NOTD: Veterans Day

Hello again everyone! I'm sorry it's been so long again. It's been harder than I thought it would getting back into blogging. We're still remodeling the house, and have been busy with other things. That doesn't make up for the lack of blogs. I have the best intentions and not the best follow through it seems. So, what a better way to come back than with a Veterans day NOTD?! I hope you're all excited to see what I've got on my nails for Veterans day. I would like to thank everyone who has fought for my freedom. Without you all I wouldn't even be able to have this blog. If you have any questions feel free to ask. If you try these nails out I'd love to see, share them with me on any of my social media sites. I'd love to hear from you. Like me on Facebook to see more from me. I'm also on Instagram and Pinterest, and Twitter . Check out my other blog if you'd like to see non nail related blogs.

Have a Blessed day,

Products used:

Base coat: Nail-aid, 3 minute artificials

Red Glitter Polish: Finger Paints, Romanticism Ruby

Blue Polish: L.A. Colors, Blue Lagoon

Silver Glitter: Sinful Colors, Queen of Beauty

White Polish: N.Y.C, French White Tip

Top coat: Sally Hansen, Insta-dri

Red, white, and blue acrylic paint

Red, white, and blue 2mm rhinestones

Cosmetic wedge

 I used a detail brush and blue acrylic paint to create the star base. Then I went in with the same detail brush and white acrylic paint to make outline the star. Then placed a red 2mm rhinestone in the center of the star.

I used 3 coats of a fine silver glitter to get this effect.

I used a while nail polish as a base. Then went in with red and blue acrylic paint and a detail brush to make the lines. Then filled the center of the design with a fine silver glitter.

 I started with a blue nail polish as the base then went in with red and white acrylic paint and a detail brush to get the lines. Then added red, white, and blue 2mm rhinestones

 I used a white nail polish as a base. Once that dried I took my red glitter polish and did a gradient look with a cosmetic wedge. Once that dried I went in with the blue nail polish and did a little more gradient with the same cosmetic wedge. I let the dry and then went in with my silver glitter and a detail brush and made the silver glitter stripes. You could also use a silver glitter nail striper.

Once my design had a chance to dry for a few minutes I added a coat of my favorite top coat and this look was finished! 

NOTD: Mom's fall gradient glitter nails

Hello again everyone! I have a little bit of a different post today. I decided I would paint my mom's nails tonight(without even talking to her). We are finally almost done with painting the house. So, tonight was perfect for pampering my mom. She has the longest, and strongest nails perfect for nail art!! I'm so jealous! I thought I would do a post on the nails I did for her since I haven't posted in a while(again). I'm hoping to get some fall nail tutorials up soon. Fall is my favorite time of year for nails, so many cute things to do. If you have any questions feel free to ask. If you try these nails out I'd love to see, share them with me on any of my social media sites. I'd love to hear from you. Like me on Facebook to see more from me. I'm also on Instagram and Pinterest, and Twitter . Check out my other blog if you'd like to see non nail related blogs. 
Have a Blessed day,

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Products used

Sally Hansen - Nail Growth Protein

Orly - Rockin' Rocket

Art Deco - Gold Glitter

Sally Hansen - Insta-Dri

1 cosmetic wedge

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 I did a simple Gradient glitter design. I already have a tutorial on gradient glitter nails. Check it out here! I went with fall colors. I love the redish color, it has very fine gold glitter in it. That makes for the perfect base for a gradient glitter design.

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Life Update!

Hello again everyone! I know it's been a very long time, and for that I'm very sorry :-(. I have had quite a bit going on, and my nails had to be pushed to the side. This will be an update blog, just to let you all know what's been going on. 

First off, For those of you who don't follow me on Instagram, you should. I've been trying to keep everyone on there up to date with what's going on in my life. I post very regularly(more than once a day usually). Those of you who follow me on Instagram already know about this next guy I'm going to talk about. On July 21st we rescued a starving Great Dane. We decided to name him Gabriel, and he has taken up quite a bit of my time recently. If you want to read more on his story check out my mom's blog here. He has quite an extraordinary story, and it makes for an interesting read. You should go check it out if you're interested in Gabe's story. He also has his own Facebook page that you can check out here to see more pictures and get little updates on Gabe from time to time.

Next, We are remodeling our house. So that's also taking up a whole lot of my time. Between the mess from all the moving things around, demolition, and all that kind of stuff I've been being kept quite busy in that aspect as well. We're repainting almost the whole house. So, I haven't been painting my nails much knowing I would just mess them up. Or if I have painted my nails it wasn't anything special enough for a blog post. We only have a couple more rooms to work on and then we'll be done for now. 

Also, I've started dog grooming classes! They are just one day a week, and I only have 4 weeks left. So, they really shouldn't interfere with my blog. Tomorrow is our first class where we will be doing a full body cut, I'm nervous.

Here are a few designs I've done but haven't done a blog post on. Sorry for the quality of most of these pictures. Most of them are just from my cell phone. Just thought I would share them. If you would like to see a post or video on how I did any of these designs just comment down below and let me know!

Now, I hope I will be able to post more often again. I miss sharing my nail designs with you all! I miss having the time to work on my nails. I'm really going to try to get back into the swing of things. I have a couple videos filmed that I will work on getting uploaded to YouTube soon. Leave me some comments on what you would like to see me do! If you have any questions feel free to ask. I'd love to hear from you. Like me on Facebook to see more from me. I'm also on Instagram and Pinterest, and Twitter . Check out my other blog if you'd like to see non nail related blogs. 

Have a Blessed day,

NOTD: Mint Manicure For Talia Joy

Hello again everyone! I had a different blog planned for today, but I saw that the beauty community was doing mint manicures in remberence of Talia Joy Castellano today. I couldn't help but join in. I didn't personally know Talia, but I did watch her YouTube videos, and she was such an inspiration. It is a horrible thing when such a young, amazing little girl is taken from us. She did so much good with her time here, and we should all learn from that. My heart aches for her family, but at least she is no longer sick and in pain. If you don't know who Talia is, then I will link you to a little Bio and other goodies below. Talia passed away on July 16, 2013 from childhood cancer after fighting it for 6 and a half years. She was just 13 years old, and no one that age should have to endure what she did, and yet, she did it with such a bright outlook. So, Talia if you're looking down, these nails are for you. 

I wanted to do a video tutorial for these nails, but we had a lack of sun today, and I hate filming with artificial lighting. So, if you would like me to film a video tutorial for these nails just ask. I looked back at some of Talia's manicures for inspiration. She liked bright colors, rhinestones, animal print,edgy but cute and kinda gaudy nails(my kind of nails). Overall I like how these turned out. I'm not real happy with the pinky nail design, but was a little pressed for time.If you have any questions feel free to ask. If you try these nails out I'd love to see, share them with me on any of my social media sites. I'd love to hear from you. Like me on Facebook to see more from me. I'm also on Instagram and Pinterest, and Twitter . Check out my other blog if you'd like to see non nail related blogs. 

Read Talia's story here 

Talia's Facebook Page here

Talia's YouTube channel here

Products used:

Base coat: Nail-aid, 1 Step Fast Growth

Mint Green: Pure Ice, Home Run!

Neon Pink: L.A. Colors, Pink Bubbles

Fine Silver Glitter: Sinful Colors, Queen of Beauty

Chunky Silver Glitter: Pure Ice, Dazzle Me

Top Coat: Sally Hansen, Insta-Dri

White: Apple Barrel Colors, White

Black: Apple Barrel Colors, Black

2mm Rhinestones

Detail Paint Brush

Dotting Tool

Makeup Sponge(not pictured)

 I have 2 tutorials on leopard print nails. You can check them out here and here

 I have a tutorial on gradient glitter nails. You can check it out here

Video: Cute Leopard Print Nail Tutorial

Hello again everyone! I'm so happy to finally be bringing you another video! I'm so sorry it has taken me so long to get this video out to you all. I was supposed to have it up over a week ago. However, I threw my back out and have been unable to sit for more then a couple minutes here and a couple minutes there. I am finally beginning to feel better, and getting this video out to you all was my first priority! I hope you enjoy this video, and if you have any ideas on other designs you'd like to see from me next, leave me a comment telling me what you'd like to see. If you have any questions feel free to ask. If you try these nails out I'd love to see, share them with me on any of my social media sites. I'd love to hear from you. Like me on Facebook to see more from me. I'm also on Instagram and Pinterest, and Twitter . Check out my other blog if you'd like to see non nail related blogs. 

Have a blessed day,

You can also go watch it HERE! 

Products Used:

Base coat: Nail-aid, Triple Wrap Thickener

Silver: Sally Hansen, Celeb City

Silver Glitter: Pure Ice, Dazzle Me

Baby Blue: Pure Ice, Bikini

Neon Pink: L.A. Colors, Pink Bubbles

Silver Glitter Striper: Art Deco, Ice Breaker

Top coat: Sally Hansen, Insta-Dri

Black: Apple Barrel Colors, Black

Dotting Tool(get the ones I used here)

Detail Paint Brush(get the ones I used here)

NOTD: Cute Blue and Pink Leopard Print Nails

Hello again everyone! I'm sorry I haven't been posting as regularly. I will get back on track! Today I have a NOTD(nails of the day) post for you. I will be posting a video tutorial on this design, Wednesday or Friday. I know this design is a little familiar, but I got such positive feedback from it the first time I decided to record a tutorial on how you can create this design for yourself. You can check the original design I'm talking about here. I changed it up some, just so I wasn't posting the same design twice. However, the technique is the same. So, if you want to learn how to create this design, stay tuned! If you have any questions feel free to ask. If you try these nails out I'd love to see, share them with me on any of my social media sites. I'd love to hear from you. Like me on Facebook to see more from me. I'm also on Instagram and Pinterest, and Twitter . Check out my other blog if you'd like to see non nail related blogs. 
Have a blessed day,

Products Used:

Base coat: Nail-aid, Triple Wrap Thickener

Silver: Sally Hansen, Celeb City

Silver Glitter: Pure Ice, Dazzle Me

Baby Blue: Pure Ice, Bikini

Neon Pink: L.A. Colors, Pink Bubbles

Silver Glitter Striper: Art Deco, Ice Breaker

Top coat: Sally Hansen, Insta-Dri

Black: Apple Barrel Colors, Black

Dotting Tool(get the ones I used here)

Detail Paint Brush(get the ones I used here)