Hello everybody!! I have decided to start the 31 Day Challenge over again! I took this challenge on last January, and did every day in the order that they were originally posted. This time around, I don't have the time it takes to change my manicure every day. So what I've decided to do is do the manicures in order, but I'm going to do one each week. So without further ado, this week is Red Nails! enjoy :)
So I started with the star of our show A-England Perceval. This is my favorite red in my collection! I love the intensity and the shimmer. Then I stamped on China Glaze Passion on the BM-314 plate. Then I added some dots of Orly Au Champagne to finish it up! I hope you like it!
Hey everyone! So I finished up this manicure today--which was inspired by one that I had done for my friend Danielle a couple of days ago--and I showed it to my other friend Lauren who said, "Whoa, it looks like purple fire!" Hence the title of this blog post. So without further ado, here come the pictures! enjoy :)
Ok, so I started with my favorite plum color China Glaze Urban-Night. Then I added OPI Alpine Snow and Essie Watermelon using the dry water marbling technique.
Thanks for stopping by, come back again soon! Love, passionnforpolishh <3
Hello again everybody!!! I am so sorry I have been way too busy enjoying my first month here at Cal State Northridge to get a blog post up for you guys! But I have not forgotten about you, and I hope you haven't forgotten about me! Today's post is girly and fun and I hope you enjoy it :)
Ok, so this manicure started with OPI Alpine Snow! Then on my ring fingers and thumbs, I added a candy pattern with plate BM306 using Essie Watermelon (pink), China Glaze Urban Night (purple), and ULTA Blue Streak (blue). Then I added some China Glaze Fairy Dust to top it off! I also added pink, purple, and blue heart-shaped rhinestones on the rest of my nails to match the gradient of the stamp.
Let me know what you think!! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a fantastic day!! <3
Okay okay... so I'm not exactly talking about the sparkly rocks we like to adorn ourselves with and hope to one day wear on our ring finger... I'm talking about the diamond patterned nail shields that I recently purchased from Jamberry. Which, ironically enough, I have chosen to use as an accent on my ring fingers! :P Anyway, I think this design is super fun. enjoy :)
The blue color used in this manicure is Zoya Tallulah, and the pink is China Glaze Purple Panic (NEON).
I apologize for there only being one picture f this manicure, but I have had an extremely long and exhausting (but fun) day today and have to get up pretty early for work tomorrow, so I only felt like editing and posting one picture for this post. I hope you can all forgive me ;P Don't forget to check the box for your reaction below! Thanks so much for stopping by! <3
Hello everybody! I am so sorry, I totally forgot to post the Senior Ball manicures that I promised you all. I did custom acrylics for my sister and her friend. We designed the tips to match their dates' garters. I hope you like them! enjoy :)
First, here is a picture of my sister and her ball date:
Ahh!! so cute! :D And just for fun, here's another picture from Saturday night of my sister getting a smooch on the cheek from yours truly ;)
Okay, I guess it's time to give you some nail art. The purple color I used for this manicure is A-England Avalon, and the white (used for stamping) is OPI Alpine Snow. I used the stamping plate m57 for the lace and the flower.
Next up, is my sister's best friend Hayley. First, here's a picture of her with her ball date :)
I love these two! <3 Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of her date's garter that we matched her nails to, but it had white lace, turquoise ribbon, and hot pink flowers :) so cute!! We also neglected to take pictures of Hayley's nails until they were all trying to get out the door to go to their other friend's house to take more pictures haha so these photos aren't the best, but I'll show them to you anyway.
The turquoise color I used here is Zoya Tallulah. I used the same stamping plate for the lace as I did for my sister's manicure. I used a dotting tool for the little pink flowers with Essie Watermelon, and I added a dot of A-England Merlin to the center of the smaller flower. I also added China Glaze Fairy Dust for a little extra sparkle :).
And here is a close-up. Granted, it is a little blurry, I apologize, but you get the idea...
Alright! Well that's all for today lovely readers! Thanks so much for stopping by to check out this post! <3
Hello everyone! Sorry it's been so long since my last post, things have been so crazy with school and work and all that jazz. But the good news, is that I am back today to post another lovely manicure for you to check out! This was a fun one that I saw on Pshiiit.com, click the link to check it out!! :D It is essentially a polka dot fade (more dots at the tips, and fewer until they stop). My nails are a tad bit shorter, so my dots go all the way back to my cuticles, and instead of using black and white, I decided to use black and neon pink... I mean really, who here is not a fan of neon pink?? Anyway, I am happy we are having summer weather, but at the same time, I myself am under the weather (just a head cold) so things aren't quite as fun as they would be if I was 100% healthy, but that's life! :P Ok, well thanks for hanging in there for that little rant. Without further ado, the pictures!! enjoy :)
The colors you see here are OPI Alpine Snow and China Glaze Purple Panic (Neon). Honestly, I think it should be called Pink Panic (Neon) but... whatever. :P
Don't forget to let me know what you think by checking the boxes below or leaving me a comment! Thanks for stopping by! <3
Hello everyone! I finally have a new post for you, yayy! :) Today we have a festive green and gold St. Patty's Day skittle manicure. I hope like them!
Here are all of the colors I used today:
From left-to-right: Sally Hansen Ivy League, love & beauty Green, OPI Glow Up Already!, OPI Did It On 'Em, A-England Saint George, Essie As Gold As It Gets, OPI Alpine Snow, Essie Going Incognito, and A-England Holy Grail.
For my pointer finger, I used three coats of OPI Did It On 'Em, and added four heart-shaped green rhinestones to look like a little shamrock. On my middle finger, I used two coats of A-England Saint George, and then a coat of Essie As Gold As It Gets. I water marbled my ring finger starting with a base coat of OPI Alpine Snow, then using that color along with Essie Going Incognito, Sally Hansen Ivy League, and A-England Holy Grail, then I used one coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust to add some sparkle. On my pinky, I used four coats of OPI Glow Up Already!.
Now on to pictures of my manicure. enjoy :)
On my thumb, I painted two coats of love & culture Green, then freehand painted the belt with black acrylic paint, and the gold buckle with A-England Holy Grail.
I love love LOVE these flower petals down the aisle!! So I recreated this design with a bit of a twist. I thought that the colors of these petals would look awesome on top of a plum color, so that's what I did! Take a look and enjoy :)
I apologize, I have not gotten my new camera yet, so just try to hang in there through the grainy/blurriness :/
Here are the colors I used left to right: China Glaze Urban-Night, OPI Alpine Snow, Essie Watermelon, Essie Braziliant
Hello again! I spent a lot of time going through all of my music trying to find a song that could inspire a manicure. I decided to take the suggestion of one of my cousins and attack "Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles. I was nervous at first because I am not the best at freehand artwork, but I think this came out pretty cute. Let me know what you think! enjoy :)
Maybe you could listen to the song while you check out the pictures eh? ;)
Here are the colors I used. From left to right: ULTA Blue Streak, ULTA Limelight, ULTA Sun-Sational, China Glaze Urban-Night, Konad light blue stamping polish, China Glaze Turned UP Turquoise (Neon), Essie Brazilliant, Essie Mesmerized, Essie Watermelon and black and white acrylic paints.
I started Essie Mesmerized and freehand painted some ULTA Blue Streak squiggly lines to look like water. Then I painted the silhouettes of all of the fish, the jellyfish and the submarine with white acrylic paint so that the lighter and brighter colors would show (the details would not be as clear if I painted them directly on top of the blue). I used the Konad polish to make bubbles, and the rest of the colors to add some life to my white silhouettes :) Thanks to my cousin Melissa for the great idea!
Yayy!! :D Water Marbling is one of my favorite manicures to do!! I can't believe I am already 2/3 of the way through this challenge!! Thanks so much for those of you that have been checking out all of my posts, love you! I hope you guys love this manicure as much as I do! enjoy :)
I started with OPI Alpine Snow, then used OPI Alpine Snow, Essie Watermelon and China Glaze Urban-Night. I topped it off with one coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust and one coat of Seche Vite.
Ok readers, I spent over three hours on this manicure and used 13 different colors, so this post is going to be kind of long and picture heavy in comparison to some of my latest posts. It took a lot of practice and a lot of messing around with the different colors in order to get nails that looked something like a real galaxy. And if you were wondering, yes; it is as difficult as it sounds. I started with a black base, then sponged on the other colors that you are about to see in different combinations until it looked the way I wanted it to, then I added extra "close-up stars" with dotting tools. This particular day of the challenge had me stressed out from the very beginning, so I am happy that it is done, and I'm actually pretty proud of the results! Let's take a look shall we? enjoy :)
PS: I couldn't label all of the colors I used in this post because I can only use 20 labels per post, so the brands of the polishes are labeled instead. sorry :/
First of all, I'm going to give you a break-down of all the colors I used.
From left to right: Revlon Black Satin, Essie French Affair, ULTA Coral Chic, China Glaze Purple Panic (Neon), OPI Alpine Snow, Zoya Julieanne, Sinful Colors Frenzy
China Glaze Fairy Dust, Zoya Charla, Essie Turquoise & Caicos, Ozotic 528, ULTA Limelight, and A-England Holy Grail. whew!
And now for the pictures you've been waiting for..... :)
Thanks for stopping by!! :D
If you're interested in trying this manicure out for yourself, I HIGHLY recommend watching this tutorial video from Emerald Sparkled!!
Hello again :) I am having so much fun with this whole daily challenge thing! I thought it would be a lot more exhausting and irritating redoing my nails every day, but it is forcing me to be more creative and do something different on a more frequent basis. Anyway, today 's challenge was Stripes! I was stumped on this one and it took my quite a while to decide what I wanted to do, so I hope you guys like what I've come up with! My freehand painting abilities are slightly less than desirable which is apparent in the close-up photos, but from further away I think I've created a pretty cool mani. enjoy :)
First of all, these are the colors I used (from left to right):
OPI Planks A Lot, OPI Alpine Snow, China Glaze Urban-Night, A-England Elaine and A-England Merlin :)
So I started with a base of two coats of OPI Planks A Lot, then added the lines with all of the other colors.
Here are a couple more pictures, the colors aren't as accurate as in the two pictures above, but they are a little bit closer up.
So the rain finally took over the sky today where I live, but fortunately I had a new, plum nail color to play with from China Glaze to occupy my rainy day! enjoy :)
I started this rainy day project with China Glaze Urban-Night. Then I taped off the sides to make the middle of my nails white using OPI Alpine Snow. After that dried, I lined up the tape with the white sections and stamped on these flowers from stamping plate BM16 with Sephora Perfectly Plum. Then, to finish it up I added the lighter plum outlines with Wet n' Wild Through the Grape Vine! :)
As I'm sure you all know, today is the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the Twin Towers at our World Trade Center in New York. It is incredible to think how drastically this country was changed in just about an hour. We will never forget the thousands of lives that were lost that day, and there aren't enough words to express my gratitude for the police officers, fire fighters, and all of the other heroes that made the ultimate sacrifice to try to protect the civilians of the United States that day and those who continue to serve and protect this country to this day, here and abroad. In memory of 9.11.2001, I have done an anniversary manicure that I hope you all enjoy. God bless America! <3
I started the thumb with Essie Sweet Talker, then painted the Twin Towers with China Glaze Recycle, and added the date, 9.11 with a black nail art pen.
Then on my index finger, I started with Essie Mesmerized and used a dotting tool to create "stars" with OPI Alpine Snow.
The striped fingers started with ULTA Red Carpet Red, then I used tape to create the white stripes with OPI Alpine Snow.
