Mermaid glow nails using mermaid effect powder

That mermaid glow tho! After seeing the mermaid effect dust floating around the internet, I decided to give it a try!

 

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My very own holo glitter collaboration collection!!! WHAT

HOLO MY FRIENDS. Today is a day where I will actually write things in my blog. Wow. Amazing.

I HAVE A COLLABORATION COLLECTION WITH FUN LACQUER COMING OUT AHHHHAHFLHA;F'AKFNENHFIFNL;

Okay I said write, and I should have specified in English.

I am so excited to let you guys know that I partnered with FUN Lacquer to bring you my brand new collaboration collection: A six-piece holographic glitter collection (with custom holo boxes to boot) launching MAY 21ST at 11AM EST! The collection will be available directly from FUN Lacquer, as well as my main go-to stockist for amazing indies. A sexy porno video of this collection is now up on my YouTube channel ;)

Pictures, yes?! This post is PIC HEAVY! Wow I forgot what it was like to be an annoying blogger *insert matter-of-fact-girl-emoji here*

Trippy blue cyclone gradient

You are getting sleepy! No, dizzy! No... turned on! Cause these nails are trippy af and bangin' with that holo top coat. It's back to classic simplynailogical this time, with these reciprocal gradient and nail vinyls nails!

 

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How to CHEAT at Watermarble Part 2

MOAARR CHEAAATINNNG MOAR! Although in this second edition of How to CHEAT at Watermarble I did end up using water for one hack... but probably not how you think ;) Watch my video below and see how to create these watermarble cheat nails for yourself using the Miracle Mat!

 

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$200 Nail polish?! Or not.

It's gone down in nail polish history as one of the most expensive nail polishes sold after it's retail discontinuation. Some have snagged it for under $100, some $200, and some, apparently, $700?!?! But why? I investigate.

Here's the 'replica' of the now discontinued Essie 'Starry Starry Night' - this one is part of their recently released Retro Revival collection. You can find it on Amazon (when it's in stock) or on eBay.

 

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Snowflake nail art then a dog peed on it

Snow on my nails because winter in Ottawa, Canada is coming and I must brace myself! Also this snow appears to have dog pee as a result of the pink-to-yellow colour shifting properties of the unicorn skins glitters. 

For this edition of the weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) I co-host on Instagram along with Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey, the theme is Festive and the prompt is Snowflakes! Wow I actually listened to this one. That's a first.

 

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Sharpie watercolour nail art with vinyl patterns

Look, my nail art is now permanent!

Lol no, that's stupid. But I did use Sharpie permanent markers to create this look. For this week's edition of the weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) I co-host on Instagram along with Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey, the theme is Elegant and the prompt is Watercolour! Not that there's anything elegant about these but... I don't care.

The Sharpie nails thing isn't new, but I'm pretty sure no one's tried it with nail vinyls AND holo yet, so, therefore, I am a pioneer.

 

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Peace sign dotticure with Trendy Polish by Nim nail art box!

Look at me I'm so trendy! No, not my amazing fashion sense, my nails. Cause I have Trendy Polish's new subscription box on my nails.

I made a fun and easy nail art using all the tools that come in the box. You can find this exclusive nail polish and nail tool box from Trendy Polish by Nim's online store, now shipping in the USA! Use my discount code: SIMPLY for $5 off on your first box! (INCLUDES FREE SHIPPING to anywhere in the US)

 

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Two-toned scaled gradient waves

Back in the gradient biz woop woop! Finally feels like home. For this week's edition of the weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) I co-host on Instagram along with Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey, the theme is summer and the prompt is cobalt and and peach! I actually listened this time and did exactly that.

This two-toned scaled gradient is super trippy but easier than it looks! You do need nicely opaque creme polishes though for this to work, which I found!! These two Floss Gloss orange creme are sooooo opaque they actually make me consider liking creme polishes almost as much as holo (but still no).

 

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Soccer ball holo glitter placement

HOLLLLOOOOOO GLITTTAHHHH cause what else. For this week's edition of the weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) I co-host on Instagram along with Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey, the theme is summer and the prompt is magenta and navy! Naturally I did nothing that made sense with this prompt!

Here's an in-your-face glitter placement using large maxi-sized holographic loose glitters from my fav nail supply store, Twinkled T! Don't forget you can use my code SIMPLY for 10% off anything in their shop! This is my second time doing a full-nail glitter placement mani (here's my first, with smaller glitters), and I placed the large hex's in a soccer ball pattern. Cause summer = soccer? Idk. The holo blinds you anyways so you can't see the soccer effect at all, whatever, sports, boring, not holo.

Loose glitter from Twinkled T - Use my code SIMPLY for 10% off!

 

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How NOT to do complicated gradient nails

Did you know I was human? Yes, that's right, I have tons of nail fails too! I get the feeling that most nail artists don't show you when they f up, even during a nail art tutorial that turned out great (those clips got cut on the editing room floor, as they say). And even when the final end result is complete and a major fail, most nail artists just delete those pics (or don't take any at all) and pretend like it never happened. NOT ME!

In today's tutorial I show you how I attempted a more "complicated" layered gradient (reciprocal returning gradient would be the proper term), and where I messed up at multiple points along the way. This is the actual TRUTH OF DOING NAIL ART people! I'm using this "nail fail" for this week's weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) manis I co-host the WNAC on Instagram along with lovely ladies Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey - geometric gradient!

 

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Watercolour mermaid nails!

This round of July's weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) manis I co-host the WNAC on Instagram along with lovely ladies Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey is animal print! Personally I am disgusted at most things animal print on my nails (particularly leopard print, see here), but mermaid I can do. Especially this fancy watercolour kind, topped with iridescent shimmahhhhh!!!

 

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Canadian Ice: A vibrant blue with micro-flakies custom polish!

Today I've got a different kind of post for ya, a nail polish collaboration with Beyond the Nail! A couple months they contacted me to design a custom polish along with a nail vinyl. I had always thought a zipper vinyl was something that was missing from the vinyl world, and now we have one!

My initial vision for the polish was a vibrant cobalt blue jelly like Cirque's Midsummer Night, but with instead of pink shimmers, I envisioned loads of iridescent baby blue shimmer flecks, like the shimmer in Ozotic's 903. The end result colour is pretty close to what I was picturing, but the composition turned out more of a tiny micro-flakie rather than iridescent shimmer that would catch your eye. Maybe it's the jelly consistency muting the little flecks, I don't know, I'm no nail polish mixer I just put it on mah nailz.

I named it 'Canadian Ice' cause I saw it and said "hey it looks like ice chips, eh?" to myself and in saying that I realized I'm such a Canadian saying eh all the time. So being really creative and all I went with Canadian Ice.

Random simple blue gradient with iridescent topper

So I'm basically just posting this randomness I did back in October of 2014 now cause I wouldn't want to post two swatch sessions in a row, right!? I dunno why I never ended up posting this one, it basically just sat in my editing folder for the last 6 months and now it's so dusty it looks like it's sparkling!!

 

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Glam Polish 'Fatal Attraction' trio from Hypnotic Polish

Back to shorter nails for this post (no, I did not cut/break them again, I just did these in mid-January and haven't had a chance to edit them until now - so sue me). The 'Fatal Attraction' trio consists of three polishes by Glam Polish that are exclusive to the Hypnotic Polish shop. What an interesting colour combo! I was immediately drawn to the two darker ones as their finishes are a bit more complex in terms of varying micro-glitters. Sparklies!!! Unfortunately this doesn't really translate on the nail, so the epic appearance of the polish in the bottle is kind of deceiving :\

The prettiest dark blue holo you ever seen: Painted Polish 2015

...precisely what my title says, this is it ladies!! You can call off the search for that epic royal blue multi-dimensional deep holo polish cause I found it!! And it's limited edition, with the last restock ever happening tomorrow (Friday Jan 9th) at 11AM PST/2PM EST from Painted Polish's online shop. This polish is named '2015' in honour of the new year. In my experience Painted Polish holo glitter wonders sell out VERY quickly, so if you're looking to score this baby you best set your alarms and get on that website, add it to your cart (along with some other holo goodies of course, see here, here, here and here for some swatches), and check the fack out quick!!

Geometric square colour-blocking easy nail art

Some random modern-ish nail tip colour-blocking thing going on here! I made this using a white polish plus new polishes from Color Club's Made in New York and Seven Deadly Sins collection. Some of these are now available from Live Love Polish, a new online polish retailer (great for those in Canada and the US but they also ship internationally!). I used striping tape to mark off the 'grid' sections, and filled in some of the squares, then removed the tape. Super easy and great in any colour combo!

 

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Glam Polish: Holos from the December 2014 collection

Winter is here to stay! For most of the year! Well for me anyways, being in Canada and all, summer is like the shortest season ever to actually see the sidewalks. Whatever, new seasons mean new nail polish collections to me, so there's that. Especially holo ones like Glam Polish's limited edition Mid-Winters Dream Collection, inspired by icy winter at its finest! This December 2014 collection boasts whimsical holo-day hues galore. I've got 5 of the 9 total polishes in the collection here for review. The whole collection will be available for purchase on December 4th directly from Glam Polish (based in Australia), or one of their international stockists. If you're in Canada or the US be sure to check Harlow & Co.'s website first, they will be stocking them soon!

 

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Halloween nails throwback: Sea-foam sponging clouds and creepy silhouettes

Throwback! To May of this year (2014) when I did these Halloween nails with summer just around the corner and I was all like I don't even know what Halloween means at this time of year. I did them for an issue of Nail It Magazine, and turns out they were included, woohoo! Evidently these nails are wayyyy different from nails now, so much so that they don't even look like my nails. Visit my Nail Care page to see what I've done in the past half-year or so that has completely changed my nail length and durability!

Triangle reciprocal gradient and a new nail polish shop

A reciprocal gradient?! How boring! Nah, just kidding, it's not that boring, but I've used just two nail polishes in this mani as opposed to the 12 polishes used in my last quadruple scaled gradient. Sometimes we should just appreciate the beauty of a couple nail polishes instead of going all out in polish porn as I am occasionally guilty of (sorry, not sorry?).

Today I've got a new take on the reciprocal gradient look but instead of using striping tape I've used triangle directional arrow nail shields from Love, Angeline to serve as a nail vinyl/stencil. Featured are two new polishes I've added to my collection thanks to the ladies over at Live Love Polish, which is a new online-based nail polish store which ships internationally from the U.S. (and quickly, too!). They carry some of the core basics every nail polish addict needs, such as holographic Color Club's or China Glaze creme galore, as well as some up-and-coming nail polish brands like UNT or Tenoverten.

 

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