Hey all! Boy has it been a busy week! I turned 27 on Wednesday and along with celebrating with family I have been planning my birthday bash. I just wanted to pop in and show you what's been on my nails this week.
My amazing boyfriend has been so sweet and sending me an Ulta gift card each day of my "birthday week" so that I could get myself some new polishes (seriously, how lucky am I?!?)
I will be posting my birthday polish haul on Sunday but here is a sneak peek
Can't wait to share everything with you all.
Now onto the nails! For my birthday mani I did a bit of a glitter gradient with a stamped accent nail.
I totally loved these! To get the look I used 3 different Ulta polishes
From left to right: Broken & Blue, Walking On Broken Glass, In Hi-burr-nation
The accent nail was stamped using Cheeky plate CH33 and Avon's Glisten Scintillant
I kept that mani on until this evening and was sooo sad to take it off...but alas tomorrow is my party! The theme: mustache, tall socks karaoke party ( fun right?). Naturally I had to do a mustache mani
Eeeek! I just looooove them :0)
For this magnificently fun mani I used a few new products from my birthday haul
I did a base coat of OPI's Nail Envy (original formula) followed by 2 coats of Sally Hansen's Grass Slipper. After letting it all dry I used my nifty new mustache/kisses stamping plate that my mom gave me as a b-day gift ( which I have been wanting sooooo badly after seeing them on amazon. I apologize again for not knowing the manufacturer). I used a black striping polish that I received in my January Nail Art Society bag to stamp the images. I know that's a strange use for a striping polish but it seriously gave me such an opaque color for my stamp.
I am very proud of both of these looks. What about you? Which of my b-day manis did you enjoy?
Can't wait for Sunday when I have time to show you all my goodies from the week :0) For now its bed time. Have a great weekend!
Keep it polished!!!!
<3 Jess
Hello again! As promised I am back with my second post of the day.
I gotta say I am proud of myself for being so productive!
As I mentioned in my last post, I was watching football with some friends while doing my nails, ( now that is my idea of Sunday fun day!) Anyways I have been wanting to do a quilted nail for a while and decided today was the day.
I started with 2 coats of Ulta's Blue Streak for my base. I have had this color for a while but have not tried it until today. I really enjoy Ulta polishes, they have a great brush size, amazing color, and go on really smoothly.
After letting that fully dry, I carefully applied strips of striping tape to produce my quilted pattern and once I was satisfied with the spacing I applied a generous coat of yet another unknown Sephora mini shown here
Sorry yet again for not knowing the name. Now that I am aware the minis do not have their names I will be sure to write down the next set I get.
Now for those of you who haven't used the striping tape in this way its important to know when you do this, the key is to remove the tape ASAP after applying the second color. When I first used striping tape I was not aware of this and it didn't end well.
I didn't like just having the one accent nail so I decided to spruce it up with some pinkish-purple rhinestones and topped it off with a generous coat of Seche Vite.
While I like these nails, I was hoping to achieve a bit more of a quilted texture. Will have to read up and see how other bloggers are doing it.
Well I'm off to bed, have a great night!
Keep it polished!
<3 Jess
