Friday, February 27, 2015

Leopard Print and Navy Nails

This was not my original plan for today's nails, but while innocently scrolling through my Instagram feed yesterday, I spotted this outfit post from ASOS, which immediately inspired me to abandon all other plans and do a leopard/navy mani instead. See how spontaneous I am? So spontaneous.

Navy nails with leopard print accent
According to some (myself included), both leopard and navy are suitable to be considered neutrals. So g'wan then. Pair them with WHATEVERTHEHELL you want, ladies. It's your world.

Navy nails with leopard print accent, Essie Case Study

The blue I used was a generically titled "Navy" polish from Forever 21's Love & Beauty line. It's actually a really nice polish, despite what the $2.80 price tag might have you expecting. It's shiny, self-leveling, and is opaque in 2 coats. It's also shimmer-free, which gives it some class, I think.

Navy nails with leopard print accent

For the leopard accent nails:  the base is 2 coats of Essie's Case Study, the spots are a gorgeous silver-infused cocoa polish from Love & Beauty (aptly called Cocoa), and the darker brown accents are a suuuuuuper old Sally Hansen "New Lengths" polish called Mink Stole Creme.

Navy nails with leopard print accent, Love & Beauty navy nail polish

After cleaning up the edges with acetone, I topped everything with a coat of Seche Vite and gave my hands a nice dose of Aveeno Skin Relief hand cream. My poor hands have been so dry lately that they've been cracking and even bleeding a little. A sign that a) winter is a bitch, and b) I'm possibly dehydrated? Oops.

Navy nails with leopard print accent nails

Tonight I'm going to see one of my favorite comedians perform in Somerville! Ted Alexandro has been a fav amongst my siblings and I for over a decade now, and this will be the third time I've seen him live. Mayhaps you even remember the write-up I did about the time I saw him in Vancouver in 2013 - if not, here it is! I'm not sure yet if anyone else is coming with  me to the show, but whateva - big girls can get their laugh on by themselves if they need to.

In other weekend news, on Sunday afternoon I'm going to be doing something kind of scary: I'll be filming some short workout videos with a local fitness professional for my company's YouTube channel. The girl who was slated to demo the exercises in the shoot had to back out for scheduling reasons, so I volunteered to step in. It's a pretty well-known channel with kind of a lot of subscribers, so I'm nervous fo' sho, but I'm trying to be better about embracing the "if it doesn't scare you, it's not worth doing" mentality to step out of my comfort zone. Wish me luckkkk! And depending on how the videos turn out... maybe I will share them here on my blog ;)

On a related note, I've been going to the gym a lot lately and am thinking about starting back up my "Workouts of the Week" series this Sunday. Would that be of any interest to anyone? Let me know... but I might just do it anyway because it is my party, after all.

What are YOOOOU up to this weekend?
Doing anything outside of your comfort zone?
Whatcha got on dose nails doe?

12 comments:

  1. Weekend = deep clean since I have my boot off! Finally. The half hearted cleaning wasn't for me but i was still attempting. And nails this week are Jamberrys. I am gonna put those bad boys to the test and see how long I can go. Though I still think I prefer polish

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    1. Good luck with your deep cleaning! I enjoy painting my nails so I've been holding off on using the Jamberry strips - though I do have some waiting to try out! Have a good weekend :)

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  2. How exciting to film those videos! You'll do great! Love the nails friend

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  3. Well you have blown me away with those beauties! I love how leopard print and red are trashy, but leopard print and dark blue are brilliant. :)

    Have fun with the video shoot- it's all silliness! But make sure they pay you for being a model, yo.

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  4. Why are you so good at nail painting?!
    These are so cute.
    Have fun with the video!

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    1. Haha thank you for saying that, it has taken a TON of practice to get to this point (and it's still not perfect, for sure!). You should take a look back at some of my nail polish posts from 2012/2013, because my nail polish game is WEAK.

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  5. i love the leopard nail! and the brown with the navy is a good paring. so sophisticated

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  6. Love the leopard nails! They look great with the blue :)

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  7. Awesome colour combo, girl!! And way to be spontaneous! I love how you do larger leopard spots. My default is to have lots of smaller spots, but I really dig the larger ones. Maybe, one of these days, I'll remember to do larger ones (wishful thinking? haha!). Can't wait for you to become a super famous fitness YouTuber! That's so much fun! I hope it went well, and I hope you had the most fun ever at the comedy show!

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  8. I'm just so impressed with that leopard print!

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    1. Thanks Amy! Leopard print is one of those nail art designs that is actually WAY easier to do than you might think. Give it a try and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised!

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