Tooth Nail Art Featuring KBShimmer Laugh Myself Lily & piCture pOlish LakoDom!

Hello everybody! Today I have some teeth nail art to share!

I think I'll stick a little wisdom tooth removal update here seeing as these are the nails I did for the day of my surgery (and wore for several more days)! It will be two weeks since my surgery tomorrow and by now I can eat basically anything again (I am avoiding seeds and tiny things like that that could become lodged in my healing gums). For several days I was doing jaw stretching exercises and now I can open my mouth as wide as I could before. Except for sore teeth and jaw muscles occasionally (from getting used to eating hard foods again) I'm feeling back to normal!

Anyways, onto the nails!

For the turquoise nails, I applied three easy coats of KBShimmer Laugh Myself Lily. It was a breeze to work with and it is so freaking pretty!

For the teeth nails, I started off with a base of two coats of piCture pOlish LakoDom. By now I've learned that every piCture pOlish has a perfect formula and their brushes are so lovely too!

Next, I went in with some cremes that matched some of the glitters in Laugh Myself Lily; American Apparel Rose Bowl (to me, this is a pink but to others I think it leans more orange and looks coraly), Essie Play Date (purple) and Revlon Dreamer (blue). I never did get a picture, but on my other hand I painted a huge purple tooth on one of the accent (white) nails rather than a bunch of tiny ones.

What do you lovely people think of this look? Lately I've been feeling really proud of myself because I've been incorporating lots of indie polishes into my nail art. Sometimes I start to worry that I'll never be able to use them all, but I'm sure I can if I continue to shy away from the mainstream brands and towards indie brands in my nail art!

Thanks so much for taking a look guys! I'll be back with a gorgeous thermal by Doctor Lacquer as I mentioned a few posts ago! Happy Thursday! =)

Canadian Flags for Canada Day Featuring piCture pOlish, Cirque Colors and Black Sheep Lacquer!

Hello everyone! Today I have some Canada Day nails to share!

We are running out the door to join in on the Canada Day festivities, so this post will be a quick one word-wise! Happy Canada Day everyone!

For the middle finger nails, I started off with two easy coats of the best white I've ever used; Cirque Colors Carpe Diem. Next, I went in with piCture pOlish O'Hara on a small detail brush for the maple leaf.

On my index and ring finger nails, I applied two coats of O'Hara. The formula, brush and everything else about this polish was perfect!

Finally, for the pinkies and thumbs I applied three coats of Essie Waltz followed by a coat of Black Sheep Lacquer Grab Your Toque!

A bit of dry time and a coat of Essie Good To Go top coat and I was done!

What do you guys think of this look? Are those of you that are Canadians wearing some festive nails today? I'd love to know!

Thanks so much for reading everyone! I'll be back with some swatches and some nail art very soon! 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! :)

Coral and Orange Lattice Featuring Girly Bits Hoop! There It Is

Hey everyone! Today I have a recreation of a gorgeous design by The Nail Artiste to share!

Today's post will be a quick one with lots of pictures! I had my wisdom teeth out six days ago so I'm definitely still recovering. I want to jump back into blogging just about once a day so let's get into it!

To start, I applied two coats of American Apparel Sandstorm and allowed it to dry. Next, I went in with a fairly large paintbrush and either Girly Bits Hoop! There It Is (pinker neon) or Sonia Kashuk Sunset Bvld (orange creme) depending on the nail. Some top coat (Essie Good to Go) and I was done!

For the first time in a while I remembered to photograph my right hand! I reversed the colours which I think looks really cool with index and middle finger accent nails.

So what do you guys think of this look? I'd love to know! I liked these but the colours didn't really feel 'me'.

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I'll be back with one more long nail look and then we'll be into looks done on my new nubs! Happy Thursday guys!

Wheat At Sunset Nail Art Inspired by Chalkboard Nails Featuring Some Girly Bits Hoop! There It Is Collection Polishes (Duh!)!

Yo yo yo my lovely people! Today I have a look inspired by the lovely Sarah of Chalkboard Nails to share!

It just dawned on me that in less than two days I'll be going into surgery to get my wisdom teeth out. It really has been like summer over here because I didn't know we were this close to Friday already! Have any of you guys had your wisdom teeth out? I'd love to hear your tips or stories, good or bad! Both of my bottom ones are sitting right against this artery and nerve bundle so if my surgeon cuts or bruises the nerve(s) I will lose feeling in the lips, chin and cheek on that side. He seems confident about removing them now that we did this cool cone beam CT scan and we found out they're on the tongue side. Anyways, I'm not very worried about that, just the eating only soft foods for a few weeks and having to crush up T3's and probably taste them (I can't swallow pills).

This is turning into a long post word-wise so... onto the nails!

To start, I applied two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and allowed it to dry. I then painted two coats of liquid latex around my nails for easier clean up, or so I thought. The liquid latex peeled off in tiny pieces and was terrible to work with, much like the previous time I used it. Since purchasing Simply Peel I will never battle with that stupid liquid latex again. Ana formulated Simply Peel herself and it is a liquid latex product that works amazingly! In one thin coat it works infinitely better than any liquid latex I could have imagined after using that other stuff!

Next, I went in with Girly Bits Hip Hoop Hurray! (the pinker purple that I'm holding in the picture below) and Girly Bits Get Indie Flow (the blue-toned purple on most of my nail) on a damp sponge. After three to four layers of sponging I applied a coat of top coat to blend the colours further.

Finally, I went in with American Apparel Hassid and a striping brush for the funky-looking wheat. An additional coat of top coat and a bit of clean up and I was done!

I absolutely loved wearing these nails and looking at these pictures now, I'm still madly in love with the design! What do you guys think of this look? I'd love to know!

Thanks so much for reading! I'll be back with some lattice nails as well as some strawberry nails very soon! Happy Wednesday! :)

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!

Abstract Fishtail Gradient Using the Girly Bits Hoop! There It Is Collection!

Hey everyone! Today I have a fun abstract fishtail gradient look to share using four of the Girly Bits Cosmetics Hoop! There It Is collection polishes!

Life at my house has been really fun and relaxing lately. We've been doing yoga, going to fairs, concerts, lakes, etc. It really does feel like summer and for a few days it was 30 degrees Celsius or hotter! But as a heat-intolerant person I definitely get grumpy in that kind of weather :P. What have you guys been up to lately? Are you out of school for the summer like I am? I made up my class schedules for the fall and spring semesters a few days ago and it seems so weird that I'll be taking mainly fourth year classes!

Anyways, onto the nails!

To start, I applied three coats of Thump Your Melons and a coat of top coat. Next, I went in with I've Got High Hoops (blue), Get Indie Flow (purple) and You're My Hooper Hero (pink) on a nail art brush. I actually never top coated the lines so they had a cool 3-D look!

These were super quick to do and fun to wear! I feel like I'm not that great at coming up with new designs so I was impressed that I came up with this!

What do you guys think of this look? I'm becoming quite a fan of orange lately so I'm loving it!

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I'm going to try and find the time to post once a day until I'm caught up because I still have six looks to get up here! Happy Wednesday guys! =)

Half Moon Meets Floral Over Rainbow Honey Control!

Hey everyone! Today I have some half moon rose nails to share!

I know I haven't been posting much on here or anywhere else, but soon Anna will be here and I'll have more time for nails and posting! This month has been going by so fast since I've been so busy! I think I will write up some posts today so I can post during the week.

Onto the nails!

To start, I applied two coats of Rainbow Honey Control (swatch and review here). I then applied a coat of top coat and wore the polish alone for about a day.

Next, I went in with American Apparel Neon Yellow on a medium-sized brush, followed by AA Sunshine State on a striper brush. After that had dried, I added a quick coat of top coat and I was done!

What do you guys think of this simple look? I took these pictures in different lighting (as I'm sure you can tell) to show off the neonness!

Thanks so much for having a look everyone! I'll be back very soon with swatches of the Girly Bits Hoop! There It Is collection! Happy Sunday guys! :)

Ferns & Flowers Inspired by Wondrously Polished Using the Girly Bits Hoop! There It Is Collection!

Hello my lovelies! Today I have a tropical look using seven of the Girly Bits Hoop! There It Is collection polishes, inspired by a design by Lindsey of Wondrously Polished!

I am still very busy with volunteering and tutoring, and yesterday I found out I have an iron deficiency. That could explain why I'm so lazy and exhausted all of the time! :P Hopefully the super nasty liquid iron I've started taking will really help with my energy levels! Maybe then I'll be able to find the time to blog more often than once a week!

Anyways, onto the nails!

I started off with one super opaque coat of American Apparel Hassid. I really love AA polishes and so many of them are one coaters which is always amazing!

Next, I went in with seven of the ten cremes/crellies of the Hoop! There It Is collection. For the ferns I used Hooperchondriac (medium green) and then It's Hoop To Be Square (pale green) on top. For the flowers I used Hoop! There It Is (coral), Don't Paddle Break A Nail (pink, the one shown in the bottle shot), and Get Indie Flow (blue-toned purple) for the petals and then Thump Your Melons (orange) and These Hips Don't Lie (yellow) for the dots.

As always I did both hands, but this time I forgot to take pictures of my right hand until there was too much tip wear for pictures.

What do you guys think of this design? I like the sheer look of the flowers with the opaque fern fronds behind!

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I'll try to start posting more than once a week on here, maybe once the iron kicks in I'll have enough energy to do so! I'll be back with some neon half moon floral nails as well as swatches of half of the Girly Bits HTII collection soon! Happy Wednesday! =)