Sephora by OPI

I haven't posted in awhile cause my camera memory was full and I keep forgetting to clear out the pics so I've been using my phone...

I wanted some funky colors for this manicure, so I chose this super dark grey, green tinted greyed teal, and orange...the teal is Sephora by OPI - Ocean Love Potion...I've been wanting Rescue Beauty Lounge's Surf Collection and ordered it awhile back, but since it hasn't been shipped out yet, I figured this color would have to do for now...I havent seen the RBL colors in person, but from swatches online, Ocean Love Potion seems to be similar to RBL 360...anyway, all three colors are amazing i love them =)

Purple Marble Manicure

I decided I wanted to do a marbling effect to make it look like marble stone (not water marbling) so I dotted white and the Sally Hansen purple over the Essie Purple...the first hand I tried it on was my left, didn't turn out like how i wanted, second hand was when i started doing it at a angle and acheived that marble look...unfortunately i'm outside right now so i don't know the names of the colors off the top of my head...i also added a thin border of the glittery Lippmann polish, altho i did a whole border on my left and only my tips on my right...which looks better guys? all around or just the tips?

Urban Outfitters Sponge Manicure

For this manicure, I used Urban Outfitter's Blue4 and Pink 2. These two colors were both jellys and I used 2 coats for both. I then sponged on black with a eyeshadow brush. I put on square rhinestones, and being the idiot that I am, decided to go play basketball + football without putting on a topcoat on the rhinestones...I came home and both my middle fingers and pinkys were missing rhinestones haha...I'm actually a lil suprised all 10 didn't fall off...anyway this was just a fun/easy manicure

Deborah Lippmann I'm Not Innocent + Wake up in Vegas Manicure

I was so excited to find Deborah Lippman's new colors at Nordstroms the other day, so I picked up I'm Not Innocent (Peachy Nude) , Wake up in Vegas (Beigy Grey) , and My Old Flame (Siren Red)

I love love love LOVE these colors they are all so gorgeous...I usually have a hard time with reds and nudes because I hate how these colors make my hands look red...but I'm Not Innocent and My Old Flame made my hands look so pretty and delicate...the one word that kept popping up in my head when I saw these two colors was "elegant"

Pink Leopard Manicure

I got almost all the colors from China Glaze's Up & Away collection awhile ago, and I've been wanting to use this pink but there've just been so many other colors that it just kept gettin pushed back...I was watching discovery channel and saw these leopards and noticed their fur is gradiant...so I decided to do a pink gradiation version of their fur

I used Deborah Lippmann's Don't Call Me Baby over China Glaze's Something Sweet. Don't call me baby is perfect for gradiants because it's sheer, yet builds up color very nicely.

This manicure was a little too girly for me...what do you guys think?

Sephora by OPI - IM beauty

I've had this color for a couple weeks now and just wanted to try it on...it's a light yellow jelly, very pretty but I don't think it was intended to be opaque...i put on 3 thick coats, and kinda screwed up my right hand because I got so impatient waiting for it to dry...it still wasn't opaque at that point and I didn't want a visible nail line, so I added the black tips...I love the color and wouldn't mind the lack of opaquness if my nails were shorter...but it just didn't look right now that my nails have gotten kinda long

I used: Sephora by OPI - IM beauty
CND - Blackjack

Happy Birthday - Deborah Lippmann

I hunted for WEEKS for this nail polish and I FINALLY found it!!! I've been debating whether I should layer it over a single color or just wear it bare and I finally decided to wear it bare...i LOVE LOVE LVOE this polish! No matter how I move my hands, there's just a sparkle to it I can't stop staring at my hands =D This is w/ two coats...

Orange, Fuscia, Purple Manicure

I was looking at all my nail polishes and wanted to do a manicure w/ a couple different colors, and lined up these three bottles together and loved the color combo. I was also feeling girly and wanted to use different colored rhinestones so this is what I came up with =)

I used:
China Glaze - Grape Pop (I love love love this color...I just can't ever seem to truly and accurately capture it on camera)
Sephora by OPI - Domestic Goddess (I've really been loving this color lately...I normally love greys, blues, greens as these seem to go better w/ my skin...but ever since I bought this color I've really been loving pinks and purples...it's SUCH a great color because it looks feminine yet at the same time is SO edgy)
Sephora by OPI - Hi Def (I'm really lovin all these Sephora by OPI colors because theyre all so trendy and apply so well, this color definitely pops and looks so good in person w/ the black french tip)

St. Patrick's Day Manicure #3

So this morning's St. Paddy's manicure was really buggin me and I really wanted to take it off...so I was flippin through a nail mag when I saw the pic below...I was initially just tryin to see if I could recreate the look by dotting black polish over my existing polish with a eyeshadow brush, I ended up really liking the look and decided to do a whole manicure

I used: China Glaze - Four Leaf Clover