Flowers and Dots

Hey everyone!

I've been kind of uninspired lately when it comes to nail art, so when in doubt do polka dots. I used my dotting tools to create this cute flower and polka dot design. If you don't have dotting tools, there are many different items that you can use such as toothpicks, pens, pins, etc.

I started out with three coats of OPI's My Vampire is Buff as the base color. For the flowers, I made four small dots with a dotting tool using Sinful Colors Nirvana. I used Sinful Colors Black on Black for the center of the flower. Finally, I placed small black dots into the remaining space on the nail.

I really love how this design turned out. It was simple and quick to do, which is what I love about the dotting tools. There's so many designs that you can do with them, I should use them more often lol.

What do you think of this design?  

Thanks for reading!

31DC2013 Day 11: Polka Dots

Hey everyone!

Today is going to be post heavy because I'm in the process of catching up to where I need to be in the challenge. I'm posting the six prompts that I missed during the time that I was gone. 

The 11th was actually my birthday and I did have a nail design for that day, but when I was over at my girlfriend's place, there was no internet. Plus, by the time I came back home, they were chipping pretty bad.

I did another polka dot design which was very simple to do for today. I went for a mint chocolate chip theme with the colors, even though I really don't like the ice cream lol.

Colors Used:
Wet n Wild's I Need a Refresh-mint
Zoya's Angelina

For this design, I first painted two coats of Wet n Wild's I Need a Refresh-mint. With a dotting tool, I made dots on the nails. They don't have to be perfect. That's the thing that I love about polka dots is that you can mess up, but it still will look good.

I'm so glad to be back and blogging! Even though it was four days, I missed it a lot. I don't even mind that I have to do all these designs and play catch up right now.

What do you think of this design? Next one coming up is stripes! 

31DC2013 Day 2: Orange Nails

Hey everyone!

Today was kind of busy for me.I didn't have enough time to work on my nails earlier because I had to go see a family member in the hospital. Once I got home, I rushed into the house and did this design real quick.
Plus, I had a hard time trying to figure out what to do with the color orange. Orange is not my favorite color, so I only have around five orange polishes in my collection. I tried at least 4 different designs and they just didn't look right with orange. Luckily, I came up with an idea in the hospital and it came out exactly how I imagined it, and that never happens!

Colors Used (from top of the nail):
Wet n Wild French White Creme
Sinful Colors Orange Creme
Sinful Colors Hazard
Sally Hansen's Sun Kissed
Sinful Colors Big Daddy
Top Coat: NYC Matte Me Crazy
Base Color: Sally Hansen's Polar Bare

I did an off white base and then I used a small dotting tool to do gradient dots with different shades of orange down the middle of the nail. To finish it off, I used a matte top coat. Overall, I'm really glad that they came out like this. I'm kind of sad that I'll have to take them off for the next color on the list.

What do you think of this design?

Until next time!

Tribal with Polka Dots Nails

Good afternoon everyone! How is everyone doing?

Today I have a colorful tribal mani for you. I've seen the design around Instagram and wanted to try it out. I also added polka dots to add a little more to it. I'm kind of upset that the design came out pretty good, but my top coat decided to streak some of the lines. It looks great from afar, but when you look closely you can see the streaks. Nonetheless, I wanted to post them because despite the streaks I still like it.

Colors Used:
Sinful Colors Pink Forever
Sinful Colors Pistache
Sinful Colors Why Not
Sinful Colors Black on Black

For the three base colors, I used the bottle brushes to paint three stripes. I used a medium brush to create the tribal pattern. Then, I used a big, medium, and small dotting tool to create the dots on the other nails.

It's a pretty simple tribal design. You can use any colors with it! I really want to try this again and see if the streaks come up, but for now I'm content. 

What do you think of this design? What top coat do you all use? I need a new top coat!

Until next time!

Abstract Dotticure

Good afternoon everyone!

 I have a fun and easy nail art design that you only have to use the bottle brushes for!

I was working on trying completing a nail wheel yesterday to practice some designs when I did this one. I was just doing something random and testing out colors, but it turned out to be a really pretty and unique design. I call it "Abstract Dotticure". It looks like it should be a design on a nice skirt or something.

Basically, all you do is dab the colors onto the nail with the tip of the brush. You also want to be a little messy with it, it doesn't have to be perfect. 

In my opinion, it looks better when you do small dabs instead of big ones, but the big dabs look just as cool too. Also, it doesn't really matter what order you dab the colors on, but it will kind of matter when you're trying to finish it off. Some nails will look like they have an even amount of each color on the nail and others won't. It's really up to the person though and how they want it to look!

Colors Used:

Sinful Colors Energetic Red

Wet n Wild's French White Creme

Sinful Colors Pistache 

Sinful Colors Pink Forever

Color Club's Take Me to Your Chateau

What do you all think of this design? Liking the abstract look?

Until next time!