Rhianna Inspired Ruffian Manicure (part 2)

Part 2 of the Rhianna 'Rude Boy' music vid manicure...so I was pretty excited for this manicure...and was a lil dissapointed at the results...I think I should've frankened a better purple cause the one I used was too dark...but then again I've noticed nail polish color usually changes and lightens after a day of wear and since I just painted em right now and uploaded, hopefully they'll lighten up...

I played around a bit w/ the colors cause it's night and it just wouldn't capture the purple correctly...but it made my hand look all photoshoppy...wuddya guys think? I think it looks cute as a manicure, just didn't capture the colors so well of the Rhianna vid...

Colors I used were:
China Glaze - Grape Pop (from Up & Away collection)
Essie - Lolipop

Red, Teal, and Glitter Manicure

So after I uploaded these I realized how nasty my cuticles are...so I went out and bought some cuticle oil...I promise my pics will feature nicer cuticles in the future...

Anyway, I used OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui from their new Hong Kong collection which is an AWESOME tealish creme thats my current fave blue. The color is just SO gorgeous and goes with EVERYTHING!! I also used Rescue Beauty Lounge Locavore...OMG I couldn't stop staring at my ring finger nail since the different glitters were so pretty!! 3 coats gave my nail full coverage. The red I used was Essie Lolipop from their Winter 2009 collection.

I got a really cute dress and the colors matched my nails perfectly so I figured I'd include some pics with the dress =)

Water Marbling for the 1st time!!

So I decided to try out water marbeling for the first time for fun...man...i shoulda definitely wrapped tape around my fingers before I did it because clean-up took me about 2 hrs to clean all the nail polish off...my friend had suggested I just wash my hands with soap and water but I figured, what would a guy know?!? Turns out I shoulda listened to him because when i used soap and water, the nail polish fell off in layers haha...anyway here they are:

By the way, click on the pics to enlarge em so you can really see the colors more accurately

China Glaze Up & Away + Essie Candy Apple

So I went out and bought a couple bottles from China Glaze Up & Away collection and was so excited about wearing all the new colors I'd bought that I decided to paint each nail a different color.

I chose light, creamy, pastrel colors to make my nails match/look more coherent and used: Something Sweet - a pale pink. Happy Go Lucky - a bright, taxi yellow. Peachy Keen - a bright, cream peach color; I also decided to throw Essie Mint Candy Apple into the mix.

I put a rhinestone on each nail and repeated Peachy Keen twice on my nails just so they would look more coherent than just a random splashing of different colors.
I got lots of compliments on em and they looked really cute and stood out with a white tshirt.

Party Toes

I was up at 5am from jetlag, and decided I wanted my toes to look funky and glittery. I didn't have any one nail polish I particularly wanted on my toes so I decided to paint them with Essie Midnight Cami and topping it off with Sally Hansen Hard as nails Rockstar Pink which is a pink glitter that also has bits of red, blue, and gold glitter. I figured the dark blue of Midnight Cami would serve as a good base for the pink glitter and also enhance the bits of blue glitter in Rockstar Pink.



























Overall I really love the color. The picture doesn't do it justice! It's sparkly, glittery, pink/purple/blue and it matches all my flipflops! I've noticed this color is fantastic to match with everything. It's like a glitzed up, unboring black that goes with everything!

Superbowl Colts nails

I decided it would be fun to paint my nails for the Superbowl and figured I'd go with the colts since they had funner colors to work with.

My idea for my nails was to have several different designs, but have the recurring theme of blue and white (I ended up doing lots of blue+silver though).
I ended up with three nail designs I really liked, a silver to blue gradiation, a blue and silver stripe, and a cool color that I made layering two existing colors I had.

My fave nail would be the silver to blue gradiation. For this nail I first painted it with a silver base (Sally Hansen hard as nails Celeb City). I then painted one coat of China Glaze Dorothy Who? Then I painted the tips of my nails with another layer of Dorothy Who? This color is great for building up a gradiation since it's sheer but builds up color intensity with every coat. I then added some silver glitter with a fine brush just at the tips of my nail bed.

My second fave nail was a color I mixed by painting one coat of Essie Midnight Cami and topping it with a coat of China Glaze Dorothy Who? and adding a rhinestone on top of it.

My third nail was a blue and silver striped nail. I used Essie Midnight Cami and a thinbrushed silver glitter to paint the stripes. I thought this nail was ok and nothing out of the ordinary.