Snowflakes in a Pond of Blue. . .Presents

This winter I decided to recreate one of my favorite nail art looks of last year, Snowflakes in a Pond of Blue, with a little twist - hand painted red ribbons and bows to look like wrapped presents! hehe. I did enter this in the #celebratewithpueen contest on instagram; but it was on my to do list before I knew about the contest. I've also been putting off posting this because it didn't quite live up to my expectations; but the Polish Party prompt this month is stamping with a three color gradient -  pond gradient in this case ;) - so I thought that must be my wake up call to stop hoarding and start sharing!

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate 16 Review

What better way to start off 2015 than with a nail art look inspired by Elton John's "The Circle of Life"? As soon as I saw the Born Pretty Store stamping plate 16 this song came instantly to mind; and I knew I had my inspirational song for day 22 of Chalkboard Nails 31 Day Challenge  2014 (please disregard that it's now 2015 and let me wrap up this goal from last year...heh).

Ghosts, & Tombstones, & Tutorials, Oh My!

Day 29 of Chalkboard Nails 31 Day Challenge  2014 is inspired by the supernatural and my Cult Nails polishes <- because what better polish brand in my collection to inspire this look! This year I decided to take things in a more classic direction with ghostly nails in a commentary (tombstone) setting. I wanted to create something simple that even a novice with no extra tools could recreate. For those of you who desire more of a challenge, last year I did Sleepy Hollow inspired nails with a tutorial.

Zebras be Clowning Around

I know I've skipped a few days of Chalkboard Nails 31 Day Challenge 2014 - honestly, I need to upload images from my camera and do all the work that goes along with making the posts. Alas, I'm here with day 13 where I've added a little something to my day 9 look; thus, creating a fun and funky Zebra!

Little Town Ladscape Nails

Day 7 of Chalkboard Nails 31 Day Challenge 2014 brings us to the ever popular black and white day - also known as the day I remain stumped, because I've never been a huge fan of wearing B&W. It's not that I don't enjoy the combo, but I just don't love it on my nails as much as I do on everyone else.

'80s Reloaded Skittle

Dudes and Dudettes! Today I have a phat manicure from my archives inspired by Glitter Daze Reloaded and the '80s <- when I was lucky enough to be born. Added bonus, lucky was Lacquer Legions prompt for today. Aside from a few bogus mishaps (I could not find my excellent stamper), I truly dig how my nails turned out. Honestly, who doesn't love a totally radical throwback!?

Spring Into Watercolor Flowers

I am really excited about today's post. I have been wanting to do a floral watercolor design for a while and with spring officially here, it seemed like the perfect time. I decided to go for a doodled wallpaper design, which came out just as I had hoped. If you like these nails, please follow my link to vote for them in the Nailpolis Spring Contest by March 31st.

Be My Paisley Valentine

Hello lovelies! Today I'm excited to share with you my paisley Valentine nails. I am a huge fan of paisley, but never have it on my nails because polish always gets stringy before I can complete all the details. Thus, I finally took the plunge into acrylic paints and I'm so happy I did! Wondrously Polished does beautiful nail designs with acrylics, including a recent paisley print. I did enter these nails in the Barielle and Nailpolis Valentine's contest; so if you like them I would appreciate the vote. There are some truly beautiful looks you should check out in the contests too!

Magenta Fetish Skittlette

Hello all! I have finally returned from my vacation, which I had planned to share I was going on with a few posts (this included) but brilliantly left my computer (and in turn photos) behind. I guess life was trying to tell me to stop working so much, if only for a short period of time. All the same, I am glad to be back and sharing a simple, but beautiful manicure featuring a couple polishes from the LVX Winter Resort 2014 Collection.