SUNFLOWER NAILS!

Hey guys!  I have another nail design I want to share. This one is (so far) my favorite manicure I have done. It's nearing the end of summer (boohoo!) and I wanted to do something that would lift my spirits a bit and a sunflower nail design was the answer. I got the inspiration from a pin on Pinterest that linked back to an incredible nail blogger by the name of TheNailNerd. And holy shit... is she fabulous! 

I wanted to veer away from my usual water marble manicure, and practice on my freehand. Drawing has never a strong suit for me and I figure with practice I'll get better. It was nice to jump out of my comfort zone and try something different so I'll be taking a break from the marbling for the time being.

 

A funny thing happened to me while I was out in public wearing this manicure. I happen to be shopping at a beauty supply store at my local mall and as I was getting ready to make my purchase (I bought ChG 'Towel Boy Toy and ChG 'Fast Track'. I am wearing TBT at the moment and it is stunning.) and the cashier asked to see my nails and asked if I did them myself. I told her yes and she asked if she could take a picture. Of course she could! I was so flattered. She is now following me on Instagram and that just totally made my day. Not to mention, she let me have an OPI mini polish for FREE too! What an awesome experience that was.

 Here is my YT video on how I did these nails! Enjoy!

 

Until next time!

-Amanda

Polish Used:

ChG 'Electric Beat'

Color Club 'Almost Famous'

Sinful 'Nirvana'

Black & White acrylic paints.

LOTS OF MANICURES FROM THE LAST MONTH OR SO!

Hey everyone! I wanted to share with you some manicures I have done on myself in the last month or so. If you follow me on Instagram (MoDiddie) then chances are you've seen these already. They range from normal swatch manicures to water marbles! I hope you enjoy!

 ChG 'Pool Party' & FP 'Iconic Orange'

 

 FP 'Iconic Orange' & FP 'Inkblot Blue'

 

 PI 'Heart Breaker' over Sinful 'Rain Storm'

 

 I used the colors from CC's 'Poptastic Collection

ChG 'Swing Baby' & 'Four Leaf Clover & acrylic paint

 

 Orly 'Terracotta' and loose glitter pieces.

 

 ChG 'Ride The Wave'.

 

 Sally Hansen 'Mint Sorbet' & rhinestones.

 FP 'Artistic Sapphire'

 ChG 'Happy Go Lucky', 'Shooting Star' & 'Designer Satin'

ChG 'Make Some Noise' & 'Shooting Star'

 

Essie 'Nice is Nice' & OPI 'Rainbow Connection'

 

 Sinful 'Amethyst', 'Savage', 'Innocent' & Essie 'Nice is Nice'

 

 ChG 'Sea Spray' & OPI 'Crown Me Already'

 

 Color Club 'Pucci-licious' & ChG 'Luxe and Lush'

 

 PI 'French Kiss', Sinful 'Snow Me White' & NOPI 'Sealed With A Kris'

 

 FP 'Silkscreen Green' & ChG 'Blue Years Eve'

 

I hope you guys liked these nails I did. To get more up to date manicure pictures and videos, check out my Instagram (MoDiddie) and my YouTube channel. See you guys next time!

-Amanda

4TH OF JULY AMERICAN FLAG WATER MARBLE NAILS! + INSTAGRAM!

Hi guys! I feel like I am so behind on my blog. Like, I'll scroll through pictures on my computer of recent manicures I've worn and realize that there's like five that I haven't posted on my blog! I think Instagram is partially to blame. Raise your hand if you've become an Instagram addict! *raises BOTH hands*. As I've stated before, I basically change my manicure daily.. sometimes like today, I'll change them twice in one day. It's become easier for me to grab my phone, take a picture and upload it straight to Instagram than to grab my camera, take a picuture, upload it to my computer, resize, watermark.. blah blah blah. I guess what I am saying is, if you want to see EVERY manicure I am wearing, stalk my Instagram (search MoDiddie). I still will be posting here, but I hate feeling stressed that not EVERY SINGLE manicure I've worn and taken a picture of is on my blog. I'll just post my favorite manicures here on my blog.

Like this one. Ha, like that sweet transition? :D Because the 4th of July is this week (Wednesday), I thought, "What better way to start the week than with this patriotic American flag manicure?!" I posted this tutorial on YouTube (the video will be posted at the bottom of this page) a couple days ago and I have recieved so much positive feedback on it. I know not everyone on here follows my YouTube so I wanted to share this manicure with my blog friends as well! So here they are! 

 

I just LOVE these! I wore these out and about and people literally stopped me. One lady actually just grabbed my arm! HAHA! They look like they could be semi difficult to do, but honestly they're really simple. If you want to see exactly how I did them, check out the video below. :D

If you guys try this design out, I'd love to see your rendition of it. Happy Independance Day to my fellow American followers! I hope you guys enjoy this nail art design and I will catch you guys later!

-Amanda

ADORABLE PASTEL HEART NAILS!

Happy Thursday night! It feels like this week just hung around forever doesn't it?! Yesterday felt like Friday to me so when I realized it was only Wednesday, well you can imagine how that felt. Sucks when that happens, right!? 

Okay, so onto the reason you guys are reading this; a new manicure! I did this manicure over a week ago, maybe close to two weeks ago and I have no idea why I've forgotten to post it! It's one of my favorites. It's bright, girlie and adorable! 

 

I first tried to do a water marble using these colors but they were being fussy and were not being cooperative. I loved the colors together and figured I'd do something else. This is what I came up with!

The all over color is Revlon 'Lilac Pastelle' and then I used SH 'Blue Me Away', ChG 'Peachy Keen', Orly 'Green Apple' and OPI 'A Grape Fit'. For the hearts and white acrylic paint for the little dots!

 

I hope you all like this manicure, and I'll catch ya later!

-Amanda

WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA?! SPONGEBOB NAILS!

Two posts in one day?! That's right. You do not need to adjust your eyeballs. :D Hello again my friends. I just finished doing my stepdaughters nails and am so excited about them that I had to post this before I go to sleep! 

She's a pretty hardcore Spongebob fan. Has been since.. well, as long as I can remember. It came as no surprise that she would be willing to let me practice my freehand on her, and do a Spongebob manicure. Did it come out cute? She chose China Glaze 'Dorothy Who?' for her all over color on her nails. For Spongebob, we used:

*ChG 'Happy Go Lucky' (all over color)

* Sally Hansn 'Blue Me Away' (Eyes)

*FingerPaints 'Primary Color' (dimples)

*Mixture of Sonia Kashuk 'Tauped' & 'Happy Go Lucky' (spots on Spongebob)

*White and Black acrylic paint for all white/black spots 

I hope you guys like it! I know I do! Talk to you all tomorrow!

-Amanda

A CHEERFUL DOTTICURE!

Hey guys! Happy hump day! Not going to lie; it took me quite awhile to figure out why Wednesday was called "hump day". But, I get it now. :D

Today's manicure is "quite strange" according to my dad. I went to lunch with him and he couldn't quite understand why each nail was painted a different color. LOL! 

 

I've been trying to do a water marble with these 5 colors, but they don't seem to play nicely with each other! I knew I wanted to use this color combo and this is what I did instead. This is actually the second manicure I came up with using these five colors. The first manicure will be posted on Friday because I have a tutorial video on it going up on Friday as well.

Thumb: Revlon 'Lilac Pastelle'

Pointer Finger: ChG 'Peachy Keen'

Middle Finger: Orly 'Green Apple'

Ring Finger: Sally Hansen 'Blue Me Away'

Pinky Finger: OPI 'A Grape Fit'

This picture was taken with my Instagram. If you want to follow me on Instagram, search for Mo Diddie! :D I take a picture of my manicure every day. I hope everyone has a good Wednesday and I good rest of the week, and I will see you all very soon!

-Amanda

GREEN AND TEAL CHECKERED NAILS!

 Hello my beautiful readers! I hope everyone is enjoying the start of this new week! Today was a nice day for me. My step daughter got fitted for her cheer uniform for next years cheer season and it was really nice to see her and all of her teammates so pumped for next year! 

Anyways, today I wanted to share with you this green checkered manicure I did a few days ago. I posted in my last blog post about this gorgeous polish by China Glaze called "Shooting Stars" that I have recently been layering over pretty much everything! Well, I decided to just build on from my current manicure which was Pure Ice 'Not Now' with that "Shooting Stars" over it. 

I love to do that when I'm in a pinch for time but really bored of my current manicure. I created a checkered manicure with Sinful Colors "Innocent". 

I got the idea for this manicure from a fellow blogger by the name of Chloe's Nails who I first saw this design from. Cute stuff, right?!

It's been awhile since I played around in my makeup but I loved this color combo so much that I decided to dust off my eyeshadow palettes and do my makeup to match my nails! Fancy, fancy! :D

If you want to see how I did this manicure, you can click on the video below! I hope you enjoyed this manicure! I will talk to you all very soon!

-Amanda

-Amanda