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Minneapolis Comic Con 2014 - Firefly Nails

5/3/2014

This weekend was the Minneapolis Comic Con. It was quite the spectacle. I picked up some bitching prints, saw some crazy (and lazy) cosplayers, oh, and I got my picture taken with Nathan Fillion! Obviously I had to paint my nails to match the occasion, and after watching the entire Firefly series while I was off work being sick, naturally I decided to do Firefly inspired nails.
I had to keep it simple because I still was not feeling well. So, I ended up with a gradient of Jayne Cobb's hat and did a simple line drawing of said hat.
This picture was also taken after a few days of wear.

Tools Used:
Make-up sponge
Black Sharpie marker

Polished Used:
White base - China Glaze #023 White on White
Yellow - Sally Hansen Insta-Dri #250 Lightening
Orange - Pure Ice #762CP Hot Tamale
Red - Sally Hansen Insta-Dri #170 Red-io Active

Pink Triangles

5/3/2014

There's really nothing special here. I really just wanted to try my new neon pink and I have been doing too many simple gradients lately, so I jazzed it up a bit with some sparkly triangles.
I believe this picture was taken a few days of wear.

Tools Used:
Scotch tape
make-up sponge

Polishes Used:
White - China Glaze # 023 White on White
Pink - China Glaze #1008 Purple Panic
Pink Sparkle - Sinful Colors #1161 Poparazzi

Yellow-Green Gradient

4/6/2014

Tools Used:
Make-up sponge
Dotting tool

Polishes Used:
Sally Hansen Insta-Dry #250 Lightening
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear #110 Green With Envy
White acrylic paint

3 Color Magnetic Gradient

8/28/2013

So I know I've done something incredibly similar before, but I wanted to do another magnetic gradient and these colors just flow so nicely together. But this time, to step it up a notch, I added purple between the silver and pink. Enjoy!

Tools Used:
Make-Up Sponge

Polishes Used:
Silver - Sally Hansen Magnetic #903 Silver Elements
Purple - Sally Hansen Magnetic #902 Polar Purple
Pink - Sally Hansen Magentic #905 Red-y Response

Black to Blue Gradient: Take 2

8/21/2013

You might remember that I've done these before, but I got very shitty cell phone pictures. So here they are in natural light with a decent camera!
I did these for a wedding I went to. I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you haven't gone out and bought these polishes and tried this yet, YOU MUST! I promise you won't 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

Rainbow Gradient

8/21/2013

Well it certainly has been a long time, hasn't it! I took a break from polish because I simply didn't have much motivation or any good ideas. But now I'm back in full force!
I present to you my rainbow gradient nails. Very simple, very pretty, and subtly stunning (in my opinion). Definitely the best gradient I've done so far! Although you can't really see the pink on the other side of my thumb nail, the blend between the pink and orange was REALLY seamless.

Tools Used:
Make-up sponge

Polishes Used:
Pink - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear #240 Twisted Pink
Orange - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear #150 Sun Kissed
Yellow - Sally Hansen Insta-Dri #250 Lightening
Green - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear #110 Green With Envy
Blue - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear #130 Blue Me Away!
Purple - Sally Hansen Hard as Nails #370 No Hard Feelings

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

Magnetic Gradient

3/5/2013

This is one I've been wanting to try for a while and I must say that I am pretty pleased with how they came out.

Polishes Used:
Sally Hansen Magnetic #905 Red-y Response
Sally Hansen Magnetic #903 Silver Elements

Pink to Gold gradient

2/22/2013

Man, I seem to have been having the best luck lately finding the perfect combos for gradients! This is definitely a more girly manicure than I'm used to, but it almost looks holographic. And when you see it in the sun...oh boy does this mani sparkle and shine!

Tools Used:
Cosmetic sponge

Polishes Used:
#1 Pink - Maybelline Express Finish #250 Berry Boucle
#2 Pink/Orange - Sally Hansen Lustre Shine #006 Lava
#3 Gold - OPI #HLD07 Goldeneye

Black to Blue glitter gradient

2/16/2013

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

About Bailey

I'm 29 years old and I just moved to New York City with my boyfriend and little monster dog. I've been doing nail art off and on since I was a kid...that's about 17 years! But I really got back to it about 3 years ago.
As you can probably tell, my inspiration comes from my love of TV shows, movies, games, and other miscellaneous pop culture.

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