Spring Nails-Pastels and Simple Geometry

Some rather simple nail art I did using some of my favorite spring colors and my favorite gray nail polish. I simply added the gray triangles on after painting on the base colors by first making a diagonal stripe from one corner to another and then filling it. It's a little tricky to do free-hand when you're using your non-dominant hand, but I've had success in the past using pieces of tape as a guideline, making sure to remove some of the tape's stickiness first and allowing the base coat to fully dry. 

The colors I used are Break a Leg-Warmer by Sephora by OPI, Splash of Grenadine and Turquoise & Caicos by Essie, and Blueberry from the Hello Kitty line at Sephora (possibly discontinued?), all colors with cream finishes. Blueberry and Break a Leg Warmer have great opacity while the two Essie nail polishes seem to need at least two or three coats each.  I used Sally Hansen's Diamond Strength top coat in Flawless to finish off my nails. 

Red/Black/Gold Nails

Simple nail art with a diagonally striped accent nail. I used a red China Glaze nail polish and Blackout by Sally Hansen (the gold I borrowed from a friend, I don't know what brand it is!). On my ring fingers I started by painting them completely red, then adding a black triangle, and then topping it off with the gold triangle, letting it dry in between.

Green and Black Confetti Nails (with Formula X Xplosives Top Coat)

I recently got a new cream finish green nail polish from Zoya in the color Josie and tried the polish out. The opacity is great and it has hardly chipped since I've first put it on nearly a week ago. Black Friday shopping I happened to stop by Sephora and checked out the new Formula X nail polishes and well and tried out one of their Xplosives Top Coats in the color Bionic. It has light green and black confetti in pieces of varying sizes and gives a really cool paint splatter sort of effect. Later I added black french tips to my pointer fingers using Black Out by Sally Hansen (Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear formula) and topped off my nails with Sally Hansen's Diamond Strength topcoat in Flawless.

Zoya-Josie

Formula X-Bionic

Sally Hansen- Black Out

Sally Hansen-Flawless

Blue and Magenta Nail Art with a Butterfly

I painted my nails and this time I went with a pretty simple design with aimless grey dots and fun color combo. I used Essie's Splash of Grenadine, Sally Hansen's Smooth and Perfect in Air, and for the dots, Sephora by OPI's Break a Leg Warmer.

Update: I found a butterfly temporary tattoo, so I put it on my thumbnail, 'cause what else am I supposed to do with it? In retrospect, it should probably be facing the other direction.