Sunday, 31 January 2016

Black & White


Good morning everyone!! Last week was pretty busy for me. It was my husband's birthday & being his first birthday post marriage, I wanted everything to be extra special for him. I spent the week buying gifts, wrapping them prettily, planning for the day & finally, baking his favorite chocolate cake. With very little time left, I wanted to do my nails in a simple way & this is what I came up with.
I selected black & white as the base colors & used gold striping tape & a gold stud to jazz it up. The finished look turned out to be simple yet elegant. Liked it??










Materials Used

Black: Revlon Knock Out
White: NYX White
Gold: W7 Gold Mirror
Striping tape: Born Pretty Store
Stud: Born Pretty Store

Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Feeling Blue


Good morning everyone!! I'm freezing here as I type....it's so COLD!! I wait all year long for the weather to cool down, but now that it has finally happened, I've been feeling quite lethargic & prefer to spend my time reading & rustling up delicious hot meals. That means I haven't been painting my nails as often as I normally do. But today I have a wedding to attend & I chose to do my nails in a color matching my sari. I applied 2 coats of a light blue polish, 1 light coat of glitter & finished it with studs, rhinestones & beads. I love how simple & gorgeous this design is. Agree with me??    








Polishes Used

Blue: Avon Aqua Fantasy
Glitter: NYX Crystal
Studs: Born Pretty Store
Rhinestones & Beads: local

Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Christmas Nails


Good morning everyone!! I know this post is shamelessly late, but I'd so much happening in the last couple of weeks that I just couldn't find the time to post the nails I did for Christmas. There was illness, a number of outings, trying to spend as much time as possible with our family & my brother leaving for Australia for further studies yesterday. I'm gonna miss him badly :(
Coming back to the mani, I applied 2 coats of a dark green polish, sponged on some fine gold glitter polish on the lower half & used beads & rhinestones to create the look of tree ornaments. On the ring finger, 2 coats of red, tape & green polish to create the tree, chunky glitters for the ornaments & a star stud to finish the look. This looked really stunning in person & I'm so proud of it. What do you think??









 
Polishes Used
Red: Maybelline Colorshow Keep Up the Flame
Green: local
Gold glitter: Faces All That Glitters
Multi glitter: NYX Multi Glitter
Rhinestones: local
Beads: local
Stud: Born Pretty Store

Sunday, 20 December 2015

Orange & Pink


Good morning everyone!! FINALLY the weather has cooled down but the sudden drop in temperature brought me down with a bad case of cold & sore throat. I'd a string of events to attend the week before that so I decided to really glam my nails with all the bling I could lay my hands on. I sponged a pink & orange polish on my nails to create a gradient effect & topped it with a glitter topcoat to blend it further. Then I went crazy with rhinestones, studs & gold beads to create this gorgeous design. I'm SO IN LOVE with these. It's my favorite of all the manis I've done to date. Do you agree??










Polishes Used

Orange: Colorama Laranja Citrico
Pink: Maybelline: Hooked On Pink
Glitter: NYX Crystal
Rhinestones: local
Studs: local
Beads: local

Thursday, 3 December 2015

Yellow & Rhinestones


Good morning everyone!! December has already begun but except for the early hours of the day, there seems to be no sign of winter at all. Keeping up with the hot & bright sunlight outside, I did my nails in yellow this week. Yellow is quite a tricky color to work with as it may not go with all skin tones, but this shade is something different. Its a mango shade that's not too bright & looks gorgeous. I applied 3 coats & used red sequins for the pattern. For the ring finger, I used rhinestones in various colors & shapes & filled any remaining spaces with some more sequins. 









Polishes Used

Yellow: NYX My Sunshine
Sequins: Born Pretty Store
Rhinestones: local

Sunday, 29 November 2015

Green & Gold


Good morning everyone!! This is the mani I wore last week. Applied 2 coats of a dark green polish, sponged some gold glitter on the lower half of the index & pinky & used studs & rhinestones on the middle & ring fingers. So easy to do, but I love how gorgeous it looks. This mani just couldn't fail to grab attention. What do you think??









Polishes Used

Green: local brand
Gold glitter: Colorbar Rustic Chant
Studs: Born Pretty Store
Rhinestones: local

Thursday, 19 November 2015

Grey, Glitter & Rhinestones


Good morning everyone!!! I know I've given an impression that I've abandoned the blog, but that's absolutely not the case. The thing is, I was too busy preparing for & having fun during Diwali. Especially with it being our first Diwali after marriage. I'll make it a point to post regularly now onwards. Coming back to the mani, I'd no idea what to do with my nails so I just applied my favorite grey polish & decided to see what I could do with that. Then a day later, inspiration hit me hard & I came up with this. I sponged on Rimmel's Disco Ball on the lower half of my nails & dressed up the accent nail with rhinestones, pearls, blue studs & silver beads. The glitter polish is a beautiful one with loads of holographic glitter too, which I unfortunately couldn't capture. I really love how this came out. Hope you do too!!










Polishes Used

Grey: NYX Cloudy
Glitter: Rimmel Disco Ball
Pearls: Born Pretty Store
Beads, Studs & Rhinestones: local