Manicure Monday (Cupcake Nail Art!) + a Monthly Pedicure (Pink Stripes and Hearts)!

Time for another Manicure Monday! (sorry this one is a little late - it took a little bit!)

My inspiration this week is: CUPCAKES!

For this week, I did not follow any tutorials, I just made it up as I went!

Here are the products I used this week:

Formula X nail cleanser & base coat
OPI top coat
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear #300 White On
ncLA "Santa Monica Shore Thing"
Julep "Taylor"
silver glitter nail art polish
LA Splash #12023 Foolish
French manicure nail stickers & skinny stripe stickers (sorry not shown)
Nail brush
Nail dotter

Here are the steps I followed for the Cupcake nails (I used this for 2 accent nails):

1. Nail cleanser & Base coat

2. Use french manicure stickers to create cupcake base:

3. Use lighter color to fill out cupcake base

4. Let this dry well and then place stripe stickers on base:

5. Paint darker blue over top:

6. Immediately after painting - peel off the stickers. Do not let the polish dry or it will lift funny! They will look something like this:

7. You will need to freehand the cup cake top with a small nail art brush - if this isn't easy just make a simple curved top, it will still look good. I tried to make a double icing layer. First I just lightly outlined the shape and then filled it in:

8. Add silver glitter over top (for sprinkles!)

9. Use a dotting tool and a pink polish for a little cherry on top!

10. Let dry well & Top coat!

*For the other nails - I painted 1 white with silver glitter, 1 plain lighter blue & 1 striped like the cupcake bottoms!

And, again here are my adorable cupcakes!

I loved this nail art - it was a little more difficult but on takes a steady hand!

This week I also did a Monthly Pedicure. My inspiration this week is: pink and white stripes!

Here are the products I used:

Formula X nail cleanser & base coat
OPI top coat
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear #300 White On
LA Splash #12023 Foolish
Stripe nail stickers
Nail dotter (sorry not shown)
Black nail art polish (not shown either!)

Here are the steps I followed:

1. Nail cleanser & Base coat

2. Paint all the little nails pink & paint the big toe white:

3. Let dry well and then place stripe stickers across the big toe

4. Paint the pink over top and remove stickers immediately (do not let the polish dry before peeling the stickers - this will pull the polish and wreck it)

5. I used black nail art polish and a nail dotter to add a small heart on the toe. Use the dotter to create to dots beside each other - then use the dotter or a toothpick to pull the polish down to create the bottom of the heart.

Here is my final product: