San Antonio Spurs Nail Art

The NBA Finals are going on and my Spurs are back in it!  There isn't another sports team that I love nearly as much as I love this one.  They remind me of home, family, and happy memories! 

I painted my nails in two of the team colors- black and silver.  I had to add a spur in there of course so I did that using the silver polish from my Kiss Nail Artist kit.  I also added some silver glitter polish.

I really hope they win it!  I'll be rooting loudly for them-  GO SPURS GO! 

More Football Nails for the Super Bowl

With the Super Bowl on Sunday, I thought it was a good time to share some more football nail art!

I actually did this nail art last fall before a USC football game I went to.  I did similar football nails the year before in 2012 but I thought I'd give them another try and make a few changes so they wouldn't be exactly the same.  It's fun to look at the photos from before and see that although I'm still not a perfect nail artist- I do seem to have improved.  My photo taking of my nails seem to have improved too!
Like last time I painted a couple of my nails brown and after it dried, I added the lines of a football on there using white polish.
On my ring finger and pinkie, I used green polish for the base.  Next I used white polish to paint the yard lines onto the ring finger and then used gold polish to paint a goal post onto the pinkie.

Finally on my thumbnail, I used the colors of the team I was cheering for.  In this case it was cardinal and gold for the USC Trojans. I painted the base red (cardinal) and added lines using the same gold polish I used for the goal post.  It matched my USC bracelet well!

I had a nice time sporting this nail art and got a lot of compliments on it around campus.  If you are looking for ideas for Super Bowl nails, this might be a good one to try!  Just switch around the colors to match your team!  I don't think I'll watch much of the Super Bowl this weekend but I am secretly rooting for the Seattle Seahawks since their coach is old USC Coach Pete Carroll!

Have a great weekend everyone!  
 

My football nails from last year:
http://www.pixiedustnails.com/2013/01/football-nails.html

Angels 5K Nails

Last weekend my husband and I completed our first 5K!  It was a lot of fun!  Because it was the Angels 5K, I decided to paint my nails in the team's colors to match!  

 

 

For the red I used Maybelline Express Finish "Speedy Hot Tamale", which now that I write it out it's kind of funny that I used it.  The name definitely fits the 5K theme!  For the blue I used LA Colors Color Craze "Wired".  I also added some sparkle to the blue with NYC "Starry Silver Glitter" polish. 

The design wasn't as elaborate as my Angels Baseball Inspired nails due to time but I still thought they were fun and they matched my running gear!

 

 

I didn't take too many photos of them but here's one more!

The Angels 5K was a really neat experience!  Since it was our first 5K we started out slowly but our second mile was pretty good!  We totally forgot about time once we got inside the stadium though!  We took a bunch of pictures and were even able to hang out in the dugout!  It was a fantastic morning!

Football Nails

With the Super Bowl coming up I thought I would share the nail art I did for a USC football game I went to last year! 

I decided to paint three of my nails on each hand to look like footballs.  I painted them brown and then used white polish and a striping brush to paint the lines on the football.  For the other two nails I painted them in the team's colors!

Here is a photo of my nails while tailgating before the game.  It was a fun additional way to show my team spirit!  I also brought a bit of Disney with me by bringing a cocktail napkin from Carthay Circle at Disney California Adventure. 

This mani can be done for any football game- just change the color of the accent nails to match your team's colors!

Angels Baseball Inspired Nails

On Friday night while watching the Olympic Opening Ceremony I painted my nails with a design inspired by Anaheim's baseball team the Angels.  I had a ticket to Saturday's game so I thought I'd try to show my team spirit!

For this design I used polishes that matched the team's colors, Maybelline "Speedy Hot Tamale" and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear "White On."  I actually picked up the white polish last week at Target.  It was on sale for $1.50!  I've used it twice already and really like it!

For three of my nails on each hand I used the white and then painted some designs on them.  I painted the "A" with the halo to represent the team and then I painted a red design on another nail to make it look like a baseball.

Like I mentioned before I was watching the Opening Ceremony while I did this.  I kept getting distracted especially when this scary Voldemort appeared on my TV!

creepy!

I felt better after Mary Poppins showed up to save the day!

All these distractions resulted in some extra messy nails!

I used a Q-Tip and nail polish remover to clean up the polish that got all over my hands.  Here is the result!

The nails matched my team jersey and Angels merchandise very well! The game was a lot of fun!