The Polished Bookworms: December 2015

 Purchased By Me / Gift / Press Sample 

Happy Monday guys, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Today I have a TPB mani for December's book, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I was unable to read this book so I decided to base my mani on the colors of the book cover instead. I was also inspired by @polishandbeyond on Instagram. She did a beautiful mani that I just had to recreate, but of course, I used different colors to match the book cover. Let's take a look.

I used a dark blue on my index and pinky, gold on my ring finger, and white on my middle finger. Since I was going to add dots, I top coated the white and blue nails so the colors wouldn't run or mix. I used a dotting tool to do the blue dots, and a toothpick to add the gold dots. It worked out perfectly. I let that dry completely, and then added my final top coat. I love how it turned out, it's a simple but beautiful look.

Close-Ups:

With the Book:

Well I hope you guys liked this mani. By the way, we already have the TPB book line up for February-June 2016. You can still join the group if you'd like, the links are below.

The Polished Bookworms: Instagram - Facebook Group - Facebook Page

Like always, thanks for stopping by and until next time.

-Ana

Polishes Used:

White: Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"

Blue: Elf Nail Polish "Skinny Jeans"

Gold: Elf Nail Polish "Pot of Gold"

Top Coat: Love, Angeline "Topped With Love"

*Love, Angeline "Topped With Love" was a Press Sample.

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A Weekly Dose of Rainbows: Rainbow Halloween

 Purchased By Me / Giveaway Prize 

Hi guys! I'm here with another post for A Weekly Dose of Rainbows, and this week's theme was Rainbow Halloween. I honestly wasn't completely in love with what I ended up with, but I hope you guys like it. For this mani I went with a purple, green and orange color palette but I also used black for the stripes. The purple, green and orange nails remind me of crayons or stockings.

It's a simple mani and you only really need some striping tape and polishes of your choice.

Holding Fancy Gloss "Pumpkin Spice":

Close-Ups:

Well I hope you guys liked this look, even though I didn't love it so much. Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time.
-Ana

Polishes Used:
Purple: Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Cheyenne"
Green: Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Holly"
Orange: Fancy Gloss "Pumpkin Spice"
Black: Wet N Wild "Black Creme"
Top Coat: Glisten & Glow "HK Girl Glossy Top Coat"

*Glisten & Glow "HK Girl" was a giveaway prize

Blobbicure Mix and Match

Hey guys, I hope you're all having a good day. So, I know a lot of you are eager for Spring and Summer to arrive. Well a few days ago, I started to kind of miss Fall. Lol! Call me crazy, but it's my favorite season. Therefore, I decided to do a mani with some Fall appropriate polishes.

I decided to do a blobbicure mix and match mani. It's actually my first attempt at a blobbicure, I've been wanting to try out this technique since I first saw it floating around Instagram. I don't know who came up with it, but it looked so cool I knew I had to do it. Well I chose a rich chocolate brown and a fiery orange for the blobbicure. I also used the same colors individually, and added a black nail with glitter.

I loved how this came out, and I can't believe I'm recently just trying out these mix and match manis. They look so pretty, and both times I've done them I've had so much fun.

Well thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed this nail art post. Until next time guys.
-Ana

Polishes Used:
Orange: Sally Hansen (Complete Salon Manicure) "Hot Lava"
Brown: New York and Company "Saturn Sunset"
Black: Wet N Wild "Black Creme"
Glitter Topper: Sally Hansen (Xtreme Wear) "Frazzle Dazzle"