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St. Patty's Day

3/17/2013

Gotta dress up the nails for a holiday! I wanted to do a slightly more complicated gradient for St. Patty's Day, but looking back on them, I wish I had used more dark greens. Oh well, there's always next year!

Tools Used:
Make-up sponge

Polishes Used:
Light green - China Glaze #80937 Re-Fresh Mint
Mid-green - China Glaze #80830 Tree Hugger
Dark green - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear #10 Emerald City
Glitter - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear #180 Disco Ball
Green glitter - Ulta Love Fern
Gold - OPI #D07 Goldeneye

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Blue & Black Water Marble

2/26/2013

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It's been a while since I've done a water marble mani, so I figured I'd give it a go with a sparkly blue I just can't take my eyes off of. Oh, and I also threw in some dots just for good measure. Enjoy!

Polishes Used:
Blue - China Glaze #857 Dorothy Who?
Black - Orly #40484 Liquid Vinyl
Silver - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear #220 Celeb City

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Starry Night

2/16/2013

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My friend Kim loves the Starry Night painting, and pretty much anything else by Van Gogh. So today, she gave me creative freedom over her nails, and I decided to put a tribute to her favorite painting on her nails. I figured it was fitting. It was a bit tricky o get the tiny brush stroke effect, but I found that using a toothpick and acrylics to create the swirls worked the best.

Side Note: Please excuse the lack of clean-up around the nails.

Tools Used:
Toothpick
Small detail brush

Polishes Used:
Black - Orly #40484 Liquid Vinyl
Blue - China Glaze #1167 Want My Bawdy
White acrylic
Light blue acrylic
Yellow acrylic
Orange acrylic

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Black to Blue glitter gradient

2/16/2013

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I bought China Glaze "Dorothy Who?" today and could not resist using it immediately. So I came up with this spectacular black to blue glitter gradient. I used 4 different blues to get this dazzling effect and I applied it with the simple sponging gradient technique. Seriously, this picture really does not do this manicure justice. The blues are so bright and perfectly blended with amazing sparkle! If you can, I urge you to pick up these polishes and do this mani yourself. You will not be disappointed!

Tools Used:
Make-up sponge

Polishes Used (in order of application bottom to top):
#1 Black - Orly #40484 Liquid Vinyl
#2 Blue - China Glaze #1167 Want My Bawdy
#3 Blue Sparkle - China Glaze #857 Dorothy Who?
#4 Bright Blue Sparkle - Sinful Colors #1165 After Party

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2/2/2013

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I just finished reading book 4 in the series and I couldn't help myself. I LOVE how these turned out! So crisp, clean, and frankly, awesome. I freehanded everything and I am incredibly impressed how my skills at painting with my non-dominant hand have improved so much. You can't quite see it in the pictures, but the black base color actually has a hint of yellow sparkle in it, which I thought would make a good "spacey" color and to finish off the space look, I added some little white stars as well.

In the words of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, "Share and enjoy!"

I'm not going to explain how to do these nails in detail, because I think it's pretty obvious to get from the picture.

Tools Used:
Detail brush
Toothpick used to make the stars

Polishes Used:
Base Coat (sparkly black) - OPI #DS037 DS Mystery
Green Thumb- China Glaze #651 Tree Hugger
Details - White, Black, Red acrylic paints

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