Black and White Retro Nails

Hey guys! I hope all of you had a great holiday :)


So I was looking online for nail design ideas and found this one picture that kind of inspired me. Sorry I don't have a link to it I was just looking on google. Anyways, I used as a base mannequin by the American Apparel polishes. I used a black and white for the tips and then just used my dotting tool for the design.

Here are the pictures...

and oh btw I rounded my nails, hope the don't break like they do when they are squared.

Talk to you later!

-Theia

Nomadic Nails

I've been playing around a lot with the colors from the Back to Boho Color Club collection. I absolutely love the colors in it, plus I love the prices on these polishes. I probably have more Color Club polishes then any other brand. Here's my design:

I used Nomadic in Nude by Color Club for the base. Rad Nomadic for the darker which didn't really translate well in the picture, it has a slightly purple tint to it. A holographic gold Color Club Nail Art polish and What's a Tire Jack by Sephora by OPI for the black.


Haul coming soon!
-Selene

Shiny Ballet Slippers

Hey there internet peoplee! Guess what?? I rounded of my square shape and I'm pretty sure I'm sticking with it! I've always had my nails square shaped but I was looking at a few blogs and I was loving the rounded off shape and thought to myself, the next time my nails break Im going to round them off. So I did. And now I'm loving it! My nails didn't break yet and my shape isn't perfect yet but I'll get there. Soo as for my first nail design with the shape I chose to show you these shiny ballet slippers. Actually to be honest it wasn't my first nail design with this shape- I had a failed attempt doing a half moon manicure using the Sally Hansen nail art pen but for some reason it wouldn't work with me and was too watery and not quite as opaque as I was hoping it to be. So ahem, let me correct myself- the second nail design I tried on my nails: 

If you can tell I gave my Sally Hansen nail pen a second chance drawing the laces on these design, but it didn't quite work... Sigh, hopefully I'll find a better use for this pen. For the base I used Sephora by OPI I Need Space, and for the the shoe I used Color Club's Hot Like Lava from the foiled collection. For the details I used Sally Hansen White on and 3 different blacks: Sephora by OPI's What's a Tire Jack, Color Club's black from the Art Club collections, and Sally Hansen nail art pen.


Here's the tutorial for those who want to recreate this look:
Step 1: paint you're entire nail in a nude color (Sephora by OPI's I Need Space) the paint Hot Like Lava leaving a triangle out at the top like so:

Step 2: Add a black V to your nails where the pink and the nude meet.

Step 3: Create black dots around the "V" shape on the Hot Like Lava Color. Make sure to make it even on both sides of V since those are the holes you are going to be putting the laces through.

Step 4: Make white dots within those previous black dots.

Step 5: Add the laces. Using a black nail polish create first a horizontal lines connecting the top dots and then move on by connecting the others in a criss cross formation (if that makes any sense). I made the mistake of using the art pen as you can see:

Step 6: Your final step, put a clear coat and there you have it: ballet slippers on your nails! Now you can put on a finger ballet show... like I did hehe :D

Hope you liked my first tutorial!
-Selene

Fun Rainbow Nails! :D

So Selene and I went out shopping yesterday, and let's just say...we bought a fair amount of nail polishes! The Nail Art Lacquers used in this design is only just part of what we bought.

Anyways, I have a friend, Styx, and she is just as much a fan of nail polish as Selene and I! She came over yesterday and we did the usual, try a bunch of nail polishes on our nails and test some crazy designs. Well, at the end of the night she had done MY nails for a change.

So for today, I'm going to show you my 'Rainbow Nails'. Styx had started off with Sally Hansen, White On (what a creative name). Then she took the package of nail art polishes that I bought that day and made a colorful design! In no particular order she took one of the colors and made a line diagonally on the already painted white, nails.


I, personally, really like this design! Its so much fun! and for some reason I can't stop staring at it! The nail art colors are so bright and vibrant, especially contrasting on the white. I can definitely see my self wearing this again! :)

I was never a big fan of the Sally Hansen polishes. Sometimes I like the brushes and sometimes just the opposite. I also feel that the solutions are sometimes too thick for me. Maybe it's just this bottle. I possible need to put some nail polish thinner in it. We'll see.


Anyways, I hope you enjoyed it! Selene and I will post a haul of what we bought yesterday! 


Till next time
-Theia

Triple Essies :)

OK! So I felt like just a plain old simple design. I used 3 essie colors; Mink Muffs, Chinchilly, and Bahama Mama. I started off with 2 coats of the chocolate -y (mmm) brown, Mink Muffs. Then I made a stripe of Bahama Mama and a stripe of Chinchilly, leaving a stripe of Mink Muffs visible. After it dried a bit, I took my Art Deco polish and made (as straight as I possibly could) a line between each color, put a top coat and voila. As simple as that.


I have to say I absolutely love the solution, the brushes and pretty much everything else about all of these essie colors I used. They apply so smoothly, I don't think I've ever had a real problem with essies.


I apologize, I did my nails when the sun went down so the first 4 pictures are in artificial light

I hoped you enjoyed it :) It was just a little fun simple nail design. Sadly it didn't last long, maybe I'll do it again another time, possible more interesting. Any suggestions? Feel free to leave a comment!! :)


-Theia 

Apple Picking!

Hey there fellow beings :D, over the weekend I went on a trip over to a farm for some apple picking! I love picking fresh fruits right from the plant, its cheaper, fun-er, and delicious-er!! So when I got ready I decided why not make an apple themed nail design! So here you go, these are the nails:

I used Love is a Racket by OPI for the red nails and red apple. I used Never Enough Shoes by Sepora (by OPI), which does have a golden bronze shimmer which really does’nt really translate on the nail both in the picture and in real life. Also I used a gold and sparkly green that are nameless, but are Art Club Nail Art Lacquers by Color Club (I used those for the apples branch and leaf). Lastly, to give it a more 3D feel I added a little red rhinestone on the apple.

I was looking for some apple inspiration online and found out that there aren’t many apple nails designs! I wish there were more maybe you guys know of any?

Anyway, Enjoy your weekend!

-Selene