Giants Nails

Yes I know, I'm a day late.. But I just had to post these in honor of the San Francisco Giants winning the World Series!

These nails turned out a little different then I had planned due to not having enough time. I had planned on doing the logo by using a zip lock baggy and then transferring it to my nails. But I just ended up free handing it on and I must say, I'm pretty proud of how it turned out, being the first thing I have ever free handed like that!

I used China Glaze Liquid Leather on my thumb (which you can't see here) and index finger and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed on my other three fingers. Then I just used a medium sized dotting tool to dot the polka dots over the Sun Kissed and I also used a smaller dotting tool to freehand the logo on. I tried using a brush, but the polish wasn't opaque enough and it would have been very light. I went over each nail with one coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust and topped them with Seche Vite, and there you have it!

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, except for my index finger which I must have smudged up at some point in my sleep because it wasn't like that when I went to sleep :( :(  But other than that, I'm glad I decided to do this!

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Candy Corn Nails

With Halloween only a couple days away, I thought I should post my candy corn nails. I know that candy corn nails have been done a zillion times, but I think they're super cute and everyone just loved them when I wore them, so I thought I'd show you mine!

I started out with a white base. Once the white was completely dry, I taped off all of my nails except my ring finger from the bottom 1/3 of the way up and painted the non-taped portion with the yellow and removed the tape. When the yellow was 100% dry I taped my nail again from the bottom but this time 2/3 of the way up and painted the non-taped portion with the orange and afterwards removed the tape. Last but not least, I used a medium sized dotting tool and dotted on the polka dots on my ring finger and topped all of my nails with a coat of Seche Vite. Colors used were Essie Marshmallow (white), Sally Hansen Insta Dry Lightening (yellow), and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed (orange). 

Super simple, right?? It wasn't until I was inspecting my nails on my left hand after pulling the last piece of tape off that I noticed one of my lines on my index finger were crooked :( I really wanted to redo that finger but my best friend/editor of That One Nail Blog, Jennifer, kept insisting that I post my "oops" too. So here you have it. It drove me bonkers for the couple days I wore this mani. And not to point out all of my imperfections but also, the orange on my pinky bled a bit. Ohhh well I guess, I'll admit your right Jenn ;)