Blue Brush Stroke Gradient

I've been in a major nail art funk lately. I can swatch all day, but I can't come up with a design for the life of me. I believe it's due to an overload of inspiration. Sounds silly, but there are so many talented bloggers producing awesome art that it can be a little overwhelming! In a good way, of course! ;) So since my own brain isn't cooperating, I snagged this idea from A Little Polish! I didn't really have any idea how she did it, so I just went by what it looked like.. It went ok! Not as brush-strokey-looking as hers, but I am happy with them.

The light blue is Dreamer (Revlon) and the darker blue is Mount Royal (American Apparel). 

Has anyone tried brush stroke art like this or like A Little Polish's? I wanna seeeee! 

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Snake eyes (Kinda?)

This is an old manicure. You can tell by my awesomely not-nubbin-like nails! I started with a base of Revlon's Sheer Nude then did some taping with Jordana's Rich Green.

Flash

Then came the part that made me want call it snake eyes... a simple stripe of Jordana's black crackle:

I have heard many say crackle is over done and just so last year, but this is one of my first experiences with it. This is probably one of my favorite things I have ever done to my nails. The nude base must be utilized more. It's just one step closer to negative space nails which are amazing. 

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And today was a good day...

... For there was nail mail! Not only did I receive packages from Jordana and a lovely Reddit Lacquerista, but I have two packages waiting for me at the post office that can be picked up Monday! One of those packages contains all of the nail polish I acquired while in Pennsylvania over the holidays. SO. MUCH. POLISH. I am giddy!

If you don't know about Jordana Cosmetics, you really should check them out. They are a drugstore brand, I've only seen them at K Mart, but they're DBP, Toluene, and Formaldehyde free! And.. only $1.99! I have truly fallen in love with their polishes. It started with Purple Glam. Then, I read this top coat review and saw that they made the perrrrfect quick dry top coat for nail art! It lasts AND it doesn't drag the design! Haven't tried it for stamping yet, but hopefully it works out! The top coat is the quick SHINE version, not quick dry, but it does in fact dry rather quickly.

I also ordered a crackle because, well, I have only one crackle and I wanted to have crackles in basic colors. Talk about being late to the game! And apparently I really have a thing for greens and purples because I somehow ordered yet another set in the form of Hypnotizing and Rich Green. I've been on a real cream kick lately and have a strong desire to own alllll the colors in cream! Best part about the whole Jordana order: I ordered on the 16th, it got here on the 18th.. WHAT?! That was super quick! And shipping was only 5 dollars! Woo! <3 Jordana! They are totally not paying me to say that.

I also mentioned receiving a package from the wonderful ridiculouslikethat of Reddit Lacqueristas. I had been having a hard time finding Revlon's Whimsical and am super grateful this awesome lady was able to help me out! I'll be sending out some China Glazes for her in return :) Check out this packaging! Nothing was getting through that! Definitely needed scissors! Hmmm I might just be cheap and tape it back up it was so sturdy and nice...

Reviews of the Jordana stuff soon just because I think everyone should give this polish a shot!

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Revlon's Minted with some extra shine!

Recently I picked up Revlon - Minted at a discount and absolutely fell in love with the color. It applies like a dream and is just the perfect "minted" shade, of course! I also found a pretty cool almost holographic polish at the dollar store called Glacier by Nail Fetish. I tried wearing the Glacier on its own but it took 4 coats and was still streaky as all get out. However, it works great if you just through one or two coats over just about any color. I tried a bunch of different shades, but it actually looks pretty great over Minted!

These pictures genuinely don't do it any sort of justice, the final look was actually quite stunning!

This is probably going to be my last post until I get back from China. Well, aside from the birthday post (around the 27th) and 4 or 5 giveaways I'll be entering before I go!