Spring Blooms

A design by nailsbycally on Instagram was the influence for today's manicure.

For this manicure I used Zoya Emilia and OPI My Vampire is Buff (accent) as my base colors.  For the rose on my accent nail I used Essie Lady Like, OPI My Very First Knockwurst, and Zoya Purity.  The leaves are simply Zoya Hunter.  

Botanical Breakfast Floral Nails

Nail art inspiration comes from all places.  The other day a coworker of mine was wearing this gorgeous navy blue dress with orange flowers.  In addition to trying to hunt down a dress for myself, I drew inspiration from that dress for this manicure.

For my base I used Zoya Sia.  The flowers were created using Zoya Purity, Zoya Jancyn, OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana, and Zoya Jace.  Everything was done with dotting tools and trying to give the various layers as much dry time as possible.  

Zoya Dana in Leopard

I love leopard.  So fast, so easy.  Nail art in under one hour.

This is two coats of Zoya Dana, Zoya Purity, and Sally Hansen Black Out.

Holo Flowers

The gloomy winter weather has gone and we're left with beautiful, sunny days in Portland.  Perfect weather for wearing my holographic nail polishes.  

I'm wearing Color Club Miss Bliss as my base, then used my dotting tools and Zoya Serenity, Kiko 391, and OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana for the flowers.

OPI I Think in Pink and You Glitter Be Good to Me

In an attempt to find The Perfect Pink, I acquired OPI I Think in Pink and OPI You Glitter Be Good to Me from OPI Pink of Hearts 2012 collection.

I think in Pink isn't The One, but it's a nice color.  It's too sheer for my taste, this was four coats and there is still visible nail line.

Mermaid Nails

Mermaid nails are synonymous with summer for me.

I used Zoya Charla on my nails with Zoya Purity as my white base.  For the mermaid nails I used Vibrant Vinyl's Liquid Latex to block off my skin, mermaid scale vinyls from What's Up Nails, and then Zoya Charla and Zoya Ivanka in a gradient.

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Fourth of July Skittles Nail Art

 Today I have a 4th of July nail art idea to share with you.  This is a skittle manicure using some of my favorite Zoya polishes.  This design was super easy to do with a dotting tool and didn't take long at all.

For this manicure, I used Zoya America, Zoya Purity, and Zoya Sia.  I used the dotting tool for the dots on my accent nail and a silver metal star stud as another accent on my pinky.


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Coral Reef Nails

Now that we've passed the summer solstice and the calendar puts us in the summer season, it's time for some brighter colors on my fingertips.  More cute summer nail art that I created using dotting tools today.  I'm not very good with nail art brushes, but I can definitely play connect the dots until I've made something that looks like lines.

For this look I'm wearing OPI Suzi's Hungary Again, OPI What's with the Cattitude? and Zoya Purity.


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NOTD: OPI Mustang Collection

I love using complimentary polishes from the same collection to create my manicures.  Today I'm using OPI Girls Love Ponies and OPI 50 Years of Style for my accent nail.

The photo I'm showing was taken after 24 hours of wear, no chips or other signs of wear.

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Holiday Presents

Every day is a present, just like my manicure today.

For this manicure I used Zoya Blaze as my base then stamped the present image from MoYou London's Festive Collection plate 03 on top using Mundo de Unas 1 White.

There is still no sun in the Pacific Northwest, so please enjoy this bonus taken with flash on photo.  The scattered holographic effect of Zoya Blaze is so pretty in the right lighting!

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, had a very shiny nose!  It's all holiday nails all the time now and this week's flashback Friday is no exception.

For this manicure I used OPI My Vampire is Buff as my base, then used Zoya Sookie and Orly Lucky Duck to create the red and green chevrons.  My reindeer was created using Zoya Chanelle, Sally Hansen Black Out, Zoya White Out, and China Glaze Ruby Slippers.

Gobble Gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving!  This year the only turkey I made are the ones on my nails.  I followed a design from Painted Polish by Lexi and I'm pretty happy with how my turkeys turned out.  For this manicure I used the following colors: Zoya Emilia, Zoya Chanelle, Zoya Sookie, Zoya Purity, OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana, OPI Where Did Suzi's Man-Go?, SoFlaJo Freaky & Fabulous, and Sally Hansen Black Out.  

Classic Fall

I love how easy mixing two colors together in one manicure is for creating different looks, especially mixing different shades for fall.  This is OPI Stay off the Lawn!! and Zoya Tomoko.  I was really impressed by how beautiful the formula was on Stay off the Lawn!! - I didn't even have tip wear when I removed the polish after three days.

Election Day, 2016

Freehand nail art is hard.  Deciding who to vote for in this election is decidedly less so.  

Colors used: Zoya America, Zoya Purity, Zoya Sia, and Zoya Robyn.  

Holo Spider Webs

One last Halloween manicure to finish out this year.  :)

This time I chose to do some spider web nails using linear holographic polishes.  For this manicure I used Color Club Harp On It, Zoya Sia, and Color Club Beyond using vinyls from What's Up Nails.

Since there's no sun in the Pacific Northwest today I took a photo with flash so you can get an idea of how gorgeous the holo is.

Black and Orange

Manicures from years past.  :)

Today I'm sharing a manicure that I Instagrammed and Facebooked, but never shared here on the blog.

Zoya Arizona for my base, nail vinyls with Sally Hansen Black Out, accent stamping with Bundle Monster BM-222. 

Fall Leaves

I love how this manicure turned out.  I used Zoya Dhara as my primary color with OPI My Vampire is Buff, Zoya Destiny, Zoya Solange, Zoya Chyna, and Zoya Dhara as the colors of the leaves on my nails.  I used the leaves vinyl from What's Up Nails for the pattern, and it was my least fun vinyl to ever work with (the leaves didn't separate nicely from the stencil).  Let's just say that I'm very glad I did the leaves as accent nails instead of on every nail.

Scarecrow Nails

I'm definitely in a fall mood these days.  Please enjoy these scarecrow nails; design from My Polished Wonderland.

Polishes used: OPI My Vampire is Buff, Zoya Emilia, Zoya Hunter, OPI The "It" Color, China Glaze Lemon Fizz, and Sally Hansen Black Out.

Pumpkin Everything!

Fall is here and it's time for pumpkin everything.  Pumpkin nails to celebrate the start of the season of pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin pie, pumpkin chili, and pumpkin roasts.  For this manicure I followed a tutorial from Petite Peinture.

Polishes used: OPI My Vampire is Buff, Zoya Jancyn, Essie Tart Deco, Zoya Jace, and OPI Love.Angel.Music.Baby.

Fox Nails

Fall is here!  Time for some adorable fox nails.  I followed the tutorial from One Nail to Rule Them All to create this look.

Polishes used: OPI My Vampire is Buff, Zoya Jancyn, Zoya Kristen, Zoya Malia, Kiko 391, OPI Love Angel Music Baby.