Disney Inspired Nails

My school recently took some of our students to Disneyland.  I LOVE Disneyland and haven't been in a long time since I don't have an annual pass anymore.  I had a little time on my hands the day before we left, and decided to try some nail art.  I am usually terrible at nail art, and so I don't do it often.  I liked how this turned out (even though it took way too long to do).

 Minnie Mouse

 Mickey Mouse's Glove

 Mickey Mouse

 Mickey Mouse Ears

Random....

I will try doing more nail art to get some practice in.  What do you guys think of this manicure?

-polish. impress. repeat.

French Manicure with OPI's So Many Clowns... So Little Time

So here is my first attempt in a french manicure in YEARS.  I still have a lot of improving to do (though one of my students today asked if I got my nails done yesterday because they looked so 'good'.  Sweet right?).  I used OPI's Alpine Snow for the tips and then for the 2 coats on top, I used OPI's So Many Clowns...  So Little Time.  Kind of a weird name, and I don't really get it, but oh well.

I found that this is the perfect sheer pink nude color to do a french manicure with.  It is sheer, but it is also rather cloudy.  It covers nicely and leaves for a great finish.  You can see that I messed up slightly on my pointer finger on the tip and my middle finger has some bubbles in the tip.  Practice makes perfect.

Should I try doing some fun colors with a french manicure?

-polish. impress. repeat.

OPI - Alpine Snow

It's official:  I've jumped on the white nail polish trend bandwagon.  I used to hate the look of white nail polish.  I had never found any good formulas.  My nails would end up looking like they were covered in patchy whiteout.  There are still very few brands that have opaque white polishes.  Believe me, I hunted this one down through lots of research.  Sally Hansen has a good one too, but Ulta was out.  I had tried Sally's Beauty Sally Girl polish in white earlier this week and it was terrible.  It works well to do designs with, but not to coat the entire nail.  I almost got the "My Boyfriend Scales Walls" polish from OPI's new Spider Man collection, but I wanted a bleach white and it was a little more on the grey side.

Alpine Snow is a beautiful opaque non-streaky white.  This is two coats.  It was a little thin white made it bleed into my cuticles a little, but it cleaned up nicely.  I'm thinking this is going to be a go-to polish for me.  LOVE it.

Leave a comment telling me what you think about the white polish trend for this Spring.

-polish. impress. repeat.