OPI Your Royal Shine-ness and BM 322

Hey loves! Do any of you ladies ever have a day where your nails are just not photographing right?! I'm having one of those days. I give up! Here's OPI Your Royal Shine-ness stamped using BM 322 in Konad Black. This polish was literally so shiny it was a pain to take pics of haha. I hope you all believe me when I say it looks much better in person! Enjoy!

Batman Nails

Happy Friday! Today I have a mani I have been planning for a long time! Mr. heartNAT is a huge Batman fan and when I told him about an image plate that has Batman he told me to get it and he'll buy it for me so of course I took him up on that offer. I wore it to watch The Dark Knight Rises today and I have to say, it was amazing. It's high up on my all time favorite movies list. For my base colors, the yellow is China Glaze Happy Go Lucky, the black is OPI Black Onyx. The Batman image is D25 from Chez Delaney and I stamped it in Konad Yellow and Konad Black. The blue chevron is OPI Swimsuit Nailed it, and the building image is from FUN2 and it's stamped in Konad White. I knew right away I wanted to do the bat signal with the buildings, but I got the idea to do a chevron from Not Another Nail Blog. If anyone else catches the movie this weekend have fun!

OPI Did It On 'Em and Bundle Monster 319

Good morning beauties! Short post today because I'm in a rush to head to my parents house and pick up my nail mail lol. I used OPI Did It On 'Em and stamped using BM 319 in Konad Sky Pearl. I never realized the shimmer in the stamping polish before because I have only used it to stamp thin images, but the shimmer stands out and looks so pretty using this image with a thicker pattern!

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 27: Inspired by Artwork

Good afternoon loves! Today's theme is inspired by artwork. I think this may have been the hardest challenge for me. I don't know much about art and had no inspiration whatsoever. I basically Googled as much art stuff I could until I found something I wanted to do. For this mani I used a base of OPI Ogre the Top Blue and then did a gradient using OPI Jade is the New Black. I added very small brushstrokes of Color Club Chelsea Girl and China Glaze Holly Day, but I don't even think they're visible. I stamped using Konad M70 in Konad Red, MASH Black, and Konad White. I used the red and black very sparingly on the image and only painted parts of it because I wanted the white to be more prominent. The image of the artwork I was inspired by can be found here.

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 25: Inspired by Fashion

Happy Monday! Today's theme is inspired by fashion and I've had this one planned out for a long time. I had the perfect image to use and I had to use my willpower to not use it before today. I used OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys and stamped using FUN2 in China Glaze Passion. I bought my plate here and I'm so happy I have added this plate to my collection.

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 21: Inspired by a Color

Hey loves. Today's theme is inspired by a color. I ran into the same problem as a lot of other bloggers who have already done the challenge--lack of inspiration! The theme is left to interpretation and I really am a black and white kinda gal. I decided to use the name of a nail polish color as my inspiration. I went with China Glaze Pink Voltage and did some double lightning bolts using the tutorial here from Jane at Nailside. Get it, pink voltage? Lol. The colors I used are China Glaze Pink Voltage, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Silver Sweep, and OPI Black Onyx. I did have an issue doing this mani. Pink voltage is a neon and dried matte. I must have not used topcoat all the way to the sides and when I removed the tape, polish started coming off on the sides =[ Anyways, lesson learned: don't use a matte polish for this tutorial.

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 19: Galaxies

Happy Tuesday! Today's theme is galaxies and I was kind of dreading it because I wasn't sure how mine would turn out. I think they turned out pretty well for my first time. I used a bunch of stuff so I'm just going to list them: OPI Black Onyx, China Glaze Champagne Bubbles, China Glaze Happy Go Lucky, China Glaze Riveting, OPI Dim Sum Plum, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Flight, China Glaze Man Hunt, Pure Ice Vinyl Remix Platinum Magic Base Coat, and China Glaze Fairy Dust. I also used some white acrylic paint. I finally got some acrylic paints yesterday, so I will start playing with them soon! Not sure how that will turn out, but hopefully I can do some new kinds of nail art with that. What do you ladies think, are these out of this world?

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 15: Delicate Print

Happy Friday! Today is delicate print nails which is something I rarely do, but I saw a mani here from Radi-D awhile back and I thought it was so beautiful that I decided to recreate it for today's challenge. I used O.P.I. Don't Touch My Tutu, added french tips using striping tape and O.P.I. Black Onyx, and stamped using Konad M57 in Konad Black. It's weird seeing something so delicate on my nails since I'm used to wearing bright colors and bold stamping patterns, but I would definitely do something like this again for a special occasion!

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 6: Violet

Short post today & probably the next few days as I will be extremely busy moving this weekend. Today's theme is violet. I decided to go with a monochrome mani so I used a base of O.P.I. Dutch 'Ya Just Love OPI and stamped using Konad M63 in China Glaze Joy. I really hope I can keep up with the challenge this weekend because I might not have internet. I even have the next 4 days done already too!

O.P.I. A Roll In the Hague & Gold Holo Hex Glitter

Hi loves! Good news--my last day of class is on Thursday so I will be posting a lot more often. I have so many ideas and I'm also going to tackle the 31 day nail challenge so keep an eye out for that! Today I have something simple I did when I was short on time. This is a great option for someone who wants to do some quick nail art. I used O.P.I. A Roll in the Hague and added some gold holo hex glitter. Very simple, but it looks really classy. On a side note, I figured out how to rotate my watermark so I might start using a new "hand pose" plus I feel weird watermarking twice. Any thoughts?

Here's a "new pose" for me. How'd I do? Lol

Tattoo Inspired Nail Art

Happy Friday! Today I have a cute mani to show you that is inspired by one of my favorite bloggers. You can check out Rebecca's mani here! I was going for a tattooed look and I think I nailed it! I used O.P.I. Samoan Sand as a base. To stamp I used Konad plates M13, M53, M47, Q1, & M3 in Konad Red, Yellow, Sky Pearl, & Black. My original idea to fill in the blue outline with blue polish and stamp the outline again in black didn't work because I had too much difficulty lining it up again with the image, but I'm still happy with how this turned out!

O.P.I. Black Onyx and Bundle Monster 207

Hi loves! Hope everyone had a good weekend. Today I have some multicolored chrome stamping! I used O.P.I. Black Onyx and stamped using BM 207 in China Glaze Cherish, China Glaze Emotion, and China Glaze Adore. The China Glaze polishes are from their Romantique collection and they all work great for stamping. P.S. Who else is having difficulty getting used to the new Blogger? So far I don't like it =| My post was blank after I saved it and had to do it all over again. Boo.

Easter Water Marble

Happy Easter loves! I couldn't decide what I wanted to do for Easter nails so I decided to do a water marble. It came out very uniform--success! I used a base of China Glaze White Out and marbled with O.P.I. Did It On 'Em, O.P.I. Fly, and O.P.I. Pink Friday from the Nicki Minaj Collection. They worked really well to marble with! I was going to use pastel colors, but I figured for all the work it takes to do a full water marble mani, I want colors that pop. Hope everyone has a great Easter!

Effie Trinket Inspired Nails

Happy Hunger Games! So I'm sure tons of people have read the book and/or watched the Hunger Games this weekend. Honestly, I hate reading, but after hearing about the China Glaze Capitol Colours Collection and all the bloggers talking about how excited they were, I decided to read the book. I'm so happy I did because I loved it! I also watched the movie this weekend and I really enjoyed it. Anyways, with all the Hunger Games in the air, I decided to do my nails inspired by the mani Effie Trinket wore during The Reaping. I used China Glaze Traffic Jam as my base and then sponged on O.P.I. Bling Dynasty and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden-I.

O.P.I. Pedal Faster Suzi and Konad M77

Quick post because I'm studying for my final tomorrow! Here's O.P.I. Pedal Faster Suzi and Konad M77 in Konad Black. I've wanted to use this image forever, but I took a long time deciding how I wanted to use it. I wanted to add glitter or rhinestones over the gem image, but then again I liked how the gem looked so I left it alone lol. By the way, isn't this such a cute pink?! It has gorgeous silver shimmer!

Red, Silver, and Black Clouds

Hi loves! Sorry haven't posted in awhile. I will be busy for the next couple weeks, but after that I will post more often again. I finally decided to try the popular "cloud" design from Jane at Nailside! She actually did this mani here and I loved it so much I decided to that for my first time I would use the same colors since I knew they look nice together. I used O.P.I. Red Lights Ahead...Where?, Sally Hansen Insta Dri Silver Sweep, and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Black Out. I LOVE how this turned out and it was so easy! I will definitely be trying this out again.

Pink, Purple, and Blue Gradient and Konad M65

Hi everyone! March is here and I'm sure we will be seeing a lot of green manicures soon, so here is a non green manicure to start the month lol. I did a gradient using OPI Kiss Me On My Tulips, Sally Hansen Insta Dri Lively Lilac, and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away. I stamped using Konad M65 in Konad Black. I actually messed up my ring finger and I was in a rush to finish my nails before my husband came home, so I just added Essie Luxeffects in A Cut Above.

Valentine's Day Hearts

Ok so this one is a day late. I didn't know how many Vday nails I was doing and I guess I should've started posting them a day earlier. Oh well. For this I used O.P.I. Strawberry Margarita as a base and then added other pinks using a dotting tool. I added China Glaze Dance Baby, China Glaze Sugar High, China Glaze Fuchsia Fanatic, and Essie Tour De Finance. I stamped using Red Angel plate RA-114 in Konad White.

Valentine's Day Nails

So I didn't actually wear these for Valentine's Day because I had clinicals, but I wore these last weekend. I was planning on not seeing my husband for Valentine's because I'm so busy with school and I stay somewhere else during the week, but I was only fooling myself. I decided to pass on my schoolwork, drive an hour to see him, and go watch The Vow =] Hope everyone had a nice Valentine's Day as well. Anyways, onto my nails. I used O.P.I. Animal-istic and stamped using Konad M83 in Konad White. I don't know if my stamping polish is getting too thick, but I did have some trouble with the stamping on this one. Has anyone used polish thinner on stamping polish before? If so, did it help?

O.P.I. Strawberry Margarita and Konad M78

Hi everyone! Here's another Valentine's Day mani. I really wanted to do so many, but there's so little time. I did this one last month to have something for this occasion. I got 2 more coming up so keep an eye out. I used O.P.I. Strawberry Margarita and I actually can't remember the polish I did the gradient with. I usually don't post things after a whole month. Sorry! I stamped using Konad M78 in Konad White. There is a half heart on the image and after stamping, I'm not sure you can tell...but there was a half of a heart so it's still Valentine's themed I promise lol!