Red, White and Blue

HOO-RAH alas my nail FLAGGED Nail tutorial :)
I decided to take a quirkier approach to my flags and did marbleized flag. I've seen this ALL over and have been ITCHING to try it,I had a blast but boy was this messy.
Have any of you tried this? What was your biggest peeve?


Things you need:
Nail buffer (to smooth, shine & shape your nails)
Orange stick (cuticles)
Small bowl filled w/ water
Flat surface that u can make messy i.e. show box lid
Polish remover
LOTSSS of Q-tips to clean edges

Polishes from left -> right:
Wet N' Wild Fast Dry (Saved by the Blue)
Milani Nail laquer (Ruby Jewels)
L.A. Colors Art Deco Nail Art (Gold Glitter)
Sally Hansen Diamond Shine Base/Top Coat (Clear)
Covergirl Boundless Color (White Night)
Maybelline Express Finish 50 sec (Clear)

Make sure your nails are smooth, and even so that the polish lays flat and wont peel.

Start by placing drops of the colors you would like, add more of a color if you'd like it to be the focus color.

Dip each finger individually until entire nail covered to your desire
(do this quickly, as the polish dries it doesnt lay flat on your nail when you lift it up and u have to flatten it yourself...BIGGER mess!)

Take a swab to the edges of your nails, and wipe the pad of your nails w/ polish remover

And VOILA MARBLE NAILS!

Candy Cane Digits

Hey lovlies I'm back after sometime....this cold weather leaves me in such a funk but recently I felt like adding some holiday joy.....what better way than with a DIY of the nail kind! I've been seeing a plethor of these type of nails in the blogger world so i had to try myself :D Have you tried any designs for this holiday season or seen some that caught your eye..if so what are your faves??

SALLY HANSEN "Diamond Shine" Base/Top Coat
COVERGIRL CG BOUNDLESS COLOR "White Night"
MILANI "Ruby Jewels"

Clean nails w: acrylic

Base

I did each nail entirely and went back later to perfect lines & varied thickness of lines

Polish has an awesome subtle glitter that makes it awesome to layer onto other colors

All done :) (I did it while i was at my desk at work eek)

Up close...love the ring finger strips i wish the rest had came out that way

I needed a fill but i broke my pinky nail so i havent gone yet. Despite what the photo shows the lines going a diff angle distract from the horizontal lines my receding acrylic is causing :p