Fierce Friday- Claws

It's FRIDAY!! AHHHHH!!

It's been a full week since I've had my claws put back on and honestly, I love them to to pieces.

This nude shade is so yummy that I haven't really been able to do anything because I just don't want to cover them up. I mean...just look at them...

Anyway. I needed something sophisticatedly fierce today.

So these were born....

I was going to go with black tip with black half moon. But decided against it last minute.

Honestly, I think this mani is simplicity at its best.

I get startled every time I look down because I keep thinking there's something on my nude nails HAHA

...Stupid Winnie... -___-

I used acrylic paint and a stripper brush to draw the lines, and sealed it with topcoat!

I may add some glitter to it for the weekend :)

....MAYBE

That's all for me today!

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!!

RAWR Shop- "Sparkly Awesomesauce"

My goodness, it's Thursday! That means one more sleep til the long weekend officially arrives!

Today I have another RAWR Shop post for you...

Everybody say HI to Janine's nails:

Janine named her mani: "Sparkly Awesomesauce" she also blurbed out a whole bunch of other names, but due to old age, I don't remember any of them but this one. 

We decided that on her nails we would include: animal print, glitter bombs, and some tribal fusion. I think that is exactly what we accomplished! I really like the white zebra print over the holo glitters! 

Unfortunately yesterday was my self-claimed fail day. You know one of those days where nothing works, no matter how hard you try? Yup. Things were going wrong left right and centre....so Janine spent most of her night laughing at my fail-ness. haha

Janine is also very talented in the nail art department. I keep telling her to start a blog, but she won't listen. lol

I am super envious of her naturally beautiful nails, and somewhat disgusted by her perfect cuticles :P

Thanks for dropping by, Janine! I'll be less of a fail next time, promise! :)

Enjoy your sparkly mani

<3

RAWR Shop- Galaxy Nails

Hello lovers! Happy Wednesday! 2 more sleeps til LONG WEEKEND!!

Today we have another RAWR Shop customer!

Stephanie (@MissyInAction87) came in knowing what she wants. Galaxy nails, what a great choice!

The only other time I've done it was on my own nails for the 30 day challenge. But I'm quite happy with the way these nails turned out and their galactic qualities.

I sponged on multiple layers on my Rimmel London- Black Satin including: 

White/Silver/Blue Acrylic paint

Sally Hansen's Blue It mixed in with Midnight Sky

and finished off with OPI DS Magic <-how can you not?

I also dotted on some Color Club's Beyond the Mistletoe for the star effect. 

Steph only wanted China Glaze's Fairy Dust on her ring fingers, because the galaxy isn't always sparkly

Makes perfect sense to me!!

It's hard not to get lost in these....don't you think? lol Thanks for dropping by The RAWR Shop, Steph!

Enjoy your galaxy nails!!

Have the most fabulous day, folks!

Nude Tribals

Hello my lovelies! Today I'm very excited to show you my RAWR Claws!!

I finally got them put back on! It was only 2 weeks that I had sausage fingers....2 weeks too long.

So last Thursday, I had the honour to meet Steph from Haus Of Lacquer. Turned out that she didn't live too far away! So I set up an appointment with her to put an end to the breakfast sausage fingers!

Look how pretty....!!!  *O*

Steph was kind enough to offer Shellac on the gels, so I went with something workplace friendly.

This is Shellac in Cocoa. Topped off with an Orly Gel topcoat to give it that extra shine. Cocoa is such a sophisticated nude, and I think it goes with my skin tone quite well.

She is officially my nail hero. So make sure you check her out!! 

Needless to say, I was swooning all over these!

After some great laugh and awesome chat, I left her place with my *SQUEE* talons, inspired and ready to WERK!

like this...

Back to this mani!

I like this nude shade so much I didn't want to put anything on there, but I finally got around to it!

Craving for some details, I decided to go with Tribal inspired prints! I used acrylic paint for everything.

I kept the details to a minimal as I wanted them to compliment the nude.

I'm quite happy with the way these turned out. I'd have to say my favourite is my pinky!

So now that I have the nails back on, I'm really looking forward to being able to do more on them!

MUST. DO. GRADIENT!

:)

That's all for me today, hope you enjoyed these as much as I did doing them!

Have a lovely day, friends!!

Nail Design Haul

Happy Friday, lovers and friends!

Today I have another round of nail designs I'd like to show you.

I ran out of nail wheels.... (-___-)

...and the new ones I bought are not here yet...so I decided to draw on tips.

Then I realized...how great are these for practice?! haha

I bought these at the beauty supply store for about 80 cents a pack.

...and now I shall go through each design

1- Star

 I wanted to practice some multi dimensional drawing and thought stars are good to start with.

The silver totally adds depth on the star!

2- Weave

 I was trying the colour combo and decided last minute that a weave should be done!

I'm really digging this combo, and I think I may have to do this on my actual nails!

If you're wondering how this was done, check out Lucy's Stash! She has a great tutorial!

3- Damask

 I guess I was feeling extra brave to have attempted this. 

I love damask....if I could cover my whole house in this print....I probably would.....But then I would probably scare away my visitors and never be able to sell the house lol

So I pulled up a print on google and free handed it....

As you can see....it's a fail....lol....but IN TIME!!! This will happen!!

4- Native inspired print

I'm used to doing the typical tribal print, and thought I'd give this version a try!

 It didn't exactly turn out to be what I was hoping for, but I really enjoyed the intricacy of this print!

5- Diamond

Because DIAAAAMOND.....is a girl's best friend?

Yes.

:)

That's all for me today!

Hope you enjoyed these prints as much as I did!

Have a good weekend, my lovelies!!

RAWR Shop- OPI DS Magic Gradient

Hi Guys! Happy first full day of Summer. 

Now if mother nature could start showing Vancouver a little love, it'd be great!

Anyhow, today I have another RAWR SHOP victim customer.

It seems that my gradient obsession is rubbing off on my visitors...

But I can see why!! It's a great mani to rock anywhere. It isn't your average single colour manicure, and subtle enough to be worn to various occasions. 

Meet Della's nails!!

She has a wedding to attend this weekend, and was looking for something to compliment the theme of the wedding. The theme colour is Blue-ish Teal, and Silver.

Della picked out OPI's DS Magic (great choice!) and XXI's Silver polish.

We want it to shine and shimmer under the sun, so I dabbed on some Color Club's Beyond The Mistletoe for the extra holographic goodness.

*swoon*

Have a fantastic time at the wedding this weekend, frand!!

Color Club- Beyond The Mistletoe

Hello lovers! Today I have a swatch I'd like to share with you.

This is Color Club's Beyond the Mistletoe.

I used XXI's Silver as base, then two layers of Beyond the Mistletoe, and finishing off with a coat of China Glaze's Fairy Dust. (look how fast I'm going through Fairy Dust)

This Color Club polish is packed with holographic glittery goodness!!! It's so holographic my camera throws a fit when I try to take a picture! But look at all the colours that come out of it.....SO. PRETTY.

I drew on diamonds on my ring fingers, because I feel that it's only fitting....

glitt-uh, shine, like diamond in the skyyyyy (don't ask)

Then I thought I'd be a little creative with the posing...which turned out to be a fail due to blurriness LOL

By the way!

I wanted to show you what I did with my neon gradient this weekend:

The leopard print changed everything....lol

Oh, and this glows under black light. WHOOT!