Tuxedo Wedding nails

I know I’ve mentioned it before, but whipped vodka is delicious. My brilliant friend Jackie introduced this delicious beverage to me last year and I’ve taken care of my fair share of bottle of it since then. Recently Jackie came through with another dazzling idea and suggested I mix my whipped vodka with cranberry juice. It tastes just like cheesecake! I don’t know how the combination of cranberries and whipped cream make cheesecake but it does and it is amazing. This might be my new favorite drink and I have Jackie to thank for it, thank you Jackie!!!

I wanted to end my wedding themed nails with a fun design and I think I accomplished that goal. For this manicure I used Orly White Tips and Liquid Vinyl, and Sally Hansen CSM All Fired Up and Wine Not. I think these nails would be perfect if you were the best lady in a wedding (as in a lady best man). They are super cute aren’t they?

Tuxedo Wedding nails

When I was starting these nails Jackie suggested that I do boutonnieres and I’m very happy she suggested that because they really set off the overall look. Not surprisingly, the tuxedos took quite a while to do so I’m happy I decided to only do them as accent nails. The other nails also make the overall look a little classier than they would be with all little tuxes.

And of course there is a dog hair, sigh

These nails are just fun, they are not technically the best nails I have done (I made a lot of mistakes) but they are some of the most fun. I had these nails on when I went to Ulta today and I had two different sales ladies grab my hand to look at them closer. One of the ladies actually recognized me when I came in and asked to see my nails right away because she knew ‘they would be cool’. I’m starting to feel like a celebrity there J

Gold Wedding nails

My Disney vacation is in 157 short days. I’m super excited to go, as any rational human should be. To pass the time until December I decided it would be fun to watch the Disney movies that I either have never seen or haven’t seen since I was super little. Netflix has a bunch of Disney movies on their watch instant now so today I watched Dumbo. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Dumbo before and it wasn’t what I expected. The movie is super short (just over an hour) and pretty dark for a cartoon. I was so sad when they took Dumbo’s mom away (I feel ok about that spoiler since the move came out in the 40s so if you really wanted to watch it you have had plenty of time to do so). My next movie will be the Aristo-Cats, I feel more in the Disney mood already J

Not everyone is into pink/white wedding nails so I thought I would do gold wedding nails. I have mixed feelings about them but for this manicure I used China Glaze Fast Track, OPI Goldeneye, and e.l.f. 20417. I was going for messy glitter layered tips but they just didn’t turn out quite right.

Gold Wedding nails

I actually like these nails more in pictures then I did in real life which doesn’t happen very often at all. I feel like they are just missing something. If I were to do them again I would also make the tips smaller and try to make the transition less abrupt. I also think they would look better on shorter nails.

I do like nails that sparkle

Overall these nails were ok, with a few changes they would totally work for a beachy kind of wedding, or on a very tan bride (I always think gold nails look better on tan people). I only have one set of wedding nails left, hope you have enjoyed them so far J

Something Blue Wedding nails

I may have just done something dangerous; I put my jeans in the dryer. I’ve put other pairs of jeans in the dryer before, but this is the first time I’ve put this pair in, they are my ‘skinny’ jeans. I hate saying they are ‘skinny’ though as they are not skinny cut jeans and any pair of pants that has a hope of fitting me are clearly not skinny, but what I mean to say is they are my smaller fitting jeans. . . and I put them in the dryer. It was a bold move, I hope I don’t come to regret my impulsive last minute dryer decision, I suppose only time will tell. If you are super confused right now, drying jeans makes them smaller, you now have all the information you need to put all of that in context, you are welcome.

I wanted to do more wedding themed nails but I also wanted to do nails for the Bride that isn’t into pink. For this manicure I used China Glaze For Audrey and Orly White Tips. My original idea was for my nails to look like boxes from Tiffany’s and although I’ve never actually seen one of their boxes, I think they turned out pretty cute.

Something Blue nails

I ended up making the bows too big for the nails to really be considered classy but they are cute anyway. I think these nails would be perfect for a really low key wedding. I really need to start doing a better job of cleaning up the edges of my nails while they are still wet; the ridges on the sides are super annoying in these pictures. I’m going to need to finally invest in orange sticks, oh darn I have to go to Sally’s.

The edges are super annoying, right?

I broke my nail file this morning, it’s one of those awesome crystal nail files and it slipped right out of my hands and broke on the hardwood floor. I really liked that file and my nails need to be shortened so the timing wasn’t awesome, I guess I have more than one reason to go to Sally’s now, double darn for that. Hope you liked these wedding nails J

Classic Wedding nails

I can’t believe June is almost over, everyone is seriously running out of shopping days until my birthday. Don’t worry though, you do still have plenty of time to pick out the perfect birthday gift for me J. It has been miserably hot and stormy recently, I used to love thunderstorms but Millie is so scared of them that they are no longer fun. Fireworks are also no longer fun. I’m thinking about buying one of those thunder shirts that they sell in the pet store, I’m sure wrestling her into it would be less than fun, but it if kept her from waking us up that would be awesome and totally worth the glory rolling basset hound.

I went to a wedding this weekend and wanted very traditional wedding nails for the big day. For this manicure I used OPI Rosy Future and Orly White Tips. I was really pleased with how the design turned out (I used a couple of my many stripers) and I got the excuse to use my rhinestones again which always makes me happy.

Classic French Wedding nails

These nails are super simple but overall I’m very pleased with how they turned out. I painted them Thursday night and didn’t take pictures of them until Sunday though so they have a little road wear. There is something about drinking that really messes my nails up; I’m going to guess it is the general loss of motor control.

French Tips always make my nails look so long

These nails were perfect for the wedding; I wore purple so they coordinated without being too matchy. I also didn’t want them to be too flashy (they couldn’t be fancier than the Bride’s nails after all). I’m having fun with these bridal nails but I haven’t decided how many I’m going to do yet. . . I’m going to keep you at the edge of your seat I guess J

Glitter Wedding nails

I love weddings; I guess you could say I’m a romantic. I just think it is awesome to be part of someone’s best day. I had an amazing wedding, it wasn’t fancy but it was the best day of my life. For my wedding I got my first French manicure, my nails looked wonderful and for the first time I had a bunch of people ask me if they were fake (for some strange reason I love when people think my nails are fake). I did a very classic (read boring) French manicure for my wedding, but really there are a bunch of different options for classy wedding day nails. Since wedding season is in full swing I thought it would be fun to do some wedding nails. Hope you enjoy J

For my first wedding manicure I decided to do a twist on the classic French, let me just say right now that I love these nails. This manicure used Sally Hansen CSM Shell We Dance?, essie Matte About You,  Butter Fairy Cake, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Strobe Light, and China Glaze Luxe and Lush and Glitter Goblin. Holy sparkles Batman, that’s a lot of glitter!

These nails say “I do”

I love how the matte looks on the light pink and how well it goes with all the glitter, it created such a cool texture and overall feeling. If I were to do these nail again I wouldn’t use the glitter that has the orange in it (Glitter Goblin) it doesn’t look bad but I think it takes away from all the other sparkly glitter.

Perhaps they are too fancy for work

I love doing glitter gradients, they look so cool and they don’t require the same precision that a regular French does. I also really like having the glitter on the back ends instead of the tips; it makes these nails very different while also looking very pretty. So, what do you think? Do you think these nails are good enough for a wedding?