African Tribal Nails

Hello! Happy Thursday! The only reason I like Thursdays are because it's the day before Friday and the weekend! And also because Glee is on tonight! I didn't even realize the next season was out! And when I saw it on my recordings I was like, "WHAAAAATTT??" You know, in my head. 

Now, last season, all the new shows were on Tuesday, so of course I sit on the couch and watch TV for an hour and wait for it to come on, when i could have been doing much more productive things. After a while I decide to check what channel it was on and I searched "glee" and when I saw when the episodes were I realized it didn't come on until Thursday. I was pissed. 

So there you go! A little useless information about my personal life! Now onto the nails.

I did these nails back in July but I didn't post them, so why not now? These were for an African nail art contest on Instagram, which I was a finalist in thank you very much. I found some African Tribal print online and I designed my nails after it. I used some of my Grandma's acrylic paint for these, it just so happened that she had the perfect colors. How 'bout that? 

Another funny story! Ha, you thought I was done telling you about my boring personal life didn't you! While I was wearing these my sister and I went to Sephora. It was my first time there, but the polishes were crazy expensive so I ended up just picking up one and it was still $16! At the checkout we were waiting to pay and somehow nails came up, (because it totally wouldn't when you're buying polish) and my sister says, "Look at my sister's nails!" I showed the lady and she was like, "Wow, you should do a tutorial on Youtube or something and then companies like Sephora would want to buy your designs for nail wraps or stuff like that." 

I mean, trust me, I've tried Youtube, but it takes an hour or two just to film a ten minute video! Not to mention I don't have a proper video camera... you know, now that I've reread it, this story really wasn't that funny! Thank you if you actually read through the whole thing thank you! And I'm sorry.

Ok, thats it.

Have a good afternoon/ night!

Zoe

Instagram: only_at_shelbys

Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/smartylacquer

Fuzzy Nails- tutorial included!

Hello! Sorry I haven't been on in a while. I've been pretty busy with school and other stuff and stuff. Anyway...

 A few weeks ago I was at Michael's for some paint and brushes. I also decided to go looking for some micro beads. After minutes of tedious search, I found the "scrapbooking" area (aka everything Martha Stewart.) When I finally got there, wouldn't you believe it, they were sold out. There was only a 32 pack mixed with glitter and other junk, and a giant bottle of one color that I wasn't in love with. I searched everywhere I could, thinking that someone might have been lazy and put it somewhere else or had hidden it for the next time they were here (you know what I mean.) But alas, my search lead me to nothing. Zip. Zero. Squat. Goose Eggs.

I decided to go back to the scrapbooking section for one last look. Nothing, except for some flocking powder. I'd seen one of my IG gals do fuzzy nails with this stuff, so I thought I might as well get it.

The next night I attempted the fuzzy nails I'd seen, and may I say, It was glorious! Here's how they turned out.

Essie Turquoise and Caicos with Martha Stewart Calypso Flocking Powder.

Cool right! You wouldn't believe how soft they are! Figures I had to work in the garden the next day and get them all dirty. *Sigh*  

Continuing on, I loved these nails so much, I thought I'd make a tutorial for all my lovely readers. 

First paint your nail the same color as the powder your using.

Then over a small bowl quickly pour the powder over your nail before it dries. Get a generous amount on.

After that just brush off the excess powder. after you've completed all your nails, take the powder in the bowl and pour as much as you can back into the bottle.

Voila! Fuzzy Nails! Such a super cute look in 3 easy steps! Hope you enjoyed!

Zoe aka Shelby

Instagram: only_at_shelbys

Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/smartylacquer

Back to School Nails

 So, summer is over, and school is starting soon. For me in two days.  So i decided to try some back to school nails. don't really have much to say about these...

Nail-Venturous Floam

Yes, it's true. The ever rare Floam is finally in my grasp! Floam is made up of small matte neon yellow, blue, and green glitter. Going to be honest with you, I could make the exact same thing. I'm pretty sure I have the exact same glitters. But anyway, the bottle for this this restock was different. It looks just like the OPI bottles, and the brush is really really weird. It's like OPI, but much wider and all the glitter makes it hard to apply. You have to wait until the last coat dries before you can apply the next coat, and it looks covered enough at 2-3 coats. The outcome is really beautiful though. I don't know what it was but I couldn't stop looking at my nails. They were really pretty. So if you dont already have this, I wouldn't say it's a must buy, but I think it could be worth it.

NOTD: Bug's Life inspired nails

There was a Pixar Disney contest on instagram, so I chose to do “A Bug's Life” nails, unlike the 50 million Nemo entries ;P On my index I have Flick, on my middle, I have Princess Atta, on my ring finger I have Heimlich the beautiful butterfly, on my pinky I have tuck(or roll), and I have the logo on my thumb.

Frost My Tart- Nail Sauce by Feliifel review

Today I came home from L.A. to find a few packages waiting for me. One of which was my order from the lovely Felicia. And the link to her site is here. I absolutely loved the label and the little signature red striping tape across the cap. It also came with some business cards and a magnet.

I had heard so much about this polish on Instagram so I thought I would check it out. It has rose colored hexes, fine orange and blue glitter, and even finer purple glitter all suspended in a white milky base. It applied very nicely over my white polish I'd used as a base, although there was a little bit of placement with the hexes because they kept sliding around since the base wasn't very thick. This color doesn't look great on me over white, I guess its just because white doesn't look very good on me, so I'll try it again over pink or something. 

All in all, I wouldn't say it's a must buy, but it is definitely pretty and would probably great to match that perfect outfit you have for a girls night out or something.

Neon Gradient Daisy Nails

I've been doing a lot of gradients recently and they have actually been turning out nicely. So since its summer, I though I'd do a neon gradient. I used three of the year round neons from China Glaze. It went from Purple Panic, to Flip Flop Fantasy, to Sun Worshipper, and it turned out a little something like this.

The top photo is in the shade, and the bottom is in the sun.

Now unfortunately, its very hard to photograph neon colors, so this mani was a lot brighter in person.

As it turned out, there was a floral contest going on on Instagram, so I thought why not do something with these? I added three different colored daisies, white ones(Sally Hansen White Tip), neon yellow ones(China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini), and pink ones(Essie Cute as a Button). I used Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow for the middle of all of them. I thought they turned out very nicely.