icky french mani

any nail blogger that's been around more than a week knows most of them/us detest french mani's, well in the traditional sense. stark white, garishly long tips with pink beds? the horror! but, i like them. no, honestly, i LOVE them. you may recall seeing a post of mine about the Jerseylicious girls, and how much i cherish their re-donk-ulous acrylic nails. it's totally wrong haha i know, but what can i say?

anyway, a while ago my nails were HELLA long thanks to seche retain base coat/treatment (IT'S AMAZING) and i decided to see what a traditional frenchie would look like on me. honestly, my nails have never been this long before, and probably never will be again haha. it was awesome, but crazy.

i used maybelline's salon expert french tip white for the tips, free-handed then fixed with a brush and acetone.  then i covered the entire nail with china glaze's sheer pinky love letters polish. and of course added a squishy topcoat of seche vite. haha you like? as perez hilton would say, icky icky poo!

do you have any guilty pleasures when it comes to nails and/or nail art? spill!

xoxo,
kelliegonzo

rainbow tips

i got inspired by looking at Sophy Robson's blog and decided to do one of her nail looks, taught by her expert video tutorial :) these cutsie rainbow tips are accomplished by using a lighter, more pastel color underneath and having a brighter, more bold color overlap the tip. Sophy made hers more round and did a curved look overall, but i made mine triangle and the same angle on every nail, just for more ease and semetry. whatddaya think?  OH YEAH, please excuse my horrible stained free edges, i know they're pretty disgusting but i couldn't resist showing off this successful look!  i was quite proud of myself haha.

pinky: essie st. lucia lilac under china glaze grape pop, ring finger: sephora by opi havana dreams under color club chelsea girl, middle: china glaze re-fresh mint under china glaze four leaf clover, index: nubar lemon sorbet under color club almost famous, thumb: l.a. girl matte orange under opi mini red my fortune cookie.