Ombre with Flare

Have I posted a lot in June or what?!?! Perks of being unemployed I guess :/ 

Today's mani is inspired by Sarah Smyle, I found her on Instagram so give her a looksie. 

I like this mani because the colors are very summery.

It was also fairly easy to do. The base coat is the coral I am holding, then I dabbed on the darked coral to the ends and worked my way up the nail only going halfway. 

when that dried I did slightly overlapping dots of yellow, green, and blue. Then with a black striping brush I made the lines coming out from the dots! 

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The orignal design is SOOOO much better than mine, but I am still pleased with how it turned out. 

Enjoy the design, your day, and your LIFE. 

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10 Easy and Fun Nail Designs for SHORT Nails

It has been far too long since I posted! I've been very busy as so many things have happened in two short months! I got a new job at the hospital in my town. Since I work in the food and nutrition services department, I am not allowed to have my nails painted!! So terrible... But anytime I have a couple days off you BETTER believe that my nails are not naked :) ALSO I got engaged!!! My fiance surprised me one day by showing up to my work (different job) it was so unexpected and I was definitely surprised... which was awesome! Keep scrolling for pics where I show off my ring ;) 

So finally to my post... It's long, but hopefully you will enjoy it. I have been keeping my nails short lately, because longer nails have gotten annoying to me. Even though my nails are short I can still create great designs on them. And so can you! :) Enjoy!! 

#1 The Herringbone

This was probably one of my favorites! I love nude bases with a design on them! And this was actually very simple to create. 

#2 Dot Gradient

This dot gradient was fun, and as my boss told me obnoxious! Haha she said that because she thought I didn't want my nails to be like that when I got engaged (she was in on it) but I liked them... so these were my engagement day nails ;) wouldn't change it either!!! 

#3 Triangle Tips

Triangle tips are one of my favorite nails designs because: a) It's really easy to recreate and b) You can use tons of different colors and it looks good

This is an older picture, and my nails are a little longer... but it does look good on short nails

#4 Ombre (Light to Dark) 

This summer I've done so many ombre nail designs. It's so easy and always turns out good. I did little flags on these because they were my birthday nails :) 

 I also tried an orange ombre with glitter :)

#5 Pastel Floral 

This was done a long time ago, but I think it belongs on the list because it looks good on short nails!

#6 Half-Moon Mani

#7 Triangle Tops and Cheetah Print

These were gorgeous!!! And inspired by Chelsea Queen, I can't find the link to her original picture... but it's on my Pinterest nail page (Nail-Art) Follow me :) 

 #8 Saran Wrap

 Saran wrap nails are great for short nails, and they are totally easy! 

#9 Pointed Colored Tips

Colored tips over a very subtle light pink base! Very simple, pretty and great for short nails!

#10 Stamped

To wrap up this post I have stamped nails! I have a Konad stamper and it's great for easy and quick nail art! 

Hope you enjoyed this post, and have some ideas to recreate for yourself! 

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Rainbow Gradient Squared

Rainbow Gradient Squared

This was inspired by a YouTube tutorial from Cutepolish (Rainbow Ombre). The squares were just for some added fun. This mani is crazy bright! Pretty cool for summer, but not really my style. I'm really loving doing gradients though!! 

Colors used: white striping brush, Nina Ultra Pro "French White," China Glaze "Flip-Flop Fantasy," Nina Ultra Pro "Solar Flare," Sinful Colors "Why Not," and a black striping brush. 

Blue to Pink OMBRE

Blue to pink ombre

This ombre is beautiful!! Ombre is a very popular technique right now and there are endless color combinations to try! Whether light to dark, or one color to another. Try it, you'll LOVE it :) 

Colors used: Essie "Bikini So Teeny," Sinful Colors "Easy Going" (this was my basecoat instead of white), Orly "Winter Wonderland," Orly "Lollipop," and Nina Ultra Pro "Passion Pink."

You use a makeup sponge, and it's an easy one-step process. For a tutorial visit MissJenFABULOUS just fast forward through all the talking, the actual tutorial is really simple!! Most helpful one I've seen. 

I got a lot of compliments on this mani... It's funny, sometimes the simple things get the biggest reaction. This is simple, but it definitely pops!