Summer Highlights!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of my favourite things about summer is the bright colours that everyone seems to be wearing. It's like the one time of the year that peoples' fearless side comes out. They're not afraid to take risks and show their wild side. However, too much bold can be overpowering.

 

 

I wanted to wear a bright colour on my nails for the start of summer but I had just bought a really pretty nude colour and didn't know what to do. Hard times I know! But I thought just an accent of the neon colour would be super cute and that's exactly what I did :)

 

I used two coats of OPI Privacy Please as the base colour and did a streak of the bright colour on the side of each nail. On the left hand I used Essie Action and on the right hand I used Essie Camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These Essie colours dried with a sort of matte finish so I put on a shiny top coat and now I've got the perfect balance of summer neon on my nails! Summer break has started so go put on some bright colours and have fun in the sun :)!

 

 

 



Half 'N' Half Mani

I've had a lot to do with school lately so I just stuck with a simple design and focused on choosing colours that will look good together. Summer is getting closer and all the bright nail colours are coming into season. However, the nice bright sunshine hasn't hit the area I live in yet :( I bought a new pastel pink and decided to pair it with a bright fuschia to match the in between spring and summer weather we have going on here.

 

I have a love-hate relationship with Essie nail polish. The colours are amazing and the names are super cute! But sometimes when I use them sometimes it goes on streaky and thin, even if I shake it well to make sure it gets mixed. Anyways, the colours I used for this are Essie Camera and Essie Fiji. I did two coats of Fiji, waited for it to dry, put some tape down the middle and did one coat of Camera.

 

 

I love this look, and everyone kept telling me how cute it was :) It's so simple to do and you can do it for anytime you want to add a little bit of extra flair to your mani!

Superman Nail Design!

About a week ago I did a Superman design since Man of Steel is coming out soon and it went along with the title of this blog. I love Superman, I think he is the original superhero because when someone says hero you think of Superman. I'm really excited to see Man of Steel! It comes out June 13 which is so close!

 

 

Something to know about me is that I do like the big name polishes, but I also don't see the point in buying them all the time if you can get colours you love for less money. It just makes sense to me, since I have a very small budget and cheaper doesn't always mean that the polish isn't good. I usually don't use salon brand or designer polishes for special designs because I don't have the money to buy them all the time and if they're really nice I would just wear that single colour.

 

So to do this Superman design, you need blue, yellow and gold polish, plus either a red nail polish pen or a thin brush and red polish. I started with a strengthening base coat since my nails get pretty damaged. After that dried I put two coats of Joe Fresh Periwinkle on every finger. On the ring finger I made pentagon (five sides for those who aren't good at geometry) with Joe Fresh Canary. On the other fingers I did French tips in Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden-I. After the yellow is dry, take your red and outline it (I used Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen in Red, it has a slight shimmer) and make the Superman "S" in the middle. Once everything is dry seal it with topcoat and you're done!

Don't forget to go see Man of Steel when it comes out in theatres! And soon I'll try and get another design up here for you!