All You Need Is Love

Hey ladies!
Yes, the title of this post may be cheesy, but it is true! Lately I have been having such a great time with how things have been going for me, and I have noticed that all you do need is love to get by and make things better! :)

So today I have a NOTW post for you! I actually didn't know what I was going to do for my nails this week, but I came up with this cute and really simple design!

 

 

 

 

Polishes used:
- Essie: A Cut Above
- Sally Hansen Diamond Strength: Silver Anniversary
- China Glaze: Fast Forward Top Coat
- Black Acrylic Paint
- Kiko Nail Art Brush

I hope you girls liked this post! I have fallen in love with my nails, but it is going to be such a pain to take off the sparkles. But oh well! :)

Have a great day!

Let's Get Creative!

Hey girls!

So lately I've been trying to doing more variation with my posts and incorporating my YouTube videos into my posts. But I found myself kind of lacking on my nail art posts. I still do a new design on my nails every week, however I just haven't been blogging about them.
So today I have 2 nail art designs that I wanted to post about!
I love both of these and hope that you guys do too!

 

 

Products used:
- Essence Color & Go in Choose Me!
- Essence Color & Go in Space Queen
- ELF Polish in Blush
- Acrylic Black Paint
- American Painter Nail Art Brush
- China Glaze Top Coat

 

 

 

 

Products used:
- Wet n' Wild Wild Shine in Eggplant Frost
- L.A. Colors Color Craze in Grapevine
- China Glaze Top Coat
- Acrylic White Paint
- Kiko Nail Art Brush

I had a fun time doing both of these designs and love how they turned our!
Lately I've been wanting to do more creative designs on my nails and I would live to hear if you girls have an suggestions of designs that I should do next!
If you do let me know! :)

If you have Instagram make sure to follow me: @simplychicxox! I also post all my nail art on there!

Braided Nail Art

Hey Beauties!
Sorry for the lack of post this past week, I am currently on vacation with my family.
The other day Cute Polish from YouTube uploaded a video on braided nails. I fell in live with this look, so I tried this out right away. It was a super easy look to create as soon as you get the hang of it! However this look did take me a while to do.

The nails that Cute Polish created turned out like this:

And the design I came up with is:

For this look, you only need 3 polishes. The ones I chose were:
- L.A. Colors in Electrified
- Maybelline New York Express Finish in Onyx Rush
- Maybelline New York Express Fibish in Racy Red
- Rimmel London Clear Base Coat
- China Glaze Fast Foreward Top Coat which I am LOVING right now!


I hope you all like this look and be sure check out the video tutorial to get the same look!

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DIY Glittery Nails

Hey girlies!
For the past couple of days I have been getting a lot of compliments on my nails that I did for my graduation. They are super easy to do and looks so girly!
If you also want to also get these nails then keep reading!

The first thing that you will need to achieve this look is  some fine glitter. I picked up some superfine glitter at my local dollar store for only $1 CDN.

You will also need some sheer and white polish to make the nails look more put together and make the glitter show up the best.

After applying a base coat, I took Maybelline New York in Snow Bunny, which is a sheer polish, and applied this to all my nails. 

Then I took a white polish, and using my finger, I just applied this to the top 3rd of my nails.

Now to get the glitter to stick to your nails, I took my top coat and applied this to the upper half/third of my nails. I waited a few seconds for the top coat to become sticky. Then I just picked up the glitter with a clean finger and padded this onto the clear polish. I also brought a lighter layer of glitter just under the first layer of glitter to fade it out.

Once you have applied all the glitter to your nails wait until they completely dry before applying your top coat. I found that I had to apply many layers of my top coat to get the glitter to not chip off and to make my nails feel smooth without the bumpy feeling of the glitter.

And thats all I did to get these super cute and girly nails!

I hope you enjoyed reading this DIY Glitter Nails, and I hope you also try this out because it is a super cute and easy look!

If you try it out, make sure to comment below so I can check yours out! Or tweet me at @simplychicxox :)

Have a great day! And Happy late Canada Day to all my Canadian Bloggers, and Happy early 4th of July to all my US Bloggers!



Colorful Leopard Print

Hey girls!
Today I have my nail art for this week to share for you. I saw this design on one of the YouTube nail channels that I watch all the time. I fell in love with this design right away and knew that I would have to try it out for myself!

I used a variety of polishes to get this specific look.

Polishes used:
Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in White Tip
Maybelline New York Express Finish in Snow Bunny
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Mint Sorbet, Lacey Lilac, Mellow Yellow
Klean Color in Neon Pink
Rimmel London Top Coat

What do you think of this colorful leopard design? <3



Yellow Polka Dot Bikini NOTW

Hey Girls!

Sorry for the lack of posts this week! It's been kind of crazy with alot of things happening this week. But, this weekend its a long weekend for me where I live because Monday is a holiday, so I will have time to get some posts up this weekend!

Earlier this week I did my nails and wanted to do them nice and summery. I chose yellow because I find this color to get me into the summer mood. As I was doing my nails and I thought adding some white polka dots would add a fun look to them! Once I started doing the dots the lyrics Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini came into my head, which inspired the name of this post!

Polishes Used:

- Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in Mellow Yellow

- Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in White Out

- China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat

*TIP: If you have touble like me at doing perfectly straight side swipes on your nails follow this one super easy step!

Take some Scotch Tape and lightly place the tape where you want your side swipe to be. Paint the top helf of your nail, and once the polish is dry carefully remove the tape and finish your design!

Have a great weekend!



Sweet & Simple Cheetah Nails!

Hey Girls!
For the past two days where I have lived its been rainy and gloomy! So today since I didnt have to work, I decided to spend some time doing a fun nail art design. I saw a picture on Instagram earlier this week on some white, black, and pink cheetah nails and fell in love with the design. So this post is my version of these cheetah nails! :)

First off, here is the orignial picture from Instagram:

And here is my design:

Polishes used:
-Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in White Tip
-Maybelline Express Finish in Onyx Rush (Black)
-L.A. Colors Color Craze in Electrified (Pink)
-China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat

Do you like??



Snappy Sorbet NOTW

Hi beauties!
I thought tonight would be a perfect night to post about some spring nails since it is a cold evening here and I know it's been cold all around the world too! So hopefully these spring nails can warm you up! :)

For my nails I used a Sally Hansen Polish from their Insta Dri collection in the color Snappy Sorbet. It's a pretty bright summery orange color - perfect for hot weather. However, I did not really like how fast the color dried because it was hard to spread access the nails since it does actually dry instantly!

What has been your favorite spring/ summer color so far?

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Mellow Yellow Spring NOTW

Hey girls!
Sadly this is going to be one of my last posts before I go on a school trip to Europe! I knew this post would have to be fun spring-y nail art!

The yellow color I used was actually a really old color! It's from one of NYC's collections from I think about 4 years ago, but hey its still good polish! The yellow color is Taxi Yellow. I then used a black polish and my nail art burst to create this design.



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What's your go-to spring polish color?



Minty Fresh NOTW ♡

Hi lovelies!
Minty green color is really in this spring and it's a color I've seen everyone wearing. So this week choose some minty green polish to use for my nail art. :)

This Polish is from the Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Collection in Mint Sorbet. The color in day light almost has a turquoise kind of color in it, which I find really unique. I decided to add some little designs to each nail to make my nail art cute and spring like. After these pics were taken, I did add some nail gems to the white "exploding" type thing. :)

Are you loving this mint green color this season??



Color Me Coral NOTW

Hi Loves!

Today I have another spring nail art post! This color is a really nice bring color that just makes reminds me so much of warm weather! This is another Sally Hansen Polish from their Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Collection. It's in the color Coral Reef.

This is a fun coral color with a creamy looking finish. I decided to add some small dots to my nails to create a spring-like effect to the nails :)

The color does appear sort of orange-y in these pictures, but it is def a coral color!

I absolutely love this color and I know I will be wearing it lots this spring/summer! It's such a nice and fun color!

What is your favorite spring color polish this season??