Floral

I hope you're enjoying your Monday! Another Monday Nail Art Challenge is here. This week is Floral. I wish this had turned out better. 

I was inspired by this post on the Nail Nerd. I used e.l.f. Fire Coral as a background for my flowers. The rest of the polishes I used were Sinful Colors Black on Black (outline), Love My Nails Orange Blossom, Ulta Peach Parfait (petals), China Glaze Mahogany Magic, and Julep Olivia (flower center).

Rock Star Mani

Polish-aholics Anonymous has Monday Nail Art every week. This week was rock star. I'm a little late getting mine done after being sick. I did it last night, but when I was done, I was ready for bed. So, the post is coming to you today. :)

I originally had a different idea in mind. Glitter, stars, silver, purple, black. But it fell through. Though while staring at my nails Monday an idea hit me. I decided to layer on top of my existing color so I wouldn't be so discouraged by being sick. The design came together very well and I love it much more than the design I originally had in mind.

For my base I used my existing layer of e.l.f. Sunset. I painted an extra coat to smooth out wear from the previous day, but if I were starting from scratch, I would only need two coats. I taped off diagonal tips and used two coats of Wet n Wild Silvivor. Then with my striping brush, I added a line with Sinful Colors Black on Black. On my accent finger I used my new rhinestones instead of the stripe. 

I love this design! Especially Silvivor. Its really metallic and so shiny. I know in the pictures my rhinestones look more like round half pearls. My top coat killed them. I'll know better than to use it next time with them. 

I am really excited about my rhinestones. I just got them in the mail Monday from an EBay seller in China. They only cost me 99 cents, free shipping. And they only took nine days to get to me (including weekends). I got 1500 of them in 12 different colors. I took pictures so you could see how pretty they were before my top coat came into play.

If anyone is interested in getting some like this, the selection is here. They come in 1000 x 4mm, 1200 x 2mm, and 1500 x 3mm. I got the 3mm. I will be buying more soon, considering the nice quality and great price.

e.l.f. Sunset

I've been sick for the past several days, so I've lacked polish posts. The fumes plus my already aching head do not mix. So Creepy Pumpkin stayed on my nails for days. I finally took it off last night to attempt a rock star mani design, Polish-aholics Anonymous's nail design theme for today. I gave up partway in. The design was not going as I expected, plus I did not feel well. So I stripped off everything and went naked. Naked nails, I mean. :P

Them being bare was getting to me, so I searched through my untrieds for something quick to paint on. I settled on e.l.f. Sunset. Its a very pretty color that I can only describe as berry wine. It has a frost finish, which looks prettier (in my opinion) with a top coat.

I love it! Perfect for Autumn. It has a slight shimmer to it, which you can see in the bottle.

I have nothing but love for e.l.f. polishes. I own a few and love every single one of them. Great application, look, and price. I got this particular one in a set of three called Purple Trio from Ross for only two dollars.

Sunset is absolutely worth owning! :)