Inspired by Fashion: Zebra Nails (#1)

Hey! Long time, huh. It seems like everytime I am about to be constant is posting something always pops us. This time it is work, so I hope you guys do not mind and hate me for not being constant. I have tried to post these for about two weeks now, but working up to 12 hours on my feet is exhausting. When I come home the last thing I think about is my blog. Any who, Fridays I will be posting for sure, and at random times through the week if I am off early.

So on to the nails; these are the first is a four week  mini series I will be starting today. I found the picture below on Instagram and I liked it so much I decided to base four manis of it. I do have to apologize for my cuticles...I work with my hands all day and they tent to get really jacked up. So much actually that I've had to keep my nubs as of lately. I do try to moisturize my cuticles as much as possible but they still remain dry. If you have any suggestions for a long lasting conditioning cuticle oil please let me now!

So to start off, I started with the top right bikini. I really liked the simplicity of it and decided it would be best to start on that one. 

Colors/Tools Used: 

Sinful Colors  in Snow Me White (White)

Sinful Colors GelShine in Sailors Delight (Hot Pink)

Sinful Colors in Black on Black (Black)

Thin Stripping Brush

My brush wasn't cooperating with me :( I think i am going to have to get a new one, or thin this one one some more.

I cannot wait to share the next mani with you guys! If you want to join me please do so! Share your manis with me on Instagram and I will share them on my blog! :)

-Until Next Time <3

#nailartjan-Day 16- Gradient

 (Nature is stared because I did do it, but I didn't like how it came out so I did not post it)

Hey guys! Hope you all doing well! We are now halfway through the challenge! I think I might actually finish this one, and that makes me so happy!

So, as I said above, I did not post day 13 (Nature) because I did not like it. I wanted to do a moon over two fingers, and tree shadow on the rest but that did not happen. It ended up looking so messy, and it just wasn't what I had hoped for. 

This gradient mani wasn't what I was hoping for either, but it turned out way better then my nature one. I wanted to do a water marble on my nails but that was a fail, so I opted for just a sponge to achieve a  watercolors effect. I wanted my nail to look like pretty ocean water. Do you think I achieved that? I will deffinately be doing this with different colors at a later time. I was thinking maybe in the summer I could use all neons or pastels! But we shall see.

Accent nail: Revlon-Urban, Sally Hansen- Jaded, and Sinful Colors- Aquamarine. I have Sinful Colors- Snow me White as a base for the accent nail.

The rest of the nails are two coats of Sinful Colors- Aquamarine,

Up close! I swear I don't have polish on my edges, its the light reflecting on my cuticle oil.

If you'd like to see a tutorial for how I did this, please let me know!

-<33

#nailartjan- Day 06- Sparkles

So for this month I decided to do a nail art challenge by @CaliforniaNails on Instagram. I really liked this one from all the other ones I had seen because this one does not require you to do your nails everyday.  

For day 06, the challenge was to do sparkles. 

I had a brand new Candies nail polish from Christmas so I really wanted to use that. 

As a base coat, I used a Milani nail polish. I really liked the pairing of these two. They really compliment each other well. 

I still though that my nails needed more sparkle, so I decided to attempt a glitter placement for my accent nail. I choose a gold glitter to contrast the silver. That was a big mistake! Not only did the glitters bleed the color on to my nail, they also shifted. Needless to say I am very sad with the way this turned out. I will deffinetely be attempting this soon. 

Can you see the bleeding on the gold? It kinda looks like hidden shells in the sand here..which I kinda like. Haha.

If you are joining this challenge, let me know! I would love to see what you guys come up with! 

Until next time! <3