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Happy Halloween!

Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2013

Generally I don't really celebrate Halloween. I think I only dressed up a couple times as a child and never got the chance to grow the live for all things creepy. Since I'm so undeceive I decided to do a skittles mani so I could try out a few different designs.

I started with the mummy on my thumb, which is actually my favorite, I think it might just be because I love base color, Sinful Colors Colored Pearl. I then moved on to Frankenstein, who appears to be smirking, but thats okay. On my middle finger I painted a cute little ghost, but I top coated too soon and he streaked (boo hoo.) Can't have Halloween without the pumpkins and candy corn can you?

So guys, what do you think?

Have a safe Halloween!

xoxo

chanelle

@chanelleol

Getting Ready For Fall!

Posted on Thursday, October 3, 2013

I decided to go for something simple yet kind of edgy this week. I usually steer clear of orange polish, but 'tis the season! Besides, this one is so bright and vibrant I can kind of pretend it's still summer, right?

I started with just a simple gradient from orange to black, but that just wasn't enough for me. So I sat around staring at them trying to spice them up.

I took that weird fan brush that no one uses and streaked the colors into each other to give them this eerie, jagged look. I definitely want to try this in other colors.

Inspired By Art

Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2013

After a few months on hiatus I have decided to start blogging again. It gives me a way to explain why I do what I do and share it with people everywhere.

My cousin, Lauren Shea Little, is an artist and student who has a way of provoking thought and emotion with everything she does. Todays post is inspired by a painting she did a while back that I have always been fascinated with. It's really simple, but it makes such a statement that pictures do not do it justice.

This was my time first working with my newly round/almond shaped nails and I love the way they turned out.

Colors used: Julep - Lisa, Wet n Wild - French White & Black Creme

Spring, where are you?

Posted on Saturday, March 9, 2013

So, if you can't tell already I'm dying for spring to come. I'm ready to put the coats away and bring out the sundresses and shorts! I kept it simple this time by only using 3 bottles of nail polish instead of the 7 I had last time. I started this one kind of late so I wanted to make sure it had time to dry before bed. I scoured through some snapshots of designs I wanted to try and found this really cute one from @majikbeenz. I loved the simplicity of it and thought I'd give it a try. I opted to use Julep's Hayden, with Maybelline's Green With Envy as I'm obsessed with mint polish!

Dotted flowers are so cute, yet for some reason I never think to incorporate them into a design.

I really like the gold center, I think it adds a bit of sophistication to a somewhat childish design.

So, what do you guys think? Cute for spring or are these little flowers childish?

xoxo
chanelle

Pastel Cutout Skittles

Posted on Saturday, March 2, 2013

Once again I gathered up my Sinful Colors Sugar Rush Collection to bang out some nail art. My original plan for this look was to make it a vertical gradient with the cut outs/bare nail. Once tryig it out on one nail I realized it would take an eternity since the gradient would need 3 or 4 coats. Instead I just free handed clean line down the center to the next color.

Glitter makes everything better, right?

I used two pieces of striping tape in the center so expose the bare nail.

As you can see I'm still trying to figure out lighting and photography (tips are welcome!). Practice makes perfect!

I finally was able to try Seche Vite top coat, and I'm in love, it dries SO fast. It does smell kind of weird, or is that just me? I'd love t see your fun pastel looks as I'm sure everyone is ready for spring!

xoxo
chanelle

@chanelleol

Blue & Gold chevrons

Posted on Monday, February 25, 2013

Hello Lovelies!

Today's nails were just a quick change. I wanted to paint my nails, but I didn't really have a lot of time. I am and always will be obsessed with gold and black, so this time I added this bright blue by L.A. Colors on my accent nails. (Please ignore my messy cuticles.)

I really like the way freehand stripes look, but I might try a similar look using striping tape for more crisp lines at some point

Do you guys have any cool black and gold designs? I'd love to check them out!

xoxo
chanelle

P.S. - how are y'all liking my new watermark?

Simple Stripes

Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2013

I had an interview today so unfortunately my nails could not be covered in glitter, rainbows, or flowers. But I just couldn't leave them bare or just one solid color. I could not wait to use some of my new Sinful Colors polishes that I picked up the other day! I used Easy Going as a base and added some freehand stripes using Essie's Bobbing for Baubles. For some reason this navy comes on looking nearly black. I need to find a more navy navy...if that makes any sense haha.

I really like the way the v-shape of stripes looks.

Expect a lot more designs using Easy Going, I think it may be my new favorite color!

xoxo
chanelle

Sinful Colors Haul!!

Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

If you didn't already notice, I use a Sinful Colors polish in almost all of my designs, so naturally when I saw the Sugar Rush collection was out at Walgreens I had to pick some up. Now I'm normally not the kind of person to just buy a whole collection at once, but this one was full of colors I didn't own and Walgreens had them on sale for $0.99 each!! I ended up getting 5 of the 8 colors as I already owned Unicorn, their pastel yellow. I also could not bring myself to buy the bright pink, Sugar n' Spice, considering I have so many already, and the purples were so alike (Though I might go back and get it anyway!)

Here is my mini haul, the first color is not part of the Sugar Rush Collection, but it was a must have!

From left to right:
Easy Going - A creamy white with a slight hint of pink
Orange Cream - A pastel orange, almost coraly color, reminds me of a cream soda
Cotton Candy - This is what I call a perfect pink, a creamy medium hue, just the right pop of color
Sweet Tooth - Lovely cream pastel purple, with a little pink
Sugar Rush - Cream, pastel/baby blue. (Identical to Cinderella without the shimmer)
Sweet Nothing - A bold cream turquoise that reminds me of a blue raspberry Jolly Rancher

Here are some swatches of the colors below, they are all just one coat, with not top coat.

I'm definitely happy with these colors and can't wait to use them!

xoxo
chanelle

My boyfriend likes trees

You know that moment just as the sun goes down the the sky is full of different colors and the sun is just out of sight? Now, in the Winter, that sight is even more captivating with with the leafless trees jutting through the gradient of blues, greys, and creams. Well, the bf seems to always catch it, look at me and say "You should put that on your nails!" I've been putting it off because I just wasn't quite sure how to capture the image. So I did a little search on the web and found this picture:

So what I did was painted a base of Private Viewing, then did a gradient using blue, grey, and white. Once that was a little dry I used my small nail art brush to draw the branches using mixes of black and brown to create a bark like effect. I wanted it to really look like i had little trees on my nails and not just wiggly lines all over them. I added a few birds on my ring finger to give the whole thing some life.

And as usual, here are the colors I used:

Orly blue Collar, Sinful Colors Nirvana, SC Snow Me White, Wet n' Wild Private Viewing, and Sally Hansen Black Out

xoxo
chanelle

A very past due post.

I don't know how all the time got away from me! I completely missed posting the rest my valentines day manicures, mostly because I had been helping my mom prepare for/host/clean up from her tea. Yes, my mom has teas, people look forward to them year round and come from across the country for them. Every year she has a Valentine's Day themed Tea that puts the Ritz to shame (I can say that right?). Here are a few pictures so you can see what middle aged black women are doing these days.

Here is one of the tables just before we put all the little foods out!

And here are my babies! I spent approximately forever decorating these little teapot, teacup, and heart shaped cookies.

Alright back to nails! My second V-day inspired mani was a cute little pink gradient with silver hearts.

It seemed unfinished and kind of lackluster originally so I threw one some Spectraflair Top Coat (that fixes everything right?) Well, I still wasn't too happy with the outcome but the ladies at my mom's tea were in love! I haven't quite mastered the art of photographing this type of polish, so bear with me as I practice. Tips are highly welcome!

Now, my final Valentines manicure was kind of wild. It pretty much looks like a girly glitter explosion, with hearts, and lips, and glitters, oh my! I'll just have to show you.

I'm still working on getting in the groove of thise whole having a blog thing, so hopefully I'll posting again soon!

xoxo
chanelle

Love Birds for Valentine's Day!

Posted on Friday, February 8, 2013

Since I finally got my nail art brushes in I was able to do something a little more detailed than usual. These cute little love birds are perfect for V-day. I loved them so much I kept them on for a whole week. Surprisingly none of them chipped, just minimal tip wear.

I added hearts all over my other nails just to keep the party going!

I pretty much just took every pink I owned and made sure they made an apperance.

Half moons and leopards

Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2013

So this design was inspired by this post over at zoendout, I pretty much copied it but used a bright blue instead.

Julep Gunta, Sinful Colors Nirvana, nails inc. heathrow, and Sally Hansen Black Out.

Overall I was pleased with the outcome. Still haven't perfected the half moon style though.

First official post, and my first time trying sugar spun nails!

Posted on Saturday, January 26, 2013

So, after watching tutorial after tutorial I finally decided to give it a try. Didn't exactly turn out the way I wanted, but I like them. The white I used (Sinful Colors Snow Me White) was incredibly thick and globy. My plan was to create a gradient effect, but now I think my vision will work with one of those fan brushes...if only my set would come in the mail.

Colors used: Sinful Colors Mint Apple, Love & Beauty Peach, SC Black on Black, NYC Sidewalkers, and SC Snow Me White

-Chanelle

Since I have no job...

Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2013

I always wondered what people do all day when they have spare time as I am used to working 70+ hours a week...well now I'm one of those people. Time to make a blog.

So, starting now I will post all my manis, tutorials, swatches, hauls, and everything in between. Thinking about uploading a gallery of my previous stuff just to have it all in one location...maybe.

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