Mariners Baseball Nails

In celebration of our families first Mariners baseball game at the stadium, I went with home team colors. 

Navy blue, teal and of course, baseballs!

Navy blue and teal nails were gradient sponged.

Go Mariners!

Please ignore the chipped polish and cut on my pinky. This is sadly what a day at work did to my hard work :-( But I had to show off my new camera as well as the ball field in the background!

Layering - Fantasy Fire + Mood Polish

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Now onto the manicure. I went with my Claire's color changing dark blue to light blue then layered Fantasy Fire over the top. Holy moly FF just never disappoints! And the color changing polish just add another level of awesomeness to this! 

Pic heavy as I tried to get different angles and lighting to show the full effect.

Tips - Navy Sparkle

Another inspiration found on Pinterest

Not an exact replica, then again, I try not to go exact.

No one can ever compare to the original creator.

But I think they turned out super cute!
Created with French Tip Dip.

The blue I used is Color Club Cold Metal. China Glaze Fairy Dust over it.

Flower is acrylic in yellow and white.

Sky Blue Floral

A tad simpler for the day.

China Glaze Caribbean Blue (holy lord, have I mentioned how gorgeous this color is all on its own? And just amazing coverage too!)

Then Finger Paints Flecked.

Kiss nail art paint in black and silver and some black round rhinestones to complete.

 

Tiger Striped Pink Tips

Another fun french tip manicure.

I decided I loved y last tips with crazy color combos so I went crazy color with these too!

But first, the base in Avon something blue with hand painted stripes in black

Then the awesome tips added with the French Tip Dip

Tips - Funky Cheetah

Like everyone else, I've been yet again, inspired by Pinterest! If you haven't followed me, please do so with the Pin box to the right ----->

But when I came across this mani, I fell in love. The colors are so unique together. So I had to try it! I think its the most complimented-on manicure I've had so far!

The orange is some non-named bright orange by Color Club done with my awesome French Tip Dip.

Blue is ORLY Snowcone (totally diggin' this color)

Then a small art brush with W & W black for the cheetah marks.

Polka Dots - Pale Blue

Another night of spending a good 20 minutes surfing through my nail photos to decide what I should do on my nails. I landed with polka dots (i seem to have the most ideas with these and french tips).

I used ORLYSnowcone as the base color, then large dotted with French Tip Dip white, then small dotted with Wet N Wild Black

My accent nail is the W&W black base, then I French Tip Dipped Snowcone on, then small dotted in the same W&W black. From there I added Kiss nail art paint in silver as a stripe across the bottom edge of the blue tip. Then added a cute fimo flower (I've had my eye on this flower since I got it and hadn't come across a manicure I could add it to. Until now!

Revlon Royal

After being awed by another swatch from Let Them Have Polish, I had to have it.

It looked like the most amazing gradient manicure I had seen then after close looking, I realized it wasn't a gradient but the way the polish lays on the nail! Her tips showed a different shade than the nail bed and it just looked awesome. So I popped Royal on my WL with the intentions of buying it next time at Rite Aid.

Well, I picked this beauty up last night (the last one too!)

Seems everyone saw one post and went crazy over it :-)

I'm a tad bummed that mine didn't come out as awesome as hers but the photos show a little shade difference that I can't really see in person (which that is usually opposite).

Application was ok. First coats always suck for me (I think because of my basecoat). But a second application and it covered nicely. The gel-like formula has a gorgeous color to it. Yet it dries with a matte-like finish. Now I'm a huge fan of matte but this finish just looked a tad silly. One coat of SV fixes that right up.

Layering - Sparkles, Flakies and Holo

Tried some layering instead of actual art this round. 

Loving the way the combo came out.

Using OPI Light My Saphire, ORLY Twilight, Finger Paints Asylum and China Glaze Holo Top coat

Avon Springtime Tips

Well after I saw the new Avon Spring colors I had to buy them.

I opted out of the pink as I have lots of pinks already and don't wear those often.

(Right, like I dont have enough of every color!)

So after applying them, I decided that darker tips on them would look cool.

So I sifted through my stash and pick some darker shades and this is what we have.

Flamed Hearts

These started out super cute with the gorgeous deep blue background, then a lighter blue acrylic paint. Then I added a darker shade as well as another lighter blue and those kind of messed the look up. The still look semi nice but not what I imagined.

My accent nail also has the deep blue base color. Then I added some aqua blue ice chips. This is my first try with these and I must say that I am not terribly impressed. Maybe I didn't do it correctly but they are stiff and didn't conform to my nail so I had a lot of jagged edges that I kept picking at throughout the day. I also added a fimo heart to each.

Foils - RM Inspired Tips

Once I saw this post by Robin Moses, I knew I had to try it. 

I instantly went onto dollarnailart and bought a bunch.

The haul came in yesterday and OMG = heaven!

 (haul post coming soon).

These foils are just amazing. I wish I had bought more.

Anyway, I started with Finger Paints Asylum just to give my stained nail some bling lol.

Then I randomly and not perfectly on purpose, painted a black tip. Letting that dry, I randomly swipped the foil glue and let that dry about 2 minutes then added 3 different foil colors in Blue Fuchsia and purple. I also added black dots for a pretty accent.

Seriously, you must check out this site! Too bad my camera isnt better to catch the awesomeness of these colors!