teal tips

Super short nails can still rock a colored tip.  It gives the illusion of a longer nail.  Such an easy look.  No extra brushes needed.  Just do the base colors.  Let dry and a quick swipe of the opposite color just on the tips.  Done.  Yes, the lines are not perfectly straight but it still works.

LA Brites - Flash Freeze
China Glaze - Turned Up Turquoise

80's rage

All I need is some teased hair and spandex with some leg warmers and I would be set.  I apologize for the awful photos.  I picked two of the worst polishes to photograph.

The blue is actually a great turquoise/teal color.  The pink is a deep hot pink.  I tried five different lighting environments (sun, photo box, kitchen, desk & art light).  Nothing worked.  But the over all feel of this paint job still comes through.  Nothing fancy, just turning vinyl chevron stripes top to tail instead of side to side.

My nails are also getting very long.  I like longer nails because they make my fingers look longer but they drive me crazy.  They might last a couple more paint jobs before they get the chop.

Nicole - A Like-Haley Story...
China Glaze - Turned Up Turquoise

bachelorette weekend

 This weekend I am heading up to Napa for a bachelorette weekend.  Not a crazy Las Vegas type weekend, but more along the line of quality time at the spa and reading intelligent literature (cough*gossip rags*cough) while lounging around the pool.

For such a civilized weekend I really should have gone with a sophisticated subtle paint job.  But that is not me at all.  So I went with the opposite - bright purple nails & two neon accent nails.  Then top the accent nails with some glitter gradient.  Nothing subtle about these at all.

I recently went to the nail supply store and picked up two new polishes.  One of which is this neon pink.  It is a great color, but it takes a minimum of three coats to have complete coverage.  Two days after the shopping I went to get a pedicure (my biggest vice and indulgence) and there was this neon pink Essie color that just screamed out to me. (I normally bring my own polish to the salon but it was a spur of the moment pedi this time).  I will 100% be buying that Essie polish next time I go shopping.

China Glaze - You Drive Me Coconuts, Turned Up Turquoise
OPI - A Grape Fit!
Sinful Colors - Watch it Shine

turquoise & glitter

I went with a stand by turquoise polish (I still don't like the formula, way too thin) but needed to spice it up a little bit.  I pulled this great glitter polish that is very subtle.

Just a little glitter on the tips to create a subtle glitter gradient.  Then an accent finger of layer upon layer of glitter polish.  I love this glitter and polish combo.   It is wicked pretty together.

essie - Turquoise & Caicos, Sugar Daddy
Wet & Wild - Hallucinate

teal moons

This was a quick paint job.  I used paper hole repair stickers for the large moons (teal first, sticker, then the darker green on top).  I was so happy when I went out on the dock the next afternoon and the color of the water was exactly the same as my nails.

The glitter/darker color is one I have used before and really like.  I have never layered it over another color.  I love how it changed and some of the base teal is showing through.  Now I want to try layering it over a bunch of other colors (blue, purple, red, etc).

OPI - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
China Glaze - Turned Up Turquise

turquoise

I love this turquoise Essie polish color.  I do not like the formula.  It is very thin and prone to streaking.  It requires 3 coats minimum.  And with three coats of polish, even quick drying top coat still takes a while.

I then added a pink/silver halo to the ring finger for a little pop.  It was amazing when compared with the lake, all the colors worked perfectly together.

Essie - Turquoise & Caicos
Urban Outfitters - After Hours