My First Roses

Here is my first attempt at roses. I free-handed them, which should be pretty obvious because they're a little messy. 


Base: Sally Hanson Insta-Dry - Pink Blink
Light Purple: Essie - Lilacism 
Dark Purple: Sally Hanson Xtreme Wear - Plum Power
Leaves: China Glaze - Glittering Garland 
Top Coat: Seche Vite

Love, Bethany

Make It Matte

I put a coat of Essie - Matte About You on top of my nails from the last post. I love it!


Pinky: Sally Hanson Hard As Nails: Xtreme Wear - White On
Ring: OPI -Skull & Glossbones
Middle: OPI - French Quarter For Your Thoughts
Pointer: A Franken of French Quarter For Your Thoughts
Thumb: Sally Hanson Hard As Nails: Xtreme Wear - Black Out

Love, Bethany

Black to White

Ombre Nails are so fabulous! I saw this idea first on Chloe's Nails . Hers look better, but I'm still excited about mine!


Pinky: Sally Hanson Hard As Nails: Xtreme Wear - White On
Ring: OPI -Skull & Glossbones
Middle: OPI - French Quarter For Your Thoughts
Pointer: A Franken of French Quarter For Your Thoughts
Thumb: Sally Hanson Hard As Nails: Xtreme Wear - Black Out

No Top Coat because I want to Matte-ify them later!

Terms:

Ombre: Taking one color and going from light to dark

Franken: Mixing two or more nail polishes together to make your own color

Love, Bethany

I Love Matte

A fun green matte!


China Glaze - Holly-Day
Finger Paints - Flecked
Esse - Matte About You

The green Holly-Day was such a fun green and had great coverage in two coats. 


This is my first time using Finger Paints. I love the flakies!

The Color Wheel

I'm sure you all know what a color wheel is. I wanted to post a color wheel to show you one way choose colors for your nails!


Compliment colors are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. For example: Green and Red are compliment colors. 


Compliment colors look great together, so try it out next time you want more than one color on your nails. 

Love, Bethany

Glitter Gradient

I used makeup sponges to do the glitter.


China Glaze - Velvet Bow
China Glaze - Fireside Glow


The Velvet Bow didn't have as smooth of an application as I like, but I made two coats work. 

Matte

Here are pictures of my nails with a matte finish.


Essie - Bahama Mama
Essie - Shine Of The Times
Essie - Matte About You