26th Birthday Mani

 Purchased By Me 

Hi guys! So my birthday was back in July, but I never really showed you my birthday mani. I did post a short video on Instagram, but I still thought I'd share the pictures since I had them edited and ready.

For this mani, I was inspired by Tee on IG. She always does some gorgeous manis, you definitely need to check her page out. I recreated one of her simple manis which I've linked here, and I changed it up a bit. Instead of using a metallic polish like she did, I used a holo polish. Well I hope you like it.

I started off with a black base on my ring finger and pinky, and added some polka dots on my ring finger. I then sponged on the same polish on my pinky instead of splattering it because I didn't want to make a mess. Hehe. To finish off, I just painted the rest of my nails with the holo polish.

Close-Ups:

Well I hope you guys liked this mani, even though it took me forever to post, lol. Thanks for stopping by, and until next time.

-Ana

Polishes Used:

Golden Yellow Holo: Fancy Gloss "Gingerbread Latte"

Black Creme: Wet N Wild "Black Creme"

Top Coat: Seche Vite

Melody's Birthday Collab

 Purchased By Me / Giveaway Prize / Press Sample 

Happy Sunday guys! Yesterday was Melody's Birthday (owner of Envy Lacquer), and to celebrate, some ladies from our Facebook group decided to put a collab together. Thanks to Tina who suggested we do this, Jessika for organizing everything, and Kristy for putting together the collage. Check it out, it came out great!

Collage by Kristy:

I was going to do a mani using Envy Lacquer polishes, but then decided to do a fun girly mani based off a cute cupcake charm I just had to use. It was a birthday mani after all, hehe. I painted my index and pinky a bright pink (which freaked out my camera a bit), my ring finger a lilac color, and I used a glitter jelly polish on my middle finger. The jelly polish had pink and lilac which went with the other polishes, but it also had some teal which is one of Melody's favorite colors. So, on my pink nails I added some dots with white acrylic paint, and then filled the dots in with the lilac polish to tie the whole look together. Afterwards, I just added the charm to my ring finger and top coated when everything was dry.

Solo Shot:

I actually like how it came out, and I hope Melody did too. I hope you had a Happy Birthday Melody, you deserve that and more.

Close-Up of "Cuppy Cake" charm:

If you'd like to see the rest of the manis, just go through the #HappyHappyBirthdayMelody hashtag on Instagram. Again, thanks to the lovely ladies who made this happen.

I hope you're all enjoying your weekend. Thanks for stopping by, and until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Pink: Wet N Wild "Dreamy Poppy"
Lilac: Lavish Polish "Wisteria"
Glitter Jelly: Reverie Nail Lacquer "Fairy Pools" (LE)
Top Coat: Love, Angeline "Topped With Love"
Charm: Simply Charmed "Cuppy Cake"

*Lavish Polish "Wisteria", Reverie Nail Lacquer "Fairy Pools" were giveaway prizes; Love, Angeline "Topped With Love" was a Press Sample.

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 Dots

 Purchased By Me / Press Sample 

Hi guys! Today's theme for A Weekly Dose of Rainbows was Rainbow Dots. I did an easy dot design with 3 different colors, now I'm hoping I would've used more. Anyways, check it out.

Holding Love, Angeline "Topped With Love":

I started off with a white base and added a fast drying top coat. When that dried I added acrylic paint dots in a fun pattern. To finish off, I added another coat of top coat. Super simple right?

Oh and take a look at the this mash-up picture I did. I've seen ladies on IG, mainly @gotnail, do this and I thought I'd give it a shot. It was more challenging than I thought it'd be to connect both pictures, but it was fun.

Close-Up of Middle and Ring Finger:

Well I hope you guys liked this mani. Remember to look under the AWeeklyDoseOfRainbows hashtag on Instagram to see manis by the rest of the ladies that participated.

Thanks so much for stopping by, until next time.
-Ana

Polishes Used:
White: Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"
Top Coat: Love, Angeline "Topped With Love"

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

Bestie Twin Nails with Lex

 Purchased By Me / Giveaway Prize* 

Happy Monday guys! Today I have some Bestie Twin Nails to share with you. I was so excited and honored when Lex asked me if I wanted to do some bestie twin nails with her. She's known as lexstasynails on Instagram, and if you don't follow her yet you should. Her designs are freaking amazing, and her work is usually done all freehand which makes it even more awesome. Well anyways, I of course said yes and we began to brainstorm. We decided to do a simple mani with mint green and gray as our colors, and we incorporated chevrons and polka dots. Check out our manis.

Collage was put together by Lex:

I love how both our manis came out. Lex suggested we do them at the same time instead of one of us doing the mani first and the other one of us copying it afterwards. So that's what we did, and they ended up looking pretty similar. The only difference was our polka dots, but I'm still in love with the outcome.

Solo Shot:

To get this look, I started with a base coat and followed with my base colors. Once dry, I added a coat of top coat so I could lay down my vinyls* on my index and ring finger. (The chevron vinyls were part of a giveaway prize, so I don't know where they were purchased.) I added my second color over the vinyls and took them off while the polish was still wet. On my middle finger and pinky I just added polka dots. I finished off with a coat of glossy top coat.

Holding Glisten & Glow "HK Girl Glossy Top Coat":

Close-Ups:

I had a great time collaborating with Lex, so I hope we get the chance to do this again. Well I hope you all enjoyed this post. Thanks for stopping by, until next time.
-Ana

Polishes Used:
Mint: Color Mates "Jaded"
Gray: Avon Nailwear Pro+ "Grey Flash"
Top Coat: Glisten & Glow "HK Girl Glossy Top Coat"*