Glitter Heart Nail Art

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Today I have a simple and easy design. Also, I just realized that the title of this post rhymes. (Insert lame joke here) Only two polishes were used to create this look: China Glaze Electrify and Orly Melt Your Popsicle. China Glaze Electrify is from the Hunger Games collection and is a glitter polish of red and gold hex glitter of various sizes. This glitter was utilized to create small hearts on each nail. The base of the manicure is Orly Melt Your Popsicle. This polish is a very bright neon orange. 

To create the look first I applied three coats of the neon orange Orly. Next, I put a small amount of the China Glaze glitter on a piece of tin foil. I carefully picked up polish with a dotting tool. I created three small dots of glitter polish and connected them together. However, my thumb nail features a different look. I created a heart by placing glitter polish all over my nail but left a neon orange heart shape exposed. 

The "opposite" design on my thumb.

Sometimes I really like the look of a simple and quick design. This particular look is quite cute if I say so myself. It's these types of nail designs that bring a smile to my face when I look at them. They're very sweet. :)

On To The Next Polish,

Katie

Hunger Games Inspired Nails

For the midnight premiere of the Hunger Games movie, I created a special nail look to honor the series. I used the concept "the girl on fire" and I also attempted to create a suitable mockingjay on one of my nails. I took inspiration from this post here-totally in envy how her's came out. :)

By the way, my nails are much shorter now. I made a tough decision to cut them down in hopes of improving my hand position playing the flute. I hope it works. Honestly I hate having them this short, but sometimes short nails can be a nice change.

To create the look. I first applied yellow nail polish to my nails, China Glaze Happy Go Lucky. Next, I sponged a red jelly polish, Essie Lollipop, intensifying the color at the base of my nails. The flames were created by making flame outlines in black with a black striper from Sinful and filling in the other areas.

For the mockingjay, I started off by applying a coat of Wet 'n' Wild Black Creme. I then freehanded the symbol using China Glaze 2030.

Personally, I loved the film. I know some people were hoping for more romance but I liked how they portrayed Katniss and Peeta's relationship. If you have seen the movie, what did you think?

On To The Next Polish,

Katie

Happy Hunger Games....May the odds be ever in your favor!

Glitter Overload

What happens when you take three polishes packed with glitter and combine them?

The result below is the combination of three China Glaze polishes from their Eye Candy collection. I took Love Marilyn, Marry a Millionaire, and Lorelei's Tiara and sponged all three on my nails layering them in a random fashion. I thought it was going to take a sander to take this off but it actually wasn't that bad. At first I thought it sort of looked like a hot mess but the more I kept it on the more I fell in love with.

Close up of index finger

Do you think glitter is worth the more challenging removal process? (I sure do)

On To The Next Polish,

Katie