A Day Off

It's been awesome to finally get a day off from everything! Granted I still have work later today, but I love work so thats not a problem. So today I went with a nail design with the oblique line in black that I just love so much over a pink that I've been dieing to use. The pink I got from Forever 21 and the black is called 'ebony hates chris' and its from the wet and wild line. Then the gold color of the stamp is Luxe from Orly. I really like these nails and I hope they last Easter weekend, if not then I guess I'll just repaint them tomorrow and you'll get a post a lot sooner!
I'm sorry that I didn't clean them off any more then I did, but when I took this picture they were still in the drying phase and I didn't want to accidentally ruin them!


Sincerely, Aly :)

Worst Time of the Year (Not really but kind of...)

Spring, what a beautiful time of year. All the lawns come back greener then ever, everyone becomes less grumpy, cold food becomes more appitizing and of course my eyes revolt and go on strike because of the blossoming trees. I've yet for them to react as badly as they did last year, (it was awful!) but I also have been avoiding blossoming trees like a rabbit avoids a wolf. I purposly walk on different sides of the road just so I don't have to walk underneath them and let the pollen fall on me. The weird thing is I was never allergic to pollen untill I went up to a summer camp about 6 years ago and everything just went down hill.

I'm actually pretty upset about my allergies because I love being near flowering trees, I just feel they're so serene. I planned one day on going to japan during their spring and just seeing their cherry tree's in full bloom, but after the catastropic events that have happened there I'm not sure if I'll be going there in the near future. But because I love blossoms so much I decided to try again at cherry blossom nails and I have to say they turned out pretty darn cute! I got the idea from someones video on youtube. I loved how she did hers and so I tried to get mine as close to hers as possible but mine are no-where near as professional as hers were but all well, I'm still learning :)

Well I'm off to cause some havoc with my allergies ;)

Sincerly, Aly :)

Mind Over Load

For just starting this obsession with polish in November 2010 I would like to think I've learned a lot for just a beginner. It shocks me how many cool different nail polishes there are!!! For those of you just as lost as me let me give you some advice that will help you dig up the treasures the nail world has to offer. So there's different types of polish as you hopefully know; glitters, shimmers, mattes. Those are just the basics. So the ones I've been lucky enough to stumble upon of late are called 'Flakies', 'Holos', and 'Magnetics'. These polishes are so amazing! I've been searching day and night online through my favorite brands here in the US to try and find these types of polishes and my work payed off. China Glaze has some holos, and Sally Hansen has something like a Flakie top coat called 'Hidden Treasure'. Now for the coolest of them all the Magnetics I couldn't find any in America. Over in Europe they have a brand called Alessandro that is a magnetic and from reviews seems to work great. Lancome had one but the discontinued it as well as Loreal. The only one that I think could be sold in stores in America is the Essence Metallics and I'm not even sure about that. I think I have the general idea of how the metallics work so I may just be a little risky and try to recreate one ;) I think all the information I've given right now is correct but if it's not then tell me so I won't make the mistake again. So I did get one picture of my nails before I chipped them to pieces out of boredom. I saw someone on youtube do these nails and I just loved them so I chose slightly different colors and just followed what she did. I got a ton of compliments with these nails and I just loved looking at them. These nails took me quite some time to do though because my right hand is still shaky when it comes to dotting and lines. (I'm a lefty:) I think the video was called art deco or something close to that. I also did cute little nail splatters on my friends nails last weekend but she's just as bad as me and chipped it off in not even a day so I had no hope of getting a picture of them! I'm sorry my hand is so dirty, I'm constantly painting my friends nails and have sort've given up on trying to wash the polish off my hands. I feel as though with nails I've found out what I want to do for the rest of my life. I plan on going to nail tech. school and college so I can start on acrylics and learning all of the proper techniques and just learn the basics of nail care and then get my associates. From that point after working in a Salon for a few years and getting my degree if I decide its not for me then at least I'll still be able to do my nails forever-amounts better then I would've before going to school for the rest of my life. I was one of the weird kids and actually really liked chemistry so maybe if I decide to keep in the nail world just not the salon part of it I could always become a scientist that makes awesome new nail colors right? Sincerly, Aly :)

Take a Deep Breath

Sorry it's taken me so long to post something else up! So I've actually been through quite a few nail styles since my last post but unfortunatly I change my nails so fast that I often don't get a chance to get a picture of them. But I'm making a goal to start taking pictures of all the creations of mine before I peel them off and do another idea. So the two I have posted today were taken from my ipod which means the pixels are horrible, but thats all I've got. Don't laugh at my Cherry Blossom one, I know it dosen't look like a million dollars but that was my first attempt at trying something with my new art-deco polishes by L.A. colors. I don't know about the rest of the U.S. but the weather out where I live has been splendid! I almost went and had a nap under the sun yesterday but decided to do something more productive like painting my friends nails in the park :) Well, I'm off to catch up on my never ending pile of homework so next week I can muster up something to do with my nails!

Sincerly, Aly :)

I am aware that the edges aroung the Zebra Stars were a little yellow and I apologize for my laziness for removing completely the last nail polish I had on :s

I'm going to keep doing stuff with Cherry Blossom's because I just love them so expect more of them!