Monday, April 8, 2013

Galaxy Nails!

Hello! 
Happy Monday? Who are we kidding, Mondays don't deserve that..

But...here is some nail art to brighten your up!

This is the first and only time i've done a galaxy design, and i know that it's so popular now around the nail art world, everyone's doing galaxy designs in really cool color variations!

Mine is just a simple blue, teal, green, etc.. but I quite like how it came out, maybe I'll try again in a purple version!


Until next time!

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Geometric Nail Art!

Happy Saturday!

Today's nail art is inspired by that of the completely awesome Chelsea King! I based my mani off of this one.
Check out her blog! http://chelseasgetnailed.com/
So, I didn't think I would have a hard time making the squares straight, but unfortunately I did! I actually had so much trouble that I didn't even bother to do my other hand, lol!
But I do still like how they came out, so here they are!


Until Next Time!

Friday, April 5, 2013

Gradient Leopard Print!

Happy Friday!

Today's post is about a really cute mani I did a while ago that still remains one of my favourites I've ever done!

It's a simple gradient with a few shades of pink

(My Youtube tutorial for gradients can be found here
also, my tutorial for stamping can be found here )


Until next time! Have a great weekend!

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Psychedelic Swirls!

Hello!
Hope you are all doing well :)
Today's post is the mani that I actually currently have on, and I love it! It's quite simple, but definitely eye-catching.

Black and silver swirls using one of my favourite stamping plates.

Later on, I got a little bored and added a Flakie top coat!


This flakie top coat is a duplicate of Essie- Shine of the Times, and flashes a beautiful red, orange, and green!

Until next time! :)

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Red and Gold Glitter Gradient & Fancy Desserts!

Good Morning!!!

Happy Humpday to everyone! It's nearly the weekend!

A while ago, my dear friend and I went on a little trip to a famous place in our city that sells cute french desserts! Of course, my nails had to be dressed up also..

I slapped on a great one coat raspberry colour, and a gold glitter gradient! Fancy, eh? ;)




Mmmm, those were sooo yummy.

Until next time! :)

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Max X Fantasy Fire

Good Morning everyone!!

All this week I have classes that start really late so I'm super happy that I get to work on my blog!

Today is a super special post about the infamous exotic beauty: Fantasy Fire!
For those of you who have not heard of this polish, it's a very nice shimmery colour that sadly can only be found in Europe. The website doesn't even sell overseas! And if you wanted to buy it on amazon or Ebay, naturally it gets pretty pricey. With all that said, I still HAD to have it! This polish is MAGIC! It changes colours depending on the angle in which you look at it, and even in the sun it glitters like flames.
That's when the polish goddesses looked down upon me and I won a giveaway that I had entered on my Instagram !!!!! The giveaway was for one bottle of Fantasy Fire coming all the way from Scotland! Thanks to the very sweet Amy, I finally have this beauty in my stash!



Now, the Fantasy Fire bottle is extreeeemely small, mind you. So when I first put it on I was so scared to waste it! This is 2 coats of FF over 2 coats of Sally Hansen "Thinking of Blue".
As you can see, the blueish purple shows, but then there is a glitter of magenta. Ahhh!!


Here is FF in the sunlight!!!! That sparkle oh my gosh.


Of course I HAD to do some nail art, but I didn't want to cover up the polish too much, so i settled on an accent nail with my gem things, and made a poinsettia-looking flower!
 And look at how small the bottle is :( *cries*



If you live in Europe, drop everything and run to purchase this!!!!!

Thanks for reading and have a great day!

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Monday, April 1, 2013

My first blog post! and Easter mani

Hello Everyone!!! 

Welcome to my blog! I've finallyyyyy worked up the courage to start up my very own nail art blog! I've been very passionate about nail art and nail polish for around 4 years now and I love how popular this type of expression has become in the beauty world! After spending years following some amazing nail blogs (can be found on my blogroll to the right), I thought it was finally time to share my art also! 

My name is Cindy and I'm American, though originally Lebanese, and I love art in every way! This blog is where I will post my adventures with nail art and all awesome nail related things. I'm so excited!

Since yesterday was Easter, I think it's only appropriate to start off with my Easter mani! I love wearing pastels around this time of year, they're so beautiful!


I recently re-shaped my nails into squares, so I'm loving them!! For this mani, I painted each finger with a different pastel, and topped them with white polka dots. Then with my gold glitter striper, i painted on the bows and used matching rhinestones for the centers!! 




Here is my Easter pedicure! For this look, i painted all my toes with the same coral colour, then on the first toe i painted on a white layer in a sort of half-moon. Once that dried I painted a layer of darker pink similarly, and outlined with my gold glitter striper!

Thank You for reading, and Happy Easter! Have a great day!