Navy & Gold Swirl Nail Art

Hey everyone happy Friday finally! I feel like this week has been sooo long, is it just me? Anyway is anyone doing anything fun. I mean, I'm writing this sitting in bed watching Futurama, so this seems to be shaping up to be a fun weekend! I haven't done real nail art in a while, so it'll be fun to finally have enough time this weekend to do something. 

So the nail art today is this blue and gold swirl nail art. You all know I love navy and gold together! Keep reading to see more!

Nail Art-Dot Circles

Yay I'm back! I'm posting omg I'm not dead and I'm here again! Yayayay!
Ok so this post might get weird seeing as I didn't get back from my marching band competition till 1 am, and then i was so hyper and I couldn't fall asleep until like 2 and then I got up at like 7 and I'm going a little sleep deprivation crazy and I've been listening to epic metal lord of the rings all day...but it's good, it's all good. We got first place so it's tooootally worth it
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
And I actually did nail art for you guys! How great is that?!?!

So these are my nails today...aren't they purdy? They're like little circles made of dots, like circles made of circles! 
And OMG I used PINK! I, like, never use pink polish, like, ever! 
But then the other day I bought 3 new pink polishes and I have NO IDEA WHY!! I was in like this really girly mood. So i was like yay pink I'm gonna use all my pretty new pink polishes today!

The pink on my pinky is OPI-Chic From Ears to Tail, and it's the nice pink with a little shimmer in it, but you can't see it. And the formula sucks. Like it was so thin and watery and streaky, but top coat makes everything better and now it looks perfect so WHATEVER!!!!! 
HA

The sparkly turquoise on my index finger is this random polish i picked up in China, but gosh isn't it awesome! The white base is OPI-My Boyfriend Scales Walls. For the pink circlies, the large dots in the middle are Essie-Fiesta, and the other two are Francesca brand polishes, the light is Bridesmaid, and the dark is Stuck at Sea. God both those colors are like so illuminatingly bright i swear they glow in the dark. 
THAT'S AWESOME
For the blue nails the large dots are the random chinese nail polish, then the light blue is Zoya-Wednesday and the dark blue is Julep-Eloise.

Then I used a dotting tool to make the design, I mean, duh.
Sorry was that obnoxious?
Whatever I'm so hyper right now like I don't even care
My dotting tool got away from my in a couple places so some dots are just bigger than the others
:-/
AND LOOK HOW SPARKLY MY INDEX FINGER IS!!  And it even has pink shimmer in it so it like matches the whole blue/pink thing and I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT! Isn't that GREAT?!

So I finished with 2 coats of topcoat, yada yada yada. 
So there are awesome! Yay I'm sooooo happy that I actually got to paint my nails with something fancy for the first time in like 2 weeks!! And I love this design and I'm gonna be so distracted by my nails during class and stuff (oh please don't pretend that's never happened to you) but like WHATEVER
WOOO I'm in such a lord of the rings mood I hafta go watch the entire trilogy in a row right now. 
RIGHT NOW
Damn it I have school tomorrow.
And I have to make a cake.
LORD OF THE RINGS PICUTURE MARATHON
OMG I CAN'T EVEN SPELL PICTURE RIGHT

http://www.picturearchive.co.za/v/104719-0/Lord-of-The-Rings-Promos-Stills-LOTR182.jpg-yEnc-1-1-/

Heyheyhey bet you I can name all those characters just by their sillhoettes.

I have no idea how to spell silhouettes. Ok that was just luck.

 http://www.moviemail.com/film/dvd/The-Lord-Of-The-Rings-The-Return-Of-The-King-Extended-Edition/

http://www.imgbase.info/images/safe-wallpapers/tv_movies/the_lord_of_the_rings/16948_the_lord_of_the_rings.jpg

Heyheyhey look omg it's minas tirith hey I bet you i can tell you...some interesting fact about her that I can't think of right now

http://rosikifish.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/eowyn-fighting.jpg

Heyhey look it's Eowyn guess what she's like my favorite character ever
This is my definition of bad ass
Sorry Buffy
But I mean, how can she not be awesome? Her name has WIN in it!
Well not really
And she kills this baddie:

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100309195059/lotrfanon/images/7/7d/Lord_of_nazgul.jpg

Via grammatical error
Just kidding
She killed him because she's the best
Ok I'm done now
Sorry about this guys
Bye
~Nova

P.S
Eowyn wins. 
I had to get that out

Sunday Nail Art-The Resistance

Hi everyone! Gosh I'm SO excited to share my nails with you guys today! So if any of you know me, or even if this is your first time on this blog you can just check out the pics on the sidebar, you might see that I'm kind of a fan of the band Muse. 
Correction: Muse is my ALL TIME favorite band. Of all time. *Ever*
So first a little background, in case you've never heard of them. Muse is a UK band that formed in 1994, and consists of 3 members. They have released 6 studio albums, Showbiz, Origins of Symmetry, Absolution, Black Holes & Revelations, The Resistance, and The 2nd Law. Just saying...I own all 6. They have been nominated for 5 Grammy awards, and their 5th studio album, The Resistance, was their first album to win a grammy, for best rock album.
Ok so...nails:
Also I was totally listening to Muse on my ipod while doing these so :P

This manicure was inspired by the album art of The Resistance. Yayy! Glitter!
Let me just apologize now because I took like 50 pictures. These nails were just so sparkly and awesome I couldn't help it.

So the base here is Julep-Michelle. It's this awesome dark grey blue that's sorta almost black, but it's not, it's blue. God I just have such a love for navy/dark blue polishes! I must have at least like 5 navy polishes that are all basically the same color.

Michelle is a really great color and it's got a nice formula this is 1-2 coats, only some nails really needed the second. 
After that I applied a coat of Orly-Etoile to give it a nice silver shimmer. It's supposed to replicate the stars from the album cover. I sorta forgot to photograph this part :/

And after that came the glitter! Yayy! I picked this glitter up from Michaels. so technically it's "craft" glitter, but I was like wtf craft glitter=nail glitter, so voila. 

Basically the second I saw the awesome large hex glitter I knew I wanted to do nail art based on The Resistance. 

The design on the album has like a lot of gaps and holes in this honeycomb like pattern, so I tried to leave gaps between the glitters on my nails. My camera sort of fails at picking up sparkly stuff, but in person the design is definitely more visible. I tried not to get too glitter happy :)

On the thumbs I sorta wanted to do like the center of the album, where the Earth is in the middle of everything, but like I said, I GOT GLITTER HAPPY :0 I had like no room left to put the Earth. Oops. I did it a little better on my left hand:

I was able to leave more room in the middle of the nail. But still no earth :(
I used both large and small hex glitter in this design, cuz you can see on the album the hexagons get smaller and smaller. 

After I placed all the glitter I used a toothpick and white polish to make larger stars. 

I finished this design with THREE coats of top coat (!) cuz I really wanted the surface of the nail to be smooth and I didn't want the glitter sticking up or falling off. That's the only thing with large glitter, it tends to stick up in places. Other than that it's AWESOME. 

Overall I LOVE these nails! And the great thing is, even if you don't know what in the world Muse is (although you should!! They Rock! Literally!!) this design still looks really cool! I don't ever wanna take these off, they're like the coolest thing I've ever done.

Whew modesty be daaaamned.

 I guess I should also say that The Resistance really isn't my favorite Muse album at all...I just looove the album cover. clearly. My fave album by Muse has to be Absolution. I mean really, somebody go and listen to that album right now because I love it and it is fantastic.

So is anyone else here a Muse fan? Or is it just me...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Muse_melbourne28012010.jpg

Yay Muse!

Anyway I hope you all liked this post and found it......ready for this....amusing 

:D

I know I know...I'm pathetic and I suck

I should just not be allowed to say words

Ok bye guys

~Nova

Independence Day Mani!

Hello and happy fourth of July my fellow Americans! Anyone going to see fireworks later? I'm not sure if I'm going, I haven't really been into fireworks lately. Just a bunch of people gathered to see pretty lights with loud booms and then get choked by smoke. I don't like going to crowded places, so fourth of July fireworks=unnecessary social contact. 
However, I decided to get a little into the fourth of July spirit with an independence day manicure!

Originally I wasn't even planning on doing a red white and blue manicure because I don't really like those colors together. But I figured I'd have to show my patriotism in some way, so what better way for me than on my nails!

The white base is Kleancolor-White, while the red is Essie-She's Pampered and the blue is Essie-Butler Please. The accent nails are Julep-Michelle with Milani-Diamond Dazzle glitter on top. I used a fan brush to do the red and blue zig zaggy stripes. 

There's a piece of rogue copper glitter on my index finger :P
Here's a close up of my accent nails. I tried little fireworks on them with glitter. I wish I had more colors of bar glitter, but I only have gold. The silver glitter I pulled from another polish. Note to self-buy more bar glitter.

It's kind of funny, because my friend was always joking that I should take mini firecrackers and attach them to my nails, and then I could fire them off and have mini fireworks! So these mini firecracker nails are dedicated to her ;)
I also really like this "firecracker" design. I might have to use those in another manicure sometime!

More fireworks on my thumbs yay.

So that's all I have for today! Anyone have fun fourth of July plans? Whatever they are, I hope you enjoy, and I'll see you next time!

Julep-Eloise

Hello everyone! Happy first day of summer! Hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather! Today's post will be a short one cuz I gotta run to a birthday party after this. The polish I'll be showing you all today is Julep-Eloise. This is a nice blue-grey creme. It's a very soft looking shade, but dark at the same time. I love colors like this.

These photos are showing the color a little darker than in real life. While the polish does apply a little darker than bottle color, it's not as dark as these pictures. It's hard to see the grey undertones in these pictures, but it's definitely there!

 The formula on this was a little streakier than expected, but not too bad. I used 2 coats for these pictures. For most polishes I wouldn't be upset about having to use 2 coats, but seeing as Julep bottles are FREAKING TINY(see picture below) and are als FREAKING EXPENSIVE, I kinda hoped it would only require one coat. I was sort of hesitant about swatching my Juleps, because I didn't want to waste them! They dry pretty fast, and also nice and shiny. These pictures do not have top coat.

The bottle color in this picture is closer to what the polish looks like on the nail. It's really pretty! I love smoky grey looking colors.
Julep costs $14 (!!) each(!!!!!) for a bottle that only has .27 fl oz, which is about half of a normal bottle (!!!!!) I did get all my Juleps on a sale though, when I first signed up on their website. It's kind of complicated, but I got 4 bottles for about $10 (!) and then 2 more later. But I'm not going back to that site and paying $14 for a teeny tiny bottle. 
You can find Juleps on their website, and at places like Sephora.
That's it for today's post have a good rest of the day!