Colorful Leopard & Gold

Hello lovers! How are you? My week didn't go according to plan.  I don't have the complete look post for you today :(.  I still wanted to do a post.  So here's a quick nail art one.

No, my nails did not grow that fast, I wish.  They're actually even shorter than my previous post.  Did some deep cleaning and ruined my nails.  I did these before the watermelon nails.  Took a long time to post it, eh?  These were inspired by my toe separators.  Yes they are THAT cute hehe.  Every time I did a pedicure I thought to myself "I need to do this print on my nails".  It took 2 years but I did it...yeah.  The base polish is Sinful Colors Clementine and for the spots I used Sephora for O.P.I It's My Pink and Sally Hansen Good To Grape.  The studs are from Born Pretty Store...of course! 

I'm going to take this moment to move on to the gold accent nails.  Ummmm...IN LOVE!  This is O.P.I Honey Ryder and I can't stand how gorgeous it is.  It took me forever to own it and I feel so complete now.  I seriously couldn't stop staring at it, very distracting.  If you don't have Honey Ryder I suggest you get up on that.  You won't regret it ;).

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Pastel Galaxy & Floral Nail Art

Hey Dolls, I hope everyone is having a great week thus far.  It's so gloomy in NYC right now.  A perfect day to stay indoors and organize nail decorations, clean, watch Teen Wolf and even do a blog post.  Today I will be talking about nails I posted a few days ago on Instagram and Tumblr. Without the missing stud and minus the filter hehe.

For like forever I've wanted to do pastel galaxy nails and do galaxy drips again.  I'm so happy I finally did it lol. Everyone said the galaxy drip nail looks like an ice cream cone until I tell them what it is lol.  If you want to know how I did it you can check out my post from the first time I did galaxy drips here.

I LOVE floral nails, especially these.  But the next time I do a design like this, I'll try to not do it at 2am lol.  The amount of nail polishes needed alone is what made this design exhausting.  That won't stop me from doing it again...soon hehe.  The only tools I used for the flowers were a small nail art brush and my tiny detail brush, I made from a liquid eyeliner brush.  With the small nail art brush I used a light dotting motions to shape the flowers.  Then with the detail brush I placed lines and dots for depth.

Polishes Used:

• Models Own Juicy Jules (thumb)
• O.P.I Save Me (thumb)
• Revlon Spirit (galaxy & floral)
• Icing No Name Powder Pink (galaxy)
• Essie Bikini So Teeny (floral)
• New York Color Palm On The Beach (floral)
• New York Color City Sweets Pink (floral)
• New York Color Lavender Cupcake (galaxy)
• Sinful Colors New Wave (floral)
• Sinful Colors Nude (floral)
• Wet n Wild megalast I Need A Refresh-Mint (floral)
• Wet n Wild megalast On A Trip (galaxy & floral)
• Wet n Wild megalast Sugar Coat (gradient & galaxy drip)
• Sephora by O.P.I What Aura Gonna Wear (gradient, floral & galaxy)
• Maybelline Peach Petal (floral)
• Born Pretty Store Studs 

For next weeks' post I'm planning on doing a hair post.  I'm finally going to share with all of you my Natural Hair Routine and Favorite Products (at the moment).  Until next time...

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Sweetheart French Manicure

Hey Dolls!
Today's nail art is one of those, I need to finally do my nails, don't know what I want to do, spur of the moment whatever, that you just fall in love with when you're done.

Aren't they just super pretty?  It makes me think of winter and weddings.  I actually showed it to one of my besties that is getting married next year as soon as I finished, like.... WEDDING NAILS! lol

These happened solely because I REALLY wanted to wear Sally Hansen Goldi-Flecks.  A recent purchase that makes me so happy I ALWAYS walk down the beauty aisle in Rite Aid.  I don't know how I didn't notice it before.  I'll apologize from now if you start to see too much of it in upcoming manicures lol. For the gradient I used Zoya Taylor and Revlon Spirit.  Topping it all off with gold heart studs I bought from Born Pretty Store! 

I'm going to hate when it's time to redo my nails :(

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Let's Play Catch Up

Hey Beauties, I know it's been a while since I made a blog post.  If you follow me on Twitter, Tumblr and/or Instagram you know that I didn't disappear completely.  So today's post will include all the things I didn't make a blog post for, that I posted on my other social networks...yay.  This is going to be a long one.  Hmmm why don't we start this baby with NAILS!

I did these babies back in May for our family Disney Vacation in California.  So neon, so awesome.  For this design I used Floss Gloss Dimepiece, Milani Cosmetics Pink Hottie and Forever 21 Neon Green.

This delicious little swatch is Milani Cosmetics Sugar High on top of Wet n Wild Tropicalia.

Ugh I loved these...sheer black is EVERYTHING to me right now.  I'm definitely going to make some more sheer colors. For this I used Revlon Black Magic, Wet n Wild Fantasy Makers Confetti, Daily Charme Swarovski Crystals and Born Pretty Store Swarovski Crystals.

My Fourth of July nails...obviously ;).  Later that week I added glitter to the polka dots and stripes nail and it looked so awesome.  I hate when I think of glitter after the fact :(.  For these I used Revlon Spirit, Wet n Wild Red Red, Sally Hansen Pacific Blue, and Jade Psicodelica.

Now for my most recent nails, I did these last week.  Some neon aztec nails with some studs and a frame nail on top of Ninja Polish FLOAM! Oh my gosh, I forgot I had this guys.  Can you believe that?  How dare I. The neon pink is Jesse's Girl Beach Babe and the studs are from Born Pretty Store.

Now...the makeup! Here is a Tropical Summery Ombre Lip I did using Kaoir Cosmetics Truly Outrageous and Ooh La La.

Next up are swatches of some of the lipsticks I got from the NYX Macaron Lippie Collection.  

Pistachio

Lavender

Chambord

Last but not least, a hair update.  My hair journey is going so great.  It was rough in the beginning but back in February I did a final trim, that got rid of all the damaged hair.  I'm completely in love with my natural hair.  It's healthy and I'm very happy.  Coming up I want to share with you my hair routine and favorite hair products.  Until then here is a photoset I create for my natural hair 2 year anniversary last month. 

If you made it this far THANK YOU, I LOVE YOU!!! This was a lot :).  I'm going to try really hard to not have to do this again. *crosses fingers* 

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Aria Night Out Complete Look

Hey Dolls, so today I have a really cool post for you.  A few weeks ago I was contacted by the Content Director of Vegas.com to see if I would be interested in doing a blog post inspired by a night out at the Aria Resort.  I replied.... heck yeah lol.   So this complete look is all about a date night to see Cirque Du Soleil: Zarkana at The Aria Resort.  As always let's start with the makeup! 

I FINALLY used my Urban Decay Naked 3 palette.  Oh GAWD, in love I am! 

For this eye look I used Trick all over my lid, Factory in the crease and Blackheart on the outer corner.  I also used Trick on my lower lash line from the inner corner to about half way then Blackheart the rest of the way.  I lined my lower and upper water line with Milani Liquif'Eye metallic eye liner pencil in Black. In my tear ducts to brighten it up I used Milani Shadow Eyez in Champagne Toast.  For this nude lip I used E.L.F lip liner in Natural and NYX Sable.  But I just had to do a bold lip with it as well ;).

This is NYX Chambord! Which is your favorite, the nude lip or the bold lip? I'm a sucka for bold! 

The Rest Of The Face Beat:

• Urban Decay Primer Potion Original
• Makeup Forever Smoky Extravagant Mascara (2 coats)
• New York Color Smooth Skin Perfecting Primer Shade 684
• Maybelline Dream Pure BB Cream Deep Sheer Tint
• Black Radiance True Complexion Under Eye Concealer CA8010 (Dark Spots and Discoloration)
• L'Oréal True Match Super-Blendable Concealer W 6-7-8 (Highlight)
• Revlon Nearly Naked Pressed Powder Dark
• Black Radiance Pressed Powder Rich Mahogany (Contour)
• New York Color Kohl Brow/Eyeliner Pencil Sable (eyebrows)
• E.L.F Wet Gloss Lash and Brow Clear Mascara
• Milani Baked Blush Fantastico Mauve
• Maybelline Master Glaze Bronzer Stick Glistening Amber (cheekbone, cupids bow & nose highlight)
• Tarte Park Ave Princess (cheekbone, cupids bow & nose highlight)
• Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray

Now the nails...

My nails were directly inspired by Zarkana. More specifically the Ringmaster Zarks' outfit.

When I saw his rose print top hat and cape I knew I had to figure out a way to get it my nails.  Thankfully Mr. Starlett Approved recently bought acrylic paints and they worked perfectly.  I did the gray with black stripes on my other nails to match the pants.  Adding the rhinestones for that extra pizazz....hey it's Vegas ;P.

What I Used:
Revlon Black Magic
New York Color Sidewalkers
Red Acrylic Paint
Black Acrylic Paint
Born Pretty Store Rhinestones

Now for the outfit I chose a black and white look with a splash of color.  My favorite combo, especially if a leather dress is involved! 

I really hope you enjoyed this post because I had a lot of fun doing it.  Complete look posts are the most time consuming but they're probably my favorite ones to do.  If you have any suggestions of a post you'd like to see me do please let me know in the comments below or email.

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Graffiti Nail Art

HI!!!! I know, it's been AGES.  Sorry about the hiatus. Micah got sick then I got sick and it just threw off my mojo.  I'm getting it back, little by little :).  My birthday was 2 weeks ago and I couldn't celebrate without doing my nails.  That would've been just blasphemous.

I wanted something bright and fun to help me out of my little funk. These definitely did the trick.  I wuv how these came out.  Super easy to do and now I want ALL of the Formula X for Sephora glitters.  Just look at TNT! Ugh so gorge-balls.

To get this look I randomly sponged Revlon Black Magic over my Revlon Spirit.  Followed by one healthy coat each of Formula X TNT and Mind Blowing.  For an extra pop of color I used neon pink square studs I got from Born Pretty.

I just want to apologize again for vanishing.  Winter does things to me lol. I hibernate and it's inexcusable haha. I'll see you next week with a St. Patricks Day post.

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Coral Glam, Stripes and Glequins

Hey girlfrans,  I've got some sexy nails to share with you today.  If you follow me on Instagram or Tumblr you know I got an AH-MAZING prize from my boo Marie of Pretty Project.  Included in the prize was the base color for todays nails.

Oh yeah, Layla Hologram Effect in Coral Glam.  Does it get any more awesome than hologram effect nail polish?  I don't think so.  I'm officially obsessed with them. 

Here is a close up, look at all the color.  It almost looks like pink fire.  This is only 2 coats of Coral Glam, no undies...Say What? 

For the design I used New York Color City Sweets Pink for the stripes and Born Pretty Store Diamond Shaped Glequins. I wish I could capture how pretty the Glequins are.  They are purple and holo and just the perfect match for Coral Glam.

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Negative Space Tape Manicure with Studs

Hi everyone! I decided to play with my striping tape again.  I wanted to try to do more with it.  Rather than being my lazy self and doing just 3 stripes which I've already done...twice :) Tape manicures are tedious and that's a bit of a deterrent for me.  All the cutting and placing and waiting for nail polish to dry, I get tired just thinking about it.  While doing dishes I had an idea that would cut out the long nail polish drying wait time...NEGATIVE SPACE!!!

I still did a base coat and that dries in no time at all.   Check it, I made patterns with the striping tape rather than just stripes WOOT WOOT. I actually didn't go crazy and wanted to give up while doing these.  That always happens when I decide to work with tape. Mostly because I'm worried something is going to get messed up.

I figured out how to make tape manicures work for me.  I literally work on one nail at a time.  Not moving on to the next nail until the previous one has top coat on and is dry.  It's not very time efficient but it gives me a piece of mind.

The studs weren't actually a part of the original plan.  I didn't add them on until after I uploaded pictures of my nails on my laptop.   Looking at in photographs I felt like it was missing something.  

Does that ever happen to you?  You finish your nails, love it and then after looking at it on a computer screen feel the need to add more  Are you a tape manicure girl?  Striping tape or Scotch tape.

What I Used:

• Revlon Sparkles Aplenty
• Brucci Jamie Lee's Jam
• Born Pretty Store Black Striping Tape
• Born Pretty Store 2mm Silver Square Studs

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31 Day Challenge Day 2.0 30

Oh my goodness I'm exhausted.  Damn Revenge and 666 Park Avenue, making me want to stay up late watching you!  Lets not even talk about my slight OCD with these swatchicles smh.  I can't stop, I want to get it done.  I did manage to pull myself away from the glue gun to do my next challenge manicure, inspired by a tutorial.
I chose this spray bottle splatter tutorial by Manicurator.  My close boo Emily of Very Emily shared this tutorial with me last week, click her name to see her gorgeous spray bottle nail art.  I knew right away I wanted to use it for todays challenge.

I started off with 2 coats of H&M Beauty Bandit after it dried I put 1 thick coat of Sally Hansen Pumping Iron and I used a sponge to lift off the excess.  That alone was so gorgeous, loved the color effect. 

For the splatter I used Wet n Wild How I Met Your Magenta.  It's already a thin polish and I had 2 bottles.  Yeah you noticed the past tense? I killed the whole bottle :(.  I poured it in my empty makeup brush cleaner spray bottle and added nail polish thinner.  I spritzed it from a distance on each nail, too close and it would just look like a splash.  It's a different and very subtle splatter, I actually love that.  I'm happy it didn't come out exactly like a typical splatter, just done in a different way.

I threw on my 4mm silver square BPS studs, because everything is better with studs :). A very messy technique, but I will try it again since I didn't dump the extra out of the bottle.  Have any of you tried or plan on trying this technique out?

Polishes Used:

• H&M Beauty Bandit
• Sally Hansen Pumping Iron
• Wet n Wild How I Met Your Magenta

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31 Day Challenge 2.0 Day 17

What up boos?  It's Monday WOOT WOOT.  You must think something is wrong with me.  Who in their right mind gets excited for Monday?  This girl does on THIS Monday lol.  Why? Because I got the most awesome surprise when I got out of the shower today, TMI?  It's nice to know your girl keeps it fresh and so clean clean haha. I WON A GIVEAWAY!!! Hosted by babes Marie of PrettyProject .  I got myself 2 sexy Floss Gloss polishes headed my way!!!!  The icing on the cupcake...it's GLITTER Day baby!  Glitter makes everything 100 times better :).  That's why for todays challenge I used GLEQUINS.

Oh and greetings from Senorita Right Hand.  I wasn't kidding when I said I loved my tribal nails and didn't want to take them off.  So I didn't and decided to finally put some color on my right hand.  Please excuse the awkward hand poses, Righty isn't use to all this attention :).  How sexy is glequins? It's glitters super hot cousin. Oh Sammy of The Nailasaurus thanks for introducing us.

For todays challenge I did some glitter placement on top of saran wrap nails.  Told you I was going to get my saran wrap on again and use more colors ;).  Inspired by my boo Very Emily I had to do glitter frames along with 2 accent nails with a starburst (as I like to call it) glitter design.  

The nail polishes I chose for the base design go so perfectly with the glequins.  The color of the glequins shifts from pink, purple, green and blue.  It's just mesmerizing.  I took Micah to the park and he kicked me a couple of times on the swings because I was so distracted by the pretty glequins haha.  If you're a glitter girl like me you NEED to get some glequins from Born Pretty Store.  Sure you might bump into walls staring at your hands but it's worth it lol.

Polishes Used:

Wet n Wild How I Met Your Magenta 

Wet n Wild On A Trip

L.A. Girl Turntable

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31 Day Challenge 2.0 Day 16

Hey guys, how is everyone? Enjoying your weekend I assume.  There is nothing better to me than an Autumn Sunday.  The sun is shining, perfect brisk weather, just nice and cozy :). Yeah I'm a Fall girl, I love all the seasons but Fall is the only one that I don't have any complaints about.  What's your favorite season?  Look at me rambling on about the weather and seasons.  You came here for nail art, let me give you what you want ;).  The theme for today is Tribal Print which I was looking forward to possibly the most.  I can count on 1 hand how many times I've done tribal print nail art.  Right before I decided to do this challenge again, I told myself I need to do some tribal print designs.  I fall in love everytime I see tribal/aztec print nails.  Recently I fell HEAD OVER HEELS for a WAH Nails manicure I saw on Instagram Peep it here! Of course I needed to recreate it!!

These seriously take my breath away.  The white base, the random multicolor sponging and THE GOLD STUDS!!! I love all the studs.  I'm also convinced I was destined to do this design for todays challenge.  I placed an order August 23rd with BornPrettyStore for more studs.  I already had the 2mm round gold studs and I ordered 3mm round gold studs.  Guess what was in my mailbox yesterday? Yup you guessed it my BPS order with the studs. With the nail god clearly wanted this manicure to happen, I needed to do this design justice.  

I think I did it justice, the nail gods should be pleased.  My trouble with tribal print are the tiny details. Which I didn't do too badly today considering my nubs.  I'm famous for attempting tribal nails right after I cut my nails smh.  Clearly I just love torturing myself haha.

To create these nails I decided to go Wet n Wild polish crazy, I have so many.  A lot of them I haven't even used once.  

Polishes Used:

• Wet n Wild French White Creme
• Wet n Wild Fuchsia Rama
• Wet n Wild The Wonder Yellows
• Wet n Wild Everybody Loves Redmond
• Wet n Wild Saved by the Blue
• Wet n Wild Sage in the City
• Models Own Wah Nails Black
• Absolute! Nail Art Paint Black
• Born Pretty Store 2mm & 3mm round gold studs

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