NOTD: Pink and Orange Leopard Print

The cold weather had me dreaming of warm summers and tropical islands so I was inspired to do this warm weather leopard print on my nails. I used Essie Soles on Fire, Essie Pin Me Pink, China Glaze Moonlight, and Sally Hansen Wild Card for this look.

What have you been wearing on your nails lately?

NOTD: Black Leopard

Here's a quick little black leopard print nail look I did after being inspired by my new lunch box. I used Marc Jacob's Enamored, a grey from Deborah Lippmann, and China Glaze Moonlight.

What do your nails currently look like?

Essie Rocky Rose Collection: Cliff Hanger

So Essie just released their new Summer/Fall collection for 2019: Rocky Rose. I purchased two of the polishes that caught my eye for review here. Overall the collection is full of earth-toned pinks, browns and oranges that transition nicely from summer to fall and flatter all skin tones including deeper people of color.  Below, I have reviewed the muted dusty brown named Cliff Hanger.

Cliff Hanger is a muted dusty brown that is a great neutral/nude on my MAC NC45/NW40 (you can find all my foundation shades HERE) girls (medium neutral brown skintone). I applied two coats over a base polish and there were no streaks. The new wide brush also makes application on the nails very easy. Overall, I really love how this color looks and performs on my nails and I'm sure it will be a fall staple this year.

I will be reviewing more polishes from this collection in the weeks to come.

Have you tried any of the Essie Rocky Rose collection polishes? Which ones were your favorite?

Nails of the Day: Abstract Nails

Today's abstract nail art features some of my favorite pinky coral polish colors: Butter London's Kerfuffle (base), Essie To Have and To Gold (accent nail), NARS Vertebra Left, and Essie Wining Streak (dots). 

What have you been wearing on your nails lately?

NOTD: Southwest Inspired Nail Art

For this southwest-inspired (American Southwest) nail art I used NARS Vertebra Right (pinky and middle finger), Julep Jess (dots), and Essie Toned Down.

What are your wearing on your nails right now?

Currently On The Nails: St. Patrick’s Day

For today’s NOTD I used OPI’s Envy the Adventure, Essie Navigate Her, OPI Pros and Bronze and Nicole by OPI Hard-Kourt Fashionista.

Review: Sally Hansen Mega Strength Nail Color in Wild Card

I found this nail polish at my local Ulta and was excited to try it out since I don't have a nice gold glitter polish. I've used Anna's from Milani for ages and finally decided I needed to get myself one. This is affordable ($4.50) and gives your nails a very through glitter coat that easily peels off for removal as well. I paint one layer on my nails, give it a few minutes to dry and fill in the holes/areas that are missing glitter with my second coat.

You can see how the polish looks in action below:

Have you found any new exciting nail polishes at the store or in your stash that you are excited to use this spring?

Currently On My Nails: OPI Envy the Adventure

Currently On My Nails: Dotticure

A simple dotticure I’m wearing this week using Essie Tart Deco, Ella and Mila My Pool Party, and Butter London Kerfuffle. 

What are you currently wearing on your nails?

IMATS Haul/Currently On My Nails: China Glaze Seduce Me

Mani Monday: Coach Purse Inspired Leopard Print

Here is a nail look that was inspired by a Coach purse. To see the purse, check me out on Instagram @makeupandmasala

NOTD: My Boyfriend Does My Nails + Stamping Hearts

As I've said before, I recently got into stamping and have made it my goal to use every stamp on all my plates. Well, my boyfriend thought stamping was pretty interesting and wanted to help me try it out. Here is our result:

I took this picture before the clean up job so I could take a good photo while there was still sunlight that day. We (or rather he) also learned not to push down on the stamp with a lot of pressure when stamping since it tends to spread out the image and make it much bolder. I used NYC's 134 French Tip White and stamped the red hearts with Essie's Ole Caliente. I actually did a gradient on the base with the white and a light purple (Essie's Lilacism) but the purple did not show.

Has your boyfriend or anyone else tried to do your nails? How did it turn out?
XOXO,

ARTSY WEDNESDAY: Designer-inspired

Today's theme was designer-inspired. I was inspired by this gorgeous Monique Lhuillier dress:

I was pleased that my idea for my nails panned out:

I used Wet n Wild Shine Black Creme as the base, and used paper reinforcements to make the half-moons. [There's a great tutorial here.] I used Wet n Wild Shy on top of the black. Last, I used one of my new Bundle Monster stamping plates, BM-20, to stamp the design on top of my half-moon manicure. 

This was my first time doing a half-moon manicure with paper reinforcements, and I learned how important it is not to use a thick polish for your top color. If the polish is too thick, then it's hard to get a clear half-moon. Also, if you accidentally put too much polish on your nail, you also don't get pretty half-moons. This was also my first time using my stamping plates; I plan on doing a review of the plates soon, and I'll include some tips on stamping there, too. Also, let me know if you would like a more detailed tutorial of this!

Be sure to check out the other girls' designer-inspired manis:

Lab Muffin - Maria's Nail Art - Unnaked Nails - Nail & Polish - An Accent Nail - Valiantly Varnished - MASPOOASE - Every Little Polish 

NAIL ART: Summer Inspired Gradient and Polka Dots

So I was inspired by the summertime (sunsets in particular out here in the desert) and some new polish colors I bought back in May to try to do my first gradient design.

I used Julep's Clara for the base's peach color and sponged the limited edition Pierre Hardy for NARS color Vertebra Left. For the dots, I used a dotting tool to carefully place Kiss Nail Art Paint in black.
Enjoy! XOXO,

Monday Nail Art: Tape and Dotting Tool Manicure

I'm super exhausted from work today so I won't do a long post. I'm just going to share some cute nail art I did over the weekend using OPI's Mrs. O'Leary's BBQ and New York Color's white polish. Sorry if the nails are a bit messy; I took the picture before the final clean up job. Also, the picture won't upload correctly so sorry the watermark is backwards/upside down.

Enjoy!
Haylee :)