S'mores Fun- S'mores Nail Design

Hello everyone! Today on the blog we will be creating a fall treat on our nails, a s'mores design. At least when I think of fall I think of making s'mores by the fire, this could also be a summer treat as well, it just seems more fitting for fall at lest to me. 

Here are the polishes and nail art tools used to create this yummy s'mores nail design:

Base and top coat- China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat (trying a new base coat) and CND Super Shiney Top Coat.

Polishes- Nicole by OPI- That's Just Plain Nuts!, OPI Hawaii- Do you take Lei away, Zoya- Sue- Matte Velvet, and Sally Hansen- Hard As Nails- Hard to get. 

Acrylic paint- White, black and brown.

Nail art tools- Thin detail, linear, striper brushes, and a small flat brush. 

Other- Water to clean off your nail art brushes. 

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

Polish- 

(All of the polishes that I used are old, but they are basic colors that can be found in other brands.)

Thumb and ring finger nails- a brown cream polish.

Index and pink finger nails- a peachy nude polish with a golden peachy shimmer polish (I used these two polishes to try and create a graham cracker look to the nails.) 

Middle finger nail- a white cream polish.

Let the polish dry. 

Marshmallow and Chocolate on the Thumb Nail- 

(As with all of the designs I create I jump around from nail to nail to let each part dry, in this tutorial I will just explain each part in order.)

First we will start off with the thumb nail, we will first make the marshmallow with a smiling face near the cuticle. Take a thin stripper brush with white paint on it and make an oval for the top of the marshmallow and then make the kind of square shape for your marshmallow and make sure the bottom is curved. Then fill in your marshmallow with white you will need to do this a few times to be opaque. 

Now he needs a face, take a linear brush with black paint on it and dot two eyes. Then take a clean stripper brush with black paint on it and make a curved line under the eyes for a smile. For the toasted part of the marshmallow take a small flat brush with a little brown paint on it, dab that on top of the marshmallow and then take a very little bit of black and dab that over the brown. 

Marshmallow in the Corner of the Nail- 

Next we will make another marshmallow on the other corner of the nail, take a detail brush with white paint on it and make a half oval near the cuticle on the the other side of the nail, and fill that in with white paint. Then once that has dried take that same small flat brush with brown paint on it and dab that on the top of the marshmallow and that take a very small amount of black and dab that over the brown, for a toasted look. 

Small Chocolate Pieces- 

Next we will make the small chocolate pieces that are around the marshmallow. Take a thin stripper brush with brown paint on it and make three squares on the nail two near the tip of the nail and one near the marshmallow dude that we just made. You will need to fill in your chocolate squares a few times to be opaque. Then you can outline your chocolate squares with black paint, and then make a small black square outline inside of your brown squares. Lastly for your final dentil take a thin striper brush with white paint on it and make an upside-down L shape in the square of your chocolate. For more chocolate we will add small circles for chocolate balls, make four small brown circles in the blank area of the nail. 

Chocolate pieces on the Ring Finger Nail-

On the ring finger nail we will make two chocolate pieces and a few chocolate balls. This will be done the same way as we did on the thumb nail. You just need to repeat the same steps as before this time you just make two or more if your nails are longer and then make three chocolate balls. 

Graham Crackers on the index and Pinky Nails- 

The graham crackers that we will be making on the index and pinky nail are the simple part of this nail design. First take a thin striper brush with white paint on it and make a line down the middle of the nail, starting from the cuticle and ending at the tip of the nail, then make another line across the nail down the middle of the nail, the nice thing about this design is the line don't have to be straight they actually look better if they are not. That way the line gives that look like you are breaking a piece of the graham cracker.

To give your nail that graham cracker look we will make some small circles in each square. Take a linear brush dipped in brown and make three dots in each square until the square is full, while still having space. 

Marshmallow on the Middle Finger Nail- 

Lastly we will make a toasted marshmallow on the middle fingernail. Take a thin stripper brush with black paint on it, make an oval kind of near the cuticle and then a square shape that is rounded at the bottom. For that toasted look, take a small flat brush with brown paint on it and dab that on top of the marshmallow and then on both sides of the marshmallow, then take a very small amount of black on the same brush and dab that on the brown. 

Once your nails are campfire ready and look good enough to eat, apply a top coat to seal in your design and to help them to last through your camping/ fall adventures.

Hope all of you enjoyed this S'more nail design!

See you next time for more nail fun! 

Mooncat Plant Nyarr Nail Polish Collection

Hello everyone! Today on the blog we will be taking a look at the indie brand Mooncat the Plant Nyarr collection. This brand is kind of new to me, I mean I have known of them, I just have never purchased from Mooncat before. Originally, they were the brand Live, Love, Polish where they just sold different brands of polish. Since Mooncat had changed their name and brand I have been kind of interested in trying them out, and then the Plant Nyarr collection came out and I decided to finally give them a try, which they did not disappoint. ☺️

This collection actually has nine special effect polishes in it, I just decided to get six of the polishes, the other three were glow in the dark polishes that I decided to pass on. The Plant Nyarr collection has two glitter polishes, a shimmer polish, and three magnetic polishes. 

Here are the polishes in the boxes, this collection does come with a free magnet. 

Here are the non- magnetic polishes the glitters and one shimmer 

Here are the three magnetic polishes 

Let's take a look at the collection.

First we have Whiskered Willow this is a purple/ lavender polish that has a lot of glitter and some multicolor reflective and holographic glitter in it as well. 

This polish was sheer on the first coat and it did build up in three coats. 

This polish is very pretty, although the polish was a little on the sheer side and took three coats to be opaque, the formula still was not too bad. This polish is a glitter bomb so you will need to do the soak-off method to get this polish off easier.  

whiskered-willows $16.00 USD 

Mooncat Plant Nyarr- Whiskered Willow

Second we have Litterbox the light pink sister to Whiskered Willows, this is another polish that  has a lot of glitter and some multicolor reflective and holographic glitter in it as well. 

The formula was just like Whiskered Willows, kind of sheer on the first coat and did build up in three coats.

Litterbox is very pretty as well, love all of the glitter and how shinny this polish is. If only a real litter box looked just like this one. 😄

litterbox $16.00 USD 

Mooncat Plant Nyarr- Litterbox

Third we have Swim, My Dolphins on the nail, which has a purple base with a blueish, green, teal shimmer shift to it. In the bottom it is the opposite. 

This polish was also very sheer on the first coat and was still kind of sheet even on the third coat. On the website this polish does look more opaque then it actually end up being in person which may be disappointing for some, it was a little for me, I still love this polish anyways it is still very pretty. 

swim-my-dolphins $16.00 USD 

Mooncat Plant Nyarr- Swim, My Dolphins

Fourth we have Nyarrian Nights this is a multichrome magnetic polish that has a purple base and shifts between pink and red- orange, it also has a blue shimmer to it when it is magnetized. All of these colors really start to show when this polish is magnetized. 

This polish also was sheer on the first coat, then the second coat it was more opaque, with all of these polishes I did feel like I needed to apply three coats to be opaque, this polish I did need to apply three coats as well.  

This polish I would have to say was one of my favorites, it is so unique which is hard to say with someone that does have a large collection, this polish was just so cool and how it shifts into the different colors, that you don't usually see in a polish. 

nyarrian-nights $18.00 USD  

Mooncat Plant Nyarr- Nyarrian Nights

Fifth we have Blueberry's Jam this is a magnetic polish that has a purple base with blue flakies in it, the base looks very dark once it has been magnetized this polish looks almost black. 

This polish once again was very sheer on the first coat and took three coats to be opaque. 

This polish was also one of my favorites because of it looking so unique, with the color shift and the flakies in it and it being magnetic. 

blueberrys-jam $18.00 USD 

Mooncat Plant Nyarr- Blueberry's Jam

Lastly we have Electromagnetic Furball this is another magnetic polish that has a dark purple base, that has bronze flakies in it, once it is magnetized and has a lighter purple shift to it once you magnetize it. I do feel like the flakies are hard to see. Also just in the bottle you can see a shift of green, which you cannot see on the nails. 

This polish once again was sheer on the first coat and took three coats to be opaque. 

electromagnetic-furball $18.00 USD 

In conclusion I really enjoyed this collection and I am glad that I decided to finally purchase Mooncat polishes. My most favorite polishes like I had said above is Nyarrian Nights, all of the magnetic polishes were so pretty and unique, that was what really got me to purchase this collection not only the polishes looking very pretty, but how unique they where, especially the magnetic polishes. 

Also if you are unsure on how to use the magnetic polishes, Mooncat does have a really great and simple four-step tutorial on their website. This actually is one of the best that I have seen it is very simple and straight to the point. 

Learn the Art of Magnetics The tutorial is at the bottom of each of the magnetic polish pages, I also just added the link as well.

Here is a link to purchase the whole collection all nine polishes including the glow-in-the-dark polishes.  

planet-nyarr-set The set is currently going for $132.00 USD 

Hope all of you enjoyed this review of the Plant Nyarr collection from Mooncat. 

See you next time for more nail fun!