Autism awareness nails

I had no kids for a whole week and it was horrible! I thought a "break" would be fun but it turns out it was super boring!! So I am glad to have my boys back! and I am glad to be back posting again. Here are my latest blue manis for autism awareness.

simple lines all smooshed togther!

ikat ish? nails

dry marble

simple lines

waterfall nails!

lots of dots!

my fave floral nails ever!

I used a reg polish brush for these and just wiped most of the polish off then I dragged the brush across my nails I really love how these turned out!

Autism awareness nails

April is a good month for me, partly because I love blue nail polish! and partly because my amazing 6 year old is autistic. All nails I do this month I dedicate to my son Landon and to all the other people with autism!
Usually I do a monthly mani faves at the end of the month but this month will be different I will be posting once a week with ALL the nails I do this month!

This is Landon over the last 6 years!

saran wrap nails! I used formula x (unsure of the name it is the light blue form the 22 collection from sephora, and another unknown name from china glaze)

fan brush nails using Zoya sailor and breezi (sailor is my new fave color!)

For these I used OPI I saw you saw we saw warsaw and Zoya breezi

March mani faves

florals using the polishes from the Ciate London dolls house collection which i purchased on sephora.com

floral nails using OPI and China Glaze (China glaze from Sally beauty supply, OPI from nail salon)

simple nails using China glaze pinks from the new spring collection, Zoya sailor and lux (zoya from zoya.com)

my first attempt at paisley nails! using Zoya Lux

my nails from the Pretty little liars season finale!!! landliapolish.com

more florals using China glaze colors

water marble using the Essie spring collection (i purchased these from a girl in a swap group)

more florals! I really want warm weather using OPI and China glaze colors

and again florals!!! using Julep (julep.com) 

Saran Wrap nails

I love doing saran wrap nails! for these I used the pinks from the China Glaze city flourish collection.

There are a lot of tutorials on YouTube for saran wrap nails however I will still explain what I did since I know a few will ask ;)

I painted my nails regular with Spring in my step letting dry completely 

I then painted a thick coat of Thistle do nicely and before it could dry I dabbed it with a crumpled piece of saran wrap.

same thing for the rest of the pinks!

You can do this with as few or as many colors as you want and it is fun and you always get something different! 

Happy Spring!!!

First day of Spring and it is snowing here :( but at least my nails say spring!

on what grounds?

I got this Nicole by OPI polish in my IPSY bag, I was very excited now that I am a fan of texture! I only used 2 coats and it lasted 3 days! This may be my first NOPI but it will not be my last!

March Ipsy bag!

Ipsy is still my fave subscription! I never stick with anything this long so thank you Ipsy for keeping me happy! If anyone wants to join it is 10.00 a month and you can use my code if you would like http://www.ipsy.com/r/1f45

The bag!
nicole by OPI retails for 8.00 at walmart
pixi primer 9.00 at pixibeauty.com

marvelous moxie lipstick retails for 18.00 on bareescentuals.com

be a bombshell bora bora quad retails for 16.00 on beabombshellcosmetics.com

Mani Fave's February

I have been really busy so I am a little late with this, here are my mani faves for February!

Inspired by nail wraps

There may be 2 feet of snow outside but my nails are ready for spring!

fan brush nails

tic tac toe inspired by nails I saw on pinterest

blue tie dye

March Squarehue Box

Squarehue sent me their March box to review so before I get into that...the facts!
you get 3 bottles of polish a month,
Squarehue is a monthly nail polish box sub that comes to 19.99 a month,
They donate to charity right now they are focused on human trafficking.
You can sign up at squarehue.com



Now the fun part! my review!
the bottles are square my OCD is very happy!
The box was small and there was no "fuss" I did not have to clean "guts" off my floor for 10 minutes!
When I saw the polishes im not going to lie I was a little afraid they look really sheer and I did not have high hopes BUT 3 coats and they were perfection! (I am already planning some nail art with Notre Dame).
These polishes do not have an overwhelming polish smell..you know?
over all I would highly recommend squarehue to anyone IMO this is one of the better sub boxes! So head over and get your box!

The polish!

3 coats

this is my favorite of the 3 it looks like a hot mess i put my sweater on before they dried :( This is also 3 coats

the box!

3 coats

Striped Nails

I love striped nails, So many color possibilities! I used a thin nail art brush for these.

Zoya from Zoya.com

China glaze I believe came from head2toebeauty.com

OPI came from my hubby

Ciate Dolls House Collection

Usually when I get an entire collection I am already positive what polish will be my favorite so I swatch that one last so I can wear it for a while, When I opened the door to this polish I thought oh no! what am I going to do??!! They are all so beautiful so I ended up just swatching them in the order they came in! I was not at all disappointed in this collection, Each color was so beautiful, Each picture below in 3 thin coats , and can we just talk about the finish? holy wow! I love it!!! I need more of these in my life and I really hope Ciate makes more!! I purchased this set from Sephora.com for 25.00 and it was worth every penny!!