Guest Post: Mimi from Mimi Manicures

While I'm busy with my new little one for a few weeks, you'll be seeing guest posts mixed in with my own posts - this gives me a chance to become accustomed to mommy-hood and my little man! The lovely ladies who have volunteered their time to guest post are amazing bloggers, and great blog-friends of mine. I appreciate each and everyone of them, and cannot thank them enough for taking the time to do this for me! You all are amazing - so thank you :) Today's guest post comes from Mimi over at Mimi Manicures! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello there dearest Peace, Love and Polish readers. Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to read my guest post. My name is Mimi from Mimi Manicures. I am super excited to be doing this post for the lovely Heather who is off having her little baby, so here I am filling in for her. 

I decided to do some "It's A Boy" nails with a cute 'Heather and Son' accent nail. I must admit this is not what I was going to do for this manicure, but I have been feeling a little under the weather and just can't extend my artistic mind right now, lol. So I have settled on something simple but personal from myself to the lovely Heather. 

The base colour I used for this mani is Bourjois Adora-bleu. I would like to take this opportunity to wish Heather and her family so much love and happiness with their new little addition. Mother hood is the hardest but by far the most rewarding job in the world and I'm sure she is going to be a natural. 

Thank you for stopping by.. lots of polish love! Mimi xxxx THANKS AGAIN MIMI! Everyone, please go check out her blog - Mimi Manicures!

Random Line Design

 *Polishes used in this post were purchased by me or given to me as a gift*

Hey all! Today I have a pretty random nail art design to share with you all. I love doing line designs and outlining things, because I feel my skill has really improved, and practice only makes perfect! I started with a base of China Glaze Solar Power, then added the blue and pink stripes using two Art Club brushes. I did the lines in random designs on each nail. At the end, it looked like two things to me, circus colors or 3D colors!

  *Polishes used in this post were purchased by me*

Guest Post: Missy from Gnarly Gnails!

While I'm busy with my new little one for a few weeks, you'll be seeing a lot of guest posts mixed in with my own posts - this gives me a chance to become accustomed to mommy-hood and my little man! The lovely ladies who have volunteered their time to guest post are amazing bloggers, and great blog-friends of mine! I appreciate each and everyone of them, and cannot thank them enough for taking the time to do this for me! You all are amazing - so thank you :) Today's guest post comes from Missy over at Gnarly Gnails! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello there world! My name is Missy, I nail blog over at Gnarly Gnails and am TOTALLY thrilled to be doing a guest spot here on Heathers blog. In the short time I have known Heather, she has definitely become one of my favorite bloggers, and I'm truly honored to be doing some nails for you here today!

For these Metallic Paisley Print nails, I started with 2 coats of Essie Barefoot & Topless, which is probably my favorite nude polish!

The night before, I prepped some DIY Nail Decals by putting clear polish on wax paper, allowing it to dry and then stamping these paisley designs over the top of the clean polish. Then I went in with Essie Penny Talk, a stunning copper metallic polish, and hand painted the inner parts of the paisley design. 

I also took a dotting tool and some black polish and added the outer dots of the paisleys that had gotten a little lost in the stamping.

Once this was all dry, I peeled off the designs from the wax paper, cut them to size and applied them atop the nude polish by using some clear polish. 

I smoothed the decals down and used the standard brush and acetone method to clean the decal and polish from around the nail bed, and finished it all off with Mash Nails Matte topcoat!  I hope you enjoyed my time here on Heather's blog. I'm not sure where this post will fall in the spectrum of Heather's maternity leave from blogging, but wherever it is, Congrats Heather!! xoxo - Missy THANKS AGAIN MISSY! Everyone, please go check out her blog - Gnarly Gnails!

CG Neon & On & On with SH Wool Knot

 *Polishes in this post were purchased by me*

I just love the colors of the new China Glaze Sunsational Collection. I have a few from it, so today I'm showing you Neon & On & On topped with Sally Hansen Wool Knot. First, I've read mixed reviews about the formulas of the neons in this collection, but I didn't have problems with them. I found adding Wool Knot on top of Neon & On & On sort of balanced out any streaks that were left behind.    First, yes, I know there's a chip on my pointer finger. Second, yes, this color was seriously SUPER hard to photograph. I suggest looking at a few different blogs to check for color accuracy, as I am not one to PhotoShop or color correct. 

I love the color of Neon & On & On, and I especially love Wool Knot over it1 The colors all worked so well together, and from far away, it looked like one complete polish. Wool Knot is pretty cool, and I can't wait to try the other polishes from the collection!

So as you can see, each photo shows Neon & On & On differently. All in all, it's just a slightly light neon pink that really pops in the sunshine. Wool Knot is just a cool top coat, and it's super fun to play around with base colors with. 
*Polishes in this post were purchased by me*

A Gradient/Tape/Polka Dot Mani - Whew!

 *Polishes used in this post were purchased by me*

So today's mani is a serious mix-up of a few different nail art techniques. I had this brilliant idea in my head to do a gradient nail, then tape it and paint over half - then the dots popped in my head and I just had to do them! So I started with my base of Nina Ultra Pro French White, then did a gradient using China Glaze For Audrey & Peachy Keen. I then added a coat of SV, waited for it to dry, and taped off half my nail and painted white over it. Then, I used two different size dotting tools and added some dots to the white. It turned out so cute and I got a ton of compliments on them. All in all, it took a little over an hour to accomplish, but it looks so good and I think this is one of the best gradients I've ever done! The only thing I hate about doing gradients is the clean up!

 *Polishes used in this post were purchased by me*