Spring, Butterflies, Gradients? Oh my!

Hi guys!! How are you all? On my end things are up and down as they have been the last few weeks. I've been feeling down and depressed and nothing really seems to be helping. Although there is one thing that has been helping, that  is my friends not just here at home but on the Internet too! If it hadn't been for their words of encouragement I don't know what I would do. I just have to remember I'm not alone in my struggles and eventually everything will work out.

So for today's post I wanted to share with you some nail art I did last week. Since the weather is finally getting warmer (its gonna be 60 today) I was inspired to do a bright manicure.

I started off with two of my favorite neon's from China Glaze, Pink Plumeria and Loves A Beach. The pair of polishes created a subtle gradient that I really liked. Then I decided to add some nail art. Originally I was going to do butterfly wings on all of my nails but since I like the gradient so much that I only did the accent nail.

I have to say I need to practice my butterfly wings more, my nails also need to grow out more too. Its hard to do a butterfly wing on short nails.

After finishing the nail art I waited a day and added Finger Paints Flakies in Flashy.  The iridescence of the flakies really made it look like a butterfly wing. I topped it all off with Julie G Jet Set Fast Drying Top Coat. It has quickly replaced my Seche Vite and Sally Hansen Insta Dry as my favorite top coat!

That's it for today! See you next time! <3 Nicole

Hi guys!!

So it's been over a month since I last posted on here. How are you all??? 

I am doing ok, everything is going well but I sure am busy as heck with school work and life in general! After I posted about taking a break I was kind of regretting it. I kept thinking that I could find a way to blog and do everything else. I realize now though that if I had tried to do everything I would be down to a frazzle and sometimes I think I am. 

If you follow me on Instagram I try to post manicure photos when I actually have time to do my nails! I have found out that I have been wearing polishes for 5-6 days and letting it chip which in turn makes my nails break and chip themselves. And basically my nails have been looking disastrous!  Yesterday I had to paint my nails right after eating lunch while catching up on reading, and Netflix haha. I know watching Netflix probably isn't a necessity but I have become addicted to the tv show Supernatural.... 

If you have seen the show then you know why. 

Obligations outside of school and work have been crazy too! I feel I don't get to see my family so much. But to be honest even when I wasn't at school I didn't see them much. 

We celebrated my nieces first birthday this month! It was so cute and a sad yet exciting time. She's now standing up and saying a few words and clapping. I wish she was still a new born. I miss holding her like that, now she just likes to squirm around and be cranky because she's teething. But personally I can't wait to see her walk and actually form words for sentences! 

Ok so enough babbling for me, here are a couple of photos to show you what I have been up too! 

This is my nieces first birthday party! Look at the cuteness! 

This is my first 'A' of the semester! 

Here is Gigi is standing up, now if she could only figure out how to move. As soon as she stand and realizes she can't move she cries. 

And here is my most current manicure, it's fall inspired. It is China Glaze Foie Gras and Finger Paint Flakies. It reminds me of the changing leaves on the trees. 

  

Ok so that is it for this update post! Maybe I can do more like this in the future! If not be sure to follow me on Instagram @mynailsmypolish to see what's been going on! 

Love you guys and talk to you all soon! 

<3 Nicole 

Finger Paints Special Effects Collection: Twisted

I can not tell you how much I LOVE flakies. I think that they are definitely going to be the trend for 2012 as most nail bloggers are saying. I wanted the whole collection but my Sally's didn't have every one of them in and I didn't have the money to get the whole collection, I think my wallet would of sprouted legs and ran off on me! Still I did get I think one of the most popular ones, Twisted.

It is every color from the collection in one bottle!