Hidden Mickey and Dots Mani

I was looking through photos yesterday and stumbled across this mani that I did several months ago!  I didn't get the best photos which is why I never posted it but I figured I'd go ahead and share them anyway!

These were rather simple to do- just pick a color you like for the base and then two bright colors to do the dots at the tips of your nails.  You can use a dotting tool or a even a bobby pin to do the dots.   For the center dot on my ring fingernail and thumbnail, I added two more dots (ears) to make hidden Mickeys.

Mickey and Minnie Nails at Disney World!

I’m back from my vacation!  My husband and I had a nice time running around all the parks at Disney World!  I didn’t have a lot of time to do nail art before our trip but the night before we left I was feeling awake so I decided to paint my nails real quick before bed!  I had to rush on it more than I would like but the overall look seemed okay in the end despite a bit of the polishes running together when I used my top coat.
Because we were heading to Disney World on Valentine’s Day, I wanted to do nail art inspired by Minnie and Mickey Mouse.  With all the vacation fun I didn’t take a lot of photos of the result.  In fact the only pictures I got were from the trip itself!  So this will be more of a ‘Where in Disney World is Carmen Sandiego  Nerissa’s Manicure'  type of post.  ;-) 

Here’s the best picture I got of this manicure.  It was taken at the airport next to my favorite suitcase.

Pink Ombre Nails

I did this mani when my sister was in town a couple weeks ago!  She had actually emailed me a video tutorial she found online on how to get an ombre look with your polish and I decided to try it out while she was here!

I tried to do a pink ombre since a friend of mine was running her first marathon that weekend and she loves pink ombre!  I thought maybe it would send invisible pixie dust waves her way. 

Here’s what I did!

I picked out 3 polishes that were different shades of pink and a white polish.  I painted my nails with the white polish first.  After it dried I used a makeup sponge and painted the 3 pink colors on it.  Then I used the sponge to dab the paint onto each nail, reapplying polish onto the sponge for each nail.

Nails right after sponging on the polish

It was really messy but the results were great and most the work is just cleaning up afterwards! Literally!  It took a while to remove the excess polish off my fingers and I spilled some polish while putting the bottles away.  My poor hubby had to help me get the stain out of the carpet!

I really loved the effect of this technique and it was easier than I thought!  Here is a link to the video tutorial I used that my sister had sent me.

MissJenFABULOUS Tutorial- One Step Ombre Nails-  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OAvvtPEsng

The tutorial is by MissJenFabulous of  polishandpearls.com.  She has other tutorials too that I’ll probably check out sometime.

When my nails were dry I added some Mickey shapes to add a dash of Disney to it.  I was happy with my first attempt using this ombre technique and am looking forward to trying it again sometime to see if I can get even better results.  

The next pic has cameras and a park map in the background because my sister and I were getting ready to go to Disneyland!  Thanks to her again for sending me the link to that tutorial!