GO RAVENS! Super Bowl 2013 Manicure!

As promised, here is my Ravens Super Bowl manicure! :) 

 I told my husband and my dad that if the Ravens made it to the Super Bowl that I would do a Ravens manicure! I'm not a football fan but I do love Baltimore.

I decided to do the menacing Raven's eyes on my middle and ring nails with some "explosion" accent nails.

I used Orly Charged Up, Sinful Colors Black On Black, OPI Dazzled By Gold, Essie Laquered Up, Sinful Colors Snow Me White and (of course) Seche Vite as my top coat.

Hope you enjoyed this mani and have a great Super Bowl weekend!

GO RAVENS!

Lindsay

Happy Birthday to ME...and my BLOG!

That's right! My blog turns 1 today! ;)

Oh, and I turn 29. :P Obviously I did my nails for the occasion!

So, here is my birthday manicure. Nothing too crazy. I wanted to go with a chic but sparkly look today so I did a Half Moon manicure using Layla Holographic in Flash Black and a new polish that my husband gave me for Christmas from the new OPI Mariah Carey collection in Anti-Bleak. I love both of these polishes and would highly recommend them. (Mariah Carey Collection is in stores now...go by it!) 

I hope you all enjoy my birthday as much as I will! haha

;) Lindsay

GO O's!!!

Well, Hello there! Two blog posts in one week?! Am I feeling alright?! :P

Today I have a Baltimore ORIOLES manicure to show you! I am not a huge sports fan but the one sport I can understand and enjoy going to watch is baseball...and since I am from Baltimore I like the O's...naturally! They happen to be doing pretty well this season and I know everyone in Baltimore is pretty stoked about it. 

Besides the fact that they are doing well, I have a few other reasons to have my nails like this!

Tonight I will be going to the O's game with my dad, sister and my husband. It's a special game because they will be unveiling the statue of Cal Ripken Jr. at Camden Yards. (Today is also the 17th anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr. breaking Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played...2131!) Oh, and they're playing the Yankees...bringing my team spirit is a must!!!

 On Saturday, my husband's cousin is getting married and the wedding has an Oriole theme (Congrats Jenn and Derek! :D) and I will be going to another Oriole game next Tuesday! 

So, I hope you enjoy the design I came up with! It was a tough one! The striped nails are done with tape and the "O" and The Bird are painted by hand...

Yes...I'm crazy. ;)

GO O'S!!!!!!

Thanks for reading and don't forget to click the blue button on the right that says "Join this site" so that you can follow Manicure What Ails You! 

Peace, Love and Home runs! 

.....for the O's...not the Yankees! :P

Lindsay

Blue Glitter Explosion!

I just love the clean look of a tape manicure! Can't beat it in my opinion! Today I did an "explosion" design using Essence Colour & Go in "Grey-t To Be Here", Essence Colour & Go in "Black is Back" and OPI's "Absolutely Alice". The colors kinda go with the weather today...dark and cloudy. I like it though! 

I even ended up doing this design on my toes! This RARELY happens! I usually end up having a manicure that doesn't match my pedicure. Mostly because I hate giving myself a pedicure. :P LOVE painting my fingernails....not so much the toes. Oh well! 

Enjoy the Blue Glitter Explosion mani!

With a flash.

Toes! :P

....toes again!

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend! 

Lindsay ;)

Olympic Manicure!!!

I don't know about you but I LOVE the Olympics! 

I really don't think anything makes me feel more patriotic. :P I couldn't resist doing a festive olympic manicure! I'll be tuning in to watch the Opening Ceremony tonight ...and my nails are ready for it!

This was a fun (but really hard!) manicure to do!

Yes, I hand painted those teeny little rings...what was I thinking??? :P

London 2012!!!

Just so happens that I used a Nails Inc. LONDON polish (Baker Street) for this manicure. :P

Are you all as excited for the games as I am?! Will you be doing an olympic mani for the occasion? I wanna see!

Have fun,

Lindsay

Easter in July!

I've really been into pastels lately and really love the color combo on this tape manicure!

I used some classic pastel polishes from my stash and a new one that is out in a recent summer collection.

Here's what I used:

Essie Lilacism (my favorite lilac polish!)

Orly Cotton Candy 

China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint

Essie Bikini So Teeny (From the Essie 2012 summer collection...love the name!)

 The colors looks so clean and fresh together! I got so many compliments on this mani!

...and now...the elusive right hand! hahaha

So, what do you think? Are you as into the pastel as I have been recently?

Hope you are all enjoying your summer! It's been a hot one!!! Even more reason to stay inside and give yourself  a manicure! ;)

Stay cool,

Lindsay

P.S. I've had a request to do some tutorials. Are there any particular manicures YOU would like to see a tutorial of? Please comment and let me know! :D

Geometricky!

 

First official post of the summer! :D

Not sure of the inspiration for this nail design(s)...it just sort of...evolved into this! haha

I started with just the yellow (Zoya Pippa) and (because I cant leave well enough alone!) I added a tape design with Orly Fancy Fuchsia and OPI Fly the next day. I think it turned out to be a fun, summer-y manicure! 

What do you think? What colors are you wearing on your nails this summer?

Neons and Neutrals

Neons and neutrals are currently my favorite color combination. It looks so fresh and it doesn't come off as obnoxious as neons sometimes can. This past weekend I did my sister's and my nails in two different neon and neutral color combos.

On my nails I have: OPI My Pointe Exactly (a BEAUTIFUL grey jelly from the NYC Ballet collection) and Julep Hayden (a neon peach)

 Two toned french manis are 10x better than regular a regular french...Just my opinion!

 

On my sisters nails (the bottom hand): Essie Jazz and China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy (the perfect neon pink!)

Hope you enjoy our neon and neutrals! I would love to see what you come up with! :D

Cupcakes, Purple stripes and "Happy Birthdays" all over!

Welcome to my Nail blog, Manicure What Ails You! Allow me to introduce myself. I am Lindsay. :) I am a caregiver to a 3 year old little guy during the day, a dance teacher/Zumba instructor by night and a wife/daughter/sister all the time! I have a passion for all things nail related and have been thinking about doing this blog thing for a while. So here we are on January 11, 2012...my birthday. :P I figured that there would be no better day to start it then on my own birthday! ;) Today marks my 28th year (OLD. haha) and my blog's first day of life! WELCOME TO THE WORLD, BABY BLOG!

So, for my very first post I will share with you my birthday nails! This is a design inspired by the ever-so-talented, Nailside. (love her tape manis!) Enjoy and stop by often! :D 

Colors used:

Essie - Play Date (darker purple)

Essie - Lilacism (lighter purple)

Orly - Fancy Fuchsia (pink candle)

Orly - Lemonade (yellow flame and dots)

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails - White On (white cupcake)

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails - Sun Kissed (orange dots)

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails - Pacific Blue (blue dots)