China Glaze

The One with the Blue Dot Flower Manicure

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world! How are you all doing on this fine Saturday?  I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am to sleep in today.  I'm writing this post Friday night, and I'm half asleep already thinking about how I'm not leaving my bed until noon tomorrow.  Maybe later.  Especially since I see that Orange is the New Black Season 6 is on Netflix.  Maybe I won't leave my bed at all.

Therefore I need to get through writing this post right now.  At 12:45am!  Today's nail design is one that is inspired by hjs_nails on Instagram.  While scrolling the awhile back, I came this pretty tan based mail with different blue dot flowers.  I added a tiny twist to them, but loved them none-the-less.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • China Glaze -  All the blues (honestly cannot think of the names right now and I don't feel like getting up)
Isn't it cute?  I didn't think I was going to like it at first on my nails because my flowers kind of blurred together.  Then when I added the black centers, everything became so clear.  I didn't like the naked nude space, so I went through and added a few black dots to fill it in.  I feel that really pulled it all together.

What do you think?  Like this design?

Until next time, <3.


Dot Mani

The One With the Orange Floral Manicure

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world! How are you all doing today?  I apologize for not getting a post up yesterday, but I literally relaxed all weekend and refused to do anything blog related.  Unfortunately, my resident passed away at the end of last week, so that kind of threw me for a little loop.  So with that, just be on the look out for lots of a daisy designs because that's what I always painted on her nails.

Today's design is one I did a week or so ago before everything occurred.  Still a daisy design, but not planned for my little lady.  The design is inspired by one created by mvargas_nails on Instagram.  She didn't have the dots, but since it's been so humid here lately, my polish is bubbling no matter how long I wait for it to dry, so I had to add dots to cover that up.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • OPI - No Tan Lines
  • OPI - I'm Soooo Swamped
  • OPI - Alpine Snow
Isn't it adorable?!  Absolutely fell in love with this design and the orange base!!  No Tan Lines by OPI covers completely in two coats.  Such a unique orange shade, truly perfect for summer.  It's not like a pumpkin orange, if that makes sense.  Honestly, I don't know how to describe it so I should just give up!



Cute, isn't it?  What do you think?  Something you'd do?  Simple yet fun?

Until next time, <3.

Flowers

The One With the Abstract Daisies

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world.  How are you all doing today?  I meant to publish this post yesterday, but alas my week got away from me.  It's been a sad week at work.  One of our long time resident's is passing away.  Kind of caught us all off guard, but it is part of the job.  People ask me all the time how I can work in senior living and if I sure that I want this to be my career, and I always say yes.  When you walk into my job, you can not only feel the love, but you can see it.  My co-workers are amazing and I'm blessed to be apart of the team.  And in a world where love and compassion seems to have disappeared, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

Today's manicure is a fun, abstract daisy design which was inspired by CourtDoesPolish on Instagram.  I stumbled across the look a few weeks ago and it reminded me of a dress that I own and shockingly haven't worn yet this summer.  Anyways, I was planning on wearing it when I created this design, but it only lasted about two days before it chipped off.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • Serendipity Polish - #GoalDigger
  • Serendipity Polish - Building My Empire
  • Serendipity Polish - Orange County Girl
  • Serendipity Polish - Bottomless Mimosa
Cute, right??  Something different!  Courtney's were a million times better than mine!  I actually was kind of OCD with this design and it became difficult for me to get them to look how I wanted them.  As I was doing them, I took a few steps back and remembered that they didn't have to be perfect and were allowed to be messy because they were an abstract flower.

The design received a lot of compliments.  I wasn't sure what people were going to think because, again, Courtney's were a million times better than mine and I was being super critical.  After the compliments came rolling in though, I was sad that they chipped and I had to take them off so soon.

What do you think?  Fan of this design??

Until next time, <3.


Orly

The One With the Pink Smoosh Manicure

9:00:00 AM


Good morning polished world!  How are you all doing on this fine Monday?  That's right, we are back to another Monday.  Where did the weekend go?  Actually I got a lot accomplished despite the fact I slept most of my Saturday and Sunday away.  I'm feeling positive and re-energized ready to take this week on.  Watch, my post later this week will be like "oh my goodness, this week is HORRIBLE."  Let's hope it doesn't turn out that way.

Today's design is one of my favorites....a smoosh manicure!!! I haven't done one in awhile because A. they're messy, B. my fingernail was broken, C. did I mention they're messy?  They're actually super easy to do, but they do take some time, patience, and a whole heck of a lot of painters tape.

Let's take a look!


Colors Used:
  • ORLY - Put the Top Down
  • ORLY - White Tips
  • ORLY - Liquid Vinyl

Despite the pain in the butt they are to do, they end result is so well worth it!  First, I start off with a base coat of white polish.  While that's drying, I take some painters tape and tape off my edge of my nails.  I have tried that peel off base coat, Elmer's glue, and liquid latex, but honestly, I feel like those are more of a pain and a mess than using the tape.  After the nails were taped, it was time to get to work.

I then take my squishy Morgan Taylor clear stamper and drip polish onto it.  Usually I do two drips of each color, so for this design I did two drips of white, two pink, and two black.  I don't pile the drips on top of each other, I usually do them all side by side where they are overlapping a tad.  Then I smoosh the stamper on a paper plate where it marbles it on the stamper.  Then I immediately smoosh the stamper onto the white nail.  Remove the tape, clean the edges, slap on some top coat, and bam....you got yourself a smoosh manicure!

What do you think?  Like this look?  Fan of the pink/black/white combo?  I wasn't too sure of it at first, but really did love it!

Until next time, <3.