POW!! Hand-painted nail design

Oh how I love doing nail art!! Usually I don't have the time or the patient to do a time consuming nail design. However this week I decide I wanted a challenge so I decided to paint these POW nails. This mani took three to four hours to do paint. Probably one of the longest manicures I have done in a while. For the base coats I used "Blue Collar" from Orly, "" from Revlon, and "Free Fall" and "Wild Thing" from Pure Ice. For the yellow color I layered "Excuse Me" from Pure Ice over "Lemon Fizz" from China Glaze. For then Black and White I used "Liquid Leather" from China Glaze and "White" from I Love my Nails.
This design looks a lot easier than it was too created. But I love the way it turned out.
XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra

YING-YANG TOES!!

I usually don't post my pedicure designs, but I absolutely LOVE this one! I recently saw a manicure design using the ying-yang symbol. I really liked it and have wanted to do this design on my nails. Sadly, I haven't had a chance to do it yet. However, I did get it on my toes!!!
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I have to say, this is probably in my top 10 favorite pedicure designs!! It was super easy to paint and very quick. I used "Liquid Leather" from China Glaze for the black and "White" from I Love My Nails for the white. But any black of white will work just as well. Now I can't wait to do this design as a manicure. Hopefully I will get around to that soon.

XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra

Fall Nails



One of the biggest trademarks of fall, are pumpkins and that pretty much sums up my manicure for this week. I surprised myself with being able to achieve this design. Because I honestly didn't think I would be able to get the pumpkins painted right. But I think they turned out pretty good for my first time.


  For this mani I used "Magic" from Pure Ice on my thumb and ring fingers. This is a brown-ish/red polish and it looks amazing for fall inspired designs. For the rest of my fingers I used "Big Spender" from Pro. On the nails with "Big Spender" I used my dotting tool to paint six vertical lines of dots in the same colors that were on my pumpkins. To paint the pumpkins I used three different paint brushes and my dotting tool. I ran in to some problems with the shades of polish. So I ended up mixing "Orange" from LA Colors, "Sunny Side Up" from Wet and Wild and "Lemon Fizz" from China Glaze to make the three colors for the pumpkins and the stem of the pumpkins.  First I free handed the outline of the pumpkins in one of the shades of polish I made. Then using my dotting tool and a medium paint brush I filled in the outline. After, letting the base coat of the pumpkin dry, I added the stem and the highlights with my small tip paint brush. Over all this mani took about two hours total and it was a great fall design.



XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra

Candy Corn Nails

I was going to a party this past weekend and I wanted a cute, eye catching manicure. I looked at doing spider webs, leaves and a few other designs and I finally decided on Candy Corns!!

Look good enough to eat? ok well maybe not that good haha

This mani was super easy! For my two accent fingers I used "Big Spender" from Pro. This is my first time using this polish and so far I really like it. The polish takes about two coats to apply and it is a great gold shade. Also, the polish does not chip easy and the brush is a great size. I plan on using this color for a lot for future manicures. For my other nails I used "Orange" and "Yellow" from LA Colors and "White" from I Love My Nails. I first thought it would be easiest to tape each nail to get a straight line. But after using tape for one hand I decided it would be easier to just free hand. I also did the candy corns free hand. For them I first drew the outline in white. Then, I painted the orange, yellow and white letting each dry in between. For my ring finger I used the same colors and my dotting tool to make the dots in straight lines. This manicure took about an hour or so. But most of the time was spent waiting for polish to dry before I added the next color. I really liked the way it turned out and I got a ton of complements.

XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra.

Nail Polish Shopping + Some

Left to Right: "Lemon Fizz" China Glaze, "Gold Crackle" Salon Perfect
"Chelsea" & "Starry Silver Glitter" from NYC, "Big Spender" from Pro,
"Gray's Anatomy" and "The Gold and the Beautiful" from Wet N' Wild.

Today, I went out with my grandmother to do some very enjoyable nail polish shopping!! First we too Sally's Beauty Supplies. I got two polishes one was "Lemon Fizz" from China Glaze. This polish was on sell for a 1.99 and I do not have a light yellow, so I had to cave in and buy it. I also got "Big Spender" from Pro, this polish was a soft gold color and only around 2.50 I think. I have never used this brand before, so I am excited to see if I like it or not. While I was there I picked up two highlighting caps, for my future highlights. (I hope to get black in my hair soon.) I also picked up some Miracle Nail Fix polish. Hopefully this will help when I break my nails.
   Next, we went to Walmart. I had saw some polishes there so we ran by to pick them up. However, as always I ended up getting more then I planed. I bought "Starry Silver Glitter" from NYC. This polish was 98 cents and looked like an exact dupe for a Sally Hanson polish that was also sitting on the shelf. I also bought "Chelsea" which was  NYC In a Minute color. This polish was about 1.57.  I also got "The Gold and The Beautiful" and "Gray's Anatomy" both from Wet N' Wild. "The Gold and The Beautiful" is a gold packed glitter polish and I think it will look great with some falls designs I have in mind. "Gray's Anatomy" looks like a soft duo-chrome color. This was one color I wasn't intending on getting but since I only had one duo-chrome polish I really wanted needed another one. Both of these were around 2.00$. The last color was "Crackled Gold" a crackle polish from Salon Perfect. This is a brand I have never heard about. I'm interested to see how it crackles compared to the other brand I have used.
After leaving Walmart, We went by Walgreens, and CVS. I was looking for two more polishes and the new brand 2012. Sadly I wasn't able to find any of them. But oh-well on the plus side that means I have an excuse to go nail shopping again soon.

XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
 Sierra

Dotted French Tips

For this manicure I wanted to do a cute but eye catching design. I already had the base coat painted, which was "Peppermint Chrome" from Boggi. I really liked this polish, it was a nice shiny chrome and last for about 5 days without chipping. For the tips I decided to use "Positive Energy" from Nicole by OPI and "Liquid Leather" from China Glaze. To do the design I used my dotting tool and rotated black and silver dots over my tips. This main took about two hours. But most of the time was waiting in between layering more dots. But overall it was very easy and I really liked the way it turned out.
XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra

Another Nail Haul

Left to Right: "Positive Energy" from Nicole by OPI, "Venus" and "Lunar" from Almay
"Peppermint Chrome" from Boggi Chrome Crazy Nail Paint,
"Nina" from Ulta Pro, "Instigator" and "Violet Light" from Revlon,
and "Blushalicious" from Orly



This weekend I had the chance to visit my Aunt. While I was there I decide to paint my nails and She let me use some of her Polish. Since she knew I had an obsession with nail polish so She gave me some of her polishes!! I thought she was going to give me one or two bottles. But I ended up with eight!! So far I have only had the chance to use two of the polishes above and I really like them. I hope to blog about then soon, along with the rest.

XOXO's

Love and MORE Nail Polish,

Sierra



Red-Jelly and Glitter Sandwich



Once again I needed a quick mani because of a busy week. I needed a pick me up color so I decide to go with a deep red color. Red manicures always seem to brighten up my day. If only it wouldn’t leave my nail so tinted after I take the polish off. For this mani I used "Primary Color" from Finger Paints. Since I was doing a sandwich I only used one coat. Then I added two coats of "Party of Five Glitter" from Wet N' Wild. If you all haven't notice I'm in love with this color lol. To finish my sandwich I painted one more coat of "Primary Color". This isn’t a detail manicure like some of the ones I have done before. But it is defiantly cute, quick and easy.

YES!! Both of my middle finger nails broke... They were already chip and I had glue them back but they were just breaking worst. One almost broke completely off. So I decide it was time to cut them. I am debating on cutting the rest off. But I just don't know if I can part with all of them ha-ha. What do you do when you nails break?



XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra

Manhattan-NYC

I absolutely love this color!! When I bought this polish I thought it would be a great fall color, because of the dark purple/red shade. The cost for this color was around a dollar. So it was very affordable. When I painted the polish on my nails I was a concerned it would be a little dark for me. I placed a coat of "Dream" from sinful colors underneath it, hoping it would lighten the color. However, the polish seemed to lighten the longer it was on my nails. This polish took about two coats and it applied very smooth. The brush was really nice and I had no brush strokes left with I was done painting.
 Even though this polish by itself was amazing, I decide it need a little more sparkle. I add one coat of "Party of Five Glitters" from Wet N' Wild. I'm not big on solid colored manicures so this added just enough sparkle for me.
If you have never tried a N.Y.C color it is definitely a brand worth trying.
XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra

Here and extra picture I took, while I was taking pics of my finger. I absolutely love taking pictures of flowers.