31 Day Challenge: Day 3- Yellow

Today is day 3 and it calls for yellow nails.  I work with kids with Autism so two of them helped me come up with the concept by drawing it on paper for me first.

I used China Glaze Happy Go Lucky and Wet N Wild Black Creme. It sucks that it already has tip wear. I'm pretty sure I've had this on for less than 12 hours, most of the hours I was sleeping. It's a love hate relationship with seche vite.

I'm happy to get to posting daily again. Sometimes, life is super consuming and despite painting my nails every day, I just didn't have time to blog. But thanks to each and everyone of you for sticking around and reading my blog.

I hope you all have a safe and fun labor day. I am off to work!

xoxo

Alex

PS. Tomorrow is green nails and I have something amazing lined up!

31 Day Challenge: Day 2- Orange Nails

Hey guys!
 Today is day 2 of the 31 day challenge. The theme today is orange nails.
I was watching Doug all day today and it inspired my nails for today. I remember Let Them Have Polish did Nickolodeon nails. So  she is my inspiration on these nails as well. Here is my version:

As you can see, my thumb nail decided to smudge itself and Seche Vite decided the polish should shrink away from the tips. You know how that goes. The base color is OPI He's My Boo and I created the drips with China Glaze Limonyte. I got a new light today that I am absolutely in love with! 

Looking at the mani this way, makes me think of cauldron smoking and bubbling. I love Halloween! Hocus Pocus comes out September 4th on Blu ray.  

I hope you enjoyed this mani as much as i have enjoyed creating it.

Be safe this long weekend!

xoxo, 

Alex

31 Day Challenge: Day 1 - Red Nails

Hello my lovely readers.
Last year, I did the 31 day challenge and completed it. Today I am starting another. I've been short on inspiration so this is perfect timing for me.

Today is day 1 and it called for red nails. I am going to try my hardest to do nail art each day instead of just color swatches and such.

I wanted to do spun sugar nails. Looking back at the nails now, they look kind of morbid. The idea was a lot better in my head! It looks like blood spatter (I don't mind it so much I love the gory and morbid). It took around 10 minutes for it to get stringy enough to be able to pull it across.

I will definitely try this again. I think next time I will use candy like colors. I hope you enjoyed Day 1 of the 31 Cay Challenge.  Remember to check back each day :)

xoxo, 

Alex

Nail Files: Nails Inc

Hey everyone!

Today I am going to share some nails inc 3D glitters with you. Nails inc does glitter the way it's supposed to be. They are densely packed and more often than not, you can get away with just one coat of glittery goodness.

First up is Marylebone.

Marylebone is the pastel pink from the collection. 

It's nearly impossible to show the purple mirco glitter in it.

The obvious is the silver and pink glitter. 

Up next is Maida Vale.

Maida Vale is described as a pastel silvery blue.

But honestly, I see it with purples as well!

This only required 1 coat of the polish. 

These polishes are amazing. They are densely packed and can be applied by just painting them on (unlike some glitter that needs to be dabbed). They have an incredibly drying time. That being said, they are thirsty for topcoat!!! They want it all and will stop at nothing. Ok ok I maybe exaggerating quite a bit but they do dry gritty without topcoat.

What do you think?

Until then my dear readers. 

xoxo

Stamped!

Hello my lovely readers,
I hope everyone is doing well. I'm still unpacking at my new apartment and it's been extremely time consuming. I've still been doing my nails. These are not the best pictures as they were taken with my iPhone.

I hope you all enjoyed these manis as I have enjoyed creating them!

xoxo



Nail Files: Nails Inc

I feel like nails inc hasn't  gotten much attention or love. It is one of my top 3 nail brands. They have such a wide variety of colors and finishes. I love the bottles as well as the polish names. They are available through www.sephora.com. I have a friend in England that ships me polishes that are only available over seas. Enough of this plain text. Onward to the colors and photos!

Seven Dials is a soft yet vibrant jade green color. It only took 2 coats to achieve total opaqueness.

Seven Dials has a creme finish.

Foubert's Place has elements of grey, brown and dirty green. 

On the nails inc site, it's described as a cool grey khaki creme shade.

I used 2 coats.

Paddington verges on the almost black scale. 

It's a deep khaki grey creme.  I used 2 coats but perhaps needed i3 because there was some pulling near the cuticles.

My friend sent me this color and I haven't been able to find it on any site.

Porchester Place is a bright tangerine polish with hints of peach. 

The formula is on the thin side but not hard to work with at all.

I used 3 coats because of my ridge filled nails.

Westminster is a gorgeous purple shade with red tones. 

It applied so beautifully (like all nails inc polishes).

I used 2 coats.

Chelsea Emabankment.

2 coats. Small yellow gold glitter.

It didn't dry gritty.

I actually like the way it felt dry. 

I can;t really describe it. 

Hampstead Gardens. 2 coats. Honey Mustard creme. This is a color most consider ugly.

I love it! I don't really care if it doesn't go with my skin tone either. So pretty!

Cambridge Terrance is a silver liquid metal. 2 coats. Not a unique polish but an gorgeous formula!

Last but certainly not least.

Jubilee was released for the celebrations of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. 

It comes with a crystal cap and is limited edition. 

The colors represent Union Jack.

Blue, white and red densely packed glitter with silver micro glitter. 

This unfortunately is not available on www.sephora.com

It can be purchased on www.nailsinc.com

Which do you like?

Stay lacquered!

xox

Alex

It's never too early for halloween

Hello my loves!
I hope this finds you all well. I've. Even super busy with work, moving and buying car. Feels like everything happened all at once! Things are beginning to wind down and I have somehow figured out to balance it all including blogging. I do miss blogging a lot.

I did this nail art last year but have decided to revisit and revise it. I love seeing how much I have improved.

I also did a googly eye manicure. I have gotten a lot of comments on the googly eye mani.
I am updating from my iPhone to see how the app is. I hope it posts well!!