Saturday, March 30, 2013

Easter Eggs & Mini Eggs





I'm not one to let a holiday go by without a manicure to commemorate it, so here are my Easter nails for this year!
I tossed around a few different ideas for this manicure, (rabbits, baby chicks and traditional Lithuanian eggs to name a few), before settling on this design.
I've done a mix of regular Easter eggs, (on the thumb and ring finger), and Mini eggs!
I used this tutorial for the mini eggs, and I must say I absolutely adore them! I'll definitely be using the white-wash technique for future designs ~


Products Used:
Sephora by OPI - Matte Top Coat
Rimmel London - 100 Base & Top Coat
Rimmel London - 110 French White Nail Tip Liner
Revlon - 955 Quick Dry Base Coat
Revlon - 330 Grape Icy
Revlon - Mint Gelato
Borghese - B115 Bianco White Tip
Borghese - B476 Incantato Purple
Sally Hansen - Barracuda
Essie - 922 Mojito Madness
Ciaté - 074 Big Yellow Taxi

~ Becca.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

30 Day Nail Challenge, Day 8: Metallic Nails





This manicure was surprisingly time consuming, but it was worth it in the end. I really love this design, I think the lustrous gold over the matte black looks really sophisticated, and the black tips look like stylized french tips ~


Products Used:
Revlon - 955 Quick Dry Base Coat
Essie - 941 Good as Gold
Wet n' Wild - 229C Ebony Hates Chris
Quo by Orly - 59701 Black
Sephora by OPI - Matte Top Coat

~ Becca.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

30 Day Nail Challenge, Day 7: Black and White Nails






Day seven of this challenge is Black and White, and I had a fun time with it! I love the way B&W manicures look so I really enjoyed playing around and trying out some graphic prints. I really love the patterns on the index and middle finger ~

Products Used:
Revlon - 955 Quick Dry Base Coat
Rimmel London - 100 Base & Top Coat
Rimmel London - 110 French White Nail Tip Liner
Borghese - B115 Bianco White Tip
Quo by Orly - 59701 Black
Wet 'n Wild - 299C Ebony Hates Chris

~ Becca.


Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Flowers For a Friend


I offered to do my friend's nails for her this past weekend. When I asked her what kind of design she wanted, she told me that she liked pink, purple and glitter, so this is what I came up with!
It's based off a manicure I did over the summer ~


Products Used:
Revlon - 955 Quick Dry Base Coat
Rimmel London - 100 Base & Top Coat
Rimmel London - 110 French White Nail Tip Liner
Essie - 608 In Stitches
Borghese - B476 Incantato Purple
Nicole - NI GO3 Kissed at Midnight

~ Becca.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

St. Patty's Day Nails




Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone!
Nothing complicated for this manicure, just a simple glitter gradient and a little four-leaf clover on the thumb and ring fingers. Still, I think it's pretty cute ~

Products Used:
Revlon - 955 Quick Dry Base Coat
Rimmel London - 100 Base & Top Coat
Essie - 922 Mojito Madness
Essie - 941 Good As Gold
Nicole - NI GO3 Kissed at Midnight
Quo by Orly - 59701 Black

~ Becca.


Wednesday, March 13, 2013

30 Day Nail Challenge, Day 6: Purple Nails



I tried my hand at another non-glitter gradient, and I think I'm getting a bit better at them!
The flash on the camera was making the colours come out a little more blue than they looked in reality, but I think it looks pretty cool either way.

Products Used:
Rimmel London - 100 Base & Top Coat
Revlon - 955 Quick Dry Base Coat
Revlon - 280 Orbit
China Glaze - 1193 Whirled Away
Borghese - B115 Bianco White Tip
Borghese - B476 Incantato Purple
Sally Hansen - 360 Pronto Purple

~ Becca.


Wednesday, March 06, 2013

30 Day Nail Challenge, Day 5: Blue Nails




So this was my first successful attempt at using tape to get straight lines. I'm usually too impatient and put the tape on too soon which messes up the base colour... I was determined to make it work this time, though, and it did!
Just as a side note, I'm going to point out that I really love this gold, it's shiny without being glittery, if you know what I mean.

Products Used:
Revlon - 955 Quick Dry Base Coat
Sally Hansen - Barracuda
Sally Hansen - 650 Navy Baby
Essie - 941 Good As Gold
Rimmel London - 100 Base & Top Coat

~ Becca.