Zoya Sailor + SOPI Traffic Stopper Copper

So lately I have been really loving the combination of glitter and matte top coat. For this mani I decided to keep it really simple. I started with two layers of Zoya Sailor as my base. Then I added one layer of Sephore by OPO Traffic Stopper Copper. There is just something about the combo of blue and copper that is just made for each other...I love it! Then of course I had to make it matte so I used my Butter London matte top coat. I am so happy with the results and as you will see soon it inspired another similar creation.

 

Nail Art Challenge - Glitter

For this first challenge I decided to go with Liquid Lacquer Blue Pistachio. I used to coats of this and then created stamping decals. For the birds I used Bundle Monster plate 401 and acrylic paints. I top coated everything with a layer of seche vite.

Zoya Sailor

Zoya Sailor is a dusty navy blue cream that basically applies itself. It was almost a one coater and some people will probably be able to make it a one coater but I am a two coat polisher by habit. The consistency was great and I had no trouble at all with pooling of the cuticles. This polish is going to be so great for fall/winter. I have already used it three times and I just got it a few weeks ago. I will be posting tomorrow a great glitter combo I found to go with this.

Monday's Nail Art for Short Nails

Lately more often than I would normally like I have been rocking some nubbin nails but they have really started to grow on me. A friend pointed me in the direction of an awesome collaboration of bloggers that every Monday create a post dedicated for the nubby challenged nails which is perfect to get me more comfortable with my new length. For this mani I decided to keep it pretty simple but I think the simplicity adds to the dramatic effect.

I started off with two coats of Loreal She's So Matte and then stamped using Color Club Twiggie and Cult Nails Tempest over it. I used the Bundle Monster Holiday set to create some zombie nails perfect for Halloween and the Walking Dead episode last night but mostly perfect for me because I LOOOOOVVVEEEE zombies!!! For the accent nail I put on Tempest and Twiggie and the same time and just carefully scraped. It's almost impossible not to get the colors to mix a little but either way I still love the haunting effect of the green zombie flesh over a matte black.

If anyone wants to participate in this just grab the gallery code here :) http://goo.gl/8hccTy

Pinterest Inspired: Fox Nails

Tonight I was browsing Pinterest and found a super cute fox mani. I had to try it as soon as possible and so I tried it tonight and this is what I came up with. I kept it as close to the original as I could except for I added some black acrylic paint around the ears to the define them. For my base I used 0PI Call Me Gwen-ever. To draw the Fox I use Zoya Farah and black acrylic paint using a detail brush, a dotting tool and toothpicks. 

Just for fun I added a camera filter using PicsArt shown here in the last photograph. 

NOTD Pacman

Breaking Bad

Just wanted to quickly share my mani from last night for the finale of Breaking Bad. Polishes used were: Cult Nails Riot, Mayhem, Tempest & Fetish, Zoya Yummy & Farah,Sinful Colors Envy, Maybelline Bold Gold, Rainbow Honey Heisenberg, and China Glaze Running in Circles. Decals are from my friend Samantha of Justonemorebottle. Stamping was done using various plates including Pueen and BundleMonster.