12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Challenge | Day 10 | Ugly Christmas Sweater

I have been excited about today's theme of the Challenge Your Nail Art 12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Challenge since all the themes were posted. I am a huge fan of PANC (Polish Addict Nail Color) nail polishes and I've been waiting for a reason to use Ugly Christmas Sweater. What better time then now.

My camera made some of the colors a little brighter then they were.

Items Used: 

Pure Ice - Kiss Me Here

PANC - Ugly Christmas Sweater

White, Black, Green, Red, Turquoise, Pink, and Lime Green Acrylic Paint

Wet N Wild Matte Top Coat

I tried to incorporate as many colors into the actual nail art that I could find in the glitter. The lime green acrylic paint actually appears to be yellow in the pictures. I will be trying Ugly Christmas Sweater nail art again next year because I love how these turned out and cant wait to try them when my art has improved.

Here's what is next!

An InLinkz Link-up

12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Challenge | Day 8 | Christmas Decorations

We are over half way through the Challenge Your Nail Art 12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Challenge. Today's theme is Christmas Decorations. The first thing that came to mind was Ornaments. When I think of decorating for Christmas I immediately think of decorating the Christmas tree with beautiful Ornaments. 

Items Used:

Nabi - Gray

Nabi - Green Glitter

Nabi - Yellotte (Not sure if this is misspelled on my bottle)

Salon Perfect - He's With Me

Sinful Colors - All About You

Sinful Colors - Silver Screen

Gray, Red, Green, Yellow, Black and White Acrylic Paint

Wet N Wild Matte Top Coat

I am super in love with how these turned out. Some of you may have noticed by now that I have used a ton of Nabi polishes during this challenge. I've been trying to get through some of my untried polishes while doing this challenge and so far I have gotten through quite a bit.

I hope everyone has enjoyed this challenge so far. Here's what is coming up!

An InLinkz Link-up

12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Challenge | Day 3 | Snowmen

Its time for day 3 of the Challenge Your Nail Art Facebook groups 12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Challenge. Today's theme is Snow Men. I did a snow man last year and I really love seeing how much I have improved over time at nail art. In case your curious you can find last years snow man Here. Let me know which is your favorite. So here we go.

I went with a purple scarf since that is my favorite color.

Items Used:

Hard Candy - Ice Pop

White, Black, Purple, Brown, and Orange Acrylic Paint

Wet N Wild Matte Top Coat (to smooth out the glitter and to make painting easier)

LA Colors Rapid Dry

 

I really love this guy. Did you notice the "Baby its cold outside" on my index finger? My first time writing anything on my nails. 

I tend to collect what I call Novelty nail polish bottles. Last year at Christmas time I picked up a cute little snow man bottle at Sally's. Now with my novelty polishes, I DO NOT OPEN THEM. For me they are my collector bottles. I've been dying to do something with my little snow man so as an added bonus.........

How cute? Hope you enjoyed today's theme. Check back for more to come!

An InLinkz Link-up

12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Challenge | Day 1 | Snow Flakes

I recently joined a group on Facebook called Challenge Your Nail Art. I love this group. They have regular short challenges and they are come and go as you please. Meaning you don't have to commit to a full challenge. For the month of December they are doing the 12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Challenge which I am super excited about. If you have followed me for a while you may remember the Let It Snow challenge from last year, which you can find Here. For some reason I love the idea of a challenge which does just that. It challenges you to do things you wouldn't normally go for and also if you are in a mani funk, you always have an idea to go on. So enough chatting. Here is the first day of the 12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Challenge.

For day 1, the theme is Snow Flakes. I've done snow flakes before but I'm loving how these turned out.

Items Used:

Wet N Wild - Listening to Blue Reed
Nabi - White Flake
White Acrylic Paint
LA Colors Rapid Dry
Nail Art Brush

Check out what is to come!

An InLinkz Link-up

Veterans Day 2014 | Camouflage Nail Art

Today is Veterans Day so what better nail art is there other than camouflage. My sister is really big into camouflage and I've been wanting to give it a try for a while now. I'm actually pleased with how well they turned out. I will probably be doing these in many other color combinations. Onto the nail art.

Items Used:

Sinful Colors - Beau Khaki

E.L.F - Nude

Wet N Wild - Black Creme

Hard Candy - Jubilee

Wet N Wild Matte Top Coat

I've had Hard Candy Jubilee for quite some time now and I wanted so bad to love it. I do, but I don't. I'm not really sure how I'm feeling about this one. It may just end up in my destash section. 

Well that's it for today's post. Hope you enjoyed.

13 days of Halloween | Monsters

Today's post for the 13 days of Halloween is actually 4 nail art ideas in one. Sometimes you can just never decided on one thing to do, so why not choose them all. Its day 8 and I have monsters for you.

We have Frankenstein, a Vampire, Frankenstein's wife, and a Mummy.

Items Used:

Wet N Wild - Ghoul time

China Glaze - White on White

LA Colors - Whipped

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints - Black, White, Fuchsia

LA Colors Rapid Dry

How cute is Frankenstein's wife with her little bow. Of course I had to add a cute factor to all those monsters. Stay tuned for the rest of the 13 days of Halloween.

13 days of Halloween | Patchwork/Stitches

Day 6 of the 13 days of Halloween is one of my favorites so far. These were inspired by The Nailasaurus which I found on Pinterest Here. I love the color combination so I decided to recreate them.

Items Used:

China Glaze - White on White

Wet N Wild - Stand the Test of Lime

Wet N Wild - Who is Ultra Violet

Pure Ice - Drive me Crazy

Apple Barrel Black Acrylic Paint

Wet N Wild Matte Top Coat

There is still more 13 days of Halloween to come. Hope you are enjoying them.

13 days of Halloween | Haunted House

Have you ever been to a haunted house at Halloween time. Last time I went to one, I got the (insert your own word here) scared out of me. Don't get me wrong, I love all things horror, but there is something about a man running after you with a chainsaw after you have already watched way to many scary movies and crime shows that just doesn't sit well with me. Feel free to tell your haunted house stories in the comments below.

Items Used:

Pure Ice - Kiss Me Here

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints in Black and Bright Yellow

Wet N Wild Matte Top Coat


I have entered these into a Pure Ice contest, so if you wouldn't mind clicking the link and voting I would appreciate it. You can vote Here

More 13 days of Halloween to come.

13 days of Halloween | Spider Webs

Its day 4 of the 13 days of Halloween and today's theme is Spider Webs. I've done spider webs before and loved doing them. They are so easy and fun to do and you can add so many things including spiders, dew drops or anything you would find in a spiders web.

Items Used:

Wet N Wild - Black Creme

Sinful Colors - Pumpkin Spice

Wet N Wild - Matte Top Coat

Apple Barrel White and Black Acrylic Paint

There's still more 13 days of Halloween to come so stick around.

Breast Cancer Awareness 2014 Nail Art

Today I have one of two Breast Cancer Awareness nail art post to share with you. Lets get into it.

What I Used:

Wet N Wild Shine - Tickled Pink
Rue 21 - Unnamed Pink glitter

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints:

Pink Eraser
Fuchsia

Topped with LA Colors Rapid Dry

Hope you enjoyed these. I'll have a second one coming up soon!



Comic book nails/Born Pretty Store Review

Today I have a 2 in 1 post. Comic book style nail art and a review of born pretty store brushes I received for review. You can find the review for the stamper set and glequins that I did HERE.

Here's what I used for today's nail art

Lets start with the brushes from Born Pretty Store. I had ordered brushes from Winstonia and received those at the same time as the ones to review from Born Pretty Store. The only difference I found in the 2 sets is the bigger brush of the 3. The Born Pretty Store brush is a bit bigger and thicker than the ones I had ordered from Winstonia. Other than that the Born Pretty Store brushes are a really good quality and worked well for the nail art I wanted to achieve today. 

These are the 2 that I used in today

's nail art

After cleaning the brushes in between each color they bounced right back as if I had just opened them. I love how thin and pointed the tips are and the handles are pretty sturdy and not wobbly. I had an issue with a set of brushes I had ordered about a year ago where as soon as I took the little plastic piece off the tip of the brush it had popped off from the handle. No issues with that here.

Close up of the 2 brushes

Overall I would highly recommend these brushes to anyone. Now onto the nail art that these brushes helped create. I also want to point out that I have never made such small and straight lines with other brushes I've had.

Had to pose with the brushes used

Items used for today's post

Duri Rejovacote

China Glaze-White on White

China Glaze- Pool Party

Nail Tek Quicken (Used in between layers)

Wet N Wild Matte Top Coat

Black, White, and yellow acrylic paints

Dotting tools

00 and 000 brush from Born Pretty Store

You can find the brushes from this post by visiting the Born Pretty Store Website or a direct link to the brushes are here. 3 Pc Brush Set

Also dont forget that I have a 10% discount code that you can use when you checkout at the Born Pretty Store. After 10 uses of this code we can have a sponsored giveaway from the Born Pretty Store.

Valentines Nail Art

Valentines Day is tomorrow so I figured I'd share some valentines looks that I did. There are 3 different designs I'm going to show, one of those being an Anti Valentines for those who just aren't  a valentines person.

Polishes Used:

Wet N Wild Wild Shine-French White Creme

LA Colors-Wisteria 

Wet N Wild Megalast-Young N' Cheeky

Pink and White acrylic paints

Topped with Nail Tek Quicken

Polishes Used:

Wet N Wild Wild Shine-French White Creme

Pure Ice-Silver Mercedes

Broadway Nails-Gunmetal

Black and White acrylic paints

Topped with Nail Tek Quicken

Polishes Used:

Sinful Color-Unicorn

Sinful Colors-Island Coral

Sinful Colors-Cinderella

Sinful Colors-Tempest

Red Acrylic Paint

Topped with Nail Tek Quicken

I hope you liked all the valentines nail art.

-Ashley-

Let It Snow Challenge | Day 17 | Igloos

Wow, 17 days into the Let It Snow Challenge. This has definitely been an experience. This is my second challenge I've done, however, the first was a complete fail. I was still learning things and was going through a lot and making excuses for why each post wasn't making being posted. I was in a funk. Well that funk is well over and I'm proud to say that I've made it this far into the challenge. This will not be my last, as this has been so much fun and I already cant wait for the next one.

With that being said, lets get on to Day 17 with Igloos. When I saw this I said to myself. How does one paint igloos on their nails. So I did just that. I painted an igloo on my nails. Hope you like.

Polishes Used:

Wet N Wild Wild Shine- French White Creme

Sinful Colors- Sugar Rush

Acrylic Paints used:

White 

Black

Bimini Blue

Tools Used:

Nail Art Brushes

I've also switched from a white backdrop to a black backdrop for taking my pictures. I think it made a difference on how the pictures turn out. What do you think compared to other recent pictures of mine? Can you see a difference?

I cant wait to see what others have done for igloos in this challenge, and you can view those by using the links below.

Let It Snow Challenge | Day 16 | Dots

Todays post is Day 16 of the Let It Snow Challenge. The theme was Dots. I'm super happy with how these turned out. Hope you like them.

Polishes Used:

Wet N Wild Wild Shine: French White Creme

Wet N Wild Wild Shine: Teal Slowly and See

Wet n Wild Wild Shine: Listening to Blue Reed

New York Color (NYC): Boat Basin

No Top Coat

Tools Used:

Dotting Tools

You may have noticed I did NOT use a top coat. I luckily took pictures before top coat. I let these dry for over an hour, put top coat and of course they smeared. Anyone have any suggestion on not getting the smear. 

Check out what others did by using the links below.

Let It Snow Challenge | Day 15 | Winter Hats, Mittens and Scarfs

Day 15 of the Let it Snow Challenge theme is Winter Hats, Mittens and Scarfs. I sat on this idea for a while and was going to try and incorporate all 3 into my nail art. Nope, didn't happen. I chose to go with mittens. This turned out horrible. I have one that looks sort of like a mitten and the other looks like an oven mitt. Oh well, that's the point of a challenge. Right? I challenged myself to something I hadn't done, and failed. Which means this will be a try again mani. Well hope you like it more than I do.

I forgot to mention that as soon as I top coated it smeared in areas. The one time I don't use my acrylic paints and this happens. 

Polishes Used:

Wet N Wild Wild Shine: Who is Ultra Violet

Wet N Wild Megalast: On a Trip

Wet N Wild Megalast: Tahitian Pearl

Pure Ice: Black Out

Sinful Colors: Stardust

Topped with Nail Tek Quicken

Tools Used:

Nail Art Brushes

I will at some point be redoing this mani. It has great potential.

To see what others did, use the links below.

Let It Snow Challenge | Day 13 | Snow Leopard

Today's Let It Snow Challenge theme is Snow Leopards. I was stumped on this one from the beginning because I didn't want to do just leopard print. So I added just a little something to it. Hope you like.

Polishes Used:

Wet N Wild- French White Creme

China Glaze- Fairy Dust

Pure Ice- Silver Mercedes

Topped with Glossy Glam by Rica

Acrylics Used:

White

Black

Bimini Blue

Tools Used:

Dotting Tools

Nail Art Brushes

You can see other snow leopards for this challenge by using the links below

Let It Snow Challenge | Day 11 | Snowflakes

I have officially made it halfway through this challenge and I couldnt be happier. Today is Day 11 with the theme of snowflakes. Hope you enjoy!

Accent snowflake was hand painted.

Polishes Used:

Sinful Colors-Cinderella

Sinful Colors- After Party

Wet N Wild- French White Creme

Topped with Glossy Glam By Rica

Acrylic Paints:

White

Tools Used:

Gals Stamping Plate-GA41

Nail Art Brushes

Make-up Sponge

Check out other snowflake designs by using the links below.