Perpetual Polish

I’m sorry I haven’t updated sooner - my life has been so hectic this past year!

I moved across the country for grad school, and so far, working on my PhD has completely taken over my life. 

I will always love nail art, but unfortunately I haven’t had much time to do anything more than a basic manicure every two weeks or so. T_T

In the Cab-ana - Essie (blue/teal)

Just Keep Swimming - Dollish Polish (multicolored glitter inspired by Finding Nemo’s Dory in a jelly blue base - this shade has been retired and I don’t really know of any dupes!)

St. Patrick’s Day nail art and water marbling tutorials by cutepolish and My Simple Little Pleasures

Colette is the queen of water marbling. My attempts always look weird and misshapen, lol!

Alpine Snow - OPI (white)

Spring Buds - Deborah Lippmann (pastel green)

Lickety-Split Lime - Sally Hansen Insta-Dri (mid-toned green)

Sketch N Etch - Finger Paints (dark shimmery green)

Midas Touch - Finger Paints (metallic gold microglitter)

Textured Saran Wrap nail art tutorial by the Nailasaurus

3 shades of blue/teal polish (light baby blue, medium blue, and teal)

Alpine Snow - OPI (white)

white Konad special polish

m89 stamping plate - Konad (pinky finger)

Tide-Dyed nail art tutorial by Essie

Mint Candy Apple - Essie (pale minty blue)

In the Cab-ana - Essie (teal blue)

Mochacino - Essie (gray/brown taupe with silver microshimmer)

No More Film - Essie (dark purple)

Silver - Konad special polish

Gradient stamping! I loved this color combo. ^_^

Buy Me a Cameo - Essie (peachy metallic copper)

Pastel green, pastel blue, and pastel purple - Konad special polishes

Happy (belated) New Year! Life has been so busy! And when life is busy, I get to stamping!

No More Film - Essie (dark purple)

Harp on It - Color Club (silver holographic)

Winter snowflake mani for my mom! ^_^

Mint Candy Apple - Essie (minty pale blue)

Blueberry - Hello Kitty Liquid Nail Art for Sephora (blue)

Reverse stamping decal tutorial by Drama Queen Nails

Reckless - Del Sol (shimmery pearl white color changing nail polish)

I Just Can’t Cope-acabana - OPI (yellow)

Peach of Cake - Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure (peachy orange)

Konad special polish (pastel purple, black)

s10 stamping plate - Konad (bunny, chick)

Genie in a Bottle (Illuminating Nail Tone Perfector) - Deborah Lippmann

I had a really important meeting, so I decided to ditch my colorful polish for something that wouldn’t draw attention. I saw an e-mail about this new “Genie in a Bottle” polish from Deborah Lippmann - it’s supposed to brighten up yellow-stained nails (the way that purple pigments in dye can cancel out brassy tones in hair)!

My nails aren’t super stained, but they do have a yellow-tinge to them from 2+ years of having them constantly covered with nail polish (even with lots of base coat), especially when comparing them against something that’s actually white. 

The first pic is of my bare nails. The last one with the bottle is with 2 coats. Sometimes it looks nice when my nails hit the light. Other times it just looks the same but now with some purple shimmer on top of my yellow-tinged nails. I didn’t expect the staining to disappear or anything, but still, this polish didn’t really seem to do a whole lot. Maybe other people have had better results, but for me, I couldn’t take it after a couple days and opted for a more business-appropriate nude-pink manicure instead. It’s a cool concept, but it wasn’t worth $20.

Summer Paradise nail stamping tutorial by Moyou London

It’s already October, but it still feels like summer here in Arizona! When will it ever feel like fall?? T_T

I got these amazing Moyou London stamping plates as a gift from my BFF! It made my day - I love them so freaking much!

Faint White Diamond - Azature (white)

Mamba - Essie (orange-brown)

Prince Charming - Orly (brown)

Blueberry - Hello Kitty Liquid Nail Art (blue)

Konad special polishes for stamping (red, yellow, pastel green)

Fashionista stamping plate #11 - Moyou London (design on ring and pinky nails)

Fashionista stamping plate #14 - Moyou London (design on thumb/pointer/middle nails)

Galaxy nail art tutorial/inspiration by Chalkboard Nails (and NASA??? lol)

I remember being so blown away by Sarah’s take on galaxy nails (based on an actual photo of an actual nebula!); I loved how she added red! This is my favorite galaxy nail art attempt yet! I can’t decide which hand I like better, haha.

Black Onyx - OPI (black)

Where Art Renoir? - Finger Paints (black jelly with silver microglitter)

Alpine Snow - OPI (white)

Sapphire Siren - Maybelline Color Show (navy blue)

First Date at the Golden Gate - OPI (classic red)

Play Date - Essie (orchid medium purple)

Lacey Lilac - Sally Hansen X-treme Wear (pastel purple)

Trout Pout - Butter London (coral pink)

Electric Lane - Nails Inc. (holographic glitter top coat)