Holdiay Challenge Day 1!

Hi! I am going to start the month off with a bang!! I have set up a couple of features to help me keep up with blogging and all the work that goes along with it. If you don't already like my facebook page please do - so you can keep up with updates or you can follow me on twitter @YourFingertipss. Both of those will be updated with any blog news/posts.

psssstttt.... I would keep my eye out for a give away soon ;)

And if you do nothing else- please follow me on Instagram!! I post my mani's there before I ever blog about them, along with nail mail, and haul posts!! My name is @devin_atyourfingertips or you can click here. :)

So lets get this started!!!!

Here is the challenge I will be doing this month.... It was made by Happy Hands!

Today's theme is Red!

I used Different Dimentions Bazinga! from their Big Bang Theory Collection.

It is a clear base with small dark red hexes, with medium gold/yellow hexes, and large red and gold glitter as well.

And a macro of the bottle :D

Overall, I loved this polish. It was super easy to work with, and what you see here is just one coat! I did absolutely no fishing for glitter. I think next time I will do this over white to see what it looks like!

These pictures also have one, yes ONE coat of Red Carpet Revlon Colorstay underneath. It went on like a dream and only needed one coat - and I wasn't even trying. It is the perfect firetruck red!!

Below is one coat alone... 

And Here is the picture for the challenge!

Anyone love the Big Bang Theory as much as I do?? Join the challenge too!!

Quick Instagram Post

Hey! I am on spring break now, so I will have time to post more :)
Until then, check out some nail art I did on my friend on instagram! I got the inspiration from pinterest :)

Cheetah Hearts

Here is another mani I did on my friend's nails!!!

We found the inspiration for this by a pin on pinterest, done by this blogger.

I used Jordana French white for the base, and Sinful Colors black on black for stamping. Then I went in and free-handed a heart using my stride-rite striping polish and outlined it in black.

She loved them and it really reflected her personality :) I was pumped I could re-create something like that :)

Also, you guys can follow my pins on pinterest by clicking here. I have non-polish boards as well so just follow the nail ones if you are so inclined :)

When did you last get inspired by a pic you saw??

Revlon Bold Sangria

This is my Revlon Colorstay Review!!

When I heard about this I was super excited, being in college does not give you many opportunities to change your nail polish often. :(

So on the weeks I know I will be busy, I figured this would be a great alternative!!

According to Revlon: Gel-like shine and up to 11 days of shatterproof color, when worn with Revlon colorstay base and top coat.

So here is Bold Sangria with base coat, and two coats of color.

The base coat and top coat were really easy to work with, and the color was flawless! I was very impressed!

However, as you can see it dried significantly darker than the bottle color.

But I wanted to add black stamping (because this was going to be on my nails for 11 days) to spice it up. This picture was taken with flash after top coat. In significant light, it does match up to the bottle color, and you can see the stamping.... but irl I did not see the stamping much.

Due to my ridiculous exam schedule I kept it on for FOURTEEN DAYS!!!

Here is the wear...

Crappy cell pic, but you get the gist. For the first 9 days it was nothing but SLIGHT tip wear. Then it started to chip, but only when I used my nails for something, like scrubbing or washing my hair. 

I was SUPER impressed with this nail polish and the next time I wear the nail polish I will take a daily pic to show the daily wear. I also want to see what happens if you use a different base or top coat....so expect experiments soon!!!

Have you tried these polishes yet??? Have you had great experiences, or not so great?

V-Day!! :)

Here are my Valentine's Day Nails :)

They are the new LE Sally Hansen Salon Effects in Love Always.

I have to admit that 90% of the reason I bought these is for the french sayings on them. (I am obsessed with France) Unfortunately, they are too big to fit on one nail completely. But it says je t'aime ( I love you) and Amore (love) plus other english sayings in various fonts on a white background.

It looks awesome and I actually like having valentine's nails this way :) 

What do your nails look like today???

College and Nails :)

SO GUESS WHAT?!

I got into Pharmacy School!!!!! Four more years and I will be a Doctor :) sort of :) Anywhooo I am so pumped and just wanted to share.

My Sister Sent me this picture....Its so adorable!!

As you can guess, school takes up a ton of my time and the future seems full of school as well. However, even when I am not posting, I am painting tons of my friends nails and my own :) For the weekends where I can schedule them. 

Just wanted to explain my sort of erratic posting :) Hope you don't mind!!

On to the nails!!! Our school's colors are the same as the Vietnam flag, so the week of our pharmacy interviews and the week of the lunar new year... I did my Vietnamese friends nails....

I loved them! They were so festive, both for the new year and our college :)

This is tips in Orly Ma Cherie and outlined with a nail art brush in yellow. And topped off with seche vite.

Meme Monday!!

Yes, I call my grandma meme...SO?! haha :)

I did these in the summer when she went to a festival. Next year she wants me to offer my nail art services at said festival lol. Everyone wanted her nails so badly! And I must say, it was my first time drawing flamingos on paper or nail.

(Ignore her silly finger, she is so self-conscious, but apparently thats what a life of holding a pen does, who cares!)  

Coolest grandma ever!!!! She wore these as long as she could, kept touching them up and everything :)

Would your grandma ever wear such crazy nails in public?? haha

Mom Monday Cheetah Nails!!

I am slowly teaching my mom the way to position your hand for a good picture!! You can see her progress :)

This was her New Year's Mani, it matched her shirt perfectly!! She got tons of complements too and got to brag about me and my little blog ;)

Yes, my mom wears shirts like this..... 

This one really shows the multi colored effect of the holo sparkles !!

This is two coats of Pure Ice Best Friend, with Sally Hansen Black Diamond tips. I stamped over it with Zoya Codie using m57. And then my mom needed her glitter (Wet n Wild Megalast Dasher),

I was pretty surprised how light Codie stamped, but I really liked it in the end.

HAPPY Mani :)

Ugh I cannoooottt believe I forgot to take a pic of this until the day I decided to take it off :(

This is approx 5 coats of Essie Funky Limelight. It was worth it though. Seriously made going back to university soooo much happier :)

Hope you all have a bright cheery hump day!!

Mom Monday!!

I think I will do Mom Mondays until I run out of mani's haha :)

She is so funny! Always wants tips on her nails and these sparkles :) 

This is OPI Ogre-the-top Blue with Julep tips in Helena.

And my mom's signature sparkle - Wet n Wild Megalast Dasher

Fun Sunday Nail Art :)

 I have seen this on several blogs and I love me some converse, so check out my interpretation of it. It was late and no clean up was done :/ sorry about that haha

Christmas in... January?

Since I never gave myself time to blog pre-holidays I wanted to show what mani's I did for Christmas!!!

First up are my Mom's Nails. She said she wanted 'Santas Belly!!!"

I am still teaching her how to control her fingers :) Shes so cute!!

I used 2 coats of NYC Times Square for the base and then Sinful Colors Black on Black for the belt, White on White for the fluffy haha. And a striper polish for the buckle. 

I loved the way they turned out and she got so many complements!!

These were my Christmas nails.... I did santa's sleigh.

See Rudolph's nose??

And here's Santa!!!

I used two coats of Zoya Indigo for the base and striper polish for the rest. I love santa's cute little hat and coat :D

Hope you all had a great holiday and great mani's to match!!!

Happy New Years!!!

I figured today would be a good time for reflection!!

Lets look back at some of my old *shudder* mani's. (Before I knew about hand position and clean up)

You may or may not have seen these, I can't remember if they have been posted and honestly its fun to look again!!!

My first attempt at free handed art, two colors and a flower!!! OH WOW! haha

I love this, need to try again! All Free hand and I am pretty proud of myself haha

TMNT!! I could do WAY better now, another one to do again, and on bigger nails haha

As you can tell, zebra became my comfort nail art haha

Did these watching a nail art tutorial on youtube (my first try!) I can't find it, but let me know and Ill give credit!!

When I found Chloe's Nails....ahh I would stalk that blog like no ones business. My first attempt with tape and nail polish!! Pretty good :)

This was when I got my first konad plates!! Pre-bundle monster so I figured I would only ever have 5 plates hahahhaahahahha So wrong :)

This was an attempt to see what I could do with marbling with a toothpick, I tried various techniques and colors. Some look pretty cool. My first experimenting  :)

More Konad magic haha, alot faster than freehanding!

My proudest moment, These nails were AWESOMEEE ahh i just remember the satisfaction of doing my nails so perfectly with nail art haha

And my first try with a dotting tool! (honestly, I still can't use them well haha give me tips!!)

Hope you liked this flashback!!!

What do you remember most about first painting nails/ nail art??  

I remember looking at bloggers and being like "OMG How are their nails so perfect?!?!?!?"

New Years Eve :D

Are you guys ready for tonight?! I hope everyone has a blast bringing in the new year!!!

I have a BLINGY mani today :) just for the occasion.

There are three coats of Pop A Bottle by Icing on my four fingers. And 3 coats of Gold Accessory by Maybelline on my thumb nail. 

To show the pink and blue

Pop a Bottle is a glitter packed sheer base polish. It is mainly gold micro glitter, but there are some pink and blue glitter in there as well that show up great on the nail but not in the photos :(

Hope you all have a great and safe night and new year!!!

Any new years-themes that are going to be on your nails??

Fireworks :)

Oops :) Forgot to take pics of this mani before wearing it :)

Well you get to see the wear of the polish this way :)

Haha

This is my pre-new year mani, I am going to be changing it for the actual night/day.

Excuse my dry hands!

They are supposed to be fireworks :)

I used 1 coat of Sinful Colors Black on Black, then a coat of WnW Megalast Blackmail. That has multicolored glitter in it, but on the nail it wasn't visible :( I was thinking it would make it look like the starry sky but oh well.

Then I stamped 'fireworks' on with several metallic golds and silvers. I used BM02 for the plate and Orly Luxe, Zoya Richelle, and Zoya Trixie.

I really loved this manicure upclose but it was far too subtle to wear for new years. I need some bling!!!

What are your plans for this new year's mani??

Also, my blog sale has been updated so go check it out!!

Day 24 - Inspired by a Book

As you could have guessed, I used Harry Potter as my book inspiration. All of them actually :)

L-R:

Book 1- Harry's Letter

Book 2 - Basilisk (Snake)

Book 3 - Dementor

Book 4 - Goblet of Fire

L-R:

Book 5 - Prophecy

Book 6 - Harry's Potions Book

Book 7 - Deathly Hallows Symbol

Book 7 - Ravenclaw's Diadem 

Day 23 - Inspired by a Movie

For today's inspiration I chose Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

I actually did these nails the day before the premier but never posted them.

I did all of this art with my Stride Rite nail art stripers. From L-R: French Flag, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Hedwig.

The flag is because this mani was on France's independence day

From L-R: HP Logo, Lightning Scar, Deathly hallows logo, Luna's Radish earrings, and A broomstick.

And an upclose of the characters.

I loved these, they were soo cute!!! And I loved the movie :) I am totally obsessed with Harry Potter. Actually its funny because my two favorite things are harry potter and nail polish.... as you can see by my tumblr..