ARTSY WEDNESDAY: Inspired by a tutorial

I decided to try a Saran Wrap mani this week. It was inspired by this tutorial from Nailed It. I LOVE the graphic she made for the tutorial!

For my version, I used Sephora by O.P.I Havana Dreams and Maybelline Sapphire Siren. I mattified the look using Sally Hansen Big Matte Top Coat. [I LOVE this top coat and highly recommend it!!!] I painted a layer of Havana Dreams first, and once it dried, I painted a coat of Sapphire Siren on top and dabbed the wet nail polish with Saran Wrap. The great part about this is that if you don't like how it looks when you dab off some nail polish, you can just add more and try again! :)

Check out the other girls' manicures:

Lab Muffin - Nail & Polish - An Accent Nail - Valiantly Varnished - MASPOOASE - Makeup and Masala - Every Little Polish

ARTSY WEDNESDAY: Neutral nails

This week's theme was neutral. My nails were inspired by the Maybelline "Dare to Go Nude" ad:

From Musings of a Muse

I was short on time, so I did not have as much time to do and photograph my nails as I normally like. :(

I used Sally Hansen Big Money for the gold base and NYC Prospect Park Bloom on top.

Check out the other girls' neutral manicures:

Lab Muffin - Unnaked Nails - Nail & Polish - An Accent Nail - Valiantly Varnished - MASPOOASE - Makeup and Masala - Every Little Polish

ARTSY WEDNESDAY: Inspired by a song

I saw Frozen a few months ago, and I couldn't get the song "Let It Go" out of my head. Here's a video of the song from YouTube:

Here are the nails I did:

I did the gradient using Sally Hansen Pacific Blue and sponged on Rimmel 60-Second Nail Polish in Mintilicious. I then topped them with a coat of China Glaze Luxe and Lush.

Check out the other girl's manicures:

Lab Muffin - Unnaked Nails - Nail & Polish - An Accent Nail - Valiantly Varnished - MASPOOASE - Makeup and Masala - Every Little Polish

SWATCH & REVIEW: MAC Diva lipstick

It's still winter, and so dark red, vampy lip colors are still going strong. My favorite is MAC Diva:

Diva is a very vampy dark, burgundy red on lighter skin tones, but on mine, it just looks like a very solid, "pin-up" dark red. I wore it for 6 hours with eating and it stayed in place well. It looked great in post-meal pictures!

I love this color! It's pigmented and, because it is matte, there is very little transfer. Of course, because this lipstick is matte, you have to exfoliate before using the lipstick, and this lipstick can be drying.

ARTSY WEDNESDAY: Metallic nails

This barely qualifies as metallic, but I really wanted to do this gradient and I figured...silver counts as metal, right? ;)

The base is Essie Chincilly and the glitter is Julep Paris. Sorry, my skin looks strange in this picture, I have no idea why. 

Check out the other girl's manicures:

Lab Muffin - Unnaked Nails - Nail & Polish - An Accent Nail - Valiantly Varnished - MASPOOASE - Makeup and Masala - Every Little Polish

Artsy Wednesday: Polka dots

Today nails were kinda inspired by a Kate Spade phone case I saw and loved:

It's very simple, but I was just in the mood from something simple this week. I used Wet n Wild French White Creme for the base, and OPI Designer De Better for the polka dots and accent nail.

Check out the other girl's manicures:

Lab Muffin - Unnaked Nails - Nail & Polish - An Accent Nail - Valiantly Varnished - MASPOOASE - Makeup and Masala - Every Little Polish

ARTSY WEDNESDAY: White nails

This week's theme was white. I did a white and silver manicure using striping tape. I used OPI Designer De Better and Wet n Wild French White Creme. This was definitely pretty time consuming, but I think it was worth it:

Check out the other girl's manicures:

Lab Muffin - Unnaked Nails - Nail & Polish - An Accent Nail - Valiantly Varnished - MASPOOASE - Makeup and Masala - Every Little Polish