OPI

The One With the Really Separated OPI Polish, but Still Works

9:00:00 AM

Nothing to Disclose 


Hey there Polished World!  Sorry that I took a week off, but I needed to focus a tad on my work life.  I also went back to a week of swatching because my nails were peeling and I had to cut them down short again.  Now, I should have gone into the archives and posted from there, but I kind of forgot and here we are now!

Today's design is one from the archives since I have been painting swatches.  When I went into the drafts, this one was actually painted a year ago.  Yes, that's how far back the archives go here on The Little Canvas.  Since this is a fall-ish colored looking floral design, I decided it was appropriate to look at.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • OPI - I'm Feeling Sashy
  • ORLY - White Tips
  • Some Gold Polish I Can't Remember
I'm going to give myself points for remember which OPI polish that I'm holding. That's mainly because I used it the other day for a swatch.  Despite the fact that this polish is extremely separated, it still applies wonderfully.  Two coats and fully, shiny, beautiful coverage.  One of my favorite colored polishes as well.  


I don't know what else to say about this manicure because it was so long ago, but it's cute!  Absolutely love the floral look.  I really need to re-create this design this year, maybe with one of my newer OPI polishes which aren't separated.

What do you think?  Fan of this?

Until next time, <3



OPI

The One With the Re-Creation of Yet Another Floral Manicure

9:00:00 AM

Nothing to Disclose


Good Morning, and welcome to another Monday!  I apologize for posting only weekly, but life has been crazy.  I'm not going to lie though, I'm super proud that despite the crazy, my nails are grown out again and I've been creating nail art.  That means I'll just have a lot of content coming your way!!  Not to mention, I also have a lot of new polishes that I need to start using.  That just means more nail art!

Today's design is a re-creation of one of my all time favorite rose designs.  I did the design years ago when I first purchased this OPI.  I loved it so much that it was my profile picture for ages on my Facebook and Instagram.  Then I got fancy and had the little logo made, then I just now opt for selfies.  How the times have changed, but one thing that hasn't is that this is one of my favorite designs.

Let's take a look! 


Colors Used:
  • OPI - Crawfishin For a Compliment
  • OPI - My Vampire is Buff
  • OPI - I'm Sooo Swamped
Isn't it adorable?!  Those dainty little roses paired with that gorgeous peach polish!?  Crawfishin For a Compliment was one of my first polishes in this gorgeous shade.  I never bought anything like it before because I didn't think it would look good on me, nor was it a color I usually gravitated towards.  I'm glad I bought it oh so long ago, because it's one of my secret favorites.  Two coats and you have full perfect coverage.


Now as I look at this design, I kind of want to try to do some peach fruit nail art with these colors.  Maybe little branches with peaches hanging off of them?  Ehhh I won't get it to work.  I think I'll stick to the dainty little roses.

What do you think?  Love the colors and the flowers?

Until next time, <3

Color Club

The One that Kind of Looks like an Arizona Iced Tea Can

9:00:00 AM

Nothing to Disclose 


Good morning, Polished World!  How are you all doing today?  Of course, I have failed at switching the blog over to the other platform, so now I'm behind on posting.  Everything works out for a reason though because I had a major break on my left hand so I'm letting the nails grow again so I can reshape them and get them back into better shape.  I'm thinking midweek I'll be back into the nail art.

Even though my nails are short, and I have a plethora of designs that are from a few weeks ago, I decided to go back into the vault for today's manicure.  Since the weather is going to get warmer, I felt that it's time to share this fun design.  Shocker, but I believe it was inspired by SRG.Nails.  To be honest, I can't remember since I painted this manicure in November. Yes, you read that right, November.  I was having some seasonal depression clearly and wanted to brighten things up then.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • Color Club - Blue-Ming
  • Faby - Panic on Wall Street 
  • China Glaze - Merry Whatever
  • Acrylics
Now, I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty sure that pink is a polish but again, I painted it in November and I have no clue what color pink it is.  I'm actually shocked I remembered the golds I used for the accent.  The dots gave it away because Faby Polish Panic on Wall Street is a gorgeous gold which has wonderful coverage for nail art.  It's become one of my go-to gold polishes.


I think we can all agree though that this manicure gives off that Arizona Iced Tea can vibe.  I really loved how the whole design came together.  I think I'm going to re-create it with some different colors.  Oooo maybe a red, white and blue for the Fourth of July?

What do you think? Fan of this manicure?

Until next time <3 


Dot Mani

The One With the Pink Roses for Valentine's Day

9:00:00 AM

Nothing to Disclose

Good Morning Polished World, and Happy almost Valentine's Day!!  Also, happy blog-versary to me!!  That's right, 8 years ago today, this little blog was formed.  It is beyond shocking to me that I have stuck to this blog for that long.  Sure, last year was a tad rocky, but I'm back.  Maybe not better than ever, but I'm back!  Thank you EVERYONE who has stood by me and followed me for this long.  It seriously does not feel like it was that long ago.

Today's design is a re-creation of one of my all time favorite rose designs.  I wanted to post another pink manicure before this one, but I got a lovely migraine the other night and just did not want to blog.  Anywho,  I remember years ago when I created this manicure that it took me a super long time to get everything just how I wanted it.  Now, here I am, years later, re-creating a design that took close to three hours in just under an hour and a half.  Now sure, an hour and a half seems long, but I was in the midst of playing an intense round of Candy Crush and I kind of abandoned the nails before my endless lives ran out.

Let's take a look at the manicure!


Normally this is where I tell you what colors I used, but I have absolutely zero clue.  The sticker at some point or another fell off the bottom of the bottle and I couldn't find it anywhere.  My assumption is that it fell off in the bottom of my drawer, and when I was cleaning out my drawers last, I just threw it out instead of looking to see where it belonged.  Kind of a shame because I really truly wish I knew this polish's name because it's GORGEOUS.  Two coats of this perfect, subtle, neutral pink.  Perfect base for this design.


Once my mystery pink polish was dried, I went through with a white polish and added polka dots on all my nails.  I let them dry a bit and then added the pink circles for my base of my roses.  Then with a toothpick, I paintstackingly (just kidding it went really fast) added the leaves.  Grabbed a small nail art brush, some black acrylic, and added the detail.  Slapped on some Out the Door and went to sleep.

What do you think?  Fan of this look?  Perfect for Valentine's Day without being too Valentine's-y?

Again, I want to thank you all for sticking by me for the past 8 years.  I truly cannot believe I'm still blogging after all these years and that this hobby would mean so much to me.  I love you all.

Until next time, <3.

Dot Mani

The One With the Mani Swap with @NailsbySammie_

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing on this lovely, lovely, LOVELY Friday?  Yes, it's a lovely Friday because tomorrow is Saturday meaning I finally get a day off after what seems to be the longest week ever!  My to-do list at work is growing and growing and I feel like I'm never going to get caught up.  I felt like this a few months ago and it turned around, so I'm expecting it to again.  We shall see.

Today, I am super excited to be bringing you a Mani Swap!  It's been forever since I've done a collaboration with another blogger.  After seeing so many people doing them, I took to my Instagram story and asked who would be interested and I had some lovelies respond.  One of them being @NailsBySammie_.  I've been a fan of Sam's page for so long!  Her nail art is so neat, her swatches are amazing, and I love all of her rings.  Seriously, I really want to get me some rings for my manicure photos.

After looking through her page, I stumbled across a beautiful rose manicure with a dotted accent.  You know me and how I love roses and dots, so of course this would be the design I would create!

Let's take a look!



Colors Used:
  • OPI - Spare Me A French Quarter?
  • OPI - Alpine Snow

I forgot that I even owned "Spare Me A French Quarter?" by OPI.  I really am questioning if I've ever used it before because when I opened it up the inside was perfectly clean like a brand new bottle.  It's such a gorgeous shade that I would have completely forgotten about if it weren't for this mani swap!  Two coats and full coverage.  Honestly, you could get away with one coat of this beauty.


I love the design so much.  I rarely accent my manicures like this.  Usually I do the ring and index finger.  This is such a fun set up for a manicure that I will most certainly be using more often!


Sam re-created my gradient heart design I did last month!  Make sure to head over to her Instagram to take a look at her post!  I absolutely love her swap!  I think her manicures are so much better than mine!

What do you think?  Like the mani swap?  Which is your favorite??

Thank you so much Sam for doing this collaboration with me!!!  I hope to do it again soon!

Until next time, <3.


Dot Mani

The One With the OPI Roses

9:00:00 AM


Hello all!  A week later, and I am back to blogging.  Last week I had some of the worst migraines.  I honestly am shocked that I didn't overdose or at least get an ulcer with the amount of Advil I was taking.  On Tuesday, I walked into Costco and the migraine hit me so hard that I had to lean against a display for a minute because I felt like I could pass out.  I blame stress and the weather.  Don't even get me started on the weather.  Today, are in a high wind warning, so I'm praying that I don't lose power.  Blah.

Anyways, today's nail art is what I actually wore on Valentine's Day.  Wasn't a huge fan of the manicure, but I received a lot of compliments on it.  I wore a very pretty black blouse with red roses on it for V-Day, so I wanted to have red roses on my nails to match it.  I debated on doing a black base, but opted for the nude.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • OPI - Having A Big Head Day
  • OPI - My Vampire is Buff
  • Acrylics
Kind of cute, but not my favorite rose manicure.  Something about it just bothers me.  I think it's the leaves.  I wish they didn't look as fake and more like leaves.  I also think the base was too light for the red roses.  Maybe not.  Who knows.



I think I should have used a darker nude base.  I think My Vampire is Buff was too bright of a nude and the white dots got lost on it.  That, or I'm being overly critical.  Or the migraines have destroyed my mind.

What do you think?  Actually like this design?  Am I being too harsh on myself?

Until next time, <3.

China Glaze

The One With China Glaze 2Nite and Roses

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today?  We are yet again to another Monday and a full work week.  I'm actually happy that we are back to the normal schedule again.  The past two weeks have been a complete cluster and I feel like I'm so behind.  I did stay late on Friday and get some work done and made myself some lovely to-do lists for the week.  Now hopefully I can get the work done with little to no interruptions.  Who am I kidding, it's a Monday, everything crazy happens on a Monday.

So new year, same nail art.  Maybe?  Actually, new year, new nail polish.  It's not new polish for other bloggers, but for me it is.  A few months ago I purchased the China Glaze OMGFlashback Holo collection and never got around to using it.  I used one polish then the others went on my untried shelf and never were touched.  I'm kicking myself that it has taken so long, because now I've used two, and they both are equally amazing!!!!

Let's take a look at today's manicure!


Colors Used:
  • China Glaze - 2Nite
  • Assorted Polishes
Look.how.gorgeous.this.polish.is.  Guys, if you don't have this collection, I strongly urge you to go online and find it ASAP.  2Nite is a gorgeous two coater linear holographic polish.  The effect of the holo is so strong in all types of settings.  I'm just still in shock by it.



Do you see that holo???  Ahhhh!  I almost didn't want to cover it up but I was feeling some roses so I decided to throw a few on there, while not completely covering up the holo.

What do you think? Fan of this manicure?? Love this holo??

Until next time, <3.

Flowers

The One With the NCLA Roses

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing on this fine Tuesday morning?  It's going to be 64 degrees here with high winds.  So you know, have to have that fear that the power is going to go out.  Usually these November wind storms are good because they take the remainder of the leaves off the trees, but since it was 80 degrees in October, the leaves aren't even fully turned yet.  It's such a weird year.

Now that Halloween is over, I'm back to posting regular nail art.  You know, before I start posting Fall/Thanksgiving nails.  And before you know it, we will be at Christmas manicures!  Guys, I've bought so many Christmas dresses this year.  I feel like such a nerd.

Anyways, today's design is one I'm on the fence about.  Love the red, love the gold, but not sure if I love my roses.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • NCLA - I'm With the Band
  • I can't remember the gold......oops
Sorry guys, I literally can't remember what gold polishes I used.  I believe they were the gold foil Serendipity Polish topped with the gold glitter by the same brand.  I'm not going to lie, I did this design at the end of August and it got stuck in my drafts until now.  I really need to write the colors down when I edit the photos and make the post.



Really loving the NCLA polish.  Not sure when I got this polish as I've never bought a NCLA. I'm thinking that I was gifted it by Amanda awhile ago.  Beautiful color, great coverage, awkward bottle shape.  Seriously had the toughest time photographing this.  I have to say though, this bottle is easier to pose with compared to a Sally Hansen Insta Dri.  Those are THE WORST.

What do you think?  Like this rose design?  Fan of the NCLA polish?

Until next time, <3.

Dot Mani

The One With the Insta-Dri Roses

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing on this wonderful Monday?  Can you sense my sarcasm?  Mondays are never wonderful.  Who knows, maybe today will be the exception.  Did everyone have a fun and safe St. Patrick's Day?  I stayed home all day, then went out and bought a Nintendo Switch.  You know, because that's a normal thing for an almost 30 year old to do.  I've also spent an unhealthy amount of time playing The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, but it's just so amazing, how can I not?  If I disappear from blogging, it's because of Zelda.

Since St. Patrick's Day is over, that means goodbye green, hello pastel Spring looking designs!!  I actually painted this one around Valentine's Day but was holding out on posting it until we were getting closer to Spring/Easter.  Now let's just hope that the weather gets warmer so I can truly start to get in the Spring mood.

Let's take a look at today's manicure!


Colors Used:
  • Sally Hansen - Heather Hustle
  • Sally Hansen - Umm some other colors I just can't remember them....blame Zelda
Heather Hustle is a gorgeous light purple pastel polish which covers completely in two coats.  It worked wonderfully for the base of this design.  It dried super fast so I was able to start my nail art right away.  

The next step of this design is to add the polka dots on all the nails.  I find it easier to do the polka dot base then add the flowers versus doing the flowers first then trying to fill the dots in.  Plus, this makes for a more uniformed look.

When the dots were dried, I went through and added the roses, leaves, and the details.  Added a top coat and called it a night.

What do you think? Fan of this look?  Have you tried any of the new Insta Dri formulas?

Until next time, <3.


Flowers

The One With the Roses

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today?  It's Thursday, although it feels like a Wednesday since I had Monday off for Labor Day.  I hate when weeks are like this, but partially I love them because Friday is here sooner than I know it.  Although my Friday feels like a Thursday and I'm behind on work.  Blah.

Anywho, today's manicure is a cute rose design which I'm probably sure I have done in the past.  I haven't done a rose manicure in a while, which kind of shocked me.  I was really on a daisy kick this summer and ignored all other flowers.  I do have two sunflower manicures I need to edit and post.  I should do that for next week.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • Sally Hansen - Electric Pop
  • ORLY - White Tips
  • Serendipity Polish - Holo Day Lights
Cute, isn't it?  Gosh how I've missed rose manicures. They used to be my go-to design when I started this blog, especially because it was one of the first designs I taught myself how to create.  Brings me back to the good old days.  Can you believe we're coming up on six years of this blog??  Crazy!

What do you think?  Like this rose design?  Fan of the color combination?

Until next time, <3.


China Glaze

The One With the Dot and Rose Manicure

9:00:00 AM


Happy Wednesday polished world!  How are you all doing today?  I realized that I have seven posts to still share with you, but I have not gotten around to editting the photos.  I believe I'm going to have to do that over the next few days.  This slacking is becoming awful.  I keep forgetting to update my poor Instagram.  At least I finally got around to updating my Facebook.

A few months ago, I stumbled across a cute dot manicure with roses created by Sensationails4U on Instagram.  I pinned it and forgot about it until I received the Beauty and the Beast polishes from Morgan Taylor.  The pink, Be Our Guest, was beyond perfect for it so I finally re-created the design.

Let's take a look!




Colors Used:
  • Morgan Taylor - Be Our Guest
  • China Glaze - Boho Blues
  • Various Acrylics
Isn't it cute?  I absolutely loved this manicure.  The color combination, the polka dots, the roses.  All of it was just so perfect.  I do think that if I ever create this manicure again, I would have three nails with the rose design, and two with the plain pink and polka dots.  Mainly because I love roses.  When I did this manicure, I thought about doing it that way, but I was kind of on the lazy side of things and didn't feel like over-arting.



Boho Blues is one of my favorite China Glaze polishes.  Gorgeous periwinkle cream polish which covers completely in two coats.  It's one of my favorite colors for a summer pedicure with a top coat of INM Northern Lights.  Might have to try a holo topper over it this year....


Morgan Taylor Be Our Guest is a gorgeous pink.  Two coats for full coverage.  Not a color I would typically gravitate towards, but am beyond happy that I own it.  I always say I don't gravitate towards pink, yet my nail polish collection is heavy with pinks.  I don't know how that happens....

What do you think?  Fan of this floral?  Like the color combo??

 Until next time, <3.

Color Club

The One With the Floral Manicure Inspired by Paulina's Passion

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today??  It's Monday which means it is the start to another fun filled work week.  Hopefully it won't be as busy as last week, but I highly doubt that.  I apologize for not getting a post up yesterday but it completely slipped my mind.  I was out late and forgot to schedule a post.  Time just ticks away from me.

Anyways, today's manicure is one that I have been wanting to do for quite some time.  After finding a beautiful purple negative space floral rose manicure by Paulina's Passion on Pinterest, I pinned it to my Nail Ideas board and sat on it for quite some time.  I loved the look, wanted to attempt it, but really did not have the courage to do so.  I didn't think it would look right on my nails at all, my roses would be messed up, and it just all around would be a disaster.

After months of procrastinating and refusing to attempt the design, I finally gathered the courage and tried it.  And guess what, it wasn't a disaster at all!

Let's take a look.



Colors Used:
  • OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls
  • OPI - Love Angel Music Baby
  • FingerPaints - Lavender Love
  • Color Club - Blue-Ming
Isn't it gorgeous?  I cannot believe how much I love this manicure.  I was super proud of myself too when I completed it and had no smudges, perfect lines, and rather decent roses.  The hardest part of the whole manicure was the tape.  The easy part was that I just had to apply a base coat and then the tape since it's a negative space manicure.  The hard part; lining all the tape up.  My OCD was really testing me with this manicure.  I'm so proud of myself for getting all the lines rather straight and evenly spaced on all the nails.



The roses on top really completed the look.  I'm so happy I stumbled across this design and that I finally re-created it on my own nails.  Thanks to the FingerPaints Gel Like Base Coat,  I was able to enjoy this manicure for five days before I finally took it off.  And honestly, it could have gone another day or so because there were absolutely no chips.  I'm in love with that base coat now.

What do you think?  Fan of this look?  Something you would try?

Until next time, <3.

Dot Mani

The One With the Roses and Morgan Taylor

9:00:00 AM


Happy Monday polished world!!  Yes, that's right, Monday.  Why did the weekend go by so quickly?  It's probably because the past two weeks have been a crazy cluster of weather mishaps and odd schedules.

Two weeks ago I posted swatches of the Morgan Taylor Beauty and the Beast Collection.  The gorgeous collection was provided to me by Morgan Taylor through the Preen.Me VIP program.  I was rather excited to receive these gorgeous Spring colors because as you all know, Spring polishes are my favorite....next to neons.

After swatching, I of course created some nail art, but never got to post it due to the lack of power.  Then St. Patrick's Day came and I had to post those two green manicures and this pretty mani had to be put on the back burner.

Let's take a look!




Colors Used:
  • Morgan Taylor - Gaston and On and On
  • Morgan Taylor - Be Our Guest
  • OPI - Champagne For Breakfast
Pretty, right?  Since the rose is a main theme in Beauty in the Beast, I wanted to do some sort of rose manicure using these polishes.  I decided to do some sort of mish mosh manicure using Gaston and On and On alongside Be Our Guest which I think look wonderful together.  I wasn't going to do a glitter accent, but after seeing the gorgeous silver holo that is Champagne for Breakfast by OPI, I had to pair it alongside the other two.


Gaston and On and On is a gorgeous pale baby blue shade.  Full coverage in two coats.  It worked wonderfully for the tape design on my index finger.  I think this is my favorite from the collection.  You know me and my blue polishes.


Be Our Guest is a gorgeous pink shade.  Two coats and full coverage.  Worked amazingly for the dot roses.  I really feel like this is a great Spring pedicure color.

What do you think of this design?  Something you would try?  Do you feel a Beauty and the Beast vibe from this?

Until next time, <3.

**Products were provided compliments of Morgan Taylor through the #PreenMeVIP Program.  All opinions are my own**


Dot Mani

The One With the Red Rose Manicure

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you doing today??  It is finally Thursday which if you were me, you would have thought yesterday was Thursday.  I don't know why I keep doing that other than I just am excited for the weekends.

The manicure I'm sharing with you today is the one I actually wore on Valentine's Day.  I was going to post it but had the other pink rose one so I decided to hold off.  I also was kind of lazy and didn't feel like editing the photos until recently.  I really need to stop slacking when it comes to this blog.  I literally have 6 posts to share with you!

For now, let's take a look at today's manicure!




Colors Used:
  • OPI - Having a Big Head Day
  • Serendipity Polish - Building My Empire
  • Serendipity Polish - Holoday Lights
  • ORLY - White Tips
It's actually quite pretty, isn't it?  I was going for something totally different when I did this manicure, but it did not work out no matter what I was doing.  Seriously, who thought it would be so difficult to paint some hearts on a nail.  I should have done a stencil or something.  Oh well, when all else fails, do a floral design.



Having a Big Head Day by OPI is such a gorgeous red polish.  I bought it last year for my mom because she loves having red pedicures in the summer, and this is the perfect red for her.  I'm never one to use red so I never have tried it for myself.  Or maybe I have but can't remember.  Regardless, two coats and I had full coverage.  A classic OPI red for sure.


Accented with my love, Holoday Lights.  You can never go wrong with this beautiful silver holo polish.  I need to purchase some back ups.  I also need to purchase the new Serendipity collection.

What do you think?  Like this manicure?  Fan of the rose?

Until next time, <3.

Dot Mani

The One With the Rose Manicure

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  Happy Friday to you all!!  To my friends on the East Coast, hope you are staying warm while the snow is falling.  I'm kind of jealous, I want a big snow storm.  Just one snow storm, then let it melt, and let Spring begin.  Unfortunately I don't see that happening.

Today I am sharing with you a re-creation of a rose manicure I did back in 2014.   This manicure is one of my all time favorite floral designs that I've ever done on the blog.  After it came up on my Facebook memories a few weeks ago, I have been wanting to re-create it.  Since Valentine's Day (ew) is right around the corner, I thought it would be an appropriate time to do so.

Let's take a look!




Colors Used:
  • FingerPaints - Blushing With Excitement
  • Acrylics
For the life of me I cannot remember what polishes I used to create the roses.  The only thing that was done with acrylics on this manicure were the dots and the black outline on the roses.  Everything else was done with polish.  I think the green was Josie by Zoya.....I really need to learn to write these things down.



Anywho, Blushing With Excitement by FingerPaints is a gorgeous pink nude polish from the Limited Edition Ashley Neill Tipton Collection.  I don'tk now why it has taken me so long to use this beauty.  two coats and I had complete coverage.  It's such a gorgeous, delicate shade.  FingerPaints really needs to release something like this in their permanent collection.

What do you think?  Like this manicure?  Something you would try??

I have to stay, it still is one of my favorites.  So happy that I decided to re-create it!

Until next time, <3.

Dot Mani

Twinsie Tuesday: Polish Received in a Swap

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished peeps!  How are you all today?  It is Tuesday, so that means it is time for yet another Twinsie Tuesday!  I apologize for skipping last week.  I'm really not sure how it happened, but on Monday night I thought it was Sunday night.  Therefore, I never got around to doing, well, any of the post.

This week though I did, and if anything this would have been the week to skip for me.  This week we are sharing polishes which we received in a swap.  Well, I've never really participated in any swaps, so I honestly do not own any swap polishes!

So my creative juices started flowing.  How could I possibly get this post to work without owning any polishes I received in a swap?!  I finally figured it out!  I decided to use polishes which I would think any girl would love to receive in a swap, because they are some of my favorites!

Let's take a look!




Colors Used:
  • FingerPaints - Patent Leather
  • FingerPaints - Paper Mache
  • FingerPaints - One in a Melon
  • FingerPaints - Grassy Knoll
I may or may not have mentioned it, but I'm beginning to fall in love with FingerPaints brand.  FingerPaints polishes are sold exclusively at Sally Beauty Supply stores.  When I began blogging, I never paid much attention to the brand, mostly because they were horribly separated every time I went in the store.  Well, after the company reformulated their polishes, and redesigned their bottles, I noticed such a change in the displays and I started to gravitate towards the brand.  They have a wide brush, which I love, awesome application of polish, and the wear is perfect!  Therefore, I think anyone would be lucky to receive some of these in swaps, especially the ones that are hard to find or part of limited edition collections!

The first polish I would send, which was released as part of their Patent Leather Winter Kit.  That polish is Patent Leather, an awesome, shiny, black polish which applies evenly in one coat.  The shine without top coat is brilliant, then with top coat is even more brilliant!  The next polish is Paper Mache which is a white polish that is part of their core collection.  Perfect two coater, and one of my all time favorite white polishes!  All nail girls need a good black and white, therefore these would be awesome swap polishes!



The next polishes are One in a Melon and Grassy Knoll which are from their new limited edition Picnic in the Park collection!  This collection as a whole is a must have because of the bright, fun, spring colors.  These two though are perfect nail art polishes for flowers!  I'm always looking for the perfect green for floral leaves, and Grassy Knoll is just that!  Cannot wait to use it for some Spring nail art!  Same goes for One In a Melon!  Can we say perfect Spring/Summer color?  I have a feeling that this melon colored polish is going to be my go-to Summer pedicure color!  Another two needs for any nail artist!

What do you think?  Would you be happy to receive these polishes in swaps?

 Don't forget to check out the other Twinsie's posts!


Tiffany at Polished To Precision
Savannah at Addicted to Polish
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Marisa at Polish Obsession
​Lisa at The Polish Playground
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Kristine at Pink and Polished Nails
Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Bridget at A Painted Nail
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Amanda at Fashion Footing
Amanda at Amandalandish

Until next time, <3.

INM

INM Zinnia and Glitz Nail Art

9:00:00 AM


Good morning!  Happy Sunday to everyone.  Don't the weekends go by way too quickly?  I really do not understand where the time goes.  Hopefully today will be a lazy Sunday where I can just hang out and the time can go super slow.  I doubt it though, Monday will be here again before I know it.

Today I am posting a pretty rose manicure featuring two of the six new INM nail polishes!  Last week, I received a large surprise box of goodies from INM.  I was not expecting anything and came home one day to a large box just sitting at the front door.  If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you saw that it contained their new polishes, some top coats, cuticle oils, and a whole bunch of nail files!  They truly spoiled me!

Since I am a purple girl, I immediately knew that I had to use Zinnia and Glitz first.  I'm so happy I did!  I love the look I came up with!  Let's take a look!




Colors Used:
  • INM - Zinnia
  • INM - Glitz
  • INM - Northern Lights
  • OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls
  • Orly - Instant Artist - Jet Black
I am in love with Zinnia.  It is such a pretty purple cream.  In fact, it is the color that I have been searching for since my beloved bottle of Sinful Colors Verbena dried up almost two years ago.  It applied evenly in two coats, but because I was pairing it with a glitter, I had to add some silver Northern Lights.  It added a whole new dimension to the already gorgeous polish.

Glitz is an awesome glitter topper.  When I received it, it was really separated and I was worried this meant there was more base than glitter.  After shaking it up and applying it on my nail, I found that there was rather even coverage!  I had to dab it maybe once to fill in a bald spot here or there, but nothing major.  I placed the glitter from Glitz onto my nail using a toothpick on the nails which contain the flower.  You can tell I was going for a polka dot thing until I realized I didn't like it and tried to scatter them but failed.  It's an awesome glitter polish.


I'm kind of loving how all the purple made My Boyfriend Scales Walls kind of lavender looking in the photos.  I think it paired really well with Zinnia and Glitz!  Now that I think about it though, I should have used the new gray polish from INM that came with these.  I was so focused on the purples I really didn't pay much attention to the other polishes!  Silly me.

What do you think?  Liking the roses?  Fan of the purples?  Have you ever used an INM polish?

 Make sure to follow INM Nails on their Instagram, They've had some great deals on Northern Lights as well as these polishes lately!

I'm off to enjoy my Sunday!  Until next time, <3.