5 Pro Tips For Easy Nail Art

I went in to Paul Mitchell the School for a pedicure Thursday night…a MUCH needed pedicure…and got to visit with my friend Ashley. It was soooo much fun! I could talk to her for hours! 🙂 Ashley’s attending the full Cosmetology Program so when she is graduated she will be licensed in hair, nails, and skin. It’s a long road, especially for a mom with three kids, but I’m really excited for her and know she will be amazing!

Ashley loves doing nails and she’s really good at it. The problem …

Lots of fun nail art!!! Feathers, chevron, houndstooth, glitter!!!

I’ve been doing some fun girls the last few days and wanted to show off their cute nails!

These are my beautiful friend’s Tennilles nails. I love visiting with her and catching up on life! And she always lets me do something fun! 🙂 We used Gelish for this look–I hand painted the chevron stripes and I love them with the gold studs!

These cute nails belong to the lovely, beautiful Cami 🙂 I love love love how these turned out! We did a gold feather on the middle finger, ombré on …

Fun Spring Mani–OPI Got a Date To-Knight, OPI Need Sunglasses, Studs, Flowers, and other random thoughts on blogging….

Ashley’s Spring Mani

I can’t believe it has taken me so long to post this fun mani I did on Ashley’s beautiful nails! I kept thinking I was going to Photoshop the pictures….but I just finally gave up on that thought and decided to edit them in iPhoto instead…I promise I will make your hands PERFECT one day Ashley! Even though they are perfect already…well maybe if it weren’t for Crossfit they would be a little more perfect 🙂

I wanted to do a spring mani and I wanted …

Blue, Yellow, & White with Chevron and Studs–Suzi Says Feng Shui, The It Color, Alpine Snow

Blue, yellow, & white with Chevron and studs

I used OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui on my pinky and pointer fingers, OPI The It Color on my middle finger, OPI Alpine Snow on my ring finger, and China Glaze Angel Wings on my Thumb. I placed Art Club Nail Art White Gems in a chevron pattern over The It Color and hand painted the yellow chevron stripes with a Color Club Yellow Striper. The yellow chevron was not very difficult I think because yellow over white is very forgiving. …

Funky Vintage Nail Art—Gelish and Gelcolor

Funky Vintage Nail Art using soak off gel polish

Studs, glitter, stripes, dots, flowers, leopard=fun!

Tutorial-Funky Vintage Nail Art

These nails turned out super fun! We started with a Brisa Lite base coat and smoothing gel application followed by three color coats of Gelish Seafoam, Gelish Princess Tiara, and Gelish Candyland Yellow with Opi Alpine Snow on the ring and thumbs. The pinky and pointer finger have a coat of Gelish Champagne as well to add a vintage flair. I hand painted all the designs starting with the flowers. …

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

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 …