Nail Design: Chevron Half Moon

I'm a couple days late posting this, but here is my current mani. This is probably my favorite to date. I tried to do this same design a couple weeks ago with red and black, but I messed it up. So, I decided to give it another go and boy am I glad! I used painters tape for the gold area, followed by a small brush for the white outline. Last time when I attempted this I removed the tape too soon which smudged the triangle. This time around I waited a little longer for the polish to get tacky before I removed the tape. I'm in love with this color combination!

The first few pictures were taken outside, without use of flash.

Nail Design: Purple Marble

I've been wanting to do a marble/swirl effect for awhile now, but I never quite mastered the water marble technique. However, I came across a different and much easier way to achieve the same sort of look. I used a tutorial by MissJenFABULOUS on YouTube, which can be found here. For the most part it was very easy, but clean up was a bitch! 

The first few pictures were taken indoors, with flash.

Nail Design: Simple Blue Leopard Accent

Man oh man has it been a crazy two weeks. Last week I was overwhelmed with studying for finals and packing, and this week I've been cleaning and unpacking. Not to mention my nails got destroyed during everything, so they're back down to nubs. I made an attempt to do something more complicated but it turned out terrible and I wound up taking it off before I even finished it. So instead I decided to do a simple two-toned leopard print on my thumb and ring finger. 

I took the photos after a day of wear and tear on them, so please ignore the scuffs! I also just started a nail only Instagram account! Feel free to follow me, it's @nailentine. 

I used China Glaze "First Mate" and Sally Hansen "Breezy Blue"