Ive been dying to do something that incorporates these two shades. My winter coat is the same color as Nails Inc Belgrave Place and one day I held something bright orange against it and Ive had a one...
In honor of the soon-to-be-released movie version of The Hunger Games, I decided I want to do a nail art series based on the books. The first book actually makes a reference to nail art, when Katniss...
A few days ago we showed you swatches of the beautiful new OPI Holland Collection, and now heres your chance to win this set of minis featuring four of the colors from the collection! There are a cou...
Products used: China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat Illamasqua Muse CND Copper Chrome Black Striper Polish Seche Vite Top Coat Here is a simple tribal nail design using Illamasqua Muse as a base. ...
OPI Holland Collection - in stores starting February 8, 2012 For the first time since 2007 when the Australia collection was released, I actually purchased an entire OPI collection. Since then not on...
Products used: China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat China Glaze White on White China Glaze First Mate China Glaze Life Preserver gold studs Seche Vite Top Coat I have been dying to do nautical nai...
Venique - Deviant Little Sneaker - veniquenail.com This is a brand that is new to CosmoProf, indeed I think its new in general, but its distribution as yet seems pretty limited. Armstrong McCall (wha...
Products used: China Glaze First Mate China Glaze Electric Beat China Glaze Holly-Day Sally Hansen Wet Cement Black paint Seche Vite Click for another photo!
Essie Armed & Ready - $8 at drugstores I randomly found A&R at Target the other day, and I was super happy. Id been looking forward to finding it. Id also anticipated an army green, but what ...
Nubar has a new collection slated for Spring 2012 called Jellybeans. The name, Im assuming, is an allusion to the fact that these are pretty much all jellies. The jury is still out on these, Im a lit...
Ive wanted to do "graffiti" nails for a while and this is as close to that as Ive come. I was inspired by a random photo of a mid-70s woman with a ratty old Union Jack tee. You know I love to...
If you havent noticed, Im in a bit of a floral period right now. I think its this nonexistant winter that isnt providing the quaint excitement of snowy afternoons full of hot chocolate and a good boo...
China Glazes new Electro Pop collection is really inspiring. The colors are bright, beautiful and just beg to be used together. I paired up four of them, along with another China Glaze favorite to ma...
As you may have heard, Google Friend Connect will be discontinued for all non-Blogger sites as of March 1, 2012. A lot of you have subscribed to, and kept up with Beautopia through GFC for the last c...
Spring has sprung at Vera Bradley, and one of Springs four new patterns has me yearning for (my husbands gonna kill me so hard) more bags and accessories! Island Blooms is bursting with my favorite c...
Its snowing here right now. Yeah. I love snow, in theory, especially on a weekend, but for some reason Im not jumping for joy as per usual. Maybe its just that Im busy, or maybe that the sparkling an...
This Hollywood-themed manicure was the product of weekend boredom. Using China Glaze Concrete Catwalk, Seche Porcelain, and Wet n Wild Believe Me, Its Real, along with assorted striping polishes. a s...
One of the two glitter shades from OPIs new 6-piece specialty Nicki Minaj collection, Metallic 4 Life is a sheer black jelly with both small round and large hexagonal silver glitter. Its somewhat she...
Ive seen a few manicures over the last few weeks with this technique of outlining the nail, and I havent found a name for it, so Im gonna go ahead and call it "Vignette" for the sake of titli...
OPI Nicki Minaj - Did It On Em - $8.50 OPIs newest Limited Edition celebrity-inspired collection, features 6 new shades including cremes, glitters and a berry shatter polish. Did It On Em is one of t...
One of five new flaky beauties from Finger Paints new collection for Winter, Twisted is a bottle of awesome. There are flakies of every color in this clear base, making it the Queen of Flakies in thi...
The China Glaze Electro Pop collection is popping up here and there, and I found that my local CosmoProf has them due to hit the shelves on January 1, when their B2G1F promo starts, but I was able to...
I recently picked up Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in Glass Slipper and wanted to do a snowy blue winter scene and decided on snowmen, snowflakes and candycanes! I used Sally Hansen Pacific Blue for ...
The China Glaze Eye Candy collection for Winter 11 is a group of gorgeous and interesting "3D" glitters. The 3D refers to how the glitters vary in size and type making the surface of the poli...
We are leaving for a short, but much-needed vacation down to Clearwater, Florida, and though its the end of November I decided to do a tropical sort of design. A stylized sunset with Orly Snowcone, C...
Its been forever and a day since I last posted, but in the interim Ive graduated from my nail technology course and taken my State Board exams. Glad thats all over! Anyway, Ive not been doing as much...
its been a busy few weeks, and there hasnt been much time for nail art on myself, but I took off my Shellac Purple Purple (which was still looking mighty fine.) yesterday and was in the mood for a Ha...
Available at CosmoProf (Pro-only) or transdesign.com (general public) for around $15 Purple Purple is a gorgeous midtone-to-vampy purple with beautiful blue iridescent shimmer. The formula, Shellac, ...
CONTEST NOW CLOSED Winner: Courtney33! I numbered all the entries and entered them into Random Line Picker and #7 was the winner. Win a copy of the fabulous polish-centric book, Enamel Diction by Aus...
Its been an eventful month for me at school. Ive got exactly four weeks of Nail Tech school under my belt at this point, and in the meantime Ive done a few Cosmetology students nails! There is only o...
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