Blue Sponge Effect

 

This mani was a slight fail! When I started painting I had intended on making the a deep sea inspired manicure. However, when I went to add the sea horses and sea weed.....Well lets just say it didn't work out and I didn't have enough time to come up with a plan B. So this is the mani I went with! I actually really liked it, despite the slight fail.

Colors I Used:
Base: "Splash" from Pure Ice,
Bottom Layer: "Skin Tight Denim" from NYC, and "Sturdy Sapphire" from Sally Hansen,
Middle Layer: "To-Teally Chic" from Finger Paints
Top Layer: "Waterfall" from Revlon "French White Tip" from NYC, "Once Again" and "Mint Dream" from Pure Ice
Bubbles: "Waterfall" from Revlon "French White Tip" from NYC, and "Mint Dream" from Pure Ice
Top Coat: "Oh Baby" from Pure Ice

 

XOXO's

Love and Nail Polish,

Sierra 

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

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.

Nails for my Cousin's Wedding!!!

This weekend I attended my cousin's wedding! I wore the same dress I wore for my boyfriend's graduation. But I wanted a different nail design. So this is what I came up with. This design is super cute, very easy and I received lots of compliments.



Base Coat- "Blue Collar" from Orly Index, & Pinkie Finger- "Magic" and "Best Friend" from Pure Ice and "Bright Orange" from Fine Tip from L.A Color.
Thumb, Middle and Ring Finger- "Cracked Gold" from Salon Perfect




XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra

Nails for My Boyfriend's Graduation

On Saturday, My boyfriend, Isaac had his graduation
For my nails I decided I wanted something super cute, with some cool nail art. That would also match my dress. I had already bought my dress so I knew what colors I wanted to use. I ended up doing a sorta of Indian/boho kind of look. Which I got tons of compliments on! I also will include a picture of my dress below.

I really love the way this design turned out. I hand painted all my nails but my ring fingers. For my ring finger I did the water marbling effect. The only trouble I had with is manicure, was finding an orange to match my dress. I thought of going out to buy one. But time never allowed so I ended up making my own. For this I used one dot of "Big Night Out" from Rimmel, three dots of "Sunny Side Up" and three dots of "Hot Tamale" from Love My Nails. This mani match my dress perfectly and I love the way they turned out.

Colors I Used:
Base Coat- "Blue Collar" from Orly
Thumb and Middle Finger: "Magic" and "Gold Dust" from Pure Ice "Warm and Fozzie" OPI and
Orange
Index and Pinky Finger: "Warm and Fozzie" OPI, "Magic" from Pure Ice and the Orange I made
Ring Finger: In water marble I used- "Gold Dust," "Best Friend" and "Magic" and "Splash" Pure Ice

Other Pictues From The Graduation!

Waterfall Braid, I had a friend do for me! 

Back of my waterfall braid

My make up! I decided to do a neutral look with an orange,

My Boy and I

 This was the only picture I ended up getting of my dress. Not the best picture of the dress. But it is super cute. I ended up wearing some copper wedges with it! Which went with the dress perfectly.

XOXO's

Love and Nail Polish,

Sierra 

Abstract Nail Art

This week I wanted some fun and bright!! So I decided to do a abstract, blue and purple nail art design.

This colors I used:
Base: "103 French Lingerie"
Tip: "370 No Hard Feelings" from Sally Hansen. "Splash" from Pure Ice, "Waterfall" from Revlon
Nail Art: (Nameless) from Stripe Rite, "134 French White Tip" from NYC,
"Pearl Black" and "Rock Star" from Kiss Nail Art, "Silver" L.A Color Art Deco

XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra

Blue and Gold Abstract Nail Design

My manicure this week was actually inspired from a shirt I saw on line and the nail art just kinda went from there.

Color's I Used:
Nails: "Blueberry" from Crayola and "Flower Girl" from SinfulColors.
Accent Nail: "Blueberry" from Crayola and "Matte-ly In Love" (Matte Top Coat) from Hard Candy.

It reminds me of the movie Aladdin from some reason. I'm not sure why.
XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra