NOTD: Extreme Pink French

Hey everyone! Today I wanted to share a quick mani that I did last week, which I think turned out kind of cool. I love the soft pink frosty base with the creme hot pink on the tips. I used Sally Hansen Rose Gold Opal as the base color and Art Deco Intense Pink for the tips. I love the bright tips for summer, neons just make me feel happy and sunny. Do you like it or do you think that I should have used a different color as the base?

NOTD: Neon Rainbow!

Hey everyone! I have been really loving neons lately so I decided that I wanted to wear a lot of them at once. From thumb to pinky they are (all China Glaze) Pool Party, Flip Flop Fantasy, Kiwi Cool-ada, Blue Sparrow, and Flying Dragon. I have gotten a lot of compliments on this manicure, it is so bright and fun! What do you think? Are you wearing any neons this summer?

NOTD: Glitter and Neon!

Hi everyone! Awhile back I tried to do this combination to spice up China Glaze Blue Sparrow after it totally chipped on me. I kind of like how weird it looks, I don't know. I will call it "unusual", fair right? The silver glitter is Art Deco Silver Glitter. I will say that it saved me a lot of time from re-doing my nails because I had places to go and things to do! By the way I am loving Blue Sparrow, do you love it too?

NOTD: Dark Flakie Ocean!

Hi everyone! Awhile back I remember that a lot of you suggested putting Sinful Colors Green Ocean over a black, so I did! It looks SO FREAKING COOL! The picture doesn't do it justice, really! I put 3 layers of Green Ocean over OPI Black Onyx and it is stunning, it is like my nails are the bottom of the ocean. I did notice that I got tip wear very quickly and it chipped easily, but that may have been because I put on so many layers of polish. Have you ever tried layering a flakie over black? How did it turn out for you?

NOTD: Light and Pretty

Hi everyone! Awhile ago I felt like having a french manicure, so I put on China Glaze Light as Air and Nailene French Tip Pen in White Pearl to create this one. It definetly makes me think of spring and lately I have been loving the pastel trend. I like how it turned out but it is definitely missing something. I think it needs a design or some glitter, it needs something to make it special. What do you think I should have added to it to make it awesome?

NOTD: Jade Ocean

Hey everyone! I have decided that I love this combination. This is OPI Jade is the New Black and Sinful Colors Green Ocean. The flakies don't show up terribly well in the picture, but it looks great in real life. The colors really coordinate well together, plus the fact that I love flakies. What is your favorite flakie nail polish?

NOTD: Studded Sparkles

Hello everyone! Today I am bring a rocker manicure to you. I recently rediscovered OPI My Private Jet in my collection and I had to use it. The studs are from a Nailene sticker pack and I thought that they were pretty appropriate with this color. I loved wearing this around all day. In case you are curious, I have the teal-flash version (version 3 I think?) of MPJ. What style of manicure have you been rocking lately?

As you are reading this, (I scheduled the post to show up at the same time I take off because I am a nerd like that) I am on an airplane to the great state of Michigan for a conference. Because this conference is 5 days long and is going to keep me very busy; I will not be very able to answer questions and comments until Sunday. I will do my best. Don't worry though, because I will still be posting like I normally do, I scheduled them ahead of time. Just be aware that I will not be checking the blog as often as I normally do. Just wanted to let you know!

NOTD: Sparkling Clouds

Hi everybody! Today I am bringing you just a simple combination, this is Sally Hansen Opulent Cloud under a layer of China Glaze Fairy Dust, and I really like how it looks. Duochrome + Glitter = Win! I love it! I got a lot of compliments on this combination. Do you like how it looks too?

NOTD: Jade Faeries

Hi everyone! I am bringing you another very simple combination, but I love this one! This is OPI Jade is the New Black and China Glaze Fairy Dust. I have really been diggin this green, it is just so fun! Do you like this combination too?

NOTD: Lilies Mean I Miss You

Hello everyone! Today I am bringing you a simple combination, this is Zoya Lily and Sinful Colors I Miss You. It reminds me of figure skating or ballet, I guess just the delicate quality of the combination. I love the sparkles in I Miss You, it just works so well with so many colors. Do you love the combination too?

NOTD: Sea Pearls

Hello everyone! (Backlogged post!) Who doesn't love a little subtle sparkle? I was really in a blue mood so I decided to use OPI Sea? I Told You! as the main color. I then topped it with Sinful Colors Pearl Harbor and I used the Essie Matte topcoat to matte the look. I love how it turned out, it looked more sparkly in real life though. What do you think? Do you like to matte bright colors too?

This has nothing to do with nail polish in the least, but I am going to go ahead and pimp out my new blog, Playing With Piercings. I know that it has nothing to do with nail polish in the least, but I figure that some of you are probably into body mods too. When I was researching various piercings and such, I found that there just aren't a lot of personal blogs about it. I am by no means a professional or a hard-core body modifyer, but I want to document my experiences and share what I learn/learned. Check it out if you are interested, I will put up a new post on it here soon! :D

NOTD: Jade Pearls

Hi everyone! Here is a simple combination today, I wanted to wear OPI Jade is the New Black with a little bling. So I layered Sinful Colors Pearl Harbor over it, I love how it brings out the blue tones in the polish! Very simple but a little flashy, you like? What is your favorite creme/glitter combination?

NOTD: Sea Sparkles!

Hi everyone! Sorry my nails looks so short, this mani was backlogged so it is a little older. I am so excited for summertime; so awhile back I decided to pull out my favorite bright blue, OPI Sea? I Told You!, but it needed an extra kick. What better way to turn a polish up a notch than holographic rainbow glitter? So I topped it off with a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust. It looks way more sparkly in real life, I love it! Do you love it too? I can't wait for it to be Friday personally, what about you?

NOTD: Textured Nails

Hi everyone! Do you see my awesome new header? Isn't it gorgeous? Niki over at Polish on Digital Paper made it for me, go check out her awesome blog! Thank you so much Niki, I absolutely love it! I do a happy dance everytime I see it! :D
(Back to our regularly scheduled programming) Today I bring you kind of a strange manicure; I think that the execution could be improved upon. I used ELF Dark Navy as the base with a light coat of ELF Pearl over it. Now I only planned on doing a very thin layer of Pearl to kind of turn it grey, but I put too much on. So I kept swiping my brush over the nail and it created a neat contrasted texture on the nail. It isn't as bright in real life, but it is in the light. It looks rugged, don't you think? You like or dislike?

NOTD: Down the Dark Rabbit Hole

Hello everyone! Is anyone else getting as excited as I am to go see Disney's Alice in Wonderland? I decided that I wanted OPI Absolutely Alice to be a little darker, so I layered 2 coats of it over Wet 'n Wild Nocturnal. Sadly it doesn't apply that well until you get it opaque, so there are bald spots, classifying this mani as a fail. Sorry. I love the concept though, and in real life the patches really aren't very noticable. So are any of you going to go see it when it comes out like I am?

NOTD: Super Skinny Glitter Tips!

Hello everyone! Today is just a really quick mani. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to try a mani with really really thin tips, so I did! Doesn't it look cool? I really like it. I used Chi Chi Mother-In-Law and Art Deco Gold Glitter for the tips. If you are only wearing one polish color for the day, this would be a really easy way to spice it up a little for nighttime. I feel like it would look a lot cuter if my nails were really long though. Do you like it? What do you think?

NOTD: Celia Misses You!

Hi everyone! Today I am bringing you kind of a boring mani, but I thought that it would turn out better than it actually did. It is still not too bad though I guess! This is Mecca Cosmetica Celia under a layer of Sinful Colors I Miss You. The pink tones don't match as well as I had hoped, but you can really only tell if you look closely. Can you tell that I love this glitter though? If you have access to it, I urge you to run to your nearest Walgreens and go get it, it is totally worth it!

Another reminder that I will be doing a 300 follower giveaway, and I am only a handful of followers away from it!

NOTD: Dark Glittery Green!

Hi everyone! Today I bring you my new favorite flashy combination (I swear I have a new one every week)! I have been trying to figure out ways to use up my Hard Candy Sweet P because it is a layering polish and I felt like I didn't have any colors that go with it very well. That was not the case! This is Hard Candy Sweet P over OPI Black Onyx (how dumb am I for it to take me this long to see that green goes with black?), and it looks even better in real life than it does in the picture! IRL, it *almost* has a duochrome effect with the glitter, and it looks so flashy! I have fallen in complete love with this combination, do you love it too?

NOTD: Minty Silver Tips

Hi everyone! Lately I have been noticing the trend of makeing french tips a bit skinnier, so I thought that I would try it out too! I like how this mani is noticable, but it isn't uber flashy and still very wintery with out being Christmassy. I like it! I used Essie Mint Candy Apple and China Glaze Devotion for the tips.

I feel like the thin tips aren't thin enough, and make my nails seem shorter than they actually are. Next time I will do super skinny tips and see if it helps to make my nails look longer. Sorry about the mess and the really crappy looking cuticles; I haven't been taking care of my hands like I should be. The air has been super dry and I have been forgetting to apply hand cream and my Solar balm. I also apologize about the rambling, have a great day!

NOTD: Lubu Mani

Hi everybody! I decided that it was time for me to *attempt* to do a Lubu mani. A traditional Lubu mani has a creme black on the nail and a creme red under the nail, but that isn't visually interesting enough for me. So instead of the black, I used China Glaze Lubu Heels for some sparkle. I also used OPI Big Apple Red as the creme red. I thought that this would be super cute; but it wasn't. My nails are not long enough to do this mani well! It was really hard to get the brush under the nail, and it was really messy for me. It chipped almost instantly too! Sad. Oh well, I am sure that I will try it again if my nails ever get long enough! :)

Oh, and I want to apologize for not posting any pictures of the snow, by the time I got back to my room to get my camera it had all melted away and it was sunny again. :/ I will try to keep my camera on me this week!