A Year in Review: 2015

Hey Cuties!

     So this Mani Monday's post won’t be the typical me posting a design with steps and random words. Where it’s the last Monday of the year, I’ve chosen to do a Year in Review post. I’m sharing my top 5 favourite designs of this year and hopes for the upcoming year. This was a tough year for me personally, and I took a break at the beginning of the year and didn't post again until September. I've been loyal ever since and am extremely grateful for every reader that continued to read this blog every Monday. Without you, this blog would not be possible! And on that note, here are my top five designs of 2015

5. Snowy Tips

     This is a throw-back to February. It was in the middle of winter, and I felt inspired by all the snow to do a French mani for the winter. I had sand nail polish in light blue and white, and the rest is history. Also it helped tat it was glittery nail polish.

4. Santa (#festivefive series)

     This is the latest design I’ve posted. A part of the #festivefive series, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to get all of Santa’s iconic features onto the nail, but only got his face. It’s a great cartoon version of him and includes some of the most important facial features. Beard, hat and red cheeks and nose. 

3. The Fall Tree

     This was the first design I tried by covering a part of the nail with tape, and painting over the tape to create shapes, or in this case lines. In a weird way it gives the design more depth and there’s less worry about painting straight lines. It’s a perfect design for the fall, and if you wanted to extend the design, you can painting leaves blowing across your other nails.

2. Franken-Mani

     This is SO cute! What makes this French mani so unique is that’s it’s asymmetrical. I could have done a symmetrical version of this, but putting it on the slant just adds to the Franken-ness of it!

1. French Mani (Back-to-School Series)

     What makes this design my favourite design of the year? Plain and simple! If you read any of my postings, you’ll know I like two things when it comes to manicures; French manicures and glitter. This design has both. Also, I love the colours!

     If you haven’t been able to tell already by looking at my posts, I LOVE French manicures! Hoping there will me more in the new year. If you think a different design should me number one, or was your personal favourite, share a comment below. 

     I hope you’ve enjoyed reading Cutie Cure this year as much as I have enjoyed writing it! Next Monday, I’m starting a new series for the beginning of the year called Frost Week. It’s a play on the words Frosh Week, in which it’s the first full week of the new year and still early (and hopefully not a long) winter. Until next year, stay fabulous!

Santa

Merry Christmas Cuties!

     It’s Christmas Day, which also means it’s the last day of the #festivefive series. Of course, I’ve saved the best for last; jolly old Nick himself. I hope he came to everyone’s house and spoiled them this year! To celebrate the big man in the red suit, I’ve designed this jolly cartoon version of him. It’s a little more tricky than the previous days’ designs, so pay close attention. Here are the steps:

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Black, Red, Faint Pink, White

     Nail Art Brush

     Nail Art Dotter

Steps: 

     1.) You can either paint your nail pink now or later on. Start by                            outlining the fluff of Santa’s hat and beard with your nail art brush                and black nail polish. Leave a small space on the top of the fluff for                the end of his hat.

     2.) Colour in his hat with red at the top of your nail. Colour in his beard            and hat fluff with white. Pay attention to where the break in the                       black outline of the hat is when colouring it. 

     3.) With your black nail polish and nail art brush, outline the ball on the             end of Santa’s hat. This is where the break in the hat outline is.                       Colour the ball in with white. 

     4.) Now we can start to add the facial features. This will be created with            your nail art brush and black nail polish. Paint a small line in the                  beard for his mouth. Two eyebrows just below his hat. Two small                  circles below his eyebrow for his eyes. Don’t forget to add a white dot            for a twinkle in his eyes! A small dash below and between his eyes                for his nose.

     5.) With your dotter and red nail polish, put a dot on each cheek, and an            even smaller dot on his nose, because of the cold weather at the                      North Pole.

     This is one of the more complicated designs I’ve done this year, but it’s totally worth it in the end. for those of you following me on Vine, this week’s #festivefive designs are now up. For those of you not following me on Vine, you should do so! Stay tuned next week for an announcement of a new nail art series in January. I hope you all have a wonderful day, full of family, friends and turkey, and until next time, stay merry!

Rudolph

Hey Cuties! 

     It’s Christmas Eve., therefore it is also day 4 in my #festivefive Christmas Characters series. Today’s character is the one who will guide Santa’s sleigh tonight; RUDOLPH! This is a basic design that’s straightforward and easy to follow because it’s geometric shapes. Here are the steps:

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Black, Brown, Blue, Red, White

     Nail Art Brush

     Nail Art Dotter

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your nail with the background colour of your choice. I chose a             sparkly dark blue, because he guides Santa’s sleigh through the sky                filled with stars at night.

     2.) Paint an upside-down brown rectangle for his head in the middle of              your nail.

     3.) To give him ears, paint two angled black lines, going to opposite                    angles, from the top of the triangle. Paint two smaller black lines,                going off from the first lines. 

     4.) Dot a red nose on the bottom point of his head.

     5.) Dot or paint two black ovals on his head. Dot or paint two smaller                  white dots in the two black ovals.

     This is a very easy (and cute) reindeer design to do. You may choose to do a different reindeer and personalize it in your own way. I figured the glittery background was enough shine, so I decided against glueing a red jewel on his nose, but if you want to go ahead. 

     For anybody following the Vine account, I’ve been having difficulties with my editing software, so I hope to have these designs up on it before the new year! Until tomorrow, stay merry!

Elf

Happy Hump Day Cuties!

     It’s day three in my #festivefive Christmas Characters series and two days until it’s the big day! I hope you’ve been enjoying the designs so far, and possibly trying out your own versions of them. For day three I’ve done an Elf design. Not E.L.F. the makeup brand, but one of Santa’s little helpers. I chose to stick with a red and green theme, but if you’ve watched enough Christmas movies involving the North Pole and Santa’s Workshop, you should know their outfits come in MANY colours. Here are the steps:

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Black, Green, Red, Yellow

     Nail Art Brush

     Nail Art Dotter

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your whole nail green. This will be the main colour of Elf, so                  you may choose red instead.

     2.) Paint on its neck decoration by painting red triangles (pointed                         down) across the top of your nail.

     3.) Paint a black belt never the middle of your nail.

     4.) Paint two yellow buttons above the belt and one bellow the belt.

     5.) Paint a yellow square buckle in the middle of the belt. The buttons                and the buckle should line up.

     A super cute design to get your #elf on before Christmas. Unfortunately, this design won’t help you finish wrapping presents or finish last minute shopping. Stay posted over the next two days for the last of the #festivefive Christmas Character designs. Also don’t forget to check out Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and Pinterest for extras. Until tomorrow, stay merry!

Frosty

Happy Tuesday Cuties!

     3 days til Christmas and day 2 of my #festivefive series. I hope you enjoyed Ging yesterday, and possibly eating some gingerbread! I’m hoping to get my hands on some before the big day! As much fun as it is to decorate gingerbread men and gingerbread houses, it’s even more fun to play in the snow to burn off those calories. 

     How about building a snowman? If you don’t like snow, or there’s no snow in your area (yet!), how about trying out this Frosty design. Here are the steps:

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Black, Green, Red, Orange, White

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your whole nail white.

     2.) Give Frosty a nice top hat. Paint a vertical black line near the top of              the nail, then colour in a square, still showing some of the white, on               the top of the line,

     3.) How about keeping Frosty warm? Either using a nail art brush or                   your nail polish brush (which I found easier), paint a green and red              striped scarf on the bottom of your nail, and finish it with an outline             in black.

     4.) A snowman is never fully dressed without a face! Paint on Frosty’s                coal eyes and coal smile.

     5.) Draw a angled triangle in the middle of Frosty’s face for a carrot                    nose. Draw lines on it for the ridges.

     This design has a bit more work to it than others, but it’s totally worth it in the end. As with all my designs, especially today’s and yesterday’s, customize it however you choose, or copy my Frosty. Maybe give him a ball cap and a bowtie. Or pigtails and a necklace. Either way, be creative and think outside of the box. Until tomorrow, stay merry!

p.s. After I wrote this, I realized it's also the first day of winter. How fitting!

Ging

Merry Monday Cuties!

     It’s day one in my Christmas series! All this week I will be posting Christmas character designs in celebration of Christmas, in 5 DAYS!!! Today’s design is a gingerbread man, and a very stylishly dress gingerbread man. Just as fun as an edible one, you get to decorate it your way. Let's get started!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Brown, Red, Yellow, White

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) Paint Ging. The easiest way I found to do this is by painting a star,                and then extending the limbs and head to a body form.

     2.) Decorate Ging! You can follow my design or create you own.

     This is a super fun design to do for the holidays. Especially if you don't get a chance to make and decorate an edible version. Check out my social media account, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr, all this week as well, and you can follow the hashtag #festivefive for the designs as well. So until tomorrow, stay merry!

All Wrapped Up

Merry Monday Cuties!

     I figured I waited long enough for a Christmas French mani. This is not a typical French mani, with the single line on the tip of the nail. It’s a French mani all wrapped up (hence the name of the post)!Even though there’s a horizontal line in this, you can just do the single line and bow, and still say it’s all wrapped up! ;-P

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Red (Optional Glitter Red)

     Nail Art Brush

     3D Green Nail Art Bow

     Nail Art Glue

Steps: 

     1.) Paint a horizontal line near the top of your nail. You can choose the              thickness of it, but make sure to keep it consistent.

     2.) Paint a vertical line, same thickness of the horizontal line, off to the               left, and crossing the vertical line.

     3.) Glue the green bow where the two lines cross.

     Another fun and simple christmas design. As always, it’s a very versatile design. You can switch the colours of the “ribbon” (red lines), the colour of the bow or paint the background colour or “wrapping paper”. 

     Stay tuned to Twitter for the theme of next week’s Christmas theme! As promised, I will be posting Monday through Friday next week on here, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter. Until next time, stay fabulous!

Asymmetrical Christmas Tree

Merry Monday Cuties!

     Who has their Christmas Tree up already?! I sure don’t, but I hope to get it up ASAP! Whether your tree is up or not, you can try this super easy and funky Christmas Tree design. Why go for a plain-old perfectly symmetrical and triangular Christmas Tree, when you can show off this quirky version of a Christmas Tree? Here are the super simple steps:

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Green, Red, Blue, Purple, Yellow, White

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) Paint a green zig-zag (or “M” shape), on your nail. It won’t really look            like a tree, but it’s more about the flow and points of the tree. 

     2.) Using the other above listed colours, or your own choice, paint dots               on the “Christmas Tree” for ornaments.

     3.) Paint a yellow star on top of the tree.

     Super quick, super simple. I chose to do a nude nail because I’ve never done one before, and I thought this would be the time to try it out. If you don’t want to use a nude nail for your design, give your tree a background colour of your choosing. 

     Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr for a quick glimpse of designs if you don’t have time to read the full blog. And if you try this design or any other design post here, don’t forget to tag @cutiecure in it. Until next time, stay fabulous! 

Twisted Peppermint

Hey Cuties!

     Since it’s the last day of November, I’ve figured it wouldn’t be too terrible to start posting for the holiday season. I was originally going to call this Hypnotized, and used black and white instead of green and red, but as I already said, it’s the Christmas season! This is a fun and easy design and very versatile. You can try different shades of green and red, no glitter, all glitter, white glitter, green and white, red and white, green and red and white, etc. Let’s get started!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Red, Glitter Red, Green, Glitter Green

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) If you aren’t comfortable with drawing free-hand “waves”, as I’ll call the division of colours, start out with a very small wave. If you don’t like the curve, this is where you can fix it and start to make it thicker/the size you want. Another way you can go about the wave is to paint curved lines next to one-another until you get the thickness you like and then switch colours until your whole nail is done.

     2.) Once you’ve outlined the waves, either with one colour (see photo), or two, colour them in with your regular colours.

     3.) Using your glitter colours, paint over (as much as you’d like) each coloured wave. You can choose to paint red on red and green on green, or you may choose to paint green on red and red on green.

     This is a great design to start of the holiday season! As I said before the instructions, there are many different ways to do this design to make it your own. You don’t even have to stick to these colours! It’s a great design for any time of year, just make sure to pick the right colours. 

      Since this time of year is quite busy for most people, I’ve chosen not do to a design each day leading up to Christmas. BUT you can expect a holiday design every Monday in December, as per usual, and the week of Christmas, I plan on posting a design each day. If you don’t have time to read the blog throughout the month, check out my Instagram for a glimpse at the design, and don’t forget to follow me on there too! Until next time, stay fabulous!

Black and Pink, Oh So Chic!

Hey Cuties!

    Today’s design c’est un manucure chic! I don’t know where that French popped out from, but I saw a design similar to this one earlier in the week and figure I’d try something similar. Also, for some reason it looks French to me, or like a French pattern I’ve seen? I don’t know, BUT what I do know is that this is a fabulous design that can be worn any time of year. Here we go!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish: Black, Magenta

     Nail Art Brush

     3D Black Nail Art Bow (+ nail glue)

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your whole nail Magenta.

     2.) Using your nail art brush, paint very thin diagonal black lines across             your nail, evenly spaced.

     3.) Paint a thicker black line going across the mid-top part of your nail.

     4.) Glue the bow to either side of the thick line.

     If you don’t have the patience or the accuracy to paint these lines, check out last week’s design to learn how use striping tape to get the lines. Don’t forget to follow on Twitter and Instagram for updates of upcoming and new designs. In case there’s no new post between now and Thursday, Happy Thanksgiving to all the American Cuties that read this blog. Until next time, stay fabulous!

Colour Blocking

What’s up Cuties?!

     I’m pretty sure today’s design is the first one in a long time that hasn’t been based on a holiday or specific time of year. I spent the past week trying to figure out what to do because of it. I had the striping tape out from the Autumn Tree design and thought I’d give this design a try. I wanted to try it in a metallic, but for some reason tried it in pastels first (and yes, it is a weird time of year to be wearing pastels). It’s a fun and quirky design and you can either follow my design and colours or create your own. Here we go!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, White

     Nail Art Striping Tape

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your whole nail white. (That’s what makes the bright colours                really pop!)

     2.) Using your striping tape, create a design with lines going across your             nail, and across other lines. Make it however you want to!

     3.) Using your chosen colours, paint each section of the design.

     4.) Once there’s no more white to be seen on your nail, peel of the tape               for your finished look.

     It’s a super cool and easy design to do, and you can use any colour to match upcoming celebrations or events. (Christmas/Holiday. Parties. Wink wink.) I did also try a metallic version of this design with a black base instead of white (see below)! Until next time, stay fabulous!

Movember

Happy November Cuties!

     If you remember way back when, to a few weeks ago, I did a design for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This month is November, also known as Movember. Movemeber is all about raising money and awareness for multiple cancers in men. To raise money, men shave off their moustache/beard (if they have one) at the beginning of Novemeber, and spend the whole month growing it out. Moustache merchandise might as well be all over the place too, as they’re so popular all ready, so why not have one (or a few) as a french mani?!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish: Black, Brown

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) Using brown, paint your moustache on the tip of your finger. Shape              it/paint it the way you want it to look.

     2.) Using your black nail polish and nail art brush, paint an outline of                 the ‘stache and the lines on it for the cartoon effect.

     Simple stupid, ‘em I right?! Try out your own #moustachemani using the hashtag on Twitter or Instagram.  Until next time, stay fabulous!

Día de Los Muertos

 ¡Feliz Día De Los Muertos Cuties!

     Today is Day of the Dead in Mexico, and for those of Mexican Heritage. Without getting into a huge history lesson, Day of the Dead is a holiday where Mexican’s celebrate and remember their dead and their ancestors. A popular symbol of the holiday is the sugar skull, which I don’t know about you, but I saw tons of on Halloween. Now matter where you search online for a sugar skull, you’re sure to find unique and extravagant ones done with makeup and nails. 

     My version of the sugar skull is quite simple, as I don’t really care to go crazy with hard and intense designs to show you all, but there’s also not an “exact way” of doing this. The best way to tell you guys how to do it is layer by layer. So instead of doing my usually list of tools and steps, this will be more of a guided nail design. 

Tools: 

     Nail Polish: Bright Colours are suggested, but try to stick with the same                            colours.

     Nail Art Stickers

     Nail Art Jewels

Steps: 

     Eyes: I used flower stickers, because the eyes are usually flowers. You                     may choose to use flower stickers as well, or you can try painting                   on flowers.

     Nose: The nose is rounded-edge triangle.

     Mouth: The mouth will usually have teeth, or circles for teeth. Some                             have bumps on the bottom for the teeth, or you can copy me                           and use nail art jewels for teeth on top of a rectangle.

     Face: Add a design at the forehead, whether it be a spider web, a spiral,                  or a bunch of dots and squiggles like I did.I also chose to colour                      in the chin some.

     It’s a fun and easy design. Don’t overthink it! This is a very versatile design, and you have the freedom to design it however you want!¡Hasta la próxima, estancia fabulosa!

#fivenightsoffright: Vamp Glam (Night 5)

Hey Cuties!

     I totally got wrapped up in Halloween festivities yesterday and forgot to post the last night of #fivenightsoffright. This last one didn’t really turn out the way I expected it to, but it’s still pretty cool. I painted the fangs with a glow-in-the-dark nail polish, but it wouldn’t glow no matter how much light I put on it, just like my mummy design. Once again you can do this design with the glow-in-the-dark nail polish or not, and instead of painting the fangs, you can paint the face. Here we go!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Black, Red, Glow-in-the-Dark, White

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) With your black nail polish and nail art brush, outline a heart.

     2.) Paint the top and bottom part of your nail black.

     3.) Paint the middle part of your nail white.

     4.) With your red nail polish, paint the vampire’s eyes. You don’t have                to copy my eye design, but if you like it, go for it.

     5.) With your black again, paint a nose and a simple line for the                            mouth. Don’t paint an open mouth,

     6.) This is where you would paint the glow-in-the-dark fangs. I painted              them first, then outlined them in black. It doesn’t matter which way              you go about it.

     7.) Put a small amount of red for blood on the fangs. 

     This isn’ too hard of a design, and it’s even better if you can find a glow-in-the-dark polish that will ACTUALLY glow. This was quite the successful Halloween series, and a big thank you to all of you who came back every day to check out the new designs!

     Tomorrow is Manicure Monday, and I will have a sugary treat for you all. So hasta mañana, stay fabulous!

#fivenightsoffright: I Want My Mummy (Night 4)

Hey Cuties!

     So it’s night 4 in the #fivenightsoffrightseries, and I’m super excited to show this design to you guys! It’s a mummy design, and while mixing the white and brown to get the “dirty white” colour, it came out with a neat texture to add to the badge effect. I also used a glow-in-the-dark nail polish for the eyes, but I never seem to have luck with them. But if you happen to know or find a good one, use it on the eyes and mouth for an even creepier effect. Here it is!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours : Black, Brown, “Dirty White”, Green

     Nail Art Brush

     Nail Art Dotter

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your nail “dirty white”. When I say “dirty white”, I mean a                     darker white colour. Mummy’s don’t keep their wrapping that white,            so you can either buy a “dirty white”, or you can do what I did and                mix white and a beige until I got a “dirty white” I liked.

     2.) With your nail art brush and black nail polish, create the outlines of               the wrappings by painting lines horizontally across your nail. You                 can refer to the picture below to see how to paint them.

     3.) With your brown, paint the top of the black lines. You should still                   see the dirty white “bandages”.

     4.) Using your green nail polish and nail art dotter, dot two green eyes.               With your nail art brush, or continue with the nail dotter, paint a                   mouth, or a smile.

     It’s a bit more of a technical design and more steps to it, but it’s totally worth it! If you find a glow-in-the-dark nail polish that actually works, post a pic on Instagram or Twitter. And don’t forget to share a pic if you try out this design or any of the other #fivenightsoffright designs.

     Since tomorrow is the day this week’s designs have been leading up to, I may post the design early in the day for all of you going out tomorrow night. I also promise the last design won’t “suck”, so until next time, stay spooky!

#fivenightsoffright: Creepy Crawler (Night 3)

Hey Cuties!

     It’s night three of the #fivenightsoffright series, and it’s getting creepier as the nights progress. Tonight’s design is a spider and web. It’s a bit more complex of a design than the previous nights and my usual designs, but not impossible!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Black, Purple, Silver, White

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your whole purple.

     2.) Using your nail art brush and white polish, begin the web. I divided              my nail into a pie of eight slices, and then created the bends in                        between those lines. You can copy me and use a silver over the white            for a more glistening web, or you can leave it white.

     3.) You can draw the body, and then the head. I clearly did a terrible job            on the anatomy of the spider, which I’m pretty sure you can do                       better! 

     4.) After you’re happy with the body and head, paint on the 8 limps, 4                 per side. I also added fangs? or I don’t know what you would call                   them on a spider. Or if spiders even have those things. I’m pretty                   sure that’s the reason this turned out more scorpion-like than a                    spider!

     Pretty cool design and totally worth the effort! To put my special and signature touch on it, I added silver glitter to some parts of the web, it also makes it look like its catching some light. If you choose to add glitter too, don’t bother painting the whole web silver. I only did where the spider wouldn’t be covering, and I didn’t make the whole web silver. Also, if you're as mad as me with the anatomy, just do the web!

     It’s the half-way point through the series, so that means there’s only two more designs left, and two more days til Halloween. Hope your costumes are ready! Until next time, stay fabulous!

#fivenightsoffright: Mischievous Pumpkin (Night 2)

Good Evening Cuties!

     On this second night of #fivenightsoffright, I’ve designed a creeping halloween decoration that shall hopefully be lighting up walk-ways and homes this Saturday night; a pumpkin! But what makes this pumpkin so spooky is the look upon its face, and the curiosity of what is happening in its hollow inners…and on that creepy note, here we go!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Black, Orange

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your whole nail orange.

     2.) With your nail art brush and black nail polish, you can either follow              my photos to re-create my mischievous pumpkin’s face, or you can                create your own.

     Easy peasy pumpkin squeezy? Thought so! I originally tried to do the face with a nail art pen, but it came out rather sloppy and a lot less creepy. Any time I write a post, and in the tools section it calls for a nail art brush, feel free to use a nail art pen instead if you find it easier to draw with, and don’t forget the read the full post to find out what colours you will need. 

     If you try this design and/or do a different face on your pumpkin, post a pic in the comments below or on any social media (Twitter or Instagram), and don’t forget to tag it using the hashtag #fivenightsoffright. For a lighter (possibly more kid-friendly) version of this, you can use yellow instead of black and create a happier face for a more “jack-o-lantern feel”.

     I hope you’re enjoying the series so far, and don’t forget to check back everyday to see a new Halloween post over the next three days leading up to Saturday night. Until next time, stay spooky!

#fivenightsoffright: Ghostly Fun (Night 1)

Hey Cuties!

     This is the first design for my #fivenightsoffright series for Halloween. Just as an introduction to the series, #fivenightsoffright is five nights (or days) of spooky Halloween characters. So each day, over the next five days, I’ll be posting a new character design related to Halloween. Also check out yesterday’s Manicure Monday design of Halloween-based French mani designs.

     For night number one in the series, it’s a ghost! Although ghosts are usually scary, this one has a more fun and playful side. Very easy, and a perfect last-minute, design for the week, or on Saturday night.

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Black, Pink, White

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your whole nail white.

     2.) Using your nail art brush and black nail polish, paint a “ghostly                      face”, or something similar, or maybe more complex and cartoony?              than mine.

     3.) For the “fun” element to this design, paint a pink tongue coming out            of the ghost’s mouth.

     Super fun and easy. Tomorrow’s design is an innocent Halloween decoration turned…evil! Until then, stay spooky!

Halloween French Manis

Hey Cuties!

     For this week’s Manicure Monday, I’ve once again chosen to do an updated French manicure, BUT with a Halloween twist! I’ve done three different designs: a skeleton, a pumpkin, and Frankenstein. Each design is super simple and only has two colours. Also with the Frankenstein mani, I’ve designed it to be asymmetrical for an even cooler effect. 

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Black, Orange, Green, White

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

Skeleton French Mani:

     - Paint your nail tip (or as much as the top part of your nail as you’d                 like), black.

     - Using your nail art brush and white nail polish, paint the end of a bone         from the middle of your nail to the end, and repeat in the opposite                direction on the other side.

Pumpkin French Mani:

     - Paint you nail tip (or as much as the top part of your nail as you’d                   like), orange.

     - Using your nail art brush and green nail polish, paint vertical lines                 from the bottom of the orange, to the tip of your nail. You can make             these lines as thick or as thin as you like, and you can paint as many             lines as you’d like.

Frankenstein French Mani:

     - Paint the top half your nail diagonally with your green nail polish.

     - Using you nail art brush and black nail polish, outline the green                     colour. Next, create “stitches” by painting black lines across your first           black line. Once again, you can make your lines as thin or as thick as              you please, as well as how many “stitches” you want on your nail.

     Super easy and fun French mani designs for Halloween! You don’t have to use a sparkly orange like I did for the pumpkin, I just thoroughly enjoy having an excuse and a reason to use glitter colours! 

     If you didn’t already know, over the next five nights/days (starting tomorrow [Tuesday]), I will be posting nail designs of spooky creatures of Halloween, using the hashtag #fivenightsoffright. Posts will be going on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr, so don’t forgot to check them out! So until next time, stay fabulous! (or spooky.)

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Hey Cuties!

     It’s October, so in Canada, as well as in other countries, that means it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Although Breast Cancer has not directly touch me or my family, I thought it would be a touching way to spread awareness and show support to those who have fought the illness, those who are fighting the illness, and those who have survived the illness.

Tools: 

     Nail Polish: Light Pink, Dark Pink, White

     Pink Glitter

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your whole nail light pink.

     2.) Using your dark pink, paint a ribbon off-centre or in the middle of                your nail.

     3.) To add the glitter, use either a clear nail polish or your dark pink nail            polish, to the ribbon to give the glitter something to stick to. I                        suggest doing this over wax paper or tissue for easier clean up and                less mess! Sprinkle a bit of glitter over your nail until you have an                  even amount of glitter on the ribbon, or it’s to your liking.

     4.) Outline the ribbon in white, using your nail art brush.

     It’s a simple design and a fashionable way to show your support. I was hoping to do this the first week of October, but the schedule for the nail art designs got moved around for timing reasons. I hope you enjoyed this design as much as I loved designing it, and if you try this design yourself, or you have your own nailart for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, feel free to share a pic on Twitter or Instagram, tagging my handle @cutiecure, or better yet, leave a comment below!

     Next week, it’s Halloween week, and I have a full week of designs planned for you guys, starting with #suddenlysunday, and right through to Halloween night! Until next time, stay fabulous!

Thanksgiving 2015

HAPPY THANKSGIVING CANADIAN CUTIES!!!

     And Happy Columbus Day to American Cuties. And Happy Monday to all the other Cuties in the world. In celebration of Thanksgiving, I drew up a turkey, because I can’t cook one. So after you’re done with dinner, instead of napping, try this design!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Black, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, White

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) Draw a black horizontal curved line in the middle of your nail to                    outline the turkey’s head.

     2.) Paint the bottom half of your nail brown.

     3.) Paint the turkey’s feathers using your red, orange and yellow                          colours. I started with yellow and painted a few feathers by drawing              a straight line from the black outline to the tip of the nail, and then                I continued with orange, and then red, until the whole background                was covered in colour.

     4.) Paint an orange triangle in the middle of the face for the beak of the               bird. I chose to paint eyebrows, eyes and painted small white dots                 for pupils.

     A cute and fun design for turkey day. I’m starting to update the Instagram and Tumblr pages again, so you can also check those for some extra stuff as well as the regular #manimonday posts on here and Twitter. Happy Thanksgiving and until the next time, stay fabulous!

Suddenly Sunday: Post-Thanksgiving Dinner Painting-of-the-Toe-Nails (October 11th)

     Hey Cuties! Another long week I’ve had. I don’t paint my finger nails that often, so like I said I was wanting to find an awesome neutral for them, which I did, and as weird as it sounds, it felt REALLY good! My fingers for the first few days after I painted them, were so relaxed. I don’t usually think painting my nails as relaxing as say, a massage or getting my hair done, but it was just so relaxing and it felt so great! It was the perfect way to start my week.

     So now it’s this week, and it’s a short week because of Thanksgiving tomorrow. I had turkey dinner today (YUM!), so instead of taking a nap, I’ve decided to paint my toe nails…as I do every Sunday night. And as I’ve previously stated, this is really starting to help me relax and get my week off to a great start! 

What I’m Drinking…Vanilla Chai Tea (Boathouse Farms, A.K.A.                                                         “everyday eggnog”)

What I’m Doing…finishing tomorrow’s post

The Colour of my Toes…First Kiss (Eve Snow London)

     I have a Thanksgiving design for #manimonday, so don’t forget to check back tomorrow!

The Fall Tree

Hey Cuties!

     It’s Fall! I’m super excited for sweater weather, hot drinks and colourful leaves. Speaking of colourful leaves, this week’s design is pretty cool (pun unintended?) and colourful. It’s a little more complex than the previous weeks, but is easy to follow. Let’s get started!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Black, Brown, Orange, Yellow, Red

     Nail Art Brush

     Nail Art StripingTape (I used 0.025” for the width)

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your whole nail black.

     2.) Using the striping tape, cover a part of your nail to create a tree with            branches, NOT the outline   of a tree.

     3.) Paint your whole nail orange.

     4.) Once you’re happy with the colour/shade of the orange over the                    black, take off the tape. You   should now have a black tree with                      branches and no leaves.

     5.) Using your brown, red and yellow (possibly a darker orange as well),            create falling leaves by   either painting small dashes, or dots, or                    blobs.

     It’s a gorgeous and perfect design for fall. The only reason I used black is because I didn’t have a dark enough brown for the tree, so if you have one, use that instead of black! This design can also be used as an accent nail and paint your other nails orange, or you can do this on each nail and create a mini forest on your nails. Either way, everybody will fall in love with your nails (pun intended). 

     Next Monday is Canadian Thanksgiving, so prepare your turkey and prepare your nails for another awesome design. So until then, stay fabulous!

Suddenly Sunday: The Binge Watcher (October 4th)

Happy Sunday Cuties! 

     It was a pretty long week for me, so I’m so grateful for Sunday. All week I was searching for a good brown (for an upcoming design) and I started to become OB-sessed with finding the perfect neutral. I found one a thought might work, so instead of doing my toes this week, I decided to do my finger nails and try a neutral for the week. 

What I’m Drinking…Peach Matcha (Davids Tea)

What I’m Doing…Watching ABC shows

The Colour of my Fingers…Neutral Statement 021 (Colorshow Maybelline)

     I not totally convinced this is my favourite neutral, as it’s a tad too sheer for my liking. Back to the store for me, and back here tomorrow morning for you as I have the perfect autumn design for your nails. Have a great night!

Back to School 2015: Doodle

Happy Monday Cuties! 

     It’s the last week of the Back-to-School series, and of course, I’ve saved the best for last! While this week’s design doesn’t have a specific class theme, it’s just a general school design. A Doodle! I’m pretty sure we’re all guilty of doodling while in class, so now’s the chance to doodle on your nails! Another super simple design!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: White, Light Blue, Black

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your nail white.

     2.) Paint a light blue line (or red/orange) vertically of-centre to the left.

     3.) Paint light blue horizontal lines, crossing the vertical. Space the 

           lines as you want to. 

     4.) DOODLE!

     So that’s it! I did two different "doodles"; one with all blue lines and a stick person, the other with a red vertical line (because some loose leaf has the red line) and a math equation. It doesn't matter what colour line you use, what you "doodle" or even if you choose to give it some colour. 

     I hope you enjoyed my designs as much as I enjoyed creating them. Stay posted for some cool and wacky designs coming up in October. Until next time, stay fabulous!

Suddenly Sunday: First Sunday of Fall (September 27th, 2015)

Hey Cuties! 

     I can’t believe how fast the week has gone! So tonight I’m playing catchup, as in, I need to catchup with my work so I can post this and tomorrow’s post. Since the first day of fall was Wednesday, and I didn’t post anything, I figured I’d post at little something something. Sparkling orange toe nails (how festive!) and white dashes, representing fall wind and #sweaterweather.

What I’m Drinking… Movie Night Green Tea (Davids Tea, Delicious!)

What I’m Doing…Trying to finish tomorrow’s post (it’s not going too well, BUT it will be there!)

The Colour of my Toes… Jinx (O.P.I.) with some white dashes 

     #manimonday is tomorrow and it’s the last day of my Back-to-School 2015 series. The design is pretty cool, and then next week we’ll get into some awesome designs for fall and celebrations ahead (HALLOWEEN!!!) Until tomorrow, stay fabulous!

Back to School 2015: Molecool

Hello Cuties!

     It’s week three in the Back-to-School series! This one goes out to the nerds and the geeks that read my blog. The “Arts” classes were covered in the first two weeks, so it’s time for a switch up. This week’s design is a simple molecule, or as this week’s title says, Molecool, because science is pretty cool! I’m nowhere close to a scientist, so I had to look up the periodic table and try to remember my chemistry classes from high school to come up with the design. But I digress, so here we go!

Tools: 

Nail Polish Colours: Red, Blue, Black

Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your nail white.

     2.) Paint a red dot/small circle in the middle of your nail.

     3.) Draw three black lines, evenly spaced, going out from the red dot.

     4.) Paint a blue dot, smaller than the red, at the end of each black line.

     5.) Draw a black “B” in the middle of the red dot.

This nail design was a lot easier than chemistry itself! As I previously said, I’m certainly no chemist, so for all of YOU chemist or chemistry students out there, you can change the amount of lines, colours and names to be more accurate. Also, if you haven’t checked out my new project #suddenlysunday, check out the post below and my Twitter! 

And until next time, stay fabulous!


***UPDATE*** The photo is now added.

Suddenly Sunday: Prime Time Emmys (September 20th, 2015)

     Hey Cuties! This is something new I’m trying just to add an extra post to the week, and who wouldn’t like an extra post in the week? I’ve created #SuddenlySunday as a relaxation project/get-ready-for-the-week-ahead project. 

     Every Sunday, over the next few weeks, I plan on spending the night painting my toes, and just overall relaxing and mentally preparing for the week ahead of me.

     Hands are seen all of the time, unless they’re in gloves (winter’s coming…), but our feet are usually covered up, unless wearing sandals, or inside without socks on. 

     Where this project isn’t necessarily focused on nail art, or nail polish, or funky designs, it’s more about just taking care of ourselves at the beginning of the week, to be set up for a great start!

What I’m Drinking…White Zinfandel (Adult Show, Adult Drink)

What I’m Doing… Watching the 2015 Prime Time Emmys/ Red carpet

The Colour of my Toes…Big Apple Red Creme (N.Y.C.) with some black

At the end, I will hopefully add a photo to this post, as well as Twitter/Instagram.

This will hopefully be the longest post in the coming weeks, and I hope you’ll stay tuned to see what comes up! Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for the #manicuremonday design! Have a great night!