ShopLately - Geometric Nail Art

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    If you haven't figured out how much I love Polish & Co. polishes, you've been living under a rock. I have a handful that I've gotten from ShopLately and I absolutely love them! These cremes have such a great formula and they work so well for nail art. 

   If you'd like to see all the details for this look and how you can grab these polishes for yourself, don't miss all the good stuff plus a tutorial after the jump...

Femme Fatale - Fatal Attraction & Nail Vinyl Chevrons

     Woo! Some nail art! I recently picked up this polish from a friend's blog sale. Femme Fatale is an Australian indie that was never really on my radar. Until now! Plus, I got my new Nail Vinyls in the mail today. I decided to try them out while I was watching Twin Peaks. Fitting, right? 

     For more information about this look, check out the pictures under the cut. I had to take lots of pictures of this manicure. How could I not?

Simple Chevron Nail Art

          Last night, I needed a palate cleanser. While going through my polish, I decided on OPI My Vampire Is Buff. You can see my review of the polish here. I was so tired after working 37 hours in three days that I nearly fell asleep while waiting for it to dry. I don't know why I even attempted to change my polish. Fast forward 11 hours. (Yes, I slept for 11 hours.) I woke up to a hot mess. It wasn't a pretty site. I decided to clean it up and add something to it.

Check out all the details  under the cut...

12 Days of Christmas: Day Eleven - Christmas Trees

    Womp, womp, womp. This is not my best work. Actually, this is terrible. It looked so much better in my mind.

     I used tape to create the trees, a striper for the string of lights, and a dotting tool for the star. I wish I had more time to do these over again. Unfortunately, I'm too tired from work this week. After the fact, I thought about a dotticure tree. I think it would have looked worlds better.

     I can't wait to get a new camera. I wish I could have captured the holo glitter in the green polish. 

     We're almost done with the challenge! I wonder what else is in store. :)

12 Days of Christmas: Day Seven Candy Canes

     Candy canes sound pretty simple, right? WRONG. I hated doing these. I think it was just my striping tape that didn't agree with the red holo jelly I used for this look. I'm not sure what I did wrong, but it was a pain.

      I used WNW White Creme as a base and Hits Ares for the candy stripes. For some reason, the jelly formula of Ares didn't work well for this look. For the silver, I just used a simple striper from Sally's.

     My thumb turned out to be my favorite. It's the only one that looked how I imagined before I started this. 

     This is a look I won't be trying to duplicate. It was a nightmare. I think this was my fifth and final attempt. I was just fed up at this point. 

     What's your latest nail art fail?

12 Days of Christmas: Day Three Tape Manicure

     Day three! Today's challenge is a tape manicure. I used this as a chance to try out a half moon again. My inspiration came from icicles. I didn't want to get burned out on all the red and green, so I went with a blue holographic base: Color Club Blue Heaven.

     I used the same paper hole reinforcement stickers as I did in my first half moon post found here. I decided to not use a base color for this. I like the natural half moon in this. 

     To add to the icy feel, I used a simple silver glitter striper around the crescent of each nail. It made the lines cleaner without overpowering the holographic look the polish. To finish it off, I used a coat of Seche Vite. (That's a big surprise, isn't it?) What do you think of this look?