WISHLIST

Here's the list of polishes I'm interested in/need to get.. more of list for myself so I don't forget, haha.

OPI:
Lucky Lucky Lavender
Done Out In Deco
Hot & Spicy
Absolutely Alice
Mad As A Hatter
In My Back Pocket
No Room For The Blues
Go on Green
DS Extravagance
Breathe Life
Oh So Glam
What's With The Cattitude?
Blue Moon Lagoon
The Color To Watch
Bring On The Bling!
Simmer and Shimmer
Sparkle-iscious
Ginger Bells
Merry Midnight
Shim-Merry Chic
In My Back Pocket
DS Classic
DS Magic
DS Desire
DS Sapphire
DS Night Gold
DS Fantasy
DS Original
My Private Jet(holo)
Mermaid's Tears
Spark de Triomphe

Sephora by OPI:
Too Good For Him
Only Gold For Me
Midnight Mambo
Iris I Was Thinner
Read my Palm
Havana Dreams
Cab Fare
IM Beauty
Note To Self
Mermaid To Order
Domestic Goddess
Don't Go There
What A Broad
212-Sephora

GOSH Cosmetics
Holographic

China Glaze:
Carribean Temptation
Rainbow
Afterglow
Aqua Baby
Turned Up Turquoise
Purple Panic
Solar Flare
Luna
Cosmic
2NITE
DV8
OMG
IDK
Shooting Stars
Sour Apple
L8RG8R
LOL
Bare
Agent Lavender
Yellow Fizz
Limonyte
Golden Spurs
Wagon Trail
Kiwi-Cool-Ada
Emerald Sparkle(good version!)
Ruby Pumps
Medallion
Spellbound
Sexagon
Entourage
Sunset Sail
Below Deck
Pelican Grey
Aquadelic
Kinetic Candy
Gothic Lolita
Sweet Hook
Dreamsicle

MAC:
Metalist
Cool Reserve
Plasma Blue

CHANEL:
Jade Rose
Rodeo Drive
Nouvelle Vague
Jade

ZOYA:
Dove
Marley
Caitlin
Dannii
Gemma
Crystal
Harlow
Mimi
Robyn
Perrie
Jancyn
Savita
Penny
Harley
Midori
Jinx
Pasha
Ki
Richelle
Diem
Skye
Uli
Happi
Dea
Sienna
Shay
Minka

Models Own:
Top Turquoise
Purple Grey
Lilac Dream
Gold Rush
Jade Stone
Peach Sherbert
Bluebelle
Disco Mix
Emerald City
Mixed up
Blue Sparkle

Revlon Street Wear:
Confetti
Charm Bracelet
Christmas Tree
Diamnond Girl
Kwanza
Oct 31st

Milani:
Dress Maker
Cyberspace
HD
Hi-Tech
Blue Flash
Gold Glitz
Purple Gleam
Melt In The Sun
Hot Metal
Silver FX

Deborah Lippmann:
Lady Sings the Blues
Glitter in the Air

Nicole by OPI:
Sprinkle of Twinkle
Winter Glitterland

Nubar:
Knight's Armor
Hyacinth Sparkle
Green Tea
Barricade
Palisade
Silver Sword
Absolute
Spark
Treasure
Sky Sparkle
Violet Sparkle
Chocolate Caramel
Reclaim
Wildlife
Disco Blue Glitter
Peacock Feathers
Stardust

Illamasqua:
Boo!
Hiss!
Wink
Jo'Mina
DWS
Milf
Raindrops

Essie:
Tart Deco
Van D'Go
Splash of Grenadine
Ruby Slipper
A Crewed Interest


ORLY:
Cotton Candy
Gumdrop
Lolipop
Snowcone
Galaxy Girl

Barielle:
Blossom
June Bug
Myrza's Meadow
Swizzle Stix

Color Club:
Abracadabra
Revvvolution
Magic Elf
Positively Posh
Take Me To Your Chateau
Oh Naturale
Too Violet
Wild and Willing
Love Em Leave Em
Wild At Heart
Pure Energy
Fashion Addict
Best Dressed List
Always Get My Man-darin
Wicked Sweet

Rescue Beauty Lounge:
Locavore
Frugalista
Look Rich, Be Cheap
Black Russian
Sheer Nude
Lulu
Grunge
Scrangie
Bikini Bottom
Anne

Sally Hansen:
Golden Ticket
Blue Aura
Cyber
Pixell Pretty

Revlon:
Perplex

NARS:
Zulu
Orgasm
King Kong
Orpheus

BYS:
Adventure of Alice
Through the Looking Glass
Down the Rabbit Hole
Out Of The Blue
Pot Of Gold
Purple Pizzazz
Dazzling

OZOTICS:
504
502
506
505

ULTA3:
Spring Fling
cocoa Bean
Earl Grey
Neutral

NFU-OH:
61
65
50
51
54
56

Simplicity

Sometimes, I just don't feel like doing something complicated. These were inspired by Tiffany boxes, though the color doesn't match.. I can't find For Audrey anywhere! Still, I thought they were pretty. I haven't felt like doing much because my sinuses are killing me lately. Anyway, I absolutely love Essie's Mint Candy Apple, even though I hate their formula. It's such a nice summery color. And it matches well with my toes, which are painted in OPI's Rumple's Wiggin' this week. I'm in a pastel mood.

Polishes used:
Essie, Mint Candy Apple
OPI, Alpine Snow
Sally Hansen Complete Salon, Pedal to the Metal

Aladdin Sane

I've been wanting to do these for a while, and I just finally got around to it. I love Bowie, and I have a huge poster of the Aladdin Sane cover on my bedroom door, so I used that as inspiration. I really like how they turned out. For some reason, I'm partial to the dot design overall.

Polishes used:
OPI, Alpine Snow
Sally Hansen Complete Salon, Back to the Fuchsia
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Blue Blast
Ulta, Holiday in Turqs&Caicos
OPI, Rumple's Wiggin'
OPI, Who the Shrek Are You?
OPI, The "It" Color

In other news, I'm looking to sign up for a cosmo class so I can get certified and work at my brother's friend's salon. Fingers crossed.

Harry Potter

I was feeling quite nostalgic, and these were the result. I used to love Harry Potter, and while I still like it, I'm not a huge fan like I was when I was younger. These were kind of a trial and error thing. I REALLY need new brushes, my current ones are falling apart and it makes it harder to get smooth lines and shapes. Anyway.. I wasn't entirely happy with these so I took them off right away. I did like the snitch, though.

For the record, I'm totally a Slytherin.

Polishes used:
OPI, Alpine Snow
OPI, The "It" Color
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lightening
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Blue Blast
Nicole by OPI, Loyalty to Royalty
Sally Hanse Xtreme Wear, Cherry Red
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear, Going Green
Sally Hanson Complete Salon, Gray by Gray
Brown acrylic paint
Black nail art pen

Minty

Not much to say. I haven't been feeling well at all lately, so I've been doing simple stuff. I like the new polishes I got, though the Essie and both of the Shrek OPI's lack pigment and need three coats.

Polishes used:
Essie, Mint Candy Apple
OPI, Rumple's Wiggin'
OPI, Alpine Snow
Brown and black acrylic paint

Mmm, summer fruit.

Current nails. I wanted something simple but bright, so I just went with watermelons and strawberries for summer. I went to Ulta yesterday and the salesgirl loved them.

Polishes:
Sally Hansen Complete Salon, Back to the Fuchsia
Pure Ice, Wild Thing
Sally Hansen Insta-Dry, Lightening
Opi, Alpine Snow
Black nail art pen
I forgot the name of the darker green, but I'll find it and edit it in.

Like I said, I went to Ulta the other day too, and snagged some new polishes. A few are ones I got earlier this week.



Polishes:
Nicole by Opi, Loyalty to Royalty
Opi, The "It" Color
Opi, Rumple's Wiggin'
Opi, Who The Shrek Are You?
Ulta, Holiday in Turqs Caicos
Sally Hanson Complete Salon, Hidden Treasure (I got two of these, finally!)
Sally Hansen Complete Salon, Back to the Fuschia
Essie, Mint Candy Apple

I've used the Fuchsia and Hidden treasure already, and I love them both. The formula for the Complete Salon line is so smooth. The Hidden Treasure looks amazing over any polish, though it's hard to get a proper picture of, at least with my shitty camera.

As the world falls down..

My favorite movie of all time is, hands down, Labyrinth. David Bowie's package in tighty-tights and overabundant glitter? Come on, who doesn't love this movie. I tried to do some Labyrinth-inspired nails, and this was the result. I was overall pretty happy with them, except the peach/crystal ball nail. My favorite is the owl/feather one. When I was done, I thought they needed a little something, so I dug around and found some leftover jewels from when I did my nails for prom in like.. 2005. I tossed them on since I they reminded my of Jareth's crystal balls, and surprisingly, they stayed on for like a week and didn't chip.

Polishes:
Opi, Teal the Cows Come Home
Opi, Alpine Snow
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lightening
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Blazing Blue
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Blue Blast
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Jumpin' Jade
Pure Ice, Wild Thing
Milani, Diamond Dazzle
Brown and red acrylic paint

Paisley

I love love love these nails. This is kind of my go-to design when I'm lazy or don't know what else to do, because it's easy and I can use all kinds of color combos. This is also the most popular design when I do nails for friends or family. That purple is one of my favorite colors, too.

Polishes:
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lively Lilac
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Blue Blast
Sally Hansen Complete Salon, Fairy Teal
Opi, Alpine Snow

Butterfly Wings

This was an okay experiment, I suppose. I wanted something nice for the summery weather we'd been having, so I figured hey, butterflies. I like how the purple and blue one turned out, but that's it. Next time around I'll try a different angle, I think. I ended up taking this off two days later because I was having problems with my middle nail peeling and cracking. My middle nails hate me, I swear..

Polishes:
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Blue Blast
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lightening
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lively Lilac
Opi, Alpine Snow
Milani, Purple Passion
Black nail art pen
Some frankening/mixing to get lighter shades.

Starry Night, take 2

So, this was my second attempt at doing Starry Night, and I thought it turned out much better this time around. This is probably one of my favorite designs to do just because it's very eye-catching and I always receive lovely compliments on it. I was able to do it much must this time around as well, since I knew what I was doing and what colors I needed.

Polishes:
Opi, Teal the Cows Come Home
Opi, Alpine Snow
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lightening
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Blazing Blue
Black nail art pen

Owls!

I don't have much to say about this. I like owls, they're such cute little buggers. Rushed to get this done before a doctor appointment.. she thought they were funny.

Polishes:
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Blue Blast
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lightening
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lively Lilac
Pure Ice, Wild Thing
Opi, Alpine Snow
Sally Hansen Complete Salon, Fairy Teal
Milani, Purple Passion
Sally Hansen Complete Salon, Pedal to the Medal
Black nail art pen

To boldy go..

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a huge Trekkie. I adore Star Trek in all forms. I even have a uniform, that is how much I love Star Trek. When it occured to me I hadn't thought to do Trek nails, I immediately got on with this. I love these nails, I don't give a damn what anyone says. I'd like to do another set with the rank stripes sometime in the future.

Polishes:
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Blazing blue
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lightening
Sally Hansen Complete Salon, Gray by Gray
Opi, Alpine Snow
Milani, Diamond Dazzle
Sally Hansen Salon, Shooting Star
Black nail art pen
All other colors were frankened on the spot

How To Train Your Dragon!

It's no secret that I love kid movies. And dragons. And fantasy in general. These nails were begging to be done after I saw the movie. I kept it pretty simple because I was feeling pretty lazy(what else is new?). I only did two of Toothless, then some random swirly viking-y designs. I used a little glitter to try and give Toothless a scaly appearance, but if I did this again, I'd probably skip it.

Polishes:
Pure Ice, Wild Thing
Sally Hansen Complete Salon, Gray by Gray
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Blue Blast
Opi, Alpine Snow
Sinful Colors, Irish Green
Milani, Diamond Dazzle
Brown Acrylic paint
Black nail art pen

Flowers

I hate this. It was a failure. But I decided to post it anyway, because yes, I'm well aware I definitely do some horrid designs. I wanted to do flowers, but I got so fed up that I couldn't take it anymore and just rushed them all. Note to self: doing nails while hormonal is a bad idea. Anyway.. it's supposed to be: peony, iris, orchid, hibiscus, stargazer lily. I kind of like the lily. I might try lily nails after I forget the horror of this.

Polishes:
Sally Hansen Instra-Dri, Lightening
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lively Lilac
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Blue Blast
Pure Ice, Wild Thing
Milani, Purple Passion
Opi, Alpine Snow
Orly, Passion Fruit

The Scream

After my Starry Night nails, I decided I wanted to do another painting. My mom suggested The Scream by Edvard Munch, and I said, that fits my mood most days, why not. Again, I had no real approach other than attacking my nails with polish and acrylics. I'm still super proud of how they turned out, I got a lot of compliments on them. They required a lot of blending to get certain shades, which was a bit of a pain.

Polishes:
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lightening
Opi, Alpine Snow
Sally Hansen Insta-Dry, Blazing Blue
Brown and red acrylic paint
Black nail art pen

Starry Night, take 1

Ah, my proudest moment.. I got bored with simplicity and wanted to do something more complicated. My solution? Attempt to re-create one of my favorite paintings, Van Gogh's Starry Night. I wasn't entirely sure how to approach it, so I just kind of went for it and attacked my nails with polish. This was the first attempt; I have a second attempt I did recent that looks much better, but I still like this version as well. I got mad compliments on them.

Polish:
Opi, Teal the Cows Come Home
Opi, Alpine Snow
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lightening
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Blazing Blue
Black nail art pen

Water Marbling

Ah, yes.. my first water marbling catastrophe. As pretty as I find marbling, I just don't have the patience for it, and I feel like I'm wasting too much polish. Major kudos to people who can do an entire manicure with it.

Polish:
Milani, Purple Passion
Opi, Alpine Snow
Opi, Teal The Cows Come Home (base)

Sparkles and Stripes

Nothing to say about this, really. Ridiculously simple. I went through a very lazy phase.

Polishes:
Sephora by Opi, It's Bouquet With me
Pure Ice, Wild Thing
Sally Hansen Insta-Dry, Lightening
Opi, Alpine Snow
I don't have the purple anymore, but I believe it was Rimmel.

Glitter!

I love glitter in any and all forms. Glitter nail polish? Like a wonderful gift from above, I swear. This is Sephora by Opi's It's Bouquet With Me, which I totally adore. In the picture I'm wearing it over a very light purple basecoat, with 3 coats of the Opi polish for maximum glitter coverage.
It lasted long on my nails, though I did a matching pedi for my toes and that chipped off two days later. Definitely use a basecoat and a base color to make it pop. Difficult to remove, even with my heavy duty pure acetone. If you're a magpie like I am, however, it's worth it.

Abstract?

I have no idea, really. Abstract? Good for when you accidentally spill a glob of polish and don't know what to turn it into..

Polishes:
Sephora by Opi, Metro Chic
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lightening
Opi, Alpine Snow
Black pen

Lazy Tribal

I actually think I did this before the lace.. oh well. I wanted to try something.. tribal-ish? I was super lazy and just used a nail art pen for it.

Polishes:
Sephora by Opi, Metro Chic
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lightening
Black nail art pen

Lemon Lace

This was one of my very first attempts at any type of nail art, or anything other than just plain colors. Just a simple, lacey kind of design. After this, I started trying to get more creative.

Polish:
Pure Ice, Wild Thing
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lightening
Random black polish

Well, here I am. Some friends said I should start up a blog for my nails, so I figured hey, why not? :)

I have a lot of old designs I need to post up before getting to newer stuff, so I suppose I'll get started with that first. If you ever have any questions, comments, or anything, please feel free to ask. Here are some basics:

-I don't really know what the hell I'm doing.
-I use nail polish and acrylic paint, always with a basecoat.
-All designs are painted with thin paintbrushes or toothpicks.
-I don't use any nail stamps or templates like Konad because I don't like premade designs.
-My nails are natural nails, I usually keep them short to mid-length because my middle nails have bad curves and break a lot.