A Weekly Dose of Rainbows: Rainbow Chevron

 Purchased By Me / Giveaway Prize / Press Sample 

Happy Thursday guys, I hope you're all doing well. Today's theme for A Weekly Dose of Rainbows is Rainbow Chevron. I hope you like what I came up with.

I started off with a white base, and while that dried I prepared my acrylic paints. I watered down the 4 different paints quite a bit, when the white polish was dry I began to apply the paints in random patterns with a brush. I did swirl them around a bit so they would mix and it gave it a pretty cool look. Once the paint dried I added a layer of top coat because I was going to use vinyls. I applied the vinyls and sponged on black polish over them, then I removed the vinyls off while the polish was still wet. I let my nails dry for a bit before applying the last layer of top coat. Unfortunately, I don't think I waited enough because I smeared the polish a bit.

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I like how the design came out, and it was fun to do. If you decide to give this look a try, remember to use my hashtag on Instagram so I can see it, it's #annypolishandpaint.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
White: Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"
Black: Wet N Wild "Black Creme"
Top Coat: Love, Angeline "Topped With Love"
Vinyls: Unknown

*Vinyls were a giveaway prize; Love, Angeline "Topped With Love" was a Press Sample.

A Weekly Dose of Rainbows: Rainbow Love

 Purchased By Me / Giveaway Prize / Press Sample 

Hi guys, I hope your Saturday is going better than mine. I'm sick, and I feel horrible. Thursday's theme for A Weekly Dose of Rainbows was Rainbow Love, I was supposed to post this yesterday at the latest, but I wasn't able to so I apologize. So, I did this mani pretty quickly while on the couch, which was kind of difficult. Lol. But here's what I came up with, I hope you like it.

I started with a white crelly from Stardust Polish (now Stardust Beauty) on my index finger, ring finger and pinky. On my middle finger I used a bright and pretty textured polish from Sinful Colors. When each nail was opaque I top coated because I'd be using a nail vinyl. I placed the nail vinyl on my ring finger and applied the textured polish over it. Remember to remove the vinyl right away before the polish dries. To kind of tie the look together, I added 3 dots down my index and pinky as well. Once everything dried, I top coated.

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It was a very simple mani, but I hope you guys liked it. Thanks for stopping by, may you have a wonderful weekend and until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Crelly: Stardust Polish "I Love You Gnome Matter What"
Pink Texture: Sinful Colors "Ruby Mine"
Top Coat: Love, Angeline "Topped With Love"
Vinyls: Twinkled T Hearts Stencil

*Twinkled T vinyls were a giveaway prize; Stardust Polish "I Love You Gnome Matter What" and Love, Angeline "Topped With Love" were Press Samples.

A Weekly Dose of Rainbows: Rainbow Tribal

 Purchased By Me / Giveaway Prize / Press Sample 

Happy Thursday guys, today I bring you another colorful mani. This week's theme for A Weekly Dose of Rainbows was Rainbow Tribal, so I decided to do a rainbow gradient under the tribal design. Not only did I use the rainbow colors to do the gradient, but they're holo, which adds another beautiful rainbow. Check it out.

I started off with a coat of my "yellow" sandy polish and let that dry. Then, I proceeded to apply my colors on the sponge and dabbed it on my nails, 2 coats on each nail. Since I was going to use vinyls, I added some top coat and waited a while until it was fully dry. Afterwards, I applied the vinyls and then sponged on black polish over them. One by one I did this on my nails, and I removed the vinyls right away when the polish was still wet. All that was left to do was finish with top coat after the black polish dried.

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So what do you think? I pretty much fell in love with the gradient alone, but the tribal was still pretty cool. The only thing that I messed up was the placement of the vinyl on my middle finger, it came out all crooked which kinda messed up the mani for me. Other than that I was really pleased with the design. Oh, and my sister wanted to see these matte, so you get to see them too.

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Well I hope you guys liked this mani. Thank you for stopping by, and until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Red: Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Carol"
Orange: Fancy Gloss "Pumpkin Spice"
Yellow: Fancy Gloss "Gingerbread Latte"
Green: Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Holly"
Blue: Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Aria"
Purple: Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Cheyenne"
Black: Wet N Wild "Black Creme"
Top Coat: Love, Angeline "Topped With Love"
Matte Top Coat: Wet N Wild "Matte Top Coat"
Vinyls: Twinkled T Tribal Stencil

*Love, Angeline "Topped With Love" was a Press Sample; Twinkled T vinyls and Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Carol", "Holly", "Aria" were giveaway prizes.

A Weekly Dose of Rainbows: Rainbow Fashion

 Purchased By Me / Gift / Giveaway Prize 

Hey guys, I hope you're all doing well. This week's A Weekly Dose of Rainbows theme was Rainbow Fashion, and I had absolutely no idea what I'd be doing. I looked up fashion images on Google and found no inspiration I liked. Then I remembered how much I love the fashion from the show Reign, which is one of my favorite shows. I looked up pictures and there were so many beautiful looks that it was difficult to choose just one. Anyways, I chose a gorgeous gown Adelaide Kane (who plays Mary Queen of Scots) wore for some promotional pictures of the show as inspiration.

Picture from Google:

I started off with gold polish on all my nails as my base color. On my pinky and ring finger I added a nail art water decal from the Born Pretty Store, but I painted half of my pinky with black polish and added some round gold nail studs down the middle. On my index and middle finger I applied some TwinkledT mermaid scale vinyls, after applying top coat of course, and then sponged on some brown polish. I let that dry and added top coat. Afterwards, I put a single chevron vinyl on my index finger and painted the top black. To finish the mani, I added some gold acrylic paint dots in the middle of the scales just like on the dress. My pinky and ring finger represent the skirt of the dress, and my middle and index finger represent the top of the dress.

Glossy:

Matte:

I also had to add matte top coat because I thought it'd look nice.

Glossy:

Matte:

Remember you can use my code ANNYW10 for 10% off your Born Pretty Store purchase if you'd like.

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Well I hope you all liked this mani. Thank you for stopping by, and until next time everyone.
-Ana

Products Used:
Gold: Elf Nail Polish "Pot of Gold"
Brown: New York and Company "Saturn Sunset"
Black: Wet N Wild "Black Creme"
Glossy Top Coat: Glisten & Glow "HK Girl Glossy Top Coat"
Matte Top Coat: Wet N Wild "Matte Top Coat"
Nail Art Water Decals: Born Pretty Store item ID #20699
Nail Studs: Born Pretty Store item ID #7277
Mermaid Scale Vinyls: Twinkled T
Single Chevron Vinyls: Not known

*New York and Company "Saturn Sunset", Glisten & Glow "HK Girl", Twinkled T mermaid scale vinyls and single chevron vinyls were giveaway prizes

Pretty in Purple & Silver

 Purchased By Me / Gift / Giveaway Prize* 

Hi guys! Today's nail art is full of purples and silver, oh and a bit of holo glitter of course. Hehe.

Well I sat down to do some nail art, but had no real plan or vision of what I was going to do. I pretty much just picked some polishes I thought would look good together, including Sinful Colors Berry Charm which I've been wanting to use, and started to work.

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I started with a coat of my diy peel off base coat, and then I added my base colors. Berry Charm is so pretty, but I had to be careful with it because it did flood my cuticle a bit. I top coated and waited a good 15-20 minutes before applying my diamonds vinyl, which are from Twinkled T. Once I put my vinyl down, I sponged on a diagonal gradient using Elf Nail Polish W2 and Liquid Metal. On my ring finger I did a glitter gradient with OPI Desperately Seeking Sequins which is super sparkly, over Berry Charm. I kept it simple on my pinky and index finger. Liquid Metal is on my pinky, and W2 on my index with a silver stud from the decoration wheel (item ID #7277) I purchased from the Born Pretty Store. Remember, you can use my code ANNYW10 for 10% off your purchase. All that was left to do was finish with top coat.

Holding OPI "Desperately Seeking Sequins":

I'm really satisfied with the outcome, I think it looks nice.

Well I really hope you liked this design. If you decide to recreate it don't forget to use my hashtag annypolishandpaint on Instagram so I can see, you can also tag me if you'd like. Thank you for stopping by, and until next time.
-Ana

Polishes Used:
Purple Creme: Sinful Colors "Berry Charm"
Purple Shimmer: Elf Nail Polish "W2"
Silver: Elf Nail Polish "Liquid Metal"
Glitter Topper: OPI "Desperately Seeking Sequins"
Top Coat: Glisten & Glow "HK Girl Glossy Top Coat"

*Twinkled T vinyls and OPI Desperately Seeking Sequins were a giveaway prize

Nail Art with "Cheyenne"

 Purchased By Me / Giveaway Prize* 

Hi everyone! Today I have some nail art to show you guys. I decided to do some nail art on the swatch I showed you last time, I hope you like it.

So, I used Cheyenne by Daily Hues Nail Lacquer as my base color. When that dried I added a coat of HK Girl by Glisten & Glow so I could lay down my nail vinyls. I used some single chevron vinyls Beverly (nailedthepolish on Instagram) sent me as part of a giveaway prize, I don't know where she purchased them though. Well, I laid down the vinyls and painted on a coat of Calypso by Sinful Colors, it's a gorgeous dark teal creme polish with a great formula. I was pretty nervous that it'd end up looking bad, but I love how the color combo turned out. Anyways, after that, I decided to go a bit further with the design and do some glitter placement, so I used some gold glitter I purchased from the Dollar Tree. When I finished the glitter placement, I sealed it all in with top coat. On my ring finger, I just added a gold diamond stud from a stud wheel I purchased from the Born Pretty Store.

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I really like how this mani turned out, it looks kind of royal because of the colors. Not sure if that makes sense, lol. But yeah, that's just my opinion.

Holding Born Pretty Store Stud Wheel:

So what's your favorite thing about this design? Will you be trying it out? If you decide to recreate it, make sure to use my hashtag annypolishandpaint, so I can see your recreation. You can also tag me in the caption or photo.

Well thank you for stopping by. Until next time guys.
-Ana

*HK Girl Top Coat and vinyls were a giveaway prize