Just a fun bright mani! :) A very girly feel which I really like! They didn't turn out like I had wanted but looking at them and not comparing to what I had in mind they aren't terrible. I had been filming a tutorial for these too but sadly one of the major clips didn't film when I thought it was, that being said... No tutorial for these but I hope to film some this week!:) I really can't believe today is the last day of August! I mean really, where did it go?!?

The flowers and white details were done with acrylic paints, a small dotter, and my favorite brush.

So what do you all think of this look? I think it works great for summer but would also look great in the spring! :) Let me know what you all think below! :)

Happy Painting!

~25 Sweetpeas 

First off the shiny version! For this look I used Zoya Willa as my base color. The best black ever for sure! Then I used and unnamed unbranded polish that I got with my nail dryer years ago. It's a little like China Glaze Fairy Dust, but strictly silver glitter! ;) 

 

 

Now I tell you which Zodiac/Constellation is on each nail. Starting with the Pinkie is the Aires, next is the Taurus, then the Leo, and lastly on my index finger is the Cancer. I've never really been into these but I thought it was a neat concept for nail art and I think stars are really neat! So what do you all think? Oh and which do you like, Matte or Shiny?

 

Happy Painting!

 

~25 Sweetpeas

First off I don't think they would look nearly as good with out these mega sparkly colors! ;D I feel like with out them they would look just blah and you would be able to see every little mistake! So thank you colors for being so beautiful and distracting! For this look I used Zoya Aurora and Color Club Harp on It. 

You do this design one nail at a time because the "art" of it is all done while wet. You put on your main color and then an arch of another color where your moon would be, and then use a small dotter and drag it up towards your cuticle. All of this is done while you polish is wet!

I know it sounds a bit confusing but that's the best way I can really put it into words. I watched her tutorial probably about 20 times just to make sure I was doing it right. ;D

So what do you all think of this look? It's not perfect but it's fun!! Would you try this, or have you already? Any other color combo suggestions!? I hope you all enjoyed these as much as I did! Also to any of my readers who are being affected/are in the projected path of Tropical Storm Erika I hope you all are staying safe! This next week will be interesting for all Floridians!

Happy Painting!

~25 Sweetpeas 

They didn't turn out exactly like hers what so ever, but they are still kind of fun! I only took two pictures though sorry about that! Now for these I feel like I used a lot of polishes, so I am going to list all of the "colored" ones below. The white polish is my new favorite white, Urban Outfitters Optic White.

China Glaze - Grass is Lime Greener

China Glaze - At Vase Value

Color Club - Disco Dress

Color Club - Koo-Koo Cachoo

Color Club - Warhol

See what I mean, a lot of colors!;) All super great fun summer colors though! Well that is all for today's post! Going to go get ready for tomorrow's! I like tomorrow's nails, they are something I have never done before so should be interesting! ;) Hope you all enjoyed this post! Let me know what you all would like to see this weekend! Next week I am going to start the #31DC2015! I have never been able to really participate so this should be interesting for sure! 😃

Happy Painting!

~25 Sweetpeas 

So for this look I used Takko Lacquer BabyCakes. One coat, and I love this color. It's one that was released earlier this year. :) This floral look was slightly inspired by one of my favorites, Wondrously Polished. Mine came out nothing like hers though! :( For the details I just used acrylic paint and my usual brush.

It's a bit different, but still fun I guess! I love this polish. 

On a different note I want to just mention the whole Mentality polish situation. It's so sad too see happening and sad to see how they are dealing with things. All of that being said I also hate to think that other indie brands are going to be affected by this as well. I haven't used many indie brands, Takko Lacquer, was my first one, and one of my favorites for sure. Honestly it's quality is better than some of the "mainstream" brands that I use. So I just really hate to think that this incident with Mentality will hurt other brands like Takko. As a blogger who reviews and swatches for indie brands from time to time, I just want you all to know if I were to ever review something and have a bad experience with it I would tell you. I am always completely 100% honest in every review that I write, and want to tell you how the product truly is. I know this isn't really related to this blog post but I used Takko Lacquer in it and I really just love Takko so I would hate for people to be hesitant when ordering. My best advice for anyone wanting to order an indie brand is... Check out their website, look at the ingredients, check their different social media accounts. Also check Instagram, see what other people are saying, and ask questions! :) it won't hurt, and hopefully you will then feel confident in what you decide to do.

Ok moving on now! :) Sorry about that, I just wanted to get that out there, I love indie brands and support them so it's sad that they are going to get a bad rap to an extent from all of this! Just remember not all brands are the same. The ones I have worked with are super nice! :)

A bit of a mix and match mani! I wanted to do a gradation, and I wanted a tribal! I was actually going to have 2 nails of tribal but I ran out of time so glitter was the answer! ;) I mean isn't it always! ;D lol!!

 

 

I really like these, and I bet they would look good with a matte topper too! Oh no I think I am becoming a matte fan, so weird!  I have never been a fan of it before so this is a bit odd! Next up for you is the tutorial. :)

 

 

 

That's all for today, I hope you enjoyed this post! Let me know what you all think! Also if you want to be the first one to get a look at all the latest nails be sure to subscribe to my Youtube Channel, and follow me on Twitter! Those always go live first! ;)

 

Happy Painting!

 

~25 Sweetpeas



Here they are! ;) I love this girly nautical vibe! For this look I used Orly SnowCone and China Glaze Thistle Do Nicely, then I mattified it with Urban Outfitters Matte. All of the details were done with acrylic paints, and my favorite brush and some dotters!:) 

The Boat Wheel

 

The Anchor

 

 

Super fun mani in opinion! :) I am liking them a lot, and actually liking the matte as well! So what do you all think of these nails!? Our collaboration photo will be up on IG this evening so be sure to check it out! Hope you all enjoyed this post.

 

Happy Painting!

 

~25 Sweetpeas

This is a great design to do if you need something rather quick and yet you still want art! Plus if you have nail artist block this is a good simple thing to do to get you out of a funk! :)

For this look I used Nina Pro Punki Pink , Zoya Willa , and SpaRitual Charleston. If you haven't noticed, I love SpaRitual Charleston! It's such a lovely glitter and I can count on it. It's a one coater and it isn't a nightmare to remove! :) It's very easy actually, which I love about it! :)

I did film a real quick tutorial for these too! So check that out here...

 

 

Hope you all enjoyed this little post for today! If you ever have any questions or comment be sure to ask! :) Also if you ever have any requests, leave them below! :)

 

Happy Painting!

 

~25 Sweetpeas 

I started this look with a gradation that I feel turned out pretty well! I used 3 of my Urban Outfitters polishes: Optic White, Flip Flop,& Love Letter. One this I have noticed about UO polishes is they work wonderfully for gradations! 

It's such a great summery gradation, so enjoying it!:) I bet you can already guess what I topped it with considering the title of this post, but if not its Palm Trees!!! I love Palm trees. One of my favorite things about living in Florida would have to be seeing Palm trees everywhere. They are just so fun, and every tree is different! I just love it!!

One last picure! I really don't want to take them off, I really like them! What do you all think of these? If you are interested I also posted a tutorial on YouTube which you can check out below! :)

 

 

 

Let me know what you all think of these! :) Hope you enjoyed the post!

 

 

Happy Painting,

 

~25 Sweetpeas

So for this look I used What's Up Nails mermaid scale vinyls and it worked perfectly for once! Now for this look I used what seemed to be a lot of polish! So going to list it below!

Zoya - Willa 

SpaRitual- Charleston

Sinful Colors - Palm Breezy

Sinful Colors - Ice Blue

Sinful Colors - Purple Diamond

Essence - Party Crasher

My index and pinkie fingers have 2 of the Singul Colors layered, and then the Essence  on top!

I really love how these turned out! What do you all think? I know today's post is a bit short, sorry about that! Also any nail art requests? Kinda at a lull in ideas for some reason!

Happy Painting!

~25 Sweetpeas 

I really love this minty color if you can't tell already! I've only had it for like 2 weeks and I've already used it a ton! ;D For those of you who don't know... I recently tried Urban Outfitters polish for the first time and fell in love with them! For this mani the minty color is theirs, and is called Flip Flop. The white is also by them and is called Optic White. I just really love their polish!

Now on top of the gradation I do have China Glaze Fairy Dust even though you can't really tell! I honesty do believe it is the key to a good looking gradation! ;) Now here is the tutorial for the gradation!

 

 

 

Well I hope you all enjoyed this post! I know I am enjoy these nails on! :) Still taking requests! I am loving doing more florals these days! :) Let me know what you think of these! :)

 

Happy Painting!

 

~ 25 Sweetpeas

So this is about 3 coats. It's a fun crellie, and the name is fun too! :) I love the variation of shapes and colors, it's unique.

 

These nails were inspired by Kayleehazacupcake via the wonderful world of Instagram! She did them a while back and I loved them but didn't think I could pull it off. Then so many others started recreating them too so last night I was just got the nerve up and did it! They mix two of my favorite types of nail art, florals and tribals!

I really love this look! I was planning on re doing my nails tonight, and I may still, but I really don't want to take them off! :D When I look at them from afar they look like stickers almost! Up close they don't my any means but I just love it! 

You can really see how much of a difference the flowers and top coat make cant you?!

Well I hope you all enjoyed this post, and these nails! Make sure and let me know what you think!

 

Happy Painting!

~25 Sweetpea