Neon Corner Nails

Hey Dolls:) I have a fun mani that I sported over the weekend that I wanna share with you today:) I did a white creme base and then flicked a random line of China Glaze What I Like About Blue, That's Shore Bright, Pink Voltage, and Home Sweet House Music in the bottom corner:) I top it off with a partial nail stamping using Ejiubas Wonders of Life plate and Konad Black :) Followed it up with a quick coat of Seche Vite!

Super Easy and quick!!! I love manis like this because the are really hard to screw up (which I do often) :) Have a great weekend!!!

♥ Melissa

Freehand Flower

Happy Friday Dolls! For today's mani I decided to do a little bit of freehand nail art. I used China Glaze Bite Me as my main color and painted my 2 accent nails in Sinful Colors White on White. I added a few quick black dots to my middle finger:) For my ring finger I used China Glaze Bite Me, None of Your Risky Business, Pool Party, and That's Shore Bright to do an impressionist style of flower and added some black dots to highlight the center :)

This kind of freehand art is so easy, there are no straight lines and no way to really mess it up:) and it looks fantastic:) Hope you all have a wonderful relaxing weekend!!!!

♥ Melissa

A Little Art Deco

Hey Dolls:) I was perusing Pinterest the other week looking for nail art ideas, and of course I have a nail art board. I was looking at some of the ideas I pinned years ago and I stumbled upon this mani by SoNailicious, and thought I would give it a try!  I used Zoya Chantal, Lillian, Sia and Essie Good as Gold. I am really happy with the way this mani turned out:)

Looking at the pics now I definitely still need some practice with my line work but overall it's not bad:)  I love the art deco feel of this mani, and one benefit of looking at old pins is it gave me lots of inspiration:)

 ♥ Melissa

Stamping Penny Talks

Happy Friday Eve Dolls!!!! I have been trying to paint my nails for DAYS!!!! But I have a very cranky 1yr old who is cutting teeth like crazy!!! Last night my Hubby gave me a couple of hours to myself (THANK YOU HUBBY) to paint my nails and decompress!!! I went with a basic black and then stamped on some Essie Penny Talks using Born Pretty Plate W-10. Simple Elegant and perfect!!!!

I feel like I am getting a renewed desire for nail art!!! And I have so many ideas floating around in my head, I can't wait to show you:)

♥ Melissa

HPB Presents Fall Mani Idea

Happy Friday Dolls!!!! Fall is such a great time of year:) I am really enjoying the cooler temps especially at night!  It hasn't gotten cool enough here for the leaves to start changing colors yet so I just figured I would make my own:) I used China Glaze What's she Dune? as the base:) I did the tree and leaves using an assortment of Zoya polishes including Pepper, Thandie, Rocha, Darcy, and Louise!!!!

I am happy with how easy and fabulous this mani came together!!! What are your ideas for a fabulous fall mani!!! Check out some of the manis below for some other great fall mani ideas!!!!

♥ Melissa

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Tuesday French Tips

Happy Tuesday dolls!!!! I have such a fun mani to show you today:) I think this pattern for nail art in general is one of my favorites, it just has so many potential color combos and is so super easy!!!! Check out these others I have done in the past here and here:)  For this mani I started with tips in Zoya Kitridge a nice bubblegum pink:) I then added some leopard spots with Barry M's Blueberry and Black! Followed all this with a coat of SV:) Super easy, fun and quick!!!!

What do you think of this??? Played out or Play On??? I Love it and I guess that's all that really matters:) Hope you are having a great week and staying cool (it's so freaking hot outside)

♥ Melissa

All products in this post were purchased by me and all opinions are my own

Turkey Nails:) A week late!!!

Hi Dolls:) So sorry I have been MIA:( I got super sick (head/chest cold possibly the flu) right before Thanksgiving and I am just now on the mend:) Still coughing a bunch and lots of sinus pressure and run down but finally starting to feel better!!!! But I wanted to show you my Turkey Day Nails even if I am a week late!!!

I was super proud of my turkey nails!!! and I can't wait to work on my christmas nail art!!! 

♥ Melissa

Halloween Nails!!!!

Happy Halloween Eve!!!! So today's post is not gonna be long but I did wanna show you guys what I have been sporting on my nails the last few weeks!!! And maybe inspire you to rock your own Halloween Mani!!! Now as for what colors were used I honestly don't remember but here you go!!!

Stitches

Girly Webs

Hallowswirles

Mummy

It's a drag (marbled)

Gradient 1

Gradient 2

So what do you think of My Halloween Nails??? and what are you rocking for the spookiest day of the year???

♥ Melissa

Born Pretty Gold and Silver Foil

Oh I sooo ♥ Fall weather!!!! It has finally started to get a little cooler here and is really started to feel like Fall!!!! and in celebration of this change I did some super easy nail art with Born Pretty Gold foil!!!  

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I paired the Gold foil with Zoya India and put a top coat over and DONE!!! Super Easy:) 

Now the foil is super thin and definitely fragile!!!! The only look it is really feasible to be used for is this:( but it does lay flat on the nail and looks freaking fantastic, not to mention you get 6 gold and 6 silver for less than $6 @ Born Pretty Store (use RWL91 for 10% off your purchase)!!!!  What do you think of this look??? Perfect for Fall right!!!

♥ Melissa

*Press Sample: Some of the products in this post were sent to me for review. I was not paid for my review of this product and all opinions are my own*

Born Pretty Nail Stickers

Good Monday Morning Dolls!!!!  I just have a feeling that this is gonna be a great week!!!  and I have a ton of polish/nail art to show you this week too!!! Last week I showed you ladies some stamping fun from Born Pretty Store, today I have some really cool nail art stickers from them!!!

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Now I have never tried stickers on my nails before, but I can say I'm addicted now:) For this mani I used Funky Fingers Riot, a violent purple as my base!!! I used silver nail art stickers from Born Pretty and I ♥ them!!! You just put them on and put a top coat over and done!!!

This is probably the easiest nail art I have ever done!!! Such a quick way to dress up any mani:) What do you think of this??? Oh and for 10% your purchase at Born Pretty use promo code RWL91:)

♥ Melissa

*Press Sample: Some of the products in this post were sent to me for review. I was not paid for my review of this product and all opinions are my own*

Born Pretty Nail Stamping Plate

Happy Wednesday Dolls!!! Wow what a morning I have had, it just seems like nothing is going my way today:( So I am gonna just dive right in to what makes me happy... Polish:)

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I have been reviewing some nail art products from Born Pretty and I just had to try out their stamping plates:) I pick out the vintage floral arabesque  template, it has 13 designs!!!! I Love the way holos look on super dark colors so I picked OPI Honk if you Love OPI and stamped it with Color Club Cloud Nine:) 

I am super happy with this stamping plate, I love the design and had no problem with picking up the image:) You can get this plate from the Born Pretty Store and you can get 10% off  with the coupon code below:)

♥ Melissa

*Press Sample: Some of the products in this post were sent to me for review. I was not paid for my review of this product and all opinions are my own*

It all DOTS to Me

Good Morning Dolls!!!! I hope you have all had a great week!!! As I sit here drinking my coffee and listen to the TV playing in the background (the movie Twister, one of my favs), I am reminded of how far I have come with this little blog:) I just started out documenting my weekly (sometimes daily) manis and now I get the fabulous opportunity to review polish and have met some of the best most supporting women I have had the privilege to know!!! For Today's Mani, I wanted to take it back a little. Two of my favorite "nail art" techniques when I first got started were Skittles and Dots:) throw in a little Holo and I was all over it!!!  And looking at this mani I remember why I fell in Love with Polish:) 

This mani is so fun, and my 6yr old loves it!!! Here are the polishes I used with links on how to get your own:)

Thumb (Beige) - Chirality Bromine, OPI You don't know Jacques!

Pointer (Blue) - Chirality Quarks, Zoya Ryan

Middle (Purple) - Chirality Convergence, Barielle Soho at Night

Ring (Green) - Chirality Asymptote, Barielle Boho Chic

Pinky (Red/Pink) - Chirality Bloodshot, Zoya Veronica

I am so happy with the way this mani turned out, the past couple of months I have been super slack on nail art but wearing this mani the last couple of days has reignited my love for it:) 

♥ Melissa

Nail Art Fun

Happy Monday Ladies:) Hope you all had a fantastic weekend!!!! I was under the weather all weekend:( Can I just say I hate being sick!!!! Anyway last week I was perusing Pinterest and ran across this awesome Pedicure and just had to try my hand at it!!! Well after I did my toes I couldn't stop myself from doing my hands too!!!! For this Mani I used Wet and Wild Black as my base and for the designs I used regular acrylic paints (they pop better against such a dark base, without need for secondary coats) all followed up with a coat of SV:)

 And although I detest feet pics, here are my toes:)

My toes took approx 2 hours to do:( mostly because I couldn't reach my toes all that well because of my big preggo belly:) My hands took a little over 1 hour, but for results like this it was well worth my time!!! So, do you like it???

♥ Melissa

Anchors Away

Happy Tuesday Dolls:) I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!!! I know I did!!! And I'm am loving this wonderful spring weather, cause I know before long the HOTT days of summer will assault us and be unrelenting:( One thing I am not happy about is what all these pregnancy hormones are doing to my nails... Oh sure my skin is glowing and my hair is thick and cooperating on a daily basis, but my nails have become brittle and peeling:( which is why I am sporting shorties!!! Anyway onto today's Mani, Anchors Away!!!!

The Blue base here is Blueberry by Barry M Gelly, one of my favorite blues ever!!!! The White is Purity by Zoya and the Hot Pink is Ali by Zoya!!! I created the dots with a small dotting tool and the stripes and anchor is free hand:)

I absolutely love the way this mani turned out!!!! So much so that I replicated it on my toes:) Don't worry I'm not gonna show you those, although I like my feet I am in MAJOR need of a pedicure!!!! Have a Fabulous Week!!!!

 ♥ Melissa

Halloween Skittles:)

Happy Halloween Week!!!! and I'm baaaackkkk!!! Surgery went really well, I laid on the couch for 5 days straight with some pretty awesome meds:) I have been taking it super easy for the past 2 days and went back to work today (crazy, I know)!!! I was gonna take another week off of blogging and social media; but I have a couple of super cute Halloween mani's to show off and waiting till after Halloween just seemed wrong. So tonight I wanna show off my Halloween Skittle mani!!!

 

So for this Mani I used 7 different colors!!!For thumb nail I used Zoya Darcy as my base and stamped on some fun bats with the Bundle Monster BM-213 plate:) My index finger is China Glaze Def Defying with some fun stiches freehanded on!!! For my middle finger Eyeballs were the way to go, a black base with Zoya Rocky for the blue and some well placed dots:)  My ring finger is a base of Zoya Thandie with a freehanded Jack-o-lantern face!!! and Finally my pinkie is a base of Zoya Livingston with a freehanded black and white mouth with fangs!!!!

So what do you think of my Halloween Skittles???? I am sooo happy with the way these turned out!!!

More Halloween fun to come this week:)

 

♥ Melissa

Green is the New Black

Happy Thursday Lovies!!!! Hope you are all having a fabulous week:) I know that I am SUPER ready for the weekend.  For tonight's mani I went Green, cause as everyone knows Green is the new Black:)  I used Zoya Josie from the Stunning Collection, a gorgeous grass green cream as the base.  I then used Zoya Rikki from the Irresistible Collection and lightly and randomly brushed the color on:) and this is the result:)

 

 

I am super happy with the way this came out:) and I Love how easy it was!!!! Have a fabulous weekend Dolls:) see you next week!!!

 

♥ Melissa

Monday Nail Art:)

Another week is starting, really where did the weekend go???? I will begin by saying I have a love/hate relationship with nail art:/ But this mani I Love!!!! I started with a base of SC White on White and then painted on Color Club Angel Kiss in some swirly designs:) Followed it up with a coat of HK Girl:)

What do you think of this mani??? I think I am finally getting the hang of nail art, but it definitely is a work in progress!!! Now stay tuned because later this week I have a beautiful Limited Edition Polish by Chirality to show you:)

 

♥ ~ Melissa