Pink Daisy Dotticure Nail Art

Hello Hello you lovely people!

I hope everyone is having a good weekend! 

Just a quick side note, I'll be away for the next few weeks so I may not be able to get posts out. But do not fret, as I will be back as soon as I can.

This week is a deceivingly simple design! I was feeling a little lazy, so I decided to do something quick & easy. This is the Pink Daisy Dotticure. 

Pink Daisy Dotticure

For this design I used the following colours & tools:
The "IT" Color - OPI
Apricot Cockatoo - Essence
Mexican Madness - Australis
Small dotting tool

Pink Daisy Dotticure with The "IT" Color - OPI

To create this design I applied two coats of Apricot Cockatoo for my base. After allowing ample time to dry, I took my dotting tool and dipped it into Mexican Madness, then made small circles by placing four to five dots next to each other, creating petals. I also placed a few loose dots to fill in the space between the flowers. After allowing this to dry and cleaning my dotting tool, I used The "IT" Color to place dots in the center of each flower. Once complete, I applied a quick dry top coat. 

Pink Daisy Dotticure

This is so simple and so cute! It just makes me want to smile every time I look at it! I think using the pastel base makes it look even more floral. Surprisingly, I think these colours all go very well together. 

Pink Daisy Dotticure with Mexican Madness - Australis

I would also just like to apologize for the mess of my cuticles at the moment. I somehow managed to get a paper cut on one of them recently which I just had to wait out. Also, due to the colder weather, my hands have become very vulnerable and I just can't get enough moisturizer or oil on them. 

So that's it for today! 
What do you think? 
Would you do something like this?
I need to do more dotticures!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Melting Metal Nail Art Design

Hey everyone!

I purchased a stamping polish from an Aussie indie polish company, Emily de Molly, and received another one with it. It's not a colour I would normally go for, but since I have it, I thought I may as well use it. So I did.

Melting Metal with Lady In Black - OPI

This one was fairly simple. I used:
Lady in Black - OPI
Metallic Olive Stamping polish - Emily de Molly
BP 29 Stamping plate - Born Pretty
Camo Coat - Celestial
Kwik Dry Top Coat - Sally Hansen
A large stamper. 

Melting Metal with Olive - Emily de Molly 

To create this look I used two coats of Lady In Black as a base. Once dry,  I applied Camo Coat around each nail. Taking Olive stamping polish, I painted over the design and stamped it onto the nails. I then removed the Camo Coat and applied a quick dry top coat. And that's it! 

Melting Metal 

This is why I love stamping, it's so quick and easy! And there are so many different options and designs.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks for stopping by!

Winter Dreams ft. Sinful Colors

Howdy Howdy!

I trust you are all well?

Today it's a little overcast here so I figured it's the perfect time to bring out my first winter mani for the year.

This is a nice, simple design that doesn't take much time and still looks fabulous!

Winter Dreams with Cinderella - Sinful Colors

For this design I used:
Cinderella - Sinful Colors, this beautiful shimmer blue.
Hottie - Sinful Colors, a deep blue jelly with with large colour shifting flakies.
Camo Coat - Celestial 
Blue nail gems 
Big Kwik Dry Top Coat - Sally Hansen

Winter Dreams with Glitter - Sinful Colours

I started with a base coat of Cinderella on all but my ring finger. For that I used a base coat of Hottie. After drying, I applied Camo Coat around all nails. Using a make up sponge I applied Cinderella and Hottie and dabbed onto my index & pinky fingers until the desired opacity as reached. I then took another sponge and painted Hottie onto it and dabbed it once or twice over my middle finger, then used the same sponge on my ring finger to coat the entire nail with glitter. Once I was satisfied with all nails, I removed the Camo Coat. Applying my Kwik Dry Top Coat, I quickly added the blue gems and finished with another coat of Kwik Dry. 

Winter Dreams 

I really enjoyed this simple and elegant design. Also, I absolutely love using any kind of nail studs, gems and all of that good stuff!

What are your thoughts?
Let me know!

Thanks for stopping by.

Spring Inspired Gradient & Stamping

Hello lovelies!

We have had some beautiful spring weather the last few days, so I thought this mani would be fairly fitting.

I really love the way they turned out. I think I could wear this design all year long! At the moment I am trying to break out of my comfort zone a little and try new techniques. This one isn't too far from what I usually do, but I'd never tried a vertical gradient before. I tell you what, I really like it. I think it brings a whole new depth to nail art!

For this one I used:
BYS - Isn't She Lovely
BYS - Matte Violet Frosting
BYS - Matte Mint Candy
BYS - Sky's The Limit
Essie - Blanc
Born Pretty - White Stamping Polish
piCture pOlish - D'day Matte Top Coat
Born Pretty Stamping Plate - BP - X05
Celestial - camo coat.

I started with two coats of Blanc for a base. Once dry I applied Camo Coat around the cuticles. While that was drying I applied three coats of Isn't She Lovely to my pinky nail, and Matte Mint Candy to my thumb. I took Isn't She Lovely and Matte Violet Frosting and painted them onto a makeup sponge, applied a thin layer of Blanc over the Matte Violet Frosting to de-saturate it a little, then dabbed it onto my ring finger, making sure Isn't She Lovely was on the left side. I continued to do this until I reached the right opacity, which was quite a bit due to the pale colour of Isn't She Lovely. I let each layer dry for a few seconds before continuing. Once that was complete, I removed the Camo Coat on that finger. I did the same steps for my middle finger, but used Matte Violet Frosting and Sky's The Limit instead. Same again for my ring finger, except with Sky's The Limit and Matte Mint Candy. Once they had all dried I grabbed my BP - X05 stamping plate and White Stamping Polish, and stamped the same design onto each nail. I finished with G'day Matte Top Coat to soften it even more. 

I really enjoyed this design, but it was a little time consuming. Probably the most so far. But I am okay with that because every time I looked at them, they made me smile. What do you think?
Thanks for stopping by!