Rescue Beauty Lounge - IKB:2012 - $20 at rescuebeauty.com I was so excited about this release because the blue known as International Klein Blue is my favorite color. Since its such a rare and distin...
OPI Just Spotted the Lizard - $8.50 OPIs new The Amazing Spiderman collection is about to be released in store and there has been a lot of noise about this polish. Not only because its a pretty rad m...
To celebrate the grand opening of Beautopia Nails new Etsy shop, Im doing a giveaway! Two people will each win a set of custom hand-painted nails. The winners can choose any design on my site or in m...
I know I havent posted in a few days, but I have a good excuse! Ive been working feverishly creating nail sets for my new Etsy shop! Im so excited and I hope that people actually buy them. It would b...
As far as I know, this is the first time my name or any part of my body has been in a national magazine, so I had to share. My hand/name is in the May issue of LHJ. A couple months ago I got an email...
I liked the other days watercolor nails a lot, so I used a similar technique for this design. I started out with a nude base color, then used three different polishes to make the "dip-dye" lo...
Heres a pretty self-explanatory nail design, the Swedish flag. I took some liberties with my interpretation, but I think its recognizable for what its meant to be. I did large flags on a couple nails...
The new watercolor trend is so pretty, and I wanted to give it a try since the weather is becoming so beautiful in my region right now. The basic technique is to paint the nails a base color, and the...
I recently found Nails Inc Fouberts Place on clearance at Sephora, and was really excited to use it, but I just found myself not in the mood to wear anything too dark or drab no matter how pretty the...
Im still in the process of figuring out how to do a gradient to my own satisfaction and its not turning out like Id prefer, however I did like the final product that resulted here, even though its no...
I recently got a backup bottle of China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy, one of my favorite summer polishes of all time, and something weird happened. My new bottle is a lot lighter and less warm in tone tha...
In the "Reaping" scene in the new Hunger Games movie, Effie Trinket wears a pretty and interesting nail look while shes drawing out the tributes names. Its a sort of dark rose with a gold met...
XOX Betsey - $9.50 at sephora.com I very nearly didnt buy this, but I cant resist a pinky sandy nude to save my life. Up till this point, my favorite nude polish had been another Sephora by OPI: Dont...
Im pretty into tribal right now, so I basically rehashed my Feathers nail set and my Angles nail set with a different group of colors. It wasnt anything very new, but I thought it looked good and fig...
I did a little nail art inspired by the fletching on arrows. The little things at the back end of the arrow that stabilizes and improves the aerodynamics of the arrow in flight. Ive been really into ...
Illamasqua Jomina - $14 at sephora.com Heres an Illamasqua polish Ive been debating purchasing for a really long time. I thought that Id be ok with just Color Club Puccilicious, because in photos the...
Ive been seeing a lot more Ikat print buzzing around the interwebz, on Pinterest, tumblr, etc... shorts, skirts, tees, nails, everything. So I really wanted to give Ikat-inspired nails a try and I di...
I was in the mood for rainbow nails, but rainbows with some oomph. I sat down with four bright polishes and this just sort of happened. Theres no real inspiration or idea behind it, I just started pa...
For this manicure I wanted to get the look of antiqued and distressed metal so I used several metallic polishes and sponged them on to make a sort of textured look. The addition of a holographic teal...
Not a whole lot is said about District 5 in the books, so theres not a lot to go on. However, we do know that its the district responsible for power. Powering the entire country? No idea, but I would...
The nail stylists at CND who do fashion week, yeah theyre awesome. They are undoubtedly the masters of interesting nail looks engineered for the runway. And with the big leap forward that nails are t...
Believe it or not this manicure started out simply enough. First I just wanted to wear OPI Did You Ear About Van Gogh? because I havent worn it yet. Then A Roll in the Hague in all its bright orange ...
Im feeling very stifled, lately, and so Ive decided to have a blog sale. I havent been experimenting as much with makeup as I have in the past, and I have all sort of polish that I havent used in for...
Im telling you, the best thing I EVER did was shape my nails differently. For my entire life Ive had square nails, and I always loved them and could never imagine my nails in another shape, but I got...
Would you believe that this is my very first magnetic nail polish? Ever since the European only LOreal Star magnetic polish came out five years ago, magnetic polish has languished on my wishlist. Nex...
I havent been so excited about a nail polish collection before in my LIFE. I am a huge Hunger Games fan if you didnt know already, and the marriage of some of my favorite books and my favorite nail p...
Funny thing happens sometimes, you start out with a particular vague idea for a design and the subconcious takes over. I came across this necklace on Pinterest, and decided to do triangle nails. You ...
Ive long been a fan of Pucci prints as theyre colorful and bold and always interesting, so I decided to try to emulate that style of pattern for a nail design. In the end, I didnt really think it loo...
A few weeks ago I did swatches and comparisons of some of the other Electro Pop colors, and now Ive got a swatch of Aquadelic to put up. Its a very vibrant aqua, almost like an electrified China Glaz...
I have to tell you, doing this series is so much fun so far. Its a fun challenge for myself. Though theres very little information in the books about some of the districts, which will make it a littl...
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