Tuesday, April 15, 2014

2014 Easter Inspiration

Hi Everyone!

Get your eggs and dye ready; Easter is coming up this weekend! Growing up, my family celebrated Easter by dying our eggs different colors of the rainbow. I remember I used to enjoy that activity so much; maybe I should do it again this year. How do you all celebrate Easter? 

Speaking of Easter, I designed and painted my nails dedicated to 2014 Easter. I made each nail look like an Easter egg with cute and colorful patterns that you would see on decorated Easter eggs. Overall, I think I am improving on painting/designing my nails. I am still a beginner when it comes to painting my nails, but I am happy of how my Easter-themed nails turned out. What do you all think of my nails?

  2014 Easter Inspired Nails

Materials Used: 
Base Coat by Beauty Secrets
Super Finish French White
 Do You Like Lilac? by O.P.I
 Light Up by J Cats Beauty
 Texas by J Cats Beauty
 Acid Green by J Cats Beauty
 Black by Nina Ultra Pro
 For Audrey by China Glaze
 Conga Line by Confetti
 Spray On Fast dry- Formula X by Sephora
Fast Dry Top Coat by Seche Vite

Did anyone else paint their nails to an Easter theme? If so, leave me a comment below to share what you did to your nails! Please also feel free to leave me nail painting tips in the comment section. 
Thank you!
 
 Happy Easter to all! 

  Mika

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Spring 2014 Inspiration!

Hi everybody!

Happy Spring to all! What are some of your favorite things about Spring? I love the in-between weather where it isn't too hot or too cold and the beautiful sight of mother nature blooming to life painting the earth with every color in existence. :) 

To celebrate the change in season, I painted my nails in a Spring theme.

Spring 2014 Inspired Nails!


Materials Used
Beauty Secrets Base Coat
625 "For Audrey" by China Glaze 
22 "Jumpin' Jade" Instant Dry by Sally Hansen (Grass- bottom layer)
630 "Tough Luck" by Sally Hansen (Grass- top layer)
110 "Hard to Get" by Sally Hansen 
Neon Yellow by Delia's
Beauty Secrets Top Coat
 Drying Spray- Formula X for Sephora

What do you all think? I'm proud of how my nails turned out; it's so cute and pretty. :) The only thing I had issues with is that I have air bubbles trapped under my top coat layer on a few of my fingers. Do any of you have any advice on how I may prevent this from happening in the future? If so, please share it with me in the comments below; thank you for your advice.

This time I didn't design my nail design but followed the instructions shared by Bubzbeauty. She is a very talented and inspiring makeup guru on YouTube; thank you for all that you do for your followers, Bubz! Here is a link to her tutorial: Perfect Spring Nails Tutorial by Bubzbeauty; check it out!

Did anyone else paint their nails to a Spring theme? Please leave me comments below to share what you did to your nails! I look forward to hearing from some of you!


Mika