Category: Nail Art

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Navy Blue Chevron Moons

I will never, ever get tired of chevron moons.  Seriously, there are just so many ways to do them! I painted my nails with one of the new polishes from Beyond The Nail’s Spring collection (that I won through Instagram) & thought they would look so pretty with some navy blue complimentary chevron moons. 

For this manicure, I used:

First off, can we just acknowledge how freaking gorgeous Glistening Fairy Wings is? I mean… look at those flakies, just look. The whole Mystical Dreams collection is beyond stunning & I still can’t believe I was lucky enough to win the whole thing! Sadly Canada Post smashed my bottle of Magical Fairy Wand (thanks Canada Post 😫) but the rest of the collection is safely tucked into my Melmer. 

Would you want to see a picture tutorial of how I did this manicure? I’m still trying to figure out video tutorials, but I could definitely do a picture tutorial if anyone was interested. I was surprised with just how easy this pattern was to create. Thank goodness for nail vinyls! What did we do before they existed?! Oh, yeah…. this. 

What do you think of these chevron moons? Let me know in the comments below! & definitely let me know if you want to see a pictorial  of how I did this mani. 

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Drag Marble Decals 


If you’ve been around a while, you’ve probably heard me mention before how I can’t water marble. I’ve tried to do it, I really have but the results never turn out quite right. So thanks to rewatching old Simply Nailogilcal videos on YouTube, I wanted to see if I can cheat at watermarble using my silicone mat, ala Cristine!

So for my first Drag Marble decal experiment, I decided to try a couple different designs that would sort of look like watermarble (if you didn’t look too closely). I did about 15 different decals using different polishes to see which colours/polish formulas worked best & picked the three best to apply.

For each manicure I used my silicone craft mat & a water marble tool from Bundle Monster. For how to apply decals, there are lots of useful tutorials on YouTube. I also topped all designs with my Cutex Quick Dry Top Coat.

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Pink to Navy Blue Gradient Nails

I’m officially on a gradient kick… I just can’t stop! Today’s gradient is a bit more vampy than the Spring/Summer nails I’ve been wearing a lot lately. Blame it on the excessive rain & cloudy skies we’ve been having here in Halifax. It really feels like it’s never going to stop raining. 😦 I just want to be able to wear pretty dresses. 

For this manicure, I used:

  • Base Coat: Perfect Formula Pink Gel Coat
  • Top Coat: Cutex Quick Dry Too Coat 
  • Essie Haute in the Heat
  • Essie Bachelorette Bash
  • Essie Under the Twilight 
  • CND Crimson Sparkle
  • Born Pretty Store Liquid Latex Peel Off Tape

Ooooooh I’m so obsessed with this gradient. I’m slowly, but surely, getting better at doing them. Using liquid latex around my cuticles definitely helps the process! The combination of pink & blue, with the added sparkle, just calls to me. I’m in love. ♥️


What do you think of this gradient? What is your favourite gradient colour combination? Let me know in the comments below!

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Fairy Dust-ed Half Moons 


Happy First Day of May! I hope the weather wher you are is more beautiful than the cloudy grey skies covering Halifax. 

I recently refreshed my bottle of China Glaze Fairy Dust & I’m obsessed all over again. I’ve been adding it to all my manicures because the sparkle is just so pretty. I realized I hadn’t done any half moons in quite a while so it felt like a good time for some. 

For this manicure, I used:

  • Base Coat: Perfect Formula Pink Gel Coat
  • Top Coat: Cutex Quick Dry Top Coat 
  • OPI Two Timing The Zones 
  • OPI Lost My Bikini in Monoloki
  • China Glaze Fairy Dust
  • Paper Hole Reinforcements

So pink & purple is definitely my favourite half moon colour combination. I’ve done it a lot, but it just pairs so well together. 💜💗 & adding the holo glitter of Fairy Dust just improves it even more. 

 Feel a gradient coming on featuring these colours, with Fairy Dust of course. All gradients just need Fairy Dust, it’s pretty much a requirement. 


What’s is your favourite glitter top coat? Obviously my #1 is Fairy Dust but if I had to pick another I would say the Quo By ORLY Matte Glitter Topper or Essie Shine of the Times. If there is one thing almost as beautiful as holo glitters, it’s definitely flakies. 

Let me know your top picks in the comments below! 

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April Mani Favourites! 


It’s that time again! 

Rounding up the end of the month (& the beginning of a new month) with my favourite manicures for April! This was a super busy month for me, nail wise, so there were too many options to choose from! Haha it was a struggle.  But I did manage to narrow it down to only 6. 

Which design is your favourite for April? Did it make the list? Let me know in the comments below. ♥️