Nail Tales

Monday, August 27, 2012

MSMD--First Day of School

Hello, ladies,

Today was our first day of school so I thought I would jump on the apple mani train and see where it headed. Fortunately, it wasn't apple sauce! Get it...? Like a squishy apple? Like a train wreck...? No....okay.....I won't force it...too late....why is this still happening......zomg.

I used China Glaze Innocence as a base and Essie Russian Roulette for the apples. A dotting tool helped with the leaf and stem and a white striper added the little "shine".

Totally my favorite apple out of the bunch :)

Thanks for reading and for those of you who are heading back to school, best of luck!

Emily

Better Late Than Never

Hello, ladies!

In the last two weeks, I have moved, been hit by a car (I am fine), gone to Rhode Island, finished camp, and started teaching. Fortunately, things are starting to calm down and we are starting to get back into a routine. I have several manis to show you today, some good, some bad, some ugly :P

1. Moving Nails (after-the-move nails)

Those are not french tips, they are just chipped, haha. Before moving, I used Spoiled Pumping Gas and Jewelry Heist glitter topcoat. I did not take a picture then, so here they are, my poor finger nails after moving from one third-floor apartment to another.

2. Owl Stamping Nails (a feeble stamping attempt)

Okay, hubby and I are cabbing it for a while (cheap-ass-broke-ing) but I splurged and bought Essie Good as Gold (love!) and and Nicole by OPI Busta Mauve (don't love). I read that Busta Mauve is a duochrome, but it is more of a brown metallic with flecks of red and blue glitter.

3. Orange and Green Day Summer Challenge Nails!

Okay, let's end on a good note :D. For orange and green day, I took Geeky Owl and Manicurity's ideas of the "Eek!" nails and added a happy face! It reminds me of peas and carrots :D.

Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day!
Emily

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Summer Challenge: Sunflowers

Hi, ladies!

I got the original idea for today's post from Missy's Manis, which you can see here She has really cute manis, you should definitely check them out! I used Essie Mesmerized and binder reinforcer stickers to make the half-moon shape.

Then, for today's challenge, I added what sort of looks like a sunflower. Hopefully you can see what the idea was!

Thanks for reading and have a great day!

Emily

Music of the Day

Etta James "Sunday Kind of Love" (even though it's Tuesday lol)

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Summer Challenge: Summer Needle Drag

Hello, ladies,

For today's summer needle drag I rummaged through Youtube.com for tutorials and found this one.

I used Essie Turquoise and Caicos and China Glaze Under the Boardwalk. I really like this technique and look forward to trying it in the future!

Thanks for reading!
Emily <3

Monday, August 13, 2012

MSMD Monday

Hello, ladies!

Today is Monkey See, Monkey Do Monday, where we recreate a mani or design we adore. For today's mani, I tried to recreate this Nani Iro textile I saw on Pinterest.