Ocean Blue Beach Nails

Cara's Nails

You can't go to the beach without the proper manicure.

Base Color:

Revlon Colorstay- Costal Surf

Blue and Green Ruffle Manicure

Kate's Nails

Ruffle manicures are easy to do, and I love the result!  I saw THESE RUFFLE NAILS from Chalkboard Nails, and wanted to do something with similar colors.  If you want to try out ruffle nails, visit the link above - Chalkboard Nails does a great tutorial.

Polishes Used:

Zoya Yummy

Sally Hansen Insta Dri Lickety-Split Limer

Ulta Joined at the Hippo

Essie Mojito Madness

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Fairy Teal

Speaking of ruffle manicures, on Christmas Eve last year I did a ruffle manicure that was meant to look like Christmas trees.  If you're wondering what's on my thumb, that would be a Purple Santa Claus that my brother painted for me (don't ask)



Summery French Tip Nails

Kate's Nails

After seeing THESE NAILS on glittershewrote.com, I knew I wanted to try my own version.  Such a simple, fun design!

Polishes Used:

Sinful Colors Snow Me White

Essie Bachelorette Bash

Revlon Blue Slate

Sally Hanson Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow

Wet N Wild On A Trip

Essie Mojito Madness



Hot Pink, Stripes, and Chevrons!

Kate's Nails

I bought this pink (Essie Bachelorette Bash ) and this nude color (Zoya Farah ) at Ulta the other day, and have been dying to try them both out.  The stripes and chevrons are done in China Glaze's Liquid Leather.  Bachelorette Bash is a much richer color in person, and I'm pretty much in love with it!



How To: Galaxy Nail Tutorial

Galaxy Nail Tutorial

Galaxy nails are one of my favorite designs.  Luckily, they are super easy to do! You really can't mess these up.  Here's a step by step tutorial for creating this design.

Gather your materials.  You will need:

Base Coat (Nail Tek III)

Black Polish (Ulta Little Black Dress)

White Polish (Sinful Colors Snow Me White)

Blue Polish (Revlon First Class)

Pink Polish (Sinful Colors Boom Boom)

Yellow Polish (Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow)

Top Coat (Seche Vite)

A Makeup Sponge

A Dotting Tool or Toothpick

Foil

Step 1: Apply your basecoat, and then paint your nails black.  I chose this black polish because it has a bit of a shimmer to it, which goes well with the galaxy design.

 

Step 2: Rip off a small piece of your makeup sponge, and put some white polish on the foil

 Step 3: Sponge on your white polish.  The white will be the base of your galaxy, so you want to use it to make the overall shape of the galaxy. 

Make sure you dab off excess polish on the foil before sponging on your nails!

 Step 4: With another piece of your makeup sponge, sponge the blue polish just to the outer edges of your galaxy

Step 5: With another piece of sponge, use the pink polish and sponge it lightly over the middle of the galaxy.

You want to have some sections where the pink is a little bit darker

 Step 6: Repeat with the yellow polish like you did with the pink.  It should go more in the middle of the galaxy

Step 7:  Using your small dotting tool or toothpick, add stars by dotting white polish to the outside of your galaxy (just where the black polish still shows and the outer edge of the blue)

 Step 8: Finish off with your top coat, and voilà!! Galaxy nails are complete!

July 4th Gradient Nails

Happy 4th Of July!!!

Cara's Nails

Polishes I used:

Sally Hansen Xtremem Wear- Red Carpet (a really awesome sparkly red)

Sinful Colors- Snow Me White

Maybeline New York Color Show-Saphire Siren

4th of July Nails!

Happy 4th of July!!

Kate's Nails:

Kate's Toes:

I went wild and painted my toes for the first time in about a year.  Ignore the bandages from my recent foot surgery!

Polishes Used:

Sinful Colors Snow Me White

Wet N Wild Red Red

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue It