Wedding Nails Roundup Number One Featuring a Green Floral Double Gradient!

Hey everyone! Today I have five manis that four other people and I wore to a wedding last weekend!

I'm getting really scared about school starting soon guys! I'm transferring to university from college and it's so much bigger and it's stressing me out. I went in today to get my student card/bus pass and I really don't know my way around at all :P. I might bus there before school starts to know where I get off my bus and where the buildings I have classes in are in relation to the bus stop. Maybe that will make me less nervous about going there, here's hoping! Anyways, onto the nails!

These are the bride's mother's nails that kind of look like opals! The base is OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and the fancy top coat is Essie Shine of the Times as you may have guessed!

Next up we have the bride herself's nails! The base is Revlon Jaded and the glitter polish is OPI In True Stefani Fashion.

Here we have my mom's nails wearing just two easy coats of OPI Chocolate Moose!

Next we have my grandma's nails! I do her nails really often and for any special occasion she has coming up and it's always so fun! Here she's wearing American Apparel Coney Island with Black Sheep Lacquer Forbidden Fruit on top!

My grandma came by later that day to get her nails done so she didn't make it into this cute picture and I didn't even think to put my hand in!

Lastly, we have my own nails as I'm sure you can tell! As usual, these are inspired by the lovely MrCandiipants!

I started off with two coats of OPI Stranger Tides and allowed that to dry. Next I sponged Revlon Spanish Moss on the tips of my nail (not that and Stranger Tides as I wasn't really going for a smooth gradient look). I then went in with OPI OPI... Eurso Euro and a small nail art brush for the petals, followed by OPI Fiercely Fiona and a dotting tool for the flower centres.

After that had dried I gave my nails a spray of hairspray and let that dry before applying my top coat (Essie Good to Go)! The more I looked at these when I wore them and the more I look at them now the more I like them; I wasn't totally sure about them at first.

What do you guys think of these five nail looks? Do you like the look of the almost double gradient, with the sponging and the flower concentration? I really do and I want to play around with this idea some more!

Thanks so much for having a look everyone! We're on a little road trip on our way to another wedding which should be fun! I brought polish so I might do another wedding post like this with my mom's, sister's and my nails very soon! Happy Friday! =)

Pink and Yellow Half Moon Hearts!

Hello everyone! Today I have another half moon heart look to share in a different colour combo! If you're curious check out some other versions like my red and purple one, my purple glitter one and my emerald shimmer and blue/grey one!

So for some crazy reason I don't think I've mentioned on here that I'll be leaving for a month-long trip to Switzerland pretty soon. I won't be going on a four week hiatus or anything like that so that's probably why I've forgotten to mention it until now! I won't have my light box with me so the pictures will be pretty different for about a month and I might post a little sporadically/infrequently, but I'll still be posting! =)

I haven't started packing or anything like that but I have been getting rid of a bunch of clothes that I never wear! I think that'll make it a little easier to pack because I'll have a little less to choose from haha! I'm very excited to have a reason to get dressed every day for an entire month because this long summer/spring between winter and fall post-secondary semesters with not a lot of reasons to leave the house is a little lame clothing-wise. Anyways, onto the nails!

I started off with two easy coats of the lovely China Glaze Dance Baby. I then went in with one thick coat of American Apparel Neon Yellow in a heart-like shape with just the brush from the bottle! Lastly, I finished off with a coat of my favourite top coat, Essie Good to Go!

This is a super quick and simple nail art technique but there are endless possibilities and it looks so bold and cute! That's probably why I keep doing it haha!

What do you guys think of these nails or this kind of nail art in general? Are there any places in or near Switzerland I shouldn't miss visiting while I'm there? Let me know in the comments!

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I'll be back with some more Born Pretty Store reviews very soon! Happy Tuesday! =)

Red and Purple Gradient and Half Moon Heart Nail Art!

Yo yo yo my people! Today I have some gradient and half moon heart (?) nail art to share!

So I do this thing where I clean my room every few months and it's a disaster a few days after said cleanings. This time though, I added a real bed to my bedroom (I used to sleep on a mattress on the floor because it's really comfy, quiet if you toss and turn and easy to move around). Now that I have a bed my room feels more like a proper bedroom, and I think it's helping me keep and want to keep it clean. It's like my room had too chill of a vibe before or something.

I'm mostly only mentioning it because it's helping me feel motivated about a lot of other things. I have always struggled with motivation for school, cleaning and anything else really. Now I'm thinking up cute things to put in my room and feeling motivated to blog, dress like I would if I was actually going out everyday, etc. I haven't even been wearing a bra lately because I usually stay home and just can't be bothered. This was supposed to sound positive because it is haha! Anyways, onto the nails!

I started with a base of two coats of American Apparel Poppy and a coat of top coat (because I wasn't going to jazz it up with nail art until the next day)! Poppy can easily be a one-coater but I wasn't being overly careful. The next day I went in with Essie DJ Play that Song for the half moon hearts and Poppy, American Apparel Angeline (a one-coater dark pink creme, swatch and review here) and DJ Play that Song on a wet makeup sponge for the gradient nails! I finished with a coat of Dollish Polish Putting on the Ritzzz! for the gradient nails and a coat of top coat on all of the nails.

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

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! Does anyone else struggle with keeping their room tidy or motivation in general? I'll be back with a massive swatch spam post very soon! Happy Wednesday! =)

Art Deco Inspired Nail Art over American Apparel Coney Island!

Hey everyone! Today I have some art deco inspired nail art to share!

I finally got my hands on the Nicole by OPI Roughles collection last night and I couldn't be happier! I'm wearing the pink one (Rock the Look) already and I'm in love (despite the fact that pink is my least favourite colour)! They were even 50% off when I finally found them at Shoppers Drug Mart! I have been madly in love with the whole collection since it came out and I've spent the last month or so convincing myself I don't need them (mostly because I couldn't find them anywhere)! Expect a swatch and review of all four in the near future!

I am now happily going on a no-buy because I have so many untrieds in my collection, it's ridiculous :P. I've started a massive post listing all of my untrieds with pictures but dang is it hard work! I even want to include polishes I've only swatched on one hand because I want to actually wear them all out, so my post will be quite large! I think I have 376 polishes at the moment and I wonder if I've even worn half of them as full manis! Anyways, onto the nails!

As you can see, I've decided to go back to a light background for a while. I think it goes with my light blog layout better and I'm just liking it better now for some reason!

For this mani I started with two easy coats of American Apparel Coney Island and a coat of top coat. I have pictures of it alone, but I think I'll have a weekly or biweekly (the twice a week meaning) post of swatches of the bases of my nail art from now on.

Later that day I went in with OPI OPI... Eurso Euro and two small nail art brushes. I'm not sure how art deco-y these are because I kind of invented the design as I went! I didn't actually like this design very much so I didn't finish doing my other hand to go with it, but a ton of you on Instagram did! I usually post every mani I do on here and as long as I don't absolutely hate it, because everyone has nail fails in their own eyes!

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

Thank you so much for reading everyone! I'll have another Born Pretty Store review up for you in a few days! Happy Monday!

Another Go at a Mrcandiipants Floral Design!

Hey all my lovely people! Today I have another round of Mrcandiipants springy floral nail art to share!

So this probably makes me a total weirdo but I'm actually writing this on the bus right now! It's a 50 minute to an hour long bus ride to and from school so I often write up my blog posts on the way (depending on whether we get a set of seats and if it's a double-decker). Anyways haha, I'm super happy to be sitting on my butt and getting a ride home after finishing two finals today and one yesterday! I have one more next week but I'm exhausted from reviewing reviewing reviewing so I'll definitely just be relaxing tonight!

As you may have noticed, I totally didn't prepare any posts ahead of time. In fact, I actually wore a polish for a few days that I've never worn and never took proper pictures of it! It was the amazing Color Club Eternal Beauty and you can check out a picture of it on my Instagram (button in my right sidebar)! Now, onto these nails!

I've been insanely obsessed with this Mrcandiipants design lately, I even did it on my grandma's nails last weekend! So this time (on myself) I used Sally Hansen Firey Island (orange base), Zoya Kristen (muted pale blue petals), American Apparel T-shirt (white petals), American Apparel Coney Island (pale pink petals) and Essie Plumberry (dark pink dots). Like in her tutorial, I just used the bottles from the brush for this design!

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

Well, I'm off to nap/lay down, paint my nails and eat! Those are my plans for tonight haha! I hope you're all having a relaxing evening also! Happy Wednesday! =)

MrCandiipants Spring Floral Nail Art!

Hey everyone! Today I have a springy floral Mrcandiipants design to share!

I finally got caught up on posting everywhere and replying to everyone's comments, it seems I always fall behind with that and I love the feeling of being caught up! Today I have a short and sweet post for you because the boyfriend and I are off school in an hour and we'll be hanging out with his mom all evening! I don't know if she'll want to be out and about or at her apartment so I'm getting this post up now while I know I can! She's such a lovely lady and she's so hilarious, I miss her and I can't wait to see her! Also, my mom told me that a friend of mine I see nowhere near often enough reads my blog, so hi Hannah if you're reading! I miss you too!

As I said above, this design is one by MrCandiipants and here is a link to the video tutorial! I want to try tons more floral designs using just the bottles from the brush and she has a lot of tutorials for those!

The base I used here is two coats of American Apparel T-shirt and a coat of top coat! I've been madly in love with Butter London polishes lately and the Butter London colours I used here are Slapper (bright teal), Trout Pout (bright pinky coral) and Wellies (bright chartreuse crelly). The other polishes I used here are American Apparel Dance (peachy petal colour) and Nicole by OPI All Kendall-ed Up (pink dot colour)!

Thanks so much for having a look everyone! I'll have a swatch and review of a crazy multichrome holographic polish called Butter London Knackered up in a few days! Happy Friday! :)

Nude Nails with Black Sheep Lacquer Lateralus & Hex Nail Jewelry!

Hey everyone! Today I have a cute neutral mani to share!

I've been busy with assignments and midterms lately and I'm still busy with them so I'll keep this post pretty short! I do know that I have some cool fern nail art to share with you guys next! Onto the nails!

For these nails I started off with one to two coats of American Apparel California Trooper (one to two because a few nails were a little patchy from a sloppily-applied first coat and needed a second)!

I then applied one easy coat of Black Sheep Lacquer Lateralus, a gorgeous holographic top coat that is much more holo-y than I could capture! Check my Instagram for more accurate pictures of the holo effect!

Next, I applied a dab of top coat on the centre of two nails and stuck a Hex Nail Jewelry charm on each!

Finally, I applied a coat of top coat to all of my nails to seal it all in!

What do you guys think of this simple mani? I'd love to know!

Here is my right hand! I love love LOVE this owl charm so much!

Thanks so much for reading everyone, hopefully I'll have time to be more thorough and talkative in my next post! Happy Tuesday! :)

Rainbow Honey Apple Kid & Watercolour Nail Art!

Hey everyone! Today I have a swatch and review of Rainbow Honey Apple Kid and some watercolour nail art on top to share!

I am super happy today because it's Friday! I do have a bunch of homework and studying to do over the weekend but I'm trying to be less lazy and more motivated so it might not be so bad! I'll be proud of myself for doing the work and putting in the effort! I even decided to dress like I used to today (i.e. less lazily and comfily) to try and get myself back on track. Remember when I was following the Blogilates calendar? I haven't worked out since I stopped and I remember being more motivated for school when I was working out, so I'd like to start up again! Life changes excitement aside, let's get onto the nails!

I decided to wear a pink polish for once the other day, so I reached for one of my many untried Rainbow Honey's, Apple Kid. My camera hates reds and pinks so I think this is showing up a little too pink and not quite red enough here!

This lovely polish was just about a one-coater but I did two just to be sure! I also added a coat of top coat and it dried super shiny (unlike it looks here). Ugh, taking accurate pictures of my nails is an endless struggle, but at least they keep getting better!

Another thing that's a little bit off in these pictures is my skin tone, because dang did this polish make me look pale. I kind of like when a polish does that because it means it's really freaking bright and bold!

The formula and consistency of this polish was awesome, definitely no complaints there! I've just been loving all of my Rainbow Honey's so far!

And now we have the nail art! I thinned out blobs of Essie DJ Play that Song (purple), Sally Hansen Fiery Island (orange) and Nyx Girls Bloody Mary (red) with acetone on a piece of paper and painted random blobs of them on my nail! I then messily covered my entire nail with a thinned out coat of American Apparel Angeline (pink) with my nail art brush to tone down and blend some of the colours in better.

Next I applied one coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust followed by a coat of top coat! It would have been so fun to add some stars and turn these into sunset galaxy nails!

Another thing about these pictures is it's hard to see the different colours that were painted on. If you check out my Instagram there is a picture where you can see the different colours better! I think the dulled shine, improper white balance and the fact that it's hard to distinguish between the colours is because like other cameras, my camera hates reds and has difficulty photographing them!

Thanks so much for reading everyone! How do you feel about this nail art or Rainbow Honey Apple Kid? I'd love to know! Happy Friday! =)