We're off to see the wizard...

I am in the play "The Wizard of Oz" this summer. I got the role of... drum roll please .... DOROTHY!!!! I am so excited. Of course, I just had to decorate my nails with a wizard of oz theme. On my pinky is the scarecrow, on my ring finger the lions mane, on my middle finger the tin man's heart, on my pointer finger Dorothy's dress, and on my thumb I put a rainbow. Some where over the rainbow! So, I'm not going to explain this one because this would be a really long blog post but, I will give you some tips.

• You might want to use a lighter blue for Dorothy's dress.
• Use a SUPER skinny brush for the stitches on the scarecrows shirt.
• Just put on a blob for the patches on the scarecrows shirt because it looks more natural and good that way.

You're My Hero!

NO THESE ARE NOT THE AVENGERS!!!!! Omg! Everyone kept saying "Oh, are those the avengers?" No they are not, batman is not an avenger according to my little brother. I did Captain America on my thumb, Iron Man on my pointer finger, Batman on my middle finger, Superman on my ring finger, and Spiderman on my pinky. This design tool a REALLY long time. It was hard. These are the polishes I used:

• White
• Orly, "Haute" (captain America shield red, superman outline and s, Spiderman, and Ironman base.)
• Essie, "Mesmerize Royal" (Center of captain America, base for Superman)
• Stripe Rite skinny brush, gold (ironman accents)
• Black
• Orly skinny brush bright yellow (Ironman eyes, Batman circle, Superman diamond thing)

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy memorial day everybody! Memorial day only comes around once a year so I had to take advantage of it. When else could I do these? Anyway, some people asked why I put the blue heart on my ring finger. It is because everyone should love the soldiers for what they did and it is red white and blue just to be patriotic. So, here is what I used:

• Essie, "Navigate Her" (green base coat)
• White (ring finger base coat)
• Orly, "Haute" (red stripes)
• Orly light blue skinny brush (heart)
• Orly brown skinny brush (camouflage)
• Essie, "Pretty Edgy" (camouflage)
• Essie, "Brooch the Subject" (camouflage)

Steps:
1) Paint "Navigate Her" on all nails except the ring finger.
2) Paint your ring finger white.
3) Use "Pretty Edgy", "Brooch the Subject", and Orly brown skinny brush to create camouflage. Draw thick, short squiggly lines that overlap a little with all of the colors listed.
4) Paint vertical red stripes on the ring finger with Orly "Haute".
5) Add blue heart with Orly light blue skinny brush on top of red stripes.

Mario Time!

If you have a Wii or a DS you definitely know who Mario is. Even if you don't you still probably do. During some of his games, he has little power ups, tools, and enemies along the way. There a little fuzzy brown dudes that try and get Mario and there are red snapping flowers that eat him. To get past these, he has some tools like the star, the flower, and the mushroom. Those are what these are. They took SOOOOOOOO long. I think it was worth it though. Here is what you need to do this...
- Sally Hansen, barracuda
- Orly, brown skinny brush
- Essie, brooch the subject
- Milani white and black skinny brush
- Black
- White
- Orly, yellow skinny brush
- Orly, haute
- Essie, pretty edgy
- Orly, green skinny brush
- dotting tools
- skinny brushes

1) Paint "Barracuda" on all nails.

THUMB:
1) Use "Brooch the Subject" to paint a long oval in the middle of your thumb.
2) Use brown Orly skinny brush to make 2 dots at the bottom and a triangular shape at the top.
2) Use black and white for eyes. Fitting tools are helpful or this. Put them in the triangular shape at the top.

POINTER FINGER:
1) Paint "Brooch the Subject" on the tip of your nail almost like anfrench manicure.
2) Add rectangles and other irregular shapes to the tan tip with the brown Orly skinny brush.
3) Put "Pretty Edgy" on the nail coming out of the brown and tan area. Then add leaves.
4) Use "Haute" to make a big oval. Then do a smaller yellow one inside it. Inside that, put a white oval with 2 black lines for eyes.

MIDDLE FINGER:
1) Paint a star with yellow Orly skinny brush.
2) Add lines for eyes.

RING FINGER:
1) Paint a green rectangle at the tip of your nail with "pretty edgy"
2) Paint a line coming out of the rectangle with the same color
3) Add leaves to the stem
4) Paint a red heart shape at tip of stem
5) Paint white lines on top edges of heart
6) Add white dots to flower

PINKY:
1) Big red dot with "haute"
2) White dot layered on red dot slightly
3) White dots on red part
4) Black lines for eyes

Teacher Nails

Yes, even our teachers want us to do their nails! It is so much fun! Grace and I literally count down the days until we do it. We love how much they appreciate it because they are more than teachers to us. We always surprise them and they try to guess what it is. One of these teachers loves Barbie. She has some in her class room and even has a shirt with them on it. That is why we chose Barbie nails. For the other teacher we did cows. She lives in Wisconsin and there are tons of cows there. Also, they are super cute!

Ribbit Ribbit!

In science class we are dissecting a frog. Yuck! My hypothesis: the outsides of frogs are cuter than the inside. I have a friend who loves frogs so I am going to dedicate this design to her. I think this design is super cute. Most people at school liked it but there was one boy who thought they were bunnies but what does he know! I would recommend using a darker blue than me. They are a little difficult to see. This is what you will need:

- base color of choice
- Essie, "navigate her."
- white
- black
- Essie, "muchi muchi"
- dotting tools
- skinny brushes

Steps:
1) After base coat, apply a solid color of your choice.
2) Make a semi circle near the tip of you nail.
3) Use big dotting tool dipped in "navigate her" and make 2 circles on top of the semi circle.
4) Add white dots on top of green dots.
5) Make pupils in the eye whites with black dotting tools.
6) use the skinny brush for a smile at the tip of your finger with little "muchi muchi" pink dots on the end.

Nature Nails

This was really easy and I love that the grass is actually textured! First paint your nails light blue (i used Sally Hansen Blue Me Away). Then paint white clouds (i used my white Milani striper brush). Then paint the tip of your nail green (i used OPI Green-wich Village). Make sure the green is not to thin so that it will drag but not so thick that it won't dry. Before the green dries use a dotting tool or a toothpick to drag through the green polish and make grass like strokes. The key is to
start at the tip of your nail and drag the dotting tool to about the middle of your nail. Do it right and it will look like grass, do it wrong and it will look like you smudged your nail polish.

Mario & Luigi

I'm not even going to try explaing these, but if you want to do them, use the pictures as your guides :)


Polishes:

red- Sally Hansen Rapid Red
green- OPI Green-wich Village (i think)
tan- Spoiled Show Me Some Skin
white- Sally Hansen White On
black outline- black Milani striper brush

Arghhh!!!

These pirate nails are cute and easy to do. For the tan base I used Spoiled Show Me Some Skin, for the red i used Sally Hansen Rapid Red, for the white polka dots I uses a dotting tool dipped in Sally Hansen White on, and for the face I uses my black Milani striper brush. First paint your nails tan. Next paint the lower half (or the upper depending on how you look at it) of your nail red. Then use a dotting tool or a toothpick to add polka dots to the red half of your nail. Now, for the face, use a dotting tool to make two dots for the eyes. Make sure that one dot is larger than the other, for the eye patch. Then make a curved line for the mouth and a straight line, going through the larger dot, for the strap of the eye patch.

Hole In 1!

My family just took our first golfing trip of the year! It was mostly for my brothers birthday, it was what he wanted to do. I don't love golfing but I like it once in a while. Every time, my favorite part is driving the golf cart. Shhhh! I'm not actually old enough to drive it yet but it can be our little secret. Anyway, our trip inspired me to paint my nails, as usual! I thought these were cute little putting greens. My grandparents absolutely love golfing and I know they will just love these. First of all, I painted every single nail with my Essie "pretty edgy" dark green. (love that color!). Then I added rounded and unusual shapes on top of that with my Sinful Colors "Innocent." I used my black on a dotting tool for the wholes and placed them in completely different places on each light green splotch. Then my black skinny brush worked for the flag pole and my Orly "Haute Red" red worked for the flag. The final touch was white dots placed anywhere on the green splotch. That was the golf ball. TA DA! PFYL :)

"Panda"-monium

This design takes some time but the final product is really cute!

Polishes:

- Sally Hansen White On
- Wet N Wild Fantasy Makers black (i dont know the name)


1. Paint 3/4 of your nail white leaving some space near your cuticle for the ears.
2. Use a dotting tool dipped in black to paint two ears on top of the white head.
3. Use a dotting tool dipped in black to make two dots, on the head, for the eyes. If you want, you can add to smaller white dots in the black dots for pupils.
4. Use a dotting tool dipped in black to make one dot on the tip of your nail for the nose.