Splatter Nails

Are there certain types of nail art that you avoid for one reason or another. One of my favorite nail art techniques is splatter nails but I usually talk myself out of it because of the mess. It's such a cool and unique effect but it is SUCH a mess. But I love it too much so I had to give in and do one. 

Colorful Fall Splatter

There's so much snow outside! Well, it's only about a foot or so but I LOVE IT! So many people around here hate the snow but I turn into a giddy child when it snows.This is the first snowfall (other than a couple of early morning flurries) of the season and it's a good one!

Moving on to the nails, I've been leaning more toward darker, warmer colors for this time of year but now and then I still want something colorful. That's the case with these nails. For this design, hubby actually chose the splatter technique for me. I picked out some colors and went to town.

Born Pretty Review

Today is a double-post day and this second post is another Born Pretty product review.

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

Sparkle and Splatters

Sometimes, I don't know quite what I want to do with my nails. Sometimes, I have no clue whatsoever. When this happens, I like to slowly go through my stash and see if any colors jump out at me. Every once in a while, a single color will inspire an entire design, right off the bat! That was the case with this design.

When I was looking through my polishes, I came across one that I hadn't used yet! And I bought it months ago! Funky Fingers Hip City Jack was just sitting at the back of a drawer in all of its frosty, sparkly glory.

Just a Quickie: Crime Scene Nails

White: Sally Hansen White On

Red: Art Club Red

Black: Sally Hansen Black Out

Fingerprint Stamp: BM-414

Splat!

One show that I am a huge fan of is How I Met Your Mother. There is one specific episode where the characters are all pointing out odd flaws or "gaps in knowledge" in each other. Ted's is his mispronunciation of the word chameleon. He is teaching his architecture class and says "Cham-ah-Leon." That always tickles my funny bone.

Every time I see that episode, I think of one of my favorite green polishes, Ulta Chameleon. It's such a fun color and makes a great base for fun designs. Splatter mani, anyone?

Just a Quickie: Matte Splatter

Base: Sinful Colors Boogie Nights
Splatters: Sally Hansen White On/Sally Hansen Black Out
Glitter: China Glaze Fairy Dust
Top Coat: China Glaze Matte Magic

Matte Splatter

I was looking through some of my old nail art photos the other day. I realized that I love the way splatter nails look but I rarely do them anymore. So, I thought I'd do one in some nice bright colors.

31DC2013 Day 7 - B&W Nails

This challenge is starting to get the best of me, I think. Sad, I know, since I'm only a week in, but I never seem to be happy with the first few attempts at my designs. Today was no exception. I scrapped and started over three times before I settled for a black and white splatter mani.

Pastel Splatters

Back to some lovely spring colors today. I toyed with a few design ideas in the color scheme I used today but nothing really spoke to me like the splatter did. 

The base is Julep Blake. The splattering is done in Wet n Wild Candy-licious and NYC Skyline Blue. I should have used a more opaque blue but I loved this shade against the yellow.

Making up for lost time...

I've got four manicures to show you today. Sorry, again, for the gaps between posts. Hopefully, these designs will make up for it a little.

Essie Bikini So Teeny. I love this shade of blue. It's lovely for spring/summer. The glitter gradient is Art Club Fine Silver.

 

Something simple for this manicure. OPI Berlin There Done That with NYC Manhattan for the tips. I thought this design with this color combination was very chic.

Splatter! I love doing splatter nails. They're so easy and fun (although messy) and the look is so unique. The base color is Funky Fingers Cyclone Sky. The splatter colors are Sally Hansen Snappy Sorbet and OPI Planks a Lot.

 

This is my favorite of the four. OPI Berlin There Done That for the base. I used three sizes of dotting tools and Sally Hansen Snappy Sorbet, NYC Skyline Blue, and NYC French White Tip for the dots.

 

Splatter!

Last night was movie night with the girls. The gorgeous Heather brought over her collection of nail polish to play with. After finding the pictures of my old manis, I decided to do another splatter mani. They are so much fun. Unbelievably messy, though. Still, the end result is totally worth it. Unfortunately, I was distracted when I was doing my nails so I forgot to take pictures during the process.

I started by painting my nails, all but the ring finger, with one of Heather's polishes. Milani Neon in Dude Blue. It's a nice bright shade of blue and the formula was pretty nice. It does linger though, and it stained my skin just a bit. Anyway, on the ring finger nail I used OPI Alpine Snow. The pink is OPI That's Berry Daring. To do the splatters, I just dipped a straw into a small puddle of polish and blew through the other end, splashing to color onto the nails. It's very imperfect and you never know what designs you'll get. Fabulous, right? I wish I had taken pictures before I finished, though. I ended up with nail polish EVERYWHERE! It was all over and between my fingers, on my palm, on my shirt. Everywhere! So worth it, though!

 

Some old stuff.

I was looking through my phone and I came across some photos of a few manicures I've done. Due to being taken on my phone, they aren't all the greatest quality.

This is OPI Metallic 4 Life from the Nicki Minaj collection. This color is great! It's a black base with large and small silver hex glitter. It's a little bit thick but it still looks great.

This OPI It's Totally Fort Worth It. For the design I used my lovely Bundle Monster stamping plates. I got the zigzag design from BM-201. For the heart, I used OPI That's Berry Daring with a little bit of OPI Purple With a Purpose swirled in. Pretty, no?

I got this idea from Pinterest. For the base, I used OPI Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow. Over that, I used OPI Silver Shatter. When I painted it on, I used wavy brush strokes. I wasn't all that impressed with this mani but I do still love the color combination.

This was my first attempt at a "dry marble." I used OPI Purple With a Purpose and Alpine Snow. This is near the top of my list of favorite nail art techniques. I love the way it looks.

My husband and I went to several baseball games this summer with our friends. We are huge fans of the Detroit Tigers. This was a manicure I did for one of the games. I used OPI A Roll in the Hague (orange), Blue My Mind (blue), and Alpine Snow (white). The red was borrowed from a friend and I don't remember what it was called. The tiger stripes came from BM-223. The old English "D" is actually a temporary tattoo. Great, right? You can use any temporary tattoo as nail art. Apply it to your nail just like you do on skin and secure with top coat. I love this manicure.

This is my favorite mani out of the old photos I found. OPI It's Totally Fort Worth It as the base. The splatter is OPI That's Berry Daring (pink) and Planks a Lot (purple). This looks amazing. I think this will be the next design I do. I haven't done a splatter in a really long time.

Until the next manicure, nighties!!!