Happy St Patrick's Day!

Of course I had to paint my nails green!

I ended up wearing Julep "Leah" with Kleancolor "Holiday Jingle" on the tips along with Julep "Sienna" and Butter London "West End Wonderland"

My friends and I went to Rip Current Brewery in San Marcos, CA for their 1 year anniversary party on Saturday. We had purchased tickets prior to the event which got us 10 tasters and a take home bottle. It was a lot of fun! Breweries are kind of our thing. haha We went out elsewhere later that night and wore a few St Patricks day things to celebrate early.

tempeh tacos from MishMash Gourmet food truck!

Spooky Nails

 I realized with only a week and a half until Halloween that I should get some appropriate nail art in!

This first look is a no name/brand orange glitter I bought from Rite Aid last year as part of a Halloween pack. I layered it over China Glaze "Liquid Leather" (vegan).

Next we have NYX "Gilded Glitter" (vegan) over China Glaze "Velvet Bow" (vegan). I love how vampy this shade of red is!

And of course I had to do some fun Halloween designs! The base polish is Julep "Sasha" (vegan). THe black I used is "Liquid Leather" again.

Gradients, Of Course!

Two gradient looks this week. I swear I never tire of them. I like using a makeup sponge to apply the second colour at the tips.

Nina Pro "Like Butta" (vegan) with Salon Perfect "Exploded" (I couldn't find info on whether this is vegan or not).

For this one I started with Zoya "Avery" (vegan) and topped it with Wet n Wild "Diamond in the Rough" (vegan).

Cherry Dots

Did this simple cherry look the other day and am currently wearing it. The base is Zoya "Purity" (vegan). The red is Zoya "Sooki" (vegan) and the green Bettina "Mojito"

For this look I used Color Club "Revvvolution" (vegan) and topped it with Julie G "Dots n Stripes" (vegan).  Simple but I loved it!

Fan Nail

Mari Moon Hits "Artsy" is still a favourite of mine. Pictures really don't do it justice! The blue/purple shift is the most noticeable but in poorer lighting (like the bottom left pic) you can see the goldish hue as well. Love it. 

This is a new look I tried using a makeup fan brush. I was inspired by this tutorial. Loved how it turned out! The colours gave it a sunset type look which was cool. I used a base of Zoya "Arizona" (vegan) and then added NYC "Lexington Yellow" (vegan), Julep "Cameron" (vegan) and Zoya "Shelby" (vegan).

Color Me Monthly

This purple polish is something new. I stumbled across the brand Color Me Monthly which is a subscription service that sends you a bottle of polish each month. It was only $1 so I thought I'd give it a try. Normally it is $7 a month. This shade is called "Summer Tryst" (vegan). It's a very pretty shade and it does have a bit of rose coloured shimmer to it. It is a bit sheer but obviously not overly so or else this nail art wouldn't have worked out.  I used nail striping tape to get this look. It's a bit time consuming cutting the strip and putting them on but overall it's a pretty easy look to do. I recommend putting all of the strips on at once except your thumbs but only paint one finger at a time. Once it's painted pull of those strips right away. If you let it dry, it'll start to pull at the paint and mess up your design.  The base colour here is a franken.

This was a bit tricky to do just because my black polish (Wet n Wild "Black Creme" (vegan)) was giving me problems. It's supposed to look like ribbons. The pink is a favourite of mine, Zoya "Shelby" (vegan). It just screams Barbie to me!

More Gradient Nails

I never grow tired of gradient manicures- love them! I started with a base of Color Club "Alias" (vegan) which has this gorgeous blue flash to it! It was hard to capture in pictures but it's very noticeable in person, especially in the sun.  Then I used a sponge to add Zoya "Noot" (vegan) to half of te nail. Finally, I added Zoya "Aurora" (vegan) to give it some gorgeous holo sparkle! 

This look was inspired by this one. I started with Zoya "Purity" (vegan) as the white base. Then I added some nail striping tape. Finally I used a makeup sponge to dab on Zoya "Maya" (vegan), OPI "Planks a Lot" and Zoya "Zuza" (vegan).  I think it's a pretty cool, unique look!

Party Mani

This is the crazy looking manicure I wore in Vegas. I didn't plan it out, just new I wanted random neon designs over a holographic polish.  It actually wasn't all that sunny in Vegas, just super hot, so the holo didn't make a big appearance. But I love me some neon!  The base polish is Color Club "Worth the Risque" (vegan). The pink is China Glaze "Flip Flop Fantasy" (vegan), yellow is Sinful Colors "Neon Melon" (vegan), black is China Glaze "Liquid Leather" (vegan) and the peach shade is Julep "Teri" (vegan).

For my birthday I wore this. I'm feeling the animal print lately! On my nails anyway. The  base is Zoya "Maya" (vegan) which is a jelly polish. The white is Julep "Kate". Both studs are from Born Pretty Store.

Independence Day Nails

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Happy 4th of July!

I added onto my Canada Day mani to create this look. The blue is Zoya "Natty" (vegan) and the glitter is Julep "America" (vegan).

Mani Catch Up

I skipped this post last week because I couldn't find some of the pictures so I have extra for you this week!

First up is a crackle mani. I know, crackle is so last year or whatever but I wanted to give it another go. I thought it would be cool layering it over a somewhat similar colour. I really liked it but somehow only ended up with these two craptastic pictures! Not sure what happened.  Anyway this is Salon Perfect Crackle (unknown) in a gold shade over Julep "Nikki" (vegan).

This simple look is Julep "Shenae" (vegan) topped with Ludurana "Flocado" (unknown).

This was my favourite of this week. I know I've said it before but I just love these Born Pretty Store studs! Also, Jessie's Girl "Mermaid's Lagoon" (vegan) is such a gorgeous, rich shade. Although I do wish the gold flash you see in the bottle showed up on the nail.

I currently have this on. China Glaze "Flip Flop Fantasy" (vegan)" topped with a spectraflair topcoat. Perfect for the sunny weather we are now having!

I've had this no name Rite Aid glitter since November and hadn't worn it yet! I actually really like it though. I like that it is pink and purple. The base is OPI "Planks a Lot".