FINALLY BACK ~

After two weeks without posting, I’m finally back with new content… well not very new because as you see I already did this mani pretty often. 

For this post, I’m showing you a classic of mine : gradient & patterns.

For the gradient, I used purple and blue. Then, I did patterns using white polish.

I only used Essie polishes for this nail art. And man, let me tell you how much I love their polishes. It’s probably the brand I own the most of in my collection.

Polishes I used :

Essie : Pret-a-Surfer

Essie : Play Date

Essie : Groom Service

White Polish

SOME STRIPING TAPES… AGAIN ~

I have a manicure using striping tapes.. again! I always wanted to try this design by Pshiiit_Polish but never did till’ now. I’m pretty happy by the result. 

Polishes I used :

Butter London : Trout Pout

Butter London : Keen

Essie : Play Date

Essie : Groom Service

Bourjois : Vert Chlorophylle

Modelite : F40

Essie : Off The Shoulder

Essie : My Better Half

Sephora : Will You Be Mine ?

Essie : Pret-a-Surfer

Hema : n°831

White Polish

AND YOU CAN WANT WHO YOU WANT, BOYS AND BOYS AND GIRLS AND GIRLS ~

Happy pride month to the LGBTQ+ community! I’m so honour to celebrate all of you with this rainbow mani. This became quite a tradition for me to post a special mani for pride month. I did it last year with this starry nail art.

Don’t be afraid to be unapologetically you ~

Polishes I used :

Essie : Set In Stones

Essie : Mojito Madness

Kiko : n°270

Bourjois : Lavande Esquisse

Bourjois : Sunny Sunday

Formula X : Continuum

Revlon : Peachy 

Hema : n°46

SOME STRIPING TAPES, GRADIENT AND VOILA ~

For this nail art, I did a v shape using striping tapes on my middle and ring fingernails then I dabbed different shades of blue polish to create a gradient. On the tips of my nails, I did black triangles. I finally paint my pointer and pinky fingernails black.

This design is inspired by Pshiiit_Polish who is literally a nail art queen.

Polishes I used :

Maybelline : Ceramic Blue

Essie : Garden Variety

OPI : Yoga-ta Get This Blue!

Peggy Sage : Blue Promise

Nails Inc. : Westbourne Park

Black Polish

THE PERFECT GRADIENT ~

This gradient is so freaking good, I love it so much! The colors suit each other so well.

For this gradient, I used 3 shades of purple. Then I did patterns using white.

Polishes I used :

Formula X : Hercules

Sally Hansen : Scarlet Fever

Bourjois : Bleu Violet

White Polish

MINIMALISM ~ [the title that tries to be as minimalist as the nail art]

Simplicity is sometimes the key to have beautiful nails. I tend to go over the top with my nails, I like to use a lot of colors and do a lot of patterns. 

So I painted my nails with OPI “Sweet Heart” then I painted the tips with l’Oréal “Waters Edge” to create a color block look. Finally, I draw two gold lines in the middle.

This manicure is inspired by TheBusyNails on Instagram. I really like her account. She’s all about minimal nail art so whenever I want something simple and refined, I go on her page for some inspirations.

Polishes I used :

OPI : Sweet Heart

L’Oréal : Waters Edge

Barry M : Christmas Gold

THE ONE WITH THE BEAR ~

After the rabbit, let me introduce you the bear. I’m really trying to step out from my comfort zone lately. Drawing animals is not really my thing, I’m trying ok lol. I might do more of them in the future.

For this nail art, I tried to do Rilakkuma and I think I did pretty well. It actually looks like Rilakkuma, I’m proud lol. 

Polishes I used :

Bourjois : Beige Distinction

Yves Rocher : Chocolat

OPI : The “IT” Color

OPI : In True Stefani Fashion

Modelite : F40

White Polish

I PROMISE THAT YOU’LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LIKE ME ~

You probably know that Taylor Swift dropped on friday her lead single “Me!” from her upcoming album TS7. She’s been teasing it for weeks on her social media. As she posted more and more pictures, the aesthetic of this new era became obvious : it will be pastel. And tbh, I was liking this vibe. I love everything pastel so I was looking forward the new single. The other day I was looking at her Instagram stories and saw the countdown for her single and got the idea to do a nail art inspired by it. So I thought about posting my mani alongside a review of the song (bet you didn’t know you were on Billboard.com haha ?).

So I listened to the song as soon as I woke up on Friday and let me tell you guys that I really didn’t like it. I found it too childish and cheesy. I was like : “damn, I planned to do a mani inspired by this song and I just don’t like it” but I did it anyway because I like the pastel aesthetic. Aside of the melody, I like the message of the song which is all about embracing yourself and celebrating it. 

I’m glad that Taylor Swift is in a happier place now and that she’s finally back to pop. This is really a musical genre that she mastered on her album 1989. So I’m still looking forward this new era.

For this nail art, I did a marble by dropping polish on my nails. I tried to fade the colors together to create a gradient. At first, I wanted to a gradient using a sponge but I didn’t like the effect so I changed the technique. Then, I put a sparkle top coat which is really the cherry on top of this mani. 

This is the second nail art inspired by a song that I do, the first was “Thank U, Next”. I really want to do more mani inspired by music. Nail art and music are really two things that I love so reunite them is really the best of the both worlds. 

Polishes I used :

Essie : No Baggage Please

Essie : Using My Maiden Name

Maybelline : Mint For Life

L’Oréal : Waters Edge

Kiko : n°270

WHEN YOU DON’T REALLY LIKE CHOCOLATE SO YOU FIND ANOTHER WAY TO CELEBRATE EASTER ~

Happy Easter to everyone who celebrate it! I hope y’all had a lot of chocolates. 

So for this Easter manicure, I did a pastel gradient and patterns inspired by Easter eggs and a rabbit as an accent nail.

Polishes I used :

OPI : Pink-ing

Sinful Colors : Jaune Pastel

Sinful Colors : Mauve

Marionnaud : Rose Ingénu

White & Black Polishes

LOST IN JAPAN ~

OPI recently organized a contest on their Instagram. The theme was “spring” so I posted a bunch of manis because I really wanted to win lol. And luckily, thanks to this nail art, I was one of the winners. Don’t ask me what was my reaction, I couldn’t scream or jump for joy because my boss was literally next to me talking about work so I just internalised everything lol. I was genuinely happy because I never win things. To win thanks to nail art is so special to me, it means that someone appreciate my work and that’s a great feeling. Plus, OPI had always been a brand that I liked. When I began to do nail art, buying a OPI polish was such a big deal for me and the fact that I won a contest organized by them is so cool for me. That might be silly but that's kinda a big deal for me lol.

I received a set of 4 polishes from the Tokyo collection as the prize. So with these 4 polishes, I did bows like the one we can see on kimonos. This mani is pretty similar to the one I did for Christmas.

I really like the colors that are in the set, they suit each other so well that it wasn’t hard to use them all in a mani.

Polishes I used :

OPI : Arigato From Tokyo

OPI : Rice Rice Baby

OPI : Another Ramen-tic Evening

OPI : All Your Dreams in Vending Machine

TELL ‘EM THAT IT’S MY BIRTHDAY ~

*Kim Kardashian’s voice* I like dropping hints that it’s my birthday. 

What’s more obvious than a birthday nail art to make people understand that it’s your birthday ?

This year I felt like doing a manicure to celebrate my birthday like I actually agreed to be born and lead this life.

Polishes I used :

Lollipops : French Touch

Maybelline : Enduring Pink

Maybelline : Chic Chartreuse

Etam : Baby Boy

Accessorize : Sugared Lilac

Nails Inc. : Notting Hill Carnival

China Glaze : Golden Enchantment

Bourjois : Orange Creation

Bourjois : Rouge Poppy

White & Black Polishes