An Accent Nail

Thursday, June 27, 2013

New Milani Nail Polish Release: Fantastical Plumage and Retro Glam

Exciiiiting! Milani has 2 new limited edition collections coming out in August, available at CVS and Meijer stores! Click the images below for larger versions:

It looks like Milani is getting in on the black/white glitter mix trend, and I'm excited to try Sprinkles!

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Artsy Wednesday: Sewn Patches

I've been a bad blogger lately, but I have a good reason!
Here's my reason:

My nails, in front of our chicken coop, while I stand on the front porch of our new house!

And here's my sewn patches manicure, close up! I went for a gingham theme with this one, to adequately reflect the fact that my boyfriend and I have moved onto a lovely piece of land where we can raise our chickens and generally enjoy the outdoors!

Anyway, apologies for being AWOL for a while; with moving and renovating (we got a foreclosure), I've been too busy and too hard on my hands to do any nail art. That changes today!

Check out the other Artsy Wednesday bloggers; they all do some pretty gorgeous work!

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Winners! 10,000 Blog View Giveaway

Winners! I've sent emails to the following winners, and they will have 72 hours to respond. If they do not respond in the allotted time frame, I'll select new winners.

Congrats! I'm cooking up a future giveaway to celebrate the 4th of July, my favorite holiday!

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Artsy Wednesday: Vintage

I wanted to tip a hat to the aesthetic of the '20s-'30s, and did a sort of Art Deco/Geometric manicure with vampy, glamorous colors for this one!

I channeled Doris Duke a bit, with her embrasure of geometric patterns, and so I threw a tropical background into these pictures to further the effect!

I used Julep's Trina and Sienna for the luxe colors, and used striping tape to get the diamond patterns. I love the fancy french tip concept, and with the striping tape this look really is a breeze; just make an X at the tip of your finger with the striping tape and paint the tip color over the gaps in the X. Peel the tape off, and voila!

Check out the other Artsy Wednesday bloggers; they all do some pretty gorgeous work!

And don't forget, I'm having a major giveaway, including 3 Zoya minis as a prize (Plus an Ulta giftcard, a Sephora giftcard, and a Llarowe giftcard as other possible prizes)! Click the image below to enter!

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Artsy Wednesday: Pastels

Watercolor manicure time! I used Zoya polishes for this beaut, Gaia as the base, and Jaime, Blu and Neely for the watercolor effects.

Watercolor manicures are super easy; dot one-three small dots of polish (straight from the bottle brush) on your painted/topcoated nail, then dab a small brush with pure acetone (no gelatin, no fragrances, no non-acetone; pure acetone is a must for this) on the polish dots. The polish will spread as you continue to dab, creating lovely dreamy watercolor-like dots of color.

Check out the other Artsy Wednesday bloggers; they all do some pretty gorgeous work!

Friday, May 10, 2013

10,000 Blog Views; you know what that means! GIVEAWAY!!

It happened! 10,000 blog views (plus 2!) Thank you so much for your support, this has been an awfully fun project, and I wanted to host a giveaway as a thank you to all of you :) There will be four winners, picked at random from the Rafflecopter results. U.S. only for now, for shipping purposes. The giveaway runs until 6/1/13, good luck!!

Giveaway Prizes!

Three Zoya Minis! Pippa, Gilda and Zuza, perfect for summer!

$10 Sephora Gift Card!

$10 Ulta Gift Card!

$10 Llarowe Gift Card!

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Artsy Wednesday: A color I usually hate

I tend to really dislike caramel colored polish against my skin; it can lean so yellow as to be atrociously ugly, or so red as to look almost ketchupy (or make my nails look like wounds, gross!). I tried to harmonize a caramelly colored polish with my skin by adding metallic peachy tips; I think it turned out okay!

Check out the other Artsy Wednesday bloggers; they all do some pretty gorgeous work!