Orange and White Manicure

Hello everyone!

I'm back! Sorry it's been so long since I've last posted, but I've been super busy with my summer classes. I know that in my last post I said that I won't have any DIY nail polish tutorials for fingernails, but I forgot that I had this one tucked away!

Below is what this manicure looks like:

 

What you need:

• Base/Top Coat (I use Essie All-in-One)
• Orange Nail Polish (I used Wet N' Wild Sunny Side Up)
• White nail polish (I used OPI Alpine Snow)
• A toothpick/nail art brush

 

 

Step 1. After painting your clear base coat, paint all of your nails with a coat of white polish.

 

Step 2. Once the first coat dries, paint a coat of orange paint on 3 of your nails and paint a second white coat on the other 2 nails.

Step 3. Continue painting coats until you have an opaque color. I had between 2 and 3 coats.

 

Step 4. Using your toothpick or nail art brush, take your orange polish and create a vertical line on your thumb and a horizontal line on your ring finger.

 

Step 4. Clean up the sides and you're done!

 

I hope you all have enjoyed this simple and quick tutorial! Be prepared, because in the next couple of weeks, I will be revealing to you all my experience with using honey as a spot treatment for my acne!

I also will have a few new blog posts on DIY manicures and pedicures. And don't forget about my boyfriend's Cummins cake I will be making this weekend!

Don't be afraid to contact me!

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Quick Curls

Happy Monday everyone!

Last week, I started two summer classes and they're keeping me super busy! So, no new nail posts yet. But I'm working on it! Not to mentiuon, I have 2 punctured back tires, yay me!

Luckily, I had this wonderful tutorial just waiting to be posted. Also, around the 28, I will have a tutorial on how to make a Dodge Cummins Cake for you all!

Now, let's get to this tutorial! This is literally one of my favorite hairstyles ever! It's super easy and takes about 5 minutes once you get the hang of it!

What you need:

• A curling iron/wand (I use a remington pearl wand, which you can buy here)
• A hair tie

Here's a picture of my curling wand. I use it at 356 degrees.

Step 1. Put your hair in a loose ponytail on top of your head.

Step 2. Split your hair into 4 equally sized sections. You may need to do more sections depending on how thick your hair is. I have relatively thin hair, so 4 sections works fine.

Step 3. Take your first section and wrap it around the curling iron. I usually keep it there for 25-30 seconds.

Step 4. When you pull the curling iron out, place your hand underneath and hold the hair for a few seconds as shown below:

Once you let it go, it should look like this:

Continue these steps for each section and you end up with something along the lines of this:

Step 5. Flip your head upside down and remove the hairtie.

Step 6. Flip your head back up and shake out the curls a bit and you're done!

I absolutely love this hairstyle for work since it's so quick and easy!

Let me know what you think!

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How to fix a smudge

Hello Everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Aside from being extremely sick at an outdoor country concert, I had a great time spending time with my boyfriend and his friends!

I've had this tutorial sitting around for a while and I'm finally getting around to sharing it with you all!

When I did my yellow and gold manicure, I was sure my nails were fully dry when I went to bed. Well, I was wrong.

I woke up the next morning to this:

Let's just say I was not a happy camper after spending so much time on my nails the night before.

So, I decided to try and fix my nail...and it worked!

What you need:

•  A smudged nail
• Nail polish remover
• Q-Tip
• Nail Polish

Step 1. Take your Q-Tip and saturate it in nail polish remover.

Step 2. Take the Q-Tip and rub it along the rough edges of toyr smudge until they are smoothed out.

Below is what my nail looked like after this step.

Step 3. Paint on as many coats as you need to make the polish over the area opaque.

I believe I used 2-3 coats. Below is after I applied all of my coats and my clear top coat:

Let me know what you guys think of this and if it worked for you!

I will gladly take and suggestions for future tutorials!

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Yellow and Gold Nail Art

Hello Everyone!

I've been super busy with work and my little cousin's birthday party last weekend, but I'm finally getting around to posting a tutorial on how I created my nails from last week!

Below is the finished product:

I got my inspiration from this pin, but decided to mix it up a little bit by using yellow and gold instead of the teal and silver.

What you need:

•  White Nail Polish (I used OPI Alpine Snow)
• Yellow Nail Polish (I used a Sally's Brand)
• Clear Base/Top Coat (I use Essie All-in-One)
• Gold Nail Polish (I used one from Ulta)
• Striping tape (To make your own go here)
• Vaseline
• Q-Tips   

Step 1. Using a Q-Tip, put Vaseline around your nails. This is optional, but I do it to make cleanup easier.

Step 2. After allowing your base coat to dry, paint one coat of your colors. I did yellow on my thumb, middle finger, and pinky. Gold on my pointer. White on my ring.

***I did not put a white coat under my yellow, but I would suggest it so you don't have to put as many coats on***

Step 3. Continue doing 1 coat at a time until the color is opaque. I ended up doing 3 coats with my yellow, 2 with my white, and 1 with my gold.

Step 4. Take your nail striping tape and place it on your white nail to create parallell horizontal stripes. I don't like my nails too long, so I could only fit 2 stripes. If your nails are longer, just add more stripes!

***You have to make sure the polish is EXTREMELY dry. This is the hardest part for me because I am impatient, but it's the only way to avoid messing up the polish***

***Something else that helps is to stick the "tape" to your hand first to make it a bit less sticky.

Step 5. Paint one stripe yellow and one gold. If you have more than 2 stripes, just do yellow, gold, yellow. After you paint each stripe, peel the tape off immediately.

Step 6. Once your nails are fully dry, cover with your top coat and you are done!

I hope you guys love this as much as I do! Let me know your thoughts and I'd love to see recreations!

I have plenty more tutorials that I will be posting as soon as I have a chance!

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Have a wonderful Wednesday!
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