Punk Floral Nail Art

Today's NOTD is a cool combo of girly and grunge! I was in the mood for some floral, but not too much pink. After Valentine's Day I tend to be recovering from pink overload, so I incorporated some edgier elements into this manicure. 

I started off with my base coat (Essie Fill the Gap) and then painted all my nails but the ring finger with two coats of Sally Hansen Satin Glam in Silk Onyx. This is a very dark charcoal with subtle glints of rainbow specks that dries to a satiny matte finish. For my ring finger, I painted two coats of OPI Alpine Snow, my new favorite white polish! Once that dried, I stroked OPI Alpine Snow down one half of my middle fingernail and allowed it to dry. I then used Sally Hansen Tickled Pink and a large dotting tool to make a big light pink circle in the corner of my ring fingernail. I did the same on the white half of the middle nail. Once that dried, I used a toothpick dipped into Nicole by OPI Something About Spring to make darker pink lines on and around the light pink circles. This creates an effortless rose! I then made leaves by dabbing a toothpick next to each rose, dipped into Color Club London Calling, a light green, and OPI My Dogsled is a Hybrid, a medium seafoam jade green. I then added topcoat (NYC Grand Central Station) to the floral half of the middle nail and to the ring nail, but not the matte nails, as I wanted to preserve the different finishes. To finish, I added a stripe of topcoat down the center of my middle nail and put a line of Sally Hansen I Heart Nail Art rhinestones where the two sections met to jazz it up.

I love this mani! Maybe because it's the perfect balance of punk and feminine, or because of the different finishes... Either way, this is one of my favorite manis I've ever done! 

Thanks so much for reading!

Neon Rainbow French Manicure

Today I have a rather exciting mani to show you, but I'll be short and sweet.

I'm so sorry, but I don't know the names of the colors I used for this except the base, which is Shell We Dance? from the Complete Salon Manicure collection by Sally Hansen.The pink and orange are Color Club, the yellow and green are Spoiled, and the blue is Sinful Colors. I used all of these colors over white (Spoiled Correction Tape) since they're neon (the picture doesn't reflect that too well). I finished with Good To Go by Essie, my favorite top coat.

This mani is great if you want something traditional, but fun and colorful and unexpected.

Refer to my French Manicure Tutorial post for how I did this French.

Thanks for reading!

..................................................................................................................................

XOXO

Is