Gold Daisy Nails | NailsByErin

Hi everyone!

Today's post is a simple nail art design.... and basically a re-imagining of one of my favorite designs from about 2 and a half years ago.

I did a white and gold daisy nail design almost identical to this one, but I decided to recreate it since I've really been loving simple and elegant nail art like this lately. Not to mention this style is all over Instagram and Pinterest... so definitely not original, but I'm really happy with how this one turned out!

Keep on reading for more info on these polishes and how I did this design....

Purple and Gold Floral Nails (Re-do!)

Hello everyone! 😄

Welcome back to my mani re-do series, haha. 

Today's recreation is of my Purple and Gold Floral nails from about a year ago! You all really loved this mani last time, and so did I. But my nails were so short back then!! I think the design looks a lot nicer now that my nails have grown out a bit.

You can check out my original post here, or keep reading to hear how I did this design!

Pink and Gold Floral Nails (Re-do!)

Hello everyone!

Hope you're all doing well. Sorry for my lack of blog posts! I'm back at college and will be posting a little less frequently. I've been working hard to not disappear like last year, but I still won't be posting as often as I do in the summer.

I've really been loving this series I've been doing on my blog recently where I re-do some of my most popular designs. So, I decided to continue it and re-do my Pink and Gold Floral Nails!

I did these in July of 2016, and they are one of my most popular manis to date. They're probably one of my most reposted pins on Pinterest!

When I did them last year, though, my nails were super short and now looking back, I'm not super happy with how the photos look! Now that my nails are longer I thought the design would look a lot nicer.

Pink and Gold X Nails

Hello everyone!

Since I really enjoyed re-doing my blue quatrefoil nails last week, I decided to recreate another one of my favorite manis! This one is an oldie but a goodie: my pink and gold X nails from when I did a mani swap with Julie from @ wannaknowasecret! (Her username is now @ julie_awouters). 

When I first did this mani, I used individual straight nail vinyls to create the X shape since I didn't have my beloved right angle vinyls yet (can you believe it?!)

Check out my original version from over 2 years ago here! It's awesome to see my improvement over the years.

Keep on reading to see how I created this design!

Negative Space Pink Floral Nails

Hello everyone!

Today I have this negative space mani to share with all of you. If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen me post the white base for these nails yesterday! I asked what you thought I would be putting on top, and clearly you guys know me very well, haha 😂  Yup, it's floral!

I added some pink flowers and gold accents to this mani, and even though it didn't turn out exactly the way I had hoped, I'm still happy with how it turned out.

Mermaid Nails to match my Living Royal Socks!

Hello everyone!

Today I have more nails to go with my new socks from Living Royal! When I saw these mermaid knee high socks online, I thought they were so cute! They have multicolored scales and even a fish tail at the bottom. I immediately knew that I had to do some mermaid scale nails to match.

I had to get a picture of these socks to show how the feet look like the bottom of a mermaid tail! And after some difficult maneuvering, I got a this picture with my nails and socks in front of my pool. I thought it was perfect for the mermaid theme! :)

Keep reading to see how I created this design! 

Madam Glam "Sexy Vibrance" Swatch and Review

Hello everyone!

Today I have my last swatch and review from Madam Glam, and it's a fun one! This is Madam Glam "Sexy Vibrance". I really love this polish!

 

St. Patrick's Day Chevron Nails

Hi everyone!

One of my favorite holidays is this week: St. Patrick's Day! I decided to do some fun nails for it, using some of my favorite nail art styles :)

Keep reading for more details about how I created this mani!

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Purple and Gold Floral Nails

Hello everyone!

Today I have another floral design to share with you. I guess I've been on a floral kick lately haha :) But I'm really happy with how this design came out!

One of my favorite nail polish colors is Color Club "Holy Chic!". It is such a gorgeous cool-toned purple, and it is perfect in two coats! I used that as the base for my floral nails. I also wanted to add some metallic accents to this design so I used Salon Perfect "Gold Leaf" for the gold parts of this design.

Marble Effect Nails

Hello everyone!

Today I have a very simple and chic design to share with you. I have seen a lot of people doing marble nails lately and I think that they look super cool and I wanted to try it for myself!

I decided to incorporate a little bit of gold and blue into this mani as well. I have to say, I'm so happy with how this turned out! So cute and totally my style.

I painted my index and pinky nails with Essie "Blossom Dany" (seriously, if you don't own this shade, drop everything and get a bottle of it right now. Absolutely one of my all time favorites.) and did a white to "Blossom Dandy" gradient on my ring finger nail.

I used some single chevron vinyls from Snail Vinyls to do the skinny chevron lines on my nails. I wanted to incorporate the gold polish without it overpowering the rest of the mani, and I think that these thin accents worked really well!

Here's a close up of the marble nail:

If you want to see how I did this mani, including my technique for the marble effect, then check out my YouTube tutorial here:

Love,

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Mani Swap with Nails by Miri!

Hello everyone!

Today I have a super fun post for you all: a mani swap with the one and only Nails By Miri!

I have been such a huge fan of Miri's nail art for a long time, so I was so excited when she agreed to collaborate with me. I decided to recreate her coral and gold X nails!

Pink and Gold Floral Nails

Hello everyone!

Today I have a super girly design to share with all of you.

I was just kind of brainstorming some nail art the other day, and I decided that I wanted to do a nail art design that incorporated chevrons! A few years ago, chevrons on my ring finger was literally every other mani for me. Haha I am still obsessed with this look, but I haven't done any chevron nail art in so long.

I am so in love with how this design came out!

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White and Gold Daisy Nails

Hello everyone!

Today I have this super simple daisy mani to share with all of you. I've seen this sort of style before from a lot of other nail artists, so I decided to do my own take on it! I really love how chic and cute it came out.

I have been wanting to do some more floral designs lately, but I wanted something quicker than hand painted roses. This is such a quick and easy mani to do, which makes it a perfect floral design for nail art beginners!

Neon Dry Brush Aztec Nails

Hello everyone!

Today, I'm sharing a bit of a nail fail. I wanted to put a different twist on the dry brush style by combining it with the Tetris nail vinyls from Snail Vinyls! The lines didn't come out very well so I added the gold edge, but even then I don't think that it looks great. Still, I thought that I would share this mani with you all. 

Royal Princess Nails

Hello everyone!

In case you haven't heard, there is a new royal baby: Charlotte Elizabeth Diana! I thought it might be fun to do some girly princess nails in honor of her :)

A while back I received this crown nail charm from Simply Spoiled Beauty and I thought it would be perfect for this design! (I don't currently see this exact charm listed on their site, but they have a ton of other nail bows and nail art tools that I'm sure you all will love.

Use code ERIN40 for 40% your order on www.simplyspoiledbeautyproducts.com!

Textured Mermaid Scale Nails | Snail Vinyls Review

Hello everyone!

Today I have a very fun (and summery!) design using scale nail art vinyls from Snail Vinyls! Yup, I am sooo done with winter and I can't wait for the warmer weather.

When I first saw these scale vinyls, I knew that I wanted to do a mermaid scale nail design. I picked up OPI "Honey Ryder' and Nicole by OPI "That's What I Mint" because they are two gorgeous textured polishes that not only compliment each other but they make perfect mermaid colors!

 

Valentine's Day Nails: Pink Stripes with Heart Studs

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

I've been a little under the weather for the past few days but I wanted to do a quick Valentine's day design for you all!

I've seen a lot of lip manis, a lot of pink gradients, and a lot of gradient hearts, so I wanted to try something different and a little more simple. I decided on this stripe design, and I used the heart studs to capture the Valentine's day theme.

Pink and Gold Nails | Mani Swap with Julie @wannaknowasecret!

Hello everyone!

Today I have this fun pink and gold mani that I did in a mani swap with Julie (@wannaknowasecret)!

Julie reached out to me last week asking if we wanted to do some nail art together again. It has been so long since we last collaborated! Of course I said yes, and we decided to do a mani swap! I chose this beautiful design of hers, inspired by Ashley Tisdale. I just love the combination of light pink and gold!  Click here to see her original version of this mani.

I'm pretty sure that Julie free-handed her accent nail in her mani since she is a nail wizard, but I used the skinny straight stripes nail vinyls from Twinkled T to be more precise since I just do not have that kind of free-hand skill! Haha :)

Red and Gold Studded Nails | LightInTheBox.com Review

Hello everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season.

Today I have a new design featuring gold studs and gold nail stickers from Lightinthebox.com. They were kind enough to reach out to me and ask if I would like to share these products with you all!

Two things that really caught my eye were these gold diamond studs and floral nail stickers. I usually prefer silver to gold, but during the holidays, I always love how much warmer and more festive gold looks.

Christmas Tree Nails

Now that Thanksgiving is over, it is officially the Christmas season, and I could not be more excited!

Someone on my Instagram account asked me to do Christmas tree nails, and I really loved the idea. So here they are!

I used this adorable red bow from Simply Spoiled Beauty to add a festive bit of red into the design. These bows are so cute for any manicure, and they come in so many colors and designs.