Anchors Aweigh

Oops I did it again! It's been almost a week since I've posted.

These days my clients' nails have been taking precedence over my own! I did do this super cute mani this week using an adorable anchor from Hex Nail Jewelry.

These nails were my pride and joy... seriously. I got so many compliments on these babies!

I started out this mani with Essie Mint Candy Apple. Then using a dotting tool I applied Finger Paints Hip Hip Hue-Ray!. And of course I added my anchor with a little bit of nail glue.

I think the anchor was what really made this mani. The great thing about Hex's nail charms is that you can soak them off and reuse them!

Unfortunately I lost mine at the gym (I'm too rough with my nails). :( But I definitely wouldn't hesitate to buy another one!

Sorry for being the worst blogger ever, lovelies. Thanks for sticking around <3

Gold Gradient Nails

I did these nails for my old roommate's new roommate (confused yet?). She wanted something for the Fourth of July that she could keep on afterwards without being too flashy.

We decided a white and gold gradient would be best!

I started out with two layers of OPI Alpine Snow. Then I sponged Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden on the base of the nails.

She told me it was the longest she had kept polish on in a while. Guess I did my job!

Happy Tuesday, hope everyone's week is off to a good start :)

My First Client

Hello loves! I finished my first week of nail school on Friday. So far so good, I'm just anxious for my teacher to stop thinking of me as "new" and let me start doing other people's nails!

I did have two clients this last week though. One was a 3 year old and the other is the one I'll show you.

Meet Amhanda! My teacher fills gloves with rice and has us glue acrylics on them so we can get some polishing practice.

For her mani I used two coats of Opi Dulce De Leche. Then I did a different design on each of her hands.

For this design, I used Sinful Colors Rose In Your Nose to do the criss cross pattern and Sinful Colors Bad Chick for the dots.

Her other hand was done with Bad Chick and Sinful Colors Flower Girl. My teacher showed me this design.

This hand was definitely my favorite. I felt like the design was very elegant and pretty!

Tomorrow starts my second week of nail school.

 Keep your fingers crossed I'll be able to work on some living (grown up) hands!

Teal Chevron Tip Nails

I'm actually kind of confused about what chevron nails are, but I'm pretty sure that these are chevron tip. Google wasn't really helpful in my quest to find out.

If they're not, sue me. (And let a sister know what chevron nails are!)

I have been loving teal lately. I think it's because Spring is finally here, so I'm going a little teal crazy!

I started this manicure off with two coats of teal (Julep Daphne).

It looks super blue in this picture, it's more green in person!

After my base polish was completely dry, I applied scotch tape in a V and painted on some Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden.

After that had dried, I freehanded the white using Sally Hansen French Manicure Natural White.

These nails are simple and cute, and satisfy my craving for Spring styles!

Thanks for reading!

My Gold Plated New Year's Nails

Happy New Year's everyone! I hope everyone had a great time celebrating the beginning of a new year.

I decided to bring in the New Year with a manicure I've been wanting to try for a while.

A gold plated glitter nail! This is definitely one of the more tedious manicures, but it looks so good.

I began this manicure with 3 coats of a nameless white Love & Beauty polish. (How has this polish lasted me so much longer than my Julep white polish?!)

Now comes the work. 

I painted on horizontal strips of topcoat and using a dotting tool, put each piece of glitter on individually. 

It took for-ever.

I bought the tube of glitter from Michaels for $2. I think it'll last me the rest of my life!

These nails almost remind me of a disco ball or something. I'm really diggin' them.

So shiny and pretty !

Thanks for dropping in :)

Candy Cane Nails- Day 2

Has anyone started delving into the Christmas candy yet? So far I've been good and avoiding it (okay, except for one of those chocolate coins they were giving away for free at the bookstore) but I'm heading home tomorrow and I have a feeling I'll soon be stuffing myself with candy!

Today I decided to do some candy cane nails, because really, it wouldn't be Christmas without candy canes!

For this manicure I started out with two coats of Julep Kate.

Then with a nail art brush I painted on the red stripes with Rimmel London Stiletto Red. 

I went over them with Sephora Be-Claus I Said So to give them that extra little sparkle.

Yum! They look tasty, don't they? 

They're making me crave those those peppermint puffs. You know, the soft candies that melt in your mouth.

Definitely going to have to buy some of those peppermint puffs now. See I'm already falling victim to Christmas candy!

Also, I would just like to say that I love getting comments on posts, whether they're anonymous or not, because then I know people are actually reading my posts! Especially while I'm doing my 10 Days of Nail-mas, I would love to hear feedback from you! :)

Dots

Good morning!
Before I got into nail art, I used to love to paint my nails solid white. So naturally, I love nail art designs with a white background.

Today I've got a colorful dotted mani for you:

I took a few pictures throughout the process, but not one every step of the way (don't ask me why). 

To begin, I applied two coats of Julep's Kate. By the way, I use Beauty Secret's Base Coat before every mani if anyone was wondering!

After that dried I started adding dots using a dotting tool:

The colors dotted on above are Love & Beauty Purple from Forever 21, Revlon Posh, and Nina Ultra Pro's Blu Blaze. You could definitely stop here if you like this look, but I wanted something even more fun and colorful.

Yellow always brightens it up a little more! This polish is Julep's Blake.

For the finishing touch I put on Julep's Niecy. Locked it all on with Seche Vite Topcoat and called it a day.