Ruffle Manicure

Good morning! Today I'm rocking a really interesting, intricate looking manicure, but really it's pretty easy to do.

A ruffle manicure! Basically you just have to gather a bunch of different nail polishes, paint your nails all one color as a base and then just make horizontal rows of overlapping dots.

Here's the polishes I used:

From left to right we've got Maybelline Color Show Amethyst Ablaze, Nina Ultra Pro Pretti Pink, Nina Ultra Pro Blu Blaze, Julep Niecy, Julep Blake, and Wet n Wild Tickled Pink.

I used Tickled Pink as my base.

I'm really pleased with how these turned out, even my right hand!

Hope everyone survives their Monday :)

Yellow Pinstripe Nails

Good morning! I've got a bright cheery manicure to kick off this Friday morning.

Yellow and white pinstripes.

What is this beautiful yellow polish, you ask? Julep Blake. I always get a lot of compliments when I wear this color. I'm not a big fan of yellow, but I do think this color is quite pretty.

For this manicure I just did two coats of Julep Blake and then used Sally Hansen French Manicure Natural White to paint on the white stripes. 

I freehanded the stripes and although you can kind of tell for some of them, I think they turned out pretty good overall.

I realized the picture above is almost identical to the first picture, but they're different! If you look closely...

Oh well. Hope everyone has a great Friday!

Nail Fail

I'm not perfect. And neither was this manicure I attempted.

Not even in the least bit... and it took forever to do...

Shield your eyes! Run away in fear!

Pretty much a train wreck. I tried to make my middle finger unique from the others. You can see for yourself how that one turned out.

I did, however, like how my thumb turned out!

If only they all could have turned out like that.

I decided to do a different design on my right hand after seeing how my left hand turned out.

This hand was bearable, but ultimately I just wasn't satisfied. It was just an off day for nail art for me.

In case anyone was wondering, the polishes used for this mani were Julep Kate and Milani Disco Lights (featured in the pictures).

Let's hope my next mani turns out better!

Gold Glitter Chevron Nails

Today I have a guest pair of hands. My lovely roommate Caitlin who has the tiniest nails ever.

But even tiny nails need polishin'.

This picture is weak. The flash made the glitter look kind of patchy. It looks much better in real life.

Anyways, I started off with two coats of Pure Ice Creme Flirt Alert.

Then I just used scotch tape to make the little pyramids. The polish used for those was Orly, but I'm unsure if it actually had a name or not. I couldn't find one on the bottle.

Here's a picture of her nails without the flash. I know it's blurry but I feel like it better represents how the nails actually look.

Gotta wake up in 7 hours, goodnight !

Rose French Manicure

Sorry that I've been MIA for the weekend! It was my roommate's 21st birthday so I haven't had a free moment to redo my nails.

I know I did roses not too long ago but I saw this twist on rose manicures that I couldn't resist.

A rose french manicure! I would suggest clicking these to see them bigger so you can see the detail of the tiny little roses.

This was a pretty quick manicure. I applied 2 coats of Julep Lynn to begin.

I love this color, it's such a nice subtle pink. And it's got some orange tones to it. Love love love.

Then with a dotting tool, I applied Rimmel London Stiletto Red to the tips of my fingers. Sinful Colors Easy Going was the accent for the roses and Relvon Posh for the leaves.

I've totally been digging the florals lately. I need to start doing more fall appropriate nails!

Maybe when it starts getting colder I'll be more inspired.

Daisies and Stripes

I can't believe I'm writing this post so late, today has been way too busy!

Let's get right down to business. I've been wanting to do another floral pattern and I had sunflowers in mind (my favorite flower) but these turned out more like daisies in my opinion.

Pretty darn cute, if ya ask me. 

I started out with two coats of Wet n Wild Tickled Pink and threw some topcoat on that to make it dry quicker.

Then I set to painting my little flowers. For them, I used Julep Blake and Sally Hansen French Manicure Natural White. I tried to make the placement different on each nail. I think my middle finger is definitely my least favorite though. The flowers peeking in the nail is much cuter to me.

For my left hand, I decided to do something different. My roommate's boyfriend suggested stripes so I ran with it.

I love the way this manicure turned out! It's super girly and fun. The pink and yellow also compliment each other really well.

My mismatched (yet matched) hands. 

Thanks for reading! :*

Egyptian Nails

Okay, so in all actuality, these nails have nothing to do with Egypt. But the color combo reminded me of Egyptian Pharaohs so just roll with it.

Simple, yet elegant. 

I didn't take pictures during the nail painting process. Much too lazy for that today! I started out with two coats of Revlon Gray Suede. The black was done with Wet n Wild Black Creme and the gold is Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden.

This is what I originally intended for the nails to look like, but I felt like they looked way too bare.

So I got out my dotting tool and added some extra gold accents.

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. I usually try to match my outfit to my nails so I like that these will match well with almost anything.

Until tomorrow, xoxo.