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

#TheNailArtSquad does St. Patrick's Day!

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today??  It's St. Patrick's Day!  That means it is time for everything green!  Except the weather....the weather here is very white thanks to that blizzard we got the other day.  Oh well, that just means that Spring is right around the corner!

Today I am happy to be collaborating again with the lovely ladies of The Nail Art Squad.  For our collaboration today, we decided to create shamrock manicures!  Now, if I had more time, I probably would have come up with something a little different, or done many more festive manicures, but alas that didn't happen.

Let's take a look at my random shamrock manicure!




Colors Used:
  • ORLY - Invite Only
  • FingerPaints - Golden Glaze
  • ORLY - White Tips
  • Zoya - Maria Luisa
Fun, right?  I wasn't sure where I was going with this manicure, but love the end result.  At first I wasn't going to use Maria Luisa by Zoya, but am happy that I did.  I think it blends really well together and adds a little umph to the manicure.  I always forget about how gorgeous this polish is.  I really need to use it more.



My shamrock is a little better than years past.  Usually it ends up looking like a blurred green splotch on my nail.  This year it actually resembles a little clover.  I was going to do a four leaf one, but I wasn't going to risk having it not work and then ruining my manicure.

What do you think?  Fan of this look?  Something you'd try for today??

Stay safe if you all are going out tonight!!!

Until next time, <3.

Dot Mani

The One With the Dot Manicure for St. Patrick's Day

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today?  We are smack dab in the middle of a lovely blizzard, so you know how I'm doing.  They're expecting us to have about 2 feet by the end of all this.  Oh well, we haven't had any snow this winter, and I did want one big storm before winter was over, so I guess that's what this is.

Since my power was out all last week, I wasn't able to do as many St. Patrick's Day manicures as I would have liked.  When the power did kick back on, I was kind of exhausted and just wanted to sit around and do nothing, but needed to do some sort of manicure.  Of course, I opted for something simple....dots.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • Sinful Colors - Pistache
  • INM - Emerald
  • FingerPaints - Golden Glaze
  • Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
Lovely, right?  I did a similar manicure last year for St. Patrick's Day but I didn't like the colors I used then.  They were similar, but not the same.  Sinful Colors Pistache is a gorgeous light green shade.  Stains awful, but it's beautiful.  Using it for nail art though, you don't get the stains as much as when you use it as a base.



Emerald is a gorgeous polish by the lovelies over at INM.  I love their polishes for bases and for nail art.  They are just perfect all around.  I've had this one for a few months and am kicking myself that I haven't used it sooner!

What do you think?  Like this design?

I'll have one more St. Patrick's Day manicure for you on Friday!  Then I need to start creating some Easter manicures!

Until next time, <3.

Gradient Mani

The One With the Serendipity Polish Gradient

9:00:00 AM


Hi all!!!  I know, I know I have been missing for almost a week!  Well, last Wednesday a wind storm ripped through the area knocking power out for pretty much everyone.  Five days later, my power was finally restored.  With  no power, I was unable to take photos, edit them, or even access the blog.  It's been a sad few days.

Now that power is restored, I can return to blogging and painting.  I was dying just painting plain colors on my nail by candlelight.  And since I hated doing that so much, I ended up just painting my nails pretty much one time, they chipped awful, then left my nails in awful shape.  So now I'm trying to give my nails some TLC while doing some St. Patrick's Day designs.

Today's design is something simple and from The Little Canvas vault.  A few weeks ago I decided to do a gradient using some of the polishes from Serendipity Polish's RSVP For NYE collection.  I've seen this gradient all over Instagram and had been wanting to do it because the colors were just gorgeous.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • Serendipity Polish - Midnight Kisses
  • Serendipity Polish - Glitzy Gold Champagne
  • Serendipity Polish - Dazzling Sparklers
  • Serendipity Polish - Party Crown
Isn't it lovely??  To get the look I started off with one coat of Midnight Kisses.  That's right, one coat is all you need of these lovely metallic foil polishes.  Since they dry super fast, I was able to do my gradient right away.  On a make up sponge, I painted Midnight Kisses, Glitzy Gold Champagne, Dazzling Sparklers, and Party Crown.  Dabbed the sponge a few times on the nail, then added a top coat, and called it a night.



Absolutely love the color combination.  I never would have thought to do this on my own, so I thank all the lovely bloggers who created this look before me.  The Serendipity Polishes blended so well together and created such a gorgeous metallic gradient.

What do you think?  Fan of this look?  Own any of these polishes??

Until next time, <3.