Valentines Day Nails 2018

Hello all! <3 Your Polish Pal is still alive! Barely... just kidding. Or am I? :| 

I have to admit that pink is one of my favorite colors, so it was time to pull out some dainty nail art for Valentines Day. I did these nails about a week ago but finally have some spare time to upload photos. :) Keep reading for more photos and a quick life update!

White Cat and Polka Dot Nails

Hello, hello! Have you guys seen those white cat nails with the black polka dots that have been floating around the internet for a while? They are so cute that I decided to finally take the time to recreate them on my nails! This kitty just looks so cute with the classic polka dots. :) Keep reading to view more photos of these cat nails!

La Tour Eiffel

Salut toute le monde! Aujourd'hui, j'ai les ongles qu'ont inspirés par Paris! And yes, I'm going to stop talking in French because I don't want to make a fool out of myself with all the mistakes. xD But yes, just for the record, I can "speak" French. Of course my speaking isn't the best (I need to practice my accent more!) but I'm getting better at reading. ;) Without further ado though, let's check out my Paris nails

Valentine's Day Nails & Heart Tutorial

I know, I know... What the heck? Valentine's day in September? Well... You all know I just recently bought white polish (FINALLY, honestly! White, black, and the basic ROYGBIV rainbow colors are essential to nail art!), so I decided to get a little cutesy. :) I don't have a full tutorial on all my nails, but they're pretty basic and I'll try to explain them once you see some adorable pictures! Look below!

Here I have a tic-tac-toe with hearts (my favorite nails), "I <3 U", many hearts and some polka dots, "LOVE" (I originally had a heart as the "O" but then switched later... What ever you prefer though works!) and a large pink heart that I outlined in black! So for the base color, I used Hard to Get by Sally Hansen and then the black, red, and light pink are just acrylic paints. I'm still playing around with them, but they are a lot easier to work with and create some neat designs!  

Here is the easiest way though to create a heart on your nails! VERY, VERY easy and cute nail art for anyone! All you need is a pencil and some paint. (You heard me, I just used a pencil to make these. No special tools).

1. Start with a dot. If you want a big heart, make a big dot, and if you want a small heart, make a small dot.

2. Add the same size dot right next to the original.

3. Now with your pencil (dotting tool, acrylic brush, etc.), draw a downwards line. (Look at box 3, see how I did that?) It doesn't matter which dot you draw the line from because you'll repeat the same process.

4. Woah! Repeat step 3 but in the opposite direction.

Creating perfect and beautiful hearts are just THAT easy. ;) This was my middle finger (hehe...) and I added several more hearts and then polka dots! I'm really sorry about the unseasonal nails, but I just thought these were just too cute and I had to share them! 

Just another look! 

And a close up on my thumb. And Mr. Green Bunny's ear. ;) I felt like it added some character to this photo so I didn't want to use another one. xD

I hope that you've enjoyed today's super simple and short tutorial and I hope I helped with some possible Valentine's Day nails. ;) So until next time, Your Polish Pal, Jenna :)

Day 5 - Blue Nails

Woaaaah! Today was a super busy day! And that is my only explanation for my simple nails. :) I finished these in 10 minutes, so if I’m lazy and refuse to make another creative today, I know that you can make cute polka dot nails too. ;) So say hello to day 5 which are blue nails! My base coat is a light baby blue called I Need A Re-Freshmint by Wet n’ Wild and the white dots are Superstar by Pure Ice.

I like this picture ;) 

The classic rocks! I don't know what I'm going to do when it's winter and there is snow... :( Move the snow and melt the ice and STILL get awesome rock pictures maybe? ;) Just kidding!

And I unfortunately will be selling the iPhone in a couple days… Ordered the box to ship it off today. :/ Can’t wait to get the iPad though. ;) I wonder how I will take pictures on that thing though. xD So, I will prepare a few days of this challenge in advance, but I won’t post them of course until I was supposed to. I just don’t know when I’ll have a camera again because I still can’t find that Canon charger. Grrr… Oh well. Tomorrow will have a VERY, VERY useful tip and tutorial. ;) Please check on by if you want to learn a secret that will change your life FOREVER. xD Errrrrr, not your life - your experience with painting your nails. ;) So stay tuned for the purple nails! :D Until next time, Your Polish Pal, Jenna :]

Wrap Around Dots: "Dotticure" #1

Hey all! I am soooooo sincerely sorry for not posting in over a week. It's been that hectic season of "back to school" (hurray) and all that good stuff. AND to top that off, the new iPhone 5 by Apple is coming out in a month! Exciting! Not if you have to sale your iPhone 4... :/ So, just a forewarning, these tutorials are going to become even harder to create. Yes, I admit I'm lazy and use an iPhone to take all my pictures, but hey! They turn out pretty decent, huh? ;) Anyway! I will unfortunately have to switch to another camera for about a month... So we will see how this goes, but if you only see a couple tutorials for this month of September, please don't worry, I'll make up for it in November! :D Okie doke! Enough of this silly jibber jabber, let's talk about today's mani. :)

 

Okay, I'm sure a lot of you guys have seen this very pretty manicure around. Something that you should also know is that it is super easy to create! And NO, you DO NOT need dotting tools. ;) Oh... and sorry about my name - I really don't know what to call this! Dot nails just seemed so boring, so what about a "dotticure"? ;) Love it! And of course there are many, so I tried to be a little more specific and since they "wrap" around your nails, that's what I decided to name them. ;) So take a look below to see the finished product and let's get started! I also decided that because of my "lame" choice of colors that did not like to be photographed at all, I will just do the full picture tutorial instead of the little one with only my thumb nail. :)

 

 

I do apologize for the colors I used. In this picture you can't really tell, but in life, they look really cute together! I tried to do a fall color scheme so I chose some golds and pinks/reds.

 

You will need:

• At least 3 colors - 1 for a base and then however many for your dots
• About 3 different sized dotting tools (I will explain later, don't worry!) Try for a big, medium, and small.

I used Dress Me Up and Harvest Moon by China Glaze and the other 3 I have forgotten and will add later because I'm at my local library using their wifi! :O Hehe.. whoops. *BAD JENNA* :( 

 



So here is Dress Me Up by China Glaze. I just really love this color! It's in between a rose pink (much darker, I know) and a tan color... My mother says it's "mauve". ;) I was like but it's like pink and brown! And yup, she says "mauve". ;)

Start off with your base coat. This will be your background for your dots.

With your big dotting tool, make a few dots around your nail like so. I used my darkest color and only could add 3-4 on my nails. Only add a couple or so because you don't want too much clutter! AHHH! I can't get over one of the most important rules - You can ALWAYS come back and add more. ;)

With your medium dotting tools, follow the same pattern you made the first time and make a couple more dots in a different color! I used a gold :) (which you can't really see... ;/ ) I made about 3-4 again of these medium sized.

Oh guess what? Repeat! :D This time you will use the same medium dotting tool or an even smaller one! Once again, I created 3-5 dots of a different shade of gold/brown.

And finally, add as many small dots in your last color as needed! I used them as "fillers" and since I used a hot pink, it also gave it a lil' spunk. :) I added 6-8 of these. This is also the time to come back and add more dots in whatever size you feel is right. :)

A closeup - You can see the colors a little more clearly :)

 

Hehe, my nails are the longest they've been in my entire life! Still short, but good, yeah, still good. ;) (Lilo & Stitch, love that movie! :D)

As I promised, I will explain the dotting tools. :) Okay, in another post I mentioned I recently bought dotting tools (eBbay, $4+free shipping) but you don't need these "fancy" tools for these nails! TRUST ME, I used just these simple things you can most likely find around the house for 4 years and created perfectly amazing nail art! So for your big dots, I'd use a sharpened wooden pencil. You can even write on a paper to dull the tip to make it bigger. Then a .7m lead mechanical pencil for medium (you don't even need the lead! The tip works just fine). A .5m lead mechanical pencil for small dots. And finally, if you even want smaller dots, pick up a tooth pick. ;)

 

Okay, so this concludes are beautiful polka dot nails! (Variation 1, don't be so excited to get done with this first one, there WILL be more, mooohahaha!) These are just one of my favorites because the endless color combinations. :) Have a ton of new nail polish to try out from your recent haul? Yeah, this "dotticure" will help you use them all in one. ;) Until next time, (which is hopefully sooner then a week :( ), you Polish Pal, Jenna =)