Poppy Nail Art (For My Senior Project Advisor!)

My senior project exhibition is opening in a week! I'm in a good place with my paintings and since my advisor has been admiring my nail art for the past couple of months we decided to turn our meeting into a nail painting party hahah! She asked me to do a fun manicure for an NYC penthouse wedding she is going to this weekend. She is wearing a black dress so we decided to go with a bright colored floral design to add a more spring time feel to the outfit.  

For the base coat I used "Alpine Snow" by OPI. For the flowers I used "Big Apple Red" by OPI, and "Juicy Glow" by Milani. Finally I used "Electric" by Revlon and Black by Milani's Nail Art Line. 

Neon Roses Nail Art

Hey y'all, just to let everyone know I think I will only be doing weekly posts every thursday until my senior project is over. I'm really excited about this weeks nail art. I sat down having no idea what I was going to do, but I love what I came up with. I just have to say painting my nails just totally brightens up my day. I wasn't feeling so great this morning, but after doing my nails I feel like a new woman! 

For this weeks nails I was inspired by FACE's "Top Ten for J Crew" neon pink nail lacquer. Flowers are starting to bloom around the hudson valley so I also wanted a little bit of spring influence for my nail design. The other base I used is the classic, "Tickle my France-y" by OPI. For the roses I used "I Pink I Can" by Sally Hanson, "ChicaGo Get a Manicure" by OPI, "Peas and Qs" by Nicole by OPI, and "Green Sketch" by Milani's Nail Art Collection. Let me know what you think of this design! I'd love to hear your thoughts. 

Roses From My Mom's Garden in LA

Easter Colors Mani

Hey Everybody! I just touched down in LA this morning for spring break and boy does it feel good to be home! First thing I did was of course get a manicure hahah shocking. I decided to mix things up and  use a couple different pastels for an Easter theme. The colors I used are "Bikini So Teeny", "Lilacism", and "Hard to Get" all by Essie. I also almost used "Banana Bandanna" by OPI, but decided it would be a little colorful for what I was trying to go for. Even though I didn't use it, I think it would be a great additional color to this mani to make it a little more funky. Funny enough I looked down and realized that the colors I chose matched my floral print leggings that I just bought! Let me know your thoughts! Enjoy!

 

Simple Spring Nails

Nail Art can be very tedious and take a really long time. If y'all are looking for a quick and simple design I would suggest always using a fab pop out color and just doing a design on either ring finger or thumb (or both) or just doing simple polka dots (easy and cute!).

For a simple spring design I used "Electric" by the top speed Revlon collection. Their polish actually does dry faster than other polishes I've used and I love their colors. On top of this they it is a more affordable brand. For the flowers I used "Black" and "Draw in Pink" by Milani Nail Art. 

I always know spring is right around the corner when I start seeing Daffodils around my college campus. So excited for spring time!

Spring Nail Art

Happy March everybody! Spring is just around the corner (from an optimistic point of view) and I wanted to post some of my favorite spring nail art I have done! I did two different versions of the same design, which do you guys prefer? Let me know!

For the top design I used "Paradise Pink" by Milani, "What's With the Cattitude?" by OPI for the base coats. On the thumb I used "I Pink I Can" by Sally Hanson Manicure, "Juicy Glow" by Milani for the base coat.

For the bottom design I also used "Paradise Pink", but changed the blue to a green color "Peas and Q's"  by Nicole by OPI. For the thumb I used "Peachy" and "Electric" by Revlon for the basecoat.