Festive Half Moons

Today is officially my first day of my last winter break that I will ever have! I will be out of school for about three weeks, so I will try and do as much nail related stuff as possible! Here are some half moons using some new polishes released for fall:

It has been quite rainy here in Northern California (surprisingly), and this weekend was supposed to be dry and sunny, so I of course wore some holos!

These are holos are both from the Cirque Burlesque Collection released for fall this year. I snagged these during her Black Friday Sale, which I believe was 20% off.... I am trying to do as many festive themed nails as possible, and I think these work well.

The gold/olive green is Cirque- Harlow. I used two coats, although you could easily get one coat if your nails are really short. I top coated that, placed my half moon stickers, and applied a thickish coat of Cirque- Josephine, which is a beautiful deep forest green! I have a lot of holos now, so when I see one in a shade I don't have, I kind of freak out, which is what I kind of did with this whole collection. Although I only got three of the four released.You definitely need these, they are super high quality, come in beautiful packaging, and the formulas are like butter, just like all the other Cirque colors I have tried.

Lastly, the textured polish on my ring finger is Zoya- Chita (Pixiedust Collection Fall 2013). One of the best Pixiedusts out there in my opinion! It is pretty much one coat, even with my nails at this longer length, but I went ahead and did two coats.

Stay tuned for more festive nails

Orange Skittle

I have been super into doing skittle nails lately. It comes in handy when you have a lot of untried polishes and just can't decide what to do! Here is what I did:

The awesome glitter is Lush Lacquer/Polish Me Silly- Summer Lovin which is now discontinued. It is a mix of medium white and blue hexagonal glitters, along with some large pink hexagonal glitter, all in a lightly tinted orange base. Since the base is so light, I layered it over two coats of OPI- Where Did Suzi's Mango? (Brazil Collection Spring 2014), which is also one of the colors used in the water marble.

The other two colors used in my water marble are also from the OPI Brazil collection. The yellow is OPI- I Just Can't Cope-Acabana, and the darker orange is OPI- Toucan Do It If You Try.

Lastly, the orange textured polish on my middle finger is Zoya- Beatrix (Pixiedust Collection Summer 2013). I used two coats of that.

KB Shimmer Skittle

I lied on the last post. I am going to post my fourth of July nails tomorrow, on the actually holiday. Here is a skittle I did, which I thought was a good idea at the time, not really feelin it:

I think this would have been much better without the grey on my pinky....

The color on my index and middle finger is KB Shimmer- Make My Grey (Spring Collection 2014). I love this polish! It is a light grey crelly base, packed with large, medium, and small coral, navy, and purple hexagonal glitters, and some random purple squares in there. I will never get tired of grey polishes.

The color on my pinky is KB Shimmer- When The Doves Sigh (Spring Collection 2014). This is such a fun mix of glitters, but just didn't go with these other polishes like I thought it would. It is a dark grey base, almost a one coater, with too many glitters to describe.... It is just a variety of purple, pink, and blue glitters in various shapes and sizes, and a light sprinkle of small holographic glitters.

Lastly, the textured polish is Zoya- Nyx. It is a dusty blue shade, but kind of has a little grey in it too, which is why I paired it with these polishes. I used two coats for all the polishes.

Simple Swatch(es)- Hare Polish and Zoya

I did these swatches a while ago, but just haven't gotten around to posting them. It is a simple pink themed manicure:

The awesome glitter texture is Zoya- Cosmo (Magical Pixiedust Spring 2014). It is definitely more textured than the traditional pixiedusts, and a little harder to remove as well. I used 2 coats, and application was very easy.

The pink on my index and middle finger is Hare Polish- Down on the West Coast (Viva Los Angeles Collection Spring/Summer 2014). I died when I first saw swatches of this polish! It is so unique. It is a dusty pink base loaded with purple, orange and gold flakies. I used two coats, and formula was STUNNING.

Lastly, the polish on my pinky is Hare Polish- Flight of the Flamingos (The Tropics are Calling Summer Collection 2013). I have been wanting this for a while now, and finally snagged it when her summer collection released this year. It is kind of an off white crelly base, loaded with large hot pink squares and hexagonal glitters, along with small gold and hot pink hexagonals. Again, amazing Hare polish formula as always! I used 2 coats.

Simple Swatch: Zoya + Jindie Nails

I went camping this past weekend and I was pretty sad face to find out it would be raining. We have been camping in the rain plenty of times, but it is just better when there is no rain, especially in the redwoods! So, I decided to paint my nails super girly and bright to cheer me up:

The super sparkly chunky textured polish is Zoya- Lux (Magical Pixiedust Collection 2014) I really like the look of this polish, but the formula is a little thick, and it chipped super fast unlike the other pixidusts. Maybe it just chipped on me so fast since I was camping. It was two coats. I am really excited for the new Magical Pixiedusts!

The polish on my middle and ring finger is Jindie Nails- Talk Nerdy To Me. LOVE this polish. This had been on my wishlist forever until my nail mail buddy got it for me. It is a slightly crelly pastel pink base, loaded with hot pink and blue microglitters, It was an easy two coats!

Zoya Pixiedusts

Here is a simple quick manicure I did a few days ago. That is when textured polishes really come in handy, when you don't have enough time to do your nails!

This is actually after two days of wear, too. You can see minimal tip wear, which is impressive since I am kind of rough with my nails at work, and wash my hands like 50 times a day.

The champagne color is Zoya- Tomoko (Fall Pixiedust 2013). And the Green is Zoya- Vespa (Fall Pixiedust 2012). Both were two coats. I got both of these when Zoya had their three polishes for "free" promotion. Love them, these will be a go to when I have no time to do my nails but want to switch it up!

Here is a slightly blurry shot so you can see the sparkle more.

Pixiedust Half Moons

If i had to choose to do only one nail art technique for the rest of my life, it would be half moons! I especially love them with textured polishes. Here is what I came up with:

I started off with two coats of OPI- Don't Pretzel My Buttons (Germany Collection Fall 2012). Then after applying a fast drying top coat, I used my binder paper reinforcement stickers to make the half moon shape as always.

I used one thick coat of Zoya- London (Pixiedust collection Fall 2013). I don't know what happened on the edge of my nail....I also had some shrinking on my tips! Not my best half moons....