Category Archives: Chic Nails

A sneak peak of Ashley’s next mani—Lavender and grey ombré with cheetah and glitter

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I am releasing this ultra exclusive sneak peak for my next master piece on the lovely Ashley’s nails…..ta da!

Final pictures will be up on my site either Friday night or Saturday afternoon! Check back soon! I am beyond excited for several reasons:
1. I LOVE spending time with Ashley!
2. I can’t wait to use this new polish from China Glaze’s Avante Garde Collection.
3. I am super excited to see how the light grey ombré turns out.
4. It’s going to be a great way to spend a Friday afternoon! Maybe we …

My Free Time List

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Everyone keeps asking me what I will do with all my free time now that I am not working at the salon anymore so I thought I would compile a list for them. That way I can just tell them, visit my blog and it will describe my day in detail. But just to clarify, I LOVED working at the salon! I love to work in general and earn money. But I have always considered being a stay at home mom a serious job–if I look at it like a …

Sporty nails! China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy, For Audrey, Houndstooth Stamping, Rhinestones–inspired by Mizuno Wave Rider 16’s!

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I painted my nails to match my shoes! A first for me! Hopefully they will be lucky for our volleyball tourney tomorrow in Panaca, Nevada!!!!

I used China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy & For Audrey with OPI Alpine Snow and Black Onyx. The houndstooth stamp is one I bought in Amazon. It went on really well! I was super nervous but love the results!

Wish me luck tomorrow!

Tootles-Anna

Gelish vs Shellac vs GelColor, A brief history of soak off gel polish – part 2

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28 Feb

Gelish vs Shellac vs GelColor

You can read Part 1 of this article here. I wrote it a little over 2 years ago. Man time flies! It’s been my most popular article and I’ve had readers from all over the world ask me questions about gel polish. I figured I should probably update it because A LOT has happened in two years! Just so you know, I’m a professionally licensed nail tech. I’ve been doing soak off gel polish for a little over two years now. I had a full clientele …

Transitioning from a working mom to a stay at home “working” mom

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I have three days of work left. All my clients and friends have been asking if I’m excited to be able to stay home with my son. I’ve thought about it a lot and I’ve come to the conclusion that I am totally excited to be with Westin more and be home more, but totally scared of this major life change! There are so many “what if’s” and I don’t handle the unknown well. As I was explaining this to one of my clients she so wisely told me life …

Gelish Seafoam, Pink Smoothie, Golden Treasure with gold glitter and bling!

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24 Feb

Check out these adorable nails I did for the lovely Jenna. We used Gelish Seafoam, Pink Smoothie, Need a Tan, and Golden Treasure. I hand painted the diamond on her middle finger and mixed loose gold glitter with Golden Treasure in a little dish for the thumb and ring finger patterns. I liked that method a lot because when I put the top coat on the loose glitter didn’t spread all over her nails. I used gold hex glitter for her pinkie that I bought at dollar nail art (there’s …

Tiffany & Company Manicure–China Glaze For Audrey, OPI Alpine Snow, Gold Glitter, Gold Studs, Pearls and Rhinestones

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23 Feb

My sketch of the Tiffany mani….took me all night!

 

Tiffany glam mani with China Glaze For Audrey and OPI Alpine Snow….oh and 24 carat gold glitter for an added bonus!

Tiffany nails! China Glaze For Audrey and OPI Alpine Snow

 

Gorgeous Tiffany Nails! China Glaze For Audrey is my most favorite nail polish color of all time!

 

I have been begging my beautiful friend Ashley to let me paint her nails for a long time. Well, honestly I started begging a few weeks ago….before that I …

Essie Turkquoise and Caicos with Loreal Silver Sparkle manicure

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Here are some pics of Essie’s awesome color Turquoise and Caicos. I don’t know if I love it so much because turquoise is my favorite color or because I have always wanted to go to Turks and Caicos…..hmmmmmmm.

Anyway, I LOVE this color! It is a minty blue green….the perfect color for spring! I love it with the sparkles over it too. It goes on smooth but needs three coats if not applied fluidly. I am going to love looking at my nails all weekend with this lovely color on …

Can’t wait for tomorrow!

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I am so excited for tomorrow! I’m working with some of my favorite people all day long—Allison, Lannette, Nicole and Ashley! Yeah!!! I’m doing a special model session with a few ladies for my website redo which will be up and running shortly. Did I mention how excited I am?!?!? Here’s a pic of some sketches I did for the “photo shoot” tomorrow 🙂

sketching ideas for my cover nails

Check back soon for updates! Lots of fun stuff in store for my site!!! Oh, and my little boy wanted to …

Essie Shop Till I Drop with Loreal Silver Sparkle mani

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Here are some pics of a super cute color combination on my own short stubby nails 🙂 I love this Essie peach color called Shop Till I Drop for spring! I wanted to jazz it up a touch so I added a silver sparkle by Loreal over two coats of the Essie and I LOVE the results! Super cute!

Thanks for looking!
Tootles–Anna 🙂