Mint & Gold Bracelet Inspired Nails Round 2

Happy Friday everyone!

I'm so glad the weekend is finally here! Today I am continuing on with the accessory-inspired nail trend of mine, with a mint colored bracelet with gold curves and silver studs. Here it is:

I'm sorry there's a really bad glare on the pictures. It was really hard to capture the gold, since it is so shiny. Also, it's kind of hard to see, but like the silver studs on the bracelet, I tried to add dabs of silver glitter on top of the gold, but it's really hard to see in the pictures.

For this mani I used Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet, a sparkly gold color from Sephora by OPI, and a silver microglitter from Charlotte Russe.

I hope you all have a great weekend, and thanks for reading!

-Colleen

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Purple Roses

Hey everyone!

I'm so glad that the weekend is finally here! After seeing the lovely purple roses Jayna did on her blog The Sequined Nail, I just HAD to do my take on purple roses. You can see her purple roses on her blog here.

Anyway, here's mine:

For the mint-colored base, I used Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet, for the light purple in the roses I used Sinful Colors Tempest, for the dark purple I used L.A. Girl Hustle, and for the green leaves I used Essie The More The Merrier. I have to say, I really like these roses against the mint base color.

How I did it:
1. 2 coats of Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet
2. dab on small flower-like splotches of a light purple...to do this I used the end of a bobby pin
3. take either a toothpick or a striper nail brush (I used a toothpick for mine...I personally think that toothpicks are a little easier to control) and outline the light purple splotches with a dark purple polishes
4. take a toothpick or a striper nail brush and draw thin lines within the roses to give it more depth
5. take a either a toothpick or a striper nail brush and draw some thin lines with a green polish for the leaves of the roses.

And there you have it. If anyone wants to do a rose mani like this one with purple or another color (maybe orange or blue?) I would LOVE to see it!!

Have a great rest of the weekend!!

-Colleen
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Mint Mani For TALIA JOY

Hey, guys.

If you haven't heard already, 13 year-old Talia Joy has been called home to heaven a few days ago from losing her battle with cancer, and many nail bloggers have started giving their tribute to her through mint-colored mani's, the color of her mani before she died.

Although I have only recently discovered Talia, I wanted to make sure I gave my tribute to her as well. Pictured above is my tribute to the wonderful Talia Joy Castellano. Rest in peace, Talia. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends.

-Colleen