Atlanta Falcons- Matt Ryan Freehand Nail Art - #RiseUp

Hey y'all!  Today I have my current mani to share with y'all.  I've been a fan of the Falcons for all of my life, even went to a ton of games as a kid.  However, with this season going so well and the divisional championship's being this weekend I had to do some nail art to help cheer my team on.  I was going to wait and post these tomorrow, but I'm impatient and wanted to share right away.

My inspiration was the Matt Ryan jersey that I have.  The kiddo has a Julio Jones, but I didn't think I'd be able to get the lettering the way I wanted....so I went the shorter route.  Plus, they'll match when I wear it while watching the game this weekend!

Index: Wet N Wild Black Creme with "ATL" in red acrylic paint.
Middle: OPI Coca-Cola Red with "RYAN" & his # in white and black acrylic paint. 

Ring: OPI Coca-Cola Red with #RiseUp in black acrylic paint.
Pinky: Essie Little Brown Dress with white acrylic paint to look like a football.

This took a while to do.  For the jersey nail I made decals with acrylic paint & a brush on my silicone mat and placed them over the base.  For the rest of the nails I actually just drew everything on using a toothpick.  Because I used acrylic paint I didn't have to wait long before applying Seche Vite as my top coat.

I love these nails so much, even though they didn't turn out 100% like I wanted them to. I took at least 50 pics and had to narrow it down BIG time.

I'm praying that we win this weekend because I totally want to see a Superbowl rivalry in my house this year (hubs is a Steelers fan).  I wish I was going to the game, but I'll be screaming on the comfort of my couch.

Red/Black/Silver Football Colors Mani

Hey y'all!  As today is my birthday I thought I would share a favorite mani that I recently did.  It incorporates the colors from both of my fav football teams, the Atlanta Falcons and the Georgia Bulldogs. This could really work for any team with those colors, or you could change it up to suit your colors.

I wanted to do something with the 3 colors that would be different than I have done before.  I am horrible at stamping, so I decided to try marble stamping.  And this is how it turned out.

The base colors for the index and ring fingers are Sally Hansen Silver Sweep with Make Up Store Greta over top, while the base for the middle and pinky fingers is OPI Coca-Cola Red.

For the ring finger I went a little basic.  With the stripes down the sides of pants, I did a somewhat thick stripe of red with Wet N Wild Black Creme on each side. It left most of the holo open and easy to see.

Then for the rest of the nails I used a marble stamping technique using OPI Coca-Cola Red, Wet N Wild Black Creme, Sally Hansen Silver Sweep, and Make Up Store Greta.

I wasn't 100% perfect at it, but I did get it to transfer in spots and made it look different.

Messy, but pretty....at least I think so.

I really hated taking these off when it was time, and definitely plan to try to perfect this technique.

Star Wars Christmas Mashup Mani

Happy Christmas Eve y'all!!!  So, the kiddo doesn't know it yet, but tomorrow night(Christmas Day) we are going to see the latest Star Wars movie, so NO SPOILERS PLEASE.  Because of that, I wanted to do a Star Wars & Christmas mashup on my nails.  He watched me do my nails, and LOVED them, and still has no idea. 

Now while I'm still not 100% happy with them, I do love them.  I guess it's the perfectionist in me & knowing that I can do better. They were pretty easy to do and I'll link the tutorials for where I got the inspiration on each of these from. 

I used a LONG list of polishes, so I'll be sure to list everything down below as well.


For the lightsabers, my inspiration came from a recent video by Simply Nailogical, which you can see HERE. Though the only acrylic paint I used was the white, I did use polishes to paint over the white....because HOLO!

 Blue Lightsaber: Wet N Wild Black Creme, Color Club Blue Heaven, & Revlon Royal

 Green Lightsaber: Wet N Wild Black Creme, Nubar Reclaim, & Verity B24 Aqua Blue

 Red Lightsaber: Wet N Wild Black Creme, ILNP Very Ornamental, & Wet N Wild I Red A Good Book

Christmas tree accent: China Glaze Angel Wings, ILNP A Fresh Evergreen, & stars from Salon Perfect Star Spangled. Tutorial can be found HERE!

 I took this shot outside with my cell phone using the flash.  Because we're having crappy weather, and I finished late at night, it was dark outside & I knew I wouldn't be able to get a full sun pic.
About the only thing I would do differently is maybe not use holo for the sabers? or use a glow in the dark over the white.  What do y'all think?

Wet N Wild Putting On Airs

Hey y'all!  I'm going to attempt to keep todays post short & sweet.  Wet N Wild recently changed the bottle style of their lowest priced polishes....and let me just say that I'm not a fan.  The handle is not comfortable to hold at all.  That being said, I'm going to go straight to the polish.

This is 2 coats plus top coat.

Putting On Airs is what I consider a sky blue.  It's a pale and slightly dusty blue cream.

What are your favorite Wet N Wild shades?

Patriotic Red, White, & Blue Nail Art

Hey y'all!  So, these were actually the nails I wore for Memorial Day weekend, but I didn't get a chance to edit the pics in time to post it before hand.  I hated not being able to show pics on IG that I'd taken while out and about or hanging around with the neighbor family during that entire weekend.  The good thing is, now I can show you & maybe inspire you for and and all patriotic holidays. 

For this mani I used Wet N Wild French White Creme as my base.  The red is Zoya Demetria, the blue is Zoya Talia, and the sparkle is China Glaze Fairy Dust.

I applied the white base & let it dry.  The next day I did a sponge gradient with Zoya Demetria & Talia and goofed when I let the two blend together a little.  I could have fixed it, but thought it looked ok enough to leave it alone.  To add a little sparkle I put some Fairy Dust over top of that.

For the 2 middle nails I applied 3 chevron mini vinyls from NailVinyls to allow the white to show through and alternated applying the red & blue shades.

 I loved it so much that throughout the weekend I was taking pictures with my nails and EVERYTHING on my phone.....

A wooden flag display from the Hot Spot at Target that has a home on my mantle.

My bottle of Apple Pi Mead (check Instagram and you'll see what I'm talking about)

A Bath & Body Works candle at the outlet store.

Then because I was totally and completely lazy, all I did on my right hand was the gradient....but I applied the two shades separately so that the white peeked through.  Thankfully I remembered to snap a picture.

My dominant hand is actually making a rare blog appearance!

I know it's not the traditional shades of the flag, and normally I would use those....but this year I wanted to do something different. 

What do y'all think?  Feel inspired?

Red & Black Plaid Flannel Nail Art

Hey y'all!  Today I have a nail art mani that I recently did.  It wasn't how I'd originally thought out, BUT still turned out beautifully.  In fact, I plan to do something today with different colors for my birthday tomorrow!

I also did a video, which will be down below in the post, showing how I did these so it's easier than trying to explain here in the blog post.  So, keep reading to see more pics & what I used.

For this I used Sinful Colors Snow Me White, Wet N Wild Black Creme, and China Glaze Red Satin.

 

I wanted this to match my favorite flannel shirt to wear when the temperatures outside are cooler and I think it turned out great.  Check out the macro shots.

I decided to film this while I was working on it, so be sure to watch & thumbs up or comment on it if you happen to like it.  This lets me know if I should continue doing videos or not.

So, do you like it?  Plan to try it?

Turquoise & Brick Fall Marble

Hey y'all! To get myself back into the routine of blogging and nail art I went to Pinterest, as usual.  The colors for this were inspired by a fashion piece for fall this year, but I went a different way than it actually looked.  Which is why I'm not including the piece. 

Instead, I did THIS water marble technique that I'm obsessed with, and is actually working for me, along with some color blocking.  I love how the colors look together & that I was able to do both of my middle nails with the one marbling piece. 

The base is OPI Skull & Glossbones. 

For the marble & additional colors for blocking I used Zoya Pepper, Wet N Wild Black Creme, and China Glaze Aquadelic.

 And of course I took a few macro shots with my phone.

 I actually like how the marble and top coat on this look almost like rippling water.

Kinda smudged this one a bit by putting top coat on too soon.

I'll probably be doing a LOT more marbling mani's because this method is SUPER easy for me. 

Camo/Hunting Inspired Watermarble Mani

Hey y'all!  Ever sit down to do your nails with something in mind and what happens is NOTHING like what you wanted?  Well, that's how this happened.  I found a sweater on Pinterest that actually inspired the colors used in this mani, but as I went to try something it went a completely different direction.

So when I saw a few videos floating around Facebook recently, I made a mental note on the technique.  It seemed a little easier than the normal watermarble & I wanted to give it a try.  All of the videos that I saw lead back to THIS tutorial.  I started this on my ring finger and one of the polishes didn't really want to spread that well, but I still liked the result.  For the middle finger, I just ended up trimming a small piece to add to the base.  I quite like how it turned out too.

For the marble I used...China Glaze If In Doubt Surf It Out, China Glaze Stoked To Be Soaked, China Glaze Mahogany Magic, and Wet N Wild Black Creme.  On my ring finger the base color is If In Doubt Surf It Out while Stoked To Be Soaked is the base on my middle finger.  My index and pinky fingers have a base of Mahogany Magic with Fresh Paint Sugar Crush on top.

 The way this marble looks like tree branches over top of the fluorescent "hunter orange" is pretty awesome.

I like how the flakies in Sugar Crush look like leaves over Mahogany Magic.

This mani brings back some good memories of going hunting with my dad as a kid.  I would totally sport these out in the woods.  What do y'all think?