Valentine's Day Nails with an Edge!

Hey Loves! Valentines Day is Just around the corner so its time for cute V-Day nails!  Have a look angel faces...

I used Sinful Colors 'Black on Black', and on the ring finger Sinful Colors 'Snow Me White' . These colors are amazing, the best black and white polish ever and for only two bucks a piece at Target! What a Bargain!

I used China Glaze 'Broken Hearted' for the Crackle effect and a random shimmery pink from a Migi Nail art pen to draw on the heart and polka dots.

I was going to use tape to make the pink have a cleaner line but I didn't want to wait for the black to dry completely. Hey, Don't judge me hahaha it still came out pretty good. What do you guys think?

I love this crackle!

Thank you so much for reading! Have a great weekend friends!

Don't for get to enter my Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette Giveaway if you haven't! It closes on Valentines Day! Click HERE to enter!

Alaina xoxo

Red and Gold Christmas Mani

Hello Lovely friends!  Can you believe it is already DECEMBER?!  I am so glad that it is because I LOVE the Holidays. Check out this pretty Christmas inspired manicure that I came up with. I hope you like it.

Red and gold is the perfect color combination for a Holiday manicure.

My nails are super short right now so it only took one coat of China Glaze's Ruby Deer for the base, the gold is also by China Glaze and its called Passion. Ruby Deer is one of the best red cremes out there, with the right application I think one coat would work for longer nails too.

The design in from Bundle Monster Plate BM-203. I am till so pleased with the newest plates that Bundle Monster came out with. They stamp so well and the size is perfect for my nails.

Thank you for reading! More Christmas manicures to come. Let me know what YOU want to see in the comments! Have a great weekend friends. :)

Alaina xoxo

Mermaid's Tears...Happy tears of course!

Hello friends! Sorry for my lack of posts recently but I have been one super busy Momma! Anyways, Check out this pretty creme from O.P.I .

Mermaid's Tears is a gorgeous Sea foam green, it kind of reminds me of For Audrey from China Glaze but it has more green than turquoise 

This is two coats and it  applied beautifully. I can't wait to try this one with a cool design..I am thinking white polka dots would be super cute! What do you guys think?

Up Close!

Thank you for reading! I hope you guys are having a good week!

Alaina xoxo

A Flakey Apocalypse...

Hi Everyone! 

I was  eyeing the prizes in my giveaway and I found myself staring at the NUBAR 2010 Flakey polish for a bit too long. It is so pretty I just had to dive into my collection and get out my bottle to put it on my nails!  I had on Urban Decay Apocalypse and I added one coat of 2010. Check out the pictures..I really wish the camera did this effect justice. It is SO much better in person.

flash...so sexy!

No flash

Look at how freakin cool! This is just one coat of the Nubar 2010 over one coat of Urban Decays Apocalypse, a dark vampy purple creme. Reminded me a lot of VIII from China Glaze.

For a chance to win a BRAND NEW bottle of this Flakey Beauty please enter my giveaway! there is a week left to enter! Click the link for details and to enter!

 ENTER MY GIVEAWAY WHILE YOU STILL CAN!

Thank you for reading!

Alaina xoxo

Fun Tips!

Hello friends! I was recently playing around with some polish and came up with this fun french manicure. I rarely just focus on my tips but my nails are getting long enough to play around and experiment with manicures like this. I hope you like it.

Kind of Cheetara-esque don't ya think? hahaha That was NOT my intention and I didn't realize that until after. 

China Glaze Hope Chest...Migi Nail Art Pen in Black...China Glaze Happy Go Lucky

I  painted the yellow on free hand, I may pick up some of the french manicure stickers to use as a guide next time so it will be more even.

Just the tip. ha!

What do you think? I can't wait to try more color combinations and designs. What do you guys have in mind? Any cool suggestions for a fun french Manicure? Let me know! Thank you for reading and I hope you all have a great weekend!

Black and White Hounds Tooth Manicure

Hello friends! The other day I was in the mood to do a hounds tooth design, it had been a while and I wanted something Jazzy. Check it out.

Orly Matte Vinyl and Finger Paints Papier Mache

I used my Konad plate in M63...this is a fun plate. The hounds tooth is one of my favorite patterns, one that I was most excited to do when I first started stamping.

Thank you for reading, I hope you all had a great weekend!

Alains xoxo

Look Close...for a Barely there Design!

Hello Sweethearts! I wanted to do a really soft manicure with my new Essie polish, but I still wanted it to be fun. It's nice to have pretty, subtle nails sometimes. Check out the manicure I did the other day.

Two coats of Fiji by Essie. Fiji is a beautiful light pink creme. The application was great and the color was pretty, not chalky at all.

White Zebra Print on top using Bundle Monster plate BM-223. The White is Finger Paints Papier Mache and then topped off with a coat of Seche Vite. I got a lot of compliments on these nails but people had to get a closer look to see the zebra. Maybe next time I will go with a pink that is a bit darker.

Thank you all for reading, I hope you enjoy this manicure.

Alains xoxo

Cute as A Cupcake!

Hey loves! Last night I was trolling YouTube and stumbled upon THIS cute Cupcake manicure tutorial. I thought it was so cute that I decided to do it right away! I used  a bunch of my new Migi Nail Art Pens and some of my favorite China Glaze polishes. I used and mixed a bunch so it is too much to list. If you have a question about a color just leave it in the comments and I will let you know what it is. 

I'm holding China Glaze Lemon Fizz a great Yellow creme perfect for the summer!

Mmmm makes me want to take a trip to my favorite Cupcake Shop Sprinkles! NOM!

These little guys are my favorites. 

I hope you guys like my cupcakes! This is one of my favorite manicures. I might have to keep this one on for a few days. Let me know what you think in the comments! Have a great weekend Loves!

Peace, Love, and adorable CUPCAKES!!

Alaina xoxo

Deftones Tonight!! Fun Concert Nails!

Hello Cupcakes! I am so stoked that tonight I get to see one of my favorite bands! I have been a Deftones fan since high school so when ever they come to Phoenix I make sure to go see them. This is actually going to be my FOURTH time seeing this amazing band! I need to start getting ready in a bit so this post might be a mess. :)

What I Used

China Glaze: Shower Together, Electric Pineapple

Orly: Matte Vinyl

Bundle Monster plate BM-223

 These two colors go so good together I debated just leaving it as is...but you know me..haha!

no flash

 I like this zebra print MUCH better than the one from Konad plate M57. It is more detailed and fits my nail perfectly.

                                      

Up close!  Zebra Print Nails are SOO fun! Gah!

What do you think loves?  I hope you enjoy this manicure, the animal print ones are some of my favorites to do. Thank you for checking it out! I hope you guys have a great rest of your week!

Alaina xoxo

Blue Saturday Manicure with Dots!

Hey Loves! I hope you are all having a great weekend! I can not belives its already June! I am so excited that it is though because IMATS LA is coming up in a few weeks and I get to enjoy that with my beautiful and wonderful friend Mackenzie! WOOT! Anyway check out this manicure I did with a polish that I do not remember buying. I am so glad I did because it is super pretty!

Two Coats of China Glaze Blue Iguana a stunning electric blue with sparkle!
I also love the name it's so fun!

I used one of my MIGI Nail Art Pens to add some random dots. I made sure to use a base coat with this one because I have a feeling it might stain pretty bad..but then again I don't leave my manicures on for too long.

Up close

I hope you guys enjoy! Thanks for reading.

Alaina xoxox

Stepping out of the Darkness! HALLELUJAH!!!

After looking at the last few posts that I did, I realized I was on a dark kick. I have certainly NOT been in a bummed mood  so no worries there. I usually try to switch it up but I have been slacking so for todays manicure I decided to do a bright fun Manicure using more of my new Bundle Monster Plates. Check it out friends!

My materials (most of them) I used the tweezer to peel off the blue plastic from the Bundle Monster Plates that I have never used. 

Two Coats of China Glaze Sugar High. I love this Pretty pink creme it photographs so well. The design is  China Glaze White on White using Bundle Monster Plate BM-209

FUN! This will go great with the ALL black and grey I am going to wear tomorrow! Ha ha..Grey slacks Black top...boring...but my nails will pop and I will put a pretty pink Flower in my hair so I don't look like too much of a shlub.

I love this plate..look at the lil witches hat! It makes me want to do a Halloween Mani like NOW!!

I hope you ladies like the Mani..this was originally going to be a Matte Monday post but It was so pretty and shiny I think it would have lost everything if it was matte.

Thanks for reading!

Alaina xoxo

What Time Is It!?

ADVENTURE TIME! Hey loves! Check out my Adventure Time Manicure..My friend told me that I should do Adventure Time nails and I was like"YESSS! BEST IDEA EVER!" I love this cartoon so much. It cracks me up..I am a big kid.

Fin//Lumpy Space Princess//Jake// Marceline

I used my new Migi Nail Art Pens and free handed the characters. I LOVEEE these pens they make such fine lines its great. I got them from Amazon.com and right after this Mani I ordered a bunch more. 

 I bought mine here...MIGI NAIL ART PENS. This manicure was so fun and easy to do with the pens. I should have bought them AGES ago. I can't wait to do so many more Free Hand Manicures.

I hope you like my fun cartoon nails!  Happy Friday the 13th..everyone have a safe and FUN weekend!

Peace, Love, and Endless Adventures :)

Alaina xoxox

Music, Manicures, and More!

   Happy Friday Cupcakes! Tonight I am going to see Talib Kweli and I am way stoked! I love Music and Talib is one of my favorites! This has been a great Concert year for me so far and it's only going to get better because I get to see Deftones in June and I just found out my Mom is going to take me to see the fabulous Sade for my Birthday!! EEEEEP! ANNNNYWAY ha ha this is the manicure I decided to go with for tonight. :)

I added Blurry pictures because I find that is shows off the rainbow effect.

I started off with two coats of Goth by Orly. It's my go to polish when I can't pick which color to go with.The hardest part of doing a manicure for me is picking the colors...everything else is easy peasy! ha ha. The I used Color Club Worth The Risque to stamp a design from Konad Plate M70

I love a good holographic design over a pretty black.

Thank you for reading!  I am off to go put on my Makeup for tonight! I hope you all have a great weekend. Be safe Loves!

Peace, Love, and Dancing the night away to REAL Hip-Hop!

Alaina xoxo