Pastel leopard print and cool ombre effect!

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I've got some leopard print nails to share with you today, and an experiment that turned out really great!

Today's design was requested by someone who contacted me through facebook, and she requested anything pastel. I decided to go with some sweet and girly leopard print and a twist on the average ombre nails. The ombre nails came out absolutely amazing in person, the pictures really don't do them justice! I started with a white base, and got pastel purple, blue, and pink acrylic paint. I sponged it on like I normally would, except I added much more acrylic paint (so that it almost created that pooling puddle looking effect that's usually a bad thing!) and then I got another clean sponge and sponged where the colors connect, removing some of the paint and sponged around the entire nail very lightly removing very little of the paint. The result ended up looking like some awesome clouds, and I topped it all with China Glaze Fairy Dust to add some extra sparkle and fantasy.

What do you think of these nails? Let me know in the comments below!

Paint splatter nails!

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As I mentioned before there will be a few posts today just to catch up. This design is a neon paint splatter requested by someone who contacted me through facebook. The final result reminded me a lot of candy, like jawbreakers.

What do you think of this design? Let me know in the comments below!

Pastel blue, purple, and pink gradient with black rhinestone triangles!

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Sorry it's been a while since my last post, but i'm pretty excited to show you the nail art I've had on these past few days. My camera isn't very good at picking up pastels so I edited the pictures to try to get them as accurate as possible but even then, they are not perfect. The colors are much more vivid in person, they scream summer! I used a white polish as the base for my gradient, and then did the gradient with light turquoise, purple, and pink acrylic paint. I think they would've looked better with some black studs but I used these inexpensive black rhinestones instead. Onto the pictures!

I like these quite a lot, I just wish the pictures came out better. What do you think of these nails? Let me know in the comments below!

Santa Cruz boardwalk inspired nails! Roller coaster gradient nails!

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I am so excited to show you this manicure! I really fell in love with it and these pictures don't do it justice, the colors are much more vivid in person. If you've been to the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk before, I think you will know where my inspiration came from. I'll post a picture of where I got the background colors inspiration from. I wanted to go with a somewhat sunset type feel, but more of when the sun has just gone down and the sky has a fade from blue to purple. The colors I used are Essie Avenue Maintain, Essie Bikini So Teeny, Essie Bond With Whomever, and Insta- Dri  Lively Lilac. This will be a picture heavy post.

 Here are the pictures  got my inspiration from. Neither of these pictures are mine.

Now onto the pictures!

What do you think of this mani? Let me know in the comments below!

Silver french tip nails with flowers

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Just a quick post today with some pictures of an old manicure I did a couple of months ago. This is a simple french with silver tips and pink one stroke flowers. I finished off the manicure with some pearls  that you can purchase here.

I'll soon swatch a shade from Essie's new summer 2013 collection. What do you think of this mani? Let me know in the comments below!

Essie Peach Daiquiri, No More Film, Madison Ave- Hue, and Avenue Maintain swatches and review

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So today I'm going to swatch and review some Essie polish that I've recently picked up. I also purchased a shade from their new summer 2013 collection, and will do swatches of that soon.

So first to swatch is Essie Peach Daiquiri. Essie Peach Daiquiri is a really bright pink that can look coral in some lighting. It's a really beautiful shade for summer and has good formula. This polish is easy to work with, it's opaque in two coats and dries fast and glossy. Pictures show no topcoat.

Essie No More Film- A deep inky violet with blue undertones. This is the best formula I've ever worked with from an Essie polish. The formula was smooth, creamy, and opaque in one thicker coat. It dried really fast and very glossy, and is a very elegant shade and a great alternative to a plain black polish. Pictures show no topcoat.

Essie Madison Ave-Hue- A pretty magenta polish with subtle silver shimmer. Although I love the magenta shade of this polish, the silver shimmer is not noticeable once you paint it on, and it looks as if the polish is dirty or had mistakes in the application. Bummer, but it's still a very pretty and summery color. This polish is opaque in two coats and dries average, and glossy. Pictures show no topcoat.

Here's a pic of the silver shimmer in the polish, it looks a lot better in the bottle than on the actual nail.

Essie Avenue Maintain- A medium sky blue. I apologize for the bubbling in the pictures! My base coat is getting gloppy and it caused it to bubble which showed through when I applied the polish. I'll post a pic of when I did a gradient with the same polish so that you can get an idea of what it looks like when it's smooth. This polish is opaque in two thin coats, it dries fast, but not as glossy so I've applied topcoat.

Here is a picture of a past manicure I've done using Essie Avenue Maintain, you can really get an idea of what a pretty polish it is when i'ts smooth!

I'll soon post a swatch and review of one of the shades from Essie's new summer 2013 collection. What do you think of these polishes? Have you tried these shades before? Let me know in the comments below!

Fimo fruit nails!

Follow me on Instagram! Since this blog is new, you can find many more of my designs on my instagram account @yazmin_nat. Also, I did the popular fimo fruit manicure! They're so summery looking :) Yellow polishes are always difficult to work with in my opinion, so the yellow in this manicure was very thick and made the gradient difficult to achieve. Other then that I really love this simple manicure! I will soon post a review of some Essie polishes I've recently purchased. What do you think of this mani? Let me know!