Lavender Nails inspired by Robin Moses

I love lilacs and grew up with a huge bush in our back yard.  This tutorial ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwX1XJFgxzY) doesn't seem to know if they're lilacs or lavender, but that's fine by me, they're pretty.  I began with a base of Estee Lauder Rose Blush and then used my green acrylic paints mixed with a bit of white to create the grass and once dried I used my purple acrylic paint and created the lilacs and then highlighted with a lighter purple.  Having seen the end result I think I should have gone with a lighter purple to start with.  I added a few sparkles using essie pure pearlfection over the flowers.

Cherry Blossom Nails inspired by Robin Moses

I began with wet n wild French White Creme and then since I don't have a fan brush I used a bright pink from The Color Workshop with hardly any polish on the brush to do the stroke motion to try to achieve the same effect shown in the tutorial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zm5Cr-flNQ.  This didn't work so well, but who cares it's in the corner and hopefully people will be looking at the branches.  Next I used my Quo by Orly black striping brush to put the branches on and mixed my red and white acrylic paint with the red paint and dotted on my cherry blossoms.  I added some cherry blossoms to the bottoms but didn't like the way it looked so I went over them with white.  I hope it's not too noticeable.  The fast drying top coat I used by Sally Hansen I think blurred them a bit, but the coolness of this design is still there.

Butterflies by Robin Moses

I began my nails with a really pretty polish I got from my sister: Sally Hansen New Lengths Ceramic Porcelain Ivory.  Just putting this base on really made my nails look nice, it's also a really smooth layer.  Anyways, then I followed a few of the Robin Moses tutorials http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHWGFIpJEOM and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZvsWCudkpE and then proceeded to make my own recreation using a rainbow gradient across my nails.  It was a strange feeling wishing I had one more finger so I could put a colour on each one.  When I was done I then added a bit of glitter using Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Disco Ball 180.  I use this a lot to sprinkle some fairy dust on my nail art :-) 

This is my base coat.  You can't tell how smooth it is, but it is a really nice base for a french manicure.  I'm sure I'll be using it a lot in the future.

Ladybugs

I started my manicure with Maybeline Red Riot Creme 80 after putting a few layers of base coat since it seems both my reds bleed onto my nails and make them an orange hue.  After that I used my Quo by Orly Black striper to make the black line between the wings and create the curve of the head then I filled in the head with all black and added some dots.  Once dried I added some Wet n Wild Shine French White Creme to make the eyes and added the adorable little black pupils with my a toothpick dipped in my black striper polish.  They are some cute with their little eyes.

White flowers on Navy blue toes

My first nail art on my toes.  I'm not quite flexible enough (or skinny enough) to easily reach my toes so I don't do much nail art on them however I was feeling the need (I guess I'm getting prepared for spring).  I used a navy blue for my base and then used my Wet n wild Wild Shine French White Cream 449C to add 5 dots in a circle to make the shape of the flower and then used my Quo by Orly white striper to create two lines along the sides.  I don't know where the pattern came from, I found it by doing a google search.
Yes, I cut little V's in the middle, I've heard it helps prevent ingrown toe nails.

Zebra Print

Began my design using Sally Hansen Pumping Iron as a base and then watched Robin Moses' video on Easy Zebra Print Nail Design: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOFl-DcyQKU to try to capture the technique for the zebra print and copy it using my Quo by Orly black striper.  Here is the finished design:

Leopard Print

Began my design using a non sparkle gold Sally Hansen Gold Chrome as a base and then added some dots like Robin Moses does in her design "Bright Pink Leopard Nails" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NckGX2R5T9Y.  Once I had my shiny gold down I knew where to put my leopard prints.  I used Robin Moses' technique found under Easy Leopard Nails Made w/ Eyeshadow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqSL_3qXTlU to add my black leopard spots although I didn't use eyeshadow as a base.   The outlining was done with my helpful Quo by Orly black striper.  Here is the finished design: