Red Coat Tuesday

So even though I am really far behind on Pretty Little Liars and really need to catch up, I thought I would still participate in Red Coat Tuesday. Just for the fun of it! Well, I'm also a huge PLL fan too! I started off with two coats of Zoya Sooki which is one of my favorite reds ever. It's so easy to work with and has a fantastic formula. I decided to add a little kiss and some leopard print with black so I used MASH stamping polish and Bundle Monster plates 221 and 303. I topped it all off with a layer of Seche Vite. Besides inspiring me to paint my nails today I think this is inspiring me to really catch up. I feel a PLL marathon coming on this weekend!

Rainbow Penguins

A while back my friend sent me a link to a video and just two words, "Do this!" I'm a huge penguin addict so it wasn't hard to convince me. The video was by professionalDQ and is a tutorial for rainbow penguin nails inspired by toesocks. Please go check out her video HERE because she is just so talented! I'm still getting used to working with acrylic paints but I am so happy with how this turned out. Next on my to-do list is to find those toe socks!!

For the rainbow I cleaned off a striper polish brush and created stripes using all Zoya polishes. I used Zoya Jolene, Sooki, Darcy, Josie, Breezi, and Mira. After creating the rainbow I used a layer of China Glaze Fairy Dust on all the nails. Everything else was created using acrylic paints with paint brushes and dotting tools. The only thing I changed was I added little dots to the bow for the girls. I am very proud of myself for this recreation because it really pushed me and now I can't wait to try out more.

Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds

Don't get me wrong I really do love all the holiday themed manis and everything but I am so glad they are over for a while. I couldn't think of a better nail palette cleanser than to go with a classic horror movie, The Birds. I started off with two coats of Zoya Carey on all nails. Next using Zoya Sooki and a straw I created blood spatter on each of the nails. I used MASH black stamping polish to stamp birds on each of the nails except the thumb using Messy Mansion plate MM14 and Vivid Lacquer plate VL018. On the thumb I used white acrylic paint to write The Birds but had a hard time capturing it because of the angle. I topped everything with a coat of Seche Vite.