St. Patrick's Day Nail Art Design ...

So here is my St. Patrick's Day mani. I was having trouble with my polishes while I was doing the water marbeling, so it didn't turn out quite the way I thought it would- but I still like it. =) I had to hurry up and finish this design before I ran out of sunlight to take the pics, so I apologize for not cleaning up the cuticles. lol

Yellow Color: Sinful Colors "Let's Meet"

Light Green Color: Sinful Colors "Irish Green"

Dark Green Color: Sinful Colors "San Francisco"

Green Glitter: Sinful Colors "Call You Later"

Gold Micro Beads: DollarNailArt.com

Saint Patrick's Day Pedicure Nail Art Design

Here is my St. Patrick's Day pedicure. I figured I would do a pedicure to give you some inspiration before I posted my mani. For the big toe, I used a sponging technique to make the colors fade and just added some rhinestones & other embelishments, the second toe is just medium green and glitter, middle toe is dark green with beads, 4th toe is light green with small green hexagons, and the baby toe is just dark green and glitter. Here are the products I used ...

Light Green Color: Sinful Colors "Innocent"

Medium Green Color: Sinful Colors "Irish Green"

Dark Green Color: Sinful Colors "San Fransico"

Green Glitter: Sinful Colors "Call You Later"

Rhinestones, Beads, Hexagons: Joanns.com Ebay.com DollarNailArt.com

Have you done your St. Patrick's Day pedicure yet? If so, leave a link to your post in the comments, I would love to see it!

KONAD LEOPARD NAILS | Deco Leapord Nail Art Design

I fell in love with this design when I saw it on Dominique Renee's tumblr & just had to try it out. I believe she handpainted her design, but since I don't have that much skill, I figured a Konad would be in order. I also added gold glitter and rhinestones between the leopard spots to make the design a little different. I have noticed I have been doing a lot of inspirational manis lately. lol. But I figured I would do another design before I start my Mardi Gras and St. Patricks Day manis. Oh yeah, ignore the slight smudging on my index finger. For some reason when I went to apply the rhinestones, I used just a cheap top coat, completely forgetting that the stamping could smudge with some top coats. Needless to say, I used Seche on the rest of them lol.

Pink Color: Sinful Colors 'Cream Pink"

White Color: Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"

Black Stamping Polish: Sinful Colors "Black on Black"

Leapord Image Plate: Konad M57

Stripe Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM 20

Rhinestones, Hexagons, & Chain: Ebay.com & Joanns.com

CHINA GLAZE CRACKLE POLISH | Cute Crackle Polish Nail Art Design

Crackle Polish is so addicting to use. I want to crackle every nail swatch/sample I have lol. The next time I do a crackle mani I am going to use a thicker coat to make the crackles bigger. From far away this nail design looks like an uneven black color, so I think having bigger crackles will allow you to see the 2 colors easier.

Base Color: China Glaze "Hyper Haute"

Crackle Color: China Glaze "Black Mesh"

Rhinestones: Joanns.com & Ebay.com

CUTE NAIL ART DESIGN | Half Moon Deco Nail Art Design

The nail art design that I had in my head when I first started was far from this design. lol But I kinda like the designs that drift away from your original idea, because it usually always ends up being a cute design that you would have never thought of. It was going to be much more simple design, but I tried to do the half moon shape free hand instead of using a nifty sticker to make it easier. Needless to say the ends were a bit choppy, then thats when I used the chain to cover up the uneven line and the jewels just followed lol.

Pink Color: Sally Hansen "Pink Jade Chrome"

Glitter Color: Sally Hansen "Rockstar Pink"

Black Color: Sinful Colors "Black on Black"

Rhinestones, Pearls, & Beads: Etsy.com, DollarNailArt.com, Born Pretty Store, Joanns.com

CUTE NAIL ART DESIGN | Glitter & Shimmer Nail Art Design

Black Color: Sally Hansen "Midnight in NY"

Pink Glitter Color: Sally Hansen "Rockstar Pink"

Chunky Glitter Color: Wet'n'Wild"Party of Five Glitters"

Big & Small Hexagons: Ebay.com

It was difficult to capture all the glitter & shine on this nail design in the pictures, but they still give you the idea. The hexagons that show up green are really a translucent blue color that has green reflects. I lost a hexagon on my thumb before taking these pics. =(  I noticed that you need around 2 coats of top coat to seal these in without them peeling up or off. This would be a really cute nail design for New Years Eve or any celebration, with the same or different colors. This design is really easy to re-create as long as you have the patience to put the hexagons on individually, or you can use a chunky glitter polish to get a similar look in half the time.

VALENTINE'S DAY NAIL DESIGN xoxo ..

Black Color: Sally Hansen "Midnight in NY"

Red Color: Sinful Colors "Gogo Girl"

Hearts, Rhinestones & Hexagons: Ebay.com

I was having no luck when I was doing this design at first. I smudged my nails at least 5 times & I had glitter and rhinestones falling off before I could even apply the top coat. After what seemed like hours, I was finally able to finish them and had just enough sunlight left to take pics. I am going to keep my fingers crossed that I wake up with all the decorations still on and that they at least last till dinner tomorrow night. I did put about 2-3 coats of Seche Vite on, but rhinestones always find a way off my nails. lol

VALENTINE'S DAY NAIL DESIGNS | Random Valentine's Nail Art Samples xoxo

Here are a few nail art designs for Valentine's Day that would have took an entire month to show you if I put them on my own nails. lol So I figured I'd do some samples to show you a few other designs for inspiration while conserving my nail art supply and time. =) I wouldn't have posted this in time if I posted all the polishes and supplies I used, so if there is something your interested in, leave me a comment. x0x0

VALENTINE'S DAY NAIL ART DESIGN | Pink Valentine's Day Nails

Light Pink Color: Sinful Colors "Forever Pink"

Hot Pink Color: Sinful Colors "Oasis"

White Color: Sinful Colors "Tokyo Pearl"

Rhinestones & Hearts: Ebay.com

So here is the first Valentine's day nail design. I'm going to be wearing red on valentines day but I just couldn't resist doing pink nails since that is my fav. color. So for those of you wearing pink, these nails are for you, && for anyone wearing red, your post is coming soon!

CUTE NAIL ART DESIGN | Berry & Gold Deco Nail Art Design

**See note below about swatch**

(Not color accurate)

Berry Color: Sinful Colors "Dream On"

Rhinestones & Hexagons: Joanns.com & Ebay.com

Top Coat: Seche Vite

I wish this color showed up the way it did in the pictures. Well, actually it was a lot lighter in the sun, but inside this color is almost a deep red. This color made it entirely impossible for me to get pics that were color accurate. In the bottle, this color is a brighter purple-ish color, almost a cross between plum and hot pink. I think the fact that I used 3 coats to have an even finish (the color streaks a bit), it made the color a lot darker. Also, another weird thing about this color, it dries matte. I am not sure if it is suppose to, or if it is a defective polish, but a few of my Sinful Colors polishes do this. 

I took the pics below with my cell phone. Not the best quality, but the color shows up a lot more accurately in these pics so I had to post them ..

PINK DECO NAIL ART DESIGN | Japanese Inspired Nail Art Design

I love this design. It would be super cute for a birthday, valentines, or every day nail design like I am doing right now lol.

Pink Color: Finger Paints "I Pink I Can"
Silver Glitter Color: Wet'n'Wild "Kaleidoscope"
Rhinestones, Pearls, Hexagons: DollarNailArt.com, Joanns.com, Ebay.com

I am brewing up Valentine's nail art designs and I am thinking of posting 2-3 designs for this holiday. Hopefully I will find enough free time to be able to post the pics before Feb 14th since I usually suck at meeting my nail art deadlines. lol But I promise I will make every effort to get those posts up...

PEDICURE NAIL ART DESIGNS | Black & White Pedicure

Ignore the pink fuzzy from my sock on the close up picture. lol I didn't even notice it till I got the pics uploaded on the computer and zoomed in. haha.

White Color: Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"

Black Color: Sinful Colors "Black On Black"

Gray Color: Pure Ice "Kiss Me Here"

Rhinestones, Pearls, Hexagons: DollarNailArt.com, Joanns.com, Ebay.com

I need to post more pedicure designs, especially since most of my top viewed posts are for "pedicure" searches. Actually, I just need to paint my toenails more often, I wait weeks at a time to change the polish on my toes! =\ But to my defense, it is still winter so NO ONE sees my feet, except for my boyfriend. lol So definately as it starts to get warmer & flip flops become the shoe of choice again, I will be posting more pedicure designs. In the meantime, I don't want to waste any of my precious rhinestones and nail art decorations painting my toenails once or twice a week. So maybe, depending on how much free time I have, I'll try to post a pedicure design once or twice a month.

CUTE NAIL ART DESIGN | Purple Deco Nail Art

I love this design! Of course, it is inspired by Japanese nail art which has became my new thing. I am still going to continue doing nail stamping and all that good stuff but my manis will be more japan-esque from now on. One of the things that I love about deco nail art is that it is SUPER EASY and the end result is always beautiful. Oh and before I forget, the necklace in my hand is from Forever21.

Light Purple Color: Sinful Colors "Purple Diamond"

Medium Purple Color: Sally Hansen Insta Dry "Pronto Purple"

Dark Purple Color: Pure Ice "Scandal"

Nail Striper Gold & Silver: Bought them both from the dollar store! =)

Rhinestones & Beads: DollarNailArt.com && Joanns.com

Another thing, the other day at work I managed to break like 4 nails!! It is always the corner that breaks and I am forced to trim the rest of my nails. But hopefully I will be having better luck with having stronger nails. In addition to using a nail strengthener and nail grow polish under my base coat, I am starting to take vitamins. Every girl I knew that was pregnant and taking prenatal vitamins were always bragging about how strong and thick their nails and hair have become and I have to admit that I was getting really jealous lol. So when I went to the store with my Mom she helped me pick out the best vitamins without having to take the prenatal ones. Since our nails grow painfully slow, it could very well be a long time till I can see the results. And even though I am a fan of instant gratification, I am going to keep up with these vitamins for the next 3-6 months and I will let you know how well they worked.

I have a countdown on my phone for the very last date that I should be receiving all my nail art goodies from China. I have 23 days till I hopefully get them in the mail and I can post pics of everything. I wish they would come sooner!! I am going to start brainstorming Valentines Day nail designs so I will be ready to paint and post as soon as I get them!