Geometric Triangles With Pops Of Color

Hey all, sorry I've been bad blogger lately. I've been busy all last week, one of my friends visited from California and we went on college tours for several days. So yeah I've been away, and unable to blog. I'm not sure how much time I'm gonna have in the coming weeks, I'm not really going to be home much and I'm leaving for China on Friday. But I've got some nail art for today!

FIFA World Cup Final-Germany Nails

Yes I finally did them...My WORLD CUP NAILS!! If any of you lovely readers have been on the blog the past couple weeks, you've probably heard me mention the World Cup more than a few times. Well I've been holding out, and the final match if finally coming up on SUNDAY! As I predicted, Germany is competing in the final, and I've been rooting for the German team since day 1. I love the German team, even when they beat the US (what feels like a long time ago in the group stages), I didn't feel badly about it, because the German team is just so superb! So I've decided to show my support on my nails. 

Detailed Delicate Pattern With Pink Accents

Well I really couldn't think of a better title for this post. I tried, but I have no idea what to call this. I tried my hand with another detailed design, with the help of my trusty teeny detailing brush, and I kinda like the end result here! Keep reading to see the rest!

4th Of July Texture Swirl Nail Art

Hi everyone and happy Independence Day to all my American readers! I finally have my 4th of July mani here to post, I've been super busy but I managed to get some nail art in haha! My independence day nails are these cool textured swirly designs, keep reading for more!

Orange Bows

Hey hey everyone! So YAYYY for the US for surviving that group of death right?! No one thought we could do it, but the American team performed excellently and we were determined, and we made it through! AND over Portugal and Ghana! You can't blame me for being so happy about this. 
I don't have any nail art that's at all related, but I DO have these orange bows! 

Daisy Nail On Mint

I have a really old post today that I just totally forgot about posting...oops. Sorry guys. Stuff just sometimes gets lost in my drafts. 
Also German vs Portugal? Anyone? INTENSE STUFF MAN! I mean that red card?? Damn dude! I'm writing this during halftime, so it'll be quick before the game starts again.
Keep on reading guys!

Colorful Watercolor Nails

Hello hello I found time in my busy weekend to do this post for you all! I have like a 20 minute window here so this is gonna be a quickie. This is a pretty old mani that just got lost in my other posts, but I actually really like these so I can't believe I never posted them until now! 

Red & White Paisley Nails

Hi lovelies and happy Friday! Has anyone else felt like this was a looong week? I have a busy weekend too, lot's of english papers and physics labs that aren't going to do themselves! Sorry I've been a bad blogger this past week, but I have an awesome post for you all today!
I did these red and white paisley pattern nails over the weekend, but haven't gotten around to posting them yet. Finally my friend who saw them at school was like "Come one Nova you have to post them on your blog!" so yeah I did! That was like 2 weeks ago haha keep reading below for more!

Black & White Pattern Nails

Hey guys! Sorry I've been absent for so long :/ I've been busy studying for tests (including my permit test ;) and prepping for midterms which start in less than 2 weeks ahh! So yeah there hasn't been a whole lot of time for blogging, though I have still been painting my nails. I've got a couple catch up posts planned so no worries!
Today I've got a clean classy black and white geometric-y design to show you guys.

Sunday Nail Art-Chicago inspired!

Hello hope everyone's having a good weekend! Today's nail art is inspired by my favorite musical ever: Chicago! If anyone else has seen it it's amazing and is like a serious feel good movie for me, which is weird seeing as its terribly dark. I wasn't feeling terribly up to nail art today, so I thought I would just do something with loose glitter. I watched the movie for like the third time the other night with some friends, so today when I was thinking of glittery designs, Chicago obviously came to mind. I was also listening to the Chicago soundtrack while doing these (<3<3<3) so I was super Chicago geeked out. 

The black nails with red glitter were based on Billy Flynn's (my fave character!) suit in the song Razzle Dazzle (also one of my favorite songs!):

This is probably my favorite outfit in the movie. Gotta love that red glitter pinstripe suit! I knew I had to some sort of nail art with it!

Those nails were also kind of problematic. I knew I wanted to have a matte background with bright glitter, but I didn't really know how to have a matte background without matting the glitter too, which I didn't want to. So I applied the matte top coat and put the glitter on top, but I wasn't sure if the glitter was gonna just fall out, so I took a striping brush and put some Seche Vite on top of just the glitter. It looks sort of bumpy now and I'm not quite a fan of it, but I couldn't see any other way to do it. 

The white accent nails were based on Velma and Roxie's dresses in the final number of the movie:

It's sorta hard to see here but their dresses have thin lines of silver glitter on a white iridescent background.
These nails were easier. After a white base, I used a thin coat Milani-Diamond Dazzle, which is a densely packed fine iridescent glitter in a clear base, on top. It's hard to see the pretty iridescence in these pictures but it's really pretty in real life. Then I placed the silver glitter in diagonal lines across. 

The hardest part of these nails was getting all the damn glitter in a straight line. You can see I didn't really do that good of a job of that, especially with the diagonal lines. 

I like these nails a lot, even though the glitter was a pain in the ass. I swear my left hand was trembling when placing that glitter! I just hope these nails last and that the red glitter doesn't all fall off. 
So has anyone else seen Chicago?! It's great I hafta say my fave song is probably the Cell Block Tango (whose isn't?!) but I love We Both Reached for the Gun, All That Jazz, Razzle Dazzle, and of course, When You're Good to Mama...
I quote that song all the time in order to get people to do stuff for me
 Enjoy the rest of your weekend, I'll see you guys next time!

OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls

Good afternoon everyone! Today I have another polish favorite:OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. This is a pretty popular shade for being that sort of white that is barrrely grey, and I totally agree! Plain out white always looked too stark for me, so this color is just perfect. I had been looking for it for a while, because one the nail polish retailers where I shop for some reason never got the OPI Amazing Spiderman collection, so I was really upset. Then one day I was there just lookin round and I saw it sitting on the shelf! I practically jumped for joy lol! So here it is My Boyfriend Scales Walls:

I know I know the lighting is all dark horrible. I'm still working on finding the ideal place to photograph good sunlight pictures. Hopefully you can see the color well enough to tell that it's basically white. But not quite:P It's like sneaky, there's just a hint of darker grey that sort of got all mixed with the white. It's awesome! The formula was great I only needed 2 coats to get this nice and creamy and opaque. I love using it as a base for nail art and glitter and stuff like that. OPI really nailed the color with this one. Thanks for reading guys I'll see you next time!