25 Sweetpeas: February 2015

Thursday, February 26, 2015 No comments

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 No comments

Sunday, February 22, 2015 3 comments

Thursday, February 19, 2015 No comments

Hello y'all! Hope your week is going great, and if not hey it's almost Wednesday so that helps right? ;) Well today for y'all I have pictures to share of a swatch of what I am calling a galaxy in a bottle! Well it's actually called Imogen but really look at this!! Its amazing!

This is two coats of Imogen by Zoya Nail Polish! Ha, I think all I have blogged about is Zoya. I promise I do use other brands! Just on a Zoya kick, and well I may favor them a bit! ;) Now back to the polish. As I said this is Imogen by Zoya! It is a Pixie Dust, and it's a fairly new polish. I have never EVER loved a black polish this much!

It's just stunning! Really pictures don't do it justice at all but I am going to try and post a video on Instagram for y'all to see. This polish really just fascinates me! Love looking at it in the sun! Ahh, it's a beauty!!

Wish my picture had turned out better but this glitter is just too good for cameras apparently! I have had this on since Sunday and I can say I am still chip free and for a glitter I think that is pretty good! Here is another picture that well isn't the best but you get to see the holo flecks in a different way.

I really like how in this pic you can see the different colors the glitters pick up in the bottle. Oh and you can see the size variation of all of the glitter. Always fun! Now here is one last photo!

I don't know why but I just like this last photo a lot. Seriously ever time you turn your hand you see more glitter! Now this may sound a bit on the strange side but this polish looks so cool in fridge lighting! I'm not kidding either! I was getting ice out of our fridge and my nails looked so good in that lighting that turns on when you get ice out! Haha, I know that sounds really weird, but try it! You will be fascinated!

So what do you all think of Imogen? Do you like it? I know some people don't like textured polishes, I was one of those people at first! Then I found one that was super pretty, bought it and just wore it with a top coat and it was all good! Plus if I said no to all textured polishes well I would be missing out on some lovelies! I think Imogen will make for a great accent nails, or just for that time when you need something quick! So over all I am super happy that I got this in Zoyas great deal last month! Can't wait to hear what y'all think of Imogen! Oh and did any of you take advantage of Zoyas 3 for $15 last month? I am soo happy with what I got!

Happy Painting!

~25 Sweetpea

Tuesday, February 17, 2015 No comments

Hello lovelies!! Today I have a swatch of a beautiful polish everyone should get this year! By now with already being in the 2nd month of 2015 I am sure you are all aware that Marsala is the year! Now if you didn't know that, well now you do! ;)

Now when I think of the word Marsala I think of the dish, Chicken Marsala. At least I think that's what it is called! Haha! So at first when I found out that was the color I was a bit confused to say the least! Then I looked it up and it was a beautiful color that I would call a burgundy. Now finding that it was burgundy I was excited!! Burgundy has to be one of my favorite winter time colors! Scarfs, boot cuffs, shirts and leggings are all things I have burgundy and love!!

Now I have official added "Marsala" to my nail polish too! Meet Liz by Zoya Nail Polish!

Liz is a beautiful Marsala color and I just love it on!! In the photo above it kind of pulls a bit more red than in person. Therefore I am here to tell you it for sure does have the burgundy tones in it! I truly love this color!

I ordered this polish last month in hopes it would be the perfect "Marsala" and I am so happy I got it because it is for sure what I was looking for!

Here is the "official" pose I use for all my nails. To get full coverage I got it all level in just 2 coats! Love a polish that has great coverage! I probably could of gotten away with even just one thick coat but I wasn't sure so I played it safe!

Now here is just one more picture! Ha, can you tell I like it!!:)

I would highly suggest this polish to anyone looking for the "Color of 2015" polish! I think we all need at least one right!? Also I feel like this is a polish that could be used in more than just winter and for many occasions! This will make a great fall color, and anytime you want to wear a red and a pink and you can't decide on which. Well then here you go you can use the beautiful Liz by Zoya Nail Polish!! Anyone have a different Marsala polish they love? Please share! Would love to hear what other ones are good! You know one can never have too many!!

Happy Painting!

~25 Sweetpea

P.S
So sorry the pictures seem so red. Maybe your computer will show the photos colors better than mine, but there is no telling. So sorry about this. Certain colors are really hard to capture, which trust me, it frustrates all nail girls out there! Well hope you are all having a lovely Sunday!

Sunday, February 15, 2015 No comments

Thursday, February 12, 2015 No comments

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 7 comments

Sunday, February 08, 2015 No comments

Hello! Happy weekend! Today I am going to share a tutorial I made for some older nails that are actually in the current Nail It! Magazine.

First off I will start off with the tutorial and then a story, and some nail pics!

Above is the tutorial for the nails that actually appeared in the last Nail It! Magazine.

Supplies

Red polish (I used Sooki by Zoya)

White Acrylic Paint

Thin paint brush

Small dotter (optional)

Directions from Left to Right

1) Paint Red Nail Polish Base for this is used Sooki by Zoya

2) Paint on some curves on your finger nail tips as pictured with your white acrylic paint, kind of hard to explain!

3) Fill those in, now you have some Snow Slopes.

4) Paint a straight line on you slope.

5) Add branches to those lines to make your winter pine trees.

6) Add some little stars in the background. Or you can just use a little dotter and add some dots! I have done it both ways so which ever works for you!

7) Now too with your favorite top coat, clean up, and you are done!

So hope you all liked this! Remember any time you have a question, I am here to help y'all! Also if you recreate these nails/use this tutorial use the #sweetpeainspired on Instagram and tag me @25_sweetpea so I can see!!:)

So these nails came about in 2013! I did them for Black Friday to match our Starbucks Cups! I was so happy with them and when I posted them on IG, they were my most liked nails to that day and I was so proud of them! So here is a quick photo of them.

I know, crazy length and all, but they were what I was sooo proud of then! Little did I know what would come of them.

Then this past November I recreated them. I thought it would be cool to see improvement. Honestly though I liked the first time the best, but here is what I did in 2014.

I had a really bad time with it all drying on the most recent version. Some days depending on the weather I have found paint dries differently, and I think that was one of the main issues.

So after all of these nails doing pretty well on Instagram I was super shocked to get a new Nail It! magazine in the mail and see THESE nails in it! My nails!! It truly amazes me still!!

What an honor to be in my favorite magazine!

This magazine will forever be remembered!! Over all it was a really a good issue, lots of great info to top it all off. Its the one that is out right now too!

So that's enough story for this post I think! Have some new nails coming up very soon for you all. Just a matter or editing and writing.

Happy Painting!

~25 Sweetpea

Saturday, February 07, 2015 No comments

Hello! Happy Friday eve! That makes Thursday sound so much better right? Just think its almost the weekend! Woohoo! The title of this blog post found like a old story of some sort! Ha, a love story at that. Hey who knows maybe this is a nail polish love story. Nah, not really although I do love this color!

Today for you all I have a swatch and some art on the beautiful Evangeline by Zoya Nail Polish.

So this is a new addition to our Zoya collection here at our house! Thanks to the promo last month on Zoyas site we have many new additions! This is one that my mum picked out! So pretty!

It's what I am going to call a beautiful glimmery pink! Perfect for this time of year considering it's Valentines Day season! It's got some pink it it, a bit of red and sparkles so you really can't go wrong in my mind!

When we were going through all of the Zoya polishes when we were trying to decided what to get, we had a very hard time with this color. We looked it up on every site we could think of to find what it really looked like on. Anyway it was very difficult but she went with it any way, and now hopefully this post will help you decide if you want it or not!

So application of this Zoya was great as usual! I did one thickish coat because I was sort of in a hurry. Even though I did do it in hurry it had no bubble issues and it dried perfectly! Added top coat and tada!

And another picture of the swatch! It really is a lovely polish! I would recommend it to anyone looking for a pinkish red glimmery color! Between my mum and I we probably have 200+ polishes? Not sure, haven't counted in a long time. But this for sure isn't like anything either of us have! I haven't actually ever had any other polish with this type of finish/intensity other than ones from Zoya! So any other cool unique thing I like about Zoya.

Now with these types of polishes I have a hard time coming up with art to top it, because the color is just so unique and pretty. With that being said, I don't typically just wear polish with out art so I had to come up with something. After a lot of thought of "What shall I add?" I knew lace had to be involved so I went with what ever came to mind. Now here is what I came up with!

Some Valentines inspired lace, sparkles, and a heart! Not my favorite art but after the struggle of "What to put on this lovely color" this isn't so bad.

The white lace and the outline of the heart are just done with acrylic paint. The silver sparkle nail is a SpaRitual polish called Charleston. I really love this sparkle! It's perfect for the "I need a accent nail to balance everything out!" moment. :) I don't know if it is a color you can still get, I found it at TJ Maxx on sale a few months ago. It has for sure turned into a favorite glitter. It comes off so easy! Which that is a great thing for a glitter polish. I hate it when I grab a glitter to use and then put it back when I realize "Oh this one is so hard to get off". So this is perfect!

Now some more pics!!

Well that's all for this post! More On the way, remember I love hearing what you all have to say! Also if there is a certain something you want me to blog about let me know! So do any of you ever have issues topping polishes like this with art? If so what do you all do? I never really know, so I typically stick to crèmes even though I LOVE polishes like these!

Happy Painting!

~25 Sweetpea

Thursday, February 05, 2015 No comments

Wednesday, February 04, 2015 No comments

Hello! Happy Feburary, wow were did January go? Seems like it was just New Years Eve and we just came into 2015! Wow, too quick!

So to start off this month I decided to create a post about my favorite nails in Janurary! Still may make some individual posts of each for y'all if you are interested though because I think this past month was a pretty good nail month! So let's get started!

I would try to do this in a certain order you know favorite at the start and then work my way down but honestly I like them all for different things. There are many different categories that just don't make them comparable. Therefore here are my top nails of January in no particular order!

First off I did some geometric nails! Hadn't done anything geometric really ever on my nails. Something that is supposed to have straight lines scares me slightly! Ha, by no means are they perfect but I like them! Oh and I loved this China Glaze green! Grass is Lime Greener is a beauty! Will have to share more about it later!

Another neon design! I love bright colors! So these nails with the stripe floral I really liked! They were fun, and not too intimidating when I was actually painting them. My only thing is, is that they were sooo much prettier in person. The color looks nothing like the actual color in the photo. Believe it or not this color is actually a pink, but it shows up as an orangey coral.

Ok, now these are now in my all time favorites!! I got these amazing leggings for Christmas and they are a tribal print and well of course I had to match my nails! Ha, they are soo much fun, and I love getting inspiration from clothing. These ,like I said before, will for sure be a top mani for awhile! Tribal nails are nails I always love to see people do. Not sure why exactly but I love them. So this year I am going to try and improve my tribal manis!

These were just some quick nails I did this month because I just needed to do my nails! I wasn't a fan of them at first but after awhile I started to like them a lot! I have a weak spot for snow I guess!!:)

Ahh, a floral unlike any other mani I have ever done! So I saw some cute mugs on Pinterest and well I had to turn them into nails! Again these were the "ehh not so sure about these" nails but I have to say I really like them. They are sooo different from anything I have done, so I am glad I tried something new!

Another mani of "I don't have much time, it's late, but I need to paint!". Just something fun and simple I came up with quickly. I really love this Zoya color! Giovanna is a beauty!! So hard to use in art because it is to pretty to paint on too of.

Another fashion inspired mani! These were inspired by a new shirt from Christmas. Kind of a cheetah/tiger theme going on. For sure not your traditional cheetah mani but I like that about it!

Art wise not the best by far, but they are for one of my favorite TV shows so I liked them just for that! Love A to Z! Really hope it gets picked up by another network or something. Really want to get to Z!!

Love these! That's it, by far one of my favorite florals I have ever done!! They are so fun and they were soooo fun to do! When you have a mani that is fun to paint, and you love the outcome it is just the best feeling!!

These are ok, I feel like compared to everything I did this month these will kind of just be forgotten, but who knows. They are different and fun but just not "WOW"!

I like these! They are something I have always liked on others and I finally did them myself! There will be more on these later this week!!

Super Bowl nails! My favorite Super Bowl nails I have ever done, and yesterday I was planning on taking them off and working on something new but I liked them to much!! Ha, I know we didn't win but it was a good game I suppose! Atleast it was a close ending!!

Now that is all of my art for January! Feel like it was a pretty good art month, what do you all think? What was your favorite from this past month!?

Happy Painting!

~25 Sweetpea

Monday, February 02, 2015 No comments

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