Nail Tutorial: Flowers in the Sand

Hope you enjoy this beach-inspired nail look. It’s my first nail tutorial of the summer!

Flowers in the Sand Nail Tutorial

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Polishes Used:
Essie Sand Tropez
Zoya Jules
Essie Mint Candy Apple
wet n' wild Wild Shine nail colour in Black Creme

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Camera that I used to film this video: Sony Cyber-Shot DSC W570

This video features the song "On the Beach (At Night)" by Pitx, available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial license.

*all products were purchased by me*

My Favourite Nail Polishes for Summer

Hi everyone!

Now that summer is here I wanted to introduce you to my favourite nail polishes of the season. I created a video showing you each colour and each colour range that I like to wear during the summer months. Don’t forget to let me know what some of your favourite summer polishes are too.

My favourite summer nail polishes

Polishes Mentioned:

Medium Purples:
Zoya Malia
OPI A Grape Fit
China Glaze Spontaneous

Pastel Purples:
Zoya Marley
Zoya Heather
Zoya Miley
OPI Done Out in Deco
China Glaze Light as Air
China Glaze IDK (holographic)

Yellows and Oranges:
China Glaze Lemon Fizz
China Glaze V
China Glaze Peachy Keen
Zoya Lianne

Corals:
Zoya Rica
Zoya Soho Punch
China Glaze Bad Landing
Zoya Maya
Essie California Coral

Bright Pinks:
OPI La Paz-itively Hot
OPI The Lifeguard Makes Me Blush
China Glaze Strawberry Fields
Orly Basket Case
OPI Shorts Story
Orly Lola
Zoya Eva

Lighter Pinks:
China Glaze Pink Underground
Essie Castaway
Zoya Cassi

Pastel Pinks and Peaches:
China Glaze Something Sweet
Essie Neo Whimsical
Essie Van D'Go
Orly Cotton Candy

Mint Greens:
China Glaze For Audrey
MAC Peppermint Patti
Essie Mint Candy Apple

Bluish Purples:
China Glaze Secret Peri-winkle
Essie Huckle Buckle
Zoya Jo

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Camera that I used to film this video: Sony Cyber-Shot DSC W570

This video features the song "Another Girl" by duckett, available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial license.

*all products were purchased by me*

My Nail Art

I have put together a video featuring all the nail looks that I have created since I started filming videos for YouTube over a year ago. Hope you enjoy and don’t forget to check out my channel for more nail tutorials and other beauty, fashion, and food videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/fictionwriter04

My Nail Art

Which design is your favourite?

Essie Topless & Barefoot

This is a swatch of Topless & Barefoot from Essie. This is my first time wearing it and so far I really like it. It is very close to my skintone and makes my nails look very clean and neat. Let me know what you think of this colour!

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Essie Nail Polish Swatches

Lately I have been working on swatching all of my polishes so that I will know exactly which colours I have. Also, I find nail wheels very useful when deciding which polish to use because they can be held up to your hands to see if a certain polish complements your skin tone or up to an outfit that you are painting your nails to match with.

I began with my Essie polishes because I only have 20 of them and there are exactly 20 nails on the wheels that I purchased from Beauties Factory: http://www.bf-beauty.com/en/product/item/347/product_detail.html

A package of 10 wheels was only $4.99. I bought the clear wheels so that I could see the true opacity of each polish while swatching.

On the wheel below, I applied 3 coats of each polish. I did not apply a base coat or top coat to any of the nails.

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1. Mint Candy Apple 2. Chinchilly 3. Island Hopping 4. Huckle Buckle 5. Splash of Grenadine 6. Curve Ball 7. Neo Whimsical 8. Castaway 9. Lovie Dovie 10. Funny Face 11. Fearless 12. Califiornia Coral 13. Van D’Go 14. Shop Till I Drop 15. Pink Glove Service 16. East Hampton Cottage (new) 17. East Hampton Cottage (old) 18. Virgin Orchid 19. Jackie Oh My 20. Rock Candy 21. Topless & Barefoot 22. Sand Tropez

Let me know which Essie colours are your favourite! I would love to try new colours.

How to Give Yourself a Manicure

I have been getting a lot of questions about how I shape my nails and keep my cuticles neat so I decided to film a video tutorial on the process that I use to give myself a manicure. I hope that you enjoy this and find it helpful!

How to Give Yourself a Manicure

For more video tutorials, giveaways, and other beauty and fashion-related videos, check out my YouTube channel:  http://www.youtube.com/user/fictionwriter04

Greige Cherry Blossom Manicure

I created this look by starting off with a grey-beige (or greige) colour as a base. I then used a black nail art pen, a dotting tool, a light pink polish, a white polish, and a dark pink polish to create the cherry blossom design.

Check out my video to see how I created this look and the products that I used.

Greige Cherry Blossom Nail Tutorial

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Nail Polish Haul

A while ago I posted pictures of my most recent nail polish haul. Since then I have filmed a video that explains everything that I got and also includes comparisons of similar colours. Hope you enjoy!

Nail Polish Haul

Nail Polish Haul!

Over the last six months I have purchased a few nail polishes that I wanted to show all of you. All polishes are from either Orly, Essie, China Glaze, or Zoya, and many were purchased at discounted, sale, or promotional prices.

Hope you enjoy!

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Orly

Orly Cotton Candy (Sweet Collection, Spring 2010)

*swatches of Cotton Candy can be found here: http://putbeautytowords.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-got-manicure-orlys-cotton-candy.html

Essie

Essie Jackie Oh My and Shop Till I Drop

Essie Topless and Barefoot (Spring 2011) and Sand Tropez (Spring 2011)

China Glaze

Peachy Keen (Up & Away, Spring 2010), Lemon Fizz (Up & Away, Spring 2010), Light as Air (Up & Away, Spring 2010), and Something Sweet (Up & Away, Spring 2010)

Zoya

Zoya Areej (Summertime Collection, Summer 2011) and Rica (Sunshine Collection, Summer 2011)

Zoya Dove (Intimate Collection, Spring 2011), Jules (Intimate Collection, Spring 2011), Marley (Intimate Collection, Spring 2011), and Caitlin (Intimate Collection, Spring 2011)

*swatches of these four polishes can be found here: http://putbeautytowords.blogspot.com/2011/02/zoya-polish.html

*a nail art look using Jules can be found here: http://putbeautytowords.blogspot.com/2011/03/easy-dot-nail-look.html

Zoya Harley (Twist Collection, Spring 2009), Kelly (Wonderful Collection, Fall 2010), and Laney (Reverie Collection, Spring 2010)

Zoya Marilyn (Serendipity Collection, Spring 2007), Heather (Bouquet Collection), and Stephanie (Spa Essentials Collection)

*More information about Marilyn can be found here: http://putbeautytowords.blogspot.com/2011/03/light-pink-polish-for-spring-zoya.html

Zoya Felicity (Blissful Collection, Spring 2008) and Zanna (Blissful Collection, Spring 2008)

Let me know which ones are your favourites!

April Beauty Favourites

I have filmed my April beauty favourites video just in time for the end of the month!

Check out my video to see which products I have been loving this month…and don’t forget to tell me which ones were your favourites too!

April Beauty Favourites

Easter / Spring Inspired Nail Look

As you have probably already noticed, I like to celebrate holidays by creating nail looks inspired by the festivities. Today I have created a look inspired by Easter as well as spring. The nail design is easy to achieve and adds a pop of spring colours to your holiday look.

In addition to the photos below, I have created a tutorial video to demonstrate how I created this look as well as the products that I used.

Easter / Spring Nail Tutorial

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