Mardi Gras Nails

Tomorrow is Mardi Gras. Also known as Shrove Tuesday. Also known as Fat Tuesday. And here in Michigan, also known as Paczki Day! I lived in Tennessee for 10-ish years and had never heard of paczki before; there apparently isn't as large a Polish (as in Poland, not nail polish) population down there. But paczki are a huge deal here this time of year. If you aren't familiar, paczki are Polish donuts that are filled with fruit or custard and stuff. I am not a fan but I hear that that is because I am a crazy person. Eh. What are you going to do. 

Today's nail art is inspired by Mardi Gras in the New Orleans celebrations type of way.

Color Blocked Gradient

Have you ever gotten to that point in the week when you just feel completely exhausted and you're beyond ready for the weekend? Have you ever gotten to that point on a Tuesday? Maybe it's just because my weekend was so amazing or maybe this week really is just the worst but it's been a rough couple of days and I'm really looking forward to the weekend.

But there's nothing quite like some relaxing nail art to really take your mind off of things. 

Silvery Gradient

Here we are, five days into 2017. I didn't even finish my 12 days of Christmas nail art posts, let alone post any NYE designs. I took a little break to spend time with family for a little while over the holidays. They were visiting from out of state and it was nice to just relax and hang out with them. 

I did do my nails for NYE, though, and that's the design I have to share with you today. I started out with a gradient and then, when it came to deck it out for the holiday, I changed my mind. I loved the gradient so much that I didn't want to put anything over top of it. 

Flakies, Gradients, & Holo

Have you ever started doing your nails and you can't stop just adding more and more until you realize that you may have gone overboard? Yeah, I tend to do that. A lot. You know what, though? Sometimes more is more. Right?

Halloween Gradient & Sparkly Web

10 days to go! Has everyone decided what they're going to be for Halloween? As of right now, Hubby and I still don't have any plans so it doesn't look like we'll be dressing up this year. That's okay, though, because my nails can be dressed up every day!

Candy Corn Gradient

Happy Halloween month! Since Halloween is the only holiday that I actually like, I get pretty excited about it. Now that we are less than three weeks away from Halloween, I figured I could start up on the fun holiday manicures. I also figured that a good place to start would be with a design that I do literally every single year. But that's because I love it!

Born Pretty Review

I'm coming at you today with a product review from the Born Pretty Store.

*I received this product in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine.

31DC2016 Day 31 - Honor Nails You Love

I made it. The last day of the challenge and only one day behind schedule. For the prompt, I chose a design that I've actually been wanting to recreate for a very long time. I have always put it off, though, because it's complicated and time-consuming. 

The design I chose to honor is the reciprocal scaled gradient by Simply Nailogical. 

 

31DC2016 Day 22 - Inspired by a Song

I knew right off the bat that I wanted to use a song from Spongebob Squarepants for today's prompt. Some people think I'm too old for Spongebob and I don't care. Anyway, I went back and forth between a few song choices and I settled on the FUN song from the very first season. Fun fact: my alarm clock in high school was a Spongebob one that played that song.

On to the nail art!

31DC2016 Day 10 - Gradient Nails

Well, this was my first prompt that did't make it up in time. I'll be honest with you. I did my nails last night with plenty of time to spare. Then I fell asleep. I was unusually tired yesterday. 

In any case, here's my gradient nail design for day 10!

Sparkly Fan Brush Gradient

One thing that I find terribly frustrating is trying to photograph a manicure and not being able to capture the color or the finish or something. Now I know it's because my camera is old and not that great. I could just get a new camera but they're expensive...so yeah...

Anyway, I did this manicure and it turned out so great and I love it. But it will not photograph properly. I'll explain more later...

Neon Gradient

Boy, oh, boy! It's hot! It's in the 90s here in Michigan and it's just so darn humid! I guess the heat wouldn't be SO bad if it wasn't for the humidity. I work at 5am and when I walked outside this morning (at 4:45) it was well over 70 degrees and steamy. Like, almost sauna steamy! Ugh! 

I, personally, HATE summer weather. I don't like heat, I don't like being uncomfortable, and I don't like sweating because of the heat. 

Summer does, however, bring out my love of neons. I'm all about bright eye shadow and bright nails! I got an urge to throw on a neon gradient mani so that's just what I did.

Born Pretty Review

It's review time again! Wahoo! Once again, I have a Born Pretty Store nail art item to review for you guys!

*I received this product in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine.

Candy Corn Gradient

Happy Halloween! It's my favorite holiday of the year! I don't know exactly what it is about Halloween that I love so much. Maybe the amazing costumes? The spookiness? Who knows? Today's mani is inspired by probably the most iconic Halloween candy; candy corn!

Born Pretty Review

Review time! I actually did this review design quite some time ago; over a month ago, to be honest. But I was so focused on the 31 Day Challenge that I had forgotten about it. But better late than never, right?

*I received this product in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine.

31DC2015 Days 30 & 31

Here we are at the end of the 31 day challenge. I fell behind a couple of times but I've got the final two designs done and I'm finishing on time. I fell behind yesterday because I was helping a friend move. I'm all caught up now and I'm both relieved and sad that the challenge is over. But only one year until I do it all over again! 

31DC2015 Day 18 - Half Moons

I had a bad couple of nail days. Five total breaks, three of which were on my photographing hand. To fix it without losing a ton of length, I changed the shape up instead of cutting them down.

Anyway, for the half moon prompt I was going to do something with negative space. Then I realized that I did just that for the red nails prompt on day 1. So instead, I went with a simple gradient half moon.

31DC2015 Day 17 - Glitter

I was super excited for today's prompt for two reasons. Number one, I LOVE GLITTER! Everyone knows that. Number two, I just got my hands on the OPI Color Paints collection and I wanted to play with it!

31DC2015 Day 10 - Gradient Nails

I love gradient nail day. That's because I love gradients. I will be completely honest, gradients are ALWAYS the first thing I want to do when I sit down to do my nails. They're quick, easy, and they look amazing! 

I had originally planned on doing a complicated scaled gradient but I forgot. Ha ha! I completely forgot that it was my intention to do so and I didn't want to start over.

Born Pretty Review

Born Pretty Store review time! I'm super excited about this product because it's something that can help cut the time in your nail art routine! Peel off barrier!

*I received this product in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine.