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Hello everyone! My nail art challenge for April 28 th was to do a galaxy nail design, but I figured, since it's spring, why not give this design a bit of a twist. I headed off to Pinterest and came across a pastel galaxy! This is perfect for spring and I thought I’d give it a go. The polishes I used were Sally Hansen’s Insta-Dri shades in “Pink Blink” (#205), “Lively Lilac” (#420), “Man-go Team!” (#30), “Blue-Away” (#425), and “Jade Jump” (#450), and Sally Hansen’s Triple Shine shade “Twinkled Pink” (#310). For this design you will need a clean makeup sponge as well. I started out with my bright pink base color and let that dry. On a makeup sponge I painted one color with my purple and patted the excess polish off of the sponge onto a piece of paper. This is the most important step to ensure you get the galaxy effect. I patted on my purple polish in a diagonal line across my nail. Then I did the same thing with all the rest of my colors except instead of doing a line f

Hello everyone! I just wanted to post a quick review of a new base coat that I have purchased. I bought this at the same time as the white polish by NYC, which I also reviewed , and it was under 2 dollars at Walmart. So this base coat is a peel off base coat meaning that you don't need any cotton balls or nail polish remover to take off your mani! I love the idea of this and I’ve always wanted to try it. This base coat actually works pretty well. It takes longer to dry than an average clear coat, which is understandable, but it still dries quickly if you use a thin coat. As for peeling it off it came off really easily until I got to the glitter part of my nails. It was a bit tough to peel off the glitter, but I managed to do it and leave nothing behind. Another problem I found with this is that it didn’t spread evenly in some places which created some bubbles. I’d say for the price that this base coat isn’t bad. It has a few flaws, but essentially it does what it is mean

Hello everybody! As you may know, Earth Day is today and to celebrate I thought I would do an Earth inspired mani. When scrolling through Instagram I came across a tutorial for a saran wrap design and since I’d never done it before I decided I’d give it a shot. The polishes I used for this design were Sally Hansen’s Insta-Dri shades in “Brisk Blue” (#430) and “In Record Lime” (#50), Xtreme Wear’s, “White On” (#300), and Revlon’s Base + Top Coat (#965). I also used 10 small squares of saran wrap. For this design I started with my blue base color and let the dry. Then I applied generous globs (that word is so gross, but that’s the best way to describe it) of each of my 3 colors randomly on my nail. I laid the saran wrap over my nail and patted gently until the colors were evenly spread and blended.   After that dried I applied my top coat and it’s done! I hope you all like this design and if you haven’t tried a saran wrap design before you should do it because it’s actuall

Hello everyone! My next nail art challenge is an outfit of the day inspired manicure. I tend to wear black and grey everyday so I decided to do an elegant black and silver design, inspired from Pinterest. The polishes I used for this design were Sally Hansen’s Insta-Dri shades in “Black to Black” (#360) and “Silver Sweep” (#230), and Revlon’s Base + Top Coat (#965). I also used a stud from SHANY's Nail Art Decoration Kit and a nail dotter. To start this design I applied a base coat; since the polish I used was black this step was extra extra important. Then I painted on the black polish on every nail except my ring finger nail. For my ring finger nail I used my silver polish. When my base color was dry I used a big nail dotter to add 3 silver dots towards the tips of the black nails. Using the smaller end of the nail dotter I added small dots around the larger dots. On the accent nail I added a black stud (which was originally gold but I painted it) and secured it with

Hello everybody! My next nail art challenge was to do an ombre and since summer is getting closer I decided to do one inspired by a beautiful summer sunset. The polishes I used for this tutorial were Sally Hansen’s Insta-Dri shades in “Man-go Team!” (#30) and “Lightening” (#280), NYC “French White Tip” (#134), and Sinful Colors “Hazard” (#952). You will also need a makeup sponge and Elmer’s all-purpose glue. To start your ombre you will first need to apply a white base coat to all of your nails and let that dry. To protect the skin around the nail I applied Elmer’s glue, which I put in an empty nail polish bottle, for an easy clean up afterwards. For the ombre itself I painted the three colors side by side on my clean makeup sponge and patted that all over my nails. I did this twice for each nail, but depending on how opaque you want it you can do it more or less. Once that is dry you can pull off the glue around your nails and you should be left with clean skin! Add a topco

Hello everyone! Sorry this post is a bit later than usual, but my next post isn’t until Monday and I felt bad for making you wait that long. So, I have decided to put up a review for a new polish that I recently bought. I really needed   new one because tbh I don’t like the Sally Hansen one I’m using right now. I know I use it a lot, but that’s only because I don’t have any other ones and I always forget to buy a new one. The Xtreme Wear one that I use just dries up too quickly and gets all thick and gooey. Anyway, when I was visiting our new Walmart I saw this polish and decided to try it out. The polish I picked up is by NYC (New York Color) in the shade “French White Tip” (#134). The reason I chose this polish is because it was so cheap! The bottle was only 99 cents for 0.45oz so I thought why not just try it out. This polish isn’t top quality, but I wasn’t expecting it to be. The formula is a bit runny, not too horrible though. The biggest issue is it goes on streaky and it

Hello everyone! As part of my nail art April challenge I have taken on the task of doing a braided nail design. This is the first time I have ever attempted this, so I’d say that they turned out ok. I did make the mistake of making the pink overlap instead of just touch, but I’ll learn (hopefully). The polishes I used for this design were Sally Hansen’s Insta-Dri shades in “Jade Jump” (#450) and “Pink Blink” (#205), and Essie’s “Good As Gold” (#941). I also used a squared nail art brush and my usual Base + Top Coat. I started with the color “Jade Jump” as my base and let it fully dry. Next, using my pink polish, I painted a thick, diagonal line coming up from my cuticle all the way towards the middle on my nail. I did the same thing using the gold polish, except coming from the other side, making the two lines crisscross. I continued to crisscross the pink and gold until my whole nail was covered, making sure to leave some of the base color visible. Seal that off with a clea

Happy Easter! For this year I decided to go with the classic Easter egg design and a cute glitter accent nail. Stay tuned for how I did it and also some special announcements. The polishes I used for this design were Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Shades in “Lightening” (#250) and “Pronto Purple” (#360), Xtreme Wear shades in “Green With Envy” (#02) and “White On” (#300), and Orly “Fowl Play” (#20753). I also used Revlon’s Base + Top Coat (#965). To start off this design I painted all my nails a solid white. Then, using a nail art bush, I painted two horizontal lines in green, spacing them apart so that my nail had three even sections. In between these two lines I painted a zigzag line in purple. To finish off the Easter egg look I added yellow polka dots on the rest of the nail. For the accent nail I used a purple glitter over top of the white (just in case it was sheer I had never used it). Finish everything off with a top coat and you’re done! I hope you guys like this Easter

This is my last post... HA! GOT YOU APRIL FOOLS. Ok, seriously lol. Hello everyone! For the month of April I am doing a nail art challenge and the design for April 1 st is flowers. I didn’t want to do the normal flower design that I’ve done before so I decided to switch it up and do dandelions! Yeah I know dandelions are technically weeds… let them live their dream. The polishes I used for this design were Sally Hansen’s Insta-Dri shades in “Blue-Away” (#425) and “Black to Black” (#360), and Xtreme Wear shade “White On” (#300). I also used some thin nail are brushes and my Revlon top coat (which I reviewed on Sunday *winkwink*). I started off with my blue base color and let that dry. Then using a thin nail art brush I painted a stem in black on my index finger. In white I made the dandelion puff by painting in small, short strokes all the way around the top of the stem. I left a little bit of the circle incomplete because, instead of painting a dandelion on each nail, I p