Tuesday, January 31, 2012

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

Monday, January 30, 2012

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

Sunday, January 29, 2012

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

Friday, January 27, 2012

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

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

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. 






Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Matte

Here are pictures of my nails with a matte finish.


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





Sunday, January 22, 2012

I'm in Love with Flakies!

Ok, I'm in love with flakies and it's just the first time I've tried them!

First I used Essie - Bahama Mama
The flakies are Essie - Shine Of The Times



No Top Coat because I want to matte-ify them!


I will post the Matte Top Coat as soon as I do it!

Love, Bethany


First Nails

Here are my first nails! I'm in the process of learning how to photograph nails, so this picture is of poor quality. Sorry!


Brown: Ulta -Taupe On A Rope
Gold: Ulta - High Roller



Monday, January 16, 2012

First of All

I can't wait to start posting picture of my nails! My digital camera is currently broken and I need to buy a new one. As soon as that happens, I'll start posting!