Cheetah: Stamp VS Hand Painted

Hi all! The nail design that I am currently wearing is a hot pink, hand painted cheetah print! I figured it would be fun to compare my Konad cheetah print stamp to my hand painted cheetah print. This was my first time doing cheetah print, and I am very happy with the results!

So which one is this? Haaaa! Not hard to tell that this is the stamp. I did this nail design a very, very long time ago. I no longer have the yellow nail polish, but I think it was a Sally Hansen polish. The black was the Konad "special polish". 

Pros to stamping:

1. Quick

2. Fairly simple

Cons:

1. Can have a messy clean up

2. If it is a more detailed pattern it is hard to line up

Here are my hand painted nails! 

Pros:

1. Can easily place print where you want it (I placed mine as a border on one side)

2. Also relatively simple

3. Can use more than one color easily (there is a way to do this with the stamp too)

Cons:

1. Time consuming

So...which do you prefer? Should I keep with the hand painted? Or just use a stamp because my hand painted cheetah print is terrible?

Paint on!

Felicia

As Sweet As A Rose

Hi all! Today I bring you my FIRST attempt at roses. These nails were heavily inspired by @just1nail on Instagram. She has some amazing designs, and, I'll be honest, these are a straight up copy! I just changed the colors. Not only are her designs amazing, she's really nice! She's definitely worth following.

Colors Used:

Base coat--Seche Clear

Peach base--China Glaze "Peachy Keen". I LOVE this color!

White base--Essie "Blanc"

Purple polka dots--Essie "Nice is Nice"

Roses--acrylic paint

Top coat--Seche Vite

I created the roses using  one of my dotting tools. 

I definitely plan on revisiting roses at some point!

I'd love to see your rose manicures! Use the #FFProses or share your photo directly to my Facebook by clicking the link in the sidebar.

Thanks for reading!

Paint on!

Felicia

Smells Like School Spirit

Hi everyone! Today I bring you TWO nail designs. One of them is a year old. The other is from August of this year. They are both school spirit themed nails. For those of you that don't know me all that well, I am a sophomore at Indiana University studying human biology. So, if you're a Purdue fan, I'm sorry. These are IU nails!

These are my nails from last year. (Yes, I was watching South Park in the background!)

Colors used:

Base coat--Seche Clear.

Red base color--Sally Hansen complete salon manicure in "Right Said Red". This is probably my most loved red that I own. I must love it a lot since I accidentally bought two! But it does go on smoothly and has a large brush that makes it super easy to apply. LOVE this polish.

White and Silver--It's So Easy stripe rite. This is the polish that has small, thin brushes for painting designs. Recently I have strayed away from using these. They tend to get thick very quickly since they spend a lot of time open. I have moved on to mostly using acrylic paint.

Top Coat--Seche Vite. This isn't the only top coat I own, but it is the only one I use on myself.

These were my "back to school" nails this year. The design was partly inspired by Cute Polish.

Colors used:

Base coat--Seche Clear.

White--Essie "Blanc"

Lines on paper(red and blue), IU symbol, and lines on pencils--It's So Easy Stripe Rite

Black writing, pencils--acrylic paint

Top coat--Seche Vite

I would love to see your school spirit nails! Use the #FFPschoolspirit on Instagram or click the link in the sidebar and share them on my Facebook page. 

Thank you for reading!

Paint on!

Felicia