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! 

NOTD: Tinted Tips

My friend Sarah came up with this mani. I loved it so much, I had to try it out on myself!

OPI - Heart Throb

Orly - Gumdrop

NOTD: Nyah's Nails

My cousin Nyah requested cherries, and cherries are what she got!

Essie - Snap Happy

Essie - Mojito Madness

Sally Hansen - White Tip

NOTD: Purples

Deborah Lippmann - Shoshanna

Nails Topshop - AWOL

Nails Topshop - Late Show

Essie - Good as Gold

OPI - The Man with the Golden Gun

Spring Flowers

Lovely inspiration led to this...

Thanks Mr. Candiipants.

-Hayley

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

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to those of you who stumble across my very-neglected blog! 

My NYE mani was super glittery and gold. I wore Incoco nail strips in Stardust, and layered OPI's Golden Eye on the tips for some extra sparkle. 

I've used Incoco strips a few times in the past. I prefer them over Sally Hansen strips... they are more flexible, and come in a wider range of (better!) styles. They are about the same cost as Sally strips, and last long, too. I got mine at Vaughan Mills shopping mall at their booth. They are worth checking out!

Cheers to 2013 :)

-Hayley

I don't update often enough...

...but I haven't lost interest in doing my nails! Here are some iPod (I'm not cool enough to have an iPhone) photos of some recent over-the-summer manicures. These were inspired by some designes that I came across on Pinterest (Check out my nail art board to see the originals). My favourite manicure to do as of late is a double accent nail. Now that nail art is becoming more trendy, I feel like I need to be ahead of the game. Pretty soon I will probably be rocking different designs on all of my nails ALL of the time!

The chevron nail was my biggest challenge. I tried to free-hand it, and failed. Then I tried to cut out tape guides... also a failure. I ended up painting scotch tape with black nail polish, and carefully cutting out chevron strips using an exacto knife. It was time consuming and required a lot of patience, but I was thrilled with the results! I have since ordered nail art stickers from here, so the next time I attempt chevrons, it shouldn't be as much of a struggle ;)

Until next time (whenever that may be!),

Hayley

New blog look, plus Quotable manicure

... sometimes I do things just to make myself laugh. oh man...

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