Blue French Tips

This week I wanted a mani that would incorporate "Sturdy Sapphire" my new blue polish. After, some thinking I decided to do some French tips with an accent nail. I didn't exactly know how I wanted to paint the French tips, but this is what I ended up with! I was really pleased with the way this manicure it turned out! It's definitely going on my favorites list!

Colors I Used: "720 Sturdy Sapphire" from Sally Hansen, "Rock Star" from Kiss Nail Art, "Strapless" from Pure Ice, "Hottie" from Sinful Colors and "Positive Energy" from Nicole by OPI

XOXO's,
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra

Yellow and Blue Mani

This is my current manicure using my two new polish "Fierce N Tangy" and Sturdy Sapphire", plus white and silver. It wasn't my favorite, but it will do for a few days!

Colors I Used:
"Fierce N' Tangy" from Maybelline,
"Sturdy Sapphire" from Sally Hansen and "Silver Mercedes" from Pure Ice

XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra

New Hual

So I finally bought new polishes!! I was in walmart this week and found a yellow I had been looking for and a blue! The yellow was "Fierce N' Tangy" from Maybelline's new collection, it was about 1.99. The blue was "Sturdy Sapphire" from Sally Hansen and it cost around 1.50$ When I used them in my current mani. I was a little unpleased with the yellow! The polish was super thin, this wouldn't have been a problem accept the brush left streak marks. I used 3 coats and it still was a little streaky. However, the color was gorgeous, I liked the bright yellow shade and it dried with a gloss finish. "Sturdy Sapphire" from Sally Hansen was really pretty! It wasn't as opaque as I like but I think a few coats of polish will fix that. Since I used it as details in my current manicure, I didn't get a great feel for the polish. But so far I like the way the polish applied, was pleased with the brush and liked the color. I am planning on pairing it with a darker, glitter blue for a mani in the near future. Over all I liked both polishes. As I said above Maybelline's polish was a tad disappointing, but hopefully they will fix that in their next collection. XOXO's, Love and Nail Polish, Sierra

"In the Lime Light (Neon)" from China Glaze

Colors I Used:
Base Coat: "In the Lime Light (Neon)" from China Glaze, and "Shine of the Times" Essie Luxeffect
Accent Nails: Pink striper from Stripe Rite

I bought "In the Lime Light (Neon)" from Sally's, for about 4.00$ This polish is an nice vibrant bight green. I really liked the brightness of the polish. However, The polish also had a matte finish,I'm not a huge fan of matte polishes but that was easily fixed with a top coat. "In the Lime Light" was fairly opaque and the brush was great. I added a Essie Luxeffects as my top coat and some pink, just because I can't stand a plain mani haha. I loved the color and can't wait to use it again. Xoxo's Love and Nail Polish, Sierra

Cheetah!!!

I left for a 3 day get away, shortly after I did this manicure.
So I ended up taking the picture with my phone. Sorry for the poor quality.

I loved the way this manicure turned out! If you have read my blog before you will know how I do my cheetah print. Then, all I added was some sparkles!!!!!

Base Coat: 2 coats of "Gold Dust" and "Best Friend" from Pure Ice
Cheetah Print: "903 Hot for Chocolate" and "415 Totally Toffee" from Revlon
Sparkle Nails: "Spit Fire" Pure Ice, "Set the Stage" from Sally Hansen, and
"Traffic-Stopper Copper" from Sephora by OPI

XOXO's
Love and Nail Polsih,
Sierra

Plaid

Ok, so my oh so sweet boyfriend bought me the cutest pair of shoes last week!!!

Are they not cute?

Well the mani was inspired just by the shoes! I love the way they looked and was very please!

Colors I Used:
"134 French White Tip" and "Chelsea" from NYC,
"Silver Mercedes" from Pure Ice,
"Pearl Black" and "Rock Star" from L.A Kiss Nail Art.

XOXO's

Love and Nail Polish,

Sierra 

Pink N' Black

So my pink and green mani didn't last very long. After, a few days I was ready for somewhat of a change. I decided to change only my thumb and middle finger nails. To change them I painted my nails two coats of "Black Heart" from Sally Hansen. Next, I added a coat of "Mattly in Love" this gave my nails a matte finish. For the design I used my dotting tool and "Black Heart" to create a cheetah print design. This was quite a different look from my bright pink and green mani a few days ago. But I thought it was quite cute.

Colors I Used:
Thumb and Middle: "Black Heart" from Sally Hansen and "Mattly In Love" from Hard Candy
Index and Ring: "Free Fall" from Pure Ice, "Sparkle" from Revlon and "Party of Five Glitters" from Wet N' Wild
Pinky: "Love" and "Free Fall" from Pure Ice and "Black Heart" from Sally Hansen

XOXO's

Love and Nail Polish,

Sierra

Pink N' Green

This week I was in a Pink mood once again. However, I didn't want just pink so i decided to jazz it up with some lime green and black!

Colors I Used:
Thumb: "Love," "Free Fall" and "Wild Thing" from Pure Ice and "Black Heart" from Sally Hansen
Index and Ring: "Free Fall" from Pure Ice, "Sparkle" from Revlon and "Party of Five Glitters" from Wet N' Wild
Middle: "Wild Thing," "Love" and "Free Fall" from Pure Ice and "Black Heart" from Sally Hansen
Pinky: "Love" and "Free Fall" from Pure Ice and "Black Heart" from Sally Hansen

This was super simple and I love the way it turned out!

XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra

I Love USA

This year I knew I had to top last years 4th of July mani. So I spent a few days thinking about what design I wanted to do then I came up with this!

I thought it was very cute and I'm pretty sure I topped last year!! I received tons of compliments on this mani and most of the design was fairly easy.


Colors I used:
Thumb: "Big Spender" from Pro, "Fame" from Petites, "Skin Tight Denim Cream" from NYC, "Strapless" from Pure Ice, and "Primary Color" from Finger Paints.
Index: "Skin Tight Denim Cream" from NYC, "Primary Color" from Finger Paints, "Strapless" from Pure Ice, "French White Tip" from NYC
Middle: "Skin Tight Denim Cream" from NYC, "Primary Color" from Finger Paints, "French White Tip" from NYC.
Ring: "Skin Tight Denim Cream" from NYC, "Primary Color" from Finger Paints, "French White Tip" from NYC,
Pinky: "French White Tip" from NYC, "Skin Tight Denim Cream" from NYC, "Primary Color" from Finger Paints.

How I Did It:
Thumb: The Base coat was two coats of "Big Spender" from Pro, under one coat of "Fame" from Petites. The writing was done with a paint brush using "Skin Tight Denim Cream" and then I put "Strapless" from Pure Ice over it to make the blue sparkle. For the Red ''S" I used "Primary Color" from Finger Paints.
Index: For my Index finger, I used one coat or "French Lingerie" from Rimmel, this just give my nail a clear base. I did a diagonal tip using "Skin Tight Denim Cream" and "Strapless." For the details I used a fine tip brush and a dotting tool and used "Primary Color" and "French White Tip."
Middle: For my middle nail, I first painted it all white. Then I painted half of the nail using "Skin Tight Denim Cream." Again I used my paint brush and doting tool to create the stripes and dots.
Ring: My ring finger was a lot of fun! First, I painted the nail "Primary Color." Then I took my fine tip paint brush and made random, curved stripes with white polish. I came back through with blue polish and then again with white and add more blue until I had the firework the way I wanted it. This was my favorite nail of my whole manicure.
Pinky: I did both of my pinky fingers different. I couldn't decide on one design so I tried both. First I painted both nails solid white. Then, for the nail on my left hand, I dipped the end of straws in the red and blue polish and placed it on my nails. This was super easy and would make a neat full mani.
  For the nail on my Right hand, I did the splatter paint effect I did a few weeks ago. I changed nothing but the colors of polishes I used.
This manicure was definitely one of my favorites and I was very pleased with the way it turned out.

XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra.