Color Club

The One With the Floppy Eared Easter Bunny

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!!  How are you doing tonight?  I'm babying yet another injury to my right hand.  You might remember that a few weeks ago I ripped my middle finger nail half off in the freezer.  Yes, that's right, I somehow jammed my finger and half my fingernail ripped right off.  That grew back, and of course broke yesterday but that's not the injury I'm talking about. 

Friday night I was making a pot of sauce and was opening a can of crushed tomatoes.  The can opener was being a little testy and the can didn't open right away.  My smart self decided to push on the lid to hopefully loosen it.  Well, it loosened, and my finger went right into the can....and you can just imagine how my thumb looks right now.  Thankfully I didn't need any stitches, but it's still not pretty.  Thanks to some clever bandaging, I'm able to use my thumb and can paint my nails.  It just is awkward holding things a little differently than normal.  I'm so blessed that the injury isn't worse because let me tell you, it really could have been.

Long story short, in my last post I talked about delaying my Easter manicures because I was nervous that I wouldn't be able to paint.  I should have never said it, because look at me now, injured.  At least I did delay the post because that means I will have enough to share up until Easter.  Including today's manicure!

Let's take a look!

Colors Used:
  • Color Club - Pucci-Licious
  • ORLY - Mirrorball
  • Acrylics
Now, you might be saying "Alaina, this is a twist on the floppy ear design you have done year after year." And you're correct, to an extent.  I didn't come up with this cute nail art; 100% credit goes to SRG.Nails on Instagram.  I'm in love with her manicures and I feel I'm just re-creating all of her designs over and over again.



I was so happy to see her design because I was sitting down to re-create my manicure that I've done year after year, but I was getting kind of bored of it.  While it's one of my favorites, I just wasn't really feeling it.  I needed a switch up, and this manicure was that.  Same concept, same color scheme, just a different, adorable layout.  And adding that outline to the bunny was pure genius on her part.  Pain in the butt to do because the area is so small, but look at how cute it is!!!  I'm so proud of my little bow.

What do you think? Are you even reading anymore since this post is sooooo long??

 Until next time, <3.

Abstract

The One With the Morgan Taylor Abstract Manicure

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today?  Friday is finally here, yet again.  Yesterday it was 44 degrees and snowing, and today it's in the 70s.  My city cannot make its mind up about what season it wants to be.  Mind you, the temperature is going to drop again this weekend, which means hello to colds and sinus infections!!

Good news is, I started my Easter Nail art.  Bad news, I don't want to post the designs quite yet because I'm scared I may not be able to paint next week and then I'll post all my Easter designs pre-maturely and then have nothing.  So I have settled with sharing with you all a pink, spring, abstract manicure I did last week.  I'm surprised how much I loved this design, especially since it's pink and I've had dozens upon dozens of posts talking about how much I dislike pink.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • Morgan Taylor - Plumette With Excitement
  • ORLY - Lucid Dreams
  • ORLY - Liquid Vinyl
  • Some random darker pink I can't remember the name of....oops
I know I've said this about ten million times, but I really need to write down the names of the polishes I use when I use them.  It's easier when I hold the bottle because I can generally determine which bottle I'm holding by going back and looking at my collection.  Otherwise, everything else I'm just kind of remembering and my mind is filled with a million other things and well, you know what happens.



I absolutely loved this design.  It looked a lot better in person because Lucid Dream really shimmered against the cream polishes.  The abstract design was something fun and different.  The whole design looks like it took forever to accomplish, but really it was a 30 minute manicure.  Reason #1 I love abstract designs like this!

What do you think?  Like this look?  Fan of the pinks??

Until next time, <3






Animal Print

The One With the Zoya Leopard Manicure

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today?  I really wasn't in the mood to create a post today, but here I am!  I've been exhausted lately and this was the only manicure that I had edited and ready to go.  I feel like I never got over the whole exhaustion from last week.  This week already is off to the same exhausting start.  So much so that I don't have nail art on my nails and it's been five days without it.  I feel naked.

Today's design is one I did a week or so ago when I was feeling uninspired and just wanted a quick simple manicure.  It's been a long time since I've done a leopard design, and they are by far the easiest ones to do.  Also, you know I've been obsessing over my Zoya Pixie polishes, so it's no shocker that I used one for this design.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • Zoya - Stevie
  • ORLY - Liquid Vinyl
  • ORLY - White Tips
Pretty sure I use ORLY White Tips and Liquid Vinyl in all my manicures.  I've had to stop tagging ORLY in the posts that use these polishes because all 995 posts would be tagged.  Yeah, can you believe that?  I'm close to 1,000 posts on this little blog.  I'm sure that there are a lot of bloggers with triple the amount, but hey, I'm proud for making it this far on my blog.



Totally got off topic there for a second.  ORLY Liquid Vinyl and White Tips pair beautifully with Zoya Stevie.  This is one of my all time favorite polishes.  It's a light, lavender, sparkly Pixie which reminds me of my Great-Grandmother.  This lavender was her favorite shade of purple.  I don't use it nearly enough.

What do you think?  Fan of this manicure?  Loving the Pixie Dusts?

Until next time, <3.

Flowers

The One With the Pink Floral Spring Time Manicure

9:00:00 AM


Oh hey there, remember me?  Yes, it's been a week since I last posted.  This week by far was one of the craziest that I've had in a long time.  Tuesday I worked 16 hours, Wednesday 12 hours.....ahhh I can't even remember it all.  All I know is that things come in threes, I'm behind on all my television shows, and my nails are in need of some serious TLC.  I didn't paint them since last Sunday and they literally peeled off and are sooooo damaged due to it.

Good thing about not posting for a week, I have a backlog of posts so I can let my nails have the TLC they deserve.  So here I am, back and ready to share some more manicures with you.

Today's manicure is a fun, pink, Spring-time floral manicure using some of my Jessica Cosmetics polishes that I got last year in a giveaway.  Somehow, my unlucky self, won the Gypsy collection in an Instagram giveaway.  Seriously, I never win anything, so you can guess how beyond shocked I was when I received the DM congratulating me.  It only took me close to a year to start using them.

Let's take a look at the manicure!


Colors Used:
  • Jessica Cosmetics - Mojave Desert
  • Jessica Cosmetics - Flower Crown
  • Jessica Cosmetics - Festival Fuchsia
  • ORLY - White Tips
  • ORLY - Liquid Vinyl
Isn't this manicure beautiful!?  Now, I'm not a huge pink person, but I am loving Mojave Desert!  Beautiful pink polish which covers completely in two coats.  Works amazingly for nail art, just like Flower Crown and Festival Fuchsia.  They're so bright and concentrated that they really work well.



I love how the colors and design came together.  It looked especially amazing on my thumb nail. A little larger of a canvas which makes the design look perfect.  The ring finger is nice, but it's just never as nice as the thumb.

What do you think?  Fan of this manicure?

Until next time, <3.