The Ultimate Spring Time Manicure; Splatter Paint Nail Art!

Spring is right around the corner, so why not celebrate with a nice bright, cheerful manicure; a splatter paint manicure!? I fumbled with the idea of using regular nail polish for this manicure, however with the potential of polish being flown around, it was in my furnitures best interest to use washable acrylics for this nail art :) My husband was thankful for that since I've ruined our kitchen table and computer desk with nail polish, acetone AND thinner in the last year or so.

<3

The base color is actual nail polish; Sinful Colors 'Snow Me White' and then the acrylic paints I used for the splatters are:

*Craft Smart- Lime Green

*Craft Smart- Pure Pumpkin

*Apple Barrel- Bright Magenta

*Delta Creative- Azure Blue

The brush I used is just a striper type brush. Similiar to one that would come in a striper polish.

I added water to the thick acrylic paint, dipped the brush into the paint and flicked the paint onto my nails. Once I was happy with the look of my nail after each color, I waited until it was completely dry before moving on to the next color. I did this for all four paints. Then I applied my topcoat and this is what the final manicure looks like! It's been a bit rainy out, so excuse my poor lighting. One was taken indoor and the other was taken outside. I hope you enjoy!

You can check out the video of me doing this manicure on YouTube. As soon as I upload that video, I will link it here! I will see you guys in the next post!

-Amanda

Gradient Dotticure Manicure and *Update* :)

This week has been nutso! Completely crazy! I went from having tons of free time to having very little. As some of you who follow my YouTube video may know, I recently moved.. as in a few days ago. The new semester also started at my college so between packing up the old house, unpacking at the new house, going to school and handling my wifely duties, I have had little to no time to do my nails. I actually wore one manicure for seven days straight! That never happends!

 Since I finally am getting nestled into the new house and things are settling down a bit I figured I'd take a breather and update my blog. Because I haven't done my nails in a bit, I wanted to share with you a dotticure I did a month or so ago. It came out a tad messy, but I am still smitten with it! :) I hope you enjoy this manicure, and as soon as I get my nail area put up (all my polishes and racks are sitting on the floor!! *sad face*) and in order, I'll be whippin up new manicures I'm sure daily! LOL See ya in the next post!

-Amanda

Polishes Used:

China Glaze- First Mate

China Glaze- Secret Peri-Winkle

Ghina Glaze- Light As Air

Pure Ice-

Sinful- Snow Me White

Sinful- Black On Black

January 2012 Haul Swatches!

January was such a fun month to shop for nail polish. From putting myself on an early "no-buy" in mid December to prepare for Christmas, I was beyond ready to start hauling again! Fortunately for me (and my wallet), I hit up some amazing sales and got close to half of my haul either on sale or clearance! I love when that happends! I also was able to get my hands on a new brand of nail polish! Although I was not a fan of it once I got it home and tried it, it's still always fun to try new things! Without further adue, here are the swatches for my January 2012 nail polish haul. If you would like to see the video of my haul, I will post it at the bottom of this post :) Enjoy!

(These swatches are WITHOUT a topcoat)

I hope you enjoyed my haul and swatches! I will see ya in the next post!
<3 Amanda

                                 

Victoria's Secret Valentines Day Inspired Manicure

When I think of Valentine's Day and 'Love', I instantly think of Victoria's Secret, the colors pink and red and hearts. What better way to be inspired, right?! So, here is a simple Valentines Day manicure that I think anyone can do; beginner or professional :)

For this manicure I used the polishes:

* China Glaze 'Sugar High'

* Sinful Colors 'Folly'

* and, a white striper pen

Check out the video below of me doing the design! :)

I hope  you guys like this Valentines Day manicure, and I will see you in the next post!

-Amanda

A Purple Flowery Water Marble and YouTube vent! :)

YouTube is being the biggest pain! I have this beautiful purple, flowery water marble that I wanted to share with everyone, but after three failed attempts at uploading it, YouTube is now not allowing me to even log in. So, until I can get the video up, here are the pictures!

I absolutely love this one! I was going for a flower design, and this what I got. I'm still fairly new at creating designs and what- not, but I am pretty happy with the way this one turned out!

I used China Glaze 'Urban Night', 'Light As Air' and OPI 'A Grape Fit'.

I have several videos waiting to be uploaded as soon as YouTube decides to play nice! I hope everyone is having a good new year and I will see you in the next post!

-Amanda

Valentine's Day Quilted Mani

It's been awhile since I last posted a blog. I've gotten lazy when it comes to taking pictures of my manicures, but one of the things I want to keep up on this year is my blog.

I love quilted manis, glitter and the color pink, so how perfect is this next mani?!

This manicure was actually inspired by Victoria's Secret 'Pink' brand, but it always reminded me of Valentines Day, so this is what I'll be wearing on Valentines Day!

The light pink is China Glaze 'Something Sweet' and the glitter polish is OPI 'Teenage Dream'. The is the perfect combination of pinks IMO. :)

I hope you guys enjoyed this Valentines Day/Victoria's Secret inspired manicure. :) If you'd like to see how I did this nail design, you can check out my youtube channel: www.youtube.com/user/modiddie

Have a good day, and I'll see you again soon!

-Amanda

Wintery Wonderland Water Marble

I suppose this maniure could also pass as a springtime water marble, but it's the first thing that came to mind when I thought of, "wintery wonderland". I think it's the glitter polish that really gives it the wintery feel.

For this water marble, these are the products the I used. <3 China Glaze.

To see how I did  this water marble manicure, you can check it out on my youtube. :)