ROSE TUTORIAL: Using dotting tools

Hey everyone! I hope you are all having a fantastic day. It's almost Friday, yay! One of my followers requested a rose tutorial and I was a bit hesitant since I've never done roses by hand. But I was bored last night and decided to wing it. I loved how it came out so I decided to post it! Enjoy!

This is super easy and only requires some dotting tools! Don't have a dotting tool? Here are some alternatives:
-toothpick
-a sharp pencil
-a pushpin
-bobby pin

Let's get started!

Products you will need:

-(Not pictured): Base & Top Coat: Seche Retain & Seche Vite

-4-5 Polishes: Icing: Electric Emerald, OPI: Strawberry Margarita, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear: Mint Sorbet, Pure Ice: Super Star

-1 very small dotting tool, a medium sized, and a large dotting tool. (Mine are double ended so I only used 2)

1. Apply Base Coat

2. Apply 2 coats of your base color

3. Take your large dotting tool and make uneven circles with the color of your choice

4.(Optional) Repeat step 3 but this time use a different color
*You don't really need to use a different color, unless you are making one rose pink/white and another white/red or a different color

5. Take your smallest dotting tool & a different color polish and start making little crooked lines on the circles

6. With the medium sized dotting tool & a green polish and make small leaves on some roses

7. Mix green and white or take a lighter green

8. Take your small dotting tool and make small lines in the middle of the leaves

9. Clean up your cuticles

10. Apply a top coat and you're done!

Gradient Challenge: Day 7: Glitter

Hello everyone! I hope you are all having a lovely Saturday and enjoy the rest of your weekend! Today is the last day of the gradient challenge Kelly from Nailpocalypse and I did. I had so much fun with all these challenges and it was great working with her!

So for today's challenge I did each of  my nails a different colored glitter gradient with some hearts! Enjoy!

*Don't forget to go over to Kelly's page to see what glittery awesomeness she came up with!

-Icing: Sparkling Emerald
-Essence: Choose Me
-Sally Hansen: Blue Me Away
-Kleancolor: Holo Blue
-OPI: Purple w/ a Purpose
-Kleancolor: Holo Chrome
-Sally  Hansen: Presto Pink
-LA Colosr: No name
-BM03
-Pure Ice: Super Star

KKCenterHk Review: Water Decals

Hello everyone! Today, I'll be reviewing some water decals sent by KKCenterHk. I was a bit nervous at first because I didn't know how to apply them but after a couple of youtube videos I decided to give it a try! Enjoy

I chose these gorgeous Chanel decals and did a teal/white gradient underneath!

*10% off KKCenterHK purchase: NailAddict93 
*Link to water decals: CC Design

-Pure Ice: Super Star
-Icing: Teal For Real
-The Color Workshop: Holo Glitter
-Water Decal
-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri

My thoughts:
-Perfect size for my nails
-Came off the backing easily onto my finger
-Super easy to place
-Easy to smooth out air bubbles (I used a dotting tool)
-Easy to move around once placed on nail
-Does not lift once top coat is applied

Overall, I absolutely love these!! :)

Green Neon

Hey everyone! Today I have a quick post for you all, I will be heading to Six Flags soon! I am in need of a tan! :) 

Since summer is near, I've been using more neons lately! Here we have Icing: What Planet Are You On layered over China Glaze: In the Limelight! Enjoy and have a great memorial day! 

Rainbow Gradient

Hey everyone! For today, I chose to do an animal print with a rainbow gradient! I'm not sure whether I like it, i feel like the pink/orange gradient doesn't go well with the other colors.

I'm really liking gradients right now! They are super easy and i love using as many colors as I can in a mani! Enjoy!

-KleanColor: Pink Lady
-Zoya: Arizona
-Zoya: Myrta
-Essence: Wanna Be Your Sunshine
-Funky Fingers: Pixy Dust
-China Glaze: Frostbite
-Sinful Colors: Cinderella
-China Glaze: Spontaneous
-Icing: Txt Me Later
-The Color Workshop: Holo Glitter
-Stamp: M57
-Wet n Wild: Black Creme
-Seche Vite

Lazy Sunday

Hello everyone! I hope you are all enjoying your weekend! For me today is one of those days where I just want to relax and watch tv all day!! Today's mani is just a hot pink layered with a neon pink jelly with glitter! Enjoy! :)

-OPI: Strawberry Margarita
-Icing: Power to the Pink
-Seche Vite

The Crackle Challenge - Day 1: Purple

Hello beautiful ladies! For this week, Lydia (Sekhmet's Purple Castle) and I are going to be doing a crackle challenge. Our crackle polishes don't get a lot a love anymore, so why not get some use out of them, This mani actually was really frustrating because my polish is too thick now. Anyways enjoy! :)

 

-Seche Retain
-Icing: What Planet Are You From?
-Icing: Electric Emerald
-Kleancolor: Green With Envy
-China Glaze: Fault Line
-Seche Vite

*Don't forget to check out Lydia's blog to see what she came up with for day one!

2 Cinco de Mayo Mani's!!

Hello lovely nail addicts! Since tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo & I am mexican, I thought I would create 2 fun mani's! The first one is super easy and festive &  the second one has some chips, hot salsa, a margarita, and a french tip using the colors using the mexican flag! Enjoy! :)

*Fun facst: United States "celebrate" Cinco de Mayo more than people in Mexico. In Mexico they mainly only celebrate it in a state called Puebla!

*Cindo de Mayo is NOT Mexico's Independence day (that takes place September 16th)

Mani #1:

Mani #2:

Franken Blogger Series Part 2: Fan-Dabi-Dozi

Hey everyone! For today, I have the 2nd part of my franken series. This one is inspired by Katee from A Girl and Her Polish. I love her blog and we just did a nail/beauty swap! I actually sent this one to her and asked what color she wanted her franken. She said that she's been liking white, and I liked the idea of a white franken. So I came up with a white polish with silver shimmers, pink glitter,blue micro glitters, and  purple/blue hex glitters! She picked the name: Fan-Dabi-Dozi!  Enjoy!

*There will be one more franken inspired by Jenni by Gold Speck Nails

Formula:

-Pure Ice: Don't You Wish
-L.A Colors: Purple Glitter
-Icing: Electric Sapphire
-Sally Hansen: Ice Queen
-L.A Colors: Live
-The Color Workshop: French White

Franken Blogger Series Part 1: Purple Castle

Hello beautiful ladies! A couple weeks ago, I decided to try my first franken and couldn't decide on what color or polishes to use. Then I thought why not choose to do them by someone who inspires me and has helped me a lot here on blogger.
I chose to do a franken inspired by Lydia from Sekhmet's Purple Castle. We both decided Purple Castle would be a great name for the polish!
Its a light purple with pink undertones, large, medium, and small silver/holo hex glitters, purple glitters, blue glitters, silver shimmers, orange and green flakies, and blue and purple hex glitter! Enjoy!

*There will be 2 more frankens inspired by Katee from A Girl and Her Polish and Jenni from Gold Speck Nails

Formula: (I used equal part of all these until the whole bottle was full)

-Sally Hansen: Gunmetal
-Sally Hansen: Ice Queen
-Sinful Colors: Green Ocean
-Icing: Electric Sapphire
-China Glaze: Spontaneous
-Icing: Text Me Later
-Icing: Frost Yourself
-Pure Ice: Don't You Wish
-L.A. Colors: Live
-L.A. Colors: Purple Glitter
-Revlon: Popular/Starry Pink
-The Color Workshop: Fuchsia
-Finger Paints: Flecked
-Essie: Shine of the Times
-China Glaze: Fairy Dust
-Wet n Wild: No name (opalescent polish with glitter)
-The Color Workshop: no name (glitter)
-The Color Workshop: no name (pink glitter)