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Chic Autumn Maroon Dotticure 🤎🍁

Hey beauties & happy Friday the 13th. A spooky day to some, but I’ve always considered it a lucky day for me.

However — we’re currently dump from an incoming Nor’Easter! Thankfully, our part of the province isn’t being beat down with snow, but it’s a great reminder that it’s on the way! Winter is definitely coming.

But I’m really trying to embrace some Autumn vibes before it’s time for holiday nails. & a quick dotticure always is a good option!

The polishes I used for this manicure are:

  • Base Coat: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Hardener
  • Top Coat: Sinful Colors Power Paint Top Coat + Essie Good To Go
  • Sinful Colours Quick Bliss Black Cherry
  • Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mauve Over
  • NailStuff.ca Dotting Tool (small)

I like this colour combination a lot. The cream finish of dots offer a nice, albeit subtle, contrast to the spark & shine of Black Cherry. It’s a great combo, & such as classic combination. Maybe someone will argue that it’s a little uninspired, but sometimes those are the best manicures to wear.

What do you think of this maroon dotticure? Do you enjoy this look? Let me know all your thoughts down in the comments before.

& if you have any nail art suggestions, help a girl out! I feel like I’m constantly staring endlessly at Pinterest trying to inspire myself, & not getting anywhere. Maybe I should just jump straight into Holiday/Christmas designs — especially since snow is not that far away.

Enjoy your Friday!

♥︎

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Celestial Nails with Deco Beauty Stardust Stickers ✨🌙

Hello lovlies & happy Wednesday. It’s been a while.

Post-Halloween was a bit brutal, & the mid-November pre-Christmas bleakness always leaves me so uninspired. You know? When it’s too early for Christmas, & missing the Halloween vibes are over, I just don’t know what to do with myself. This time of year is a nail art black hole.

However! I recently visited a local store by where.I live–Splurge Boutique–& they sell a huge selection of Deco Beauty nail art stickers. I’ve been wanting to try them out for a while, as I’m a huge nail sticker fan, so I decided to treat myself to a few packs for those days when I feel a bit uninspired.

The polishes I used for this manicure are:

  • Base Coat: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Hardener
  • Top Coat: Sinful Colors Power Paint Top Coat + Essie Good To Go
  • Essie After School Boy Blazer
  • Deco Beauty Stickers in Stardust
  • Small Tweezers
  • YSL Beauty Feuille D’Or
  • Small Dotting Tool

The first nail art stickers which caught my eyes were these beautiful celestial designs. I love the moons & stars, & the gold finish. They were super easy to apply, & I love how flatly they lay on the nail. I had no issues with lifting, & a nice coat of top coat really locked them in.

I also added a bit of gold sparkle on my middle finger, just for a little extra pizzazz. It was the perfect easy manicure to throw on & go. It created a beautiful look without much thought, & that’s why I love nail art stickers.

What do you think about this look using Deco Beauty stickers? I purchased these for $19 CAD + tax (I also got a second set on clearance that were $10) which is pricey, but they quality is definitely there, & that lasted through a whole work shift… even when the nail polish was chipping.

I’d love to know your thoughts, & if you have any expeirnce with these stickers! Also, if you have any suggestions on November nail designs, please let a girl know! I’m dying for some inspiration.

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Drippy Glitter Blood Nails ✨🩸

Hello lovelies & happy Friday. & Happy Halloween Eve! Can you believe that Halloween is just 1 day away? This month has sped by, & holiday items are already starting to sneak into stores. Even though I had to see my favourite holiday almost be over, there is a small part of me so excited for the Christmas season. This will be our first time (ever) living right downtown at Christmas time, & I can’t wait to see the city come alive for it!

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. It’s still spooky season for a couple more days, & naturally I need to sneak in one more spooky design!

If you’ve been here a while, I love a drippy blood look for Halloween. & it occurred to me… I’ve never done a negative space base for this look.

The polishes I used for this manicure are:

  • Base Coat: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Hardener
  • Top Coat: Sinful Colors Power Paint Top Coat + Essie Good To Go
  • Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Society Ruler
  • Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Red It Twice
  • NailStuff 7mm Mermaid Tail Liner Brush

Sometimes I get nervous about using a negative space base, because I’m a little self conscious about my yellowed nails. I know it’s a result of painting my nails… a lot. But sometimes I wish they were more pink & less yellow.

However, I think this look is so fun! I’ve always loved a drippy blood manicure for Halloween, & this one is perfect. & I feel like my free handing has got so much more natural & really looks like it could be blood dripping down my nails… glittery, sparkly blood.

What do you think of this design? Would you wear this look? Let me know all your thoughts in the comments below.

& happy Halloween! 🎃 👻

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Halloween Nail Art Stickers 🕸️👻

Hello lovelies & happy Wednesday!

It is absolutely freezing today, which is crazy because I feel like this time last year it wasn’t nearly as cold. At this rate, we’ll be wearing our winter coats for Trick or Treating on Saturday (just like when I was a kid).

Today though, I have some quick & easy Halloween nails I recently did, using a selection of nail art stickers from Wet N Wild’s Halloween release. We all know my love of nail art stickers for easy manicures, so I was excited when I stumbled across their new release.

The polishes I used for this manicure are:

  • Base Coat: Sally Hansen Maximum Growth Base Coat
  • Top Coat: Sinful Colors Power Paint Top Coat + Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat
  • Essie Worth The Tassel
  • Wet N Wild Fantasy Makers Boo-Niverse Nail Art Stickers
  • Dollarama Spiderweb stickers

I’m always on the hunt for Halloween nail art stickers to add to my collection, so when I saw the Wet N Wild Fantasy Makers stickers at my local Lawtons, I had to get them. Shoppers had the Alien ones, which didn’t feel as Halloween-y to me, so I needed the spooky ghost stickers!

I started with a purple base, because I really wanted my stickers visible on the nail. Then I picked one (or two) sticker for each nail. I decided to add some spiderwebs from my Dollarama collection, because I felt like it matched the vibe.

Over all, I liked these stickers — they held up well against a very busy cafe shift (minus a few coffee grounds under my ghosty). I do find you can kind of see the outline of the stickers, but I feel like an extra coat of thick top coat would help with that.

What do you think of this look? Like I said, I love nail art stickers because they make doing my nails quick & easy when I don’t have a lot of time for hand painting, or it creates designs I might not be able to freehand on my own.

Happy Wednesday!

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SWATCH SUNDAY — OPI DS Bold (Designer Series)

Hello lovelies & happy Sunday! It’s beautiful & sunny, but with that Autumn crisp chill that makes bundling in layers necessary! But it’s worth it for that crisp sound as you walk over fallen leaves.

It’s Sunday, so you know what that means: Swatch Sunday! I missed last week, so I hope some sparkle from (a few) years ago will make up for it. & since October is also my birthday month, I thought some sparkle was in order!

This is OPI DS Bold from the Designer Series collection.

2 coats + top coat

I can’t remember exactly when I picked this shade up — I do know it was either a Winners or Marshall’s find — but it was originally released in 2011 as part of the Designer Series. It is a very tricky packed jelly red… which also gives a little pink depending on the light, with a lot of tiny silver microglitters.

According to the release I read, it’s packed with “diamond dust”.

The formula on this guy is pretty thick after all these years, but not too thick I couldn’t get a good base. The glitters were definitely a bit difficult to remove — as are many glitters — but that could always be remedied with a peel off base coat of you only wanted to wear it for a night.

The glitter is definitely fun & vibrant & was a nice choice to wear. I kind of wish I had the other colour from the same release (Temptation) which is a beautiful indigo purple with the same densely packed glitter finish.

So what do you think of OPI DS Bold? I seriously feel like OPI needs to bring this collection back, because it contains so many fun & unique shades — with a little extra pizzazz.

Happy Sunday!

🖤