Category: Second Cup

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Girlie roses and polka dots inspired by 25_sweetpea and Martienails

I love a good floral, especially when the weather outside is less than Spring like. So since my floral Spring dresses are still currently packed up I thought a pretty floral mani was in need. Today’s mani inspired by  @25_sweetpea and  @martienails. The second I saw their girlie roses and polka dots it jumped right to the top of my to-do inspiration list! 

  

The polishes I used for today’s mani are:

  • Sally Hansen Big Teal (base colour)
  • China Glaze Feel the Breeze (base colour) 
  • ACO by Ardene Pink Parfait (roses) 
  • Sally Hansen Tickled Pink (roses) 
  • China Glaze Purple Panic (roses) 
  • China Glaze Be More Pacific (leaves)
  • Sally Hansen I 💗 Nail Art pen in green (leaves) 
  • Sally Hansen I 💗 Nail Art pen in white (polka dots) 
  • OPI I Snow You Love Me (round holo glitters) 
  • Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat. 

 

So what do you think of these girlie roses and polka dot nails? I love the blue and pink colour combo–and of course anything with floral makes me happy. 🌹and I hope you lovelies are enjoying more seasonable weather than we are here! Spring can come any day now!

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Peek-a-boo Stained Glass Nails. 

The Mr and I are getting ready to move next week so I’ve been preoccupied slightly. However I am still painting my nails so I HAD to share this cute manicure I’ve been wearing for the last two days.  
I love the look of stained glass nails. They’re just so pretty! Plus you can use all sorts of colours at once! I was in the mood for a kind of peak-a-boo look over a nude polish base. 
For this manicure, the polishes I used were: 

  • Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Bare it All
  • Art Club Nail Art Duo in Black. 
  • Zoya Blu 
  • OPI My Favourite Ornament 
  • China Glaze Plur-ple 
  • China Glaze Purple Panic
  • China Glaze Shocking Pink 
  • Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat 

  

 

So what do you think of my peak-a-boo stained glass nails? I think the colours go so well together! 

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Spring dotticure. 

  

Is there anything better than starting your day with pretty polka dot nails and a soy latte? Wearing Essie Haute as Hello which is my new favourite coral for Spring, with polka dots of Sally Hansen I ❤️ Nail Art pen in White and OPI My Favourite Ornament. 

I love how much these nails scream Spring! 🌻 what’s your favourite colour for Spring? I’m really loving corals and pinks right now! 

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Glittery half moons featuring NOPI polishes. 

  

The other night I visited my local Lawtons who have a large selection of their Nicole by OPI polishes on sale for $4.99–so naturally I needed to add a few to my stash. 

For the mani I used:

  • Nicole by OPI I’ll have the Salmon (peach)  
  • Nicole by OPI I lilac Gumdrops (purple)
  • Nicole by OPI Make a Comet-ment (extra glitter) 
  • Essence French Manicure top guides. 
  • Seche Vite Quick Dry top coat. 

I’m loving combining glitter and crepes in half moons/colour blocks lately. Plus you know how I feel about glitter. 💖💖💖

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Cadbury mini eggs inspired nails. 

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Easter is coming! So I figured it was about time I did some proper Easter nail art and what is more Easter then Cadbury Mini Eggs. (Or at least used to be back when they only came out in the weeks before Easter instead of being out all year.) 

  

I originally stumbled across the idea for these mini Egg inspired nails on 10blankcanvases.com last Easter, but never got around to creating my own version. Since I can’t eat Chocolate, I decided my next best option was to wear them on my nails! 

The polishes I used for this mani were:

  • Sinful Colors Mint Apple (green)
  • Essence you let my heart skip a beat (purple) 
  • China Glaze Feel the Breeze (pink)
  • Revlon Dreamer (blue)
  • China Glaze Metro Pollen-tin (yellow) 
  • Wet n Wild 2% Milk 
  • OPI How Great is your Dane (specks)
  • Seche Vite Quick Dry Top Coay 
  • L’oreal The Matte Velvet top coat. 

    

Edit So what are you wearing on your nails for Easter? I’m still trying to come up with a fun mani to wear for our Easter dinner with my inlaws.