Breast Cancer Awareness- Nail Art

So for today's post, I decided to show off a manicure that I entered into a contest on Instagram. If you all want info on the contest itself check out @blueemster on Instagram for more details. Its a great way to get the word out about breast cancer! Hope you enjoy!

Remember to always check yourself monthly, its never too early to start. The National Breast Cancer Foundation has a great guide on how you can check yourself at home, check it out!

Galaxy Nails - Tutorial

So I have seen a ton of tutorials on how to create galaxy nails but I feel my tutorial is a bit easier to follow than some I've seen. No offense to any others of course, you all are amazing. Let me know what you all think So the following is a pictorial of how you can create your own galaxy nails at home.

Products Used: Sally Hansen-Thinking of Blue, Orly-Aqua Pixel, CG- For Audrey, Sinful Colors-Cinderella, Sinful Colors-White, Small brush-purchased at Sally's, and Q-tips

Paint your nails the base coat of your choice, with these I am going to do one plain galaxy nail and one drip effect galaxy nail.

Take your detailing brush and polish the area where you want your drips. I usually start with the drips first and work my way up.

Polish the inside your of your drip using the darkest color. I used the same detailing brush I used when painting on the drip.

Next you want to take a Q-tip and soak it in Acetone/polish remover, and dab it into a lighter polish. (here I used Sinful Colors- Cinderella). Then dab it onto your nail with a light hand until you create a the effect you want.

Then take another polish (here I used CG-For Audrey) using the Q-tip method by soaking and dabbing it into the polish and then dabbing onto your nail.

Here I used a really bright neon blue, I forgot to picture it and I forgot the name it...sorry I must have had a brain fart. But you do the q-tip method her too. See its really so far!!!!

Next I took Orly-Aqua Pixel, or any glitter polish you may have and my detailing brush and randomly made brush strokes in random places. On my drip nail I outlined the drip in glitter. Oh la la...

Last I used my detailing brush and white polish and painting stars, and used the end of my brush to dot on smaller stars! Finish with your favorite top coat, and BAM!!!! You have galaxy nails!!!!

Flower Nails - Tutorial

I have been asked quite a bit to do a tutorial on my flower nails. So here I have for you a quick pictorial on how you can create your own flower nails at home. Now you don't have to choose the same colors I did...be creative with that part. the only tool you will need is a very small detailing brush.  I purchased mine at Sally's for $3.

Polish your nails your color of choice and let dry.

Next with your small detailing brush, paint one small line.

Then paint a shorter line next to it creating the image you see above.

Paint another line on the opposite side and there you have it...you have created your first petal for your flower

Add a few more petals by following the first few steps.

Here I added a more flowers using the same technique. I like half flowers more than I like whole flowers

Last you want to grab a darker polish color and follow the steps from how you created the original petal but this time leave some of that original color peaking out.

Here you see my finished design. Again there are endless options of color combos you can choose. Have fun! Its super simple! If you have any questions, please let me know!

Ombre love and other cute stuff...

I won't say I am a pro at ombre' nails YET but I think this purple gradient turned out pretty freaking good! I also added another ombre I did with a little animal flare!

Last but certainly not least. I have been following this particular girl for quite some time. She has amazing nail art and her designs that she creates are absolutely stunning! This next mani is a recreation of one of her designs.If you get a chance, please check out her blog here

Some of my favorite manis.....

These nail designs have been some of my favorite manis that I have done in the past couple of months. If you all would like to see a pictorial showing how to create this design yourself at home let me know which one you all would like to see. Hope you all are having an amazing day and great weekend!

Glitter and Animal Print

Dot Gradient

Large Floral

Ode to Stripes

This design is super easy to create, just choose two of your favorite colors and some scotch tape! You could choose as many colors as you like, completely up to you. Paint your first color and let it fully dry, next cut your scotch tape into strips at whatever width you prefer and place onto your nails. Paint your second color on top of the of the scotch tape. I usually let it dry for maybe 2 minutes tops and then I carefully pull the tape strips off. Place your favorite top coat on it and..........viola! You have created something that looks like this.

There are multiple color combos that you can create using this simple technique.