Holo Spirals

Today I have some wickedly awesome nails for you! My friend and fellow blogger, Heather, has been raving about some stencils she's tried from smART nails. She says hands down they are the best stencils she's tried. Sooo, I ordered some after seeing some really cool spiral nails on her blog.

Then, life got in the way and it was almost a week before I could try them after I received them. But, they are pretty darn awesome AND really reasonably priced. Shipping does take a while because they're located in Romania, but they are SO worth the wait!

For these nails, I did a base of two coats of You Polish Gravender Aura. It's a pale gray/lavender with just a slight hint of holo. I let it dry completely, then I used smART nail stencil P019 and polished Color Club Eternal Beauty over them and peeled them off. I think Eternal Beauty brings out the lavender a little bit in Gravender Aura and I have to say I think these are my favorite nails I've ever done!! One coat of top coat over it all after it was completely dry and I have unique, beautiful nails that were so easy!!!

Happy polishing!!

The Unprofessional Polisher ;-) 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Pardon me for being absent for so long; life got in the way of the blog and I was having trouble finding my niche in the blogging world. There are so many polish bloggers out there and I was trying to emulate some of my favorites, which was causing tons of stress for me! So, new year, new way of doing things!! You'll see less posts but more information on the polishes, plus hopefully a lot more nail art as I delve into that and try some things I've never tried before!

This look was done using some nail things I got for Christmas. My boys know I do my nails a lot and told their PawPaw I needed nail polish for Christmas! Man I love those boys!!! Anyway, I got a small basket full of goodies and it included some things I hadn't ever tried before, like nail stickers and nail polish strips. 

For these, I polished two coats of Pure Ice Siren on my index, middle, and pinky nails. Siren is an amazing bright red cream, and even though in the pic below it shows VNL, it didn't in real life. Then I used Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips in I Love Lacey on my thumb and ring finger. I've never used these before and I have to say I was pretty impressed with their wearability and their ease of use. After that I used Essence French Glam nail stickers that matched on my index, middle, and pinky nails. I am super surprised about the wearability of these stickers, I had zero peeling or removal in the two days I wore these! To finish, I top coated everything with Out The Door topcoat.

Hope you enjoy this look as much as I did and I also hope your new year brings you everything you dream of!

All yours, The Unprofessional Polisher ;-)