Social Media Apps

I know people have been doing social media nails for a while, but I just finally got around to doing them myself. They weren't inspired by any specific nail artist, just my favorite apps from my iPhone. I recently caved and bought the Sensational LED lamp, so I used a gel top coat for the first time. Hopefully they last longer than my record of 6 days, I can't handle having nails that are all chipped!

I used Revlon's Coastal Surf, Cult Cosmetic's El Porto, OPI's My Vampire is Buff, Black Onyx and OPI Red, Essie's Glamour Purse and First Timer, Rimmel London's Sunny Day, Sally Hansen's Coral Reef and Pacific Blue.

Lattice Wallpaper Nails

I was in Virginia a few weeks ago, and as always I was looking for nail inspiration. I stayed with my Aunt and Uncle, and I just love the way they decorated their house! I took a few pictures of different designs I wanted to turn into manicures, and here's the first one! This is inspired by their wallpaper, but it's not an exact recreation, as I changed the design and colors a little bit.

I used China Glaze's Highlight of my Summer, Essie's Mojito Madness,  Lime Crime's Parfait Day, OPI's La Paz-itively Hot, and Color Club's Wild Cactus.

Here's a picture of the wallpaper that inspired my mani!

Field of Lupins

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I really, really love this mani. I can't take credit for the design, because it was 100% based off a picture (Instagram @) Majikbeenz posted on Instagram. I absolutely love the way it turned out though, and I wish it had held up for longer than a week (which is still a record for me). Anyways, I was in Seattle for a week and right after I painted these nails, I discovered that the house we're staying in had the book "Miss Rumphius," aka the Lupin Lady. I forgot to take a picture with the book, but it was one of my favorites as a child.

 I used Essie's Mint Candy Apple and Play Date, China Glaze's In a Lily Bit and That's Shore Bright, Sinful Color's Endless Blue, Rimmel London's Blue My Mind, Lime Crime's Once in a Blue Mousse, Zoya's Belinda, Color Club's Wild Cactus, and OPI's Black Onyx.

 I went on a whale watch while on vacation, and of course I had to take a bunch of pictures of my nails with the beautiful scenery. I got some weird looks, but it was worth it!

Here's the gorgeous design that inspired my mani! 

Gradient Tribal Nails

My cousin got married last weekend and I wanted to do my nails to match my dress. I found a really cute design Josse (Instagram @NailsByJosse) did, and a polish the same shade of my dress. I didn't like the way my design turned out as much as Josse's did, but oh well haha. They can't all be winners!

I used Bonita Salon's Blue Steel, Rimmel London's Mintillicious, OPI's Black Onyx, and White Snow.

My toes matched my dress as well, so I took a picture of that too.

Here's the original mani that inspired mine!

Floral Vine Nails

These floral nails were inspired by the amazingly talented (Instagram @) LynieCzka. I love all of her designs, and hopefully I can recreate more soon, but I have so many manis I want to try! Below, I'll include a pictorial she posted on Instagram that makes it easier to recreate these. The polishes I used didn't need a white base to show up, so I skipped those steps.

I used China Glaze's In a Lily Bit, Lime Crime's Pastelchio and Once in a Blue Mousse, Color Club's Wild Cactus and Flip Flop Fantasy, Revlon's Coastal Surf, and Sinful Color's Thimbleberry.

Here's Lynieczka's pictorial. If you use opaque polishes like I did for the vines and flowers, you can get away without making a white base for them because the color should show up on its own.

Cartoon Pineapple Nails

I've always been very into seasonal nail designs, and to me, nothing screams summer quite like fruit. I was looking at different designs, and saw pineapple nails by Cute Polish (Instagram @cutepolish) that I knew I had to recreate. They're a bit cartoonish, but I like how that makes them different than most of the other pineapple manis I've seen before.

I used Rimmel London's Sunshine, Julep's Kaylen, a green Kiss striper, and Color Club's Wild Cactus.

Cute Polish has a tutorial on her Youtube channel for this design, but here's the picture she posted on Instagram that inspired my mani.

Neon Water Marble Nails

I've been on Vacation time this July- first I went to New York, then Virginia, and I'll be going to Seattle soon. When I was in Virginia, I didn't want to have to spend hours that could be enjoyed at the beach painting my nails, so I decided to do a quick mani. The fastest technique I know that still looks professional is the dry water marble, so that's what I did! I did a mani a few months ago with this color scheme, and I liked it so much that I used the exact same colors again!

I used Color Club's Warhol, China Glaze's Sun Worshipper, and Cult Cosmetic's El Porto.

Here's a shot of my nails at the beach. I'm really bad at taking pics on the beach because it's hard to tell where my nails are on the screen, so this was the best shot I got.

Team Germany World Cup Nails

As I'm sure you probably know, the World Cup Final is today, with Argentina playing Germany. I've been rooting for Germany the entire time, because I'm 75% German, and I'm so excited to watch the game in less that 1 hour! I really wanted to do a mani in honor of the German team, so I decided to do one inspired by their uniform. It's kinda abstract, but I like the way it turned out.

It did smudge a bit after I applied the topcoat, even though I waited at least 5 minutes for the polish to dry first.

I used Cult Cosmetic's El Porto, OPI's Skyfall, OPI Red, and Black Onyx.

Here's the German World Cup jersey that inspired my nail design!

Fourth of July Tie Dye Mani

So I know this is two days late, but here are my Fourth of July nails! I was staying on my Grandma's for the Fourth, and she doesn't have wifi, so I wasn't able to do a blog post until today. I tried a watermarble design, then a gradient, and I finally settled on a dry watermarble mani. It was pretty easy, and I really like the way this turned out, kind of tie dye Americana.

I used Cult Cosmetic's El Porto, OPI's I Saw U Saw We Saw Warsaw, and OPI Red.