Ooohs and Ahhh's accepted.

Every once and a while, you do a nail art design that you just really REALLY love.  You can't stop staring at them and showing them off and hoping that people will run up to you on the street saying OMG THOSE ARE MAGNIFICENT! Well, this happened to me the past few weeks,  Come on along with me, let me share :)

The first design I'm showing you is an experiment with Julep Nora and my Essence Gold nail studs.

I don't think I've mentioned this before, but my boyfriend is in a band.

Now, its not that I'm picky about music, I listen to a bunch of different genres, but I really REALLY don't like those screamy metal bands where its really just angry people groaning over loud music.  I'm sure there are people that think thats an artform, but I am not one of them.  Anyway, whenever I talk about my boyfriends band, I always say that it is 'surprisingly listenable'.  He plays guitar and sings for Lucky 33 (check them out! Like their page!), and they're a punk band here in my hometown, Syracuse NY.  Its not so much 'Punk' like Rancid or the Ramones, but more like Taking Back Sunday or Brand New.  There are melodies, choruses and pogo-jumps ;)   Anyway, one of the bars that the boys usually play at closed down, and they played the final show that was hosted at that bar.  It was an all-around good time.  Lots of drinks and good music.  ANYWHOOOOO these were the nails that I sported to the show.  I thought that the matte polish was very reminiscent of my punk age where I would color my nails with a sharpie and wear dark eyeliner.  The metal studs added that final touch of rock&roll.

After these nails came off, I decided to get some inspiration from good ol Pinterest, and I found these adorable nails:

How cute and perfect are these???  I absolutely love the colors and the glitter and the stripes and stars! 

Well, I don't know if my recreation of them was just wrong because of the colors I used or that my lines weren't perfect but they were not so great.

As you can see below, I switched up the pink for some minty green and went to town.  I decided to only do one star on my thumb as well, but I generally feel like the look wasn't as magical as the one to my right.  The colors I used in my own look were as follows: Zoya Jacqueline (cream polish), Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Golden-I & Sally Hansen Complete Salon Makeover Green Tea.

I think I just realized what the problem is.  The Golden-I polish makes my nails look like gold teeth and it creeps me out. 

  

I was just too ambivalent about these nails, so I took a trip to Ulta with my bestie and had a little haul (swatches to come later for the other polishes).  When we went there, Ulta brand polishes were $2.  TWO DOLLARS? How can you turn that down?  I had been in the market for a perfect coral polish and Ulta's Showgirl just really caught my eye.  So much so that it was immediately put on my nails when I got home.  I knew I needed something to spice it up and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try out DreamCatcher nails! Take a look!

I can honestly say that I haven't loved a nail design as much as these in a very long time.  The color is outstanding, and even though these kind of colors don't usually look good on me, I think that this shade is perfect for my skintone.  The formula was perfect and although I used 3 coats,  I could have gotten away with two. 

For the dreamcatcher itself I had stolen some of my bestie's polishes.  While I have you all here, I should mention her blog.  She is incredibly funny and super talented so check her out!

Anyway, to the best of my knowledge, the black is Sally Hansen BlackOUT, the Yellow is Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow, the feathers are Ulta On Taupe of the world brushed lightly with China Glaze Swing Baby, the purple is OPI Planks Alot, and the bluey green is Julep Daphne.

What do you guys think???