Showing posts with label nailadays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nailadays. Show all posts

Friday, April 5, 2013

Zoya Happi - 92/365

Hello loves!

Today I just had to use more of my Zoya Color Cuties. This one is Happi. It's a beautiful pink packed with golden shimmer and boy does it make me happy when I stare at it. This polish very sheer and it took three coats before I was satisfied with the result.



What nail polish makes you happy? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Happy April! - 91/365

Hello loves!

Happy April! As I mentioned in my Basket Weave post if I see something when I'm out and about that gives me inspiration for nail art I will snap a picture of it. And that is exactly what happened for today's manicure. I saw this flower pot in Michael's and I knew it would be perfect for a mani.



I received the Zoya Color Cuties in my Easter basket from my parents and I couldn't wait to use them. I painted my thumb, pointer finger, and pinky with Neely and then my middle and ring finger are Zuza. I decided to only do the squiggle design on the nails with Zuza on them.



Did anyone fool you today? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Happy Easter! - 90/365

Hello my loves!

Happy Easter! I had a wonderful day today and I hope you did as well. We surprised my parents with a party for their 25th anniversary and it went off without a hitch! They were so surprised!

I went into this mani thinking I was going to do Easter bunnies on each nail that all looked the same but then as I started I thought it would be cool if it looked as though the bunny was hopping up as each nail went on. I started off with just the ears and then went to just a peek of the head and then the eyes and a peek of the nose and then the full face.




What did the Easter bunny bring you? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Care for a Carrot? - 89/365

Hello my loves!

I was stumped for ideas for today but I had seen some Easter nail art with carrots incorporated so I decided to go crazy for carrots. I did one large carrot for the accent nail on my ring ringer and then did smaller carrots on the rest of the nails.



Do you like carrots? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Decorated Easter Egg Mani - 88/365

Hello loves!

When it was time to do Easter manis I knew I had to do a mani that looked like decorated Easter eggs. I love the way this turned out. I alternated between polka dots and lines with different colors so that each nail would be unique just like Easter Eggs.





Did you decorate Easter Eggs this year? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Easter Polka - 87/365

Hello my loves!

Today I wanted to do a pastel mani for the upcoming Easter holiday. I used polishes from Lime Crime's collection. The only problem I have with these is the awful color the green turns the cream polish. I instantly regretted not using a white polish. I wonder if adding a top coat before adding the cream polish would have helped.



Have you had a polish turn a weird color after being layered over another polish? Let me know down below

XO,
Katherine

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Basket Weave Nails - 86/365

Hello my loves!

I was wandering around Target like I always do at least once a week and this bowl caught my eye.



When I see things that catch my eye and get me inspired to do some nail art, I like to snap a picture so I don't forget about it.

I thought the pattern would be perfect for a Spring/Easter mani! I started out by painting each of my nails a different color. My pointer finger is OPI A Roll in the Hague, my middle finger is China Glaze Sunday Funday, my ring finger is Zoya Pippa, and my pinky is Butter LONDON Primrose Hill Picnic. I then used a small nail art brush with Zoya Purity to create this basket weave type design.




What has inspired a nail art design? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Watercolor Nails - 84/365

Hello my loves!

Today I started off with a base of Zoya Purity and then I took OPI What's With The Cattitude?, Pink Friday, and You're Such A Budapest with makeup sponge pieces and sponged it on. I was going for a dyed Easter egg effect and it turned out looking like watercolor.




Are you dying Easter eggs this year? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Easter Chicks - 85/365

Hello my loves!

Today's nail art is inspired by baby chicks hatching from their shells. I started out with Zoya Purity for my base and then when in with Zoya Pippa to create zig zag lines across the nail and fill the two lines in. I used Zoya Raven with a dotting tool for the eyes and then OPI A Roll in the Hague with a small nail art brush to create an orange triangle for the chicks' beaks.





What animal is your favorite Easter animal? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Matchy Matchy - 83/365

Hello my loves!

Today I wanted to do something that I don't often do: match my nails to my outfit. Most of the time my nails are a complete contrast to my attire but the fun stripe print on this dress inspired me to do some matchy matchy nail art.


Do you coordinate your nails to your outfit? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Zoya Purity - 82/365

Hello my loves!

I was watching Taylor Swift's video for her song 22 and I saw she was wearing white nail polish and it looked so good that I wanted to try it. Plus I needed white as a base for tomorrow's nail art so it was a win win.


Which do you prefer plain white polish or plain black polish? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

YSL Bronze Aztec - 80/365

Hello my loves!

YSL Bronze Aztec is a beautiful polish. I absolutely loved the formula and the brush of this polish. The brush was nice and wide and provided smooth application with little clean up necessary.




What brand of polish has your favorite brush? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Chevron Nails - 79/365

Hello loves!

As I said yesterday I couldn't take Fishwife off just yet so I decided to add a chevron stripe in white to each nail.



I love chevron print. What's your favorite print for nails? Let me know down below.

XO,
Katherine

Butter LONDON Shag - 81/365

Hello loves!


I wore Butter LONDON Shag today. It is a beautiful red-toned copper color. It was opaque in two coats.


XO,
Katherine

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Butter LONDON Fishwife - 78/365

Hello loves!

I got this polish a couple weeks ago and I honestly don't know why I didn't try it sooner. It is gorgeous. It is Butter LONDON Fishwife and this is three coats. I have been wanting the new China Glaze Hologlam Collection but I can't find anywhere that is selling the whole collection. Fishwife definitely gave me my holo nail polish fix. I will probably add onto this manicure for tomorrow because I don't want to take this beautiful polish off my fingers just yet.



Do you like holographic polishes? What ones do you own? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Turquoise Nails - 77/365

Hello my loves!

So in the April issue of Cosmo I found a picture of Vanessa Hudgens with these turquoise nails. They had a tutorial on how to recreate them so I wanted to try. They recommended Essie Turquoise and Caicos so that is what I used but I wish I had used a brighter turquoise color. This color was just too muted for my taste. Then they told you to take a sandwich bag and crumple it and dip it into a bronze colored polish and then dab on the nail. I used Orly Rage for the bronze color even though that's more of a rose gold.





Have you tried to recreate a manicure out of magazine? How did it turn out? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Monday, March 18, 2013

Happy St. Patrick's Day! - 76/365

Hello loves!

I hope you all had a wonderful St. Patrick's Day and drank lots of green beer! My festive nails in honor of today actually tell a story...

Once upon a time I found a four-leafed clover and a magical leprechaun appeared. He told me that at the end of the rainbow I would find a pot of gold. I found the pot of gold and lived happily ever after with my never-ending pot of gold.


What would you do with a million dollars? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Don't Pinch Me - 75/365

Hello my loves!

Today to get in the mood for St. Patrick's Day I wanted to do a green manicure for St. Patty's Day but I wanted it to be subtle because I wanted my spirited manicure for the day of St. Patrick's Day. I started off with two coats of China Glaze Entourage and then I went in with Zoya Purity on my dotting tool and alternated between big dots and smalls dots on each nails.


Do you prefer subtle nail art or would you rather go all out? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Friday, March 15, 2013

Diamond Jem - 74/365

Hello my loves!

I've been wanting to do the diamond design on my nails for a while now and I just needed to decide on a base color for the manicure. I spotted Zoya Jem and when I saw the name I knew I had found the perfect polish for the job. I applied two coats of Jem but with careful painting it could easily be a one coater. Then I went in with my small nail art brush and China Glaze Icicle and did the diamond design on my thumbs and ring fingers. I think this manicure turned out great.



Has the name of the polish you used ever fit the design you did on your nails? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Striped Tie Dye - 73/365

Hello my loves!

My manicure today is a product of failure that turned different than what I wanted but still very good. It wasn't the effect I was going for but I altered it as I went and it turned into this great striped tie dye design. I used OPI Dating A Royal, OPI Kiss Me On My Tulips, and Zoya Purity.



Have you every done a design that didn't turn out like you pictured in your head but it still worked? Let me know down below!

XO,
Katherine