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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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?

OPI Nail Polish Swatches

Two weeks ago I began swatching my Essie polishes and recently I have completed my collection of OPIs.                                             

I purchased the clear nail wheels from BF-Beauty: 

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.

On the wheels 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. This colour is unknown (it is a mini polish that did not come with a label)  2. Glim-merry Gold  3. Mad as a Hatter  4. DS Shimmer  5. Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede  6. Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees  7. Absolutely Alice  8. Sahara Sapphire  9. Loyalty Islands Lilac  10. Venus Di Violet  11. Shanghai Shimmer (this one has changed colour since I got it. It used to be a pretty light pink with a green duochrome, now it is a brownish purple with a green duochrome)  12. Significant Other Colour  13. DS Diamond  14. Parlez-Vous OPI?  15. Done Out in Deco  16. A Grape Fit  17. Catherine the Grape  18. Lincoln Park After Dark Suede  19. Concord Grape  20. Yes…I Can Can  21. OPI Ink  22. Purple with a Purpose  23. Plugged-In Plum  24. Glove You So Much  25. Dear Santa  26. Meet & Jingle  27. Thanks So Muchness!  28. Smitten with Mittens  29. Off with her Red!  30. Ecuadorable Coral  31. Brainiac (Sephora by OPI)  32. Baguette Me Not  33. You’re Such a Kabuki Queen  34. No Spain No Gain  35. La Paz-itively Hot  36. The Lifeguard Makes Me Blush  37. Shorts Story  38. Mall Queen Mauve (Nicole by OPI)  39. Japanese Rose Garden  40. Not So Bora-Boring Pink  41. Don’t Melbourne the Toast  42. Got a Date To-Knight  43. Rosy Future  44. Italian Love Affair  45. Pink of Hearts  46. Hawaiian Orchid  47. Kiss on the Chic  48. Pearl of Wisdom

After swatching all of these colours, I discovered that I have very few light pastel spring colours in my OPI collection. Which ones do you recommend?

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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Bridal Nail Tutorial Using Konad

With wedding season just around the corner I thought I would do a bridal-inspired nail tutorial. I created this look using my Konad stamping nail art kit and some light pink half pearls that I purchased from ebay.

In addition to the photos below, I also created a video that demonstrates how I did this look and which products I used to achieve it. Hope you enjoy!

Bridal nail tutorial using konad

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Nail Polish Swatch Videos

In a couple of my earlier posts I showed you swatch pictures of my Essie and OPI polishes. I have since taken the photos and put them into videos so that the swatches are easier to view in sequence.

Hope you enjoy!

Essie swatch blog post:

http://putbeautytowords.blogspot.com/2011/05/essie-nail-polish-swatches.html

Essie Nail Polish swatches

OPI swatch blog post: http://putbeautytowords.blogspot.com/2011/05/opi-nail-polish-swatches.html

OPI Nail Polish Swatches

Zoya swatch blog post: http://putbeautytowords.blogspot.com/2011/05/zoya-nail-polish-swatches.html

Zoya Nail Polish Swatches

China Glaze swatch blog post: http://putbeautytowords.blogspot.com/2011/05/china-glaze-nail-polish-swatches.html

China Glaze Nail Polish Swatches

Two Toned Flower Nail Look

Currently I’m in the process of creating new nail looks for spring. For inspiration I decided to look to my past spring nail looks.

I created this one using Konad and two different colours of holographic nail polish. I like this look because it is very light and subtle but has an unexpected pop of colour.

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I also have a video that shows the products and techniques that I used to create this look. Hope you enjoy!

Two Toned Flower Nail Tutorial

St. Patrick’s Day Nail Look

Although I have been doing nail art for longer than I can remember, this is the first year that I have created a nail look for St. Patrick’s Day. I wanted to make this look festive yet subtle so that it can be worn long after the celebrations have ended.

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I have filmed a tutorial on this look that shows the techniques that I applied to achieve this look as well as all products that were used. Hope you enjoy!

St. Patrick’s Day Nail Tutorial

Spring Nail Look

While it’s technically still winter, this nail look is the perfect way to get ready for spring.

I used OPI’s Venus di Violet as the base colour. It is fairly sheer and takes about 3-4 coats to reach this opacity.

The design was created using my Konad stamping nail art kit. I stamped an image from plate m36 onto the tips of each nail with a white cream polish.

The look is perfect for this time of year because it uses a spring colour palette but the shades are not so bright that they look out of place during the winter.

Let me know what you think.

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