OPI Color Paints Rainbow Horizontal Gradient!

Hey everyone! Today I have a super easy rainbow horizontal gradient using the OPI Color Paints to share!

I have an immunology midterm tomorrow so today will probably be spent curled up in my bed studying and cuddling my cat Paul. He always supports me when I'm studying, to the point where the day after I'm done studying he'll still be in my room all day! He's such a cutie.

Onto the nails!

Because I had eight colours, I needed to have three nails with two colours and two with three colours. I decided to go with the traditional accent nails; the thumb and ring finger.

I went in with the first colour for most of the nails and the first and last colour for the accent nails. After allowing that to dry, I went in with the last and middle colours, creating the overlap.

Though these nails did turn out a bit cool, I'd prefer them if I had have done a proper gradient with a sponge.

So, what do you guys think? If you're not yet convinced that the Color Paints are amazing I have more looks featuring them coming at you!

Thanks so much for having a look everyone! I'll be back with a few different marbled looks! Happy Sunday! =)

Squishy Rainbow Marble Using the OPI Color Paints & A Mint and Lilac Look On Top!

Hey everyone! Today I have some super fun rainbow marble nails as well as a mint and lilac look I did on top to share!

Rather than talk a lot about my plan to start posting on here once a day, I'll just try and do it! School has been quite crazy but it has calmed down a little and I'm starting to get used to the workload. So let's get onto the many pictures and the details!

I fell madly in love with the idea of the OPI Color Paints, and once a good review of them came out I was ecstatic! They are definitely amazing (hence why I picked up the rest after I bought the three I used here :P).

I decided to buy the three colours closest to the real primary colours (magenta, yellow and cyan) at first in case I wouldn't have the money to buy them all. They blend together so beautifully as you can see!

For this look I just stippled blobs of each colour (Magenta Muse, Primarily Yellow and Turquoise Aesthetic) in with a small paintbrush, making sure the blobs overlapped.

I'm all about the sheer or partially naked nail look as you likely know, so I loved the sheer and squishy look of these!

They kind of looked like the coolest candies that could ever exist. 

I'm also all about challenging myself to recycle manis for the WNAC (Weekly Nail Art Challenge) 2015 so here's what I came up with for the mint and lilac prompt!

I think I've used striping tape once or twice in my nail art life, so I decided to try some out!

These ended up quite girly but I still think they're pretty cool! I used OPI You're Such A Budapest and That's Hula-rious! I think this look as well as lots of dry marbles on Instagram have sparked my love for the technique as you'll see soon on here!

So what do you guys think of these looks? Did you like it better without the pastels on top or with? I prefer them without but I love that I got two totally different looks from the same base!

Thanks so much for taking a look you lovely people! I hope you're all doing well! I'll be back with some more Color Paints looks very soon! Happy Saturday! :)

Raspberries Over a Sponged Yellow Base Featuring Girly Bits These Hips Don't Lie!

Hey everyone! Today I have some fun raspberry nails to share!

This post will be a bit of a quick one because I think I'll try and get a few more written while the motivation is flowing! I did this look a little over three weeks ago, so naturally my nails are crazy long now. I'm at the point that I feel they're too long but too lazy to cut and file them. That means I'll be doing a big chop pretty soon! :P

Onto the nails!

To start, I applied two coats of Cirque Carpe Diem (a white creme) and allowed it to dry. I then painted random blobs of Girly Bits These Hips Don't Lie (yellow) and American Apparel Neon Orange (yellow-orange) onto a damp sponge and got to sponging!

After a while, I decided what I wanted to do and went in with a dotting tool and Essie Plumbery. Next, I went in with the same dotting tool and Deborah Lippmann Jessa for the darker (inner) raspberry colour.

I then decided to try a Kiko polish I picked up in Germany last summer for the leaves and stem. I used a small detail brush and Kiko Meadow Green!

At first I thought the two different yellows of the base weren't showing up in pictures but I'm glad to see they kind of did!

What do you guys think of this look or yellow nails in general? I'm really loving yellow lately and I have another look featuring yellow that I'll be posting soon!

Thanks so much for having a look everyone! I'll be back with a third go at the MrCandiipants spring floral design (on myself; I've done it several times on others as well)! Happy Tuesday guys! =)

Blue & Green Negative Space Dry Brush Gradient Featuring Girly Bits I've Got High Hoops!

Hi everyone! Today I have my second dry brush look I've ever done to share (first one here)!

Thank you guys so much for the lovely comments on my last post, they really mean a lot. I'm so behind in posting on social media and responding to comments but I will really try to get caught up soon!

In case you were wondering, the big change I was talking about was that my boyfriend and I broke up. We dated for almost three and a half years, all through my college and university life (so far) and starting near the end of grade twelve. I know it was for the best, however, so I know I'll be okay.

Serious stuff aside, onto the nails!

I never write about the fact that I always start with a coat of base coat (Orly Bonder) but I do! I always mention the top coat I use (Essie Good To Go) so it's only fair to start talking about my favourite base coat!

Next, I went in with American Apparel Mount Royal (dark blue seen in the bottle shot below), OPI Green-wich Village (sheer green), Girly Bits I've Got High Hoops (medium brighter blue) and American Apparel Malibu Green (teal) in that order. I wiped most of the polish off of the brush before swiping horizontally and vertically across my nail with each colour.

After a bit of dry time I added a coat of my trusty Essie Good To Go and I was finished!

These also felt quite salon-y to me as well as very beach/ocean inspired! I liked wearing these quite a lot, though they did chip quite fast. I think that happens more easily when the layer of polish is thinner so I wasn't too surprised. I was also happy to create a dry brush look that I liked because I'm generally not a fan of the way this technique looks.

What do you guys think of this look or the dry brush technique in general? I'd love to know!

Thanks for having a look guys! I'll be back with a water marble look followed by some raspberry nail art! Happy Wednesday! :)

Holographic Strawberries Featuring Doctor Lacquer Carotene Holo!

Hey everyone! Today I have some holographic strawberry nails to share!

I can't believe it will be July 1st tomorrow (Canada Day woot woot)! I had hoped to get more caught up on le blog by now, but what can you do? I think I only have four looks to get up after this one so it's not too bad! Hopefully I'll get back into posting once a day so I can finally catch up!

Onto tons of pictures!

For this look, I started with a base of two coats of Doctor Lacquer Carotene Holo. The formula and brush and all that was lovely! It's a bit of a mustardy yellow and I love that about it!

My two favourite things about Doctor Lacquer are the science-related names and the medium sized (10.5mL) bottles! Minis are too small and full sizes are too big am I right? I feel an obsession coming on and I already picked up twelve other polishes when I ordered this :P.

Next, I went in with piCture pOlish O'Hara on a medium sized paintbrush for the fruit part of the strawberries. I'm madly in love with this polish and you'll be seeing a full nail swatch tomorrow in my Canada Day mani!

Finally, I went in with B Squared Lacquer Change The Game on a small paintbrush for the leaf part. Some dry time and a coat of top coat (Essie Good To Go as per usual) and I was done!

I loved wearing these nails and I wish I had have taken a picture of my other hand! It had exactly the same design but it can't pose well and I forgot to take pictures of it.

What do you guys think of these nails or this Doctor Lacquer polish? I'd love to know!

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I'll be back with my Canada Day Nails followed by a thermal polish from Doctor Lacquer! Happy Tuesday! =)

Leaf Nail Art Guest Post At Polish Those Nails!

Hey everyone!

I was asked to do a guest post by the lovely Marisa of Polish Those Nails and a few days ago it went live! Check out the post here for more information and pictures of this look!

Happy Sunday guys! :)

Elevation Polish Yeti's Healing Vibes Swatch & Review!

Hello everyone! Today I have a gorgeous charity polish for Nepal to share!

I chopped off my nails yesterday like I do, but since I'm still a bit behind you won't be seeing them for a while! I really should pick the length I like the most and maintain it but I never seem to do that. What do you guys think of my nails always changing lengths? Would you prefer if my nail length was consistent or does it not bother you?

Anyways, onto the nails!

What you see here is just one coat of Elevation Polish Yeti's Healing Vibes and a coat of top coat! That in itself tells you that this polish had a great formula! I'm loving these multichrome flakie cremes lately, I picked up another one called Cloud Peak in the same order that you will be seeing at some point!

I seemed to have trouble getting these pictures in focus and I guess I didn't clean up the top coat near my cuticles. I feel like I didn't do this polish justice so maybe I'll wear it again and take better pictures soon!

What do you guys think of Elevation Polish or this polish specifically? I really love this brand. I feel like all of the colours come in the exact shades that I love the most!

Thanks so much for taking a look guys! I'll be back tomorrow with some sunset nail art! Happy Monday! =)

Rainbow Water Marble Using the Girly Bits Hoop! There It Is Collection!

Yo yo yo my lovely people! Today I have some rainbow water marble nails to share!

This is another late night post because I'm really trying to post often but I seem to be quite busy in the day. Let's hop right in because there are a lot of pictures!

I started off with two coats of My Boyfriend Scales Walls for a white base. I then went in with Simply Peel Liquid Latex Barrier and applied a thin coat all around my nails up to my first knuckle.

Next, I used Thump Your Melons (orange), These Hips Don't Lie (yellow), It's Hoop To Be Square (green), I've Got High Hoops (blue), Hip Hoop Hurray (purple) and You're My Hooper Hero (pink) for the water marble. I could be wrong about a few of those though because it has been a while!

After peeling off the Simply Peel and more clean up, I applied a coat of top coat.

I think I wore these for about five days and I quite enjoyed doing so! These polishes water marbled very well and I will definitely try this again with a different design!

I actually preferred how my right hand came out this time (above). What do you guys think?

What do you think about water marbles in general or this lovely collection I keep using? I'd love to know!

Thanks so much for having a look everyone! I'll be back with more nail art very soon! Happy Sunday!