China Glaze

The One With the Jelly Bean Nail Art

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today?  I've been better.  As you've seen, I've been MIA from the blog the last few days.  That's because the other night I sliced half of my middle finger nail off and now am in a healing phase.  Therefore, I'm sparingly posting so I can still bring content while my nail grows out and repairs itself.  Ugh it just stinks.  I had so many Easter designs I wanted to do, but unfortunately I can't.  Why it couldn't be a nail on my other hand, we will never know.

Today's design is a re-creation of my jelly bean nail art that I do pretty much every Easter.  This was going to be my second to last design before tomorrow's big day, but alas....here I am with just only two Easter manicures this year.  Truly I'm in mourning over here with this injury.  Ugh.

Let's take a look.


Colors Used:

  • OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls
  • China Glaze - Plur-ple, DJ Blue My Mind, Red-Y to Rave, Treble Maker, Glow With the Flow, Home Sweet House Music
Adorable, right?  At least it's a cute design for my last Easter design.  Simple one to create.  Start off with a base coat of white or in this case off white polish.  When it's dry, you go through with a dotting tool and just add little semi-circle dots.  Then you take a small nail art brush with a white acrylic and make the little "shine" lines.  Top coat, and enjoy.

What do you think?  Like this design?  Something you've done before?

Until next time, <3.

Easter

The One With the Easter Bunnies

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing this fine Sunday morning?  The work week is almost here.  Where did the weekend go?  Okay well, my weekend was literally spent in bed because I got sick the middle of last week, and it kind of snowballed Friday and Saturday.  I probably would have been a lot better if I didn't go to work and rested on Friday, but you know, there's no rest for the boss lady.

Despite being sick, I'm still painting my nails!  Even more shocking, I'm editing my photos.  Crazy, right?  Today's design is a re-creation of one that I did a few years ago.  Instead of doing a purple base, I went for a mint green one because Sarah from 25 Sweet Peas did it with this color a few years back and I really loved it.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • Zoya - Dillon
  • Acrylics
Ahhhh how I love Zoya Dillon.  I got this polish yeaaaaars ago now, and it still is like it's brand new.  Two coats and full coverage.  Shiny, beautiful, minty coverage.  Perfect base for this design.  When the base was dried, i went through and added the polka dots, then painted on the bunnies.

What do you think?  Like the little Easter Bunnies?  Are you ready for Easter?

Until next time, <3.


China Glaze

The One With the Springy Floral Design

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing today?  This is going to be a short post for me because I'm rather sick.  The other day I woke up with swollen glands in my throat, and now it's just blossomed into not being able to breath and feeling like there is a weight on my chest.  Ugh.  I usually get sick once a year, so I guess this is it.

Since it was the first day of Spring was just the other day, and Easter is right around the corner, I'm going to be posting some Spring-y or Easter designs.  I currently have an Easter Bunny design on my nails, but I don't have the strength to edit the photos, so thank goodness I have this Spring manicure already editted and ready to go.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • China Glaze - Pinking Out the Window
  • China Glaze - Too Yacht to Handle
  • China Glaze - Big Hair & Bubbly
  • ORLY - White Tips
Isn't this an adorable manicure?  One of my favorite floral designs.  I'm seeing more and more like this all over Pinterest, so be prepared to see me doing them with many different colors.  Reason being, they're cute, simple, and look like they took a ton of time to do.

What do you think?  Fan of this manicure?  Love the color combination?

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.