Spring Daisies - Lime Crime Nail Art Week

Hello friends! So this fun filled week packed with nail art and Lime Crime awesomeness is almost over! But I couldn't let it go without doing a springy floral design! I mean, with these bright pastel beauties, floral is a no brainer, right?!

My favorite flowers are daisies. Plain and simple and beautiful daisies. Nothing makes me smile like a bouquet of these adorable flowers! So, since I have never done a daisy design, I figured now would be a most excellent opportunity!

Used:

Lime Crime - Lavendairy

Lime Crime - Milky Way

Lime Crime - Crema De Limón

Lime Crime - Pastelchio

Winstonia nail art brushes

How cute are these?!? Gah, I want to hug them...but that would be weird. Okay! So, just like the flower, these were super simple to do, and turned out just like I wanted - which never happens! I may have a hard time topping them, these are easily my favorite from this week!

Tomorrow is the last post I have planned for the Lime Crime nail art week, and I'm thinking tribal! You gotta end something like this with a bang, right?

Lime Crime Les Desserts d'Antoinette is available on line at Harlow & Co. Products retail for $8.50 CAD (that is $7.73 USD) a piece

Rose Cutaway

Hello my fellow polish friends! I hope you all are having a great weekend! I have a bit of nail art for today's post, something I have wanted to do for quite a while, but always forgot about.

 

The original inspiration comes from a set of NCLA wraps, but also from the most awesome nail art blog,  One Nail To Rule Them All.

 

 

 

Used:

 

O.P.I. - MVIB

(besides MBSW, this is an amazing base for nail art!!!)

O.P.I. - Black Onyx

Color Club - Coral Cascade

Essie - A Crewed Interest

Revlon - Posh

 

Striping tape

Nail art brush

Dotting tool

 

I really love this. So frickin much! And even though it looks complicated, it's super easy! I got quite a few compliments from the others moms at my kiddo's school when I wore these. One even asked if I would do her nails, if she paid me!

 

Well, that's all for today! I have a tooooon of swatching to catch up on, so hopefully, there will be lots of pretty polish on the blog next week!



31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Inspired By Artwork

Hey all you lovely people! Hope your week is going well! We have a bit of sunshine today, after an all day downpour yesterday. Rain is great an d all, but all frickin day is a bit much. My garden is looking rather water logged today!

 

Since it is Tuesday, that means another challenge post is up today! I have been eagerly waiting for this particular theme, because I am a huge art dork. Fun fact: I was a fine arts major in college and took long boring classes about art history! So I have a fair bit of knowledge pertaining to artists and their bodies of work. Finding a piece and translating it to nail art was a bit of a challenge, but after I decided to go for a more graphic style, everything fell in to place. One of the best graphic artists, I think, is Andy Warhol. His imagery is iconic, bright and totally eye catching. One of my favorite pieces is an earlier lithograph called "Flowers."

 

 

photo credit

 

 

 

Used:

 

Essie - The More The Merrier

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Black Out

Color Club - Coral Cascade

Sally Hansen Insta-Dry - Man-Go Team

Julep - Lexie

China Glaze - Passion For Petals

 

Nail Art Fan Brush

Dotting Tools

 

I cannot believe how awesome these turned out!!! I am so so so happy with everything about them. And I am totally gonna rock these all day long.

 

For the grassy back ground, I used the fan brush that came with my nail art brush set and I really love the grungy result. Dotting tools for the flowers and topped it all with NYC Grand Central Station (thinned down an excessive amount). Pop art on my finger tips! 

 

 I would really love to play around with this style and do different color combos. Maybe some like the NARS palettes that were released last fall?

Next up is "Inspired By A Flag" and I have noooooo clue what I am going to do! >_<

31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Floral

Second post today! Floral is the theme for this post, and I was inspired by this poppy design from Little Nails. I actually found it via Pinterest and had to do some digging to find the proper source, as it wasn't credited at all. I love using Pinterest for nail art inspiration, but jeeze it can be difficult to find the original artist.

 

Used:

 

O.P.I. - My Boyfriend Scales Walls

Maybelline Color Show - Paint The Town

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Black Out

Revlon - Posh

 

Dotting Tool

Nail Art Brush

 

I really love poppies. They are so simple, yet so beautiful at the same time. Overall, I am really pleased with how this turned out. I kinda wish I had made different colored poppies, but was feeling completely uninspired at the time. Still pretty, I think.

 

A new Fashion Friday collab post is on the schedule for tomorrow, and it's pretty dang awesome!

Nail Of The Day: Spring Flowers

Hey everyone! Happy Easter to all those who celebrate. I am spending my day with my husband and daughter enjoying the beautiful spring weather!

I have been doing a little "market research" with nail strips and used the Sally Hansen Salon Effect nail strips for my first test run.

Please Note: All products in this post were purchased by me for my own personal use.

 

Sally Hansen Salon Effects Girl Flowers & China Glaze Passion For Petals

The strips are cute and I really like using them for accent nails. Easy enough to apply, and I got a lot of wear time out of them before I got bored & removed my mani. They lasted a good 3 days before I noticed any tip wear.

 

Have you used nail strips? I think they would be great for nail art!

 

Sally Hansen Salon Effects are available at numerous locations. They retail between $7-$10 per package.

 

Products shown were purchased by me for my own personal use. All opinions are my own.