Orange and Red Negative Space Rose Nail Art!

Hello my lovely people! Today I have a negative space floral design to share!

I have another relatively quick post for you guys tonight! I think these are probably less intimidating to try and read so maybe I'll just start doing less wordy posts! Warning: there are a lot of pictures because I'm madly in love with these nails!

Onto the nails!

I started off with a coat of my usual base coat; Orly Bonder. Rather than going for a milky/sheer look I decided to go for a totally naked look under my roses!

I then went in with OPI Coca Cola Red and Essie Saturday Disco Fever and painted blobs with a medium-sized paintbrush. After doing so on all my nails, I went in with a darker version of each colour on a smaller paintbrush for more detail. I used Deborah Lippmann Jessa for the red flowers and American Apparel Lopez Canyon for the orange ones!

After allowing the flowers some time to dry, I applied a thick and careful coat of top coat and I was done!

I absolutely love how these nails turned out and I really enjoyed wearing them! They are definitely one of my favourite looks I've ever done.

What do you guys think of these nails, negative space manis or floral manis? I'd love to know in the comments!

Thanks so much for having a look everyone! I will most likely be back with some purple triangle nails very soon! I am still waiting for the Hoop! There It Is collection by Girly Bits Cosmetics to get here, but when it does you'll sure be seeing a lot of it on here! Happy Thursday everyone! :)

Multicoloured Fern Fronds For Nail Crazy In April!

Hey everyone, tonight I have some ferny nails to share!

I'm going to make this a short post because I'm officially starting my volunteer work tomorrow! Also, last week I didn't get my blog post in the InLinkz thing in time and I don't want that to happen again! I decided to loosely follow the prompt and do some earthy nails this time around as I missed the actual holiday by a week (and therefore didn't want to wear some clearly Earth Day inspired nails).

Anyways, onto the nails!

To start, I applied two coats of China Glaze Red-y To Rave. It had a super lovely and opaque formula! I think it is brighter and lighter in real life, it's definitely neon!

Next, I went in with a Winstonia striping brush and American Apparel The Valley (aqua/light blue), AA Dynasty (purple) and AA Malibu Green (green/teal).

These were inspired by the lovely MrCandiipants as per usual!

I'm not totally sold on the colour palette just yet but it always takes me a bit of time to form an opinion on any new nail art I do. So we'll see!

I tried out other poses (with my purple triangle nails that you'll be seeing soon) and this is really is the best looking one this hand can do! :P

Check out the other ladies' Earth Day manis down below!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks so much for taking a look guys! Let me know what you think of these nails in the comments if you like! Happy Wednesday! =)

Yellow to Blue Gradient Topped with a Grid Design!

Hey everyone! Today I have a grid-topped gradient to share!

I meant to get this post up yesterday but I guess it's nice to have a bit of a break between my posts like usual! It sounds like there are going to be some volunteer opportunities open to me in a lab at my school which I'm really excited about! In the meantime I've been painting my family's and my nails and playing lots of Mario Party 10! If you follow me on Instagram you'll know I ordered the whole Hoop! There It Is collection from Girly Bits Cosmetics recently. I am beyond excited and it should be here any day now so get ready for either a huge swatch post featuring all eleven polishes or a few posts to break it up a bit!

Anyways, onto the nails!

I started off with two coats of OPI You're So Vain-illa and a coat of top coat. The formula was okay and it wasn't completely opaque at two coats, but it was good enough for the base of a gradient!

Next, I went in with a damp makeup sponge and American Apparel Sunshine State (yellow), American Apparel Cresent Heights (chartreuse) and China Glaze Wait N Sea (blue)! I sponged on two to three layers to get the opacity I wanted.

I like to apply a coat of top coat right after I've finished a gradient to try and blend the colours even further, so that's what I did next.

After that had dried, I went in with American Apparel Hassid and a striping brush from Winstonia Store to do all of the lines. Check out my Instagram if you'd like to see a sped up version of this whole process!

One thick and careful coat of top coat and I was finished! I realized later that these were probably subconsciously inspired by the awesome and hilarious Cynthia of Of Life and Lacquer's chain link fence gradient nails! 

I wore this look for about three days and I really loved doing so! I did these when I should have been studying and they took a decent amount of time so I'm glad I got some wear out of them!

Here is my right hand! I should probably try and find a pose that it is actually good at doing one day :P.

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I have a negative space rose look to get up next so stay tuned! Happy Monday y'all! =)

Textured Black Nails with Mint Chevrons Featuring Sally Hansen Lick-O-Rich!

Hello everyone! Today I have some simple chevron nails to share!

This will probably be the first of two posts you'll be seeing from me today so I'll keep this one short! I'm trying to get caught up on here so why not! No news yet on the volunteer opportunity but I'll keep you guys posted!

Onto the nails!

To start, I applied two coats of one of the Sally Hansen Sugar Coat polishes called Lick-O-Rich.

A few days later, I went in with Revlon Entice just with the brush from the bottle for some quick chevrons!

This is one of the four manis I did for the WNAC challenge this April, before realizing they were all supposed to be pastel. I really can't believe I did that! I must have been really stressed at school because it was right on the picture I regrammed to say I'd be doing the challenge! :P

Here is my other hand! Whether I include it in a post or not only depends on how well it can pose that day, I always do a design on both hands!

Thanks so much for taking a look guys! I wasn't sure if I should blog about these or not but I decided to continue the tradition of blogging about every look I wear! I'll be back with some grid-topped gradient nails! Happy Sunday guys! :)

Polished by KPT Bleu Is Beautiful Swatch & Review!

Hey everyone! Today I have a gorgeous Polished by KPT thermal polish to share!

I found out yesterday that I may have an awesome opportunity to volunteer in a lab at my school this summer! Nothing is finalized yet but I'll let you guys know what becomes of it! I may even be doing it full time until my friend Anna gets here! I'm really freaking excited!!

Anyways, onto the many pictures!

What you see here is two easy coats and a coat of top coat! The formula was a little thicker than most polishes but I like that, and despite doing thick coats it dried down flat! So it has great self-level and all that! It also dried to a satin matte finish which was cool, but I added a coat of top coat for maximum wear.

Above is the polish at it's warmest. It has the prettiest, glowiest shimmer that looks amazing at any temperature!

And here it is at it's coldest! I personally prefer it this way because I'm a huge fan of blue!

I really loved wearing this polish because it would range from just about the lightest to just about the darkest colour and back again over and over throughout the day. It seems to have a transition temperature range well-suited for human hands, go figure! ;)

I picked up one other polish from this brand when I made my order at Harlow and Co so expect to see a light purple holo called Lady Roxane relatively soon!

What do you guys think of this polish or this brand? Do you own any Polished by KPT beauties? I'd love to know!

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I already have four more nail art posts ready to go picture-wise so I'll be back with tons of nail art! I'll be posting every second day for the next little while! Happy Thursday guys! =)

Sassy Derp Cat Watercolour Nails for Nail Crazy in April!

Hey everyone! Today I have a super quick post about some groovy cat-topped watercolour nails!

These are my baby animals for this week of nail crazy in March. Too bad it doesn't look like a baby cat :P. I am now free from finals and school for a bunch of months so I'll be posting a ton!

Anyways, onto the nails!

I started off with two coats of American Apparel Parakeet and a coat of top coat. Next, I mixed up some American Apparel Malibu Green with a bunch of cheap clear polish. I blotted that mixture on in random areas, added a coat of top coat and most of my nails were done!

For the super derp cat, I used American Apparel Hassid (black) and T-shirt (white). A thick coat of top coat and I was done!

The cat didn't come out very well, but at least he looks sassy haha. I left myself hardly any time to do these so oh well!

What do you guys think of these nails? I'd love to know in the comments!

Be sure to check out the other ladies' posts below!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks so much for taking a look guys! I have a bunch of posts to get up so now that I have time, expect frequent posts from me! Happy Tuesday! :)

Orange Ikat Half Moon Nail Art!

Hey everyone! Today I have an ikat meets half moon design to share!

I wrote my second final today so I just have two more to go, one tomorrow morning and one early next week! Then I'll be free to blog and paint my nails as much as my little heart desires! I pre-wrote this post a few days ago so I could get one more post up while I'm busy studying for finals. So without further ado...

Onto the nails!

For this look, I started off with two coats of OPI Toucan Do It If You Try as a base. This polish looks super bright on my pale skin and I don't wear oranges too often so it was fun to wear!

Next, I went in with American Apparel T-shirt (white), Essie Mesmerize (blue) and finally American Apparel Hassid (black). I always love a good orange and blue combo! This colour palette was inspired by MrCandiipant's very first nail art tutorial on Youtube; a normal (as in not half moon) ikat design with a blue base and orange details!

I applied a super thick coat of top coat and I was done! It bubbled on my thumb and index finger nails because it was so thick, so I probably went a little overboard!

I ended up really loving this look, it made me feel very Pinterest-esque or something along those lines. I don't love ikat print in general (hence why this is my first time trying it) but I enjoyed wearing these quite a bit!

I kind of think my nails were at a perfect length here. Some poses look weird when my nails are too short or too long, but I think they all look quite nice at this length!

What do you guys think of this look or ikat in general? Do you tend to wear oranges often? I'd love to know!

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I'll be back with a gorgeous thermal polish from Polished by KPT in the near future! It's crunch time for me (I have finals to write, as I said above) so I might not be posting too frequently at the moment and for the next few days. But I'll have tons of time to post very soon! Happy Thursday guys! =)

Springy Water Marble with Purple Flowers for Nail Crazy in April!

Hey everyone! Today I have the first water marble nails I've done in years to share!

Today's post will be a bit of a quick one because I need to get back to studying! One final exam down, three to go! I can't wait until a little over a week from now when I'll be free for over four months! How crazy is that? That in itself should be enough to motivate me to study. When I put it that way I feel like I can work hard until I'm finished! Somehow I've just motivated myself, that's a first haha :P.

Anyways, onto the nails!

I've been using a cup a little bit bigger than a shot glass to do my water marbles, and because it's quite a small glass, the colours stay so opaque that you don't need a white base! So what you see here is just the colours themselves over the base coat I always use (Orly Bonder)!

For the water marble I used all American Apparel colours: T-shirt (white), The Valley (dusty blue/aqua), Mount Royal (navy blue) and Crescent Heights (chartreuse green).

Because I'm a water marbling newbie, I bumped my ring finger nail either with the toothpick or onto the inside of the glass (I don't remember which, too much studying :P). Because I remembered that I had this prompt coming up, I decided to add flowers overtop of where I messed up my nail. I used China Glaze Plur-ple for the petals and American Apparel Neon Yellow for the centres of the flowers.

After that, I just went in with a coat of top coat and I was finished! I feel like these came out quite well, especially after not doing this technique for a long time!

What do you guys think of this look? Also, are any of you guys writing finals soon/now? I'd love to hear in the comments!

Be sure to check out the other ladies' looks for this week down below!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks so much for taking a look guys! I'll be back with some cool ikat half moon nails very soon! Happy Sunday! :)