****Fourth of July!!****

Monday is the 4th of July! I felt inspired to show you a nail tutorial celebrating this, truly amazing day!

You will need (no surprise) Red, White, and Blue nail polish...

Yes.. I keep my nail polish in a shoe box...

Step 1. Using the blue polish, paint your left thumb nail and right pinky nail. They should look like this....

Step 2. Using the red, paint the rest of your nails.

Step 3. Using the White and a precision brush, paint stripes on the red..

Step 4! Using the white and precision brush again, paint little dots on the blue...

Done! Yay!

***Happy Fourth of July!!!***

Thank you for reading my blog!

xoxo,

Winter

Is it Halloween yet?!

If there is anything I hate more than messing up or breaking my nails, it's mosquitoes. I absolutely lothe, despise, and hate mosquitoes; and if one bites me, I HAVE to itch it. So I'm going to show you  pictures of what happens when you itch too much...

...You get bloody nails...

I'm totally kidding, It's nail polish!

I love painting my nails like this, I do it all the time. It's a little strange because its not Halloween but, I think it looks awesome.

I actually didn't come up with this, but here's the link to see how, riiiiiight *here*

Thank you for reading!

xoxo,

Winter

It's been HOW long?!

I feel terrible! I haven't posted anything in SO long! I have a good reason though: My mother's camera is broken, finished, bleh. So, I just thought I'd let you know.. I did get new nail polish today!

I got a dark red by Sally Hansen called: Divine Wine, and a white polish with a "precision brush" by Milani (My favorite nail varnish brand!)

If you have questions, please leave me a comment!

Thank you for reading
xoxo,
Winter

Grr, I'm a Tiger!

I have these awesome Sally Hanson Nail Pens in a few different colors but I was really drawn to the black one today also, I was drawn to my orange nail polish, so why not put them together! Today we are doing TIGER NAILS/claws!

You will need: Orange nail polish and a Black nail pen!

Step 1: Paint all of your nails with the orange

Step 2: Using your nail pen, make short and tall, thin triangles on your nails..

It will look something like this!

Do the same thing to the rest of your nails, and your done!!

This is my Tiger =)

If you have any questions about my tutorials, please leave me a comment!

Thank you for reading!

xoxo,

Winter

Earth Day!

Today is Earth Day! So I'm going to show you an Earth Day nail tutorial!

You will need: blue, green and yellow (optional) nail varnish, and a dotting tool

Step 1: Using the blue polish, paint a small circle in the center of your thumb nail.

Step 2: Using the green polish and a small dotting tool, create small pieces of land on your globe!

*OPTIONAL: Using the yellow, paint on a little sun!*

*ALSO OPTIONAL: Alternating with the blue and green, create french tips on the rest of your nails*

DONE!

If you could go to one place anywhere on earth, where would you go?

I'd go to Ireland!

Thank you so much for reading my blog!

xoxo,

Winter





An Apple a Day!

I love apples, and I'm going to show you all an apple nail design! (Comment me a little note or smiley face if you like apples too!)

You will need: Two colors of your choice for the apples (yellow, red, green etc.. depending on what kind of apple you want) also, a lighter green, and white for the inside of the apples!

You will also need: A pink (optional) for the worm, and brown for the stems.

A dotting tool...

And of course: An apple for inspiration!

(Can you tell I'm a Twilight nerd?)

Step 1: Paint your index and ring finger with both of your apple colors, leaving a small triangle-like shape at the top.

Step 2: Using the same two colors, carefuly paint a small apple shape on your middle and pinky fingers. *IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT!! Honestly, have you EVER seen an absolutely PERFECT apple?* The shape I made on my pinky looks kind of like lungs.. haha! 

Step 2.5 *OPTIONAL* Using the dotting tool, make a little wavy line with the pink color, underneath that fill in with light green. Then, give it a pair of eyes and a mouth =]



Step 3: Leaving a small outline of your apple color around, fill in the apple half (or lungs depending on how great your apple painting was) with white



Step 4: Add the stems and seeds with the brown and your done!!!!

Thank you SO much for reading my blog!

xoxo,

Winter



Keep Your Nails Healthy!

I've recently been doing some research on nail health and I thought I'd share some "Nail Knowlage" with you =)


To keep your nails healthy here are a few things you can do:

1. Keep your nails clean and dry.
2. Avoid nail biting and/or picking.
3. File your nails in one direction and round the tip rather than filing to a point.
4. Stay away from nail polish removers with Acetone and Formaldehyde.

Also here are some vitamins and some foods that are good to eat that are high in those vitamins:


Zinc: Prevents Yellowing, Deformed nails and Hangnails which are my worst enemy =P
Vitamin A: Helps increase skin cell health- healthier cuticals means faster nail growth!
Calcium: Helps nail growth and strength.


Foods high in Zinc: Shrimp, Crab, Chicken, Beef , Dark Chocolate, Cocoa Powder, Lamb, and Peanuts! (Fun Fact about peanuts: they are one of the ingridients in TNT)

Foods high in Calcium: Skim and Whole Milk, Plain low fat yogurt, Feta Cheese, Broccoli, Okra, Orange, and canned Sardines!

Foods high in Vitamin A: Cheese, Eggs, Raw carrots, Sweet Potatoes, Spinach, Mangoes, and Apricots!

Yum!!

I hope you enjoyed some "nail knowlage"

Thank you for reading!
xoxo,
Winter