Sparkly highlighter rainbow nail art

FINALLY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE BORED IN MATH CLASS. Try out this highlighter-over-silver-holo-glitter look for the most bomb-ass school-supply nails since schools were a thing. I even tested out THREE different kinds of highlighters (there's three different kinds of highlighters? what?) to determine which one yielded the best and most rainbowiest result! I used the new Simply Neat Miracle Mat to perform my experiments. Watch the video below!

 

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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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DIY fancy quilted nails

Finally new nail art for 2016! How's about some quilted nails cause I'm so fancy and all.

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 Glitz n Glam and the prompt is Quilted! Somewhat of a departure from my usual order of things (wtf is quilting anyways), but in the end a gradient worked itself into the mani somehow, as with some shimmer and holo glitter soooooo... that's the Glitz part?

I watched Tartofraises' amazing French witchcraft magic 3D quilted nails video for immediate inspiration and pretty much just drooled and then cried cause I had no idea what was happening even though I speak French. I looked for North American ways of achieving this look and the next best thing was found in a video by Kelli Marissa - dental floss, who knew those actually had a use!

 

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How to file and shape your nails

Cover your eyes, I'm naked. I'm also yellow - yes, I know - and if I had a dollar for every time someone told me my yellow nails are "gross" or "unhealthy" then I'd be one rich bitch. Please watch this video on what it actually means when you're a serial nail polisher and your nails are yellow (assuming you don't actually have related health problems that may cause yellow nails) if that was on the tip of your tongue.

Moving on to the topic of the day, how to file your nails! Watch the video below because if a picture says 1,000 words, then a video says, like, 1,000,000, according to my quick math.

I always use a glass nail file

 

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Fireworks New Years nails

Fireworks... or pom-poms? palm trees? colourful squid? Damn it sucks when you can't paint good.

Oh well there's plenty of flakies and holo to redirect your attention!

 

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C(h)ristmas nail art - scaled gradient tree and presents!

Merry (late) C(h)ristmas! How about a bunch of holo gradients? I went for a quadruple scaled gradient on my ring finger this time, for a Christmas tree effect! The other nails reminded me of abstract presents... somehow. Don't question me.

 

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Candy Cane Ice Queen nails

I AM A CANDY CANE ICE QUEEN. And my nails and sleighin' tonight.

This full-finger look was inspired by Glam and Gore's recent new look, I just had to put her face on my nails (and fingers)!

I used simply peel first to protect my skin from all the really uniformed stuff I then proceeded to do on my skin... this is why I'm not a makeup artist.

 

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Star Wars nails uh oh I've joined the dark side

THE NAIL FORCE AWAKENS cause I had to try and pay attention to all the Star Wars marketing going on around me so I could actually be informed and paint my nails accordingly. Yes, I admit, I've never seen a Star Wars movie... ever. Idk why, blame my parents, I was young!! 

In any case, 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 Festive and the prompt is Stars so clearly I interpreted this differently and used it as an excuse to do Star Wars nails for you good people of the Internetverse.

 

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Ugly Christmas sweater nails

Hurray, finally Christmas nails! I mean *Cristmas* nails. Yeah, you'll have to watch my YouTube video for my logic and rationale on that one!

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 Ugly C(h)ristmas sweater! I listened to it, but it turned out pretty sweet and not really ugly at all haha! I would wear this any time of year, no lie. I used awesome new 'Ugly sweater stencils' from Twinkled T along with holo glitter from their shop, you can use my code SIMPLY for 10% off!

 

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Elegant Christmas glitter jelly stamping

I did more stamping YAAASSS how proud of me are you right now? So proud, mom.

Uber Chic Beauty threw the well known Uber Mat my way along with some other goodies including plates, stampers, and glitter dust (we all know about my glitter crack addiction) and I gots to playing and this semi-Christmas-but-not-really design emerged!

I got a 10% off code for you too, from anything from their shop! Use code SIMPLY on anything from the Uber Chic Beauty for 10% off! 

 

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