Paint It Black

For today's prompt, "inspired by a song," I decided to do some nail art inspired by The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Bla...

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Flower of Life Sacred Geometry Nail Art

Today's challenge prompt is geometric. I wanted to attempt some sacred geometry, and a quick Google search revealed that I would probabl...

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Rose Gold Ikat Patterned Nails

Today's 31 Day Challenge prompt really stumped me. It's "gradient," which seemed to trip me up with its simplicity! I did...

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TUTORIAL: Bordeaux Gradient with Jewelry Half Moons, Inspired by Forever For a Year

This tutorial post is sponsored by Macmillan.  Today's nail art tutorial is inspired by B.T. Gottfred's novel, Forever For a Year . ...

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Girly Gradient Nail Art with EverGlaze by China Glaze

This spring, China Glaze throws their hat into the ring of longwearing polish systems, joining the ranks of lines like CND's Vinylux and...

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Is It Spring Yet? This Linework Nail Art Seems to Think So!

Spring is a lovely time, isn't it? I think it may be my favorite season. Besides the gorgeous temperatures and blooming flora, spring br...

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We All Know the Sharks In Katy Perry's Halftime Show Were the Real Super Bowl MVPs

Look, I enjoy football and all, but I think we can all agree that the dancing sharks in Katy Perry's halftime show were the true stars o...

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Dragon Scale Nail Art with Chloe & Bella

There are some new polishes on the block and they are gor-geous! You may have tried ultrachrome flakies, but you haven't lived till you...

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Teen Create Space Beginner Nail Art Workshop (Plus Giveaway!)

Recently, a friend of mine reached out and asked if I would be interested in teaching an hour-long nail art workshop for teens ages 12-18 at...

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TUTORIAL: Give In to the Darkness, Inspired by Nail'd It!

Have you been keeping up with Oxygen's Nail'd It! , the nail art competition show? I've been watching it every week! I love how ...

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Nailbox Pre-Fall '14 Trendbox Geometric Gradient Nail Art and Giveaway

As you may recall, back in August I showed off the Nailbox Pre-Fall 2014 Trendbox , which I curated! The box includes four nail polishes pl...

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Bright-to-Vampy Sexy Pink Gradient

If you follow me on Instagram , you saw a shot of this manicure quite a while ago. It took me a bit to get it up on the blog because of the ...

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Tattered Monochromatic Spray Marble

I never look forward to the water marble day of the 31 Day Challenge . This year, instead of putting myself through all of the pain, I went ...

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Handpainted Geometric Gradient Facets

One difficult thing about the 31 Day Challenge , for me, is that even if you have extenuating circumstances (like, say, you fall asleep watc...

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Fireflies in the Field at Sunset

We don't have fireflies where I live, and I've always been fascinated by them. I've spotted them off the side of the road on a c...

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