Thanksgiving Nail Art - Andy Warhol Inspired Turkeys

This time last year I was in the middle of a Thanksgiving Nail Art Challenge. If you want ideas for turkey day nails here are the links to the 5 days:

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

In the last couple of months, my turkey nails from day 5 have blown up on Pinterest. As of me writing this, it has 2938 repins and 336 likes. I am flabbergasted at those numbers. Thanks to all of Pinterest for your love!

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Well, it got me thinking about what I can do for my Turkey Day nails this year. I was bouncing ideas off of my amazing friend Sunny, of 365 Days of Color (shameless plug - you should check out her Elf Christmas collection!), and we thought about Andy Warhol's depiction of Marylin Monroe.

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My thought was, my Turkey nails are so Pinterest famous, why not honor them as Warhol honored Marylin? A bit of a stretch, I know, but I love how it turned out... Even if it's not in typical fall colors.

I used acrylic paint for most of the turkey designs. There are two reasons for this:

1- It doesnt smear. There is nothing worse than spending two and a half hours on nail art and having it smear.
2- I needed a ton of colors and at $.69 each at Michaels, acrylic is much more cost effective.

Here is a break down of the supplies used, by finger.

Thumb (first row, middle Marylin):
Base - Deborah Lippmann Dancing in the Sheets
Craft Smart Hunter Green
Craft Smart Pool Blue
Craft Smart Yellow
Craft Smart Light Pink

Pointer (third for, left Marylin):
Base - Zoya Robyn
Craft Smart Navy
Craft Smart Flesh
Craft Smart Light Orange
Folk Art Baby Blue

Middle (second row, middle Marylin):
Base - Barielle Smarty Pants Pink
Craft Smart Mustard Yellow
Craft Smart Red
Craft Smart Navy
Stripe Rite Neon Pink (dulled down with some Craft Smart Black)


Ring (second row, right Marylin):
Base - Zoya Jacqueline
Craft Smart Hunter Green
Craft Smart Yellow
Craft Smart Pool Blue
Avon Nail Art Enamel Blue Vibe

Pinky (third row, right Marylin):
Base - Dazzle Dry Chery Parfait
Craft Smart Black
Craft Smart Light Pink
Craft Smart Yellow
Craft Smart Flesh (mixed with a little Craft Smart Light Pink)

I hope your Thanksgiving is full of family and friends. I know mine will be :)

Different Shades of Blue Autism Awareness Challenge - Rainbows

My hubby has friends that came into town from Canada for the next week. So I'm going to be keeping things short and sweet!

I feel like I've done rainbows so many times that I can't think of a new, original design (here, here, here and even here are my previous rainbows.) So I decided to do only a rainbow of blues.

I feel like it could be in the paint aisle at home depot lmao!! I used Zoya Blu, FingerPaints Blue Raspberry Taffy, Zoya Robyn and Barielle Surf's Up. Because I hate tape and decided to free-hand them, I separated them with my silver Stripe Rite.


Be sure to check out the other ladies participating...

 Makeup and Nails, Not War

 I’m Just Me... ChiChi

 Seriously Swatched

 Paint Those Piggies!

 Nail Polish Anonymous

 Jilltastic Nail Design
Little Laura Loves

 Glittery Fingers & Sparkling Toes

 Dipped in Lacquer

 Paulina’s Passions

 Rachos Nail Love

 Beautylicious

 Light of the Moon Nails

Easter Nail Art Challenge Day 5 - Pastels

The last day of the Easter challenge! Woohoo!!

I was a bit concerned about today... I am not a huge pastel fan. Luckily the Zoya Lovely collection (which can be seen here) saved the day for me.

I decided to do something understated. I didn't have a whole lot of time to do these, so it's a bit rushed lol!! I used an unnamed light pink Color Club (I got it from Ross and there were no name!! wth, right?), Barielle Banana Drop, Zoya Blu and Zoya Neely. I then free-handed the white lattice with my Stripe Rite and used a medium/large dotting tool to dot one of the different colors over the joints.

Be sure to check out the rest of the participants creations!

Galactic Lacquer

Dipped in Lacquer

Kate Kreates

I’m Just Me…ChiChi

Nail Polish Anonymous

Easter Nail Art Challenge Day 4 - Chicks

Happy Monday! Today is day 4 of the Easter Nail Art Challenge. If you missed my Bunnies and Easter Eggs over the weekend, be sure to check them out. Especially the bunnies, they are some of my best work!

I decided to show the stages of a chick hatching from an egg to make it a little different!

First you have the cracking egg, then the chick peeking out of the two halves. Next the chick shakes off the top half, and finally he's free!! Lol!!

I used OPI Alpine Snow on my pointer and Barielle Sunshine on the rest. Then I used my black and white Stripe Rites and FingerPaints Caric-art-ure striping polishes to do all the accents.

Be sure to check out the rest of the participants creations!

Galactic Lacquer

Dipped in Lacquer

Kate Kreates

I’m Just Me…ChiChi

Nail Polish Anonymous

Easter Nail Art Challenge Day 3 - Eggs

Happy Easter!!!!!

Today is Easter Eggs. Last year I did the egg designs on my nails (Im not going to link, because Im not proud of them lol!), so this year I tried something different.

I used Zoya Blu as my base again. It's the perfect, subtle blue. The bright blue is Zoya Robin, and the purple egg is Barielle Lilac Jelly Bean. I put pink polka dots on the purple egg with Avon Nail Art Enamel in cupid and the yellow on the blue egg is Stripe Rite Yellow. The flower center is also the Stripe Rite Yellow, accented with my Orly Yellow Submarine. For the grass, I started with Avon Nail Art Enamel in Styled Green and then overlayed it with LA Nail Art Deco Mint Green.


Be sure to check out the rest of the participants creations!

Galactic Lacquer

Dipped in Lacquer

Kate Kreates

I’m Just Me…ChiChi

Nail Polish Anonymous

 

I've got to go get ready and make green bean casserole for the family pot luck this afternoon. It's going to be 90 degrees out today, so I bought a maxi dress to wear... and am going to do a hairbow (thanks Pinterest! lol!)

Easter Nail Art Challenge Day 2 - Bunnies

It's Saturday, but not a relaxing one! It never is when it's Easter weekend!!

I am soooooo happy with today's mani! In fact, I may re-do them after the Egg mani for tomorrow.

So cute!! I used Zoya Blu as the base. The detail work was done with Zoya Gie Gie, LA Art Deco Bright Orange, Avon Nail Art Enamel Styled Green and my Stripe Rite White and Black. Everything was done with striping brushes and dotting tools. I obviously wouldn't be able to do the detail work (specifically the fine black outlines) on my right hand, so I did the dotticure on the whole hand instead.

Be sure to check out the rest of the participants creations!

Galactic Lacquer

Dipped in Lacquer

Kate Kreates

I’m Just Me…ChiChi

Nail Polish Anonymous

Easter Nail Art Challenge Day 1 - Grass/Flowers

Happy Friday!!!

The lovely Corrinne over at Galactic Lacquer is hosting a 5-day Easter challenge!!

Today is grass/flowers, and I wanted to keep it a little simple.

I used China Glaze For Audrey as the base (if you dont own it, go buy it. I need to get another one!) and Zoya Rehka and Barielle Gotta Have Fate as the flowers. I used a large dotting tool to make the flowers and a medium for the flower center. The rest was accomplished with the following striping polishes: Stripe Rite White and Yellow, LA Art Deco Mint Green, Orly Yellow Submarine.

Be sure to check out the rest of the participants creations!

Galactic Lacquer

Dipped in Lacquer

Kate Kreates

I’m Just Me…ChiChi

Nail Polish Anonymous

Today is the last day to enter my Blogiversary giveaway! It ends at 9pm tonight (PST time). Click here.

Game of Thrones Nail Art

So, anyone that loves an HBO series understands the agony of the 10-12 episode season followed by 9-10 months of waiting after a cliff hanger. I love a few HBO series, and am losing what little patience I had while waiting for their return (True Blood and Newroom being my other all time favorites). My loooooooooooooooong wait for Game of Thrones season 3 is almost to a close, so to celebrate the season premier on Sunday, I decided to do some quick, simple nail art.

I painted my nails with my Nina Ultra Pro black and used by silver Stripe Rite to draw the designed. I did the GoT with the "o" impaled by swords. And I put the wolf symbol for the Stark's on my thumb.

My fellow GoT fans know what I'm talking about!! 3 more days! AHHHHH!!

(PS - if you havent read the books and you like the show, you should. I only read up until the point in the show, because I dont want to ruin any surprises lol!! That, and I knew I would burn through them like crazy and then be sad and impatiently awaiting the next book. Best to just wait haha)

If you participated in my flash giveaway yesterday, be sure to check you comment and see if you're the winner! Also, don't forget to enter my blogiversary giveaway! It ends on Friday! Click here.

Happy Birthday to Me! Nail Art & Flash Giveaway

Hello dolls!!

Today I turn 28... I was contemplating not saying how old I am... there's the irrational woman in me screaming "No!! You're getting old! AHHHH!" But, I decided instead to take a page out of my mother's book. Her theory is: there is no point in fretting about getting older, because the alternative it being dead. haha. Happy thoughts.

I made it look like number candles were sitting on a cake! Lol!! I used Barielle Life of the Party, Zoya Julie, and Zoya Gie Gie as the main colors. My Stripe Rite black and white striping polishes for accents... and the flame on the candles was made with my Stripe Rite Yellow and Orly Yellow Submarine.

Now, for the flash giveaway!! I have a mini bottle of Dollish Polish Expecto Patronum looking for a new home!! All you have to do is comment on this blog post with your must have beauty product (it does not have to be nail polish) and how you follow my blog. The options are: Bloglovin' (my favorite way to follow blogs), email, Networkedblogs and HelloCotton. I left out GFC because in July google will be eliminating GFC and you will lose all your blogs you follow. If you follow me by GFC, please think about picking a different option!

US only. At 9pm tonight (PST time) I will have a random number generator pick a winner... then I will comment on the winning comment and that person will have 24 hours to contact me (you must follow the rules above to qualify)... so be sure you check back tomorrow to see if you won!

Also, don't forget to enter my blogiversary giveaway! It ends on Friday! Click here.

Luck of the Irish Nail Art Challenge Day 5 - Free For All

Happy St Patrick's day!!! While I am Irish, I typically don't do much for this Holiday. I'm not a fan of morons, and that's all that you find in bars celebrating this day lol. Plus, while I may be fine to drive home, that doesn't mean there aren't other drunks out there that could hit me! So, I stay home... Lame, I know haha.

Be sure to check out all of the other participating bloggers....

Dipped in Lacquer

College Polished

Kate Kreates

Galactic Lacquer

Makeup and Nails, Not War

Seriously Swatched

Tes Did It Nails

Jilltastic Nail Design

My Vanity Basics

I’m Just Me…ChiChi

XO, Noelle

What is more Irish than Guinness, right? I knew I had to include it somewhere in this challenge!

I used OPI Alpine Snow as my white base and LA Colors Art Deco in Bright Green and FingerPaints Caric-art-ure for the flags. I free-handed them.

I didn't have a dark enough brown to pull off the Guinness. The only thing I had was a striping polish, so I had to make due (painting a nail with a striping polish is hard lol). FingerPaints You're Kiln Me is the base and I used my Ulta Set in Nude to do a very short gradient and the froth with a dotting tool. I used my gold Stripe Rite polish to freehand the Guinness logo.

Don't forget to enter my blogiversary giveaway! It ends on March 29th. Click here.

Luck of the Irish Nail Art Challenge Day 4 - Shamrocks

I was dreading this day... I am incapable of making clovers that I am happy with. It happened again, all I see is broccoli lmao.

Be sure to check out all of the other participating bloggers....

Dipped in Lacquer

College Polished

Kate Kreates

Galactic Lacquer

Makeup and Nails, Not War

Seriously Swatched

Tes Did It Nails

Jilltastic Nail Design

My Vanity Basics

I’m Just Me…ChiChi

XO, Noelle

The only saving grace of this mani is the base, which I will be reviewing next week...

See, broccoli lol. The base is Barielle Green Apple Chew. It is beautiful and I will have swatches all on its own early next week. I used Avon Nail Art Enamel in Styled Green for the shamrocks themselves and outlined them with my black Stripe Rite.

Don't forget to enter my blogiversary giveaway! It ends on March 29th. Click here.

Luck of the Irish Nail Art Challenge Day 3 - Leprechaun

Today is my one year blogiversary!!! It's a double post kind of day, because at 12:01 (PST) this morning I posted giveaway in celebration partially sponsored by 365 Days of Color! Be sure to check it out!!

Alos be sure to check out all of the other participating bloggers....

Dipped in Lacquer

College Polished

Kate Kreates

Galactic Lacquer

Makeup and Nails, Not War

Seriously Swatched

Tes Did It Nails

Jilltastic Nail Design

My Vanity Basics

I’m Just Me…ChiChi

XO, Noelle

So, oddly enough, my very first post exactly a year ago today was a leprechaun tutorial. What are the odds, right? Well, my nail art skills have vastly improved since then (lots and lots of practice!), so I gave my leprechaun an upgrade!

I told you in my Zoya Lovely review that Jacqueline would be appearing in nail art, and here she is. The perfect skin-tone for my leprechaun! His beard, eyebrows and cute little freckles are all FingerPaints Caric-art-ure. The black, gold and white accents were all created using my Stripe Rites.

I used Barielle Lily Of The Valley for the leprechaun clothes. The green on my ugly clover (I suck at clovers, I will have to learn to accept that fact) is my Avon Nail Art Enamel in Styled Green; while the blue back on my pinky is my favorite China Glaze For Audrey.

The rainbow on my pointer finger consists of the exact same striping polishes I used in yesterday rainbow... the only difference being an A-England Morgan le Fey overlay to add some sparkle.

Don't forget to enter my blogiversary giveaway! It ends on March 29th. Click here.

Luck of the Irish Nail Art Challenge Day 2 - Pot o' Gold/Rainbow

Day 2 is here!! I decided to try something different with the rainbow. I've already tackled rainbow nails... and provided a tutorial. But I couldn't do the same thing, that would be boring.

Be sure to check out all of the other participating bloggers....

Dipped in Lacquer

College Polished

Kate Kreates

Galactic Lacquer

Makeup and Nails, Not War

Seriously Swatched

Tes Did It Nails

Jilltastic Nail Design

My Vanity Basics

I’m Just Me…ChiChi

XO, Noelle

So, you know those women that can hold their thumb at a nice perpendicular angle from their fingers? I'm not one of them. My thumb does not cooperate. I came up with a solution though...

I put the grass on an angle!! Then I have the ray of the rainbow shooting out in an expanding fashion from the gold. I used China Glaze For Audrey as the base on my thumb and then free-handed the rays over white nails. The colors are as follows:

- Red: FingerPaints striper polish Red-aissance
- Orange: FingerPains striper polish Caric-art-ure
- Yellow: FingerPaints striper polish Master Muse
- Green: Avon Nail Art Enamel Styled Green
- Blue: Avon Nail Art Enamel Blue Vibe
- Purple: Avon Nail Art Enamel Passionate Plum

I drew the base of the pot first with my black Stripe Rite, then put the rainbow. Once that had dried, I dotted gold using A-Englands Holy Grail. When that was dry, I finished off the lip of the pot and accented with a glare using my white Stripe Rite.

Luck of the Irish Nail Art Challenge Day 1 - Green

Hello lovelies!! Im glad everyone enjoyed my polish cabinet upcycle yesterday!

It feels good to be back in the blogging game after my break and I am super excited to be participating in the Luck of the Irish challenge hosted by Dipped in Lacquer.

Be sure to check out all of the other participating bloggers, and head over to Dipped in Lacquer's facebook page to join in on her non-blogger contest.

Dipped in Lacquer

College Polished

Kate Kreates

Galactic Lacquer

Makeup and Nails, Not War

Seriously Swatched

Tes Did It Nails

Jilltastic Nail Design

My Vanity Basics

I’m Just Me…ChiChi

XO, Noelle

So, today is green and my first thought went immediately to green beer. I had done beer nails last year (right before I started blogging) for a party at my mom's bar, so the twist of green seemed like a fun idea!

Instead of doing two coats of Toss My Salad, I layered one even coat over one coat of A-Englands Holy Grail. Then I used my white Stripe Rite to draw the mug lines. For the brothy head, I put a drop of OPI Alpine Snow and a drop of A-England's Morgan le Fay on a piece of foil and mixed them together with my medium dotting tool. Then I randomly dotted it on my nails. It doesn't show well in pictures, but it was totally cool in person lol!!

Vancouver Canucks Nail Art For My Anniversary

Today is my 4 year wedding anniversary. I can't believe how fast time has flown by since that beautiful, sunny day where I said "I do" to my best friend.

James is my rock, he keeps me centered and focused... He also drives me crazy, but what man doesn't? I love him, and he has been so supportive of me and my crazy, crafting ventures; this blog included.

He has suggested a lot of nail art ideas to me; most of which I have ignored (for good reason... I'm not going to try to paint his truck on my nails. Not gonna happen lol). But when he suggested I create something in honor of his favorite sports team, I couldn't say no. So I decided it was a good idea to surprise him for our anniversary.

We live in Arizona, but my husband grew up in the small town of Sicamous, British Columbia. A picturesque place in the middle of the Canadian Rockies that you would think only existed on postcards. It's that pretty. So, naturally his favorite team is the Vancouver Canucks. I like hockey, I'm so glad the only sport my husband makes me watch is hockey. If he liked baseball, we probably wouldn't be married lol. So. Freaking. Boring.

I knew their current logo was out of my skill set, and I also knew I couldn't pull of his favorite logo (the flying skate) so I decided to go with the vintage rink with a stick logo on my thumb...

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And then take the other old jersey design that is supposed to be yellow, red and black and turn it to the new colors for my pinky...

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And this is what I came up with!!

He freaked out.

The blue is a no-name that my good friend Sunny at 365 Days of Color sent me. It is actually the base for Free-Spirited with no copper shimmer. I loved the color so much that she sent it to me in creme form. She loves me like that lol!! The white base on my thumb and pinky is OPI Alpine Snow. Then I used my white Stripe Rite and my new Avon Nail Art Enamel in Styled Green for the accents.

The jersey numbers are for 3 of our favorite players. It was so hard to only pick 3...

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This is a pretty basic design that can be changed for any sports team you like. Just find a logo or two you know you can draw!

I will have another review for you tomorrow. But, for now I am going to enjoy a day off with my hubby.

Don't forget to enter my giveaway for a custom polish. It ends tomorrow night!! Click here.

12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Days 2 - 4

So, Ive been in the dark ages... Yep... last Wednesday night I lost my internet... but it's finally back!! Today is day 4, so I have 3 days to show you. Please bare with me lol!!

Be sure to check out the other bloggers who are participating! And play along by posting your creation on my page, I will share it!

College Polished

Jenerally Speaking

Galactic Lacquer

Nails By Katie

Jilltastic Nail Design

Seriously Swatched

Makeup and Nails, Not War

Glitter Me This

Nail Polish Anonymous

Dipped in Lacquer

XO, Noelle

Makeup Your Face

Polish Snob

Just Another Polish Addiction

Play Polish

Tes Did It Nails

It’s Just Me…ChiChi

OK - so again, bare with me. I am so behind on review posts too; so you will be getting a review later today as well. That's right, its a two-post kind of day. Tomorrow will be too!! And I have 3 more reviews to do too! Bad time for my internet to go down lol.

Day 2: Snowflakes. Those of you that follow me on Instagram got to see this on Friday (if you aren't following me on Instagram and want to be, go here). The base for this nail art is Candii Polished Let It Snow; which is one of the polishes you will see in my review post later today.

I used my white Stripe Rite to draw the snowflakes, and went over them with the clear glitter Stripe Rite. It doesnt show in the pic, but in person the glitter really makes it pop!

Day 3: Christmas Movie. I love, love, love, love Dr. Seuss. I grew up reading all of his stories (my favorite was Marvin K Mooney Will You Please Go Now. I could recite it by memory when I was little!) so my first thought was How The Grinch Stole Christmas. It was a bit out of my artistic skill set, but I decided to go for it!! It took forever to do the Grinch, so I left it at him lol.

The Grinch himself is my LA Art Deco Striper in mint green (their names are all messed up. Its clearly lime green haha). The black outline is my Stripe Rite, his yellow eyes are my Orly Striper in Yellow Submarine, and the red dots were my red LA Art Deco. I painted the rest of my nails with China Glaze Merry Berry and Glistening Snow from their Holiday Collection.

Day 4: Christmas Lights. I was in a rush for these, and am not totally happy with them... but alas, I did not have time to redo them. I wanted to do something different from the standard Christmas light manis you see, and since we outline our house with icicles (and then cover the rest of the house with lights so you can see it from space... my hubby has an illness. He cant just put one strand up; he has to put them all lol), they seemed fitting.

The base is Barielle's Coalest Day of the Year. It is absolutely gorgeous, I liked it much better before I used my white Stripe Rite to add the lights haha.

OK.... so glad to be caught up on my nail art!! Dont forget to check back at noon pacific time for my Candii Polished review!!