Seashore Nails

I wanted to do some summer nails before summer was actually over...

So here are my Seashore Nails... a homage to my childhood in sunny California.

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These were done with Pure Ice “Excuse Me”, Pure Ice “Celestial”, Pure Ice “Splash!”, Pure Ice “Copper”, China Glaze “Desert Sun”, and Finger Paints “Paper Mache”

Snow Leopard Manicure

My best friend recently came over and had me do her nails. I’ll add a picture on the bottom. She wanted me to stamp on her nails and brought over one of her new favorite colors. I looked at it and told her that was definitely her color. She laughed and said, “I know you would never get it.”

The big difference between Megs and me is I like bold bright neon eyes bleeding shades while she is a subtle taupe flesh colored person. The color she had was a lovely grayish taupe that really fit her so nicely. The manicure at the bottom is the one I did for her.

After that incident I wanted to try something subtle… well at least subtle for me. Here is where I cue the Snow Leopard.


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This animal is so pretty and I thought it would make a beautiful manicure. I did a gradient nail and then stamped over it to get the lovely coat pattern of the leopard. I hope you guys like it as well.


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This was done with Finger Paints “Paper Mache”, Sally Hansen Hard as Nails “Gunmetal”, my favorite silver Pure Ice “Silver Mercedes”, Konad special “Black", and image plate BM- 221

This manicure on Meg’s nails was done with L'Oreal “Tea and Crumpets”, Konad special “Black”, some highlights with art stripe "Gold glitter", and image plate BM-214

Blue Raspberry Jello

I saw this color swatched on a lot of blogs when the summer collections for China Glaze came out.  I know a lot of other people were not a fan of this color but I absolutely love it.  I love the sheer jelly quality and the transparent sheen even with multiple coats.  What do you guys think of this color?



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This color is just a beautiful vivid blue.



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I absolutely Love this color... makes me think of blue raspberry Jello!



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First thing my man said when I was done, "That makes me think of jello."  I said, "That's why they call them jellies."  He looked at me with one eye squinted and said..."Oh...  I get it."


And because I can't leave well enough alone I stamped over it. It makes me think of balloons in the sky or some weird alien looking flowers.

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These were done with China Glaze "Ride the Waves", Konad special "White", and image plate BM-224

Star Spangled Nails

This post is obviously a month off but I'm going to go back a little and show some of the designs that I have taken photos of.  These were my Fourth of July nails.  I wanted something red, white, and blue.  These were done by the Salon Express kit that my lovely man got me.  It was my first foray into nail stamping.  I had heard of Konad just briefly during a trip to the local mall but at that time did not want to spend a large amount of money on my nails.  I'm so glad I didn't get into Konad two years ago becuase my bank account would have been pretty low even to this day.  Now that I'm addicted to nail art... well, let's just say I'm so glad my man supports my nail habit.

These were done with image plate SE-22, Pure Ice "Celestial", Pure Ice "Siren", and Salley Hansen "Hard to Get".

P.S. please excuse the horrible mess around my nails.  This was before I started getting serious about cleaning up around my cuticles... shame on me.