My Happy Place- Tropical Nail Design

Hello everyone! Hope everyone is having a good start to summer and trying to stay cool. Today on the blog we will be creating a tropical design, this is my favorite time of year summer and I always love to create beautiful topical designs. Even more so lately I have been dream of my happy place some where tropical, just seating by the ocean and of course swimming in the ocean too. If this is also your happy place then you will also love to create this nail design. 

Here are the polishes and nail art tools used for your happy place, a tropical nail design: 

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

Polishes- Zoya-Splash- Maren, Zoya- Splash- Harbor, Sally Hansen- Hard as Nails- Hard to Get, OPI- La Paz-itively Hot, OPI- Hello Kitty- 5 Apples Tall, Sally Hansen- Triple Shine- Play Koi, Sally Hansen- Triple Shine- Lemon Shark, Sally Hansen- Hard as Nails- Black Hearts, and Holo Taco- Scattered Holo Taco.

Acrylic Paint- Black and white.

Nail Art Tools- Thin stripper and detail brush, two makeup sponge for gradients.

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

For this design we will first be applying our base colors and then do the gradients.

Polish- 

Thumb and Pinky Finger Nails- Light green polish (Zoya- Harbor)

Index, Middle, Ring Finger Nails- white polish (Sally Hansen- Hard as Nails- Hard to Get), we will be polishing these nails white to help the colors, mainly yellow to show up better and to pop. 

Let that dry.

Ocean Gradient on the Thumb and Ring Finger Nails:

First we will start off with the ocean design which is the most simple part of this design. Take a makeup sponge and first polish the same color as the base color the light green polish (Zoya- Harbor) then right next to that color polish a darker blue (Zoya- Maren). Then dab the sponge on the nails, both the thumb and pinky finger nails, you will need to do this a few time to be opaque. 

For the small wave details, take a stripper brush with white paint on it and make a few wavy lines in random spots on the nail so it looks like waves, then what I did was take a clean detail brush and right away try and smudge the line so it kind of look more like a wave. 

Lastly to give the ocean more of a sparkle look, you can apply a scatter holo top coat. 

Tropical Island Design, the Sunset Gradient: 

First we will start off with the gradient, just like the ocean gradient we just did we will first make a sunset gradient. Take another makeup sponge, first polish a pink (OPI- La Paz-itively Hot), a red (OPI- Hello Kitty- 5 Apples Tall), a Orange (Sally Hansen-Play Koi,) lastly a yellow (Sally Hansen-Lemon Shark) on to the sponge. 

With the pink staring at the cuticle dab the sponge on the nails, you will need to repeat this step a few time to be opaque. As you can see the gradient I did on my nails the pink showed up a lot more on the ring nail and not so much on the middle and index nail. 

Ocean Water:

For the ocean water if you have a small part of your sponge that is clean you can use that, or you can cut some of your already used sponge to make a fresh piece of sponge. Take the darker blue that you used for your ocean and polish that on your sponge and then dab that on the tip of the nails, the reason that we dab the blue on with a sponge, is I feel like it give a more wave look to the water.  

Palm Trees:

For our final detail for our design, we will create some palm trees on the index nail make one palm tree on the left side of the nail, the middle finger nail two palm trees one taller then the other, then on the ring finger nail make one palm tree on the right side of the nail. 

This time I will describe how to create a palm tree, I feel like it has been a while since I fully explained how to paint a palm tree.  

Take a thin stripper brush with black paint on it make long thin line for your tree stump, then make two curved lines at the top of that line, two more short ones from those line, then a short line for those two line. For the leaves we need to make very small thin line that are very close together, I feel like if you make your line some what close together, but not to close it can look like a blob or a cool looking palm leaf. 

Once you your palm trees are done we need to make some land for your palm trees to be on. Take a black polish and swipe it on the tip of the nail kind of like a messy French manicure the line doesn't need to be straight. 

Lastly for the final touches on the water we need to make a few lines for the waves, take your stripper brush with white paint on it make just a few lines in the water. Then for an added sparkle take that same scattered holo polish and polish that on to your water. 

Once your nails are tropical vacation ready apply a top coat to seal in your design and to help it to last through your vacation. 

Here is the practice version of My Happy Place. 😊🏝️

Hope all of you enjoyed this tropical nail design!

See you next time for more nail fun! 

Don't Worry Be Happy- Smiley Face & Flower Nail Design

Hello everyone! Hope everyone is having a nice spring/ soon to be start of summer. Today on the blog we will be creating a happy face and flower nail design, that is great for summer, well really any time you just want to feel happy. For this design we will be using the new Orly Melting Point Collection. 

Here are the polishes and nail art tools used to create this fun happy face and flower nail design:

Base and top coat- With these polishes Orly suggests that you don't need a base and top coat, I didn't use one with this design, I did still use CND Super Shiney Top Coat.

Polishes- Orly Melting Point Collection.

Acrylic Paint- Black and white.

Nail art tools- Medium dotting tool, this stripper and liner brush.

Other- Water to clean off your nail art brushes. 

Apply a base to clean nails if you would like. If you are using the Orly Melting Point collection you can apply a base coat or you don't have to apply a base coat, it is up to you (I did not apply a base coat.) 

Polishes- 

Thumb Nail- Orly- Glass Act

Index Finger Nail- Orly- The Floor is Lava

Middle and Ring Finger Nail- Orly- Having a Smeltdown

Pinky Finger Nail- Orly- Erupt To No Good

Let that dry.

Happy faces- 

First we will start off with the white base for the happy faces. I did a white base first that way the yellow polish would stand out over the background/ base polish. 

Starting with the thumb nail make a circle with white paint, near the tip of the nail and then make another near the cuticle that is very close the side of the nail.

On the middle finger nail make one large circle near the tip of the nail very close to the side of the nail. 

On the ring finger nail make two circles one near the cuticle and another one near the tip of the nail. 

Once you are done making all of your circles take your yellow polish and fill in each white circle, you may need to go over this a few time to be opaque enough. I did have to go in with a nail art brush to make sure the white was all covered. 

Let your now yellow circles dry and the we will make the eyes and smile, for that step take your liner brush with black paint on it and make two thick lines for the happy faces eyes, then take a striper brush with black paint on it make a curved line for the smile.

Flowers- 

Now on to the flowers on each nail. First we will start off with the center part of the flowers take your dotting tool with yellow polish on it on the thumb nail make a dot near the tip of the nail and one near the left hand side near the cuticle. 

On the middle finger nail make a yellow dot with your dotting tool near the cuticle on the left hand side and then make a dot near the tip of the nail on the left hand side. 

Lastly on the ring finger nail make one dot on the lower left hand near the tip of the nail.

Next we will make the flower petals around each of the yellow dots that we made. Take your liner brush with white paint on it make thick lines that look like petals around each of the yellow dots, due to the flowers all being close to the nails they will all be half flowers, so you will only need to make a few petals. 

Colorful Dots- 

To finish off this design we will make colorful dot all around the nail. We will be using all of the polishes from the Orly Melting Point Collection. Take one color at a time on your dotting tool and dot each color on the thumb, middle and ring finger nails. 

Once you are happy with your nails apply a top coat to seal in your nails and to help your nail art to last. 

Here is my practice design, I felt like it was worth showing because I did change a few of the nails a little bit.

Hope all of you enjoyed this happy face and flower nails design!

See you next time for more nail fun! 

Orly Melting Point Collection Review

Hello everyone! Today on the blog we will be taking a look at the newest collection for Spring and Summer 2024 from the brand Orly, the Melting Point collection. This collection has six very bright and described on the box and website as a rich liquid metal like polish or really bight shimmery polishes.  

The front of the collection box 

The back of the collection box, with the description and the colors of the polishes. 

Here are all of the polishes in the bottles. 

This collection is a part of there breathable line, which I want to start off by saying that nails do not breath. The actually means according to the website is that you don't need a top and base coat so you don't need as many layers of polish, which kind of makes it seem like your nails can "breath". This formula also has Argan oil, Vitamin B5 and C in it to I guess be a better formula for your nails. 

Also the polishes have .6 fl oz/ 18ml of polish in each bottle which is a lot of polish in each bottle. 

For all of these polishes they all where two coaters except for the yellow (which is common for a yellow polish), but for me I ended up doing three coats to have full coverage it might just have been the way I polished, but I really feel like that could be two coaters. Also each polish had really great formula and applied very well. 

As stated above Orly suggest that you don't need a top and base, I did apply a top coat and not base, I personal feel better with a lest a top coat for that extra protection on the nails, due to the job that I have. 

Let's take a closer look at each polish.

First we have The Floor Is Lava, this is described as a bright pink with gold shimmer in it and is inspired by a lava lamp. 

The-Floor-Is-Lava- Orly.com $11.00 USD

Second we have Alloy Matey this is described as a bright purple with a lighter purple shimmer in it. 

Alloy-Matey- Orly.com $11.00 USD 

Third we have Cesium The Day, this is described as a lemon yellow shimmer polish. This polish will take three coats for full coverage, which is common for a yellow polish. 

Cesium-The-Day- Orly.com $11.00 USD

Fourth we have Erupt To No Good, this is described as a bright orange with a golden shimmer in it just like the pink polish, The Floor Is Lava. 

Fifth we have Having A Smeltdown, this is described as a turquoise light blue shimmer polish, this poish leans both light blue and green. This polish of course remind me of ocean water the water that is close to the shore. 

Having-A- Smeltdown- Orly.com $11.00 USD

Lastly we have Glass Act, this is described as a purple with an aqua blue shimmer in it. 

Glass-Act- Orly.com $11.00 USD

In conclusion this is the second time that I have tried Orly polishes and once again I am very impressed! The formula was very good and applied very well these polishes also wore very well, as stated above I did where a top coat and no base coat and through out the week they did wear very well very little tip wear and chipping. I highly recommend this collection if you love bight vibrant colored polishes like me, which I am sure you do if you read this blog post. 

If you are interested in purchasing this collection it is available on Orly's website for $66.00 USD

 

https://orlybeauty.com/collections/melting-point-spring-summer-2024

Also of course this collection is great for creating some fun and bright tropical nail design, which I look forward to doing very soon! 

Hope all of you enjoyed this Orly Melting Point Collection review!

See you next time for more nail polish fun!

Easter Time- Easter Nail Design

Hello everyone! Happy Easter! Today on the blog we will be creating a cute Easter nail design with a bunny and a chick in an egg. 

Here are the polishes and nail art tools used to create the Easter design- 

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

Polishes- China Glaze- Chalk Me Up!, Zoya Mini- Daisy, Zoya Mini- Rayne, Zoya Mini- Leslie, Zoya Mini- Eden, Holo Taco- Polar Princess, and Sally Hansen- Hard as Nails- Hard to get. 

Acrylic paint- White, black, yellow, green, red, and pink. (mixed yellow and red for orange if you don't have an orange paint.) 

Nail art brushes- Thin detail, linear and stripper brushes. 

Apply a base coat and let that dry.

Polishes- 

Thumb- a light blue cream polish ( China Glaze- Chalk Me Up!)

Index- a light yellow shimmer (Zoya- Daisy)

Middle- a light blue shimmer (Zoya- Rayne)

Ring- a light purple shimmer (Zoya- Leslie)

Pinky- a pink cream polish (Zoya- Eden) 

Then take an iridescent polish, Holo Taco Polar Princess and polish it over the pink to give the pink a shimmer. 

Let that dry. 

For this design we will just be creating nail art on the ring finger and the thumb nail. The Index, middle and pink nail will just stay the blank colors with no nail art. 

Chick in the Egg on the Ring Finger Nail- 

For your little chick I first made an outline of him with white and then went over him with yellow that way the yellow would pop more/ you can see it better.

First take a linear brush with white paint on it and make a large oval in the middle of the nail, add two lines above his head for hair, make a small half body for your chick too, we will let that dry. 

Once your base white has dried take a yellow paint and paint over the white a few time until it is opaque. 

For the egg shell make some triangle shapes along your nail above your chick, then fill in the bottom half of the nail with white polish. 

Lastly for his face make two small black dots for his eyes and then for his beak take a orange paint and make a small upside down triangle.

Easter Bunny on the Thumb Nail- 

On the thumb nail we will make a bunny in the grass. Take a detail brush with white paint on it and make a circle in the middle of the nail and fill that in for his head, then for his ears make two small oval shapes. For his body make a large oval, then for his arms make two thin oval shapes on each side of his body. 

Let that dry. 

For his face take that same detail brush with black paint on it and make two small dots for his eyes and one user that for his nose. 

Then take a stripper brush with black paint on it, make a few lines on the side of his face for whiskers. Then make a small line down his nose and a curved line for his smile. 

Lastly for his ears make a thick oval shape in his ears with pink paint. 

Now will need to make the grass for our bunny to sit in. Make sure you have two greens, a light and a dark green. First take your light green on a stripper brush and make some grass like lines under/ on your bunny, then do the same with a darker green. 

Once your nails are Easter ready apply a top coat to seal in your nails and to help them to last.

Here is the practice version of the Easter design. I actually like how the chick turned out in the practice version because he looks chubby, I could not get him to look like this on my nails, my nails are not as wide as the nails that I practice on.  

Hope all of you enjoyed this Easter nail design and if you celebrate Easter hope you have a good Easter!

See you next time for more nail fun!