NOTD: Cupcake Nails

The inspiration from this look came from a blog I follow on Tumblr. It's a nail blog, and they have weekly themes. Where people do designs on their nails to go with the theme for that week, and at the end of the week the blog puts up a vote including all the submissions. On Saturday's whoever has the most votes wins, and their submission is the blogs profile picture until the next week when someone else wins. If that made sense. ANYWAYS, this weeks theme is cupcake nails, for the bloggers birthday. & I wanted to submit a picture, so I of course had to do cupcake nails. I put A LOT OF WORK into this design. A LOT. Took me about an hour per hand.

Anyways, enough blib-blab. Here is the design I came up with. 

Cute right? I LOVE THIS DESIGN ! I think I might wear it for a week, and I usually paint my nails every other day. 

Colors Used

1. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Celeb City
2. Revlon - Make Mine Mango
3. Julep - Hayden
4. Funky Fingers - Confetti
5. Sinful Colors - Nirvana
6. Folk Art Acrylic Paint - Licorice
7. Folk Art Acrylic Paint - Wicker White

Liebster Award!

I was checking my comments on here, like I always do when I notice I have a new one. I came across a new one on a recent post, and it so happened to be from from PackAPunchPolish ! Hello, PACKAPUNCHPOLISH ! I love watching her Youtube videos, and I read all her blog posts, and she nominated me. Seriously, how cool is that ! 

Anyways, I had absolutely no idea what 'being nominated for the liesbster award' meant, so thank goodness she explained it in her blog post. To my understanding, when you're nominated, the person that nominated you asks you 11 questions, you answer them. Plus, you post 11 fun facts about yourself. Then, you nominate 11 other bloggers (who have under 200 followers), with 11 questions in your post for them to answer. 

In her blog post she has the questions for the bloggers she nominated to answer. She added the link to her post in the comment. & I'll add the post here --> http://packapunchpolish.blogspot.com/2012/09/liebster-award.html. 

11 fun facts about myself

1. I have a ton of hobbies, too many if you ask me. (nail art, makeup, crafting, baking, tattoo's) 
2. I am soon to be 18 years old. 3 MORE MONTHS ! 
3. My favorite show is Supernatural !!!!!!!!!!!!! 
4. I collect nail polish. Just passed 250 bottles !
5. My Xbox is my baby, (not literally) I am a HUGE Halo fan. 
6. I hate EVERYTHING grape flavored. EW. 
7. I won't eat meat with bones still in it. 
8. I am literally addicted to caffeine. I get major migraines if I go too long without a drink that contains it. 
9. I don't care for anything sweet either. (cake, ice cream, cookies, chocolate) After a couple bites I usually give those kind of things away. 
10. I have been in a relationship for almost three years now with the perfect guy. 
11. I am the oldest child out of four kids. I have one sister, and two brothers. 

11 Questions For Me To Answer

1. How do you feel about buying polishes that cost more than $10? Let's just say, my most expensive polish was only $8, and I have 250 bottles. 
2. Have you ever painted your nails in the car after getting a new polish? I actually have a few times, not that much though. My nails are painted 99% of the time. 
3. If you have a pet, what do you have and have you painted its nails? I have two cats, and no, I have never painted their nails. Lol. 
4. If you were only allowed to wear one color of nail polish (Any polish as long as it's that designated color) for the rest of your life, what color would it be? This is ssssooooooooo difficult ! For the sake of the question, I will choose. My choice is Purple. I just love purple on my nails. 
5. Have you ever painted your husband/boyfriend/or male friends nails? YES! I paint my boyfriends nails often.
6. Matte or shiny polish? I prefer Shiny. Although, matte is a nice look to wear occasionally. 
7. What's the most expensive polish that you own? That would be my Sally Hansen Crackle. It was 8 bucks. 
8. How often do you paint your nails? I paint my nails on average, every other day. 
9. What's your favorite polish to wear on your toes? I love burgundy on my toes. I have no idea why, I just do. 
10. Do you like stamping (konad, bundle monster etc.)? I do like stamping designs occasionally. I don't do it too often though. I take joy in hand painting my designs. 
11. What's your favorite brand of nail polish under $5? My favorite brand period is Sinful Colors. They have such a wide variety, and really nice quality.  Plus, they're always $2, and you can cathc the 99 cent sales a few times a year. 

Questions for the Bloggers I Nominate

1. What is your favorite brand ? 
2. What kind of nail art do you like to use ? (rhinestones, micro beads, glitter, fimo, etc.) 
3. Do you like using acrylic paint ? 
4. Where do you usually buy your polish ? 
5. How often do you buy a new polish ?
6. How many polishes do you own ? 
7. How often do you paint your nails ? 
8. How much is too much for a polish to cost ? 
9. Do you like glitter polish ? 
10. What's your favorite design that you have done on yourself ?
11. How do you feel about drugstore polish (Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, etc.)

I Nominate 

1. http://holymanicures.blogspot.com/
2. http://nailedit1.blogspot.com/
3. http://neverendingnailart.blogspot.com/
4. http://thelifeofapolishaddict.blogspot.com/
5. http://valiantlyvarnished.blogspot.com/
6. http://toothandnails.blogspot.com/

I only knew of 6 bloggers with less than 200 followers. So I can't tag 11. Sorry ! 

NOTD: Halloween Zebra Print Design

My first design for Halloween. I know, I know, it's a bit early right ? NOT FOR ME ! I have so much Halloween spirit. It's insane. I'm so excited. I wanted to start early. Just couldn't wait any longer. I love zebra print, so I had to come up with a Halloween appropriate color scheme. I chose to combine a candy corn pattern with the zebra print. I LOVE THIS DESIGN ! Perfect for Halloween !

Isn't it just dandy ! 

Colors Used

1. Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
2. Sinful Colors - Clementine
3. Sinful Colors - Pull Over
4. Folk Art Acrylic Paint - Licorice

Halloween Nail Designs

Here is my second post of Halloween designs. Possibly my last. Not sure yet. Anyways, here they are ! 

I also have a tutorial up on Youtube for the candy corn zebra design. Check it out ! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZANlyXkvBQ&feature=plcp

NOTD: Zebra Print Water Marble

I knew I wanted to do my nails today, but I had no idea what I wanted to do. Then, I decided to test out an idea. That idea was to combine two of my favorite designs. Zebra print and water marbling. I loved the turn put. So, obviously, I used the design ! 

Polishes Used

1. Sinful Colors - Snow Me White (Base)

2. L.A. Colors - Bloom

3. L.A. Colors - Wisteria

4. Wet N Wild - I Need A Refresh-Mint

5. Sinful Colors - Cinderella

6. Sinful Colors - Unicorn

7. China Glaze - Peachy Keen

8. Folk Art Acrylic Paint - Licorice (Zebra Stripes) 

NOTD: Cube Gradient

I came across a tutorial on Youtube of a 3D cube design, and I loved it ! I had to try it out on my own nails !  The youtuber that posted the video is CTCCnails, and here is her tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRg-Hj8jbkM&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLBCXtNaZpys29lubO2wtoZg

Every time I use another persons design, I try my best to make it different. I don't like taking someone's exact design. So, I decided to do pastel gradients as my background for the cubes. Here is the design I came up with. 

Chalkboard Nails' Nail Art Contest: Cool Colors

For the contest I chose to do a design I had done a while back. Which is right here

For the contest, I had to choose to do either warm colors or cool. I chose cool colors. & here are those colors. 

(From Left to Right)

1. WNW Megalast - I Need a Refresh-Mint
2. Sally Hansen - Pacific Blue
3. Pure Ice - Silver Mercedes (Silver is a cool color, I checked) 
4. Art Deco Striper - Silver Glitter
5. Art Deco Striper - Black

Enough Nonsense ! Here is my design for the contest !

Good Luck Everyone !