Bestie Twin Nails

The One With Round 32 of Bestie Twin Nails With FashionFooting

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!!!  How are you all doing on this fine Sunday?  The weather is cold, it's supposed to be snowy, it's winter.  What can you expect?  Everyone I know seems to be getting sick with a cold or respiratory virus, and I'm just here praying that I don't catch any of it.

Today is Round 32 of Bestie Twin Nails with Fashion Footing! This month we decided to re-create a yellow, taupe, and black design we saw on Pinterest.  I think that the original design was done using a stamp, but I decided to attempt it with some tape.

Let's take a look!




Colors Used:
  • OPI - My Twin Mimmy
  • China Glaze - Dope Taupe
  • ORLY - Liquid Vinyl
Love this design so much.  I never would have thought of this color combination.  I'm boring, blue and purple go together so that's what I always end up doing.  Now in order to inspire myself and think of different color combos, I started a Colors board on Pinterest.  Let's see if I actually use it in the future.  



To get the look, I started off with a black polish and added a fast dry top coat.  When that was dried, I added painters tape my nail.  I then took my dotting tool and added the yellow and taupe.  Quickly removed the tape and added more top coat.  Now that I've started using top coat before putting tape on my nail, my lines are much cleaner.  I still can't believe that it took me almost five years to figure that out.

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

Until next time, <3.


China Glaze

The One With the Random Manicure

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today?  It's Thursday which means that Saturday is almost here!  We had some snow yesterday but it didn't last long.  I know I'm weird, but I want just one good snowstorm with 2 feet of snow, then winter can end.  With my luck this snowstorm will come in April when I don't want it.

Anyways, today's manicure is a random tape manicure I did when I had zero manicure ideas.  I've been so uninspired lately.  I think I'm going to start re-creating my old manicures and doing a "then and now" feature.  That way I will have an idea....maybe?

Let's take a look!




Colors Used:
  • ORLY - Frolic
  • ORLY - Liquid Vinyl
  • ORLY - Mirrorball
  • ORLY - White Tips
  • China Glaze - That's Shore Bright
So so close to using the same brand for this whole manicure.  Unfortunately  don't own Vintage by ORLY so I had to use my beloved neon mint from China Glaze.  I think when I make my next purchase from HBBeauty Bar, I'm going to have to purchase Vintage.  Or maybe ORLY will come out with something similar and since I have the ORLY color pass, I'll just be receiving it then.



I think that Frolic is one of my all time favorite colors.  Two coats and full coverage.  Always looks great on it's own and works well for nail art.  So pretty and vibrant.  I don't know why I have never used this polish as a pedicure polish in the summer.  When I order Vintage, I'm going to have to order a back up of this baby as well.


I have about 4 back ups of That's Shore Bright.  One of my all time favorite shades from China Glaze.  On it's own, requires two to three coats depending on how you apply it.  This one would be a great pedicure color as well.

What do you think?  Love the tape manicures?

Until next time, <3.

Dot Mani

The One With the Dotticure and ORLY As Seen On TV

9:00:00 AM

Nothing to Disclose

Good morning polished world!  Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  Mine was super busy and super short.  The weather was beyond weird also.  There was this heavy dense fog all day yesterday.  Usually the fog lifts in the mornings but nope, not yesterday.  It was kind of neat though.  Tonight we're supposed to get a snow storm.  Should be interesting.

Today's manicure is a simple dotticure using one of the polishes from ORLY's new LaLa Land Collection for Spring.  You know me and my love of pastels, so you know how much I love this collection.  After using the blue one first, I knew the second one to use was the pastel purple.

Let's take a look!




Colors Used:
  • ORLY - As Seen on TV
  • ORLY - Liquid Vinyl
  • ORLY - Mirrorball
Simple yet cute.  I am in love with As Seen on TV.  A little sheer and took three coats to get full coverage, but not surprising seeing that it is a pastel polish.  Only a few pastels that I own are two coaters.  I'm not complaining though because well pastels are gorgeous.  Due to the fact it was sheer, I was nervous about doing the polka dots over the black polish.  As you can tell though, there was little to no problem.



I love how the colors go so well together.  Look at how stunning Mirrorball is.  The holo effect is beautiful.  By far one of my favorite polishes that I own.  Seriously, I have about 5 back up bottles.

What do you think?  Fan of this manicure?  Gotten your hands on any of the LaLa Land polishes yet?

Until next time, <3

Animal Print

The One With the Leopard and Morgan Taylor Up In the Air-Heart

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world.  How are you all doing on this amazing Friday?  It's amazing because the weekend is right around the corner!  Then the weekend will go to fast and Monday will be here again before we all know it.  Oh well, enjoying each day at a time!

Today's manicure is a peachy, nude gradient manicure with a leopard print inspired by BadGirlNails on Instagram.  I found this manicure while scrolling through Pinterest awhile ago and fell in love with it.  After searching through my stash, I found the perfect polish to be able to re-create it.

Let's take a look!



Colors Used:
  • Morgan Taylor - Up In The Air-Heart
  • OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls
  • OPI - Love.Angel.Music.Baby

Isn't it a gorgeous color combination?  I am absolutely in love with Up In the Air-Heart by Morgan Taylor.  Two coats and complete coverage of this gorgeous pale peach beauty.  It worked super well for the gradient as well.  I was a little nervous because some of these paler shades tend to not show up when doing a gradient, but this one worked wonderfully.


I think this is a perfect manicure when you're looking for a simple refresher manicure.  Simple technique, simple nail art, and beautiful neutral shade.  It really goes with almost everything.

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

Until next time, <3.