Racing Stripe + Dots

I'm not sure why, but when thinking of a name for this nail art, "racing stripe" came to mind.  These nails were inspired by a pair of athletic shorts - no joke! I loved the blue and neon green together.  Add some holo dots and you've got awesome nail art!

Polishes Used: China Glaze Kiwi Cool-ada, Sinful Colors Endless Blue, and Color Club Harp On It.

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xoxo Danele

Day 2: Snow!

Here's Day 2 of the Christmas Mani Challenge.  The theme of day 2 is snow.  Since I'm posting mine later, I had a chance to see what other girls on IG did for the snow theme.  I saw several beautiful manis and got lots of inspiration!  But, I wanted to make mine a little different from everyone else's.  I went with an all white mani with just a hint of nail art.  I'm not entirely pleased with how the snowflake came out, but I didn't feel like redoing it.  I really like the dots on my thumb, and I kinda wish I had just done dots on all the nails.  Maybe I'll go back and add dots.


Wow.  I just said dots. A LOT. dots dots dots dots.


If you're curious as to what the schedule is for this challenge, refer back to my Day 1 post.  I have all the themes/dates listed!

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Polishes Used: Essie Marshmallow, Essence Prism@tic White, Essie Blanc, and Essie Beyond Cozy. 

I love how delicate it looks.  Sometimes all white manis can look very stark.  But using Essie Marshmallow helped keep it soft and delicate.  Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo, Lowcountry Lacquer

December Mani Challenge: Day 1 Red & Green

The instagram nail community is so amazing.  Every time I check IG, I find 10 more people who are so amazing at nail art.  Last night as I was browsing through pictures, I came across a group of girls on IG who created a December Mani Challenge for anyone interested in participating.  I was apprehensive at first because I like to polish my nails when I feel like doing it, not according to someone else's schedule.  The nice thing about this challenge schedule is that it gives you a few days to complete each challenge (instead of a new challenge every day.)  So I said, what the hell. Let's give it a try.

I am a few days behind, so I have some catching up to do.  Day 1 was on November 26 and the theme was red and green.  I chose to do a skittles of different red and green patterns.  

For anyone interested, the challenge goes as such:

Nov 26: red & green

Nov 29: snow

Dec 2: Christmas Lights

Dec 5: Gingerbread men

Dec 8: Christmas Tree

Dec 11: Holiday Movie

Dec 14: Elves

Dec 17: Candy Cane

Dec 20: Gift

Dec 24: Santa Claus

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Polishes Used: Essie Marshmallow, Essie Snap Happy, Essie Mojito Madness, Sinful Colors Holiday Rebel

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Thanks for stopping by :)

xoxo, Lowcountry Lacquer

Galaxy Nails

For the longest time, I have wanted to try out galaxy nail art.  I don't know what took me so long to try, because it is SO easy.  Even a beginner could do this, which I pretty much am.  My inspiration to finally try these came from Emma over at Manicurity. (By the way, if you don't already follow her blog or her IG account, you totally should! She is super talented and has gorgeous nails.  Go check her out!) She posted a macro shot of her accent galaxy nail on Instagram that finally pushed me to attempt these.  I'm really pleased with how they came out.  They're very subtle but have a cool dimension to them that you don't get with one color.

Polishes used: N.Y.C. Skin Tight Denim, Essie Where's My Chauffeur?, Essie Cute as a Button, Essie Blanc, Wet N' Wild Teal of Fortune, Sally Hansen Wavy Blue, and China Glaze Fairy Dust.



*Please excuse the tipwear in the natural light photos below.  I took those pictures after wearing the nails for a day!  I guess I need to wrap my nails better :)

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Blurry so you can enjoy the holo-y sparkly goodness :) 

Have you ever done Galaxy Nails before?  If not, do you think you will try them soon?  They're gorgeous and definitely worth trying!

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The Cloud Manicure

The girls on the MUA nail board inspired this mani.  It was my first time trying it, so I decided to go with grays.  I wasn't sure how well the polishes would cover the polish underneath, but I actually didn't have too hard of a time making everything opaque.  I will definitely try this one again with more fun colors next time.

Colors used: Essie Blanc & Power Clutch, Sally Hansen Extreme Wear Wet Cement.

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