Fashion Inspired: "Neon & Nude"

 I typically hate nude colors on myself but..

I was inspired by a recent post by my BFF Cassi over at the fashion blog The Granny Treatment!

She was discussing the fashion trend of mixing nudes and neons, and it just so happens to be a fabulous combination!

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She also mentioned that if you don't want to dedicate your entire outfit to this trend, it could me really cute as a mani!

Well here is what I came up with.

Colors used:

Nude - "Sand Tropez" by Essie

Purple - "Dream On" by Sinful Colors

Yellow - "Yell-Oh!" by Color Club 

Blue - "Aquamarine" by Sinful Colors

Pink - "Fusion Neon" by Sinful Colors

Orange - "Orange Knockout (Neon)" by China Glaze

Tried to do it as a tape mani but it was not cooperating so I ended up hand painting the chevron -_-

I absolutely LOVE this color combo!

 It's totally perfect to get into the mood of springtime :)

Would you rock nude & neons?

Fashion Friday: Rebecca Minkoff

 If you're not familiar with Fashion Fridays collaboration - 

Fashionblogger & my bff Cassi from The Granny Treatment chooses a fashion collection,

then I choose 5 outfits/designs I want to recreate as a mani!

This weeks Fashion Friday inspiration is Rebecca Minkoff Fall 2012 Runway Collection!
I achieved this look using a combination of nail polish, acrylic paint, matte & shiny topcoat and "sand" texture!

Here are the swatches of what I used as inspiration:

Rebecca Minkoff Fall 2012 Runway Look #24 

 Rebecca Minkoff Fall 2012 Runway Look #7

 Rebecca Minkoff Fall 2012 Runway Look #1

 Rebecca Minkoff Fall 2012 Runway Look #12

Rebecca Minkoff Runway Look #19

Enjoy & have a Happy Friday! :)

Fashion Friday: Thakoon

If you're not familiar with Fashion Fridays collaboration - 

Fashionblogger & my bff Cassi from The Granny Treatment chooses a fashion collection,

then I choose which designs I want to recreate as a mani!

This week we have decided to go with Thakoon's Fall 2012 Runway Collection.

I did this using a combination of nail polish and acrylic paint with matte, "sand" and gloss finishes.

Here are the swatches of what I used for inspiration:

Thakoon Fall 2012 Runway Look #27

Thakoon Fall 2012 Runway Look #10

Thakoon Fall 2012 Runway Look #22

Thakoon Fall 2012 Runway Look #13

 Thakoon Fall 2012 Runway Look #4 

Enjoy!

If you have any suggestions for a collection you'd like to see transformed into nail art, let me know!

Fashion Forward: Shoshanna

My best friend, Cassi, is really into fashion.

 We were recently talking about all of the awesome nail art that was seen during this year's New York Fashion Week.  She works for a department store clothing label, and she had the great idea to take some of the fabric prints from their Shoshanna Fall 2012 collection and paint them on my nails!

I used a combination of nail polish and acrylic paint, matte & glossy topcoats to do these designs.
Here's what I came up with:

 I cropped small swatches of the patterns I used, so you can see for comparison:

Sandra dress

 Heidi dress

 Double Crepe Trina dress

 Janelle dress

Sequin Tara dress

I personally am a big fan of fashion-inspired nails. 

Especially since I don't own any fashion forward clothing, at least my nails can be trendy!!