Faded Pink Stripes

I saw a picture of some faded pink stripes while browsing online the other day, and I loved it! Sadly, I thought I save the link but I cannot find it now, so I won't be able to post an inspiration photo or link :(. So, here is my finished result:

So it might be a little hard to tell from my picture, but I used a white polish as a base color, added pink stripes (which have a fading effect), and then added a little glitter. So grab some colors and a make-up sponge and let's get to it! First, paint your nails white:

Once this coat is dry, you want to cut up some strips of tape (whatever width you want) and apply two to three strips to each nail:

Now take your make-up sponge, dip it in a little pink polish and start dabbing at the tip of the nail and work your way down the nail. This will create a faded look.

If you make the pink too dark towards the bottom of the stripes, no problem! Just dab a little bit of the white polish on with the sponge and it will give you the look you want too! Once you are done, peel the tape off.  You will notice I did my ring finger in the opposite direction to make it stand out a little!

To top off the look I added some glitter, making sure there was more glitter at the tip of the nail and fading it to the base of the nail (to match the stripes).

Add a top coat, and you are done!!

Galaxy Nails!

Up next is the Galaxy Nails! I did these last week (nails were still pretty short, sorry!) and posted the finished product (below) and had so many people ask how I did it! Well it was super simple!!

Here is the picture I found on Pinterest....I would give you a link, but the link was apparently taken down or broken, so sorry to whoever put this adorable nail are online!!

As you can see, all of the steps are right in the picture above, but I am going to post my own step by step pictures to show you that you don't have to be a professional to get this look! So, what you need for this design is a black polish for the base color, 3 or 4 colors you want to use to make the galaxy effect, and a make-up sponge.  I also used a paper plate to help with the mess.

If you can't tell by looking at my paper plate, I practiced with a bunch of colors to see which ones I liked best and I decided to go with blue, purple, white and pink. So after applying the black base I started with blue and just dabbed a little bit on each nail like so:

I did the same thing with each color, overlapping them a little to give it that cool galaxy effect. The best part about this design is that it doesn't have to be perfect!  

Once all of the colors have been applied, you want to top it off with a glitter polish to make the "stars". Make sure that you dab some of the glitter polish off of your brush before apply it because you don't want too much glitter, just enough to add to the effect.  Once you top it off with a top coat, you are done!

Upside Down French Mani!

Hey everyone! Sorry it has been SO long since I posted last, things have been kinda crazy! On top of being busy, I broke a couple nails and had to grow them back a little before I could do a couple designs, but I am back in the game now :).  First of all I want to thank you all for sending me inspiration photos, I am going to try and get to them all (I have had a lot of requests!!). This post is a simple one, I call it the upside down french mani, and of course I found it on pinterest!

Here is what my nails looked like when I was done. Here was where my inspiration came from:

http://lyndarthemerciless.blogspot.com/2010/03/talontastic-thursday-tuesday-tops-tails.html

Ok, so all you need for this one is a base color (mine is black), matte topcoat, some tape or mani tip stickers, and some glitter polish (I used silver!). Start with your base color:

Then I added the matte top coat:

Then let it dry COMPLETELY!! Once they are dry, you can start using the tape or stickers.  You want to put the stickers at the base of the nail to make a half-circle shape.  Then you can start adding the glitter and peeling the stickers away!

I found that adding a little clear polish over the glitter makes it more sparkly, but be careful not to get it on the matte polish! Here is the finished product!!