1 Week Into Summer of Love for Uganda Project

Hey Nail Ladies,

Just wanted to update you on my Summer of Love for Uganda Project. So far I have orders for 25 bracelets!! I am so excited, check out the post here. Email me at nicole.miyahara@gmail.com to order you bracelet for $20 where HALF of the profits are going to Outreach Uganda!

xoxo
Nicole

How Paper Beads Are Made-Uganda Project

Hey Nail Gals,
The project is off to a great start with several orders already underway!! Thank you for all who have shared my blog via email and Facebook I really appreciate you taking the time to spread the word :)

Many of you are asking HOW the paper beads are made because they are so unique and beautiful. They are made from recycled magazine and calendar pages. The women chose the right kind of paper in color, weight, and glossiness which may take up to 2.5 hours to travel to Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. Check out this video that shows the process, so amazing!

 

Im thinking about doing a nail art design inspired by the beads :)

For more information on my summer project raising money for Outreach Uganda click HERE.

 

 

Summer of Love for Uganda Project

Hey Everyone,

Its been a LONG TIME since my last post!! Ive been so busy with school and work that I have neglected my nail art, horrible I know. Summer is fast approaching and although this post isnt nail related, it does involve jewelery! I am going to working hard this summer to raise money for Outreach Uganda with the sale of bracelets made with beautiful Ugandan beads and would love your support. Please check out the link below to my new blog explaining the project!

http://summerofloveforuaganda.blogspot.com/2012/05/summer-of-love-for-uganda-project.html

xoxo
Nicole

Snowflake Christmas Nails

Trying out another Christmas nail design. I saw some snowflake designs on youtube and tried this one out. I really like the way it turned out!

OPI Russian Navy, Wet N Wild Kaleidoscope, Konad White Special Polish, Plates BM 14, m59

Christmas Gold Glitter Nails

Hey Everyone,

I know its been a LONG time but finals are over and I had a work party to attend so I wanted to jazz up the old nails. I recently purchased "Designer De Better" from the OPI Muppet Collection and its a beautiful champagne color (on the gold side) with little flecks of auburn or brown shimmer. Its really pretty in the sunlight. Over top I took some gold Martha Stewart craft glitter that I got in a set of 24 and mixed a lot of it with some regular clear polish. Im talking a lot of glitter here so I just did one coat. Then top coated it off and here is the result. They are super shiny and eye catching, great for a holiday party and New Years too!

Nudey Gold

A while back I did a swap with Stephanie from SoNailed, she has a great nail blog so check it out! I still have colors I havent used yet so I tried this one out last night. Its a great brand called Essence thats pretty opaque but I did get a small chip today and it hasnt even been 24 hours boo! I do have peely nails which Im working on so maybe its me. Anyways this is a nice nude color with gold flecks I wouldnt say glitter its more shimmery. Really pretty, I think next time Ill try to layer it over some colors.

Essence Irreplaceable
Essie Good To Go Topcoat

Minnie Mouse Nails

I havent been to Disneyland in 15 years and went this past weekend! We had a blast and even dinner at the coveted Club 33 and I really wanted to do some Minnie inspired nails. I decided on the half-moon manicure and painted the base red and then used my dotting tool for the white polka dots. I have only used this tool one time before on this floral design. Using my left hand to make the dots was a little shakey but not horrible. I then added the black bows on the ring finger and added a black rhinestone in the center. I love this design and felt very, "in the Disney spirit" :)

Polish: OPI The Thrill Of Brazil

Wet N Wild White Creme for dots

Black Konad Stamping polish

Stamp: BM 59

Other: Black Rhinestone

Blue Floral

I got this color for my sisters baby shower (since shes having a boy) but we ended up going in a different direction. I still love the color and its the perfect sky blue in my opinion. I had it on my toes and decied to do a mani with it. I added Bundle Monster flower stamp in random patterns and it turned out really pretty. Here is another look for this mani in gold and black.

Polish: NYC Lapis
Konad White Stamping Polish
Esssie Good To Go Topcoat
Stamp: BM15

Baby Shower Nails

Sorry its been a while since I posted some nail designs. This ones I did for my sister's baby shower over the past weekend to match my purple dress. I love the gradient design and will totally do this one again!

Polish: OPI Rumples Wiggin as base color
Princessa Colorado Rapids sponged on
Wet N Wild Kaleidoscope -just on tips
Essie Good to go topcoat

First scotch tape mani

Ive been wanting to do a scotch tape mani for a while and finally did it today! I won the Revlon Minted in a giveaway and I know a lot of girls love this color and I do too! So I painted all my nails this color then on the ring and thumb finger I cut thin strips of tape and laid them onto my COMPLETELY dry nail. Then I painted the orange color on top and removed the tape right away with tweezers. Then I used my topcoat. I really like this manicure I cant wait to do it with other colors :)

Polish: Revlon Minted, Sally Hansens Insta Dry Snappy Sorbet

Top coat: Essie Good To Go

Tools: scotch tape, tweezers

Awesome blog giveaway

For Your Nails Only is doing a 1013 Follower Giveaway with awesome Nicole by OPI SETS --yes whole sets you have to enter, check it out!

Lace Tips!

Im so excited about my new M57 plate it has cheetah, zebra, flowers and lace tips on it. I painted my nails a  bright pink color (dont know the name) its a Wet n Wild color and then stamped the tips in white. I love it and cant wait to try it with nude polish and black lace!

Sunshine In The Summer

I got this awesome polish in a swap with Stephanie, an Essence color called Mellow Yellow. Its a thick polish and chipped in a couple days but its such a bright and fun color. I added a couple flower stickers to the thumb and ring finger.

Deborah Lippmann Giveaway

Hey everyone Kayla is hosting a one year giveaway with a couple awesome Lippmann polishs up for grabs, check it out here. Good luck!

Orange You Glad It's Summer

I wanted something bright and cheerful for the summer especially since I've been under the weather (hence no recent posts!) This is a beautiful red/orange color I got in a swap, I layered glitter polish on top and then added flowers. 

Polish: Essence What do you think?

Sally Hansens Rock Candy Glitter Polish

Stamp: M57

Rhinestone on ring finger

Cheetah makes me happy!

My fave color combo is black and gold. I got this new plate that I couldnt wait to try out. Even though the pattern is bold the colors are so neutral you could really wear this with anything!

Polish: OPI Glitzerland

Konad black polish for stamping

Essie Good To Go topcoat

Plate: M57

 I did my mom's nails a couple days later with pink polish and brown stamp, very cute!

I WON!

Hey everyone,


Over the weekend I found out I had won another blogger's 100 follower giveaway! Yay thats so exciting :) Here is my prize, I know i just made a lot of people jealous, I cant wait to swatch these for you when I get them. Check out Haley's blog here!

Revlon  - Minted (creme polish)

Nicole by OPI - Canadian Star 

Finger Paints - All You Need Is Color 

Funky Fingers - Bourbon St 

Color Club - Tattered in Gold (shatter polish)

Color Club - Crush on You (shatter polish)

Color Club - Magic Attracion (holo glitter)

First 50 Followers!

Hey everyone I had made it to 50 followers! Thank you to everyone who follows my blog, it's been a really fun month (I started on June 3rd) posting designs and getting new ideas from you guys! I will be doing a giveaway at 100 followers so stay tuned for that :)

PS. I have been on a no-buy until I use ALL my polishes and so far so good.

Here is celebratory mani I did today, with one of my new Kleancolor polishes.

Kleancolor Holo Chrome
Flower rhinestone on ring finger

blue and white damask

My mom came to visit me for the holiday weekend and every time we see each other I always do her nails. She chose this damask pattern and then I added some rhinestones and pearls on her accent finger. Got some compliments from our server at dinner :) To see another design in black and white check out this blog entry.

Essie Turquoise and Caicos
White Konad Special Polish for stamping
BM 21 damask pattern stamp
Small pearl, flower and heart rhinestones

4th of July nails!--3 different designs!

In celebration of the upcoming holiday my friend Andrea and Jasmin wanted 4th of July themed nails so here they are! We decided to do a different design for each nail to make it fun. So festive! I did mine a couple days later :)



ANDREA'S NAILS
Thumb-Wet N Wild Silver,
OPI Russian Navy
 Essie Red Polish (dont know name)
BM 14 plate for stars

Index Finger - Essie Red Polish (dont know the name)
BM 07 plate for peace sign



Wet N Wild (2 coats)
NY Glitter Polish (1 coat)
Russian Navy stamping color
BM 20 plate for stripes

Ring Finger
Russian Navy (2 coats)
Star shaped rhinestones
Essie Good To Go Top Coat

Pinky Finger
Essie Red Polish
White Konad Stamping Polish
BM 119 plate for polka dots

JASMIN'S NAILS
All Nails: OPI Russian Navy, BM 119 polka dot stamps
Ring Finger: OPI Glitzerland, red star rhinestones

NICOLE'S NAILS
Index Finger: OPI A Thrill of Brazil , Stamp BM03 hearts
Middle Finger: Wet N Wild Creme, blue and red rhinestones
Ring Finger: Wet N Wild Silvivor, Sally Silver Glitter 812031
Pinky Finger: OPI Brazil, BM 20 plate for stripes

Wet N Wild French White Creme, BM 07 plate for peace sign