Saint Patrick Nails for Nail Crazy in March!

Yo yo yo my lovely people! Today I have some Saint Patrick nail art to share for Nail Crazy in March!

I'm getting this post up a couple days late because of family stuffs. Enough about that though, let's talk about nails! My lovely boyfriend bought me eight polishes from Harlow & Co last night and I can't freaking wait to get them! Rest assured you'll see some gorgeous KBShimmer, Glam Polish, Polished by KPT and Crows Toes polishes in the near future!

Anyways, onto the nails!

So these nails are based on the myth that Saint Patrick banished all of snakes from Ireland by chasing them into the ocean with his staff. Really though, snakes have never lived in Ireland :P.

Rather than explain how I did these, I'll just embed my Instagram video tutorial down below! As for the polishes, I used American Apparel Mount Royal topped with KBShimmer Will Yule Marry Me? for the ocean, KBShimmer In Bare Form for the sand, Deborah Lippmann Hannah (green) and Jessa (red) for the snakes and Milani 3D Holographic Nail Lacquer 3D for the staff.

I'm officially madly in love with KBShimmer polishes! Both of the ones I used here were so easy to work with and In Bare Form is so holographic and basically my perfect nude!

I really don't think the gold jives well with the rest of these colours and in general these didn't turn out as cool as I thought they would. They're almost a nail fail in my mind, but I'm still happy that I came up with a unique idea for this challenge. What do you guys think of these nails or these KBShimmers? I'd love to know!

Here's the super quick tutorial!

Here's the tutorial! The two main base colours are by the lovely @kbshimmer (Will Yule Marry Me? and In Bare Form) and the song is You Never Give Me Your Money by The Beatles! This look is based on the myth that #saintpatrick banished all of the snakes from Ireland by chasing them into the ocean! The two @deborahlippmann polishes are from her Girls collection and they're Hannah (green) and Jessa (red)! #nailsvideos #nailsartvideos #hairandfashionaddict #looknaildecor #fabulouslytrendy #nail #ahlamalnajdi_nailsart #nailsartcentral #nailsartclips #nailsarttut #simplynotlogical

A video posted by Bailey (@partialtopolish) on Mar 11, 2015 at 7:13pm PDT

Be sure to check out all the lovely ladies' blog posts down below!

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Thanks so much for taking a look guys!! I'm thinking of posting more often on here (like three days a week) since I only have one more midterm (my eighth of the semester :P) to write so I might have some more free time. We'll see! I'm not sure what I'll be back with but it'll be soon! Happy Saturday guys! =)

Five Manis I've Done on my Grandma!

Hey everyone! Today I have some manis I've done on my grandma to share!

I am in the middle of a few big midterms and lab write-ups so I thought I'd get up a quick post on some nail looks I've done on my grandma for you guys! I love all things nails (obviously) so I really love doing my family or friends' nails while we're having a visit!

Anyways, onto the nails!

In this first look she's wearing two coats of Emily de Molly Turbulence and a coat of top coat (link to the post on my plaid nails shown here).

Here I believe she's wearing two NYX Girls polishes in Pimp My Ride (lime green) and True Navy (navy)!

Here she's wearing a MrCandiipants floral design with Essie Play Date as the base, and Quo by Orly Lilac Lust, Zoya Kristen, Orly Mind's Eye and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls for the details.

For these nails, I think I used NYX Girls Mermaid Green for the base and I definitely used OPI Solitaire for the zig zags (also inspired by MrCandiipants)!

Lastly, we have some American Apparel Coney Island with Black Sheep Lacquer Forbidden Fruit on top!

What do you guys think of round up posts like these? I'm sure I could put some together with my mom and sister's nails as well! Happy Monday lovelies! :)

Gold Ore Nail Art for Week One of Nail Crazy in March!

Hey everyone! Today I have some gold ore nail art to share for this week's prompt of the Nail Crazies Unite challenge; gold!

I kind of think that I've finally figured out my lighting and white balance!! My skin looks the right colour to me for basically the first time ever and I could almost cry about it! I got some new 5000K lightbulbs and I think my camera can custom white balance with them a lot better because it hardly has to change anything.

Anyways, onto the nails!

I started off with two coats of OPI You Don't Know Jacques over a coat of Orly Bonder. After that had dried, I went in with a ball of saran wrap and American Apparel T-shirt, OPI I Sing in Color, OPI Chocolate Moose and then YDKJ in that order.

I decided to add a coat of a sheer white polish (Essie Waltz) to calm down/blend the colours and design a bit. After that, I painted on some gold veins with Milani 3D Holographic Nail Lacquer in 3D and my Winstonia Kolinsky Sable Brush in #0000.

Because I don't have a lot of golds, the only warm one I had was holographic. So I decided to dull that effect (because real gold is not holographic) with a coat of NYC Matte Me Crazy Mattifying Top Coat. After a lot of clean up, I was done!

You can see that whole process very sped up below in my Instagram video tutorial!

What do you guys think of these nails or my new lighting/white balance? Be sure to check out all of the other lovely ladies' blog posts for this week down below!

Here is a quick video tutorial for the look! The song is You Know My Name by The Beatles! Let me know if you have any questions! Goodnight loves! 😙 #nailcrazyinmarch #goldnailart #orenails #orenailart #mattenails #nailsvideos #nailsartvideos #hairandfashionaddict #looknaildecor #fabulouslytrendy #nail #ahlamalnajdi_nailsart #nailsartcentral #nailsartclips #nailsarttut #simplynotlogical #nails #nailart #craftyfingers #weloveyournailart #sgnailartpromote #nailitdaily #ilnpfeature #nailartvideo #thebeatles #beatles

A video posted by Bailey (@partialtopolish) on Mar 2, 2015 at 10:15pm PST

Thanks so much for having a look everyone! I hope you guys are having a good week so far! I have a bunch of midterms and stuff coming up but I'll still probably be posting on schedule! Happy Thursday! :)

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Genetics-Inspired Nail Art: Transposon Nails Featuring Mattified Yume Lacquer Submerged Siren!

Hey everyone! Today I have some genetics-inspired nail art to share featuring a gorgeous Yume Lacquer polish! =)

I finally had a good sleep last night and I think I'm used to being back at school and waking up early! Funnily enough though, I've been exhausted all day :P. I think I'll make this a quick post so I can post on schedule and watch an episode of an anime with the boyfriend (Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, on Canadian Netflix) before bed! Onto the nails!

I started off with two coats of Yume Lacquer Submerged Siren (swatched and reviewed here) and a coat of matte top coat (NYC Matte Me Crazy).

Once that had dried I went in with a few different nail art brushes and four American Apparel polishes; The Valley (light tiffany blue), Sunshine State (yellow), Dynasty (mauvey purple) and Sunset Bvld. (orange)!

My mom picked me up a bottle of hairspray because I had run out, so I spritzed the nails with transposons on them, let that dry and then applied another coat of matte top coat (to avoid smudging my design with the top coat)!

What do you guys think of science-themed nails, matte nails or Submerged Siren? I'd love to hear in the comments!

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! Now I think I'll be back with a KB Shimmer polish next, like I said last time :P. Happy Thursday guys! =)

Half Moon Nail Art Plus Little Hearts: a Re-creation of an Adorable So Nailicious Design!

Yo yo yo my lovely people! Today I have a recreation of a design that So Nailicious posted recently (link to her post here)!

I'm currently on a week long reading break from school which is really nice already! I just want to make sure I start my homework before Sunday since I have so much time to do it haha! I've been working on my lighting and white balance a lot lately and the next nails you see from me will be better colour-wise! I had to adjust these pictures so my skin didn't look so red and unnatural because I hadn't figured it out by the time I took these :P. I'm thinking my new soft box diffuses the light too much to the point that I might need brighter lamps, but I did end up getting better pictures of the next look I'll be posting here so I'm not really sure!

Anyways, onto the nails!

I started off with two coats of American Apparel Lopez Canyon. It was almost opaque at one coat and it probably could have been if I had have been more careful!

I then went in with two more American Apparel polishes, MacArthur Park and Berry, and a small paintbrush from Michaels (Artist Loft Vienna 18/0 Spotter). I let that dry for a while and then spritzed it with a coat of hairspray so my top coat wouldn't smudge the design. After that dried I applied a coat of top coat (Essie Good to Go) and I was done!

I really love how the little heart changes up a half moon mani so much!

What do you guys think of these nails or their inspiration? I'd love to hear in the comments!

Thanks so much for having a look everyone! On Thursday I'll be back with a swatch of the gorgeous piCture pOlish Fool's Gold! Happy Monday guys! :)

Abstract Green Brain Nail Art & American Apparel Malibu Green Review!

Yo yo yo my lovely people! Today I have some vine/brain like nail art to share!

Today was my boyfriend and I's three year anniversary! We had a coffee date and then really yummy Japanese food for dinner so I'd say it was a success! I planned the whole afternoon/evening and I was even able to pay because of the tutoring I've done recently :). School-wise I'm waiting on getting some midterm marks back that I'm really curious about! Since I've been more motivated for school my next step is being motivated enough to clean my room. I think I'll tackle that tomorrow after school, I really love having a tidy room so I'm excited to get it back in that state!

Anyways, onto the nails!

I started off this look with one super opaque coat of American Apparel Malibu Green. It is even opaque up against the light like this, and I wasn't even being careful and trying to make it a one-coater :O. It dried really quickly, had a lovely formula and dried to the shiniest and smoothest finish! I have heard people say that it stains, but I doubled up on base coat and my nails were as white as usual after taking this off!

I then went in with a new small paintbrush I picked up from Michaels recently and American Apparel 7th and Alameda. I waited a while before I applied top coat (Essie Good to Go) but as you can see, I still smudged my design. I think I'll go back to doing a quick spritz of hairspray before top coating to avoid that!

The one coat of top coat wasn't enough to smooth the design out, so it ended up being a bit of a bumpy 3D look. I thought that was pretty cool and I think it would have looked neat with a matte top coat, but I'm worried that matte top coats make your polish chip faster so I didn't try it out. I feel like once I make one mani matte I'll fall completely in love and be obsessed with the look so I'm kind of putting it off I guess

What do you guys of this look, these polishes or American Apparel polishes in general? I really love the formula and the brush and I actually have an entire row of my nail polish rack with these babies packed sideways (so quite a few :P)!

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I'll probably be back with some KB Shimmer or piCture pOlish swatches because I've bought from both brands for the first time recently and I can't wait to use them! Happy Thursday everyone! =)

Born Pretty Store Nail Frame Review Featuring Purple Flower Nails!

Hey everyone, happy new year! Today I have a review of some Born Pretty Store hollowed-out square studs to share!

So I'm back to school again with a few new year's resolutions, not only for school but for blogging as well. I struggle with motivation in basically every aspect of my life, but I think if I can stop procrastinating so much I'll be more motivated and less stressed out. I've been really excited by nail art and nails in general on Instagram and Reddit lately, which is sadly something I couldn't say for months and months before now. It's as if school has been so stressful that doing my nails and blogging just felt like more work I had to do so I wasn't excited about it. So hopefully I'll start posting more regularly, I'm aiming for once a week! Anyways, onto the nails!

I started off with two coats of OPI Lost on Lombard over my previously base-coated nails. A minute or less after applying the second coat to my ring fingers, I added the gold frames with a brush dipped in top coat. I allowed that to dry and then applied a coat of top coat (back to my favourite; Essie Good to Go). 

I then went in with a small paint brush or a dotting tool and American Apparel African Violet (dark purple), Butter London Toff (medium, warm-toned purple) and OPI Don't Bossa Nova Me Around (pinkish nude).

The hollowed-out square studs (or nail frames as I like to call them) were very easy to apply and work with. They were thin enough to curve to fit my nails, really the only problem I had with these is that the corners lifted off and one of the studs ended up falling off. There is a super easy solution of course, just double up on top coat! I really love the look of these, and as a bonus you can apply them upside down for a copper-coloured frame instead (though the gold side isn't completely flat so they may not stay on as well).

Here is how my right hand turned out, pretty good minus the smudging! 

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

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone, be sure to use my code (SKBQ10) if you decide to pick anything up! I'll be back soon with some wintery nails, happy Monday! =)

Simple Leaf Nail Art Inspired by Jaunty Juli & Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat Review!

Hello my lovelies! Today I have some simple leaf nail art to share as well as a top coat review!

I'm sorry I've been posting so sporadically guys, I'm really going to try and get into some routine with my blog even if it means just one post a week! I am very overwhelmed and unmotivated at school lately and I think that lack of motivation has carried over into my nail life. I haven't even put away and reorganized my nail polish all semester and that's something I do often and love to do! Would you guys be interested in seeing an updated collection post when I finally get organized? I'd love to know!

So about three weeks ago in this post I mentioned that I ran out of my absolute favourite top coat (Essie Good to Go) and so did London Drugs, and instead I picked up a bottle of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat. I went from loving it, to thinking it was okay to hating it in the last three weeks. As you can see from these pictures, my nails are bubble and bumpy city! The bumpiness is the first thing I noticed about this top coat; it doesn't even smooth out a layer of polish as thin as a stamped image! That is why I thought this polish was alright for a little while. Now I've discovered it either doesn't play well with certain polishes or needs the polish under it to be completely dry (which is exactly not the idea for fast-drying top coats) for it to not bubble up like crazy. Either way, my Essie Good to Go has none of those problems so I've already picked up a new bottle! I do like that this top coat smells kind of like vinegar (yum!) and dries quite shiny and pretty quickly though! However, I am also finding that I get tip wear quite a bit faster with this top coat. Usually in one day or less in as opposed to four or more days in with my Essie one.

Now, onto the nail art! These were inspired by these nails by the lovely JauntyJuli! I started off with a base of two thin coats of Revlon Espresso and a coat of top coat. I wore that alone for a day (complete with a ton of bubbles from the top coat). The next day I went in with American Apparel Mac Arthur Park (green), OPI Did Somebody Say Party? (orange) and Essie San Tropez (nude) on either my Winstonia Kolinsky #0000 or #000 Brush (I used both for different leaves).

I allowed my nails a lot of time to dry, and then I decided I wanted to add some gold leaf top coat to the empty spaces. I used Jessica 18K Gold Leaf Top Coat for this, but it doesn't have a lot of flakes per volume of top coat so it was a struggle. I then waited a while longer and applied a coat of top coat. The lack of gold flakes per clear base also caused those areas to stick out very badly because as I said above, this top coat does not level anything out at all.

Here is my camera-shy right hand! This is seriously the only pose it can do so I'm just going with it haha.

I think I would have liked these nails a lot better if they didn't look so bad in macro pictures! What do you guys think of these nails or this top coat? Do you use it and love it and is it just me having problems?

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I've ordered a bunch of Hex Nail Jewelry charms so I'll probably have a post up on some pretty soon! Happy Tuesday! =)

Rainbow Geometric Nail Art Inspired by MrCandiipants and my Samsung Galaxy S5 Background!

Hello everyone! Today I have some rainbow geometric nail art to share!

I have a bit of a break in my midterms right now so I'm trying to study a bit everyday so I can be more consistent with my blogging! I think part of me needed a break from blogging to get adjusted to university and all of the changes that go along with it. I have a cell biology class starting soon so I'm very happy that I was able to bang this post out and get it up for you lovely people!

For this look I just used a very small paint brush with short bristles and painted on random geometric shapes. Next time I'll try to use an even thinner brush as well as maybe a longer one for sharper corners! These were inspired by this design by MrCandiipants as well as the well-known Samsung Galaxy S5 background (because I just got this phone and I'm loving it)!

I used a whole lot of colours for this look as I'm sure you can tell! The white base is OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and then from red to purple and then pink, in rainbow order: OPI Red Hot Rio, OPI Toucan Do It If You Try, American Apparel Neon Yellow, Color Club Edie, Julep Claire, Essie DJ Play That Song, and American Apparel Angeline.

Once everything had dried I did the hairspray trick (sprayed all of my nails with a thin layer of hairspray and let it dry) so I wouldn't smudge my design with my top coat. Once the hairspray had dried I just applied one coat of Essie Good to Go Topcoat!

Above is my elusive right hand! I find it really hard to pose this hand the way I normally do with my left hand so I usually do this pose because it's comfortable and easy to hold steady.

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

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