One last heart mani

I had one leftover heart mani from Valentine's Day, so here it is :)

Here is a perfect example of why I don't like Poshe top coat. See the messed up pinky nail? Well, at one point, it looked just like all the other nails. I put a thick coat of Poshe on top so it wouldn't smear. Then, I had to get up to go do something and just the gravity of holding my arm down by my side made the whole design slide down. The little glequins were at the bottom of the heart like the rest.

Oh well, I really liked this other than the messed up pinky. lol. There is always one thing that throws my whole mani off!

Polishes I used:
NOPI All Kendall-ed Up
OPI Black Onyx

February Nail Art Challenge: Valentine's Nails

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Of course today's theme in the February Nail Art Challenge is Valentine's Day nails!! 

I really wanted this mani to end better. Turns out, I am not so good at drawing little hearts on my nails. Next time I will use a stamp as a guide or some kind of template. Also, there was not as much contrast as I had hoped between the base color and the outline of the hearts. Then, not only was I too hasty in my top coat application, smearing a few of the nails; but, I also ended up smudging my pinky while I was taking pics. Arg!! I should have just left this as a plaid mani, because it looked really good like that.

Anyways, enough with my bitching....here are some pics :)

Polishes I used:
Zoya Lara
Zoya Avery
Julep Carrie
OPI Love Is A Racket
OPI Alpine Snow

My inspiration: Nailed Daily - Valentines Plaid

Purple Mixed Valentine's Manicure

While this mani could be worn outside of Valentine's Day, I still thought it was 'sweet' enough to be classified as a Valentine's mani. I was getting tired of all pink polishes :)

And for this I used:
Essie Play Date
China Glaze Grape Juice
Orly Be Brave
OPI Stay The Night
Orly Prelude To A Kiss

Non-Traditional Heart Mani

We don't all love everything pink and red, so today I went with a Valentine's heart mani with some more non-traditional colors.

Not much to say about this one. I really like how well the hearts turned out. I'm glad I finally figured out a way to make hearts that works for me.

Polishes I used:
Zoya Avery
OPI Fly
OPI No Spain No Gain
Sinful Colors Clementine

Valentine's Heart Vine

For today's Valentine's mani, I tried to recreate the Heart Vine manicure that I saw on Mad Manis last year. The hearts looked really good until I made the stems from the vine. That made the tops look much less defined. I think they would have looked better if I would have outlined them, but I was afraid if I tried to, I would mess the entire design up. lol. It has happened before.

I think I am going to get some new smaller brushes for small work like this. I have a set of nail art brushes, but I believe there are smaller ones out there.

Polishes Used:
NOPI Paparazzi Don't Preach
China Glaze Mahogany Magic
OPI Color To Diner For
NOPI All Kendall-ed Up
Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen Hot Pink

What kind of brushes do you use for nail art? I know many of the better nail art creators use acrylic paints for their art, but I haven't divulged into it yet.

Robin Moses Inspired Valentine's Day Nails

I got the idea from this design from the nail art master herself, Robin Moses. My design is much less 'busy' than hers, but I wanted to keep it simple because I don't have the skill that she does to create something like that!

I LOVED how this turned out. This is one of those manis that I could have worn until it completely fell off. lol. And, this is probably the first time I was satisfied with how my hearts looked. :) Love it!

Polishes I used:
OPI Skyfall
OPI Fly
Zoya Lara
Zoya Avery