Neon Rainbow Watermarble Nail Art with I Scream Nails

With several inches of snow on the ground in New Jersey today, a snow day at the office for me, I figured it was the perfect time to do a neon water marble on my nails! I decided to try out the I Scream Nails collection for today's water marble, since the colors look so nice together, and I think it turned out really well.

Random Stripey Nails

I can't decide if I like or hate this manicure.

I just picked a bunch of colors that looked cute together and went crazy with my striping brush. The base color is OPI My Vampire is Buff.

What do you think? I think I don't like it, haha!

Neon Tribal Print Inspired by a Phone Case

I'm sure by now you've all seen this cell phone case photo floating around Instagram and Tumblr. Well, I decided to do a manicure inspired by the simple but adorable pattern!

I used a base coat of Essie Blanc, and then picked a bunch of neons to draw on top with a small detail brush! There were a lot, so if you want to know a specific color, just ask!

I tried adding topcoat to the design, but it looked considerably duller, so I am just posting the photos without topcoat.

What do you think?

Neon Cabachon Ring Nails!

I recently won an amazing giveaway from Chorubim on Instagram, and I got a package FULL of amazing prizes! But what caught my eye before all the polishes was a beautiful cabachon ring that she made. (For those of you who do not know, a cabachon ring is a ring made with nail polish!)

So, I decided to make a manicure to match the ring!

Alright, so I didn't get the colors EXACTLY right, but I still love it!

I used a base of Essie Blanc, and then with my dotting tool I put on Essie Bottle Service, Sinful Colors Anchors Away, Serum No. 5 Day Glow, China Glaze I'm With the Lifeguard, OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui, and Essie Big Spender. Wow, what a mouthful!

Classic bottle shot ;) I am trying to find a happy medium between my old photos and my new photos! Let me know what you think.

31DC2012 Day 9: Rainbow

Today's nails are rainbow!

This is the only picture that I could get because my right hand is super awkward in photos and I didn't do the design on my left ;)

I started by painting my nails white, and then sponging a horizontal gradient rainbow. Then, to cover up some of the mistakes, I drew my first tribal print manicure! I like how it turned out but I was really out of ideas by my pinky finger, haha!

CMYK Striped Nails.. (Aka Primary Color Manicure?)

I'm really not sure what to call this manicure - but my mom has been complaining about needing new printer ink for some time and I just love the colors that printer cartridges have. CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black for those of you who are not computer savvy. And I know that color isn't cyan, but I do love it especially paired with these two.

I made this manicure using striping tape and painting very thin strokes with the polish. Colors used are OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls as a base, China Glaze Designer Satin, China Glaze Electric Pineapple, and Sinful Colors Savage.

I think I did a particularly flawless job on my thumb so I had to include it!

What do you think of my printer ink nails? Love it or hate it?

Grunge Nails *UPDATED*

I made a quick preview post today about my grunge nails, but here is the real deal! -

This look is based off of Nails Adored and her incredible tutorial, which you can find here.

I used Sinful Colors Black on Black as a base and then a bunch of other colors -
- OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui
- Funky Fingers Pink
- OPI What The Shrek are You Talking About
- OPI Sparrow Me The Drama

I used a makeup brush and acetone to get the desired effect.

I love the way this turned out! It looks like a tie dye effect mixed with a paint-y watercolor effect.

My only problem was the polish remover, I maybe should have used non-acetone because it actually started lifting off the color at the tip of my nail!

What do you think of the grunge look?

Nail Art Challenge Day 9: Rainbow Nails

Today I thought I would try a new technique that I have seen recently. Honestly I have no idea what the name of it is, but basically you wait for your polish to be tacky and then you string it over your nails.

Here was my result:

It wasn't supposed to come out this clumpy, but I think I should have waited longer for the nail polish to tack up.

I LOVE the way my thumb came out though!

Have you guys heard this technique? What tips do you have?