Cut Outs

I found these craft hole punches at Micheal's for super cheap and was excited to see the shapes they made where perfect nail size. By the way what's this shape called? I'm sure it's got a name it's just not coming to me right now. Anyways I used this particular shape to make a negative in some painters tape and got to work. 

 My nails are getting a bit long, I think it's time for a serious date with my nail file. Side note I asked Santa for a Cult Nails glass file I'll let you know if he come through ;) 

None of these pictures are in very good lighting but the accent color I used is a really lovely dark sparkly purple that pairs very nicely with the gold.

So all in all a very easy manicure but a tad time consuming since tape can always be a little finicky. Interestingly enough The Beauty Department posted this article today about the new Metallic markers that Sharpie had recently come out with and it just so happened that I had recently purchased those myself. Since  I had yet to use them I decided to go ahead and bust them out.  Of course, since I was using a stencil the markers didn't really get a chance to shine but they still worked out quite nice. The down side to using markers over polish is that, for me at least, the marker tended to smear when apply a top coat. This was addressed in the article but they seemed to have no trouble so maybe I'll have to try again. 

Base: Essie Butler Please & Anise Seductive

Magnetix

Hey everyone, I've got some good and bad news. The good news is I just bought a house which is crazy and exciting and stressful all at the same time. The bad new is my move will be done over the course of several weeks starting now til mid September so my post may be a bit sporadic til I get my nail station set up. In the mean time I decided to brake out my magnetic nail polish and get to work.  To create the initial gold wavy pattern I used painters tape and some craft scissors.  I then filled in the tips using the actual brush from the China Glaze bottle.    

The following pictures are from my right hand (gasp!). Yes it exists. I couldn't decide if I like the black tips enough to repeat the process on this hand so I ended up leaving it alone. I think the gold pattern turned out much crisper on this hand anyways.  

For these nails I used Zoya Kendal, China Glaze Liquid Leather and Claire's Magnetix Gold.

Good as Gold Indeed

 Happy Monday people, nothing like some fun nails to brighten up another LONG week. Essie's Good as Gold looks good with everything so I couldn't help the but pair it with this soft mauve. To me this color combo is sweet and sexy at the same time (wink lol). I couldn't decide which Bundle Monster plate to go with so I chose several and decided to make this a skittles manicure.

As I mentioned above I used Essie's Good as Gold for my accent color and the base is once again some unnamed mystery color I ordered from Alloy maybe a year ago. I used BM-311 and BM-303 for the various stamping and painters and striping tape for my pinky finger. Are you ladies gold or silver fans? 

French Flair

I've been meaning to get some good use out of my striping tape and after coming across this card I had all the inspiration I needed. I purchased my striping tape from Ebay for a ridiculously low price and free shipping so if you have yet to invest please do it's so versatile.  

   

For tonight's nails I used my trusty Liquid Leather by China Glaze a Love & Beauty polish simply named White and L.A. Colors Black nail stripier.  

Update

This is the result of wanting to paint my nails, but still really liking my old manicure. While browsing through Pintrest a while back I came across this and knew I just had to try it. So this is the result. I used OPI's Thanks a Windmillion, Wet n Wild's Night Prowl and some good ol' painters tape. 

Do I love it? No. Will I keep it for the rest of the day? Probably. Until next time peeps, hopefully I'll have better luck.  

Fresh French

Alright short post tonight ladies I have a big BIG Bio test tomorrow so I wanted to do a quick revamp with my previous mani. I really love this color so it's a good thing I wore it on such a hectic week. I used China Glaze Liquid Leather on top of my purple polish to make a nice french. To break up the dark colors I used Milian's Art of Gold nail stripper. 

So what do you think, they're like having a bit of Halloween in Summer right? Side note did anyone order the new Bundle Monster plates?!