NOTD: Flower Power?

I'm feeling some 60's vibe coming from this mani!

 Thanks to one nail to rule them all for this awesome nail inspiration!

The play on contrast in this manicure is perfect!

Look at that cut on my thumb! It hurt for like 2 days :(

So, I'm on spring break now! The night after my last final I slept for a whole 13 hours straight! Talk about sleep deprivation, I don't think I had slept more than 9 hours all of last weekend combined! 

And now, I have plenty of time to sleep in and do my nails :) 

Products Used:

Chanel- Blue Rebel, Eastern Lights | Avon- Street Beige, Golden Vision |

NOTD: Pink + Gold

This weekends manicure is pretty simple, just pink and gold. It's pretty girly and fun!

The bracelets are all Kate Spade which I purchased through Piperlime at a discount by using a 20% off code. {retail me not always has good ones}

Follow me on instagram! {roxypie89}

Products Used:

Avon- Pastel Pink | Julep- Sienna | Kate Spate bangles.

NOTD: Gold Glitter + Nude Reverse French Tip

Today's manicure is festive, but great all year round. Combining gold glitter and a pink-y nude color gives the most flattering and girly effect on any skin color!

I used hole punch protectors to create this reverse french manicure.

Mo-Mo decided to photobomb a little bit :P

This manicure could easily be made more festive by switching out the nude color for any type of red {especially deeper one's with a shimmer finish} or an emerald green!

Products Used:
Essie- Topless and Barefoot | Julep- Sienna | China Glaze- Blonde Bombshell | Avon- Sparkling Gold.

NOTD: Gobble Gobble

Today's nail art was inspired by Polish and Pearls. She even has a video tutorial for it!

The mani was extremely doable and the turkey is quite adorable!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Products Used:

Avon- White, Art Orange, Gold Vision, Forbidden Fudge, Red Shimmer | Orly- Au Champagne | Essie- Case Study | CM Nail Art- Red, White.

NOTD: Reverse French Tip

This color combo screams Holidays to me :) 

The red is Avon and the dark gray is China Glaze Stone Cold from the hunger games collection.

CG Stone Cold is a micro-shimmer dark grey polish that dries matte and really only needs one careful coat to be opaque and smooth. I definitely love this polish with a top coat better since the shimmer is much  more visible and festive this way :)

After painting a coat of Stone Cold I took some hole reinforcement stickers and placed about 1/3 of it on the bottom half of my nail then painted 2 coats of red on the top part of the nail. I carefully peeled the sticker off while the polish was still tacky and added 2 coats of clear top coat.

I cannot believe that Thanksgiving is this week! that means excess food and excess sales {although I don't think i'll be joining in the deal hunts this year}!!! :D

Products Used:

Avon: Real Red | China Glaze- Stone Cold.

NOTD: Halo Effect

I must admit, I had a hard time working out the kinks in this manicure! But, I think I finally got it down What do you think: Is halo in or out?

To achieve this manicure, first I painted my nails gold. Then I painted my nails turquoise leaving the sides and cuticles exposed. Finally I repainted the tips gold.

Note: the outdoor lighting made the turquoise color come out a bit darker than usuual check out this post for the accurate color :)

Products Used:

Avon- Gold Vision | China Glaze- For Audrey.

NOTD: Summer Ombré

We have had extreme weather here in SoCal. This manicure expresses exactly how I feel... HOT :( 

I cannot wait for Fall & Winter, my favorite time of year!

I'm sad to say this manicure didn't last long... it made me feel even hotter than 100˚ weather!

Products Used:

Avon- Orange Creamsicle, Sunshine | Seche Vite Top Coat.

NOTD: Cupcakes

After seeing so many cupcake manicures on Pinterest, I made my attempt... They're too adorable to resist!

•  after painting every other nail pink, I painted the bottom 1/3 of the other nails the same color.
• I then added vertical light pink stripes to the 1/3 portion.
• With white polish I painted 3 scallops using the nail polish brush.
• Then, I carefully rounded out the top using the same nail polish brush making sure not to go all the way to the cuticle.
• I added small sprinkles with my finest dotting tool. {a pin will work, but be careful}
• Finally I topped of the cupcake with a sparkly top coat and a pink rhinestone.
• For the other nails I free-handed silver hearts {added dots} and stripes.

My first cupcake didn't come out very round!

Sparkly cupcakes, yum!

I have to mention that my nails gave me a huge craving for cupcakes which, I am proud to say I satisfied! lol

Do you want cupcakes now??? :)

Products Used:
Avon: Viva Pink, French Tip White, Romance & Noir Emerald {for the dots} |
CM Nail Art: Heavenly Pink | Black Poppy: {unnamed} Metallic Silver | China Glaze: Fairy Dust.

NOTD: Vintage Rose

This manicure is inspired by an instagram pic taken by @juliahengel.

This is quite easy to do:

•  Make a blob of color in a roughly circular shape as the base for a rose {don't be afraid to lay it on thick} I used red and white.
• Then add a lighter {or darker} color in a swirling motion to create a petal effect. I used pink.
•  Finally add green in short brush strokes around the roses for leaves! It doesn't have to be perfect.
• Top with a good top coat :)

Hope you enjoyed this manicure!

Products Used:
Avon: Illusion, French Tip White, Real Red, Viva Pink, Noir Emerald, Licorice.

NOTD: Tory Burch Inspired

Today's nails are inspired by this Tory Burch tank:

Do you see the resemblance? :)

Products Mentioned:

Tory Burch Samantha Tank {$125 here} | NOTD: Avon- Orange Creamsicle, Illusion | 

Black Poppy-{unnamed} grey with holo glitter sold at pacsun | NYC- Sidewalkers {270}. 

NOTD: m&m manicure

The food continues with this M&M manicure :)

• I used 2 coats of green, blue, red, and 3 coats of yellow and orange.
• The m's were free-handed using a small thin brush and white polish.

yum! {again}

Products Used:

Avon: Sweet Mint, Blue Escape, Tangtastic, Sunshine, Orange Creamsicle | CM Nail Art White. 

NOTD: Strawberry Fields {again}

This idea came to me while browsing the thousands of pictures on instagram {follow me @roxypie89}

and what better polish to use than one named just for the things I wanted to paint- strawberries!

Again, this polish takes 2 coats to be opaque and streak-free which is great because it is a fav of mine!

• For the leaves I mixed the two green polishes to create 3 different variations of green and painted them on from darkest to lightest decreasing my brush strokes for each color.
• I finished it off with dots of gold to represent the seeds using the smallest dotting tool I have.
•  {a toothpick can work just fine for this part}

yum!

Products Used:

China Glaze- Strawberry Fields | Avon- Sweet Mint, Noir Emerald | Revlon- Gold Get 'Em.

NOTD: French Tip With a Twist

 I have been dying to try this tape manicure out since I saw something similar floating around on Pinterest. But my impatience got the best of me twice... Until now!

These are my fool-proof steps to getting good Tape manicures:

Step#3: cut at an angle. Use the
triangles you cut off as a guide
for the rest. 

Step#1: Cut square pieces 

of tape. Clear or glossy will

work fine.

Step#2: Fold the tape in half
with the sticky sides facing out.

Step#4: Before applying the
tape make sure the polish is
completely dry. {I applied a
coat of Seche Vite, this
actually makes tape manis
a lot easier!} 

     

       Step#5: Position the tape in the
       middle of you nail, make sure all
      the edges are fully taped down.

Step#6: Paint over the tips & peel 

off after about 1 minute. {At this 

point if some lines were not 

perfect I used a thin brush to

correct them} Apply a top coat!

 Polish Review: The pink polish is quite opaque and took 2 coats to be streak free and pretty much even. The black took only one coat, but 2 coats would create an even opaque nail if worn on its own. I find that all of my Avon polishes tend to last 3-4 days without any chipping and minor wear to the tips when I use a base coat (OPI ridge filler) and a top coat (Seche Vite).

Don't mind my kitty in the background :)

Products Used: Tape, Avon- Black Licorice, Pastel Pink. Seche Vite Top Coat, CM Nail Art Black.