NOTD: Black yellow and pink edition!

Okay so this week i decided to go with my black tips again, but there is a disclaimer about these designs, well technically 2 disclaimers

• I can not find my flat head brush for french tips, so im stuck free handing it until i can either find it, or find one thats comparable to it because michaels doe not sell it anymore (i think?) so this is why my french tips look so crooked lol
• I took these pictures 3 days after i did the design so one of the rhinestones fell off and the polish is a little chipped, sorry Peeps!

Anyways im out of my black polish im in love with (Walmarts Pure Ice) s i had to use this crappy one i have shown below, which takes like multiple coats. Then i used this Art Deco nail art brush i got from forever 21, and lastly I used yellow craft paint for the dots, UGHHH i love me so craft paint lol! Its cheaper than nail polish and you can mix them easier than nail polish to find the perfect color...

Sidenote: Im a victim of seche vite, when it gets to low its useless.. But i found a way around it and i will do a quick blog soon to show you had to add some uses out of that Seche bottle the becomes worthless!! And as always click the picture to see a better photo of the nails

QuickPic - Mint Candy Apple

SO i attempted a quick zebra design with essie's mint candy apple. I didnt have time to take and official photo of the nails so i just to a quickpic from my Blackberry of the design I did. This color was given to me from a coworker in who i did a nail polish christmas trade with and one other person (whose color i will show tomorrow). Well i told her i would wear it today so i whipped up a quick design to do. At first i thought this color was a little to light for my skin to, but it turns out i really like this color. So here ya go - a quickpic design and a recommendation for you to buy essies- mint candy apple!

Sidenote: I completely dont like this design and i probably wore it just for my work shift and thats it! But i just really wanted to show the color even though their just quick blackberry pics...

Fireworks-esk Nails!

Okay so this is my attempt at a firework look, i thought i acheived it until my coworker told me it didnt look a thing like fireworks lol. So we are going to call it Firework-esk! But this was my first real nail art in a while so excuse it if it looks a little funky :)... but i didnt use any fancy polish so no need to list them, i just used a bunch of Kiss Art polishes to make wavy lines. As always click on the pictures for better views..

What i used for the look:

Random Designs: The Turquoise Tales

So today i was in a random state of mood, and usually when im feeling random i decide to do random designs... well this time i used Acrylic Paint brand Craft Smart Turquoise, Ocean Breeze and lime green. Usually when i do these types of design random people i see are like this look so hard, and im seriously like its knowing where to put random lines and accents like dots and glitter., oh and it takes patience also! Anywho, i was too lazy to do designs all all the fingers, so i just did them on two and the rest i did french tips with silver glitter and turquoise lines. So as always click on the pictures for a better and bigger view and hopefully you like..

Sidenote: Thanks so much for following me, i reached my 50th visitor yesterday, and i know thats not much compared to other peoples blog, but to me 50 is an AMAZING number of people who somewhat care about what i post and have to say and do. So thanks and honestly i appreciate everyone of you and keep on following yall! The more the merrier

NOTD: Pinstripes with a twist..

So my nail of the day is completely inspired by cynthia @ cynfulnails, except hers is absolutely amazing and mine is a under par rendition of her amazing work. Anywho this look was harder than i thought it was, because its hard to make multiple straight lines. Nonetheless i was okay with the look and left it on for a day, mostly because i chewed the polish of during my crazy hard calculus exam lol.. but i used China Glaze Pink Underground for the pink and art club black for the black lines and of course i used Kiss Arts silver glitter to give it a glitz look. So here is what resulted of my attempt at a pinstripe-esk look.

Sidenote: That starbucks cup had some good ole sweetness in it, Caramel White Mocha mmmmmm yummy! oh and as always click on the picture for a better look at the nails..

NOTD: Lines and Rhinestones of 3

So today i needed to do something real quick because i chipped my nail polish prior to this one. I decided to do a basic french tip with three basic black and hot pink lines, with three rhinestones on the three middle fingers, on october the 3rd. lol do you notice i was going for a theme! Theres no point of going into detail about this because i used no fancy brands or no fancy colors. but if you would like to know

• Seche Top and Base Coat (the base coat is ESSENTIAL for a good white tip
• Nail Basix - White Fever (its only a dollar and the best white by far for me, yeah better the OPI, China Glaze, Essie.. seriously dont waste your money, buy the cheap WHITE!)
• LA Color - Hot Pink (i bought it from forever 21, random i know)
• Art Club - Black
• Silver Rhinestone's from my trusty Rhinestone wheel

Sidenote: This look was only on for a day because i glopped the seche top coat on too thick so the polished peeled off. So FYI put the seche on in THIN LAYERS! lol...

and: Ive been getting some really sweet emails lately, and i responded to them but publicly i just really want to say thank you because it really does make my DAY! :)

Flower-ish look with Acrylic Paint...

Helllllooooo everyone, sorry for the week with no post, i actually have done my nails all week i just didnt like the way the photo'd therefore i didnt post them. Also the "big" sale sucked but i did buy some stuff that i will show whenever i feel the urge. Anywho i did a nail design inspired by this picture i saw online at some nail forum. I CAN NOT remember the site where i got it, and i feel horrible because its her design and i dont want to take credit for it since it inspired me to do it. So if you see something that looks better than what i did but similar please let me know so I can so link the website! Anyways so with this look i did a french tip first then use lime green art brush to do lines and then i used a darker green acrylic paint for details and dark purple acrylic paint for the dots. SO okay i own alot of acrylic paint because i do random drawings and i just realized how fabulous they work on nails. So look forward to me using more of them.. anywho here is the look which by the way disregard the index finger because its messed up and i did NOT feel like redoing it..

What I used for the look (minus the purple acrylic paint):

Sidenote: this look was super easy, since im not a proffesional or no where near a professional it was easy because its just a bunch of small lines and dots.. just the basics!

Tiger/Zebra look...

So today i decided to do a zebra look but every one tells me its more of a tiger look lol. The way i did this look was a little unorthodox but hey it worked for me. First i used american manicure as a base to give the base to give the bottom of the nail a peachy look. Then i use OPI's Red Hot Gift as the red tip, to me the red was way to shiny so i decided to put essie's matte about you on top and it achieved the muted red color i was going for. Then i free handed the black and added glitter and a black line and then i topped it off with seche vite top coat (which i know your not suppose to top coat a matte polish but it turned out fabulous..) then wallah you have the look. I must admit doing the stripes was easier than i thought. I always looked at zebra stripes and said it was so complicated to do but then i just went for it and it came to be easy.

What I used to complete the look:

Random Hiatus and Random Designs!

Hello Hello Hello!

Hmmmm.. first and foremost i would like to apologize for the random hiatus i took! I only planned it to be a week, but when i came back I was at a creative block so i decided to take a smidge more time, which in actuality i was going to return the 31st of August but eh i was like why not come back after labor day right? lol! Secondly, thanks for the concerns and support people sent me online and to my email, i checked them, I saw them, and i loved them! Thanks again, and i am A-Okay... I just needed to be a lazy ass for a few weeks lol! Lastly i can not wait to catch up and read everyones blog that i missed for the last month. I mean i havent even as much glanced at a nail blog and im craving to do so lol so look out for my comments on your month old posts lol....Lastly I got the new blackberry tour (so i will be on blogger all the freaking time)!! YaY

But anyways for the people (like me) who just like the pictures... I did a bunch of random designs on my nails the day before ALL OF MY NAILS started to break, Yes all of my nails are broken as of now lol! So these picture is the last picture of my nails long... Im not going to go in details of what i used and what not because this pic is out of date and was meant to be posted the 3 weeks ago.

What I used for the look:

Watermelon-esk Mani!

Well hello Ladies and Gents, i have been so busy working before school starts, so i can have enough money to shop and live comfortably. But in between work days i managed to whip up a quick nail design for a day because as you know i could never wear this to work.. WHICH let me go on a tangent real quick..

So i go to work with my clear top coat/nail hardener because we cant wear nail polish or acrylics... and i am looking around and there is 3 other employees wear acrylic french tips (which may i add, one of the girls needed a serious fill-in) anywho, im like WTF? so tonight i slapped on white tips because thats not fair to me! And if someone says something to me im going KAH-RAY-ZEE because one of the acrylic tips belong to a manager. .. O well that was my tyrate for the week lol...

Okay back to the nails, well i have seen many versions of the "watermelon" nails, and here is my interpretation of it. I wanted to do something a little less obvious of it being a watermelon, just something you can be like "oh those kind look like little watermelons"...Anywho here are my watermelon-esk nails...

Sidenote: I have no idea the name of the colors but i will post an update with them when I get a chance. As always click on the picture to get a better look at the nails.

New Nails! Thats Berry Daring...

So i finally did it... I cut my nails and SQUARED them.. I was procrastinating this move because I finally grew my nails out from being an obsessive nail biter just a year ago. The longer nails were keeping me from holding a pen write and texting and i was constantly getting them caught on things. Well the other night i went to open up my favorite (Snickers Ice Cream) and I broke my nail on the box! This is how it looked..

Okay there is some rules i have for myself while blogging, one of those being o never show my natural nail because there not cute at all. But i thought you needed to see how bad the break was. (sidenote: these pic is before i did any type of cream or treatment to my nails.) But now that i have cut them they look so much more healthier in the buff lol.. So here are the new nails..

(This is under a halogen lamp)

Sidenote: This are not acrylics! everyone who looks at my nails ask me that... oh and the polished used was OPI's That's Berry Daring! (2 coats)

Recycle Nails and a Crappy Job

Okay, sorry for the long time no post but I got a job and have been in orientation all freaking week. So im back now and I have quite a few things to catch you up on, such as the fact that I finally found a job. Its definately not glamorous and its definately not the hilton, but i need some type of income until I can find a better job. Well this job came with the biggest flaw ever that I almost quit on the spot about and the only way I can tell you what it is, is to tell you the way i was told...

So it goes

Boss: Wow your nails are really cute!

Me: Thanks I do them my self and they are all my real nails

Boss: Oh okay good because I would have felt bad if you just paid t get them done..

Me: Why?

Boss: Because you are not to allowed to wear nail polish on duty!

Me: Picking my jaw off the floor :(

Can you believe that, Im like its Starbucks not the Army.. SO i attend to find a new job real soon, one that lets me express myself in the form of my polish. But anyways if anyone flies into Tampa Airport come visit me and my boring nails lol..

SO part two of my news, Im officialy cutting my nails, I never wear my nails long and now that they are, it is so acquired. I mean I cant hold a pen right, i cant type right, its just a mess! So i think im going to go to a nail salon and have them cut and square them because im too nervous to do it.

So before I show the nails i wore that dreadful day, i want to explain the color. I wanted to use a polish I havent used before so i closed my eyes and stuck my hand into the box and picked out China Glaze's Recycle. I personally think it is a hideous color but to each its own, so I knew it would make a ugly tip color so i painted the whole nail this chalky gray. In order to distract from the color i did designs on every other nail. Anyways here was my nail for the day:

Sidenote: Sorry for the rambling post, forgive me its late and i had a loooooong day. I will be back sunday back and better than ever lol. Once again forgive my poor exhausted post and click on the pictures to get a better view.

Pink Patchwork NOTD

So today I was in a "artsy" type mood and decided to do a patchwork type nail. I apologize ahead of time that is a little sloppy, but i am in a rush this morning to head to my little cousins basketball game all the way cross town. In this look i used OPI's That's Berry Daring, Pure Ice's Love, and Sally Hansen's White On, and for the gold line I used Kiss's Glitter Gold. This polish will probably be on just for today because tomorrow I plan to be a polish swatching fool. But anywho I have to go so here is the NOTD!

What I Used To Complete The Look:

Side Note: Clicking on the pictures to enlarge them gives you better details on how the nail looks, and i find out officially on monday if i got the job so remember Red I didnt, and Green I did lol