Nail Art August: #6 Striping FAIL

*Sigh* Everyone say hello to today's epic fail at striping ( in my opinion at least). The only reason I classify this as a fail is because I knew what I wanted my nails to look like and this was NOT it! I wanted nice, thin, clean lines. But because I didn't have striping tape I tried to cut regular tape as small as I possibly could, but clearly it was not small enough. The color I put over the rainbow gradient to achieve this look is Orly's 'Mysterious Curse' which is extremely GORGEOUS and this manicure does not do it justice at all. I will be trying this again once I buy some striping tape, mark my words.....

Peace & Love,
--TPJ <3

Nail Art August: #5 Rainbow Gradient

Hello there my lovely lacquer heads! Today's Nail Art August was inspired by one of my very old manicures that was inspired by a woman named Colette Walters, also known as "My Simple Little Pleasures". However, this time I only used the gradient part of her Acid Leopard Nail Art Tutorial which is very simple to achieve. I did this look knowing that I wanted to put something on top of it, but I just didn't know what. I'll post again once I figure out what design will go on top of this pretty rainbow!

 Peace & Love,
--TPJ <3

Nail Art August: #4 Dotticure

Hey there :p ! Today's blog post is gonna be short and sweet. Today's Nail Art August post is a very simple but cute dot manicure. I LOVE this color comb, but sadly I cannot remember the name of the base color because my friend has it (epic fail). These nails remind me of a dress I used to own. But enough talking, to the pictures!

Wanna see other manicures like this? We'll myself and some other bloggers have teamed up to make a weekend dotticure collabo. Check them out below!

Peace & Love,
--TPJ<3

Nail Art August: #3 Black and White

Hello fellow polish junkies! This installment of Nail Art August is some nail art I've done prior to this event, but never blogged about. This mani was inspired by all the latest fashion trends right now done in only black and white polish. I probably will give each of these an individual mani within the month so you may see what the full look will be.

Which pattern would you like to see first? Comment below and let me know!

Peace & Love,
--TPJ <3

Nail Art August: #2 Guyana Flag

Hello fellow polish junkies! Today's installment to Nail Art August is the Guyana flag. For those of you who don't know, my background nationality is Guyanese and this nails were inspired by the flag. The timing for these nails were perfect considering that an event called Caribana passed this following weekend.

Caribana is a HUGE parade that happens once a year in Toronto to celebrate the people of the Caribbean. Millions from all around the world come each year to come out for a fun weekend where you can join in with your costume and dance, barbeque, or even just stop in for a look. Here are some pictures of what the experience is like!

It really is beautiful, if you haven't been before you definitely should come next year!

Here is a picture of what the Guyana Flag looks like, and here is what my nails looked like:

 

How did you think I did? Let me know :)

Peace & Love,

-- TPJ <3

Nail Art August: #1 Color Blocking

Here is my first installment of Nail Art August -- Color blocking!!! I was originally going to do a water marble with these two colors but clearly that didn't turn out so well. Perhaps I'll try it again at the end of the month.

These colors are the Finger Paints that were featured in yesterday's post found here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These colors reminded me of a baby shower when I seen them on display in the store, so I thought "Why not buy them and put them together?!?". Maybe if you plan on going to a baby shower soon you can try this out! The design of these nails was inspired by the very popular trend of color blocking and I think it's so cute! Let me know what you think.

Peace & love,
--TPJ <3

Announcing: Nail Art August!

Hello my beautiful Junkies! Today is the official start day of Nail Art August. I thought this would be a fun little way to kick-off the "re-opening" of the blog. Every week I shall do 2-3 different nail art designs and possibly include tutorials if they aren't epic fails. Feel free to join me and post your nail art on my Facebook wall. Also feel free to make suggestions as to what I should be on my nails. I hope this will be a fun experience and hope you guys will enjoy it!

Peace & love,
--TPJ <3