Cath Kidston Inspired

This week I decided to create something super girly and fun on my nails! I have been seeing this cute pattern by Cath Kidston around EVERYWHERE and I just had to have it on my nails. There was something about the colors, vintage vibe and roses (aka my weakness) that drew me closer and closer to this design.

 

To be completely honest, I'm thrilled with how these came out! They were very time consuming but I am in love with the outcome. I think the mint green (Jealous, Much? By Orly) pairs perfectly with the multi-toned roses. The roses are a bit messy and look more like blobs when you get extremely close, but from afar they look pretty nice! 

Haha see what I mean? When you get close, you realize that the flowers look like nothing more than a few flicks of red and pink. But, I'm still in love. And apparently so was my 23 year old sister because she insisted that I do them for her as well! 

For her version, since she loves blue, I decided to use Essie's Bikini So Teeny as a base instead. Little did I know that the pattern looks amazing on top of that color as well! I honestly think that the design would look great over almost any color. From pale pinks, dusty blues, grassy greens, to pastel yellows. I'm so excited to be rocking these for a few days. I hope I did Cath Kidston justice!

Overlay seen in the last photo from : http://shii-overlays.tumblr.com/

How To: Galaxy Nails

Long time, no see! I feel like I haven't posted a blog post in a long time! Now that I'm on summer vacation I will be updating regularly! Recently I've redone the famous galaxy print design. I have done these before but I wanted outer space on my nails again, plus it would be a great opportunity to create a pictorial which has been highly requested.

Materials: 

A sponge- I use some that are called Cosmetic Wedges
that I picked up at Target for a few dollars.

A dark blue polish for your base color- I used Marinho
by Maybelline Color Show.

A white, purple, black and blue polish.
From L to R:
Superstar by Pure Ice, On A Trip by Wet N Wild, Liquid Leather by China Glaze, Shower Together by China Glaze.

A very fine glitter polish- Fairy Dust by China Glaze.

Tutorial:

Step 1: Start off with a few coats of your dark blue nail polish.

Step 2: Using your sponge, dip it into white polish and dab it on random spots on your nail. Don't be too careful with this, it is supposed to look unique! I started with white so that when we layer on the next polish colors, they will pop. 

Step 3: Now dip your sponge into the purple polish and dab some onto parts of the white that you sponged before, making sure to leave some white peaking through. 

Step 4: Now take your blue polish and sponge it onto random areas to add more depth. 

Step 5: Now sponge on black to make this look darker and more mysterious like the night sky.

Step 6: Going back with the white, I dabbed it onto a few more areas since its been covered up by the other colors. 

Step 7: Now I used Fairy Dust by China Glaze and added one coat over the design to add the illusion of small stars. 

Step 8: This is completely optional but I like to add a few bigger stars by dipping a small dotting tool in white polish and adding a few stars in random spots. Finish with a topcoat. 

Finished Product:

You'll be left a beautiful galaxy design that you can show off to your friends and teach them how to do as well! Make each nail a bit different to make the look fun and exciting! If you try this out, post it to Instagram, tag me in the photo and use the hashtag #inspiredbysabrinasnails so that I can see it! Or send it to me through Kik or Email! I really hope you try this design!

Blue Gradient Animal Print

Haha I say the words "Animal Print" because I honestly don't know if these are cheetah or leopard spots! Anyway, the simplicity of this design almost kills me because I love looking at intricate drawings on my nails, but I still think this is very pretty.

I really love how these turned out and I'm surprised at how easy they were to do! I only needed four nail polishes and a few bobby pins to use as dotting tools. Colors used were:

(From left to right)

Royally Yours by Loreal, Sunday Funday by China Glaze, Tiara by Orly and Liquid Leather by China Glaze.

Chalkboard Nails

This weekend I decided to try something new and out of my comfort zone, Chalkboard Nails!

For this design, I decided to go crazy and draw random doodles that I would draw if I had a chalkboard. I finally had a chance to use all of my colorful nail art stripers for this! I think these are so fun and very simple to do. I started of with a black nail polish, created wacky designs with my nail art stripers, and finished it off with a matte top coat.

I had seen chalkboard manis a lot on Instagram recently, but what really motivated me to try it was the fact that @NailMachine and @PamelaPomelo wanted to do triplet nails with this theme!

A collage of all of our nails!

I think that all of ours came out so nicely and I am extremely happy that I had this opportunity! They are such nice girls and I can't believe I was lucky enough to do this, I have loved their nail art for the longest time! I encourage you to try chalkboard nails, they are super easy to personalize and are super fun and cute. If you try them, post them on Instagram, tag me and use the hashtag #inspiredbysabrinasnails. Or you can send me the picture through Kik or Email! Happy polishing!

Braided Nails Pictorial

Here's the pictorial for the Braided Nails that I posted on here and on my Instagram! Many of you requested this so I decided to take pictures of my process and share! Sorry for the large watermark on this, it's the only way I can somewhat still get credit from thieves!

Start off by choosing your three colors that you want to use in this design. I chose a coral color, (Coral Reef by Sally Hansen,) a Light Pink shade, (Easy Going by Sinful Colors,) and a gold polish, (Golden-I by Sally Hansen.)

1. I started off with the coral polish as my base. 
2. Next I got my gold polish, started at the edge of my nail and swiped it across diagonally to create the first part of the braid. 
3. With the light pink polish I started from the other edge of my nail and swiped diagonally to the right, overlapping the gold to create a triangle looking shape with the coral color. 
4. Now using the coral again, I'm going back to the right side and swiping the brush across, overlapping the pink shade.
5. It's time to go back with the gold, start from the opposite edge and swiping the brush to the right to continue the braid.
6. Going back with the light pink, I continued the braid.
7. Using the coral I swiped the brush from left to right diagonally. 
8. The braid is now starting to end, using the gold I repeated the last few steps.
9. Finally with the light pink I finished off the braid, making sure that my line is as neat as possible because it will be fully shown.

Now you're done! I know my steps are confusing but I tried my best to explain! Haha hopefully the pictures explained it better than my words. If you try this out, please send me the picture so that I can see it! Or you can post the picture to Instagram, tag me in it and make sure to use the hashtag #inspiredbysabrinasnails. Have a great day and I hope you try this!