Rainbows and butterflies...

Minus the butterflies. I'll paint those later!


I decided to do a rainbow manicure after my last striping one. I liked the different colors and I figured I could add a couple more and just make it as close to a rainbow as I could get with only five colors.

I went with the colors shown - red, orange, yellow, green, and blue. I could have gotten a purple in there, too, but I like the different nails changing into the rainbow so I didn't have anywhere to add the purple.

This manicure turned out cute. I had a hard time getting equal sections of colors on my thumb, as you can see, but it didn't really ruin the rainbow effect for me. I still liked it!

My first Konad.

In honor of the cooler weather here in the desert (which is still in the 80s and 90s so far) I decided to do a fall inspired mani. I had finally received my Konad stamper and first Monster Bundle so I used a leaf pattern.

I did think it turned out pretty neat. I liked that it worked even with using more than one color. I will have to spend some time figuring out the best polishes to stamp with since some don't show well.

The downside of using this method, to me, is that I felt like I was cheating. I feel silly saying it, really, but it just seemed too easy. Doing tape manicures definitely takes more time and the only time I really put into this was waiting for my polish to dry. I actually haven't even used the Konad or Monster Bundles since this manicure but I haven't voted it out. I just need to do some more work with it and be happy for an "easy to use but looks complicated" manicure.

Halloween idea #3. Last one!

I love candy corn! So, to celebrate Halloween along with my love of the tri-colored candy, I did a candy corn manicure.


It was surprisingly easy. I started with two coats of orange with a top coat and waited until that was dry.

Then I cut Scotch tape into three equal pieces (as equal as I could get!) and placed the tape across the middle of my nail.

Then I painted two coats of yellow near my nail bed and two coats of white on the tip.

I pulled off the tape and topped with a top coat and ta-da! Candy corn nails!

Happy Halloween!

Arizona sunset

The sunsets here in AZ are gorgeous. Almost every single night the sky is filled with reds, pinks, yellows and oranges. I love it. I still miss the sunset over the ocean, of course. But it's a nice replacement.

I wanted to do a manicure that reminded me of the sunset so I grabbed my Orly Orange Punch, Sinful Colors Pull Over and Revlon Kiss Me Coral.

I started with a base coat followed by two coats of Orange Punch on all my nails except my ring finger. On that one, I used two coats of Pull Over.

Next, I cut some thin strips of tape to place on my ring finger and topped that nail with the Orange Punch.

To finish, I painted Kiss Me Coral on all my nails to tone down the polish. Kiss Me Coral is a very sheer coral color so you could definitely still see the original color through it.

I did like this manicure. I loved the colors and conveyed exactly what I was hoping.

I'm slacking on new manicures but, luckily, I have a couple more still in my backlog. I've broken a different nail every week for the past three weeks! I'll get some more manis done this week so I don't get too far behind. Hope you all are doing great!

And welcome to my newest follower, Tammy!

Halloween idea #2.

I started this manicure thinking it would be one I would immediately change but I liked it so much that I decided to keep it. Even though I broke my nail on my right index finger.


I used Orly Orange Punch to start and followed up with Orly Liquid Vinyl. I cut thin strips of tape and placed them randomly on my nails. I ended up with 10 different patterns.

Halloween idea #1.

Since Halloween is coming up, I've been experimenting with Halloween inspired manis. This one is simple and easy.


I started with a base coat and two coats of Orly Liquid Vinyl followed by Sech Vite. Once that dried, I topped it with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Pumpkin Spice which is a fun polish with orange glitter.

This was a basic manicure that didn't require much work. I have a couple other manis that I've done that I'll post between now and Halloween.