Milani Hi-Res

Hey y'all!

I hope everyone is having a great day! It is currently sleeting along with some freezing rain at my house, which is very uncommon in the south! If you're enduring crazy weather right now, like me, stay safe! 

Let's get to the polish!

Milani Hi-Res: two coats; base and top coat.

Milani Hi-Res is a light purple holographic polish! The formula was streaky at first, but a second coat evened it out. I was impressed by the holographic payoff, since drugstore brands have a hard time pulling off holographic polishes.

Overall, I really like this polish! I picked it up a while ago on clearance, along with the other colors in the line, and I'm so glad I did!

Have you found any drugstore gems lately? 

Red Glitter

Hey y'all!

Today I have a super simple, yet festive look for you today!

This is two coats of Sinful Colors (Sinful Shine) Picante with one coat of Milani 584 Red.

I absolutely love this look! I've actually worn it more than once this holiday season!

Are you ready for the holidays? Do you have a manicure planned or will you just wing it? Let me know below! :)

Mermaids, Shells, and & Rhinestones

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Hello Lacquer Lovers!

Today I have a super cute manicure using four products from Born Pretty Store! I have a 10% off discount code, so make sure you grab it at the end of this post!

Polishes Used:

Sinful Colors Orange Cream

Sinful Colors Unicorn

Sinful Colors Sugar Rush

Rimmel London French White Nail Tip Liner

Milani Art of Gold

On my index finger I used a  Pattern 29 3D Nail Art Decoration, which is the gold mermaid glitter. I also used a 3mm pink rhinestone and two silver rhinestones.

On my ringer finger I used a Pattern 39 3D Nail Art Decoration, which is a gorgeous gold sea shell glitter. I also used a 3mm dark blue rhinestone, along with two silver rhinestones.

This look was inspired by a nail art look I saw on the mermaid and sea shell product page!

The mermaid and sea shell glitters were very easy to apply. I gave them a slight curve using an orange stick and they fit perfectly on my nails.

Overall, I was really impressed with the four products from Born Pretty Store. You can get 10% off of your next order using the code YSG10 at checkout!

What product is your favorite? Let me know below!

Neon Zebra Gradient

Hello Lacquer Lovers!

Today I have a very easy to achieve and quick nail art look! My polish bestie over at Manis & Makeovers did something similar, so make sure to check her post out as well!

To start off this look, I painted my nails one coat of white using Wet N Wild French White Creme. Then, taking a makeup sponge I sponged two coats of four Color Clubs I picked up this weekend at Ross. They have no names, just numbers. The teal is 131004, the blue is 131007, the purple is 131003, and the pink is 131004.

I finished off the look with zebra stripes using Milani Black Sketch. 

I had to use my phone for these pictures, as I could not get my camera to be color accurate. :(

I usually don't wear my nail art looks for long, but I wore this one for three days because I loved it so much! This nail art look even recruited some new readers from a local restaurant (Hello girls!).

I hope that some of y'all will recreate this look. If you do, make sure to post it on my Facebook wall, as I'd love to see it!

An InLinkz Link-up

An InLinkz Link-up

Fox Nail Art

Hello Lacquer Lovers!

What does the fox say? Haha ;) Today I have a cute fox nail art look that can be done in an infinite amount of colors!

The index finger is two coats of Wet n Wild Teal Slowly and See topped with an unlabeled Bonita chunky orange glitter.

The middle finger is two coats of Zoya Arizona topped with light blue rhinestones from eBay.

For the ring finger I used two coats of Wet n Wild French White Creme as the base. I used L.A. Colors nail art striper in Bright Orange to draw the fox. I also used Milani nail art stripers in Black Sketch and White Canvas for the details.

The pinkie finger is two coats of Wet n Wild Teal Slowly and See with one coat of Sally Hansen Ice Queen. 

I thought the fox would be very hard to draw, but it was much easier than I thought. 

I would love to see some of my lovely readers recreate this! If you do, post it on my Facebook wall; I'd love to see it! 

Cherry Blossoms

Hello Lacquer Lovers!

Today I have another mani inspired by a beautiful piece of art!

Source

 

Base Color: Wet N Wild Teal Slowly and Sea

Flower Colors: OPI Did It On Em, Zoya Charisma, Color Club unnamed yellow and hot pink, and OPI Can't Let Go

Branch Color: Milani Nail Art Striper in Black Sketch

 This look was very easy to create! I started off with a base color, drew on the branches (with a light hand) and used the polish brushes to dab on the blossoms.

That is all for today! :)

Nail Art Inspired by Mondrian!

Hello Lacquer Lovers!

It's finals week for me, so I need a bright mani to cheer me up! 

Today my mani is inspired by this painting by Mondrian!

Source

Here is what I came up with:

I used an unnamed yellow Color Club, OPI Red My Fortune Cookie, Wet n Wild Teal Slowly and Sea, Wet n Wild French White Creme, and a Milani nail art striper in Black Sketch.

For the cube nails I applied one coat of Wet n Wild French White Creme and then, using the brushes the polishes came with, I brushed on the red, blue, and yellow polishes. Then I outlined everything with a nail art striper and applied rhinestones to all of my other nails in coordinating colors.

Here is the final look!

I'm loving this manicure and I'll be sure to create it again in the future with other colors! This look is sure to keep me awake during finals, considering how bold it is. Here is to hoping it doesn't distract me too much! ;)

Superman: Man of Steel Mani!

I went to see Superman: Man of Steel on Tuesday, so you know what that means: I had to do a mani to match!

Metallic Tribal!

Today I thought that I would try a new nail art look; tribal!

This look is super easy and cute! If you would like to see

how I created this look and what I used make the jump. :]

Inspired by...Iron Man!

Happy Saturday Lacquer Lovers!

You know what this means, another Inspired by... post! I absolutely adore this idea and I am so glad I started this series! The designer who was featured in last weeks post was Oscar de la Renta!  If you would like to see last weeks post you can click HERE.

This week, as you may have been able to tell from the title, is inspired by Iron Man!

 Want to see the look I created? You can see it after the jump! :]

February Nail Art Challenge: Day 3

Today is day 3 of the February Nail Art Challenge! Today's theme is GLITTER! From some of my previous posts you can probably tell that I'm all about the glitter. Today I decided to go with something a little more subtle and on the dark side for you Anti-Valentines Day gals.
More after the jump!

Ikat Nail Art

Here is my first nail art design from Facebook. I'm integrating my Facebook posts onto my blog, can't you tell?

 More after the jump!