Blog Love: Blogs that Inspire!

Hello Ladies! I was recently inspired by a new blog that I discovered. Jane over at NAILSIDE is an absolute genius with tape! Not to mention custom painting and color combinations. I absolutely fell in love with her blog and she is nice enough to have detailed tutorials with very clear pictures and instructions. 

I tried to recreate her 'Explosion Manicure' which is just about one of the coolest things I have seen on nails in a long time, but my tape placement was off. I still really liked how it turned out though, I just probably should have started with the 'Lightening Bolt French'. (it involves less tape)

If you aren't following Nailside go follow now! Now, check out my attempt at the Explosion Design. I hope you like!

Base coat is two coats of China Glaze 'Traffic Jam'

Black is Orly 'Matte Vinyl' 

Holographic is Color Club 'Worth the Risque'

Not too bad for a first time with this design. This manicure took me a while but next time I am going to cut the triangles before hand and really try and perfect the tape placement. Practice makes perfect!

China Glaze Traffic Jam from the Metro Collection.This was part of the 'Uptown'. This color is FANTASTIC! A beautiful Berry creme. LOVE!

Thank you all for reading! 

Peace, love and PRACTICE!

Alaina xoxo

Nail Fail: This is what happens when I try to be Cool

Le sigh. I wanted to do something dark with a cool accent nail..not so much ha ha...

I tried to do a lightening bolt but instead it looks like a piece of cheese. Womp, womp womp. Oh well. I instantly painted over the yellow after I got a few pictures of it ha ha. On a positive note I got good application and had no issues with the tape it can sometimes be a pain in the booty.

Orly Goth and China Glaze Happy Go Lucky for the Cheese...er I mean 'Lightening Bolt'. 

I will try again! You will not defeat me.

These are the scissors I used to cut the pattern in the tape. I got them from Michaels and it was a set of 6. I don't remember how much I paid but I believe the individual pairs of these cost 2 bucks. I have lots of these craft scissors and have been meaning to use them for more fun Manicures.

Thank you so much for reading...hope this one made you laugh..I definitely had a chuckle or two. 

Peace, love and not so perfect manis!

Alaina xoxo 

Holographic Scotch Tape Manicure!

Hello dolls!  Happy Friday! Check out this fun patch work manicure I did with Scotch tape..

Color Club// Worth the Risque
This is a great Holo but unfortunately pictures do NOT do it any justice.

Color Club Revvvolution a new favorite...

In the Sunlight...super pretty!

With a touch of Hot pink! Urban Decay Woodstock. 

I love working with scotch tape for my manicures but it does take a while because I like to make sure that each color is dry before using it. If it is not dry the tape will pick up the polish and that is NOT COOL. What do you lovelies think? Thanks for reading! Happy Friday!

Alaina xoxo

Recycled Mani!! Waste not want not.

My gold digger Mani.. Pretty gold glitter. I wanted to Jazz it up but didn't want to spend 20 minutes removing the three coats of Glitter Polish.  Glitter is Beautiful but it is a BITCH to remove. So what did I do? I added MORE polish on top of it! ha ha YAY.

I used scotch tape to make the clean lines..It was my second go with the tape and it came out MUCH better then the first. When I perfect it I will put up picture or video tutorial. 

Outside with No flash.

Up close! (could have cleaned up more but I was excited to take some pictures of this!)
What do you guys think? Thanks for checking it out and following if you have!!


Alaina xoxo