Night Sky Silhouette Nails - Bestie Triplet Nails with @pretty_in_pink_polish and @okie.glam.mani!

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have some nail art to share with you - a night sky silhoutte mani that I did in a collaboration with @pretty_in_pink_polish and @okie.glam.mani on Instagram. Make sure you go check theirs out and show them some love! 

I started off with a white base - and sponged a gradient of Salon Perfect Baby Blues, Zoya Ling, and Zoya Sailor and then topped with INM Northern Lights topcoat to give me the night sky effect. Once that was dry, I used a stamping plate from bornprettystore (BP-L011) for the trees and the deer - those are stamped with M Polish Cayuga. I allowed my stamping to dry and then topcoated with Seche Vite to seal everything in - and that's it! I also tried it with a matte topcoat but ultimately liked it better shiny because I felt like the gradient had more dimension that way. I did a tutorial on Youtube for this mani, click below to go check it out!

What do you think of this mani? What's your favorite art to do over a gradient?  

Thanks for reading! 

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Neon Gradient Tribal Nails!

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have some nail art to share with you. I did this sort of neon, tribal nail art using some polishes from Indigo Bananas and was really happy with how it came out. More importantly I was THRILLED with how my photos came out with my camera. I'm getting better!

Image credit: Google Images

Okay, on to the nails! I started with a base of Orly White Tips for my gradient nails - actually funny little tidbit is that my middle finger had a gradient on it as well and I got all the way to top coating it and starting on my other hand and messed it up. Rather than re-doing it, I just threw some Zoya Dahlia on it. Fixed! 

Anyway, so once my white base was dry, I applied liquid latex around my nails to protect them from all the excess polish from the gradient. I put my polish on a latex free sponge starting with Phlogiston Paradise, then Zinc Industries, and finally Neon, the 10th Element and rolling it on my nails. I did about 3 passes with the sponge, each time reloading the polish so my sponge didn't dry out. Once I had achieved the opacity I was looking for, I peeled off my latex and started hand painting tribal doodles on my nails with black acrylic paint and striping brush. I waited for the black to dry, and topped everything with Seche Vite. 

Here's some mani pic spam!

What do you think of this mani? What's your favorite nail art to do over a gradient? 

Thanks for reading! 

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Lisa Frank inspired mani using Shinespark Polishes!

Hey y'all!

Today on the blog, I have these super bright cheetah print gradient nails! I am so happy with how these turned out! Keep reading to find out how I did them!

For this mani, I used the entire line of Shinespark Polish's maiden collection called 90's Kid's Collection. These polishes were inspired by Lisa Frank. Y'all all remember Lisa Frank stuff - you either had an entire collection of it or you were jealous of someone that had it. I was in the latter category. 

Photo credit: Google Images

I guess you could say that I was inspired by the polish maker's inspiration. I went Google image searching and ran across this little guy:

Isn't he darling? It makes me want to go buy a new trapper keeper and some stickers just to make up for never having Lisa Frank as a preteen girl. :D

Moving right along, here's a picture of what I used to create this mani:

Left to Right: Black acrylic paint, Shinespark Ballerina Bunny, Rainbow Chaser, Markie, Peekaboo, Dancing Dolphins, Max Splash, Zoya Purity, Seche Vite

I started with a base coat of Essie protein base (not pictured) to protect my nail. Once I had that on all of my nails, I put a base of Zoya Purity down to make the neons pop. I did two coats of Purity and allowed it to dry. Once it was mostly dry, I put liquid latex around all of my nails to protect my skin from the mess of doing a gradient. I got mine HERE. I allowed the latex to dry which only takes a couple of minutes. Taking a regular cosmetic sponge that I purchased from Target, I started doing a vertical gradient on each nail. To make it fade into the next color, I used the previous color along with a new color on each nail. For example, Ballerina Bunny and Rainbow Chaser, then Rainbow Chaser and Markie, then Markie and Peekaboo, so on and so forth. This allowed every nail to be different but seamlessly blend into a rainbow gradient across all of my nails. Once I had done this on all of my nails, I went back with the small end of my yellow dotting tool and some black acrylic paint and started making the random little cheetah spots on each of my nails. After completing that on all nails, I topped with Seche Vite and BAM! Lisa Frank all over my nails! 

I was so thrilled that my vision came to life right on my nails that I really didn't want to take this mani off but had to for other mani challenges and swatching. 

You can find Shinespark Polish on her WEBSITE and follow her new releases and news on her INSTAGRAM. This collection is brand new and still available. 

Did you have any Lisa Frank stuff growing up? What was your favorite?

**Purchased by me**

**All views and opinions expressed in this post are my own**

Gradient bow nails!

Hey y'all! 

Today on the blog, I have these super girly gradient nails with a bow charm accent nail. 

I was really pleased with how these turned out. I'm not typically enthusiastic about 3D nail art or nail charms but I decided to step out of my comfort zone and give them a chance. 

I purchased these bow charms from Amazon. 

Aren't they darling? 

Here's a shot of the polishes I used:

Left to right: Essie protein base coat, Zoya Bar, OPI Flamingo Tini Pink, OPI You're Such A Budapest, Zoya Willa, Zoya Purity, and Seche Vite. 

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I started out as usual by applying my base coat. I've really been struggling with my nails peeling which is why I switched to the protein base coat. I've only been using it a couple of weeks so I'm not sure how much it's doing for me yet but I will keep y'all updated. 

After my base coat was on, I put two coats of Zoya Purity on my index, ring, and pinky fingers and two coats of Zoya Bar on my middle finger and thumb. I topped my middle finger and thumb with Seche Vite. 

That sparkle though...

Moving on to my gradient nails, I used both of the OPI's and a regular makeup sponge to create the gradient. I made three passes over both index fingers and both pinky fingers and immediately topped with Seche Vite after the third pass. 

Moving on to the accent nail, I used a small dotting tool and Zoya Willa to create the dots and allowed that nail about 5 minutes or so to dry so I could top coat without smearing the art. I applied Seche Vite to the entire nail and gently applied the bow charm to the nail with a pair of tweezers and allowed the top coat to dry. I took a macro because adorable! 

A few thoughts about these charms - they're affordable and super cute but they definitely aren't practical. I lost one off my right hand while I was sleeping last night! All in all, I'm calling them worth it though because they just add such a ultra feminine flair to any mani. 

What are your favorite nail art supplies? Do you like 3D nail art? 

Pink Gradient Nails

Today on the blog is one of my favorite manis ever! To achieve this look I used Pure Ice Twinkle, NYC Pink Champagne, and Zoya Tomoko. Then I added studs from Five below on my pinkie and thumb. Rose Gold leaf midi ring is from Rue 21. 

What do you think of this look? 

Nude gradient nails!

Today's look was inspired by @mrswhite8907 and features a nude to white gradient and some simple stamping on the accent nail. Colors used to achieve this look were FingerPaints Whatta Dish, Sinful Colors Snow Me White, and the gradient nails are topped with China Glaze Fairy Dust. I love how elegant this turned out. 

What do you think of this look?