Milani Negative Space Striped Nail Art

Good morning, readers! I know I probably say this all the time, but I get nail art inspiration from a lot of everyday things. TV shows, patterns on purses/clothes, books, etc. Last week, I got a new cup and it had simple stripes on it in a cute color combination. I loved it so much, so I had to go change my mani to match the pattern on the cup that afternoon. It was simple messy stripes in a negative space mani but it was fun and I enjoyed wearing it! Let's take a look.

Swatch Sunday: Milani Fierce Foil Collection

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Hello, readers! I have a gorgeous new collection to share with you today: Milani Fierce Foil Nail Lacquers. 6 new polishes inspired by famous Italian cities that are metallic, have flakes, and I just love them! Totally glamorous--let's take a look!

13 Days Of January, Day 12: Re-create One of Your Old Manis (Milani Fierce Foil Half Moon Dotticure)

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Good evening, readers! I'm playing catch up in the 13 Days of January challenge so I can post the final mani tomorrow as planned. For Day 12, we are supposed to recreate one of our old manis. Well, I recently received the new Milani Fierce Foil Collection and I decided to recreate one of my favorite Milani creme manicures with the new foils! You can find my original design HERE-- a half moon dotticure. Today's version is a lot more sparkly, but it's also not as defined because the colors aren't as solid as the original cremes.

13 Days Of January, Day 6: Inspired By Pinterest! (Color Block Nail Art)

Good afternoon, readers! I have a second nail art look for you today. The prompt for Day 6 of the 13 Days of January Nail Art Challenge is Inspired by Pinterest. I love looking at nail art ideas on Pinterest and this is an idea I came across a few weeks ago and have been wanting to recreate ever since. Unfortunately, I have tried and cannot find the owner of this tutorial. If you know, please comment! This is a color block look and I love the color combo!

Extending Your Mani With Stamping!

Good morning, readers! On Thursday, I showed you my version of Watercolor Gradient Nails. I loved that mani so much and didn't want to take it off for the entire weekend! However, I did have tip wear and a couple of minor chips by Saturday (I just can't keep polish on my nails for more than a couple of days without it chipping or peeling off, ever.) so I tried to figure out a way to continue wearing the mani throughout the weekend.

Mesa Sunrise Watercolor Gradient Nail Art!

Good afternoon, readers! I saw a really cool tutorial by The Nailasaurus this week for a "Watercolor Gradient" and I just had to try it! My color combo is a bit reminiscent of a mesa sunrise so after a friend pointed that out to me, I figured it was a great title! I just love how the minty teal colors blend together, but the added pop of coral really makes me love it! This technique is easy enough to do on every nail and would work with so many different color combinations.

Color Block Nail Art With Milani Color Statement!

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Good afternoon, readers! TGIF! I am so looking forward to the weekend, are you? For today's post, I  have another nail art look using Milani Color Statement polishes. This time, it's simple color blocking over a holographic silver base using striping tape and 4 cremes.

Milani Enchanted Garnet & Gilded Rocks Reverse Gradient!

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Good afternoon, readers! I have a fall-worthy manicure to share with you today featuring two Milani Color Statement polishes! Milani Enchanted Garnet is part of the Limited Edition Bedazzled Collection and it is a gorgeous fall shimmer. I've added a reverse gradient of Milani Gilded Rocks at the cuticle for some extra sparkle.

Digit-al Dozen Dotting Days, #2: Flower Dotticure!

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Good morning! I wasn't able to put up a dot manicure yesterday, but today is a new day and I have a second contribution to the Digit-al Dozen Dotting Days! This one is a bit funky, I started with the flower shapes and then tried to "outline" in dots but the dots were too large to make flower shaped layers so I ended up with these odd shaped ones instead. I am still making my way through the tons of new Milani Color Statement polishes and used 4 in this mani--I just love the color combo!

Digit-al Dozen Dotting Days, #1: Half Moon Dotticure Gradient!

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Good morning, readers! You are in for a treat this week! Some of us from the Digit-al Dozen are dedicating this week to DOTS! You will see dotticures all week from me, so get excited for some easy-to-recreate nail art! I also have 37 new Milani Color Statement polishes to try so I'm going to be using a lot of them this week.

Hippo Tang Nail Art!

Good afternoon, readers! It's Monday, boo. I'm always exhausted from the weekend when Monday rolls around, so I wanted to do some cute nail art to perk me up. We recently finished installing our latest home project: a new custom-built rimless saltwater aquarium. We knocked down a wall between our kitchen and living room, built out the wall on the bottom half for the stand, and now have the tank and an open view into the other room.(I posted a picture on Instagram today of the tank if you are nosey and want to see!) Our most recent addition to the new tank is a Hippo Tang, so I decided to do nail art inspired by his markings.

Press Release: New Milani Color Statement Nail Lacquer!

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Milani released a new line of nail lacquer called Color Statement and the Press Release is below. 37 new shades, I will have them to review and share with you soon!

Funky, Tribal Half Moon Mani!

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Good morning! Mr. Adventures In Acetone and I were walking around the mall last night (kid free!) and I came across a gorgeous shirt in one of the department stores. I wish they had it in my size, it was bright and chartreuse and I loved it! Also, I told the hubby that it would be an awesome nail polish color. Fast forward to this morning, as I'm sitting at my nail desk: I look up at the rack of OPI polishes and OMGOSH(!!) I have a polish the same color as the shirt! OPI Life Gave Me Lemons from the new Neon Collection-- I had forgotten about it because it's not a color I typically reach for to wear. 

I knew I wanted to do some kind of pattern over it, and I think I may have gone a little overboard with this mani. I tried to combine half moons with tribal print, but the other colors seem to have been washed out after I added the matte top coat.

Swatch Sunday: Milani 2014 Nail Lacquers

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Good morning, readers! Today's post is on 10 new Milani Nail Lacquers for 2014. I've already shown you the new Specialty Lacquers and High Speed Fast Dry from this years release. These are from the regular core line up with the satin gold caps. All 10 go really well together and would make some great gradients and nail art looks!

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Brands, Day 3: Chick-fil-A!

Hello, readers! Are you enjoying "brands" week with The Digit-al Dozen? For day 3 I was inspired by where I grabbed lunch with the kids: Chick-fil-A! I seriously love their chicken and diet lemonade. Their big advertising theme is usually cows holding signs saying to "Eat MOR CHIKIN". I think it's so cute and clever (since they don't serve burgers)!

Dress Inspired Nail Art!

Nail art inspiration happens all the time with lots of different things. This time, it was this gorgeous dress from Light In The Box that my friend Kim shared and I knew instantly that I would love this color combo on my nails! I set out to do the awesome top half of the dress (as you see on the left hand side of the collage below), but I fell in love with the fan brush gradient on my tips and decided to take that off and do a full mani as the gradient instead (shown on the right side of the collage below). 

Tutorial Tuesday: Mermaid Scale Nail Art!

Good morning, readers! As promised yesterday, here is a simple tutorial on how to recreate the mermaid scale nail art design. If you don't have these layering base colors of Dior Saint Tropez and Dior Perlé, you can of course use any colors you'd like the base of your scales to be! I'm just showing exactly how I did mine.

Swatch Saturday: New Milani Gold Labels for 2014!

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Good morning, readers! Are you ready for a BIG post? I have all 12 new Milani Gold Label polishes to share with you today! 6 fun cremes and 6 unique glitter toppers!

Skittlette: New Milani High Speed Fast Dry 2014 Colors!

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Hello, readers! TGIF right? Milani just released 25 new nail polishes for 2014 and I've got the first set to show you today! I'm going to split them up into a few posts so you don't get too overwhelmed. Today's post is on the three new High Speed Fast Dry Colors!

GOT Polish + The Digit-al Dozen DOES Monochrome, Day 4: Purple Zigzag Reciprocal Gradient!

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Good morning, readers!  I have a triple post for today: this week's GOT Polish Challenge, Digit-al Dozen Monochrome Day 4, and another review for Sticky Nails stencils! Are you ready? Did you see yesterday's post with a different Sticky Nails guide? Go check it out!

Today's mani was challenging for me. First, I knew I had to keep the polishes in the same color family. Second, I had to pick colors that were older than a year in my stash. Lastly, I wanted to show another shape of tape guide from Sticky Nails. So I ended up with zigzag stripes and a reciprocal gradient with Zoya Monica and Milani Violet Dash. I did a reciprocal gradient back during Tape Week with The Digit-al Dozen, and I loved it so much I wanted to try again. Globe & Nail has an awesome tutorial so check that out if you want to know where I got the idea and how to do it yourself!