Red French with a bow!

I know I say all of my nail designs are my absolute favorite but these are at the top of the list as of right now! They're a mix of the classic french manicure with a little color and sparkle!

See aren't they just awesome?!? Well I love them and this is how I did it!

First as always I started with a base coat, I used Nail Life Nail Revitalizer in original as I usually do. Then I started with a 2 coats of Sally Hansen's Smooth and Perfect - 02 Linen.

After that dried completely I used scotch tape to make the red french tip. Normally I use french tip stickers I think from Sally Hansen to make my french line but I just haven't been able to find them in stores lately. A Good tip for using tape is to first stick it to your hand first to remove some of the stickiness so that it doesn't rip off your nail polish that you already have on. I've learned this the hard way!  I used Sinful Colors - Ruby Ruby for the red tips.

After my tips where done I added a line of black to them to make them stand out a little I used a stripping brush that I got from an old bottle of polish that I didn't use any more that I just cleaned off with acetone. The black was Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - 28 Black Out

Then the bow on my thumb which made me just fall in love with them as soon as I added the bow! it was easy to do just two little triangles and I used a little crystal rhinestone for the center of the bow I topped the whole thing off with a Seche Vite top coat just to really make it shine!

I hope you love these as much as I do! and I hope I added a little inspiration to your life :) Thanks for reading!

:)
  Kristy

A few days of China Glaze - Blue Iguana

I was in a nail art slump I just didn't know what to do so I decided why not just a pretty color? I looked up on my wall rack and I picked a beautiful blue that I don't think I had ever used before.

I tried to take a good picture of it but i just couldn't capture the awesomeness of this color. The blue was such a perfect blue and the sparkle in it was so fine and so pretty I was obsessed  with this color! And I was so obsessed with this color I wanted to wear it longer then most of my other colors so after a few days I decided to jazz it up a little bit with some zebra stripes :)

I used my white Sinful Colors striper to make the stripes and just made a zebra pattern on them. These got noticed way more then the just plain blue did but I loved them both :)

Thanks for reading!

:)
 Kristy

Fifty Shades of Grey inspired nails

I am SO excited to share this manicure with you!

Chances are, unless you live under a rock, you've at least heard of Fifty Shades of Grey, if you haven't already read it, that is. I read the first book and I'm currently on the second book, Fifty Shades Darker.

Like so many other things Christian Grey inspires (um, yum!), he also inspired my latest mani!

I only have one grey color in my polish collection, so after a base coat of the grey, I mixed some grey with black and made a darker grey. [A darker Grey... is that possible? ;)]

Thinking it needed a little more seductiveness to accurately portray Fifty Shades, I added a line of glitter between to the two shades.

I also wanted to represent a little bit of Christian personally by incorporating a bit of his Red Room...er, playroom. On my left thumb, I used a deep red instead of a darker shade of grey. On top of the basic design, I painted a dark grey necktie.

I'm usually not a huge fan of NYC colors, but I just thought this color red was the most appropriate for the design. Deep, ruby-red. I sealed it with a top coat to prevent chipping, which often happens with NYC colors.

I have to admit, I'm a bit in love with this mani. It's sultry, sexy, chic.

 

Grey: New York Color's Sidewalkers

Dark grey: mix of New York Color's Sidewalkers and Sinful Color's Black on Black
Silver: Milani Nail Art's Art of Silver

Red: New York Color's i211A
Top Coat: Revlon Base+Top Coat 965

What would you do for a Fifty Shades of Grey inspired manicure?

<3, Cassie

My first Kardashian color

So normally I don't buy Nicole by O.P.I. colors, actually I don't think I had any before a few days ago, but I do love some of the Kardashian colors I normally just can't get my self to pay so much for something that is just normal colors for me. BUT I was out the other day have a "Kristy Day" all to myself and I came across some Kardashian colors that where on sale so I decided why the heck not? lol So I picked out Wear Something Spar-Kylie and I"m not gonna lie its a pretty awesome color!

I added the black tips for just a little bit of color? I guess you wouldn't say color because I don't think black is a color or is it? IDK but anyways I used Sinful Colors Black on Black to add the black tip that I free handed because I couldn't find my little french nail stickers. Please ignore the tips in this first picture I had been wearing them for a few days when I took this.

I was actually Kinda of impressed about how nicely this polish went on. I only needed 2 coats of it when most glitters need tons and tons to make it look good. I'm not positive if I will be buying any more Nicole by O.P.I. colors any time soon but I will be loving me some sparkles since I found a new easier way to take it off my nails :)

Thanks for reading!

:)
Kristy

Submit your requests!

Come one, come all, to our new page! To the right, you'll see a link that says "submit your requests." Click on that page and leave a comment telling us what nail art you'd like to see! We'll do our best to answer all requests!

Check it out and let us know what you're thinking!

Art in Motion ?

I was in Walmart the other day looking through the nail polish trying to decide if I really needed another bright pink or not and a new display caught my eye. This polish is called art in motion and it's supposed to be "magic." I was a little skeptical but I bought it any ways :)

\This is how the polishes came, you get one "magic base coat" which is the white color and then you get the black one which is supposed to turn bright blue, like the label in the front, when you put it on top of the white. It also came with a little emery board that looked like a record but I didn't use it. Ok so what you do is paint your nails in the white base coat and let them dry then you paint on a coat of the black color and it is supposed to turn blue and make a design as it dries which it why its called "Art in Motion"

This is what It turned out like. I guess I didn't realize it was just going to be a crackle but it was really cool that the black changed to light blue I'm still not positive how they got it to do that. I ended up putting putting this on my toes because I already had my nails done. its actually one of the cooler crackles that I have :)

I've never taken a picture on my toes before they kinda look funny lol I do love my crackle polish on them tho :) I would definitely suggest picking up a bottle of this polish its pretty and I think only about $5 for the 2 bottles, they also had other colors pink purple yellow and green I think. Worth it if you like crackles!

As always thanks for reading! If you have and requests or suggestions please let me know!

:)
Kristy

Peachy Shine

I absolutely LOVE this simple, chic, summery manicure!

I bought two new polish colors yesterday.
One is a really pretty, summery peachy-orange color.

I wanted to do something simple with the color- I originally planned to do silver tips. But after I put a couple coats of the peach on my fingertips, I changed my mind and decided to try something new- just a simple swipe of glitter. And I love this- I'll definitely do it again with other colors.

 

Surprisingly, this color was actually matted. And while it was very pretty, I'm partial to that just-painted wet look. So I used my favorite shiny clear polish and made it super shiny. The clear I used is off-brand, I think it came with make-up or something I bought. It's an awful top coat- it does nothing to protect. However, it gives a better shine than most top coats.

I think this would work for business or work, a casual summer bbq or even a night out with the girls. It's so chic and simple! The glitter is eye-catching but not too obtrusive, like tips can be.

Peach: Essence rebels' Peach Punk
Sparkle: Milani Nail Art's Art of Silver
Shine: Quick Dry Top Coat

<3, Cassie