Cup of Thoughts

The weather is getting warmer and Summer has finally arrived. By now, you've probably already transitioned your wardrobe over to your shorts and tanks. Or you're just now getting to that... like me. To celebrate the coming favorite season, I created a tropical theme floral nail art design.  I used a variation of tools; toothpicks and acrylic  dotting tools . Here are the following polishes I used: Sinful Colors/ /Top Shine Clear Coat OPI/ /Infinite Shine/ /To Infinity and Blue-yond Essie/ /Mamba Butter London/ /Greenery OPI/ /Alpine Snow OPI/ /Cajun Shrimp Sally Hansen Miracle Gel/ /Top Coat After polishing the nails in a base coat (I just used a regular top coat) , I coated the nails twice using the warm blue. Then with the dotting tools , I began to create small polka-dots along the edges of the nail. Painting short strokes surrounding the dots with the light tan/peachy color. I used the toothpicks to make fine branche...

In the midst of this Holiday season, it's always important to not get distracted in the rush of things, such as buying gifts, staying up past your bedtime wrapping presents, baking naughty truffles and sweet chocolatey goodies. Take time to spend with family. One of my favorite things to do on my own is to have a movie marathon. Every year my sister and I like to start up a Christmas classic and do each other's nails. We love exploring different designs and festive looks. This year it was the simple and traditional Christmas tree. The list of polishes I used: Pacifica's Red Red Wine OPI, Alpine Snow Cirque Colors, xx    Sally Hansen, Miracle Gel Top Coat What to do next: Paint your base color first.  To make the tree, I simply dotted a triangular shape on my ring finger with the white polish using a dotting tool, ( here are some inexpensive tools I have ).  The rest of the nails are decorated with the sparkle p...

Little roses in a sea of blue.  Polishes featured are:  Sally Hansen Sugar Fix n.370 Sally Hansen Malibu Peach n.380 OPI Cajun Shrimp Covergirl Diva After Dark n.330 ♡ Anna

Red, white, and blue nail art for this fourth of July. Independence Day is an excellent way to adorn some of these colors into your day. ♡ Anna