Ocean View- Tropical Nail Design

Hello everyone! Today on the blog we will be creating another tropical nail design. I especially wanted to create this design because my hubby and I are getting ready to go to Hawaii very soon for our 10 year anniversary. We got married on the Island of Oahu and 10 years later we are finally go back, and I am very excited! Anyways today we are creating an ocean view tropical nail design, unfortunately we will not be having an ocean view from are hotel, but that ok no one goes to Hawaii to stay in the hotel always, but it still would be nice to have. 

Here are the polish and nail art tools used to create this tropical nail design: 

Base and top coat- CND Stickey Base Coat and CND Super Shiney Top Coat. 

Polish- Starrily- Northen Lights- Polar Lights- Magnetic, Starritly- Northen Lights- Oceanic Moonlight- Magnetic, Holo Taco- Toppers- Scattered, and Holo Taco- Toppers- Flakie.

Acyclic paint- black

Nail art tools- thin striper and linear brush.

Other- makeup sponge for creating gradients and water to clean off your nail art brushes. 

Optional item- Liquid Latex to make clean up easier (Holo Taco Protective Peel) 

Apply a top coat to clean dry nails, let that dry.

Polish on all of the nails, we will be using a lighter polish a light blue/ green shimmer polish (Starrily- Polar Lights.) It is best to start off with a light colored base and then use darker colors.

For this nail design I will not be doing step by step because I have created a lot of tropical designs that have palm trees and a gradient, so I feel like their is no need to repeat my self. 

To help to make clean up easy you can put liquid latex (as long as you are not allergic) around your nails. Once it has dried we can start the gradient. 

For the gradient part take a makeup sponge and first polish your dark blue (Starritly- Oceanic Moonlight) and then slightly over lapping the polish the same color you used as your base color the light blue/ green (Starrily- Polar Lights.)

Then dab the sponge on to each nail, you will need to repeat the last step for each nail, also you will need to go over the nails at least two times to be opaque. 

Once you have finished your gradient peel off your liquid latex with some tweezers. 

Also on the index and pink you can add some glitter to your ocean, by first polishing a scattered holo polish on the dark blue and a little bit on the light blue, then for even more glitter take a flakie holo and polish that on the dark blue part of the gradient. 

On the middle and ring finger nail we will create a tropical scene on the middle nail make a small island or a half oval on the left side of the nail and then make a palm tree.

On the ring finger nail make another island or a half oval on the right side of the nail and then make another palm tree.

Lastly we will create another tropical scene on the thumb nail. Make a long thick line near the cuticle and two short lines from that thicker line going to the side of the nail. Then make a large plan tree and lastly make a few lines from the palm tree for grass.

Once your tropical nails are ready for your vacation, apply a top coat to add a shine and for your design to last through your island adventures.

Here is the practice version.

Hope all of you enjoyed this tropical ocean view nail design and hope that everyone is having a good start to the summer, it has been a hot one!

See you next time for more nail fun! 

At The Beach- Ocean and Beach Nail Design

Hello everyone! Today on the blog we will be creating a beautiful ocean/ beach design. It's that time of year again when we all enjoy going to the beach and going swimming. At the beginning of the year I created a blue gradient nail design that I thought would make a pretty beach nail design, so that's what I did I took that same gradient that I did and made it into a beach/ ocean design. 

Here is the nail polishes and nail art tools used to create this beautiful ocean/ beach nail design: 

Base and top coat- CND Super Shiney Top Coat and CND Stickey Base Coat.

Polishes- KB Shimmer- Plant One On Me Collection- Lilac It Or Not, Zoya- Twinkling Collection- Jen, Holo Taco- Toppers- Flakie, Holo Taco- Toppers- Scattered, and Holo Taco-Vacation collection-Beach Please. 

Acrylic paint- white.

Nail art brushes- thin striper brush and liner brush.

Other- makeup sponge for gradients, Holo Taco's liquid latex, and water to clean off your nail art brushes.

Apply a top coat to clean dry nails, and let that dry.

Polish- 

For your base color for the gradient apply a light color first, a light shimmery/ holographic blue,KB Shimmer- Lilac It Or Not. 

Let that dry. 

Ocean Gradient: 

Before we start the gradient part of this design, as long as you are not allergic to latex, you can apply a liquid latex barrier around all of your nails, and let that dry. This helps to make the clean up much more easier. 

Then for creating a gradient from lightest on the tip of the nails to darkest near the cuticle, first take make up sponge and polish your lightest blue polish (I used KB Shimmer- Lilac It Or Not) then polish your darkest blue color (I used Zoya Jen). Then with your lightest color on the tip of the nails, dab the sponge on the nails to make a gradient. 

You will need to do this step few time so your gradient will be opaque. I went over each nail twice. 

For an added holo touch, take a Flakie Holo topper and polish on the darkest part of your gradient and then a Scattered Holo topper right under that, but not all the way down the nail on the lightest part just a little on the lightest part. (you will be able to see this better on the other colors I did on my right hand.)

Sand on the Beach: 

To make this design look more like the ocean, we will need to add sand and waves in the water. First take a clean makeup sponge and a sand looking polish on a sponge (Holo Taco- Beach Please). Then dab that on just the tips of the nails, you will need to do they two time to be opaque, I also polishes on a layer a well to make sure it was opaque enough. 

Ocean Waves: 

For the ocean waves, take a thin striper brush with watered down white paint on it and make a few wavy line on the nails, do this one at a time While the line is still wet take a clean dry liner brush and brush the line upward to make a wavy. If the line you made dried you can all ways go over the line again to make the wave. 

Once your beach nails are all ready apply a top coat to add a shine and to help them to last though your ocean/ beach vacation. 

Here is the practice version.

Hope all of you enjoyed this ocean/ beach nail design!

See you next time for more nail fun! 

Aloha State Of Mind- Glam Polish Review

Hello Aloha everyone! Today on the bog we will be reviewing a new collection from the Austrian Indie brand Glam Polish, this collection I am super excited about, this collection is called Aloha State Of Mind, which is a Hawaii themed collection. I love Hawaii and will be going back this summer for my husband and I 10 year wedding anniversary, we got married on the beach there, and this collection came out just in time for our Hawaii trip. 

Here are the polishes, they did not come in a box there were packed very well in bubblewrap.

Let's take a look at these bright, beautiful Hawaii themed polishes. Almost all 6 of these polishes except one is a jellies, with iridescent flakies, and reflective glitter. 

First let's take a look at Lava's All You Need 🌋 this is described as a red jelly with a gold shifting iridescent flakies, and silver reflective glitter. 

This applied well in three coats and had a good formula. This polish is very pretty and represent Hawaii lava red very well. 

lavas-all-you-need $14 USD 

🌺 Hula Girl this is described as a bright fuchsia pink jelly with a blue shifting iridescent flakies, and silver reflective glitter. 

This also applied well in three coats and had a good formula. This polish is also very pretty and so bright, which I love and represents the bright colors of Hawaii well. 

hula-girl $14USD 

🌅 Aloha Spirit this is described as a teal jelly with a pink and yellow shifting iridescent flakies, and silver reflective glitter. 

This applied well in three coats and had a good formula. This polish is also very pretty and represents Hawaii well.

aloha-spirit $14USD 

🏝️ Here Today, Gone To Maui this is described as a blue/ purple jelly with a teal shifting iridescent flakies, and silver reflective glitter. 

This also applied well in three coats and had a good formula, this of course represent Hawaii well too, all of the polishes do. 

Also on the website in the photo's this polish looks more blue and my polish looks purple. This is an Indie brand and maybe when they mixed the batches the colors where a little different, I do wish I would have gotten the more blue version of this because their is already a purple in the collection.  

here-today-gone-to-maui $14USD 

🗿🔥 Tiki Time this is described as a purple jelly with a pink and yellow shifting iridescent flakies, and silver reflective glitter. 

 

This applied well in three coats and had a good formula, this again represents Hawaii well. 

tiki-time $14USD 

🍧 Rainbow Shave Ice is described as a rainbow glitter bomb, with large and small rainbow glitters, along with iridescent flakies and sliver reflective glitters. 

This applied well in three coats as a full coverage glitter, or as a glitter topper over a light blue polish, I applied two coats over the light blue as a topper. This polish represents the bright rainbows that you often see in Hawaii, along with the bright and yummy shave ice. 

rainbow-shave-ice $14USD 

Here is the polishes swatched on nails, and what Rainbow Shave Ice would look like over a white polish. 

Which polishes were my most favorite? 

 

 

My most favorite polishes would have to be Lava's All You Need, the red jelly and Hula Girl the bright pink fuchsia. I just love that these two polishes are so bright and vibrant 

In conclusion the Aloha State of Mind collection I do really like/ love this collection fits the Hawaii theme perfectly, with the bright vibrant colors. At first I was thinking the only thing that I felt was missing was a blue, after look at the website Here Today, Gone To Maui was suppose to be more blue and sadly my polish was more purple. I do recommend this polish/ collection if you also love bright colors and Hawaii.

This polish is only available on the Glam Polish website they are based in Australia, they do ship to the USA (and have a warehouse in the US) and international.

You can also by the full collection and individual polishes, the full collection is linked 

aloha-state-of-mind-collection $84 USD

Hope all of you enjoyed the review on this collection Aloha State of Mind!

See you next time for more nail fun!