National Donut Day Nail Art

Happy Donut Day everyone! Since I no longer work at Dunkin Donuts (I've moved onto bigger and much better things), I get to actually enjoy today and paint my nails for it! We weren't allowed to have painted nails even if we wore gloves over them and it was torture. I had just started getting into nail art and I couldn't even practice!
Alright, back to today's nails...

I started with a base of Too Yacht To Handle on all but my ring finger. Using a striping brush from my Glam Gadgets set, I painted semi-circles using Coach Ella and filled them in. I took a medium sized dotting tool and made the "edge of the icing" using Nirvana, Pinking Out The Window, and Sugar Cube. I didn't get too close to the edge of the tan to leave some of the "donut" showing. Using the striping brush again, I made sprinkles on my middle finger with Sugar Cube, Treble Maker, and Home Sweet House Music. I didn't have a dotting tool as big as I wanted, so I used the end of a paint brush dipped in Too Yacht To Handle to make the hole in each donut. I waited for these three nails to dry and applied Salon Perfect Top Coat.

For my accent nail, I started with a base of Coach Ella. Using a larger dotting tool, striping brush, and Pinking Out The Window, I created my drips by making three lines from my cuticle toward the middle of my nail and adding dots to the ends of them. I connected the sides of the dots to the line and then connected the lines together with curved lines and filled in. Like with the sprinkled donut nail, I used the striping brush and Sugar Cube, Treble Maker, and Home Sweet House Music for the sprinkles. Finally, I finished with Salon Perfect Top Coat.

Polishes used:
China Glaze - Too Yacht To Handle
China Glaze - Pinking Out The Window
China Glaze - Treble Maker
China Glaze - Home Sweet House Music
Salon Perfect - Sugar Cube
Fresh Paint - Coach Ella
Sinful Colors - Nirvana
Salon Perfect Top Coat

Chick Pick Polish - Spring Fling

I hope you're ready for some beautiful matte swatches! Today I have the Spring Fling collection from Chick Pick Polish (minus On The Brink Pink, plus Hot Lips, because I liked that pink better). After receiving a bad batch, they were quickly replaced and the replacements are so perfect!!You ready? This is a long one...

Tribal Stamped Accent Nail

Did a simple stamped accent nail for the weekend. I love how it turned out and I'm so excited my stamping has improved so much in just a few weeks!

Polishes:
Julep - Oxygen Smoothing Base Coat
China Glaze - License & Registration Please
China Glaze - Pop The Trunk
Rica Polish - Black Out
Julep - Oxygen Top Coat

Stamper
Bundle Monster Plate BM603

Harry Potter Nail Vinyls

I had the opportunity to take part in a Harry Potter mani collab a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately, I was crazy busy that week and didn't get to do what I had originally planned so I went super simple, but I'm still happy with the outcome.

I started with my base coat, one coat of Salon Perfect "Gold Leaf", then applied my Salon Perfect Top Coat. The top coat here is not necessary, but once completely dry, it prevents the other layers of polish from lifting in case the vinyls need repositioning. Using tweezers, I applied Lou It Yourself's Harry Potter vinyls onto my nails. On my ring finger, I positioned the lightning bolt, but didn't press it into place as much as the others and left a tiny bit of the vinyl lifted. I painted Salon Perfect "Oil Slick" over it, then peeled off the vinyl leaving the gold lightning bolt. To finish it all off, I topped it with one coat of Salon Perfect Top Coat on my accent nail, and two coats over the others to smooth out the vinyls.

Polishes:
Salon Perfect - Gold Leaf
Salon Perfect - Oil Slick
Salon Perfect - Top Coat

To see the other manis from this collab, check out #HarryPotterAndThePaintedNails on Instagram.

May The Fourth Be With You - Dark Side Duo

For May The Fourth, Native War Paints and Lou It Yourself put together two Star Wars inspired duos, The Dark Side and The Light Side. Each duo came with some awesome Star Wars nail vinyls and a mani bomb ("Plink"). I picked up the dark side duo. Swatches are after the break...

Star Wars Nail Art

I got so behind on posts! This was my May The Fourth Star Wars mani, a huge improvement from the last one I did two years ago. If you're interested in seeing the awfulness, I posted a comparison on Instagram.
All art was painted using acrylic craft paint and my Winstonia Glam Gadgets brush set.

Polishes:
Salon Perfect - Sugar Cube
Salon Perfect - Oil Slick
Zoya - Imogen
Salon Perfect - Top Coat

China Glaze Electric Nights Gitters

 

My first thought when I saw China Glaze's Electric Nights Collection swatches was OMG SO MUCH NEED! The same thought I have every time they release a new collection. After the initial excitement, I can narrow my choices down to the ones I actually do need (okay... really really want). This time I decided on the three glitters of the collection. My reasoning? I have an amazing neon collection already and I'd feel bad about cheating on it. The glitters, though... I just can't resist! Full swatch photos and reviews after the jump...

Easy Leopard Print Accent Nail

Four years into nail art and I had never done leopard print. It was one of the first "easy" techniques I pinned on Pinterest and I can't believe I never tried it sooner. It's not really my thing, but it's super quick and simple for an accent nail. My Cindy hand looks almost identical to this one which never happens, even with vinyls.

March Nail Art Challenge (Part Five)

Part five got pretty sparkly! Check it out after the jump...

China Glaze Road Trip 2015 Swatches

Of the 12 polishes in China Glaze's Road Trip collection, I picked up 8. The four shimmer polishes just weren't doing anything for me, but that doesn't mean I won't end up getting them. Check out my 8 swatches after the break!

March Nail Art Challenge (Part Four)

Days 13 through 16 were prompts I've done a million times (or just once), so nothing new for me here. Check them out after the break...