I'm going to see Flogging Molly in concert and I'm SUPER EXCITED! They will surely get me in the mood for green beer.

Thanks for reading!

My First Ever Water Marble!!

Originally Posted: February 27, 2013
Oh my goodness. I’m so excited you guys. I feel like a real nail-person now. Okay, here we go:

What do you think? I’m pretty damn pleased for a first try. I think my favorite is the middle finger on my right hand.

This was Zoya Blu and Zuza. I would post a tutorial but honestly, the queen of water marble tutorials is My Simple Little Pleasures. Her youtube videos are what I went off of, and I certainly can’t explain it any better than she does. The only thing I did differently was use a little shot glass. I couldn’t get the polish to spread over the water very well.

Bonus shot of the water marble without the dots:

I’m not sure which way I like it more. Any opinions?

Thanks for reading!

Purple and Gold Elegant Stamping

Originally Posted: February 25, 2013


I wanna repaint my nails so bad but I don’t have the time at the moment. Soon. Tuesday. Tuesday I’m hoping to TRY water marbling. I’ve never attempted it before and I’m scurred. Should I post the results no matter what?  What if it’s awful? Will you make fun of me? Will I become “that blog-girl that sucks at water marbling”? What could happen? I CAN’T HANDLE THAT KIND OF PRESSURE!!

*ahem*

So here’s a mani from the archives.

So this is Zoya Valerie with an unknown (but pictured) Sally Hansen gold stamped on top. Zoya Valerie is such a beautiful, rich purple. It might be my favorite color in my collection.

The gold stamp didn’t come out as bold as I wanted, but I really loved this manicure. It felt very… regal.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading!

Where You Can Find Pleasure, Search the World for Treasure...

Originally Posted: February 21, 2013

Is that reference too obscure? I mean, 20 days ago I thought everyone knew who Frida Kahlo was, but so far almost everyone I’ve asked didn’t know who she was (she was a famous Hispanic artist. Look her up. Edumacate yourselves).

Aaaanyway, Today I have a couple more beautiful a-england polishes featured on my phalanges. This is Tristam and Excalibur.

Both of these were, again, just one coat. Here’s Excalibur on it’s own:

And here's a short and sweet tutorial:

Maybe it’s because I’m wearing a striped shirt today, but this feels very Navy-inspired. I should have stuck an anchor on one of my fingers.

Anywhozle, thanks for stopping by!