Something Blue Wedding Nail Art

Let your something blue stand out this wedding season by wearing it on your nails. This design incorporates some of my favourite wedding details, including dainty florals, crisp white, and a beautiful pop of blue.

Valentine’s Day Nail Look: Classic Red & White

This is the first of my 2013 Valentine’s Day Nail designs. I wanted to begin with something quick and easy using classic shades. I have more pictures of the look below and also a video tutorial that shows how I created the design and which products I used.
What will you be wearing on your nails this February 14?
*Note: to make it easier for you to find my nail art posts, I have combined them all on one page which you can access by clicking on the Nail Art tab on my blog’s menu bar.

Valentine’s Day Nail Tutorial: Classic Red & White

Holiday Stripes Nail Look

Due to my hectic schedule this year, I knew that I would only have time to create one holiday nail look. I wanted something quick, easy, and very festive.

Shades of sparkling red (OPI Smitten with Mittens), glimmering gold (China Glaze I Heard That), and creamy white (Zoya Snow White) make up this year’s look.

I began by painting a thick vertical stripe of each colour on my nails. Next, I took a long, thin nail art brush and painted a stripe down each coloured section using the shade beside it.

The finished look is simple, unique, and holiday chic!

See more of my holiday nail looks by clicking HERE.

And don’t forget to enter my Holiday Beauty Giveaway!

Gorgeous Glitter Polishes: China Glaze Snow Globe & Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe

With the winter holidays just around the corner, everyone’s looking for a little sparkle. Snow Globe from China Glaze and Deborah Lippmann’s Across the Universe are perfect glitter polishes for the holiday season and year round.



Snow Globe
Snow Globe is exactly as its name implies. Pastel pink, blue, purple, green, and yellow glitter particles float in a clear jelly base. The result is a magical composition that looks great on bare nails, over a white base, and overtop a dark polish (see photos below).

My favourite aspect of this polish is the way that it is the perfect shade to wear for many different holidays, not just the ones that take place in December. Aside from their resemblance to a glimmering snow globe, the multi-coloured glitters look like the sweet sprinkles in a funfetti cake mix that is always a popular birthday treat. The pastel shades also remind me of Easter eggs and Valentine’s Day heart candies.

The glitter in this polish is not only eye-catching; it applies smoothly and looks great after one coat or many. It’s a great compliment to any nail polish collection in need of something unique, and, with its neutral base, Snow Globe looks great over many other colours.



Snow Globe (3 coats)


Snow Globe (2 coats) over Zoya Snow White (2 coats)


Snow Globe (2 coats) over China Glaze VIII (2 coats)


Across the Universe

Where I live, it has become popular to incorporate shades of blue into strings of red, white, and green outdoor Christmas lights. This primary colour gives a modern accent to traditional colours, as well as an unexpected twist. Across the Universe, with its sky blue and green hexagonal glitter particles, is glimmering Christmas lights at their finest. The mini blue glitters give the shade depth and add texture to the navy-tinted jelly base.

This shade is very versatile as the polish takes on a new look after each coat (see photos below). The glitter particles look like shiny sea glass in crystal blue water after just one coat. The second coat adds a bit of dimension and a touch of darkness. After three coats, the polish on the nails is identical to the colour in the bottle. It looks rich and glassy like twinkling Christmas lights on a December evening.

The formula of this polish is truly luxurious. It glides on like silk and looks even and finished after only one coat. Across the Universe also contains nail-loving ingredients such as Aucoumea, Biotin, and Green Tea, and is not tested on animals.



Across the Universe (1 coat)


Across the Universe ( 2 coats)


Across the Universe (3 coats)


Where to buy: Nail Polish Canada carries polishes from China Glaze, Deborah Lippmann, and many other brands.

Find Snow Globe here: http://www.nailpolishcanada.com/products/snow-globe-by-china-glaze.html
Find Across the Universe here: http://www.nailpolishcanada.com/products/across-the-universe-by-deborah-lippmann.html

Please note that nailpolishcanada.com ships to the USA as well. They currently offer free shipping on Canadian orders over $25 and US orders over $50.

~Beauty Writer

*Although I was sent these products to try out and write a review on, all opinions are honest and are my own*

3-D Shadow Nail Look (Phillip Lim Inspired)

While flipping through the September 2012 issue of Glamour magazine, I came across an article on nail looks featured at Fashion Week 2012. My eyes were immediately drawn to the 3-D shadow nail look worn by models at the 3.1 Phillip Lim show. The design’s mod feel and bold shades (white, grey, black) inspired me to recreate the look using my favourite purple polishes.

Check out my video to see how I created the look and which products I used. I also have lots of close up photos below.

What do you think of this look? Is it only runway appropriate or would you feel comfortable wearing it elsewhere?

3-D Shadow Nails (Phillip Lim Inspired)

Cupcake Nails

With all the cupcake nail looks floating around on the internet, I wanted to create my own version of this trend. I used pink, white, other pastels, and lots of “sprinkles” to achieve this look.
 

I hope you enjoy the photos below! Let me know which nail looks you would like to see next.

Minnie Mouse Nails

With summer just around the corner, I’m reminded of the yearly trips that I took to Florida as a child with my family. We always went to Walt Disney World and one of my favourite parts of the trip was getting autographs from the Disney characters that were walking around the park.

So, this summer, I want to remember and relive those Florida vacations of my childhood by creating Disney inspired nail art. My first in the series is Minnie Mouse. With her polka dot attire and warm smile, Minnie was always my favourite character from the Disney gang. The red and white polka dot pattern is the main feature of my Minnie Mouse nail look. I also added a cute, very Minnie-like bow!

I hope that you enjoy the video tutorial and photos below. Don’t forget to leave a comment and tell me which other Disney characters you would like included in the series.

Minnie Mouse Nail Tutorial

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Mod Nail Look

Inspired to paint my nails using only black and white polishes, I created this Mod Nail Look. To achieve this look, I used a freehand reverse (half moon) French manicure technique and added geometric shapes using my Konad stamping nail art kit.

Check out the video tutorial to see how I created this look:

Mod Nail Tutorial

*click photos to enlarge*