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!

Tuxedo Inspired Nail Art

I just tried to post something I had already posted. I swear I'm not crazy! Anyways here's something different that I haven't shown you.

Tuxedo inspired nail art seems to be all the rage ever since Zooey Deschanel posted her manicure on Instagram. (My username is ontothenextpolish by the way). I too jumped on board and wanted to try the trend out. Here's my version of the look.

I chose not to use the traditional black and white for this looks and instead opted for silver and black. By the way, this manicure is probably one of the most classy nail art looks I've done (just take a look at some of my neon looks and you'll see why). It seems like the perfect nail art to sport a classy event, which I proudly did. First, I applied a coat of Zoya Trixie, my favorite silver foil. Then I applied Wet 'n' Wild Black Creme on the tips leaving V like silver shapes behind. Finally, using a dotting tool I created little bow-ties on each on my nails.

On a side note, I will be traveling to France in about a week. I can't wait! Just wondering, anyone know of any brands or colors of polishes I should be on the lookout for? 

On To The Next Polish,

Katie

Valentine Hearts Nail Art

A few weeks ago, on Valentine's day, I sported a festive manicure: white hears on a red background. The simple look seemed perfect for this sweet holiday. It was easy to create and very fun to wear.

I started with a red base using Revlon Hot Tamale. I used white acrylic paint for hearts of varying sizes and finished of the manicure with top coat, Essie Good to Go to be exact. I'd love to know, anyone else sport a festive manicure on the holiday?

On To The Next Polish,

Katie

Irish Argyle Inspired Nail Art

For once I'm actually early for a holiday, St. Patrick's Day that is. Ok, so I didn't have festive in mind when creating this nail art look but I knew I wanted to do something with irish colors. Though I'm trying to convince myself that for once I was on top of holiday nail art.


Anyways, this look is primarily argyle inspired. It's not directly copied from an argyle pattern but rather a diamond shape pattern in altering colors. The diamonds aren't exactly perfect but I'm happy with the way it turned out. I started with a base of CND Green Scene, a gorgeous mid toned green requiring one coat for opacity. Then I added diamonds with the used of China Glaze Bermuda Breakaway with gold accents from Essie Gold as it Gets from the new Luxeffects collection.

On To The Next Polish,

Katie

Neon triangles nail art

I love experimenting with geometric and pop art elements on my canvas of choice, my nails.


For this manicure, I started with a base of Color Club Edie, a neon green. Next triangles were created using a white polish to make sure the layered neon colors popped. The triangles were outlined with a black striper. Warning, neon colors and my camera do not get along together well.

On To The Next Polish,

Katie

NY Giants Superbowl Manicure

If you use blogger do you ever face problems with its format? For some reason unknown to me my last uploaded photos would not show up when I added an image. That may sound like a lame attempt at an excuse but seriously I'm not lying. I tried to have this up before the game started. Magically today the problem seemed fixed and I was able to obtain these photos for the post. Sometimes I just don't get technology.


Anyways, did you watch the Superbowl? I sure did! I've been rooting for the NY Giants throughout the season and was ecstatic when they got through the regular season, the playoffs, and then finished off with a win at the Superbowl!


Whenever a big sports game comes around I love coordinating my manicure to the event. So for the 
G-Men I created a manicure with a blue metallic base (Sally Hansen Blue It) adding red tips with OPI Animal-istic and using a white striper to outline the tips. I created the NY Giants logo on my middle finger. The football image on my ring finger was created using SpaRitual Howl, one of my only brown polishes. I would love to know your favorite brown polishes as my collection is lacking in that particular color department. 


Luckily the Giants won since I may have looked like a fool sporting Giants themed nails the next day.
All photos are with natural lighting.

(Eli Manning's number)

Did you catch the Super Bowl game? Perhaps for the commercials? Can't believe the season is over! 

On To The Next Polish,

Katie

Nicki Minaj/Robin Moses inspired nail art

I can never leave a creme polish alone.

It's true. Every time I wear one I have an instinct

to add nail art.

Last post I showed OPI Did It On 'Em which is the base to this design. I took inspiration from Nicki Minaj as well as a YouTube video from nail genius Robin Moses.

If you would like to know the colors used to create this architectural design please leave a comment below. Basically it was a process of painting different colored triangles and shapes and then outlining with black polish. Of course, I had to add glitter.

(close up of thumb nail)

Have you ever taken nail inspiration from a celebrity?

On To The Next Polish,

Katie