Maid of Honor Nails

My mom's wedding was beautiful and simple. My nail polish matched my dress: a purple/wine color. Mom's shoes also matched my dress, which was so awesome! She had a short dress that came down just past her knees, so the shoes could be seen. LOVE!

I got my nails done at a nail salon.

Poor choice. I had bubbles on many of my nails. It made me mad because I can do my nails without bubbles, so I should have just done it myself. My mom's nails came out perfectly though, so that's all that matters!

Purple/Wine color: OPI - Diva of Geneva

I hope no one minds that I posted nails that I didn't do myself! I posted the hand that had the smallest bubbles. I'm not sure you can see any in a picture this size. Maybe the one on my pinky?

I have nail pictures of my own coming soon!

Love, Bethany

Girly-Girl Challenge Day 2: Gimme That Bling

Here is my interpretation of "diamonds are a girls best friend."

Base: OPI - Steady As She Rose
Bling : Born Pretty Store
Top Coat: Seche Vite

Isn't Steady As She Rose gorgeous??

Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog

Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road

Stephanie of A Little Polish

Kelly of DevilishPolish
Jodi of Captivating Claws

Danielle of Lacquer Lover

Elly of Polishable

Olivia of Unprofessional Nails

Kate of This Charming Kate

Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady

Eugenia of Talon-ted

Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind

Amanda of Nox Nails

Ashley of Smashley Sparkles

Sarah of See Sarah Swatch

Emily of The Lacquerologist

Jess of LuvMyLacquer

Tressa of O' Natur Nail 

ChiChi of I'm just me...ChiChi 

CR of Color Me Silly

Amanda of Berry Polished 

Robin, Erin, and Anna of Polished Cousins

I hope you like it!

Love, Bethany

Girly-Girl Challenge: Think Pink

I'm very excited to be participating in the Girly-Girl Challenge created by Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog!

Here is my "Think Pink"

Base: Pure Ice - Flirt Alert
Glitter: Claire's - Candy Shop

On my other hand I layered two coats of Claire's - Candy Shop

Check out the other bloggers participating in this challenge:

Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog

Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road


Stephanie of A Little Polish

Kelly of DevilishPolish

Jodi of Captivating Claws


Danielle of Lacquer Lover


Elly of Polishable


Olivia of Unprofessional Nails


Kate of This Charming Kate


Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady


Eugenia of Talon-ted


Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind


Amanda of Nox Nails


Ashley of Smashley Sparkles


Sarah of See Sarah Swatch


Emily of The Lacquerologist


Jess of LuvMyLacquer


Tressa of O' Natur Nail 

ChiChi of I'm just me...ChiChi 

CR of Color Me Silly

Amanda of Berry Polished 

Robin, Erin, and Anna of Polished Cousins

Why So Many Posts?

Sorry I'm posting so much today! I just get so excited about the swatches and/or nail art that I have to show you! I've spent at least half of my day just looking at other blogs. I LOVE nails!

So here I have a color block mani! I've been wanting to do one of these for awhile but I didn't know what colors to use. Then inspiration came in the form of my new Fossil Purse! This must have been fate because it corresponds with the nail art competition from More Nail Polish! She asked for a mani that had been inspired by something!

I used tape to make the lines as straight as I could!

Red: OPI - Red Lights Ahead...Where?
Brown: Revlon : Espresso
Blue: OPI- I Have A Herring Problem
Top Coat: Seche Vite

Here they are:

My inspiration:

So excited about these! It took me a long time. I hope you like them.

Love, Bethany

Stay Within The Lines...Or Not

Using nail art brushes is still new to me. I have for your viewing pleasure: stripes. As per usual, I need more practice!

Pink: Pure Ice - Flirt Alert
Black - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Black Out
Silver - Pure Ice - Silver Mercedes

You know how I love the matte coat! Essie - Matte About You

Maybe I'll use tape next time :)

Love, Bethany

Spring Time

I am so ready for Spring! I decided to do a spring flower bouquet mani! I'm also entering this in Ooh Shinies nail contest! 


Base: OPI - Stranger Tides
Stem: China Glaze - Holly-Day
White Flowers: Revlon - White on White
Yellow Flowers: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure- Yellow Kitty
Orange/Coral Flowers: Essie - Tart Deco
Top Coat: Seche Vite

 Stranger Tides by itself:

Don't you love Spring Flowers?

Love, Bethany

Blue Blazes

Blue is my favorite nail polish color. I'm addicted to it. Here I use a blue that I've had for awhile with a new China Glaze from The Hunger Games collection. 


Blue: Revlon - Royal 
Flakies: China Glaze - Luxe And Lush

Here is Royal by itself (2 coats):

Of course, I had to matte it with Essie - Matte About You

Oops, my thumb is cut off!

The application of Luxe And Lush was a little difficult because it was very thick. Also, it left a very bumpy texture when it dried. One matte coat smoothed it out, but I don't know how many clear top coats it would take.


It's so pretty that I don't mind the slight difficulties. What do you guys think?


Love, Bethany

Red-y, Set, Go!

My boyfriend gave me this fabulous red for Christmas. It's name is perfect because red geraniums really are this color!


Base: Essie - Geranium
Gold: China Glaze - Champagne Bubbles

Red is my favorite color! Yay!

Love, Bethany

Godiva

This mani definitely reminded me of chocolate, and who doesn't love chocolate?


Base: Revlon - Espresso
Gold: Ulta - High Roller
Top Coat: Seche Vite

Yum!

Love, Bethany

Mermaid Scales

Mermaids might be my favorite fairy tale creature! They're so alluring. I also love Sirens, which are very similar. 


I used over 15 polishes for this, which is why it looks a little crazy! This is also why I'm not going to list all of the names. My tool was the end of a bobby pin.

I think it would be fun to do a whole series of nails based on fairy tale creatures or mythology. Maybe Medusa should be next?


Love, Bethany

Autumn Wind

This is my entry to Chalkboard Nails' nail contest! This nail contest involves using only a dotting tool for nail art. My hi-tec dotting tool was the end of a bobby pin!


I used a lot of colors and I don't want to type them out. So here are my nails: 

The wind is blowing the tree's leaves away.

I hope you like it. 


Love, Bethany

Is It Summer Yet?

I wanted something bright and happy this time. 


The pink and orange nail polishes were at least 8 years old and didn't even have names. The application was so horrible that I threw them out after I did my nails.


Yellow: NYC - Taxi Yellow Creme

Then I decided to make it punk by putting black crackle over it. 

Crackle: China Glaze - Black Mesh

Don't you wish summer was here?

Love, Bethany

Ice Queen

Who doesn't love a fierce Ice Queen? I applied the glitter with a makeup sponge!

Base: Pure Ice - Silver Mercedes

Glitter: China Glaze - Lorelei's Tiara

Top Coat: Seche Vite

I hope you like my cold Ice Queen!

Love, Bethany

Once More With Feeling

This post is the same as the last. The only difference is that it is MATTE.


Matte Top Coat: Essie - Matte About You

Isn't Matte Magical?

Love, Bethany

Wicked Witch

I love flakies! This is my first time using all of these polishes and they're all great!


Base: Essie - Wicked
Flakies: Finger Paints - Flashy

Yummy, right? On my right hand, I put glitter on my ring finger instead of flakies, to make an accent nail.

Glitter: Ulta - Pinata-Yada-Yada

Love, Bethany

Wow Watermark

Yay! My first watermarked pictures! Maybe it's too small? Anyways, I love the base color. It has a red sheen which made me want to do red nail art!


Base: Finger Paints - Warm He-art-ed
Red: Revlon - Frankly Scarlet

Love, Bethany

Once In A Blue Moon

I had this color on my nails for two days. I'm in love with it!


OPI - I Don't Give A Rotterdam!
Top Coat - Seche Vite

Then I put a layer of crackle polish over it. 

China Glaze - Latticed Lace

I hope the glare doesn't make it too difficult to see!

Love, Bethany

Blue Me Away

This is a very simple manicure. I just used rhinestones that I bought at a craft store, in the scrapbook section. 


Base: China Glaze - First Mate
Top Coat: Seche Vite

Love, Bethany

Valentine's Colors

This is a Valentine's Day manicure! I used a straw to splatter the pink nail polish. I used a needle to apply the white. This was my first splatter and I, as always, need more practice.


Base: Ulta - Red Carpet Red
Pink: Sally Hanson Insta-Dri - Pink Blink
White: Revlon - White on White
Top Coat: Seche Vite

Valentine's Day is only four days away. Buy flowers for someone. 

Love, Bethany

Read All Over

What's black and white and read all over? My newspaper nails! This is my first time doing these and I love it!


Base: Ulta - Pink-A-Boo (3 coats and it still wasn't opaque, which is annoying)
Top Coat: Seche Vite

The book is William Shakespeare's Macbeth, in case you couldn't tell. It's my favorite Shakespeare play!

Love, Bethany