Kate Spade polka dots

Today is day 3 of wearing this mani, and I went into the Kate Spade shop in Yorkdale mall... I stopped in my tracks when I saw this iPhone case, which 100% matched my nails! hah, talk about reverse inspiration. I am a sucker for polka dots, so naturally I couldn't leave the case behind. 

OPI Alpine Snow

Essie Good as Gold

NOTD: Triangle Colour Block

Tape resist tri-colour block.

NOTD: Foxy

Foxy! I have a thing for animal prints... Not your typical animal prints, like zebra stripes and leopard spots. I love prints that feature the whole animal. My favourite scarf is covered in zebras. I have a cute dress that is covered in mini cat silhouettes. Today I rocked both of these articles of clothing, with these nails and my elephant charm necklace. Hah, I love my style!

Thanks to Emery and Ivory, whose original foxes inspired my manicure. I love Pinterest!

-Hayley

Polka Dots

Quick NOTD - Made using Sally Hansen polishes and a dotting tool.

Note to self - make sure the dots are reaaallly dry before adding top coat! (sorry, ring finger!)

Bananas!

I love Polish You Pretty (just got their new book!) and tackled their Andy Warhol-inspired tutorial... Love it!

Essie - Turquoise and Caicos

China Glaze - Happy Go Lucky

China Glaze - Liquid Leather

07/27/2013 Edit: I visited Pittsburgh this week and went to the Andy Warhol Museum... I redid this manicure and was flattered that it got noticed! My friend and I spent a good 5 hours at the museum. Such a fun and interactive experience! 

Modrian nails

I've admired Modrian's artwork for a long time. I got to see his paintings at the MoMA in New York:

I love Kate Spade's Modrian-inspired Spring 2013 collection:

And I think that Modrian nail art is the coolest:

I finally worked up the courage to do them myself. This tutorial, although in Korean, was super easy to follow thanks to great photos. A little bit of striping tape goes a long way. 

-Hayley

Neutral Animal Print

Leopard Print made using a dotting tool. 

Base colour - Lime Crime Milky Ways

Accent colour - Sephora X In Like

Dots

I dug out my dotting tool and decided to create a cool-coloured gradient made entirely out of dots! I used China Glaxe Re-Fresh Mint, and Electric Beat, plus Kiko 344 and my favourite blue, Nails Inc. Belgrave Place. The base is a mix of a few silver and shimmer polishes I have. 

I've also entered these nails into Chalkboard Nails' Nail Art contest... wish me luck! 

Thanks for reading,

Hayley

Red Delicious

Before you ask, I have not abandoned the 31 day challenge! I will just take my sweet time with it, that's all ;) My blog, my rules! 

I guess my job has inspired this manicure. On the first day of school, the principal gave all us teachers a bright shiny apple :) So cliche, but very welcome! 

I painted the apples using the brush from the bottle, forming heart-shapes (Zoya Sookie), and added green leaves (Butter London Dosh) and white glossy shines (Sally Hansen White Tip) with a nail art brush. Enjoy!

Hayley

NOTD: Bahamas Sunset

Here is something I came up with last week for Polish-aholics Anonymous Monday nail art challenge, which was a sponge or gradient manicure. I layered CG Lemon Fizz, an Orange OPI that I don't know the name of, and ORLY Flirty to come up with the gradient, and free-handed the palm tree. I love the result!

I also did the same design on my friend Heather's nails, but used blues and silver glitter for a cooler nighttime scene. Poor quality photo, but you get the idea!

 Thanks for reading!


Hayley

NOTD: Inspired Nails

This manicure was inspired by some nail art I came across on Make my Day, a nail art blog from Argentina. Take a look through this site, the designs are beautiful. I forced myself to take my time and do a neat job with my nail art brush, and I am SO pleased with the results! To the right is the inspirational photo -->


And here is my take on it...

Here is a photo to prove that I did both hands! This is the first time I even attempted something so intricate on all nails. 

 As you can guess, I used a lot of polishes to complete this look. I painted each nail with two coats of white. After it dried, I used my nail art brush (striper brush?) to fill in a half-moon near the base of my nail with one colour, left a stripe of white and then filled in the tip of my nail (basically an extended french tip). Finally, I made a Black "W" on each nail and added some dots. Fini! The polishes I used, from l-r are: China Glaze Liquid Leather, China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint, SOPI Arm Candy, Essie Turquoise & Caicos, OPI Rumple's Wiggin', OPI Fiercely Fiona, Essie Splash of Grenadine, Essie Barbuda Banana, OPI What's With the Cattitude, Orange OPI (I don't know the name!) mixes with white, and Sally Hansen White Tip 

 Here's a photo of one of my Mom's plumeria plants in bloom! The flowers smell amazing :)

Thanks for reading!
Hayley

NOTD: I did it!

I did a full set of monarch nails!

And by full set, I mean a half set (haha, you can’t see my right hand!)… regardless, I LOVE the result!

The base is Nicole by O.P.I.’s Hint of Mint, which is a sheer light mint. I used four coats, and there was still a bit of a VNL. That hasn’t been a big deal for me since my nail length doesn’t go much past my fingertips.

And just for fun, here’s Chloe checking out my mani ;)

Hayley

NOTD: Monarch Butterfly

I’ve loved this nail art design since I read Deez Nailz' tutorial, I had to try it myself! I wasn’t confident enough to create consistent designs on all of my nails (didn’t even ATTEMPT painting on my dominant hand’s nails!) so I just went with the ring finger. I’m pleased with the result!

I started off with two layers of Zoya’s Lulu and added sparkle by applying BB Couture Pina Colada. The result was a light shimmery peach shade.

Next time I will go for a brighter colour and try to attempt doing all of my nails… if I am successful there will be pictures :)

Hayley :)