Disney Princess

I know it's been over a month since I've last posted, but lately I've been lacking motivation to blog! I just need some time of regular nail painting to get over this. I did these nails a while ago but I'm just posting them now.

Everyone wants to be a princess! So why not put them on your nails? When I did these, everyone loved them! They're definitely a little more advanced than my other nails, and they take a little more time because they're very detail oriented. But I have faith that you guys can master them!

I started off with painting most of my nails Essie Sand Tropez, with the exception of my middle finger and pinky which are Bourgese Yellow and OPI Gargantuan Green Grape. For this had I chose to represent Mulan, Snow White, Belle, Jasmine and Tiana.

There's no easy way to describe how I did these! There's no technique, except keep your hands steady. You really need a good imagination to get all the colours and images right! For Mulan, I did her behind a fan, the apple for Snow White, I chose to do the rose in the case for Belle, Jasmines blue headband and the frog princess for Tiana.

For my other hand, I started off with mostly Essie Sand Tropez, but used China Glaze Spontaneous and OPI I Vant to be a Lone-star for my middle and pinky finger. On this had I decided to go with Pocahontas, Ariel, Rapunzel, Aurora, and Cinderella.

For Pocahontas I drew her necklace with her arm markings in the back, I painted Ariel's shell bra, the sun mosaic for rapunzel, Auroras pink dress and Cinderellas glass slipper.

There you have it! With lots of patience and practice these will be super easy for you!

I'll try to post more, but I've got a full time job now so I don't have as much time to myself! You can definitely expect a post once a month though!

Thanks for reading,
Lots of love,
Mackenzie xoxoxox

Peanuts

First of all, Happy 2013! Hope everyone had a safe and happy New Years! To start off the new year, why not do a post about one of the most famous comics! Peanuts!

For the base colours I used Sally Hansen Pacific Blue on my thumb, China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le on my ring finger and OPI The "It" Colour on the rest of my nails.

Next I used Misa Nail Art Point of No Return to outline all my designs. For Snoopy, I started with the shape of his head and then added his ear and neck. For Woodstock I started off with his nose and first flick of hair, the rest was super easy after that. Snoopy's doghouse was also pretty simple, just a few lines. And then the stripe on Charlie Browns shirt was just a chevron pattern, I did them free hand but you can use tape if you'd like!

And to finish it off I added colour to bring them to life! I used Misa Nail art Going Co-co Nut for snoopy, Misa Nail art Crazy Hanana to define woodstock. Then used Misa Nail Art Sexy Back for the dog house!

For these I copied pictures of the characters I saw on the internet. Photos are a great way to do nail art. It's like one of those "copy the photo" with the grids you used to do when you were younger! except there's no grid... and it's a lot easier to mess up. But who cares! As long as you take your time, you'll be a pro before you know it!

Thanks for reading,
Lots of love,
Mackenzie xoxoxox

Happy New Year!

Well we made it! I survived Dec. 21st, ate my way through Christmas and now all that's left is to ring in the new year! These nails are my favourite for new years. I do them every year!

I started off with a base colour of Sally Hansen Black Out.

Next I used Stripe Rite Turquoise, Misa Nail art What a Wonderful Day, Relax Don't Do It, and Gold rush to make my fireworks! To make them, just make little bursts on your nails. They don't have to be perfect! As you can see I made a mess of my fingers. None of your fireworks should look the same either!

Finally I added Stripe Rite Silver Sparkles and Misa Nail art Viva Las Vegas to add some sparkle, and took Misa Nail art Going Co-co Nut to write 2013!

I wanna wish everyone a Happy New Year! My resolution this year is to try new things, even if they scare me. I'm going into a big career change and I have to be brave and confident!

This is the last post for 2012! See you all on the flip siiiiiide. 

Thanks for reading,
Lots of love,
Mackenzie xoxoxoox

Let it Snow!

Sorry this took so long to get up! I worked like crazy the past two weeks, but I promise I'll post at least 2 more after this before christmas!
Here in Ottawa, there's not a lot of snow yet. In hopes of getting more for Christmas, I decided to paint my nails in a "snowy" fashion!

I started off with Sally Hansen Pacific Blue, Revlon Waterfall and China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le.

Next I used my Misa Nail art Going Co-co Nut to add snowflakes and the start of my snowmen to my nails. The sparkles I added behind the snowflakes is NYC Starry Silver Glitter.

To add the detail to my snowmen I used Misa Nail Art Point of No Return. For the hats I just used the brush, but for the details of the eyes and mouth I used a toothpick.

And to finish off I used a few other colours to add details to the face. These were very easy to do, you just have to take your time!

And voila! And as I'm writing up this post... It's snowing! What a coincidence!

Hope you're all having a great holiday season so far!

Lots of love,
Mackenzie xoxoxo

Red and White

Merry Christmas! (or Happy Hanukkah! Or Merry Kwanza?) Which ever you all celebrate happy holidays to you! Now for me, I personally celebrate Christmas. Lets say you have an awesome Christmas party to go to, but you only have two colours of nail polish (RED and WHITE). Well you're half way there!

Here's two different designs I've done (one a little more challenging than the other) using only red and white polish!

For the first one I used Xtreme Wear White Out and Misa Nail Art Sexy Back. These were really easy to do. You can even just do the stripes and they would still look awesome! Nothing like candy cane nails to make your fingers look delicious. These are probably the easiest Christmas nails I'll be doing.

Let's say you want to get a little classier with your red and white polish. For this hand I used OPI Big Apple Red and Misa Nail Art Going Co-Co Nut. The best place to wear these nails? An ugly sweater party to match your ugly sweater! I got so many compliments on these nails, and they really weren't that hard! They just took a little more time and creativity than the others.

And there you have it! Two different designs using ONLY red and white polish. I'll try to be posting more soon, I've just been super busy with both my jobs! But there's definitely more Christmas nails to come! And I'll be doing new years nails at the end of the month.

Thanks for reading! I really appreciate all you guys!

Lots of love & Merry Christmas,
Mackenzie xoxoxo