let it snow, let it snow, let it snow !

Base: Avon "Tangtastic" 2 coats
Design: L.A. Colors "White" 1 coat

baaaack , and it's excellent to be home

I'm back, i'm back, i'm back!!
Fiiiinally! I have missed blogging ever so much. University is a major amount of work and believe me, my nails are suffering!
However, I've got a bunch of new colors, fall ones and just others that I liked, so over the next little while I hope to get some time to show them to you! I also have to go back and finish my 31 day challenge, although it's taken much more than 31 days to complete. Better late than never, right?
Soo, to start off my blogging renewal:

Revlon: Tuscan Sun - 2 coats

Revlon "Jaded Night" 2 coats

ahh!

My goodness University is a lot of work! I don't think I've ever mentioned this but I am working toward a BSc in Chemistry, and man oh man is it ever time consuming!
As you can see, the 31 day challenge has been placed on the backburner! :( I hate abandoning my blog but at this point in time, there really is no time!
I actually left my house with chipped polish today! :( Breaks my little nail polish adoring heart to see my nails in such disarray! However, I'm hoping to post this weekend and catch up on my missed days all in one go! We'll see how things turn out!

- Laura (:

inspired by a movie

Day twenty three of the 31 Day Challenge, nails inspired by a movie!
Now, I'd love to go on and on and on about how a movie absolutely inspired me. However, that is not the case, I just really really wanted to try this out!
So, I'm gonna use my favorite movie to justify my choice! I aaabsolutely love "P.S I Love You" starring Gerard Butler. Love the storyline, love the movie, looove me some Gerard. So this movie inspired these nails because of how beautiful and green scenic Ireland is! As anyone who has seen this movie knows, Gerard's character Gerry is from Ireland, and Ireland is the place that himself and Holly meet!

Rimmel London "Rags to Riches" 3 coats
Ahhh, so much love! Almost as much love as I have for Gerard Butler. (swoooon)

It's a beautiful shimmery green, with a slight gold microglitter throughout.

Cute bottle too!

So cool!

In addition to today's 31 day challenge post, check out this awesome video!

inspired by a song

Day twenty two of the 31 Day Challenge, nails inspired by a song!
For my song, I picked "Ashes" by Andy Brown, it's definitely one of my top played, even though I just discovered it on Thursday on the newest episode of Rookie Blue! If you haven't heard the song, or watched the show, go do both!!

Base: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails with Nylon "Lavender Lace Sheer" 3 coats

Ashes: Avon "Urban Grey"
Revlon "Steel her Heart"
Sally Hansen Xtreme wear "Black Out"
Sally Hansen Hard as Nails "Pumping Iron"

inspired by color

Day twenty one of the 31 Day Challenge, nails inspired by a color!
For today's manicure I picked teal. This is because September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month, there's also a wonderful campaign going on called "Teal Toes" which is an awareness campaign set to raise awareness about ovarian cancer and hopefully get the message out there that Ovarian Cancer should not be ignored! If you're interested, check out : http://www.tealtoes.org/

For some reason, this looks really blue on my camera, however, it is teal :)
Base: Sally Hansen Insta Dri "Petal Pusher"
Tips: Sally Hansen Xtreme nails "White On"
Teal design: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure "Fairy Teal"
Kiss "Soft Blue" (Lightest Shade)

Kiss "Silver Sparkle"

Aaaaand, my teal toes!

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure "Fairy Teal" 2 coats

water marble

Day twenty of the 31 Day Challenge, water marble nails!
I'm gonna be perfectly honest with you, I haate doing water marbles. Haate. Hate, hate.
They never turn out for me, despite my efforts, and I just overall don't like the way they look on me, but I'll post my efforts.

Also, in full disclosure, ring finger and pinky were just painted like that.

Colors: Sally Hansen Xtreme nails "Plum Burst"
Sally Hansen Insta Dri "Espresso"
Barbara Daly "Lilac"

galaxy nails

Ahhhh! I'm so excited for this post!
Day nineteen of the 31 Day Challenge, galaxy nails!
I've wanted to try this for so long, i've loved every one that i've seen ! However, I always thought "No way can I do that", turns out, I can !!
I'm looking forward to recreating this many times in the future!

Base: Sally Hansen Xtreme Nails "Black Out" 1 coat

Nebula( 1 coat of each listed here) : Sally Hansen Xtreme nails "White On"
Sally Hansen Insta Dri "Lightening"
Rimmel London Lycra Wear 10 "Sweet Heart"
Maybelline Express Finish "Exu-blue-rant

Barbara Daly "Pistachio"

Stars: Sally Hansen Xtreme Nails "White On"
Top: Wet n Wild "Hallucinate" 1 coat

Clear coat: "Revlon Multicare Base + Top coat" 2 coats

half moons

Day eighteen of the 31 Day Challenge, half moons nails!

Kiss "Beach Pink" 3 coats

glitter nails

Day seventeen of the 31 Day Challenge, glitter nails!

Sally Hansen Xtreme Nails "Rockstar Pink" 3 coats

This polish is extra glittery, it has a gold microglitter and then slightly larger blue, pink and red glitter.

tribal nails

Day sixteen of the 31 Day Challenge, tribal nails!

Rimmel 60 second dry "Sky High" 2 coats

Yellow: Kiss Nail art
Black: Sally Hansen Xtreme Nails "Black Out"
White: Sally Hansen Xtreme Nails "White On"

delicate print nails

Day fifteen of the 31 Day Challenge, delicate print nails!
I'm not entirely sure what this entails and if I had stamping plates this would have been a lot easier to come up with, however, here we go anyways.

ha. Not exactly delicate.

Base: Rimmel London 60 second Dry "Sky High" 2 coats

Design: KISS Nail art in Turquoise 1 coat

flower nails

Day fourteen of the 31 Day Challenge, flower nails!
I love flowers, I'm just not very good at doing them for nail art!
I can paint em, draw em, grow em, arrange em, not nail art em. ;)

Base: Wet n Wild "Bite the Bullet" 3 coats

Daisies: KISS Nail art in Yellow & Sally Hansen Xtreme nails "White On" 1 coat each

animal print nails.

Day thirteen of the 31 Day Challenge, animal print nails!
Now, I considered doing a full leopard print mani, because i've never done a full one, but I absolutely love zebra print so I couldn't resist.

White: Sally Hansen Xtreme nails "White on" 2 coats

Black: Sally Hansen Xtreme nails "Black Out" 1 coat

♥

striped nails

Day twelve of the 31 Day Challenge, striped nails!
I don't really like stripes, I don't like to do them, don't like to wear them, don't like em. But, I promised I'd do this challenge, so I will oblige!
I've been without wireless internet for the last few days so i'm gonna have to catch up now, although, I did do the manicures on their intended days!

As you can tell, it looks terrible. :|, this one was just uninspired and didn't last long.

Turquoise: Finger Paints "Tiffany Imposter" 2 coats

Purple" Wet N Wild "Bite the Bullet" 2 coats

polka dot nails.

Day eleven of the 31 Day Challenge, polka dot nails!
Now, to me, polka dots scream matte. I love love love matte polka dots. However, I lack matte polish, heh. SO, we are settling for the next best thing! :)
I typically don't wear polka dots very often because I go too quickly and just don't get them spaced out nicely. My own fault, and although I know how to solve this problem, it's possible that I never will. :)

Joe "Slate" 3 coats

Dots: Sally Hansen Xtreme wear "Black Out" 1 coat

As you can see, it's got a blueish/purpleish tint in natural light but is very grey in artificial light.

In natural light, I wouldn't exactly call it slate.

gradient nails.

Day ten of the 31 Day Challenge, gradient nails!
I think it turned out alright, for a first try at least!
I'm confident that with a little practice I could nail this one better.
I only did this on one hand for now because i'm gonna remove it and try again.

I used:

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear "Deep Purple"

Nicole by OPI "Prized Posession Purple"
Wet n Wild Wild Shine "Hallucinate"

I did this really roughly because I just wanted to try it out, next time i'm gonna do it much straighter and stay a little further from the cuticle.