Peacock Nails Plus Gradient

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope you enjoyed your weekend.  Mine was super busy & it always seems to go by too fast!  Anyway, as most of you know, i'm trying to get better at doing nail art.  A few weeks back I purchased some water decals from the Born Pretty Store.  I decided to use them in this design.  I must say I actually enjoy using water decals.  They are super easy to use.

Isn't it pretty?  I feel in LOVE with this! 

** I started with a 1 coats of Wet n Wild White polish as my base & let it completely dry. 

** Next I sponged on Rescue Beauty Lounge Aqua Lily & Zoya Zuza at the tips of my nails.  Note:  You can barely see the sponging affect at the tips because the water decals cover it but trust me its there.  

** I added 1 coat of my quick dry top coat & let my nails dry completely.
** Next I followed the directions on the water decal label & added the decals to the tips of my nails..
**Lastly, I sponged Aqua Lilly further down the base of my nail, cleaned up my cuticle, & sealed it with a top coat.

VOILA!!!!  All Done!!

I am so happy with this look!  You can purchase the water decals from here.  I must admit, shipping took forever on the decals but considering they were so cheap it was worth the wait.  So what do you think?  Will you be trying water decals?

Dreamcatcher Nails

Happy Friday everyone.  A few days ago I stumbled across some dreamcatcher nails on IG from @memyselfandmynails & fell in love!!  I'm trying my best to get better at nail art so I decided to take a stab at them.

I used Wet n Wild white for my base & did a sponge gradient using China Glaze Peachy Keen & Wet n Wild n Wild Teal Crazy.  Next I had drew the dream catcher & feather using Sinful Colors basic black & a small dotting tool for the dots.  I finished it off by using China Glaze Fairy Dust & Hare Polish Electric Flame then I applied some teal rhinestones.  Although they didn't turn out quite as nice as hers did, I still loved them.  I wore them for 3 whole days (which is a stretch for me considering I change my polish almost every day)!!!!  Let me know what you think...

My first crack at a gradient...

Last night as I chose what outfit I would wear to work today, I thought about attempting a gradient on my nails for the 1st time. Now, I'm not the most artsy person in the world but I buckled down & looked at several YouTube videos & thought to myself, I can definitely do that!

So I went thru my nail racks & decided on 4 colors that I had in my shirt. I chose Nicole By Opi - Count On Me as the base coat, Nicole By Opi - Fashion Diva, Opi - Pampalona Purple & Essie - Pure Pearlfection

Its not perfect but im so proud of myself! I think it looks awesome! And so do my co-workers! I'm not a polish professional but for my 1st attempt at nail art, I think I did great!

I can't wait to stalk more blogs & get inspired to try new things!! Check out the final result below.

Disclaimer: these are iPhone pictures without all the bells & whistles of photoshop & macro cameras so the quality isn't great. But who cares! This is just for fun! :)