Bird Tracks in the Snow

I do not have any snow where I live right now, but I am hoping for some soon!  I love snow!  So, anyway, I also love how little bird tracks look when they are imprinted in snow.  They are just so adorable.  I decided to paint some bird tracks on my nails:

I started out with two coats of Sally Hansen Hard To Get as my base color.  When that was dry I took a toothpick to make the bird tracks.  I would draw a line first and then make the two little toes coming out on either side of the middle of the line.  I used two different shades of gray for the tracks.  The brownish-gray is Essie Chinchilly and the other one is Sinful Colors Cool Gray.  I finished off with two coats of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.

Oceany

Here's a manicure that I created a few months before I started my blog:

From my thumb to my ring finger, I used Essie Borrowed & Blue (I also used that on my pinkie), Essie Chinchilly, Essie Mink Muffs, and Essie Da Bush.  I used a dotting tool to make the starfish.  The purple ones are Revlon Impulsive and the coral ones are Essie Haute as Hello.

I have so many pictures of old manicures that I did, but, sadly, the majority of them were taken with my phone.  The camera on that only has 2 mega pixels, so the quality is not very good.

Candy Corn & Black+White

I decided to do my nails very festively today:

I will start with the black and white nails.  My inspiration for these is black and white movies.  I know, they don't look like movies...but they are black, white, and grey.  ; )  I guess it sort of looks like static.  I used Essie Chinchilly as my base color and put a coat of Claire's splatter effect glitter on top.  I then applied a coat of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.

For the candy corn nails I first painted on two coats of Avon Sunshine (the yellow) by my cuticles.  I didn't even bother painting that to the tips of my nails because I was going to cover them with other colors.  When the yellow was dry I took a small nail art brush and painted on the orange stripe in the center with NYC Spring Street.  I then used the same nail art brush and painted on the white tips with Sally Hansen Hard to Get.  Then, when that was all dry, I applied two coats of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.

I cleaned up the small bit of polish that got on my skin with a nail art brush dipped in pure acetone.

Subtle Stamping

I've really been on a nail art kick lately!  Today I decided to do some stamping.  I hadn't stamped in a really long time.  The final effect I achieved today wasn't as noticeable as I was hoping it would be, but it is nicely subtle:

The colors weren't coming out right inside, so I decided to take the picture outside on my worn picnic table.  Not the best backdrop, but whatever.
Anyway, the base color that I used is Essie Chinchilly, the stamping color that I used is Essie Haute as Hello and the stamping plate is Konad m64.  I used Sally Hansen Dries Instantly as my top coat.  When I took this picture I actually hadn't applied a top coat to my stamped nails because I wanted to allow it a little more time to dry.  If you have any questions about nail stamping, just leave a comment below and I'll get back to you.  =)