HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIALL HORAN!!! + 31DC Day 4: Green

OMG OMG OMG! hahah Hello everyone! Well, as you can clearly see, today (13 September 2012) is Niall J. Horan's 19th birthday, and I am so excited!! :) for those of you who don't know Niall, he is the Irish 1/5 of the British-Irish boyband One Direction ♥ and today, he is 19. :') his twitter! ---> Niall Horan

Look at his cute little teeth :)

I have been waiting for almost a WEEK to post the "31DC Day 4: Green" but, I wanted to wait for Niall's birthday, since his favorite color is green, and in celebration of his birthday, to do these nails.
I'm kind of in a hurry to post this, as Niall's birthday is almost over...(London is 5 hours ahead of me!)

Explanation:

Since he is Irish, on my thumbnail I painted a little Irish flag using NYC Times Square Tangerine, LA Colors Art Deco in white, and a mix of Claire's Yellow Brick Road + Wet N Wild Bijou Blue (I didn't have the green I wanted to use for this!). Then, the next three nails spell out " H B D," short for happy birthday. On my pinky, I painted on "19" in white, and outlined it in LA Colors Art Deco in silver.

On my other hand, I spelled out his name, "N I A L L" and a little heart at the end ♥

Yellow Brick Road + Bijou Blue

All of the polishes I used

Left Hand

Right Hand

Thumbnail :)

31DC Day 3: Yellow (+ Half-Moons Tutorial)

So originally, Day 3 of the 31DC for me was supposed to be September the 3rd, and I am trying to catch up as much as I can. The prompt is yellow. Most people don't think yellow is a good color to polish nails, but I actually loved how this one turned out! I was so surprised with these results, and it was my first time doing half-moons :) loved it.

I started off with a base of NYC French White Tip.

Then, for the half-moons, I took a reinforcement for paper and used it on the bottom part of my nail (like I would do in a scotch-tape mani).

Paint the next color, Claire's Yellow Brick Road, over the top part (above the reinforcement).

Take it off before the newly applied polish has time to dry, and voila!

After, just take your favorite topcoat, mine is Seche Vite, to make your nails more smooth and shiny.

31DC Day 2: Orange

Today is 8 September, and I am 6 days behind! :o Sorry guys, I've just been so caught up with school and everything, it's been hard to keep up.

But lo, and behold day 2 of the 31DC, orange nails.

For this one, I painted all may nails about 2 coats of NYC Times Square Tangerine Creme.

Then, I painted on a coat of this cutie little polish I picked up from Claire's for $1. This one is a glittery silver, but I bought another one that is like a light metallic copper-ish. I loved the lids for them! So glam.

Isn't it adorbs? :)

31DC Day 1: Red

Hey everyone! So today marks the start of the 31 day challenge! To start things off we have red nails! For this, I used two coats of Wet N Wild #414A Red Red as my base. 

 

Then, I stamped on some small stars on each nail, using L'OREAL Paparazzi Pleaser.

31 Day Challenge 2012

Hello! This challenge can really help develop skills and boost determination. Today is the first day I will be doing it.

For those of you unfamiliar with it, it is a grueling fun challenge where you do nail art based on the different themes posted for 31 days. Some people choose do spread this challenge out over a longer period of time, but I'm gonna try and do it consecutively.

This is going to be challenging (remember my 30 Day NBA Challenge? lol), and it will be made even harder, what with school and all, but I'm excited, and I will try to keep up. :)

If anyone is interested, feel free to save the pictures of the challenge for your own blog (I have them in different colors, if you like a specific one). I've also included the original 31DC image if anyone is interested in that. The only difference between the 2 versions is day 31.

Hope you have fun!

Neon Nail Polish - Bonita nail enamel swatches

Here are some swatches of neon colors that are perfect for the summertime. I love wearing the pinks, I've worn them so far almost everyday of this summer! :p

I think these were all 2 coats.

> PROPS TO BEVERLY Z! <

L'OREAL Paris swatches

So the other day, I went to the drugstore to get a nice, light blue nail polish, because I didn't have any. I found a special - buy one get one 50% off, so I got two L'Oreal Paris polishes. One is a nice light blue (L'Oreal #530 Now You Sea Me), and the other is a really nice, champagne shimmering with little gold-copper sparkles (L'Oreal #350 charmed, i'm sure). Turns out, the nicer one - charmed, i'm sure - was cheaper and I love it so much!

Here's Now You Sea Me:

I love this polish. I think this was only 2 coats! Worth its money.

And here's L'Oreal charmed, i'm sure:

Love this one! Only 1 coat! So many different shades and shine. It's so elegant and can be worn with almost anything.