Lacey Lilac and Sparkles

Here is a another simple manicure! I used "Lacey Lilac" by Sally Hansen for the base color and Recollection's sparkles. I used tape in order to make the lines. It chipped pretty fast unfortunately, but it was pretty while it lasted! Here are some more pics...

Bold Feathers

I wanted to do something different last night and this is it! I really like them, they're very edgy (: For the accent nails, I was going to do polka dots along the lines.. but I thought sparkles would look cool too (: The color underneath is that blue color from Forever 21 that I couldn't find the specific name for, and the lines and sparkles are from my Shany nail art polishes (:

Here are a bunch more pictures.. The blue doesn't completely contrast the blue but the subtlety is nice (: 

Birthday Nails!

Well I did these nails for my birthday, I think they're so fun! I love them (:

So I've been seeing these nails around pinterest lately.. and I saw a design that particularly caught my eye on katrinasnailblog.blogspot.com. So this is my take on them!

The red/orange color: "Mandy" by Julep
The sparkles: Silver sparkles by Love & Beauty
Lavender: "Lacey Lilac" by Sally Hansen Hard as Nails
White: "White On" by Sally Hansen Hard as Nails

I don't remember what all the dots are sorry (:

Champagne and Sparkles!

This manicure feels so elegant (: I love pinkish color underneath, it applies so well and smoothly! And the OPI sparkles are gorgeous. If I had this top coat before, I definitely would have worn it to one of my proms. 

The base coat is: Revlon "Snowflake Pink"

The sparkles are: Sephora by OPI "It's Bouquet with Me"

How do you guys like this? Do you agree that it's elegant, or is it too sparkley?

Chelsea Square by Nails Inc.

This is probably one of my favorite nail polishes of all time. It is a very thick coat of sparkles - this is only one and a "half" coats (some nails didn't need any extra). It took a while to get all this off, but I have a special way of removing polish like this without as much effort. I wore this for about five days and I didn't get any chipping, just tip wear. That would have been avoided if I was good about reapplying my top coat every other day or so. Well anyways! Hope you like it!

Turquoise Gradient Sparkle!

Okay.. I LOVE this manicure! But I'm not gonna lie, I don't love the nail polish I used. The color is great, and in the end it looks good. But applying it is such a hassle. It seems super thin, but then it clumps up if I use more than one layer. UGH! Anyways, it looks good huh?!

So the turquoise-y color I used is called "Blue for You" by Savina. It really does look great for the end product haha (: Then as usual, I used a Forever 21 turquoise sparkle for the top coat. I made a gradient for the first time in my manicure history and I think it turned out pretty well! I was pleasantly surprised (: Their nail polishes are so cute and they're so cheap!

The only problem with this manicure is that because of the gradient, I had a ton of players of polish on the tips of my nails.. and then I decided to bake cupcakes. Not such a good idea, it smudged within the first five minutes. But you know what that means?! I'll have a brand new manicure for you guys tomorrow (:

Worth it? (:

Glitter Cheetah :D

Woo! Well this is incredibly girly, but super cute! I used the Konad stamping tools and the place Shany Nail Art Polish for the cheetah print. And silver glitter from Love & Beauty from Forever 21! I had to make a lot of layers of the sparkles, because there just wasn't enough glitter! Maybe I'll go looking for one with more soon. Anyways! Here they are, I hope you like it (:

Peacock Nails!

Ah! These are my peacock nails! I absolutely love these, they're so cute! I used my Shany Nail Art polishes for the green stripes, Sally Hansen Quick Color Gold Chrome for the outer circle, Sally Hansen "Blue Me Away" for the middle circle, and another Shany Nail Art Polish for the inner dot. Oh! And the color for all the other nails is Sally Hansen Quick Color Blue Chrome. Super cute, I really like them. I'll probably do them again this summer (: Or at least on someone else!

"Virtuous Violet" with OPI and Sparkles

So I went over to my friend's house yesterday and I told her about my blog! She asked me to do her nails since she had prom today! Her dress is silver and her shoes are purple, so I really liked including both of those! She received the sparkley polish as a gift from someone, and there is absolutely no label on it! So sorry, I can't tell you guys what it is ):

The purple is Nicole by OPI, and it's called "Virtuous Violet." I actually really hated it.. It was really chunky and it didn't come on evenly. As you guys can see there are parts that look really thin and others that look thick! But you could only tell in the harsh light, so she was happy with it.

Okay! I've rambled on enough now (: Hope you guys enjoy!

"Blue me Away" and Sparkles!

I get so many compliments on this color! It's called "Blue me Away!" by Sally Hansen - Hard as Nails. It seems so simple in the bottle but there's something about how it looks on my nails that really catches your eye (: The sparkles are from ABC store in Hawaii, so definitely not something anyone could go pick up and get. Maybe they're online! Anyways, it's from a brand called Island Girl and it's called "Waikiki Sunset," which really doesn't make sense since blue is just about the only color one doesn't think of being in a sunset.. Well, anyways! Hope you guys like it!

Amber Opal and Rose Confetti

Once again, I can't tell you how much I love this Rose Confetti from Love & Beauty! The pink color is from Fire Opal Nail Glaze by Sally Hansen - the name is Amber Opal. I think these sparkles go really well with the pink. It's a simple manicure with two coats of the Amber Opal, and two coats of sparkles! The ring finger is pretty thick, but since there's so many sparkles you can't see if I knick it on something. Overall, I think it's a really cute mani! (:

Half and Half, Red and Black!

So I invited my friend over, because let's be real.. I can only paint my nails so much! Anyways I had no idea what I was gonna do and luckily for me she just kinda rolled with it. I'm kinda bummed the picture quality is so low.. But the black color actually has some fine sparkles in it. I absolutely love it. Both the polishes are from Forever 21and they don't have cool names for theirs ): So I suppose it's sparkley black and red? Haha!

I started with a base coat and one coat of the red. Then I waited a bit and taped over it and put the black on... It looked like this...

(The way the paint stuck it kinda looks like blood.. Ewww..) Anywayss.. It turned out like this..

And I totally loved it like this, but I thought it could use a little something extra so I added a rhinestone on each finger and it was complete!

This one shows the sparkles (: Yay!

I hope you guys like it! She definitely did, I was really glad (:

Oh! And I gave her a really simple pedicure too! (sorry I didn't clean up the cuticles before I took the pictures.)

Fun French Manicure!

This mani took me awhile, because I went back and forth between putting the sparkles on all of the nails or just the ring finger and thumb. Obviously, I went with the first option, but only after wearing it on just the two fingers for a couple days.

Anyways! I started with a base coat and then put two layers of "Where's the Jack?" by OPI. Then I put on the OPI matt top coat which I'm currently obsessed with... Anyways! Then I took the turquoise sparkles by Love & Beauty from Forever 21. I put it on using tape to control the lines. And viola! Here they are, sparkley and all (:

Sparkles!

So simple and so cute! This purpley color came in a set that I got from Forever 21, it's in here:  http://www.forever21.com/Product/Product.aspx?BR=f21&Category=beauty_nails&ProductID=1000038047&VariantID=

Then I used the silver sparkles that came in the same set! Ah! I can't believe I got so many great colors for just five dollars (: