Texas Flag - Memorial Nails

Hello again!

This is probably the fastest I've ever posted a bail art tutorial after finishing it, but ingt this needed to be posted right away. I'm posting from my phone again, so sorry for any formatting issues! 

As you see in the title, this is a memorial manicure. On Saturday, my grandparents best friend, Reuben, passed away. This is a hard post for me to write because he was like an uncle to me, but I feel like everyone should know what an amazing, kind-hearted person he was. Reuben always had a smile on his face and always had something to laugh about. He went everywhere with my grandparents and really was a huge part of my family. The last time I saw him was at my grandparents house. I had just pulled in with my sister and this was his first time seeing my new car. He asked whose car it was and when I told him it was mine he smiled and said, "ohhhh! Moving up in the world!" Now every time I get into that car I am able to remember him and that big smile of his.

I truly wish you all would have been able to meet him. He was the most kind and caring person I have ever met. This is a picture of Reuben and my little sister, Breana, just so you can all see that smile of his.

Now, on to the tutorial! 

What you need:

✔️Base Coat (Avon)

✔️White Polish (Avon - French Tip White)

✔️Red Polish (OPI - Red)

✔️Blue Polish (Sinful Colors - Endless Blue)

✔️Top Coat (Pure ICE - Girl on the Run)

✔️Detailing Brushes (EBay)

After your base coat dries, apply your white polish. I ended up needing 2 coats for an opaque look.

After your white polish dries, paint half of your thumb nail blue. I started using one of my detailing brushes but it was actually a lot easier to just use the actual polish brush with very little product on it. 

Next, go horizontally and paint half of the white half red. To do this, I drew my outlines with a detailing brush and then filled it in by using the polish brush.

Once your blue is dry, take a fine tipped striping brush and paint a star in the middle.

Once that dries, apply your top coat and you're done!

Let me know what you think!

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DIY Sister Canvas

I'm back!

Sorry about sucking at this whole blogging thing lately. I always think I'll have more time during the summer, which is never the case! I go back to school next Tuesday to start my senior year in college! I'm going to try to keep posting once a week, but we all know how I am at keeping promises!

I've been trying a ton of new Avon products and I think I might post some reviews for you all in the near future! Let me know what kinds of things you want to see in the future!

Today I'm going to show you all how to make this super cute sister canvas! I made this almost a year ago for one of my coworkers' baby shower. I wanted to make something for both big sister and little sister and when I saw a canvas like this on Pinterest I thought it was perfect!

This was my inspiration. It's been so long that I have no idea who to credit!

What you need:

• Assorted paint brushes (I got mine at Wal-Mart a while back)
• Sponge (Also from Wal-Mart)
• Canvas (Wal-Mart)
• Loose Glitter (Wal-Mart)
• Black Acrylic Paint
• Light Pink Acrylic Paint
• Mod Podge

First, paint your entire canvas with your sponge brush. 

Paint the edges with a larger paint brush and wait for them to dry.

Once the canvas is dry, paint your words on! How you paint the words is totally up to your personal preference!

Once your quote has dried, sketch out your princess crown. I just googled 'princess crown' or something like that and found one I liked to copy. 

Take a small paint brush and cover your sketched lines with Mod Podge. Make sure to put a TON on there. And when I say a ton I mean it! If you don't put a lot it will dry out before you get the glitter on.

Once you've covered the whole crown with glue, pour glitter over it. You will want to use something to press down on it. I use the top to my glitter container.

Let it sit for 5-10 minutes then dump the excess glitter off into the trash can or onto some newspaper so you can reuse it!

This is what my crown looked like when I was finished:

Here is the finished product!

Tell me what you think!

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