Blackcatlacquer Women and Women First

Today is day 4 for using the Nail-Aid Ultra Fast Growth nail polish and I have seen a little difference in the length of my nails.  It's not very noticeable, but I can tell.  And my nails feel stronger also.  I was going to keep my nails bare and then take a picture tomorrow to compare with the day 1 picture, but today I received some awesome nail polish from Blackcatlacquer and I couldn't help but try them out!  My nails definitely aren't as long as I want them to be, (they're still very very short), so I really don't like painting them while they're this length because they don't look as good, but I couldn't help myself when I saw this polish.  I got 3 of them: Women and Women First, Lips Like Sugar, and She's in Parties.  It was so hard to choose only 3 of them because all of Blackcatlacquer's polishes are amazing! Check them out here.  But the fiance said my limit was only 3 :( so I tried to pick 3 favorites and these were it.  I decided Women and Women First looked best on nails right now for the length.  She's in Parties is beautiful, but since my nails are so short it kind of looked like a mess of glitter on them, so I will be trying this one again later when my nails grow more.  Women and Women First is a wonderful light pink crelly polish with black and white glitter.  I used 2 coats by themselves for this manicure, but I've seen this polish layered over a colored polish such as a darker pink and it looks great too.  I love how the glitter in this polish spreads well while applying it.  I've used other polishes that have bigger pieces of glitter like this and it all would go to the tip of my nail while brushing the polish on.  It was annoying to go back and try to place the glitter where I wanted it.

I know, I know, my nails are horribly short!  I can't wait for them to grow out so my manicures can actually look good!

Nail-Aid Ultra Fast Growth

Hey everyone!  As I think I've mentioned before, I have a hard time growing my nails out.  They always break or peel as soon as they get to a decent length and it drives me crazy!  Because of this I have used acrylic nails a lot (which could be the reason my nails break or peel easily in the first place.)  I have tried to stop using the acrylics and let my natural nails grow but I ended up giving up after like 3 days.  Well, I decided AGAIN that I will let my natural nails grow and stay away from acrylics!  I was in Wal Mart today and saw a product by Nail-Aid called Ultra Fast Growth so I decided to try it.  It was about $6 for the bottle.  You can also purchase it as http://nailaidcares.com/.  On their website I don't see the specific product that I bought at Wal Mart, but they have 2 other's on there that say they help with nail growth, so I'm sure that's equivalent to this one.  The package promises longer nails after 5 days of use, so I will put it to the test.  You can use this product alone by putting on 1 coat, letting it dry, and applying 1 more coat and letting that dry; or you can use it as a base coat by putting on 1 coat, letting it dry, applying 1 or 2 layers of a colored polish, then applying it again as a top coat.  The directions say to remove the polish after 3 days and redo.  I will use it alone for the first 5 days and then I think I may continue to use it as my base coat.  I just applied it a few hours ago and I think I'm already in love.  It made my nails so smooth and it feels thick like it will protect my nails from breaking or peeling (even though it doesn't claim to do that on the packaging).  It feels like if I were to apply a colored polish over it, the polish would go on nice and smooth.  I will post a picture of how my nails right now on day 1 of using Nail-Aid Ultra Fast Growth and then I will post a before and after picture on day 5 and let you all know how well this product works for me. 

Please excuse the horrible red stains around my nails and the lighting of this picture.  When I take my day 5 picture I will be sure to use better lighting you can really see the length of my nails.

Mermaid Fin Watermarble

As I've said before, I love watermarble and I think the more I practice the better I will get at it.  After seeing the awesome mermaid fin waterbarble that Mucking Fusser did, I had to attempt to recreate it.  This was a lot harder than it looks!  My lines were definitely not straight and neat, and I don't know how many times I had to remove the polish and start over because I couldn't get the design on my nail correctly.  But eventually I got it looking decent so I decided that was good enough.  I didn't want to waste anymore of my nail polish...that is the downside of doing watermarbles a lot, going through sooo much nail polish :(  That is the reason why, for this manicure, I decided to only do the watermarble on my middle and ring fingers as my "accent nails" and I painted the rest of them with Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away!  I also used that one, Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear White On, and Salon Perfect Baby Blues.  Please tell me what you think :)

Watermarble Tips

Ok, sad to say, I gave up on trying to grow out my natural nails :( It was just taking too long and I am pretty impatient, so I put acrylics back on. I am hoping maybe I'll have enough patience in the near future to try again!  Maybe I'll find another product that will give me the nails I dream of.  I just hate how fast my nail polish chips on my natural nails :/ if anyone knows a good top coat that prevents this please let me know!

Anyways, after I put the acrylics on I was trying to think of a design to do. I love love love watermarbles (even though I haven't mastered the technique yet), so I watched some of the amazing "simplelittlepleasures" videos on YouTube and got the idea of doing watermarble tips! See the video here! Again, I haven't mastered this technique, but I love trying, so here's my results.  Please tell me what you think :)