Two Tone Hearts and a House

Oooo what a busy month July has turned out to be. My boyfriend and I bought a house! It is our first home and we are beyond excited. I had no idea how involved and confusing housing buying was. So between all the craziness this blog has taken a backseat, again. *sad face* We are three weeks away from moving in, and already have our apartment half way packed. So I promise to do my best in painting my nails and keeping everyone updated about the house.

Now, to the nails. My nails have actually been unpainted for the last three days. It feels good to finally make them pretty again. However, I was lacking a little inspiration so I copycat-ed my nail design from Polish You Pretty.

Fun and easy, with a little vintage feel. I love it!

Polish Information 

LVX: Cerulean
Color Club: In Bloom
Julep: Debra

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Day Nine - Ombre or Gradient

I'm slowly approaching the final days of the Valentine nail challenge. I'm a huge fan of ombre and gradients. I have ombre hair and always drag my boyfriend to the window to point out the beautiful gradient sunsets. So day nine was a fun one for me.

I love the final look of this manicure. However I'm bummed with how discolored my nails look in the pictures. When looking at my nails in normal light I saw no dis-colorization. Then, in the lighting when I took the photos the yellowing showed up. *sad face* So please over look this ladies.

Tomorrow is the final day of the challenge. I'm sad it's coming to an end, but look forward to a new challenge.

Colors Used
Orly - Bare Rose
Pure Ice - Gossip!
Wet n' Wild - Tickled Pink
OPI - Feelin' Hot-Hot-Hot!
Goldie - Unknown Pink
Glitter Hearts - Martha Stewart (painted to match the nail color)

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Day Eight - Splatter Manicure

I hate starting out posts showing you my epic fail of a manicure. Especially when a splatter manicure should be easy. I wanted to do a little more than just throw paint on my nails, and in my head this idea looked much better. So here it is, please no pointing and laughing. ;)

I am actually really happy with how the pinkie and middle nails turned out. I think they look like adorable Valentine sweaters. While the other two nails fall into the ugly Valentine sweater category. Since I am a few days behind I decided to just leave the manicure like this and move on to happier and prettier nails for the next days challenge. Check out the other non fail manicures in the links below!

Colors Used
Sally Hansen - Hard to Get
JLB Nail Lacquer - Cherry Pop
Heart Glitter - Martha Stewart

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Day Six - Doticure

I've worked the early shift the last two days which lead to me getting a little behind on the Valentine challenge. As promised, I'm gonna complete this challenge. The sixth day was dots. I liked this theme because who doesn't love a nice dot manicure?

I love this simple elegance of this look. Even when using black, you still know it's a Valentine manicure. I'm so glad I'm doing this challenge and am looking forward to catching back up with the rest of the girls. Be sure to check out their hard work!


Colors Used
Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
Wet n Wild - Black Creme
Kleancolor - Light Red (79)

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Day Five - Lace or Fabric

I had so much fun doing today's challenge. I was able to complete this manicure on my very first attempt. Unlike the last two days. I had never used flocking powder before. It was easy to work with and super fun trying something new.

I painted all my nails white and let that dry. Working with one nail at a time, I then applied a base coat and applied the flocking powder while the base coat was wet. I firmly pressed the flocking powder down and let it sit on the nail for about ten minutes before sweeping the loose flocking powder off my nail with a dry crafting paint brush. For the accent nail I took a thin tipped sharpie pen and drew the heart shape. I then applied a matching pink polish from Kleancolor called Barbie Pink and filled in the heart outline. I then sprinkled the flocking power over the pink heart. I didn't press the heart as firmly as the other nail since I didn't want to lose the shape of the heart. 

I just love this manicure. It's so fun and flirty and very Valentine's Day. Have you used flocking powder? Be sure to check out the other Valentine manicures!

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Day Four - Love Letters

Once again I'm pushing this challenge right to the end of the day. I searched everywhere online for ideas. I found lots of great ones, but never liked the end result. So semi happy with this I decided to call it a day.
Here is my love letter idea.

I hope tomorrows design works out on the first try. Also, be sure to check out what the other nail blog girls have come up with!

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Day Two - Hearts

Day two of the Valentine Nail Challenge is hearts. I really wanted to do candy conversation hearts but decided not to. I think I may save those for my actually Valentines Day manicure.

I goggled heart patterns and after lots of browsing found this pattern and thought it was really cute. Up close I'm not the biggest fan of this pattern but from arms length away I love it. My hand wasn't that steady and I think that is why I like this pattern from a distance. Cant wait for tomorrows challenge! Have you joined the challenge yet?

Colors Used:
Pure Ice - Gossip!
Orly - Gumdrop
Zoya - Minka
Sinful Colors- Snow Me White

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