Emerald City Inspiration

I spent the day in Seattle. Capitol Hill. Downtown. Inspiration comes from around you if you choose to look. Talk to people. Listen to what they say.

About the Look

Where feminine meets its dark side. A pretty top with pops of soft and bright pink and a pair of combat boots. When these worlds collide people will let you know how they feel about it. Just watch. 

Boots: Steve Madden-Nordstrom Rack

Leggings: Ross

Leg Garter: DIY (post coming soon!)

Shirt: Forever 21

Accessories: Various- Nordstrom, Forever 21, Burlington Coat Factory, Hot Topic, vintage, and more.

Thanks for reading!

Xoxo

Newspaper Nails DIY

This might just be the easiest nail tutorial I've done yet.

What You'll Need:

• Fingernails
• A light nail polish color of your choice
• Rubbing alcohol
• Q-tips
• A newspaper
• Topcoat

What To Do:

• Paint two coats of the light color onto your nails and let it dry. 

• Select an article or section of the paper and tear off a small piece.

WWD (of course)

• Use a Q-tip to apply rubbing alcohol to the surface of your nail.

• Firmly press the newspaper against your nail.

• The ink will transfer onto your nail like this:

• Add a topcoat and you're done!

SO EASY!

Enjoy :)

xoxo

Infinite Coolness: Galaxy Nails Tutorial

The Galaxy print is trending. Is it a fad? Who knows. I think it's nothing but fun. The galaxy print's popularity (in my humble opinion) is mostly due to the trendsetting cult brand Blackmilk which first made printed galaxy leggings. Since then, the print can be found everywhere on dresses, tees, shoes, and of course fingertips!
If you are a fan of the outer space look and want it on your nails here's how. Oh, and it actually isn't that hard!

What You'll Need:

• Makeup Sponge
• Scissors
• Foil or a piece of plastic
• Tweezers

• An assortment of nail polish colors including at least one very dark color and one glitter

• About 20-25 minutes

What To Do:

• Use the scissors to cut the makeup sponge into a bunch of small pieces. 

• Paint your fingernails with two coats of the dark color and let dry completely. I painted mine a few days ahead of time.

I chose black.

• Place drops of each color on your palette.

• Using the tweezers, grab a small piece of your makeup sponge to dab your first color onto the nail. Make some areas heavier than others, and don't worry too much about the shape. Just try not to cover all of your nail. 

Light blue

• Repeat this process with the second color.

lavender

• You can use as many colors as you like.

Pink

• Repeat the process for each nail.

• One of the best things about galaxy nails is that mistakes are easy to fix by adding more color!

Feel free to mix colors together on your palette too

• When you feel you have enough color on your nail, add the glitter. 

• Add a topcoat and you're done!

Out of this world nails!

Hope you get a chance to give this a try. It's sure to be a conversation starter, and somehow goes with many different outfits!

Thanks for reading ;)

XOXO