Spider-Man

Today I have Spider-Man nails! I just got back from the midnight showing of The Amazing Spider-Man, and it was, dare I say, amazing! I was hoping to get these nails up before I actually went to see the film but I just didn't have time. I've been wanting to do Spider-Man nail art for at least a year, but I've been holding out in anticipation for this movie.

My pinky is a lizard-ish print because the villain in this movie is The Lizard. My ring finger is the spider that is on Spider-Man's outfit, and my middle finger is his mask. On my pointer is a web.

On my thumb is the spider on the back of Spider-Man's outfit.

I used Xtreme Wear Cherry Red, Blue It, China Glaze Millennium, OPI Just Spotted The Lizard, Wet N Wild French White Creme and Black Creme.

Mixed Magnetic

Today I have a pretty neat manicure using magnetic polishes. There's really not much you can do in the way of nail art when it comes to magnetics, but I wanted to do something other than just one plain color. So, to mix it up I just did two different colors on one nail. In order to do this I painted one side of my nail with one color and magnetized it. Once that was fully dry, I came back with another color and then used the magnet on that. The line down the center isn't perfectly straight because you have to work fast when using magnetic polishes, they dry pretty quickly.

I used Color Club Steel Of The Night, Hipnotic, China Glaze Pull Me Close, and Instant Chemistry. I used the magnetic that comes with the Color Club polishes.

Needle Drag

So here is my first attempt at a needle drag manicure. It did not go so well. But, to be fair, I didn't use the traditional needle drag method. This is because I was trying to recreate a manicure from the Sally Hansen Salon Effects collection. It didn't turn out quite the way I had anticipated, but it could be worse!

I used China Glaze Flying Dragon, Xtreme Wear Fuchsia Power, and Wet N Wild French White Creme.

Glitter Art

Today I have some simple but neat nail art. I originally saw this design on Pinterest or something like that, but I don't really remember. I love doing a design in glitter over a creme polish though. To make this look I used a base color of China Glaze First Mate, and I used the glitter Nicole By OPI Snowman Of My Dreams.

Marbled In Water

Today I have a water marble manicure! I've had a lot more time on my hands recently, so I've been playing around with marbling, and I think I have a bit of a better handle on it. I think my only problem now is getting designs other than those big flower-like swirls. Anyway, I'm pretty proud of this manicure! I think my thumb definitely turned out the best.

I used China Glaze For Audrey, Color Club Yum Gum, Vintage Couture, Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away, Fuchsia Power, and Sinful Colors Cinderella.

Fruity Fimo

Since I haven't played around with fimo for a while now I thought it was time to feature it in yet another manicure. The pack of fimo sticks that I have comes with a ton of fruit images that are perfect for summer! I couldn't settle on just one design to I did a collage of fruits on my nails. I find that cutting the fimo sticks is both extremely fun, and frustrating.

The base colors I used are Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow, Going Green, Sun Kissed, and LA Splash Nudist.

Crackle?!

It has been a while since I played around with this polish, so the other day I thought I should break out some crackle! When I got it a year ago I could not figure out what to put under this pink crackle. I don't know why it used to be so difficult because now I have a ton of ideas! What I picked for this manicure was a base color of Xtreme Wear The Real Teal and a crackle top coat of China Glaze Broken Hearted. I added a glossy top coat.

 

 Then I matted it using Essie Matte About You.