Converse Manicure

Just about everyone who does nail art runs across this design at one time or another.  It's really popular and cute, not to mention easy!  It took me about 10 minutes to do both hands (not including prep and dry time).  The key to making this Converse manicure look good is being colourful and having a steady hand (I sneezed when I made the middle finger, as you can see).

I used all drugstore nail polish costing between $1 and $6.  My base and top coat are Sally Hansen along with the white.  You see most Converse manicures with double laces but I recently cut my nails and I found it more difficult without my dotting pen so I stuck to just one X shape and kept it safe.  If you want another lace just draw it directly on top of the other and make 2 more black dots.

This can be a cute statement nail to wear to school or on a fun shopping trip.  You can switch around the colours and just go crazy with it.

I would give this nail art:

5 stars for creativity and ease!

Shatter Nail Art

This is a simple to do nail art pattern based on shattering glass.  This was made with the Bundle Monster Stamp plate #208 that I bought in a set off 25 different plates (about $21.99).

I used a drugstore black, Rimmel London's Black Satin.  I find that this nail polish is one of the best I own to use on the nail stamper because it's not too thick but it still gets picked up by the rubber stamp.  The aqua colour I used was from my Influenster box, SinfulShine's At Sea.  I've done other manicures with this colour and I can't help but fall in love with it everytime.  The colour is a perfect mix of baby blue and mint and I get tons of compliments on how it brings out my green eyes.

I started with the Sally Hansen Strengthening Base & Top Coat.

Then I added Two Coats of At Sea and another top coat.  After everything was dry I scraped the Black Satin on the Bundle Monster plate, picked it up with the rubber stamper, and stamped it onto the nail horizontally.  I then switched to the other shatter pattern and stamped it on the accented ring finger.  I finished the nail design with another top coat.

This is an easy nail art pattern perfect for the summer time.

In all I give it:

5 Stars

Sephora Pro lesson Palette (for Green Eyes)

Sephora had a 50-75% off sale held last week and I managed to get there at the last minute.  I picked up one of the Pro Lesson Palette's for my green eyes.  The entire palette comes with 6 different colours, an eye pencil, and 2 illustrated lessons on how to "get the look".  I really love the red and black colour scheme of the Sephora bag, it gives a nice sophisticated look.
One of the first things I noticed when I opened the palette was that it didn't come with a mirror protector so the eye shadow got smeared to it.  That wasn't a huge problem because I used my wall mirror anyways, but to anyone that likes to keep all their makeup clean and shiny this could be a small issue easily solved with a tissue.  I really like the texture of Sephora eye shadow, I think it is soft but not so soft it crumbles, this makes application a lot easier.
Of the two styles I liked the Natural more because it was simple and I don't use a lot of makeup on my lower lid.  The Natural was more of a day time or laid-back look, while the Smoky eye is definitely a night time look.  I believe the Natural made my green eyes a little brighter whereas the Smoky really made them pop.  I have very fair skin and the dark colours did get a little messy for the Smoky eye.  The Natural was a lot easier to apply because there was more neutral tones instead of purplish-black.  I do have to warn you that the colours can get a little messy and hard to control if you put them on to heavy (you don't want to over do it and end up looking like you got a black eye).  If you have darker skin I wouldn't worry about the darker colours as much, and for those of you with light skin just don't put it on too heavy, it worked amazing for me.
I got a great deal and the entire palette only cost $9 during the sale, when Sephora is not having the sale the palette will cost around $20.  My purchase also included a free sample of the Boscia Luminizing Black Mask.  This looks and feels like tar (scary, I know) but it worked really well!  It hurt a little to peal off but I would definitely check it out again.  The mask left my skin feeling smoother and cleaner although not that much brighter.

I hope you found this helpful!