Flowers

The One With the OPI Daisies

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today?  The weekend got away from me and I never posted yesterday.  I'm going to try to fit two more posts in this week.  Of course it's a busy week with the annual family picnic this Saturday.  Part of me is excited, but part of me wants it over because I'm tired of the whole planning.  Oh well, let's just hope the weather holds out since it's supposed to pour all week.

Today's design is actually a re-creation of one that I used to do on one of my resident's nails.  She recently passed away and it was quite a tough time for myself and the other staff members at the facility.  She was such a cutie who had the brightest smile.  She would bead bracelet's and crochet all the time.  I'm so happy to have numerous bracelets and my very own blanket made by her.  Things I will hold near and dear to my heart for a long time.

Anyways, she used to love her mauve/dark rose polishes and she loved when I painted daisies on her nails.  So for her funeral, I did the same.  Let's take a look.


Colors Used:
  • OPI - Just Lanai-ing Around
  • Acrylics
This is such a pretty polish.  I bought it a few years ago, and I don't think I've actually used it before this manicure.  Maybe just once.  Now I'm thinking about all the polishes that I own and haven't used yet.....goodness.  Anyways, this polish covers completely in two coats and has a subtle shimmer to it.  It's quite lovely.



I really did love how this manicure turned out.  I cannot wait to paint my lovely lady's nails again one day in heaven.  Until then, I'll be painting my nails, wearing her beads, and lounging in the blanket.

Until next time, <3.

Birthday

The One With My Birthday Manicure

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world and Happy Friday!!!  I apologize for my lack of posting but it's been a busy few weeks.  I just sat down to edit photos and realized I have about 6 or so to share with you.  Kind of crazy I got this behind, but it makes sense, my life has been crazy.  I've been painting, just haven't been posting.  I also didn't post because Wednesday was my 30th birthday!!!  Ahhh, cannot believe I'm 30!

So, today I'm sharing with you my birthday manicure!  This year I wasn't going to do one because my week was beyond crazy and I had a plain swatch most of the week.  Late Tuesday I decided to throw the cupcake and polka dots onto the base.  Sure the tips are worn, but I thought it was too cute not to share.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • ORLY - Purple Crush
  • INM - Northern Lights
Okay, here's my problem with this manicure.  Why is ORLY Purple Crush, called Purple Crush?!  Am I the only one who doesn't see purple when they look at this polish?!  I see a pink/magenta polish.  Despite the name, the polish is gorgeous.  Applied perfectly in two coats and dried super fast.  I decided to add INM Northern Lights because, well how could you not?!



What do you think?  Fan of this manicure?  Do you know why this is called Purple Crush?

Until next time, <3.

China Glaze

The One With the China Glaze Palm Trees

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today?  It's Sunday and the weekend is almost over.  We are also entering my birthday week!!  I'm going to be 30....ahhhh.  Cannot believe that I'm this old.  Some days I feel it, other days I don't.  It's weird to me that I'm working an adult job, living an adult life.  Other days I feel like I'm still a kid and just got out of high school.  Being this age is....odd.

Well it's supposed to be in the 90s today, with of course high humidity.  Forever and always my favorite weather.  Can you sense the sarcasm in that?  I'm happy when it's warm out, but not happy when it's humid.  It's hard to breath, I feel like I can never cool down, and I'm just all around miserable.

So since it's warm and humid like it is in the tropics, it only makes sense that I share a tropical palm tree manicure using some of my bright China Glaze neons.  Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • ORLY - White Tips
  • China Glaze - Bite Me
  • China Glaze - What I Like About Blue
  • Serendipity Polish - Holoday Lights
  • INM - Northern Lights
Kind of fabulous, isn't it?  I am in LOVE with the the dry brush background underneath the palm trees.  I cannot remember who originally created this look, but I know I was inspired by someone.  I kind of hate that I didn't write it down.  Regardless, I started off with a base of white polish, then went through with Bite Me and What I like About Blue and did a quick dry brush design.  I then added a quick top coat of INM Northern Lights to blend the dry brush and tie in the sparkle of the pinkie accent nail.  Plus, Bite Me has a weird formula, so I needed to put a top coat of Northern Lights over that because it looked kind of bubbly.  Who knows, that might have been due to the humidity also.



Super happy with how my palm trees turned out.  Sometimes when I paint them they do not look at all like a palm tree.  These turned out perfectly.  You can see the little palm leaves, they fit perfectly on the nail.  Happy nail artist here.

What do you think?  Like this fun summer look?  Something a little different?

Until next time, <3.

Monthly Mani Favs

The One With July's #MonthlyManiFavs

9:00:00 AM

Good morning polished world and welcome to Thursday!  Can you believe the week is almost over?  And that August is here?  And that I didn't get this post up yesterday.  I actually can believe the last one.  I really, really, really need to sit down and pre-publish my posts and get a more organized schedule.  I also realized that my comment section isn't working on the blog, and I truly have no clue how to fix it.  Ugh.

Anyways, welcome to August, the Sunday of Summer.  Someone posted that the other day and ugh there's so much truth behind it.  August though is a fun month.  My birthday, the annual family picnic at work....just so much going on that's fun!  Before though we get into all that, it's time to take a look at July's Monthly Mani Favs!

Let's look!


  • The One With the Butterfly Nail Art - I have decided that I'm going to do some sort of annual purple butterfly post in honor of my friend's friend who passed away from a horrible disease.  Click on the post to learn a little bit more behind this manicure and my reasons why I'm going to do so. :)
  • The One With the Dainty Dot Flower - Love, love, LOVED this manicure!  One of my most popular ones in a long time.  I feel like my Instagram account hasn't gotten a lot of hits lately, and i'm losing followers left and right.  But as soon as I posted this design and another shot of it, the like's kept coming and the followers started up again.  Of course though the next design they fell right off again, but it is what it is.  By far one of my favorite designs that I've ever done.
  • The One with the Orange Floral Manicure - Loved this design too, which was inspired by mvargas_nails on Instagram.  Only thing I didn't like was that my nails were stained afterwards, but it was well worth it.
  • The One With the Pink Smoosh Manicure - Nothing better than a good smoosh manicure.  Add a neon polish in there, and you have an awesome one!  This pink by ORLY was beyond bright!

What do you think?  Which was your favorite?  

Until next time, <3.