Nail Art August Day 11: School

I knew right away I wanted to do little pencils for today's nail art challenge. I feel like I can't do some nail art because of the shape of my nails, but these pencils were perfect for my shape! 

Here are the polishes I used: 

Orly - First Kiss, Zoya - Kylie, Sally Hansen - ,
Sinful Colours - , NOPI - Positive Energy 

For this mani I started out by painting all my nails with three coats of Orly - First Kiss. I then painted the eraser part of the pencils, as well as the yellow part. I used a dotting tool to create a little ruffle on the bottom to imitate a real pencil's ruffles. Next I used a striping nail art brush to paint a bit of a darker shade of yellow lines down the length of the pencil. I then used the same striping nail art brush to paint silver lines horizontally to imitate the piece of metal that attaches the eraser to the pencil. I finished by adding some black to the tips of my nails. 

And here's a fun shot of this mani!

I'm really pleased with how this mani turned out! I would like to fix a couple things if I ever tried it again though. I would have liked the ruffles on the pencil to be a bit bigger, a larger area of the wood (between the yellow pencil and black lead) and more evenly shaped lead tips. I really think these colours are perfect together for this mani though!

XO Natasha 

Easter Nails

I was so so so excited to finally be able to do Easter nails! I didn't really do anything for New Years or Valentine's Day, and I don't like green so although my St. Patrick's Day nails were pretty cool I took them off the next day. 

When I think of Easter I think of mini eggs! I love how pastels look together so I knew I could do something really pretty. Since filing my nails into almonds I've come to realize it's an awful shape for a LOT of designs. Lines or anything geometrical especially. It's really annoying :( BUT... they are the PERFECT SHAPE FOR EASTER EGGS! So naturally that's what I had to do. I really wanted a random assortment of egg designs and colours, so I picked 5 Easter colours and planned out my eggs on paper. 

I really love how my Easter eggs turned out. Each one is a different colour, with a different pattern of lines, zigzags and dots. These nails look even cooler from far away! Well, when I stick my hands out and admire them. 

Polishes used:

Blue: Orly - Snowcone, Yellow: Sally Hansen - Mellow Yellow, Purple: Essie - Playdate, Turquoise: China Glaze - Aquadelic, Pink: Orly - Cotton Candy

After I planned out my Easter eggs I saw a picture of little chicks in eggs! I thought that was adorable so I decided I'd do it on my right hand. I also love how these turned out! They're so cute! I don't have many yellow polishes so I was a little worried the chicks would look a little odd but the yellow I used dried darker and it ended up looking even better than in the bottle. I forgot to bring black and orange polishes to my mom's so thankfully her and my sister had some! 

Polishes used: 

Yellow: Sally Hansen - Lightening, Black: Wet 'n' Wild - Black, Orange: NYC - 112A (don't know the name) 

To create all the designs I used my dotting tools. I put two coats of Seche Vite on because the designs made my nails a bit bumpy. 

XO Natasha 

St. Patrick's Day Nails

I didn't get a chance to do Valentine's Day nails last month so I really wanted to make sure I did something for St. Patrick's Day. I'm not too fond of green but I figured if I paired it with gold it wouldn't be so bad!

On all my fingers I used NOPI - The Next CEO for the base. Then I put NOPI - Disco Dolls on top. The green was a random brand, Bare Elements - Emerald Green.

I used binder reinforcers to create the half moons on my thumb, ring, and pinky, and I (attempted) a watermarble on my first and middle fingers. I really like how half moons look on my almond shaped nails! But I know I really need to work on my watermarble technique. Corynn Musser (@mucking_fusser) has the BEST watermarbles I've ever seen so next time I try I'm following her tutorial exactly. The watermarble looks more like it's supposed to on my left hand (first picture) however the colours are stronger on my right hand (second picture).

This mani didn't turn out half bad but I'm excited to be able to take it off after tomorrow. I really loved Disco Dolls though, I think it's a gorgeous gold with some copper tones and the medium multi coloured hex make this polish very unique.

Hope you all have a great St. Patrick's Day!

XO Natasha