Make a Wish! - Dandelion NOTD

Dandelion Puff Nail of the Day

Just a quick nail-of-the-day here!

My friend came over and we decided to paint our nails. I instantly fell in love with one of the polishes she brought, a holographic one from OPI. I believe it's Sapphire. If i'm wrong let me know. Anyways I saw a cute pic on pinterest of sky blue nails with a white dandelion puff and I wanted to try it out. I think mine's pretty horrible but I just want to say: I'm definitely getting a holographic color from OPI they are GORGEOUS! And apply and remove like a dream. 

Here's the pic!

I didn't really have the lighting to capture the holographicnosity but It's there! In the light I had the purple was showing a lot, it's slightly more blue. 

What's your favorite designer series or other holographic nail-polish?

Polish-Alchemy: Rose Gold

I was really wishing I had a rose gold nail polish but I didn't (still don't) so I just decided to test something out. It worked! This combination of polishes creates the rose-gold look from afar. Even though your eyes can distinguish the colors up-close, it still looks great!

I used a pearl finish rosy-nude and a find gold glitter top coat.

On the thumb you can see the separation of the colors and on the pinky you can see more of the final effect. I'll definitely be trying this out again in the spring!

Have you made any amazing polish combos? Did you try this out and did you like it? Let me know!

Converse Nails

Converse Nail Art

Turn your nails into retro converse!

Products used:

• Background color: Hot Pink from Sinful Colors in "Folly"
• Glitter: Ulta-brand in "Piñata-yada-yada"
• Tip and laces: L.A. Colors Art Deco nail polish striper in white
• Accents: L.A. Colors Art Deco nail polish striper in black

This design is a much simpler version of some different converse-nails I've seen around. This was after a few days of wear. My top coat was starting to wear off, I don't remember what it was but I think it was a base/top coat combined which are generally less shiny. I tried painting an old OPI glow in the dark top coat over the glitter and it didn't work but its tinted slightly purple. 

Check out this tutorial from www.youtube.com/cutepolish for a different take on the converse nails. 

Quidditch Nails

Quidditch Nail Art

Love quidditch? Try this design featuring keepers hoops and a golden snitch. 

Products needed:

Just a heads up: I'm really not sure about all these colors because I was at a friend's house and I kinda went nuts trying all her different golds and bronzes :)

• Sky blue polish (mine was a dull acrylic paint so I used a pearly sheer white polish from ELF over top of the blue to add dimension)
• Brown, black and option bronze for shadowing. I recommend a nail art brush or toothpick to make the skinny lines
• White for optional clouds and snitch-wings
• Gold and optional bronze for body of the snitch and design. 
• Blue glitter to decorate  (mine's from Urban Outfitters)

In the car (natural light) taken with iPhone

Taken indoors with...indoor lighting.

My design is a simplified version of this beautiful design from Linda's Nail Art:

Vintage Spring-rose Nail Design

Vintage Spring-roses

This delicate and sophisticated spring design has a vintage feel and is pretty simple to achieve! 

Products used: 

• Background color: China Glaze Innocence
• Main rose color: New York Color Prospect Park Pink
• Glitter (on pinky): Sally Hansen Strobe Light 
• Stripes (on pointer and ring fingers): Sea Foam Green *I THINK*
• Rose outline: Silver thin brush striper from Orly
• Rose leaves: Craftsmart acrylic paint

What to do for the roses:

1. Paint a circle-ish shape in your desired petal color
2. Outline around the edge of the circle with your border color
3. Make a few lines (see ring finger) or an upside down ribbon (see middle finger) to look like the petal overlapping.
4. Paint triangle-like leaves on each side.

This design was inspired by this design:

I'm sorry to say that I have no idea where it came from because I can only track it back to polyvore.com. If you know let me know and I'll give photo credit.