Flower Penguin Nails

I hope you all had a great New Year!

Today I have a manicure inspired by pottery penguin figurine that I had painted at a friend's birthday party way back when in middle school. I'm actually surprised that I still have it. I remember the lady who ran the pottery place had said that the little flowers I had painted on the penguin were really cute, so when I found it while cleaning the house for Christmas, I thought that it would be a cute design to recreate on my nails!

And here's the mani I did next to the penguin figurine that inspired it :)

 

 The polishes I used were:

Sinful Colors Whipped (black)

Pure Ice Superstar! (white)

Sinful Colors Cold Leather (navy)

Nicole by OPI Hit The Lights (yellow)

Essie Pink Works (pink)

L.A. Girl Hustle (purple)

Sally Hansen Blue Me Away! (blue)

and a neon orange polish by Delia's

Soooo what do you think? I've got more item-inspired manicures to show you soon!

Have a great rest of your evening,

-Colleen

Puppy Paw Nails

Happy Veterans Day!

Just so you guys know, my posting will probably be pretty sparse for the next couple weeks. I will be in the pit orchestra for my school's fall musical production of The Sound of Music, and will be starting to have three-hour rehearsals from now into next week's perfomances. So basically I will have school, then other after school activities, then rehearsals, which means I won't be home until 9pm when I will need to start my homework. Soooooo please bare with me as my schedule gets even busier for the next couple of weeks!

Today I will be showing you a puppy paw nail design I did.

Here it is:

Definitely not the most creative in the world, but still I like these colors together! :)

Polishes used:
-Sally Hansen Blue Me Away!
-Essie Pink Works

Hope you have a great rest of the day and Happy Veterans Day to any veterans out there!

-Colleen 

Cartoon Turkey Nails

Happy November Everyone!

I can't believe it's already November! It honestly feels like October went by in practically 3 seconds. Although it's only a few days after Halloween, I'm already starting to look forward to Thanksgiving, so I have some cartoon turkey nails to show you today!

Just a side note, I meant to do a turkey accented nails on my ring finger, but when I started painting, I then noticed that I had started painting on the wrong finger nail...oh well.

Anyway, here it is:

The polishes I used were:
Delia's Lemon Chiffon (feathers, beak)
Pure Ice Superstar! (eyes, white background)
China Glaze Red-y & Willing (feathers)
Essie Sable Collar (turkey body)
and a gold polish from Sephora by OPI (feathers)

Thanksgiving is honestly one of my favorite holidays. I have so much to be thankful for. And of course, there's always the amazing food for Thanksgiving too! I can't wait! :)

I hope you have a great rest of your weekend!

-Colleen

Pink Penguin Nails

Hey nail enthusiasts!

Since October is almost over, I thought I would do another pink mani. So as everyone else does Halloween and fall manicures, I've done pink penguins! :)

Here it is:

and this is the one I did with my left hand (my non-dominant hand)

I'm getting there! :)

Anyway, the polishes I used were:
Essie Pink Works (pink)
Pure Ice Superstar!  (white)
Nicole by OPI Hit The Lights (yellow)
Sinful Colors Black on Black (black)

Hope you have a great start to your week!

-Colleen

Neon Spider Web Nails

Happy first day of October everyone!

Now that it's finally October, I'm starting to think about Halloween! So even though I'm a little early, I did a spider web mani with a little spider on my ring finger.

Here it is:

Although definitely not the best mani I've ever done, it still looks pretty cute! :)

Polishes used:
-Sinful Colors Black on Black
-Sinful Colors Tempest (the purple for the spider)
-China Glaze Pool Party (neon pinkish red)

Have a great rest of the day!

-Colleen

N.A.I.L. Challenge: Sea

Hey guys!

I hope you've been having a great day so far! Today I have for you  a 'Sea' themed mani for the NAIL linkup challenge. When I thought of 'Sea' somehow this is what came to my head: seaweed and Jelly fish. lol.
Here it is:

I wasn't sure which one I liked better, the Jelly fish with or without polka dots, so I decided to show you both... :)

The blue background is L.A. Colors In A Flash; the two greens used for the seaweed were Essie The More The Merrier and China Glaze In The Lime Light;  the light purple of the jelly fish is Sinful Colors Tempest; and the polka dots is L.A. Girl Hustle.

I hope you like it! ;) And by the way, I got a little bored today, so earlier I made a little blog collage that I wanted to show you!

Have a great rest of the weekend!!

-Colleen

Bumble Bee Nails

Happy Sunday, everyone!

I just bought a new yellow polish, Nicole by O.P.I Hit The Lights from the Selena Gomez Collection, and the first thing I thought when I saw it and was that it looked like a bumble bee yellow. My little sister wanted me to paint this design on her, so here it is: (just a note, sorry these pictues aren't the best. I took these pictures at night so I didn't have the natural light in the pictures.)

I have to say, I think the bee on the thumb is kind of cute :) 

For this mani I used two coats of Nicole by O.P.I Hit The Lights from the Selena Gomez Collection for the yellow, Sinful Colors Black on Black, Nail-Licious Holly Berry for the red, and California Colors Pastel Blue for the blue.

Hope you like it!

-Colleen

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PIG Mani

Hello again, nail enthusiasts!

I’ve got yet another manicure for you today!! My little sister’s favorite animal is a pig (I don’t know why, I guess it just is), and she wanted to have a pig-themed manicure.

Sooooooo….I modeled her manicure off of Rina Alcantara’s “Three little pigs” mani on her blog, Simply Rins (you can check hers out here). Mine probably looks a little more cartoon-y.

Main Colors: For the thumb, pinky, ears, and main part of the pig’s snout, I used Love & Beauty Pink/Gold (it’s a lovely pink color with a light gold shimmer that you probably won’t be able to see in the picture). As for the base color of the middle three fingers, I used a pale pink, shimmery polish from True Girlz (it doesn’t have a name).

Subcolors:

Delia’s Coral Cascade, a blue pastel by California Colors, and L.A. Girl Disco Ball

I hoped you like this mani! My sis sure does!

Have a great rest of the day,

Colleen